jascon1:
very biased analysis.
when I was 10, I was told my grandpa sold his goods in the Onitsha market. I visited back in 2009 and when I compared pictures of Onitsha in the 70ies to images I saw, I wept. Onitsha could have been China of Nigeria, rather China is imported to Onitsha. You called it a brainbox? What i saw was a box, then where is the brain? A federal university situated in Awka could have sprung development, but no. No tourist will spend his cash to visit Anambra. Investors are mainly indigenous people, and their manufacturing factories and head offices are in Lagos or China. So where is the brain? The market has no roads, no roofs nor standard built shops. What I saw was cubicles and litters all over the places.
Don't cry for ND. Cry for yourself. ND has rubber which was one of our major exports, the oil will be in much need till the world ends, they have agriculture, they are on the coastline, they got fishing and a sea port. Way ahead of Anambra state.
ND doesn't survive on oil, instead the oil pollutes their survival. The money don't get to the people, they hustle their way. Ever asked where the supplies Onitsha brings from China go?
Before u cough, try dredging your river and try some development.
Money to sustain Abuja? You did ask that? Is a capital and need I say more?
Don't cry for Lagos, cos u depend on it to survive. Cry for yourself.
Don't cry for kano, and other northern states cos before the oil, the north was lucrative. They hold your belly. They are very commercial in their crafts. My sorry is fory Igbo brothers who have built their empires away from home. Your investments have enriched others and raped your sustenance in the east.
If u can't see it, then hear it

asorocker:
The decline of the oil industry is going to be worse on the states of Lagos and kano.

Lagos because an analysis of the igr of Lagos shows that Lagos derived it's revenue from the income tax and the income tax bulk is from the oil workers whose offices are in Lagos.
The oil and gas component of the Lagos igr is more than 40% of the igr. Income tax paid by high earning oil and gas industry executive who gross average of N5m monthly has helped Lagos

Bryan37:
It's no news that only 13% of 2016 budget will be funded by the SALE of Crude

Which means that Nigeria is gradually diversifying its economy away from the Oil sector which is expected to even "nose down more". By d time Iran starts pumping their Oil into the international Market, also with d demand for cleaner energy rising day by day and d Cost becoming cheaper and cheaper, I can tell u that in d Next 20 yrs a bucket of Clean water may worth more than a bucket of toxic crude.


What will become of ND a report that has been raped by the Nigeria Government for the past 10 decade

I keep wondering if d OIL was a gift or a curse to this region which made them so Lazy, Corrupt and underdeveloped. Infact d most popular Slogan in d Niger Delta is " our oyel".

The only time ND man is considered in the scheme of things in Nigeria is compensation because of their Oil. Eg emergence of Goodluck Jonathan etc,

Now that the value is gradually diminishing and d reseRve trying, you wonder if this region has done enough or if they are prepared for the storm coming their way.

I must confess, am happy we re moving away from Oil and you are happy too but what will become of our brothers who only relevant is dependent on CRUDE

Dedetwo:

omonnakoda: :
That is your own perception.You folk alway delude yourselves you are better than everyone else.
Are you more of a hustler than the Fulani who walks from Sokoto to PH with his cows facing hostile humans and beasts on the way? Leave that self indulgent Ibo tale for your village entertainment. Everyone hustles in the way that they have aptitude for. The fact of the matter is the greatest economic activity in Nigeria today more than oil or anything else is agriculture. That is an indisputable fact. Now what do Ibos contribute to agriculture in Nigeria? Instead you continue making empty boasts about how Onitsha market is the largest in the Milky Wayand the US Army buys drones there.

Once again Agriculture accounts for more than 70% of Nigerian economy .What is the Ibo contribution?

Per the bolded, if the people are so deluded one wonders where is the source of fear that grips most Nigerians on the slightest hint that Biafrans want to leave Nigeria. Most Nigerians are deadly dishonest and it makes one of the reasons Nigeria is perpetually backward. Have you be kicked out of sanitarium hence vomiting this crap on NL?

TonyeBarcanista:

No INCH of Rivers state is Igbo! Get used to it or Go and "you know the rest"


PS: You are NOT from Rivers state. I've seen lots of impostors already!




