Any time Nigeria is compared to a smaller country like
Ghana, some great logicians would retort that “Ghana is just
as big as Lagos State,” as if the more populated a country is,
the more underdeveloped and disorganised it should be.
When such “Aristotles” are reminded that, except for
Pakistan, the other five countries that are more populated
than Nigeria – including China and India that are individually
almost 10 times larger than Nigeria – are ahead of Nigeria in
all development indices, such people keep quiet or look for
other feeble excuses. Therefore, it will not be surprising to
see such people scoff at any comparison between Nigeria
and Nnewi: “a mere town in Anambra State of Nigeria.” But it
is incontrovertible that attitude is far more critical to success
than size.
Nigeria has perennially been “work-in-progress,” with its
democracy always “nascent.” We are always changing our
systems and policies, deceiving ourselves that they are the
cause of our problem, like the typical poor workman that
always blames his tools but never himself. Although Nnewi
has some things in common with Nigeria, comparatively, it
has evolved a system that works for it, a system which gives
it peace, stability, growth and development: luxuries which
have eluded Nigeria for over 50 years.
Just like Nigerians, Nnewi people are proud people; some
would say “arrogant”. There are some reasons for that. Like
Nigeria, Nnewi is bigger and richer than all its neighbours.
The town has produced many prominent figures. Among
them is the first President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange,
Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, described as the richest
Nigerian of his time: a man who lent Nigeria his Rolls Royce
and personal driver for the use of Queen Elizabeth II when
she visited Nigeria in 1956. There is also his Oxford
University-trained son, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-
Ojukwu, the first military governor of Eastern Nigeria, the
leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, and a folk hero
among the Igbo. Then, there is Dr. Nwafor Orizu, Nigeria’s
third Senate President and three-month Acting President in
the First Republic, as well as Dame Virgy Etiaba, Nigeria’s
first female governor of a state. There are also many
business moguls and industrialists like Chief Augustine
Ilodibe, founder of Ekene Dili Chukwu Transport, and Chief
Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Motors, whose
company manufactures motor vehicles in Nnewi. In all
modesty, it is doubtful if there is another town in Nigeria
that has more millionaires than Nnewi town.
However, unlike Nigeria, Nnewi is not rich because of any
natural resources. There is no proof that Nnewi people are
physically stronger, more intelligent, more prayerful, or
more righteous than others. There is no evidence that God
loves the town more than other towns. However, it is
obvious that Nnewi indigenes made their town what it is by
imbibing certain principles.
Like Nigeria’s ethnic groups, “the four arms of Nnewi”
cherish their individual identity: Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim,
and Nnewi-ichi. But unlike Nigerians, every Nnewi son or
daughter sees himself or herself first as an Nnewi indigene
before laying claim to his or her part of the town. These four
arms compete among themselves, quarrel, disagree and
resist any attempt by any part of the town to dominate
others. Yet, in all the internal rivalry, there has never been
any record of bloodshed between two communities in the
last 100 years of modern history.
The four arms of Nnewi are not equal in terms of land size
and population. They are bigger in the descending order of
Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewi-ichi. In the late 1980s,
three of the arms of Nnewi protested against
marginalisation and domination. Subsequently, each arm
boycotted the events the town did together. For 10 years, the
unity of the town was threatened but there was no
bloodshed.
That crisis led the town to adopt the rotation of all political
and socio-cultural posts in the town among the four arms.
So, if Otolo provided the chairman of the local government
area, Uruagu would provide the deputy chairman; Umudim
would provide the secretary and Nnewi-ichi would provide
the member of House of Assembly. Positions that involved
other towns and local government areas – like national
legislative positions, governorship, and Presidency – were
excluded from this arrangement. No arm of the town is
deemed too intelligent to always provide the leaders of the
town. To ensure that other parts of the town do not wait
forever for their turn, each person is allowed only one term
in office. Whatever magic one wants to perform in office,
one has to perform it within the three or four years of one’s
tenure.
But the only offices that are not open for contest are the
traditional ones. Each of the four arms has a traditional
head called the Obi. Since Otolo is the first arm, the Obi of
Otolo is also the Igwe of Nnewi: he leads rather than rules.
Within the four arms, there are also villages, and within the
villages, there are umunna or big families. Each level has an
obi as its traditional head. The position of every obi is
hereditary by primogeniture. In the event that an obi dies
without a son, his oldest brother takes over. This tradition
has existed since time immemorial. Nobody schemes to
become an obi or the Igwe. If the first son is guilty of
bloodshed or some other taboos, he will not inherit his
father’s throne. Because the throne is not open for contest,
it has helped to ensure peace in the town for generations.
Most importantly, there is a great passion among the Nnewi
people to develop their town and make it secure. After the
Nigerian Civil War, the Igbo lost much of their investment in
almost all parts of Nigeria. Nnewi businessmen decided to
found a motor and motorcycle spare parts market in their
town: the Nkwo Nnewi/Agbo-Edo Market. They nurtured it
and it grew to attract people from different parts of the
country and beyond. That was the same spirit that made
Chukwuma to situate Innoson Motors automobile plant in
Nnewi even though other bigger cities would have been
more attractive for such a big venture. The owners of
transport companies like Ekene Dili Chukwu, Izuchukwu,
EEkesons, and Orizu Motors also ensured that they have
major terminuses in Nnewi. Consequently, it is easy to
access the town from all parts of Nigeria.
That is the aku-luo-uno philosophy: If you have money,
intelligence, or physical strength, bring it home. No matter
how influential an Nnewi man is, if his impact is not felt at
home, he is regarded as a nobody. The people do not wait
for government to develop their town for them. Through
individual and communal efforts, schools, libraries,
hospitals (including the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching
Hospital), scholarships, churches, pipeborne water,
electricity, and roads are provided.
In addition, one thing that helps to drive development in
Nnewi is the intense but healthy rivalry that exists among
the four arms of Nnewi. For example, if one arm starts a
scholarship scheme for its indigenes, or paves a road, the
other arms immediately want to beat that record. And
whenever someone from an arm of the town is holding an
elective post, other people from the other communities
watch to see what impact he will make in the town. If he
does not perform well, his people are continually ridiculed.
Unlike the Nigerian, the Nnewi person thinks of what he can
do for his community rather than what his community can
do for him. Unlike the Nigerian, the Nnewi man never
ridicules his town before non-indigenes. Unlike the Nigerian,
the Nnewi person is very proud of his Nnewi-ness: he
proclaims his identity unapologetically wherever he is and
defends his homeland always.
Undoubtedly, Nnewi is by far smaller than Nigeria, but it has
evolved a system that has made it excel. Occasionally, it
stumbles, but it does not fall. If Nigerians were to imbibe the
Nnewi spirit by putting the nation first always, seeking
peace, creating the spirit of healthy rivalry among the ethnic
groups, pursuing industrialisation, and perpetually thinking
of ways to make the nation great, Nigeria would be the envy
of other nations. www.punchng.com/opinion/why-nnewi-model-can-transform-nigeria/

