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By Azuka Onwuka


Before August 9, 1965, the Singaporeans were seen as an irritation in Malaysia. Then Singapore was one of the 14 states of Malaysia. Singaporeans were viewed as arrogant, stubborn, and domineering. While the United Malays National Organisation wanted affirmative action or “quota system” for the Malays, the People's Action Party of the Singaporeans insisted that the best thing for the country was a merit-based policy on all issues, so as to bring out the best in the nation and create a spirit of excellence.

This constant disagreements and tensions resulted in racial riots. It got to a point, the Malays could take it no more. So on August 9, 1965 they convened the parliament, with no Singaporean parliamentarian present. At that sitting, the legislators voted unanimously (126:0) to expel Singapore from Malaysia.

When the Singaporeans heard that they had been expelled from the nation, at first they were devastated. But they took their fate in the hands and started building a new nation. And indeed, by applying merit and the pursuit of excellence, Singaporeans built a country that moved from Third World to First World in record time, overtaking Malaysia in all ramifications.

Interestingly, despite this sad way of parting, Malaysia and Singapore have remained good neighbours. In spite of the success Singapore has recorded, it has not made Malaysia not to record its own success.

There are many similarities between the story of Singapore and Malaysia and Igbo and Nigeria. The Igbo are not happy with the quota system policy used in the admission into federal schools and federal positions. They want competitiveness in every sector, which will lead to the best being selected, for the sake of excellence.

The Igbo are seen as arrogant, noisy, domineering, greedy, over-ambitious, to mention but a few. Many Nigerians see them as irritants. They get killed frequently, especially in the North, at the least misunderstanding. Sometimes the cause of the provocation is someone from Denmark, Cameroon or another part of Nigeria.

There are many Nigerians who will easily tell you: “We will never allow an Igbo person to rule Nigeria.” There are many who believe that the problem of Nigeria is from the Igbo, and that once the Igbo are done away with, Nigeria’s problems will disappear.

Given this scenario, the Igbo want a true federal system that will make Nigeria look like what it was before 1966, with each state or region taking charge of most of its affairs and moving at its own pace. Sadly, anytime it mentions restructuring or true federalism, there are forces that resist it vehemently and insist that such will not be allowed.

Ironically, despite this view by many Nigerians about the Igbo, anytime any person or group from Igbo land asks that the Igbo be allowed to leave Nigeria to form their own country, the resistance from most Nigerians is fierce. This reaction creates a contradiction. If the Igbo are irritants and troublemakers, why not expel them from Nigeria the way Singaporeans were expelled from Malaysia? But if you see them as valuable and believe they must be part of the Nigerian state, why not treat them as equal partners in the union?

What does Nigeria really want from the Igbo?




Recently news broke that the Department of State Services embarked on a recruitment exercise, with 165 recruited from the North-west. The report said that 51 people were recruited from Katsina State alone, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Director General of Department of State Security, Mr Lawal Daura, while the number of people recruited from the five states of the South-east was 44 and the number recruited from the six states of the South-south was 42.

Compare that with the academic performance of the different zones of Nigeria. The Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Education of 2016 produced the following number of applicants from the six zones:

South-East (five states) = 335,883;
South-West (six states) = 320,691;
South-South (six states) = (299,632);
North-Central (six states plus the FCT) = 259,846;
North-West (seven states) = 163,240;
North-East (six states) = 96,220;

The six states that produced the highest number of candidates were:

1. Imo – 104,383
2. Delta – 78,854
3. Anambra – 77,694
4. Osun – 72,752
5. Oyo – 72,298
6. Enugu – 69,381

The six states that produced the least number of candidates were:

31. Adamawa – 15,615
32. Jigawa – 12,664
33. Yobe – 10,045
34. Sokoto – 10,006
35. Kebbi – 8,947
36. Zamfara – 5,295

The states that were given a minimum of 130 cut-off mark out of 200 in the 2013 examination into the Unity Schools were:

Anambra – Male (139) Female (139)
Imo – Male (138) Female (138)
Enugu – Male (134) Female (134)
Lagos – Male (133) Female (133)
Delta – Male (131) Female (131)
Ogun – Male (131) Female (131)
Abia – Male (130) Female (130)

For the same examination, the states that were given cut-off marks of less than 50 were:

Borno – Male (45) Female (45)
Jigawa – Male (44) Female (44)
Bauchi – Male (35) Female (35)
Kebbi – Male (9) Female (20)
Sokoto – Male (9) Female (13)
Taraba – Male (3) Female (11)
Yobe – Male (2) Female (27)
Zamfara – Male (4) Female (2)

The six states that scored above 50 percent in the 2015 West African Senior School Certificate of

Education were:
Abia (63.94%),
Anambra (61.18%),
Edo (61.05%),
Rivers (55.69%),
and Imo (52.49%).

