why are ibo crying ''marginalisation'' ?

Ikengawo:

lets not get it twisted, it was Yar Adua who settled the issues in the south south (at least to the level they are today)

with GEJ being a south south man, he can never pass a bill giving the South south resource control because everyone will accuse him of bias and he'll sink in popularity, then the political machinery of all the other tribes will begin grinding against him because they're feel threaten and the president of nigeria has to spend an abusive amount of time and resources making sure the other ethnic groups don't feel threatened.

If Yar'adua were to have passed such a bill everyone would be ok with it, but if a south south president were to do it he would get attacked and lose trust.

I'm igbo, im not at all interested in a man being president simply because he's igbo.
As an igbo im interested in 2 things.

a president that will help upstart local businesses
a president that will fix electricity
a president that will promote more federalism
encourages a more merit based political system and society
encourages cheaper education based on merit
and a president that will build the second Niger river bridge, if not a 3rd and 4th




with more federalism, an encouraging environment for businesses and less congestion of out Onitsha bridge, the igbo people will excel


Now, if it takes an Igbo man to do that so be it, but im not going to vote for a man simply because he's named Okoro because i know it's a fast way to make sure none of this happens.


If i was yoruba i would like a president that

focuses on health care (larger families require it more)
improves access to schools for all (university seats are often taken by igbos because there's so few to go around)

and does other things specific to the yoruba people plight.

who cares what his last name is? It will just be an excuse for people to attack him if he helps the yorubas.


Obasanjo did nothing for yorubas, Yar adua nothing for fulanis

Ikengawo:

that's all that matters when you're under-educated.
i prefer a better life for my people and self over being able to brag that my ethnic group 'produced' a president.

nigerians need to realize life isn't about bragging, there are real things on the line, like your children's future and your parents having decent hospitals to go to, but the undereducated among us are so ready to ignore both things just to make sure their 'region' can 'produce' a president.

mind you their 'region' is more likely to be neglected by the president it 'produces' because of the political structure of Nigeria.

wtf did Babangida do for Gwari people, Abacha for Kanuri people, Yar Adua for fulani people, OBJ for yoruba people, Azikiwe for Igbo people


in SPECIFIC?


Awolowo for example did a lot of Yoruba people, but he wasn't the president of Nigeria. If he was and did the exact same things for yoruba people, he would be insulted by the other ethnic groups, distrusted and consequently overthrown.


even if an igbo president has 2 igbos in their cabinet there will be wahala. If he has 4 hausa he will be hailed. 

Ikengawo:

probably so.
but the majority of Nigeria is undereducated cause our people seem to discourage critical thinking and our education system is a joke.


I constantly tell my fellow igbos to relax about this presidency thing, it does nothing for us.

the model i like are the jews in america. They have no intention of becoming the president, but they make sure to assist candidates into power that will do things that suit their interests as a people.

if igbos can become the richest in Nigeria, that's all that matters to me as an igbo. If we have what we need to take care of ourselves and our families that's all that matters and if a kanuri or chinese man has to bring it so be it.



focus on controlling the throne, not sitting in it, and there's a clear difference.

FORMER Minister of Information and Communications and the senatorial candidate for Anambra Central on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Dora Akunyili, has kicked against the alleged plan to make the Southwest produce the next Senate President.

Speaking at Dunukofia Local Government Area yesterday, during Iyom Christy Okoye’s declaration for APGA, Mrs. Akunyili said the arrangement would spell doom for the people of the Southeast.

She said: "I want to believe the report by the media was incorrect. If it is correct, it means that the Igbos are no longer in the country’s equation. If we are not President, we are not Vice- President, we are not Senate President and we are not Speaker, where are we?"

She urged the Southeast to stand up against what she described as neglect of Ndigbo.

She said: "It has happened before. I believe this time around, it should not if we really believe in one Nigeria."

The former minister enjoined women to register in the voter registration exercise.

Senator Joy Emodi advised the people of the zone to register ahead of the 2011 April election.

Iyom Okoye said her decision to join APGA was informed by the passion she had for women and the state.

south south issue became an issue of national discourse as a result of the bloody agitation that disrupted oil flow, nigerdelta ministry is just a kite flown to appease the people. meaningful development would only come with nigerdelta having a real voice in day to day running of the state. it can only happen with him being a major player. same goes for other minority group. Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba are not the only people in Nigeria. while these group dont need to be in power to attract development, same cannot be said of others.