Bye-byeeeeeeeeeeee

NakedEve:


Islam is directly proportional to violence and violence is directly proportional to underdevelopment in the region.
So it is safe to say Islam brings underdevelopment cos there must always be violence.

freedom96:
Very dumb post.Is it islam that's responsible for your having a moniker that sounds ashawo like?If u get raped for having such a silly moniker and bring into the world touts,armed robbers etc,is islam also to blame?Is islam responsible for the baby factories down east?Is islam responsible for the underdevelopment of countries that have major religion as christianity?Have some sense pls....religious bigot! fulanimafia does your sharing of her post means u agree with wat she said?

fulanimafia:


Her understanding of Islam is clearly limited, and most likely informed by the perceptions developed as a result of terrorism furthered deceitfully in the name of Islam.

Based on that foundation, her assertion that violence/terror is interlinked with underdevelopment is actually rational, logical and true as can be seen by the situation in the North East today.

I've trained myself to pick the value in any comment and discard the trash that comes with it, hence my decision to share that post despite[b] the inherent bigotry.[/b]

CSTR2:
The SS in the years to come may constitute the greatest burden on the Nigerian state even more than the north-east.
So much resources plundered. so much wealth wasted, Functional ecosystem of both flora and fauna destroyed, and poverty and illiteracy rising.
Nigeria is a wicked country.

asorocker:
The decline of the oil industry is going to be worse on the states of Lagos and kano.

Lagos because an analysis of the igr of Lagos shows that Lagos derived it's revenue from the income tax and the income tax bulk is from the oil workers whose offices are in Lagos.
The oil and gas component of the Lagos igr is more than 40% of the igr. Income tax paid by high earning oil and gas industry executive who gross average of N5m monthly has helped Lagos


Secondly kano will be the worst hit as the only state whose take home is equivalent to the take home of niger delta states with their 13% derivative.

Kano doesn't have the human capital to generate income tax.

Third state /city is Abuja. It is said that Abuja was built with oil money, where would the money to sustain and maintain Abuja come from if not the same money from niger delta.

Some states like kwara, benue, adamawa can easily with agriculture fight the downturn of their economy, how would sokoto, yobe, jigawa whose populace don't farm and whose land is far from economic centres for export of agricultural products survive.

The next in line are the hausa cities of katsina, batching, kaduna who benefitted from the lopsided federal allocations. Now that the oil wealth is going and there is no human capital we hope they will not turn to insurgency as a means of raising attention and revenue.

The states that would enjoy and be kings in the new dispensation.

Anambra, Nigeria's brain box and commercial hub will have its non oil economy growth unequalled and unrivaled. Anambra survived with no oil allocation managed the little it had and built an enabling environment for investments.

Akwa Ibom, this state was blessed with resources and good managers who used it very well to grow infrastructure and are currently working on a sea port.

Abia this state hosts aba, Nigeria's city of enterprise and football, aba is living beyond oil already.

repogirl:
Have you been to the Niger Delta? You should be asking what will happen to the Northern states and the whole of Nigeria now that there is no oil money because everyone else benefitted the most from the oyel money far greater than the Niger Deltans.

FYI, laziness is not what stopped the Niger Deltans from being productive.... Maybe you are quite ignorant of the issues like pollution due to Oil spills and no assistance from government.....get your facts straight and stop asking rubbish!

proxillin:


No one is benefitting from oil money except Federal civil servants.

We pay our electricity (even without consuming that electricity)
No security
No good road
No free health care
Nothing....NIGER deltans have ministry of Niger delta, they have NDDC.

Do we other Nigerians have ministry OPC, BIAFRA,AREWA? NO.

So they are enjoying dia oyel

Eastlink:
What made you rich in palm oil. It was on record that bulk of the oil that sustained the Royal Niger Company at that time, were gotten from the hinterlands and not some swampy waterways.

Ilovemystate:
pictures they say speaks loader than words.
Onitsha markets

phemierowl:
WHO CREATED THIS THREAD? THE FELLOW'S BRAIN NEED TO BE EXAMINED, OIL IS BECOMING WORTHLESS YET BUBU IS PROPOSING 40B NAIRA FOR OIL EXPLORATION IN CHAD BASIN?

zuchyblink:
why are u making it an igbo vs Nigeria affair? Ur post is the joke of the year. Go and ask people of NE what they are undergoing for putting their investments in one basket. If it gets hard in North America;igbos in Asia will strive;if it gets hard in SE;igbos in SW will strive;if it gets hard in NC;Igbos in SS will strive. For the facts that our innvestment cuts across the globe is an advantage and not a disadvantage.

