tollyboy5:

Should we rely on those past and create more troubles?

tollyboy5:

Should we rely on those past and create more troubles?

GBTYO:
On assumption of power, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966. Decree No 1 dated January 17, 1966 but not published in the Official Gazette until March 4, 1966y.

He then issued Public Order Decree No 33 dated May 24 1966 which dissolved eighty-one political associations and twenty-six tribal and cultural associations.

At the early stage of his tenure, he appointed a three-man advisory team made up of Chief Francis Nwokedi, a Permanent Secretary, Dr. Pius Charles Nwabafor Okigbo (1924-2000) and Colonel Patrick Anwunah, who later became Chairman and Head of the Orientation Committee at that time.
He replaced the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991) with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke (SAN), former Director, Public Prosecution, Eastern Nigeria (1960-1965) from Nimo in the present Anambra state.


In a speech to the nation on January 28 1966, he denounced the evils of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa regime and outlined necessary reforms. ”All Nigerians”, he declared,” want an end to regionalism. Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction. The Federal Military Government will preserve Nigeria as one strong nation.” He then went on to promise “administrative reforms” and referred specifically to several matters in which regional as well as personal interests were known to have had decisive influence. These were official appointments, public investments, and the universities. He promised that in the public services, efficiency and merit will be the criteria for advancement”. That industrial development would be “coordinated to avoid wasteful duplication of industrial projects”, and that the universities would be “re-orientated to serve the genuine interest of our people.”


Immediately after the speech two Governors kicked against the proposal. They were, Major General David Akpode Ejoor (83) from Ovu in the present Delta State, then serving as the Military Governor of the Mid-Western region and Major General Hassan Usman Katsina(1933-1995), who was then serving as Governor of the Northern region.

Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (1933-2011), Military Governor of Eastern Region welcomed the decree while Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966), Military Governor of Western Region never commented on the promulgation of the decree.
Lt-Col Ejoor was reported as saying that the ’National Government’ set up by the army was the prelude to ‘the reintroduction of a unitary form of government’ and insisted that it would create future problems.

Shortly afterwards, the Supreme Military Council announced that a senior government official, Mr. Nwokedi, had been asked to consider and to report to the Supreme Military Council on the establishment of ‘an administrative machinery for a united Nigeria’ and the ‘unification of the Public Services and Judicial Services.’

GBTYO:
On assumption of power, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966. Decree No 1 dated January 17, 1966 but not published in the Official Gazette until March 4, 1966y.

He then issued Public Order Decree No 33 dated May 24 1966 which dissolved eighty-one political associations and twenty-six tribal and cultural associations.

At the early stage of his tenure, he appointed a three-man advisory team made up of Chief Francis Nwokedi, a Permanent Secretary, Dr. Pius Charles Nwabafor Okigbo (1924-2000) and Colonel Patrick Anwunah, who later became Chairman and Head of the Orientation Committee at that time.
He replaced the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991) with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke (SAN), former Director, Public Prosecution, Eastern Nigeria (1960-1965) from Nimo in the present Anambra state.


In a speech to the nation on January 28 1966, he denounced the evils of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa regime and outlined necessary reforms. ”All Nigerians”, he declared,” want an end to regionalism. Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction. The Federal Military Government will preserve Nigeria as one strong nation.” He then went on to promise “administrative reforms” and referred specifically to several matters in which regional as well as personal interests were known to have had decisive influence. These were official appointments, public investments, and the universities. He promised that in the public services, efficiency and merit will be the criteria for advancement”. That industrial development would be “coordinated to avoid wasteful duplication of industrial projects”, and that the universities would be “re-orientated to serve the genuine interest of our people.”


Immediately after the speech two Governors kicked against the proposal. They were, Major General David Akpode Ejoor (83) from Ovu in the present Delta State, then serving as the Military Governor of the Mid-Western region and Major General Hassan Usman Katsina(1933-1995), who was then serving as Governor of the Northern region.

Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (1933-2011), Military Governor of Eastern Region welcomed the decree while Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966), Military Governor of Western Region never commented on the promulgation of the decree.
Lt-Col Ejoor was reported as saying that the ’National Government’ set up by the army was the prelude to ‘the reintroduction of a unitary form of government’ and insisted that it would create future problems.

Shortly afterwards, the Supreme Military Council announced that a senior government official, Mr. Nwokedi, had been asked to consider and to report to the Supreme Military Council on the establishment of ‘an administrative machinery for a united Nigeria’ and the ‘unification of the Public Services and Judicial Services.’

demmie1:


Unitary government made up of only eboes.

Anyway Nigeria is unravelling soon and all these stories will be a thing of the past when every nation is their own country.

GBTYO:


And to think the Igbo will not align with the Fulani to fight tooth and nail to preserve Nigeria ?

What's the whole essence of Peter Obi if not a revamped Zik aligning with the Fulani ?

Liars.

gartamanta:


How come two years after you started this thread, you still dont know that it was Yakubu Gowon who abolished the 4 Regions Nigeria once had, and created 12 states to replace them?

gartamanta:


How come two years after you started this thread, you still dont know that it was Yakubu Gowon who abolished the 4 Regions Nigeria once had, and created 12 states to replace them?

AlexBells:


You forgot it was 1966 and no one knows what running a country was really like, it was the experimental phase of our statehoo6

Christistruth00:



Alexbells it took more than 4 years to Negotiate and Test Run the Regional Government and it was

already successful before Nigeria was given independence

GBTYO:


Nonsense.

Stop pushing to Gowon what you started.

The creation of Old Cross River and old Rivers was a contentious issue for you igbos because it was pandering to the carving put of the COR region out of your blighted parasitic yeast.

