ThinkSmarter:
I honestly love your objective submission.
Honestly, the remote location of Abakaliki and it's scattered settlement pattern made it inaccessible and unattractive to the colonial masters.
This contributed negatively towards our exposure to the western civilization.
But following the clamour for improved welfare for the region and her people.
The few elites clamoured for the creation of Ebonyi State.
Which was granted by the military government of Sani Abacha in 1996.
This triggered so many good fortunes for the people like higher access to education, health, wealth, infrastructure, etc.
Today, the narratives is getting better among our people.
The illiteracy rate is declining rapidly.
The infrastructure is growing slow but steady.
Thatched houses are phasing away and are being replaced by bungalows.
I'm an Abakaliki man, but honesty the pride, the ego and arrogance of an average Anambra man is second to non.
They ridicule the Abakaliki man at any slight chance.
My advice to those that are fond of that stereotype is: Trying impacting the lives of the Abakaliki people in any little way you can if you think you are civilised and privileged.
Cause, that is exactly what the Whites did to the third world countries upon their discovery during their expedition.
They sacrificed their comfort, to make sure that we got civilised to the point that we are now and still doing it through World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, FAO, USAID, European Union, etc
The young shall grow, time shall tell.
On the accusations that Abakaliki hustlers in Anambra towns are behind the atrocities of IPOB.
So, all the keke riders in Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi and Other Anambra towns are Abakaliki people? Nawa o.
He meant that those unknown gun men that drove in SUVs and had confrontation with Security personnels are the Abakaliki people.
Including Ikonso and his boys, the ones that are killed at Nnobi during the heat of Anambra election?
So, he meant Abakaliki people are the ones shutting down Onitsha, Nnewi and other Igbo towns on every Mondays?
Hate is a cancer.
You hate Yoruba, hate Fulani, hate Abakaliki.
This is one of the reasons that Umahi said that Ebonyi cannot be part of Biafra.
Egoistic, arrogant and tribal bigots full of acrimony, rancour and bitterness.

FactsvsFiction:


Go and read about the army officers whose actions directly or indirectly led to the civil war. Where are they from?

Go and make research about those that betrayed the Biafran cause and sabotaged the war when situation got worse. Where did most of them come from? I'm not talking about the sabotage from non Igbos like Ijaws, but fellow Igbos from SE!

Awkabigboy:

But Ebonyi is not just the Abakaliki division, there is the Afikpo division that joined them from Abia state , how come those ones don't face the same deridment

FreeStuffsNG:

Wow!! This is the first time I will read you use uncouth swear words. Please don't change to those folks here who can't have decent and intellectual exchange without using bad words sir.

ThinkSmarter:
Because the Afikpo division had higher access to Western education before the creation of Ebonyi State.
You can recall that Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic is at Afikpo and it is older than the state, including Federal College of Agriculture Ishiagu, Close to Uturu, Abia state.
Abakaliki people together with their Enugu counterparts like Nsukka were together called Wawa people and Wawa literally means affirmative disagreement.
This name was coined when the disadvantaged people of old Abakaliki and Nsukka regions affirmatively disagree over some policies that didn't favour them in the old Anambra State cabinet with its capital at Enugu.
Recall that Abakaliki kept migrating from Old Eastern states to Old Anambra State to Old Enugu State and Finally to Ebonyi State.
While Afikpo division migrated from old Eastern States to Old Imo State to Old Abia state and Finally to Ebonyi.
It was after the creation of Ebonyi State that higher institutions like Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi State College of Education, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi State School of Health Science and Technology were established in Abakaliki division.
The high illiteracy rate among the people of Abakaliki division made them to be politically, economically and socially defranchised.
But the narrative is changing for good.

ThinkSmarter:
Because the Afikpo division had higher access to Western education before the creation of Ebonyi State.
You can recall that Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic is at Afikpo and it is older than the state, including Federal College of Agriculture Ishiagu, Close to Uturu, Abia state.
Abakaliki people together with their Enugu counterparts like Nsukka were together called Wawa people and Wawa literally means affirmative disagreement.
This name was coined when the disadvantaged people of old Abakaliki and Nsukka regions affirmatively disagree over some policies that didn't favour them in the old Anambra State cabinet with its capital at Enugu.
Recall that Abakaliki kept migrating from Old Eastern states to Old Anambra State to Old Enugu State and Finally to Ebonyi State.
While Afikpo division migrated from old Eastern States to Old Imo State to Old Abia state and Finally to Ebonyi.
It was after the creation of Ebonyi State that higher institutions like Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi State College of Education, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi State School of Health Science and Technology were established in Abakaliki division.
The high illiteracy rate among the people of Abakaliki division made them to be politically, economically and socially defranchised.
But the narrative is changing for good.

