Mixed reactions have continued to trail online comment credited to a former aide of President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, over his call for the people of the South East region of Nigeria to stop the increasing habit of begging.


According to the former presidential aide, instead of begging, the Igbo should use their God-given talents to earn their living.

Omokri had on Thursday, through one of the social media platforms, TwitterNG, told the south east people that Coronavirus lockdown condition was not enough to make them beg.

According to him, “If you are from the SE, I urge you to ask your elders about this: Igbos used to beat fellow Igbos who begged. Begging is never part of Igbo culture. Don’t allow conditions make you lose ancient virtues that made your race the pride of Black Africa.

“If you are from the SE, this #CoronaVirus lockdown condition is not enough to make you beg. After the civil war in 1970, Igbos were poor. But what shocked the world was that they did not beg. Instead, they worked and traded their way out of poverty.”

However, Omokri’s statement generated a lot of reactions from some online users. While some agreed with, and applauded him for standing on the side of truth, others berated him for an unwarranted attack on the Igbo people.


Reacting, @ifywc and @VeronicaNelly7 berated Omokri saying that an Igbo name was begging online does not make south east people beggers. “True… but because someone with an Igbo name is begging doesn’t mean south easterners are beggers.” According to @VeronicaNelly7, “That any Igbo man or lady drop his or her details doesn’t mean we are begging. Just passing out time due to the lockdown. Begging is not in our DNA”


On his part, @SUGobimba was utterly displeased with Omokri’s unsolicited advice and asked him to leave people alone if he could not assist them. “If you want to help people online just help them or tell them you can’t help not to insult people from south east region.”


Reacting in the same vein, @changes_itz was surprised that Omokri could single out south east alone even when the situation was affecting everybody. “I don’t get it, you only work your way if there is an opportunity but when world economy is on break, I don’t see how that is possible when everyone is only worried about survival”


@ogechi042 and @Obokohwoisrael took a jab at him describing his ‘so called’ giveaway as not truly free. “Even your so called give away is not free, You people task to accomplish which is to follow your paddy apostle on Twitter. So, those people you are insulting are just hustling. I think it’s wise to say that they are working to get paid but instead of paying them, you are insulting them”, @ogechi042 tweeted.

“Oga, the insult you dish out to Nigerians ever since you started tasking them to follow other handles and making retweets just for 30$ or less is vile”, @Obokohwoisrael added.

Meanwhile, @jerryrobben was of the opinion that Mr Omokri was the one encouraging begging. He said: “…Coming from someone that does auditioning before giving out money. If you really want to make sense, stop encouraging people to beg online.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/igbo-reno-omokri-clash-over-coronavirus/

Rubbish!

It's like some bastards are still smarting over Renos' statement on begging not being part of Igbo culture, to the point they're now going to dig out a few isolated negative statements of some morons (that may not even be Igbo) out of the thousands that actually commended him!

This is what boredom can cause...

That someone is bearing an igbo name or moniker cannot make me take their words as that of an igbo person.

you are from the SE, this #CoronaVirus lockdown condition is not enough to make you beg. After the civil war in 1970, Igbos were poor. But what shocked the world was that they did not beg. Instead, they worked and traded their way out of poverty.”

We are not begging we are only demanding for our right, after all how do I work and trade from d comfort of my room with d lockdown

XANDERBOY85:
Rubbish!

It's like some bastards are still smarting over Renos' statement on begging not being part of Igbo culture, to the point they're now going to dig out a few isolated negative statements of some morons (that may not even be Igbo) out of the thousands that actually commended him!

The story was published by vanguard newspaper and not some bastards. Vanguard is published by an Igbo man and the paper circulated majorly in the south east.

successmatters:
That someone is bearing an igbo name or moniker cannot make me take their words as that of an igbo person.

Lol

Reno the renowned fool is taking a jab at the people from the cursed erosion ridden redmudland.
Friendly fire fired.

Alright.

DIVINE78:
Reno the renowned fool is taking a jab at the people from the cursed erosion ridden redmudland.
Friendly fire fired.

Do you think you are talking sense with what you wrote here?





I still remain Ada ogwashi

Reno has limit Igbo's to south east too well let them continue when the time come for all the Igbos to go by then e go clear everybody eye but for now let keep developing Asaba and port Harcourt with oil money






I still remain Ada ogwashi

Omokiri no get sense before...

Someone is asking why he singled out South East only.....
I think Reno is only trying to paint Igbos in a good light.
He is actually trying to prove that unlike Yorubas, and Al-majiris, Igbos are people of worth who are not expected to beg for money.

Igbos should be grateful to him.

Or was it not the same Reno who who said Prof. Wole Soyinka doesn't deserve the Nobel prize but should be awarded to an Igbo man instead —Chinua Achebe

Some others said if an Igbo name begs, it doesn't mean the Igbo tribe are beggars.
I agree
But you must also agree that not all Yoruba are ritualists or dirty

It also doesn't mean that all Muslims are terrorists

It also means that not all Fulani herders are murders

It is then also wrong to generalise the North as a region "wey dey born throway", according to Patience Jonathan.

It is wrong to generalise

DIVINE78:
Reno the renowned fool is taking a jab at the people from the cursed erosion ridden redmudland.
Friendly fire fired.

Haba! Bros take it easy on ibos na

Op why are you twisting it to make it looks like reno was attacking igbos

DIVINE78:
Reno the renowned fool is taking a jab at the people from the cursed erosion ridden redmudland.
Friendly fire fired.

We know begging is part of the culture of people from south west , for reno to remind the south east that begging is not part of their culture shows he loves our culture

Serious news organisations are doing investigative journalism, see what Vanguard is doing?

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Officialgarri:
Someone is asking why he singled out South East only.....
I think Reno is only trying to paint Igbos in a good light.
He is actually trying to prove that unlike Yorubas, and Al-majiris, Igbos are people of worth who are not expected to beg for money.

Igbos should be grateful to him.

Or was it not the same Reno who who said Prof. Wole Soyinka doesn't deserve the Nobel prize but should be awarded to an Igbo man instead —Chinua Achebe

Some others said if an Igbo name begs, it doesn't mean the Igbo tribe are beggars.
I agree
But you must also agree that not all Yoruba are ritualists or dirty

It also doesn't mean that all Muslims are terrorists

It also means that not all Fulani herders are murders

It is then also wrong to generalise the North as a region "wey dey born throway", according to Patience Jonathan.

It is wrong to generalise

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