The states that scored below 13 percent in the same examination were:

Kebbi (12.08%),
Katsina (10.81%),
Gombe (7.41%),
Jigawa (6.37%),
Zamfara (6.23%),
Yobe (4.37%).




These are verifiable results that have remained virtually the same for decades. And they give an idea of the number of candidates that are involved in education from each state and zone as well as their academic performance.

The point of this essay is not that it is only the Igbo that excel in many sectors. Other ethnic groups, especially from the South, also excel. But the focus of this essay is the Igbo. From the attitude of other ethnic groups, it seems that they are comfortable with the status quo. If not, they should not be focusing on the Igbo as their problem.

The call for restructuring of the country has been promoted as the solution to Nigeria’s problem. However, there are strong forces that are hell-bent on ensuring that restructuring of the country never succeeds. They have been erroneously schooled that restructuring will impoverish them.

The danger in this hard line against restructuring is that if restructuring fails, the alternative may not be palatable. Nigeria has moved in a self-destructive path for long. Nigeria has been wallowing in retrogression for long, because some stakeholders are afraid that pulling it out and setting it on the path of progress will cost them their feeding bottle. But nothing lasts forever.

Two weeks ago, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, met his seemingly impossible bail conditions within 48 hours. When the bail conditions were made public, the belief of many was that no serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would want to associate with him. But the South-East caucus of the Senate met and quickly chose one of them to stand bail for him. All other conditions were also swiftly met.

If those conditions were given in December 2015, no Nigerian Senator would have wanted to be associated with Kanu. Since his coming into office, Buhari has continued to display a type of croynism and prebendalism that have never been witnessed in Nigeria. And the worst beneficiaries of these are the Igbo. He has been making it clear by his words and actions that the North and the Igbo are not equal partners in the Nigerian project.

He has been distributing Nigerian resources and appointments to his kinsmen and region as if they are his personal property. This brazen nepotism has made even the fiercest Igbo critics of Kanu’s call for secession to develop sympathies for Kanu.

Nigerians must decide what they want from the Igbo. It is either they want the Igbo in Nigeria as full citizens or they want them out as non-citizens. As the English say, Nigerians can’t have their cake and eat it.

well written...

If all ipob.. And biafrans.. Could give comprehensive arguments like this and not haul insults up and down... They would have defeated their oppressor without a single waste of bullet..

oya oya op it OK it late go and sleep

They want to keep them as slaves

The country is confused, although I don't agree with my people on certain things this one is an exception. They refuse to allow Igbo rule , refused to allow us go create a better republic.

I don't want war, but it's high time Nigeria give Biafra a chance a self determination else the country will never rest.Egypt never did until they allowed the Jews freedom.

U PEOPLE SHOULD STop DISGRACING NIGERIANS with Ur CRIME/NUISANCE

Franzinni:
well written...

If all ipob.. And biafrans.. Could give comprehensive arguments like this and not haul insults up and down... They would have defeated their oppressor without a single waste of bullet..

He merely re-stated the facts and figures we have been bringing out since a long time ago, there is nothing new in what he wrote. We have times without number said these very same things.

ipobarecriminals:
U PEOPLE SHOULD DISGRACING NIGERIANS with Ur CRIME/NUISANCE

wetin this half sense man dey talk self?

GrandGarcon:
He merely re-stated the facts and figures we have been bringing out since a long time ago, there is nothing new in what he wrote. We have times without number said these very same things.

But most igbo. People I have this discussion with are usually belligerent and readily take a defiant posture.... Screaming war.... At the slightest chance...

I am not biafran.. But I will say I will love biafra.. To be born it has been a long time coming... But

Igbo.. People should find a way to beat their oppressor mentally not with bullets...too much blood has soaked the Nigerian soil....

That is my only concern... It is not worth a single human soul.

Franzinni:


But most igbo. People I have this discussion with are usually belligerent and readily take a defiant posture.... Screaming war.... At the slightest chance...

I am not biafran.. But I will say I will love biafra.. To be born it has been a long time coming... But

Igbo.. People should find a way to beat their oppressor mentally not with bullets...too much blood has soaked the Nigerian soil....

That is my only concern... It is not worth a single human soul.

