IGBONIZATION OF NIGERIA

#ChangingTheNarrative. Fun facts about the Igbo and Igboland. ....... In case you don't know:

1) Finding a bungalow in #Onitsha is like looking for a fish in a desert.

2) #Onitsha has more multistorey buildings than a combination of Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Ondo all put together.

3) #Owerri has the most concentration of hotels, clubs, and bars per square meter in Nigeria.

4) #Onitsha is the most densely populated city in Nigeria outside Lagos.

5) #Enugu in 2014 made the list of Most resilient cities in the world and the first in Nigeria.

6) #Owerri and # Aba have the most organized city masterplan, initiated by former governor Dr. Sam Mbakwe of old imo state. Sadly Aba has been left to rot, due to bad governance.

7)#Anambra state has the best urban and rural road network of any state in Nigeria.

: For the past 10yrs, #Anambra, #IMO, #Abia, #Enugu, are the leading states in WAEC, NECO, and JAMB, and are also the leading states with NYSC pass out.

9) #Imo, #Anambra, #Delta presently have the most Ph.D. holder and Professors in Nigeria.

10) By premium times report, #IMO, #Anambra and #Delta are the leading states for law admission for the past 5yrs, while #Imo, #Anambra, #Delta, and #Enugu are leading for medicine admission.

11)#Anambra #Imo and #Enugu have the highest cut off mark for admission into federal unity schools and colleges, yet these states produce the most graduates from those colleges. For Anambra, it is 139, Imo 138, Enugu 134.

12) In 2017, #Igbo students dominated the list of graduates in Engineering and medicine departments in covenant university.

13) In any city, town or village you enter outside #Igboland in #Nigeria, after the indigenous language speakers, the next are the #Igbo.

14) The #Igbo are the largest diaspora #Nigerians in any country in the world except in the Uk, where the #Yorubas hold sway.

15) The University of Nigeria Nsukka has the most influential alumni of any university in #Nigeria.

16) #Owerri has the highest concentration of beautiful girls of any city in #Nigeria.

17) #Onitsha main market in #Anambra state and #Ariaria market in #Aba #Abia state remain the biggest commodity markets in West Africa.

18) #Igboland has the biggest and most influential Football and Nollywood stars in #Nigeria.

19) #Onitsha houses the highest concentration of multi storey apartments per square meter in #Sub-Saharan #Africa

20) In 2018, the National Inland Waterways Authority(NIWA), reported that 60 Percent Of Cargo In #Nigeria goes to #Onitsha.

21)#Portharcourt, #Owerri, #Enugu, and #Asaba airports are the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th busiest airports in #Nigeria respectively.

22)#Uli airport in present-day #Anambra state was the first indigenously built airport in black Africa. Built by the #Biafrans during the civil war. Though a makeshift airport, it served its purpose during the civil war but was destroyed after the war.

23) #Imo Airport is the only indigenously built and the first state-owned airport in #Nigeria. Built from contributions and donations from Indigenes (then #Imo and #Abia). Initiated under the leadership of Sam Mbakwe, but officially commenced operation in 1991.

*_#IgboAmaka!_* ✍�


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Coneheaded structures will soon flood this thread like bees


They will soon start foaming ewedu nitrogenous gas nsi nsi

Some people will be very very angry now

Lol.. We yoruba Muslims disagree

Nice but still waiting for it to hit front-page bcus some people will never sleep tonight if it does.

2) #Onitsha has more multistorey buildings than a combination of Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Ondo all put together.

all these small children coming here on nairaland to disturb us with their gibberish sha