The same Nnewi sired Joe Igbokwe.
What a big minus.

The sophisticated gbegiri eaters will soon invade this thread.
Any good news from d east de always give them high BP.

Very wonderful

dokyOloye:
The sophisticated gbegiri eaters will soon invade this thread.
Any good news from d east de always give them high BP.

The sophisticated ritualists always seeing Igbo giants in the dreams. ..what a great nightmare they dreaded.... fu..c conies

My happiness knows no bound because I married from Nnewi. Since I married my lovely wife, she has helped me in turning my finances around for good. I share the pride of Nnewi people. My town is Uga but any day it is carved out from Anambra I will use my wife's town as my hometown.

It feels poweful being in this great family called Anambra.

Two lies already:

1. Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu didn't have a Rolls Royce, we have busted that lie on NL

2. He was never the richest man at that time, just do a google search

If the first 3 paragraph contain these two bold lies, the rest is shit

doublewisdom:
The same Nnewi sired Joe Igbokwe.
What a big minus.

Complete talk bro.

Op, Expect Yaruba ants to infest this thread to tell you how wrong you are, now you mentioned an "igbo" town

dokyOloye:
The sophisticated gbegiri eaters will soon invade this thread.
Any good news from d east de always give them high BP.

True yarn bro but not necessarily needed.you ought to teach them &welcome them

NewNigeriaMind:
Two lies already:

1. Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu didn't have a Rolls Royce, we have busted that lie on NL

2. He was never the richest man at that time, just do a google search

If the first 3 paragraph contain these two bold lies, the rest is shit

Name your useles town

chinolization:
My happiness knows no bound because I married from Nnewi. Since I married my wife, she has helped me in turning my finances around for good. I share the pride of Nnewi people. My town is Uga but any day my town is carved out from Anambra I will use my wife's town as my hometown.

It feels poweful being in this great family called Anambra.