Ojiofor:


The so called Igbo coup is made up officers of Anambra state origin.

ThinkSmarter:
Because the Afikpo division had higher access to Western education before the creation of Ebonyi State.
You can recall that Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic is at Afikpo and it is older than the state, including Federal College of Agriculture Ishiagu, Close to Uturu, Abia state.
Abakaliki people together with their Enugu counterparts like Nsukka were together called Wawa people and Wawa literally means affirmative disagreement.
This name was coined when the disadvantaged people of old Abakaliki and Nsukka regions affirmatively disagree over some policies that didn't favour them in the old Anambra State cabinet with its capital at Enugu.
Recall that Abakaliki kept migrating from Old Eastern states to Old Anambra State to Old Enugu State and Finally to Ebonyi State.
While Afikpo division migrated from old Eastern States to Old Imo State to Old Abia state and Finally to Ebonyi.
It was after the creation of Ebonyi State that higher institutions like Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi State College of Education, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi State School of Health Science and Technology were established in Abakaliki division.
The high illiteracy rate among the people of Abakaliki division made them to be politically, economically and socially defranchised.
But the narrative is changing for good.

Awkabigboy:

Why do you hate anything Anambra mr man

Awkabigboy:

I wish you all well, not everyone like the unfounded hate. I basically understand what you're writing about. Most times I have tried knowing what Abakaliki people do differently that make them subject if deridment but i couldn't still see it. Things are changing though

IGBOSON1:


Please ignore the fool! Their day hasn’t started unless they look for a way to try and divide Igbos!

I really don’t know what these peoples problem is!? Their entire existence on nairaland is aimed at lies, hate, negativity and envy towards Igbos’, but you never see them out in any effort or support the bid for a referendum towards secession!

It’s only on nairaland i hear of this ‘hate’ towards Ebonyi people!

History555:


U are wrong. I am from anambra and don't have such views. Only fools pretending to be lgbos have such view. They are fake lgbos

heniford2:
Seriously am trying to understand this Op oh Asin what's wrong with your thinking Op let me ask you first ?who started the civil war which igbo tribe betrayed the igbos

History555:


U are wrong. I am from anambra and don't have such views. Only fools pretending to be lgbos have such view. They are fake lgbos

Ojiofor:


The so called Igbo coup is made up officers of Anambra state origin.

FactsvsFiction:
Igbos should start asking serious questions about our history, where we are and where we are headed.

Which people started the civil war?

Which people abandoned and sabotaged the war efforts when things got bad?

Which people are the ones always attacking Ebonyi people, Enugu people, Imo people and Abia people today?

Why are we Igbos so clannish?

Why are Igbo clans at the fringes denying their Igbo heritage?

If we can answer these questions, then we will be halfway towards solving them!

FactsvsFiction:


I used to be like you!

I will cleverly blame impostors and paid goons whenever I see most of the shameful and embarrassing posts by fellow Igbos, but over time, I realized that some Anambra people actually have such worldview. However, we can't continue shying away from discussing it because the more we do, the more emboldened these misguided ones become.

If we do not collectively stop this evil, believe me, Igbos will suffer for 600 years and we wouldn't achieve neither our dignity in Nigeria our own nation.

History555:


U are wrong. I am from anambra and don't have such views. Only fools pretending to be lgbos have such view. They are fake lgbos

FactsvsFiction:
I have stopped blaming Ikwerre people or Ika people for denying their Igbo heritage because if I'm to be in their shoe, I will probably do like them too!!

I'm not from Ebonyi State, but anytime I look at the vitriols they receive from others, particularly from Anambra, I feel bad. They're often made the butt of cruel jokes for no reason.

Yes, it may be true that old Abakiliki division are not as educated as other parts of Igboland which probably caused their proclivity towards menial work but this is not their fault per se. Their geographical location is quite remote which made it difficult for them to grasp opportunities like other Igbo clans.

Going forward, their fortunes are fast changing for the better. Their state has fast opened up in recent years and today, Abakiliki city and even the state generally have the best roads in SE. They're also the food basket of the region!

Ojiofor:


What concerns Ojiofor with Anambra people and their superiority complex?
I am from Abia state know this and have peace.

Osagyefo98:

Ebonyi people should go and burn down Ebonyi state and leave anambra state.
No be by force .

Osagyefo98:

Ebonyi people should go and burn down Ebonyi state and leave anambra state.
No be by force .

Antivirus92:
like kaduna nzeogwu?
i use to have alot of respect for u but it seems you're not whom i thought you are

Osagyefo98:


When a nation ( anambra) decides how to live and relate with others, it now become superiority complex