Sorry, you are damn WRONG! You people are the war mongers here, how many of you rejoice whenever those cowards who call themselves soldier of the Nigerian army kill unarmed civilians when they go about doing their daily deeds or protesting peacefully, today somebody was wearing Biafra cap in Aba, the cowardly low lives beat him up, destroyed his goods and took the poor young man away, can those 1diots do the same to Boko Haram? Nnamdi Kanu was hand cuffed in the COURT room, while Boko Haram people who have been CONFIRMED terrorists were being treated like celebrities in the court room , they were chatting like they were in a beer parlour.
Beat your oppressors mentally! FYI we are doing that everyday, that is why they have stepped up thier cowardly killing machine.

kpodosky:
The country is confused, although I don't agree with my people on certain things this one is an exception. They refuse to allow Igbo rule , refused to allow us go create a better republic.

I don't want war, but it's high time Nigeria give Biafra a chance a self determination else the country WILL NEVER REST. Egypt never did until they allowed the Jews freedom.

Biafra = Singapore
Afonjas we not like dz dat we re now Africa Singapore.


Bet wait, na we Igbos develop dat Singapore reach were e dey in no time.

Oya! My brodas, carry gun we dey enta Abuja. Na Biafra sure pass

ipobarecriminals:
U PEOPLE SHOULD DISGRACING NIGERIANS with Ur CRIME/NUISANCE

People who read and comprehend will understand and they will give constructive criticism but someone with fish brain will call names. If i may ask, why do you still want to live with criminals/nuisances. You know they are criminals and they want to go to jail where they will live with other criminals and you refused please can you tell me why?

GrandGarcon:
Sorry, you are damn WRONG! You people are the war mongers here, how many of you rejoice whenever those cowards who call themselves soldier of the Nigerian army kill unarmed civilians when they go about doing their daily deeds or protesting peacefully, today somebody was wearing Biafra cap in Aba, the cowardly low lives beat him up, destroyed his goods and took the poor young man away, can those 1diots do the same to Boko Haram? Nnamdi Kanu was hand cuffed in the COURT room, while Boko Haram people who have been CONFIRMED terrorists were being treated like celebrities in the court room , they were chatting like they were in a beer parlour.
Beat your oppressors mentally! FYI we are doing that everyday, that is why they have stepped up thier cowardly killing machine.

I have nothing to lose.... You are a prime example of the belligerent igbo.. Man I was talking about.... That is the only weak point of your people.... You are blinded by ego.... And can easily be brought to any temperature your enemy wants you at.... Just like a microwave....

Rant all you want.... Nothing will change until you fight the enemy with is own weapon.

Take care sir

Franzinni:


I have nothing to lose.... You are a prime example of the belligerent igbo.. Man I was talking about.... That is the only weak point of your people.... You are blinded by ego.... And can easily be brought to any temperature your enemy wants you at.... Just like a microwave....

Rant all you want.... Nothing will change until you fight the enemy with is own weapon.

Take care sir

pure gibberish, You are a typical one naijerianist, that is exactly what I expected from, come on, why should I ask a fish what it is doing inside water. Is there anything that we do that is good to you people of destruction? Take Nnamdi kanu as an example, he stays in prison, Nigerians laugh and deride, even calling him the general of Kuje, now that he is out, they still call him names for COMMING out, that is a typical one naijerianist for you, exactly like you.
Once again you are damn WRONG, you naijerians have everything to loose, that is why you deployed your cowardly killing machine. On the other hand, we Biafrans have absolutely Nothing to lose but we have everything to gain, which is freedom.

GrandGarcon:
pure gibberish, You are a typical one naijerianist, that is exactly what I expected from, come on, why should I ask a fish what it is doing inside water. Is there anything that we do that is good to you people of destruction? Take Nnamdi kanu as an example, he stays in prison, Nigerians laugh and deride, even calling him the general of Kuje, now that he is out, they still call him names for COMMING out, that is a typical one naijerianist for you, exactly like you.
Once again you are damn WRONG, you naijerians have everything to loose, that is why you deployed your cowardly killing machine. On the other hand, we Biafrans have absolutely Nothing to lose but we have everything to gain, which is freedom.

I don't think your freedom has been taken away.... If you were in prison you would not have a phone talk less of having a network service that you are using.... And it is a Nigerian network...

Now talking of kanu.. He is getting that treatment from Nigerians because he tried to be a rolling stone and fight Nigeria by use of force and forgot Nigerian is a mixture of venoms... He got bit... And now he is licking his wounds...

At least he is alive.... His followers that rallied behind him are not..

Franzinni:


I don't think your freedom has been taken away.... If you were in prison you would not have a phone talk less of having a network service that you are using.... And it is a Nigerian network...