True love bro.
Spread the love around

manutdrichie:
Very wonderful

God bless you

The pride of igboland, japan of africa

joeprince23:
Any time Nigeria is compared to a smaller country like
Ghana, some great logicians would retort that “Ghana is just
as big as Lagos State,” as if the more populated a country is,
the more underdeveloped and disorganised it should be.
When such “Aristotles” are reminded that, except for
Pakistan, the other five countries that are more populated
than Nigeria – including China and India that are individually
almost 10 times larger than Nigeria – are ahead of Nigeria in
all development indices, such people keep quiet or look for
other feeble excuses. Therefore, it will not be surprising to
see such people scoff at any comparison between Nigeria
and Nnewi: “a mere town in Anambra State of Nigeria.” But it
is incontrovertible that attitude is far more critical to success
than size.
Nigeria has perennially been “work-in-progress,” with its
democracy always “nascent.” We are always changing our
systems and policies, deceiving ourselves that they are the
cause of our problem, like the typical poor workman that
always blames his tools but never himself. Although Nnewi
has some things in common with Nigeria, comparatively, it
has evolved a system that works for it, a system which gives
it peace, stability, growth and development: luxuries which
have eluded Nigeria for over 50 years.
Just like Nigerians, Nnewi people are proud people; some
would say “arrogant”. There are some reasons for that. Like
Nigeria, Nnewi is bigger and richer than all its neighbours.
The town has produced many prominent figures. Among
them is the first President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange,
Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, described as the richest
Nigerian of his time: a man who lent Nigeria his Rolls Royce
and personal driver for the use of Queen Elizabeth II when
she visited Nigeria in 1956. There is also his Oxford
University-trained son, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-
Ojukwu, the first military governor of Eastern Nigeria, the
leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, and a folk hero
among the Igbo. Then, there is Dr. Nwafor Orizu, Nigeria’s
third Senate President and three-month Acting President in
the First Republic, as well as Dame Virgy Etiaba, Nigeria’s
first female governor of a state. There are also many
business moguls and industrialists like Chief Augustine
Ilodibe, founder of Ekene Dili Chukwu Transport, and Chief
Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Motors, whose
company manufactures motor vehicles in Nnewi. In all
modesty, it is doubtful if there is another town in Nigeria
that has more millionaires than Nnewi town.
However, unlike Nigeria, Nnewi is not rich because of any
natural resources. There is no proof that Nnewi people are
physically stronger, more intelligent, more prayerful, or
more righteous than others. There is no evidence that God
loves the town more than other towns. However, it is
obvious that Nnewi indigenes made their town what it is by
imbibing certain principles.
Like Nigeria’s ethnic groups, “the four arms of Nnewi”
cherish their individual identity: Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim,
and Nnewi-ichi. But unlike Nigerians, every Nnewi son or
daughter sees himself or herself first as an Nnewi indigene
before laying claim to his or her part of the town. These four
arms compete among themselves, quarrel, disagree and
resist any attempt by any part of the town to dominate
others. Yet, in all the internal rivalry, there has never been
any record of bloodshed between two communities in the
last 100 years of modern history.
The four arms of Nnewi are not equal in terms of land size
and population. They are bigger in the descending order of
Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewi-ichi. In the late 1980s,
three of the arms of Nnewi protested against
marginalisation and domination. Subsequently, each arm
boycotted the events the town did together. For 10 years, the
unity of the town was threatened but there was no
bloodshed.
That crisis led the town to adopt the rotation of all political
and socio-cultural posts in the town among the four arms.