Gowon modeled the states to be autonomous like that of the US with executive heads both at the state and federal but owing to the annexation by ojukwu all that was shelved. After the war, Niger Delta oil was now being used to pay of the war debt


Gowon was set to have a constitutional review before he was kicked out .

Obasanjo tried to work his way in granting fiscal autonomy for states in his 1979 constitution but was resisted by northern elements backed by you Igbos.

The problem has always and will always remain you igbos continued coveting of the land and resources of the Niger Delta.

gidgiddy:
Resisting a decree in military rule? You can only do that by taking up arms.

Besides, Decree 34 did not change the structural arrangement of Nigeria. All it did was unify the civil service

Christistruth00:



That is a Lie


Before Gen Ironsi’s unification decree in 1966 ,Awolowo’s western region had it’s own busy UK embassy on Great portland st in Central London

It had to be closed down immediately afterwards because of Ironsi’s unification decree and the Federal Government later took over the building

AlexBells:
How do you really want an Igbo to oppose it, for a very young country at 1966, how do we even know what is right or wrong, the question you ought to ask yourself is who had the best interest of Nigerians at heart.

In 1966 an American studied Azikiwe, and a UK studied Ojikwu with Ironsi sat to think about which system of government would be the best for the troubled country, after the second world war, America just became the Super power a Republican, that should show you that a lot inspiration was drawn from overseas and not a plot to make Igbos the overlord.

Truth is very important, in every event, But Ironsi did not even live to tell the story and no one will listen to Ojukwu after the war...

gartamanta:


And Gowon came and abolished the Western Region all together, carving out West central State and Lagos State
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AlexBells:


You forgot it was 1966 and no one knows what running a country was really like, it was the experimental phase of our statehoo6

gartamanta:


And Gowon came and abolished the Western Region all together, carving out West central State and Lagos State
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gidgiddy:


Coup was a general thing in the 1960's every country in West Africa went through it. Even those who allege that Igbos did a coup went on to conduct several other coups.

Controling Oil in COR Region that was yet to be created? Dont make me laugh. If the so called COR people were so bothered about their Oil, they should have fought for Biafra strongly because had Biafra stood, it would have been only Igbos they would have had to deal with. But they went for Nigeria and made their situation 3 times worse as they now have the entire North, Yorubas and Igbos to deal with.

By the way, the person who actually dismantled the Regions was Gowon. It was Gowon that abolished the 4 Regions of the time, replaced them with 12 states and took away resource control

Christistruth00:



No

It was after Ojukwu had kidnapped the Eastern Region Minorities into his Biafra
that Gowon responded to their longstanding agitation for creation of their own States
why creating States

The Regions had become completely powerless to do anything without FG permission after Ironsi’s
Unification decree
Gen Ironsi even refused Major Katsina permission to attend Prime Minister Balewa’s funeral

tollyboy5:

Should we rely on those past and create more troubles?

asanausana91:
you guys are still relying on those past, the issue of biafra is among those past but up till now igbos are still talking about Biafra even after they swore allegiance to Nigeria.

gartamanta:


So why are you contradicting your self?

Gowon abolished the 4 Regions, created 12 states and took away resource


Others that came after Gowon created more stared and we now have 36

Those in the Niger Delta that now have states only get 13% of their money, while government pockets 87%

If they are happy with that then fine

So what is the issue with Ironsi then? He left the 4 Regions, he left resource control

But the person who got his state but now gets only 13% of his resources, is angry with with Ironsi over what?

GBTYO:


Ask them why the old eastern region was so divisive that Benue (which was once part of southern Nigeria) opted to join the north than to be carved into the Igbo dominated eastern region.

Ask them why Western Cameroon opted to leave Nigeria all together and what where their grievances outlined for such.

Ask them about COR region and why the Igbo refused to allow for a referendum on the matter in the Igbo dominated eastern parliament.

Ask them why Adaka Boro was the first militant secessionist to agitate for a seperate state out of Nigeria.

Ask them who sent them to declare The Republic of Benin as an independent nation after chasing Ejoor from the mid West and appointing an Igbo officer as its HoS.

The level of rubbish perpetuated by these people early in our nation is what we are still suffering today.

And yet, here they are wanting to repeat that folly some 50 odd years later in the form of revamped Biafra and Peter Obi Zikism.

leokid866:

please why didn't you table this before your brother jona I would really like to hear his views on this.

asanausana91:
pls ask him again if this is what Peter obi is coming to do?

GBTYO:


Obi has stated severally that he sees nothing wrong with the parasitic system in place.

For someone running as a reformist, this sounds more like a conformist to me.

If there is anything we in the Niger Delta have suffered, it is the relied alliance of the Igbo to truncate every effort to get back to full resource control.

Since 1999, Igbo legislatives have ALWAYS aligned with the north to thwart any discussion of resource control.

When Obasanjo proposed 25% derivative alongside his third teem bid, the Igbo his under third term to side with the north in rejecting it.

It took the good heart of Musa Yaradua to push for a compromise to get 13% for oil producing states.

When the issue of offshore and onshore dichotomy arose, the same Igbo aligned with the north in the national assembly to deny the revenue from offshore oil wells to be paid to states. It took a judiciary ruling from the highest court to rule in favour of coastal states. Without that ruling, states like Akwa Ibom that have all their revenue from offshore drilling won't be registering the developmental strides that they are being envied over.

I will keep saying it that the Igbo is the greatest enemy and threat to peace, prosperity and security of the Niger Delta.

You're like the proverbial harlot in Solomon tales who will rather see the baby cut in half.

Your history has always been to steal, annex and genocide the people of the Niger Delta which you did under the fog of war during the occupation and annexation of your rogue biafran govt.

You are not in amu way an ally to the south talk more of the Niger Delta.