Ijaya123:
Before Oil, we survived. After Oil, we will still survive. It is just a simple human nature.

Adminisher:


Please for get farming. The environment is destroyed and you guys are pampering oil pipeline vandalizers. The Niger Delta us the only region with zero plans for the future.

proxillin:

So anambra is the commercial base of Nigeria? So what does that made Lagos? Oil deposit?
Do you have a kid in nursery school? Have him read your analysis.
He will tel you the following:
Lagos generate IGR from Manufacturing companies (70% of them are located in Lagos)
Foreign investors
Largest Population
Largest Market
Larget Workforce (The largest business office outlet in Nigeria and west africa)
Can your anambra boast of any of the above?

TheDevilIsALai:


And Lagos was built with which money?

TheDevilIsALai:


And Lagos was built with which money?

TonyeBarcanista:
Niger Delta is very rich. Before crude oil we were rich in palm oil. In fact, we were called Oil Rivers(Rivers, Warri and Bayelsa states) for a reason. We have rich lland for agriculture and our waters were used for fishing. Though our land and waters have been polluted due to oil exploration. We are rich in gas with abundant gas reserve. Whether oil become worthless or not we won't suffer. We will only adjust.


Most importantly, we have access to see and can easily capitalised on it.


@OP cry not for the Niger Delta. We will do just fine!

Psylas:
They will go back to fishing, the igbos saw this coming but the ND fall our hand


the North won't give a fuc.k about them

TonyeBarcanista:
Niger Delta is very rich. Before crude oil we were rich in palm oil. In fact, we were called Oil Rivers(Rivers, Warri and Bayelsa states) for a reason. We have rich lland for agriculture and our waters were used for fishing. Though our land and waters have been polluted due to oil exploration. We are rich in gas with abundant gas reserve. Whether oil become worthless or not we won't suffer. We will only adjust.


Most importantly, we have access to see and can easily capitalised on it.


@OP cry not for the Niger Delta. We will do just fine!

APChangeZombie:



Slavery was officially declared illegal in Islamic northern Nigeria as late as 1933.

This is despite the fact that the British Crown had abolished slavery over 150 yrs prior.

The British met a well entrenched slave based economy in the north and seemed hapless to stop constant slave raids by the Hausa Fulani in and around the middle belt.

Towns like Suleja where setup as slave raiding centers by the Muslim north in conjunction with Arab slavers.

The twin towns Abuja and Suleja where named after two Arab slave raiders , Abu and Suleiman.

In that same Suleja, the hills and their natural caves served as refuge by the indegonoius Gwari people who fled to them to avoid capture.

The slaves where transported to Kano and other slave markets in the Moslem north where a vast majority where sold in the trans Saharan slave trade while some ended up as domestic servants, field hands or sex concubines.

The groundnut pyramids you used to hear of where based on slave labour.

The British tolerated it because the Northern Muslim oligarchs where making them rich.

The House of Dantata are prime example of this dark past of slavery in the north.

They traded slave labored produce to the British and distributed finished goods in return.

This is why you will never see or hear of groundnut pyramids ever again.

This also applies to the much touted cocoa glory days in the SW. The Agbekoya Parapo uprising ended an exploitative plantation model.

This is why Tajus are not farming cocoa anymore.


Till this day a form of indentured slavery still exists in the north.

Widespread ignorance and lack of basic education has made the majority of northerners unemployable unless has field hands.

This is the reason the northern elite will never truly invest in education in the north. A vast majority of the northern illiterate population are actually descendants of slaves.

This is why a hereditary and class rotational monarchy still exist in the Islamic north even though Islam forbids it.

This is why the Maitassine class revolution was viciously put down and similarly why the Shiites have been widely condemned by the Emirates.

El Zackzacky was always preaching against this class divide and had several runnings with the Emir of Zazau.

Ironically, the same descendants of slaves living in bondage to the descendants of their ancestors' slave masters are now fighting in the NE to bring about this class society based on an inhumane doctrine of subservience and submission in the guise of religion of peace.

God dey.