Incredibleme: At the Toronto Film Festival and the Premiere of Lion Heart, Genevieve Nnaji has Confirmed the Nollywood and professional film acting started at Enugu and in igbo language.
FACE: I have been away from this forum for a while and it is good to see Ndi Igbo show a passion for our homelands within and outside the five states in SE.
We must reverse the current trend in Igbo land where there is a sustained outflow of resources from Igbo land. The ultimate saviour of Igbo land will be independence from the clutches of Nigeria because Nigeria is designed to emasculate the Igbo at home unless they seek opportunities from elsewhere.
Most of the graduates and young men, who really are the back bone of any society, are leaving in droves in search of opportunities and it is only a matter of time before we end up as a society for the elderly. Florida is reputed as an elderly society but they have an enormous industry in tourism which brings in endless funds but we are not in that position.
All the airports in the north are designated as international airports, while Owerri, the de-facto number four airport is still a local airport. Enugu airport is still number 6 closely behind Kano despite the closure to traffic last year. There are opportunities around us and we need to harness them for growth.
1. We already have a proven market of at least 30 million, extending to 60 million or more if you include our immediate catchment area so we must strive to maintain this market and expand. To make this workable, government must invest aggressively in inter connecting ring/loop highways and comprehensive rail networks.
2. To make Enugu airport thrive as an international hub, the region must come together and float our own airline. The airline should make technical stops in Abuja and Lagos and also extend services to Port Harcourt to maximise profits with Local connecting flights to Asaba and Owerri. When we grab a big share of the market, it will force other airlines to use Enugu as well and our tourism industry will open up as well.
3. To make sure that both the Onitsha and Owerrinta or Obuaku or Oguta River ports work, we should also float a shipping line and waterways maintenance company.
4. The individual states must have R& or innovation centres properly funded to carry out research in household equipment, software and apps development, aviation and energy developments. Apple’s worth is approaching $1 Trillion today, Apple is richer than Nigeria! You can imagine if we are able to develop an App that brings in $40 - $50 million a year. We should have our own home made TVs, refrigerators, cookers, ACs etc by now. We have the talents to accomplish those simple tasks.
5. Most of our cities are already laid out in reasonable grid system, therefore we should be thinking of developing a major gas supply line to pipe our abundant gas to homes. This will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. If we are able to make just $10 per household per month from about 10 Million households excluding industrial users, that is at least $1.2 billion right there. Osisioma industrial area of Aba is already being supplied with gas so it is not impossible to achieve.
6. Float our own civil engineering construction companies to do our own rail tracks and roads and to also bid for federal government jobs. We don’t need Julius Berger or the Chinese for those. We only need them to build one Kilometre of rail tracks for us to serve as training for our own in house engineers who will take over and complete our projects. The crux of the matter is that we need to find a way to exist as a country within a country.
Handsomegod: The poser below was Chief Nnia Nwodo's backlash against the status of Igbos vis-a-vis IPOB as against what obtains when it concerns other regions. His words were direct and should provoke every Igbo man and indeed all men of conscience still left in this contraption. Let us chew and ruminate on those disclosures until it drives us. One Nigeria has multiple meanings depending on the region it applies to per time. This qualifies as the State of the Union address to all Igbos. [center] [b]" Fulani herdsmen and their sponsors, Meyetti Allah move about freely reeling out new threats, occupying Southern and Middle Belt farms forcibly with the law enforcement agents either aiding them or intentionally looking away. Churches are invaded, priests killed yet no one is arrested. Thousands are killed, thousands are rendered homeless, no one cares. IDPS are established only when the displaced come from a favoured section of the country.
"Now, they contemplate Operation Python Dance 3 without dealing with the carnage of Operation Python dance 2 where UN rules of engagement were flagrantly violated. Who won’t be angry under these circumstances?"
“Boko Haram loot, plunder, kidnap but the government negotiates with them spending unappropriated and undisclosed sums, yet IPOB is proscribed for just speaking up. Arewa youths spoke treason and were defended by Governors and treated with privilege.
“No wonder our security chiefs are appointed on the basis of where they come from. Any Igbo who is not angry at the situation in the country today must have his head reexamined.”
“Here are young people described as terrorists for daring to speak out in the face of degradation, marginalization and inhuman treatment.The provocation, double standards, and subjection to servitude far outweigh the denigration their false propaganda subject us to"
“I salute the courage of the Imo State judiciary and the professionalism of the State Attorney General. Never again shall we Igbos at this critical time shoot ourselves again on the foot. No matter how provocative, incendiary and unruly IPOB may be, they are our children. Aggrieved children can sometimes loose their guard"
Did Nnia Nwodo really say this? Cos if he did, I would be really impressed. It sounds like the kind of thing the evergreen Prof Ben Nwabueze would say. Please, can I get a link for this purported Nnia Nwodo speech?
Yorubaskullmine: The buildings in that picture could be replicated in onitsha and most igbo cities.
It looks like how Onitsha and Asaba can look like, if we get our basics right. Look at the water body at the left side of the city, that could be River Niger.
ckenneths: Okay, good people, see the Onitsha which the outside world doesn't know about..........
This is beautiful! Just trim the overgrown grasses i see on the road side and you could be forgiven for thinking you're looking at a neighborhood in Atlanta!
Spyder, any more pics of the inner streets of Onitsha GRA?
Governance is not a tea party. We the citizens are so fuc/king angry and demanding right now and wouldn't accept any person that thinks he can become governor just to feather his family nest, answer 'your excellency' and make a name for himself! That was in the past!
Governance of today is more than just paying salaries, clearing gutters (that's when they're arssed to do it), and junketing abroad every couple of weeks on the excuse of looking for the ever elusive 'foreign investor'!
Anyone that thinks he can be governor but isn't prepared to be innovative and think outside the box should be prepared to receive the sharp end of my tongue!
I agree with you 100%, the leaders we choose must be people of proven quality in both experience and previous results and achievements. We Cannot Afford To allow allow just anyone To lead us.
Every “village” in anambra is a thriving, bustling city
Obiano is simply the best. By the time his 8 years are through, it would be hard to recognize Anambra again. The new commissioner for works is a round peg in a round hole.
NonsoWow: Obiano is simply the best. By the time his 8 years are through, it would be hard to recognize Anambra again. The new commissioner for works is a round peg in a round hole.
yea...egg zatly...i know u wish u can get an obiano in ur oshogbo village