Now talking of kanu.. He is getting that treatment from Nigerians because he tried to be a rolling stone and fight Nigeria by use of force and forgot Nigerian is a mixture of venoms... He got bit... And now he is licking his wounds...

At least he is alive.... His followers that rallied behind him are not..

By what use of force, were or when did you see him killing any body, his words are harsh, and rightly so, because if you are sleeping in a house that is on fire, someone outside calls with a harsh and loud voice saying: " the house is on fire, you better get out, right now! Then you begin to ask him why is harshly shouting at you, isn't that stupidity? Now I know that stupidity is a naijerian.

GrandGarcon:
By what use of force, were or when did you see him killing any body, his words are harsh, and rightly so, because if you are sleeping in a house that is on fire, someone outside calls with a harsh and loud voice saying: " the house is on fire, you better get out, right now! Then you begin to ask him why is harshly shouting at you, isn't that stupidity? Now I know that stupidity is a naijerian.

my brother... I know deep inside your heart you know the truth... But let me tell you again.

Biafra will never happen.. By force...
Unless my people from the east of Nigeria can come up with a very good plan to defeat the enemy..

One of this way is to begin to build the east and develop it to a level that everyone will love to live there..

The east will become so self reliant that when they say it's time every country in the world will stand up behind you...

But for now that is not happening.... All igbo.. People are outside the east..

They are developing the world.... And forgetting the same biaFrA.. They are fighting for..

Is that not a sad realization?

ipobarecriminals:
U PEOPLE SHOULD STop DISGRACING NIGERIANS with Ur CRIME/NUISANCE

OGUN ritualist you see your life?

Franzinni:


I have nothing to lose.... You are a prime example of the belligerent igbo.. Man I was talking about.... That is the only weak point of your people.... You are blinded by ego.... And can easily be brought to any temperature your enemy wants you at.... Just like a microwave....

Rant all you want.... Nothing will change until you fight the enemy with is own weapon.

Take care sir

Chia! Just look at what you wrote here

Franzinni:
my brother... I know deep inside your heart you know the truth... But let me tell you again.

Biafra will never happen.. By force...
Unless my people from the east of Nigeria can come up with a very good plan to defeat the enemy..

One of this way is to begin to build the east and develop it to a level that everyone will love to live there..

The east will become so self reliant that when they say it's time every country in the world will stand up behind you...

But for now that is not happening.... All igbo.. People are outside the east..

They are developing the world.... And forgetting the same biaFrA.. They are fighting for..

Is that not a sad realization?

This is the same old lie that is being told by the Oluwole Lagos Ibadam express road gutter journalists of the naijerian media, the very same old lies that we hear everyday, in the east there are much more Igbo people than there are, outside, someone living elsewhere running his business there comes to the village and picks up a child and takes him to for example Lagos and teaches him the trade, is that running away from Igbo land? Come on, that I went to learn a trade does not mean I ran away from my land.
In other countries, once you have the money, you can build an airport, international airport for that matter, and nobody will disturb you, but in naijeria, a simple airport is a highly politicised matter, look at the Enugu airport for example, this matter led to the sacking of Stella Odua, the gutter journalists of Lagos Ibadam express way, Oluwole certificate media, started spinning false stories about her, just because she upgraded Enugu airport to international status, now because of that Ethiopian is the only international airline that flies to that airport, before the announcement of the upgrade, the yoruba media opposed it vehemently, but she has an Iron skin so they decided to punish her by accusing her of corruption, even till today she doesn't see GEJ eye to eye because as imbecilic he is, he fell for cheap propaganda.
What about seaports? the federal government said the building of seaports is thier exclusive duty, because of the want to stiffle the development of Igbo land they have neglected the use of the sea ports in Porthacourt, Oron, Warri, even the Tinapa was frustrated to death because they knew that an Igbo man will likely use that one instead of going all the way to the city of filth to clear his goods.
What of roads, thr federal roads in the east are the worst in the world, because nigerians do not want us to develope our place, even o federal road in Abia state has become a man made lake, children even swim there, a federal road! chai na wa oo.
You say Biafra won't happen, then naijeria will know no development, peace and progress, because he that is holding someone down is equally holding himself down.