So, if Otolo provided the chairman of the local government
area, Uruagu would provide the deputy chairman; Umudim
would provide the secretary and Nnewi-ichi would provide
the member of House of Assembly. Positions that involved
other towns and local government areas – like national
legislative positions, governorship, and Presidency – were
excluded from this arrangement. No arm of the town is
deemed too intelligent to always provide the leaders of the
town. To ensure that other parts of the town do not wait
forever for their turn, each person is allowed only one term
in office. Whatever magic one wants to perform in office,
one has to perform it within the three or four years of one’s
tenure.
But the only offices that are not open for contest are the
traditional ones. Each of the four arms has a traditional
head called the Obi. Since Otolo is the first arm, the Obi of
Otolo is also the Igwe of Nnewi: he leads rather than rules.
Within the four arms, there are also villages, and within the
villages, there are umunna or big families. Each level has an
obi as its traditional head. The position of every obi is
hereditary by primogeniture. In the event that an obi dies
without a son, his oldest brother takes over. This tradition
has existed since time immemorial. Nobody schemes to
become an obi or the Igwe. If the first son is guilty of
bloodshed or some other taboos, he will not inherit his
father’s throne. Because the throne is not open for contest,
it has helped to ensure peace in the town for generations.
Most importantly, there is a great passion among the Nnewi
people to develop their town and make it secure. After the
Nigerian Civil War, the Igbo lost much of their investment in
almost all parts of Nigeria. Nnewi businessmen decided to
found a motor and motorcycle spare parts market in their
town: the Nkwo Nnewi/Agbo-Edo Market. They nurtured it
and it grew to attract people from different parts of the
country and beyond. That was the same spirit that made
Chukwuma to situate Innoson Motors automobile plant in
Nnewi even though other bigger cities would have been
more attractive for such a big venture. The owners of
transport companies like Ekene Dili Chukwu, Izuchukwu,
EEkesons, and Orizu Motors also ensured that they have
major terminuses in Nnewi. Consequently, it is easy to
access the town from all parts of Nigeria.
That is the aku-luo-uno philosophy: If you have money,
intelligence, or physical strength, bring it home. No matter
how influential an Nnewi man is, if his impact is not felt at
home, he is regarded as a nobody. The people do not wait
for government to develop their town for them. Through
individual and communal efforts, schools, libraries,
hospitals (including the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching
Hospital), scholarships, churches, pipeborne water,
electricity, and roads are provided.
In addition, one thing that helps to drive development in
Nnewi is the intense but healthy rivalry that exists among
the four arms of Nnewi. For example, if one arm starts a
scholarship scheme for its indigenes, or paves a road, the
other arms immediately want to beat that record. And
whenever someone from an arm of the town is holding an
elective post, other people from the other communities
watch to see what impact he will make in the town. If he
does not perform well, his people are continually ridiculed.
Unlike the Nigerian, the Nnewi person thinks of what he can
do for his community rather than what his community can
do for him. Unlike the Nigerian, the Nnewi man never
ridicules his town before non-indigenes. Unlike the Nigerian,
the Nnewi person is very proud of his Nnewi-ness: he
proclaims his identity unapologetically wherever he is and
defends his homeland always.
Undoubtedly, Nnewi is by far smaller than Nigeria, but it has
evolved a system that has made it excel. Occasionally, it
stumbles, but it does not fall. If Nigerians were to imbibe the
Nnewi spirit by putting the nation first always, seeking
peace, creating the spirit of healthy rivalry among the ethnic
groups, pursuing industrialisation, and perpetually thinking
of ways to make the nation great, Nigeria would be the envy
of other nations. www.punchng.com/opinion/why-nnewi-model-can-transform-nigeria/

You are a true son of the soil. Keep it up.

