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Re: Before Another Biafra Pogrom.. Read This by laudate: 4:22am On Aug 25, 2015 |
pazienza: And so what if tin, coal and iron ore were run in a different way? Did you even read the beginning of the article I quoted??! It said: "Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, Biafran leader, had ordered all oil companies to start paying all royalties to Enugu because they were operating in a new country, or risk heavy penalties." Why would Ojukwu have had the need to order the oil companies to START paying royalties to him, if the eastern government had been the standard recipient, in the past??! Ojukwu did not accept the Decree 8 which would have given him a confederation, so how would it have been implemented?? Why do you keep clutching at straws and arguing blindly??! |
Re: Before Another Biafra Pogrom.. Read This by pazienza(m): 4:24am On Aug 25, 2015 |
laudate: Because the regional arrangements were destroyed by Nzeogwu coup, and so the central government controlled everything from then upward. That's my understanding. |
Re: Before Another Biafra Pogrom.. Read This by laudate: 4:25am On Aug 25, 2015 |
pazienza: Your understanding is wrong. Goodnight. |
Re: Before Another Biafra Pogrom.. Read This by laudate: 4:47am On Aug 25, 2015 |
First of all read each the following documents: Oil Pipelines Act 1956 (amended in 1965); Mineral Oils (Safety) Regulations (1963); Oil in Navigable Waters acts (1968) ThisDay: During the First Republic, much of the resources derived from agriculture were shared between the Federal Government and the regions from where such were derived, on 50 per cent per cent basis. Gowon, Awolowo as well as service chiefs and other cabinet members constituted the Federal Military Government of Nigeria. They were not representing regions. Revenue from oil was shared 50/50 between the federal govt and regional govt. So your argument about "why then were Awo and Gowon seeking direct control of Eastern oil wealth, rather than wait for the East to pay them loyalties?" does not hold water. Also, revenue sharing from oil under the the regional arrangements was NOT destroyed by Nzeogwu coup. 1969 Petroleum Decree was what changed the revenue sharing formula. Read the article again very slowly. Maybe it would then make sense to you, and help you to stop arguing blindly. Am done. |
Re: Before Another Biafra Pogrom.. Read This by pazienza(m): 5:54am On Aug 25, 2015 |
"Unfortunately, I was down with serious malaria that I could not make my broadcast but Ojukwu went on air as soon as he got back and claimed that we agreed to a Confederation to which I had always strongly objected. 'That and other actions taken by him and his government made us to carefully review the Aburi Agreement. I got the Secretary to the Government and some Nigerian Senior Civil Servants to review it. They did and pointed out some serious ramifications of it" http://ansu.edu.ng/blog/2015/04/02/gen-dr-yakubu-gowons-convocation-lecture/ Decree 8 was not an agreement to confederation, it didn't offer confederation, even Gowon testifies to this, why exactly we are having this argument is what I don't know. |
Re: Before Another Biafra Pogrom.. Read This by pazienza(m): 5:59am On Aug 25, 2015 |
And oh, you were right, Gowon abolished the 50-50 derivation formula in 1969. |
Re: Before Another Biafra Pogrom.. Read This by zendy: 6:48am On Aug 25, 2015 |
laudate: [b] I really hate it when people say "Ojukwu went to war" as if Ojukwu actually started the war. Ojukwu may have declared Biafra, but at no time did he declare war on any body. This write up of yours is just smacks of someone who is talking with the benefit of hindsight. If you were Ojukwu, I'm sure your thinking mode would be different after watching 50,000 Easterners massacred. Ojukwu did anticipate a 'possible' blockade, there is video of him on YouTube talking of this a few weeks before the war started in which he said that he hoped that Britain would remain neutral if hostilities broke out. Sometimes in life, we fight not because we are well prepared or in the best of shape. Sometimes we fight because the alternative to not fighting is slavery. Even Fidel Castro started his war against the Batista Government of Cuba with less than a hundred men. You said that Ojukwu got over 80% of what he asked for at Aburi, this is true. But what you have to ask your self is what was the immediate reason why Ojukwu declared Biafra when he could have done so much sooner? It was because Gowon broke the most important rule of the Aburi accord, that the four regions which made up Nigeria must be run as a confederation. The Aburi agreement clearly stated that Gowon could not make far reaching decisions on the future of Nigeria without the concurance of all 4 Governors. It should be noted that as at the time of the Aburi accord, three of four Governors were all senior to Gowon (Ojukwu, Adebayor and Ejoor were all senior to Gowon). The dismantling of the regions and the creation of states by Gowon without due process made a complete mockery of the Aburi agreement. It was the start of 'divide and rule' and Ojukwu was not going to accept it. The truth about all this is that the war was all about Oil, nothing more. It had nothing to do with the unity of Nigeria because I can assure you that if it had been the North that had Oil, they would have seceded long before Ojukwu did. We Igbos are proud of Ojukwu for fighting even in the face overwhelming odds and great loss. You can't put a price on freedom and dignity [/b] 2 Likes 1 Share |
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