GrandGarcon:
This is the same old lie that is being told by the Oluwole Lagos Ibadam express road gutter journalists of the naijerian media, the very same old lies that we hear everyday, in the east there are much more Igbo people than there are, outside, someone living elsewhere running his business there comes to the village and picks up a child and takes him to for example Lagos and teaches him the trade, is that running away from Igbo land? Come on, that I went to learn a trade does not mean I ran away from my land.
In other countries, once you have the money, you can build an airport, international airport for that matter, and nobody will disturb you, but in naijeria, a simple airport is a highly politicised matter, look at the Enugu airport for example, this matter led to the sacking of Stella Odua, the gutter journalists of Lagos Ibadam express way, Oluwole certificate media, started spinning false stories about her, just because she upgraded Enugu airport to international status, now because of that Ethiopian is the only international airline that flies to that airport, before the announcement of the upgrade, the yoruba media opposed it vehemently, but she has an Iron skin so they decided to punish her by accusing her of corruption, even till today she doesn't see GEJ eye to eye because as imbecilic he is, he fell for cheap propaganda.
What about seaports? the federal government said the building of seaports is thier exclusive duty, because of the want to stiffle the development of Igbo land they have neglected the use of the sea ports in Porthacourt, Oron, Warri, even the Tinapa was frustrated to death because they knew that an Igbo man will likely use that one instead of going all the way to the city of filth to clear his goods.
What of roads, thr federal roads in the east are the worst in the world, because nigerians do not want us to develope our place, even o federal road in Abia state has become a man made lake, children even swim there, a federal road! chai na wa oo.
You say Biafra won't happen, then naijeria will know no development, peace and progress, because he that is holding someone down is equally holding himself down.

I think I now know the problem... And it is you only see from the point of view of the victim in this case.... And that makes you spend all the time angry and complaining about what has been done to you... When in. Reality it has not been all bad...

Biafra is a valid dream.... But I will say it till you hear me...

It will never be actualized by violence.. NEVER.

Franzinni:


I think I now know the problem... And it is you only see from the point of view of the victim in this case.... And that makes you spend all the time angry and complaining about what has been done to you... When in. Reality it has not been all bad...

Biafra is a valid dream.... But I will say it till you hear me...

It will never be actualized by violence.. NEVER.

It is not that bad? You nigerians are very insensitive. Do you know how many people die on that road to lagos everyday? I even lost a cousin on that road, You are the ones talking of violence, IPOB has never hurt anybody, Nnamdi Kanu has not done any harm to anybody. But the cowardly army has killed many IPOB members, but when they see Boko Haram they run away.

GrandGarcon:
It is not that bad? You nigerians are very insensitive. Do you know how many people die on that road to lagos everyday? I even lost a cousin on that road, You are the ones talking of violence, IPOB has never hurt anybody, Nnamdi Kanu has not done any harm to anybody. But the cowardly army has killed many IPOB members, but when they see Boko Haram they run away.

My brother you are Nigerian too....

Your international passport says so...
Prove me wrong.

Franzinni:


My brother you are Nigerian too....

Your international passport says so...
Prove me wrong.

Americanity is a thing of the mind, So is Biafranity. What is inside me spiritually is better that what is outside. BTW Tim Osman who later became Osama bin Laden also has an American passport.

GrandGarcon:
Americanity is a thing of the mind, So is Biafranity. What is inside me spiritually is better that what is outside. BTW Tim Osman who later became Osama bin Laden also has an American passport.

That American passport was acquired but you are born and brought up a full blooded Nigerian...

Can you travel to even ghana... With biafran.. Passport?

Even kanu.. Has Nigerian pAssport...

Guy I no hate the idea of biafra.. When e come... I will be visiting very well but for now it is just a dream.

Who is holding back Yeebos from leaving Nigeria?

Franzinni:


That American passport was acquired but you are born and brought up a full blooded Nigerian...

Can you travel to even ghana... With biafran.. Passport?

Even kanu.. Has Nigerian pAssport...

Guy I no hate the idea of biafra.. When e come... I will be visiting very well but for now it is just a dream.

Passport is a booklet, it is not part of your life, it is just a book and everybody that has at leaste on acquired it, your passport did not come out of your mother's womb as you did, you aquired it, you did not grow it.
Biafra does not exist right now as a country, but that is what we are fighting for, so how can there be a Biafran Passport?

GrandGarcon:
Passport is a booklet, it is not part of your life, it is just a book and everybody that has at leaste on acquired it, your passport did not come out of your mother's womb as you did, you aquired it, you did not grow it.

it is your identity in this planet and as at this moment in time

You are Nigerian... My brother kedu

Franzinni:
it is your identity in this planet and as at this moment in time

You are Nigerian... My brother kedu

Fvck you, fvck naijeria

GrandGarcon:
Fvck you, fvck naijeria

hehe my brother Nigeria your father land loves you.... Help me scream one nigeria!!!!!

Franzinni:
hehe my brother Nigeria your father land loves you.... Help me scream one nigeria!!!!!

Fvck naijeria. I am a Biafran, if you don't like it please stand in the middle of the high way.