FKO81:

Name your useles town

You tell yourselves lies to make you feel good.

lol @ transform Nigeria. Have you transformed your villages? Always beating that empty and shallow chest.

Very funny people.

aresa:
lol @ transform Nigeria. Have you transformed your villages? Always beating that empty and shallow chest.

Very funny people.

Lmao.
Threads is meant for the enjoyment of Biafrans alone.

tribal sentiments, religious divisions and more keeps dividing nigerians. meaningful thread like this, tribal war will ruin it smh

NewNigeriaMind:


You tell yourselves lies to make you feel good.

Your frustation ends here, it can't change what Nnewi are known for.

ChimaAdeoye:
Op, Expect Yaruba ants to infest this thread to tell you how wrong you are, now you mentioned an "igbo" town

Yes o. All theses rantings will not stop Ekene dili chukwu and ifesinachi from heading to the SW tomorrow with their usual one way cargoes.

To think that these billionaires are from Nnewi and equally has a company or branches of their businesses in Nnewi,gives one a lot to think about.
The likes of illodibe owner of Ekene dilichukwu transports,Orizu transports from the great families Nwafor Orizu,Izuchukwu transports,Ekesons groups,Chukwuma innocent of innosen motors,chief Gabriel chukwuma(GABROS),Chikason,Ibeto groups,Cosharis groups,Ifeanyi uba of capital oil and so on and so forth,the list is endless!I wont forget in a hurry the display of amazing vehicles at the 2nd Nnewi international Auto Trade Fair held at the Beverly Hills Hotels(Gabros sports complex) on the last quater of 2009 and critics were silenced.
Anambra adigo mma!
Chukwu gozie umu igbo!

Aigbofa:


Yes o. All theses rantings will not stop Ekene dili chukwu and ifesinachi from heading to the SW tomorrow with their usual one way cargoes.

Milking Sw the little they have leaving them in penury

FKO81:

Milking Sw the little they have leaving them in penury

I think we dignify these unemployed Yoruba urchins with a response.
Anything Igbo pains them so much. In oshiomle's voice i'll simply say to them "Go & Die"

@op, your post doesn't make sense , if your Nnewi who are all Igbo need to rotate offices/positions, how much from Nigerians who come from over 200ethnicities, besides we are already using quota system and zoning is all aspects of our national project,so you are only beating a dead horse. Btw you said Nnewi see themselves as Nnewi first ,which is false at least that's not what I got from the article,they seem to see as members of their clans first, and this is the same reason things are not working in Nigeria
Igbo see themselves as biafrais
Yoruba see themselves as ododouan
Ijaw &co as Deltans who go about shouting our oil from January to December.

All you have showed us is Igbo don't love and trust each other. As small community like Nnewi needs zoning. Chai

Mujah1deen:
All you have showed us is Igbo don't love and trust each other. As small community like Nnewi needs zoning. Chai

all he showed is that igbos love thier selves that why they clamour for equality all the time....... More competition more development

aresa:
lol @ transform Nigeria. Have you transformed your villages? Always beating that empty and shallow chest.

Very funny people.

agbameta how far with osun hairport, agbameta good morning after abusing Akwa Ibom State of building village airport your developed state is going bankrupt .

Agbemeta good morning

BuddahMonk:


agbameta how far with osun hairport, agbameta good morning after abusing Akwa Ibom State of building village airport your developed state is going bankrupt .

Agbemeta good morning

Anambradota, Good day.

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BuddahMonk:


agbameta how far with osun hairport, agbameta good morning after abusing Akwa Ibom State of building village airport your developed state is going bankrupt .

Agbemeta good morning

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Village trolls, bigots and unintelligent clowns bore me..

aresa:
lol @ transform Nigeria. Have you transformed your villages? Always beating that empty and shallow chest.

Very funny people.

You don baff today?

FKO81:

Milking Sw the little they have leaving them in penury

Don't make him understand the whole scenario.