KnowAll:
How come Western Nigeria had a TV station b4 the Federal Government.

KnowAll:
How come Western Nigeria had a TV station b4 the Federal Government.

mrvitalis:

Same reason eastern Nigeria built a university before Nigeria

Had industrial parks before Nigeria

While some regions were doing feel good projects without any single chance of profitability

Other regions were building it's people strategically,

We know which regions had most registered businesses and cars

KnowAll:



I am remember when the the Northern party won the 1963 elections with Zik, the Sarduna turned down being the prime minister but instead chose Tarawa Balewa to represent him. The regions had clout then.

It is like Atiku turning down opportunity to be VP rather choosing to be the Governor of Adamawa state.

flokii:
Regional government.. regions held their leaders accountable unlike the Igbos that left East to other parts of Nigeria looking for people to dominate and become lord over.

Till date, they can't subdue the much superior Yoruba race and it has been a big burden and headache for them.

We already had skyscraper (Cocoa house) in Ibadan when Igbos didn't have a single storey building worthy of note in the East. Their Azikiwe was so fixated on Yorubaland and Yoruba progress that he almost went mad.

mrvitalis:

Same reason eastern Nigeria built a university before Nigeria

Had industrial parks before Nigeria

While some regions were doing feel good projects without any single chance of profitability

Other regions were building it's people strategically,

We know which regions had most registered businesses and cars

KnowAll:


I thought oil was discovered in 1958, who was getting the proceeds of oils between 1958 to 1966 b4 the first coup. Because I am surprised by levels of development in the then Eastern region.

KnowAll:



I am remember when the the Northern party won the 1963 elections with Zik, the Sarduna turned down being the prime minister but instead chose Tarawa Balewa to represent him. The regions had clout then.

It is like Atiku turning down opportunity to be VP rather choosing to be the Governor of Adamawa state.

macIB:
Because Obafemi AWOLOWO had foresight and loved development.

duro4chang:
Then every region was allowed developed at its own pace until Ironsi introduced unitary government.

gidgiddy:


Stop listening to lies, Ironsi didnt do that, Gowon did

The 4 Regions we had controlled their resources throughout the 6 months Ironsi was in office

Gowon came in after Ironsi, abolished all 4 Regions, created 12 states and removed resource control

KnowAll:


I thought oil was discovered in 1958, who was getting the proceeds of oils between 1958 to 1966 b4 the first coup. Because I am surprised by levels of development in the then Eastern region.

duro4chang:
There is no reason for argument look for good history textbook.

gidgiddy:


Thats what people who dont want to read Gowon's Decree 14 like to say

flokii:


You should be asking the Igbos that.. what did the Igbo Premier and Politicians of that era do with all the money from oil discovery in present day Niger Delta.. As usual, they funnel monies meant for development of their region into private pockets so they will have overnight billionaires while the masses continue to suffer. Ikpeazu do am, even the Obi they are trying hard to sell do am when he channeled Anambra state money into his private beer business while other states were building infrastructures for their people.

Why do you think the minorities in former Eastern region have refused a breakout country with Igbos?.. It's because they prefer Yorubas and even Hausas to their former tormentors in the then Eastern region.

overall90:


The problem with people like you is ignorance coupled with the fact that you have imbibed so much propaganda.
As at the time in question, between 1959 to 1967, though oil was a good source of revenue, but it was a not a big earner, Agriculture was.Oil only became a big earner as from 1971 because of the Arab Israeli war, when most Arab nations refused to export oil to western nations.that is the first oil boom that Gowon and yorubas wasted.
As for the gibberish about the minorities suffered in the hands of the igbos, that is total bumkum because the Wilkins report made it clear that there was no such, as compared to what the Bendelites suffered in the hands of the yorubas.the minorities simply wanted their own State just as presently people are clamoring for the creation of more states.
And we will keep hammering it into you people's head that the reason why igbos are in Lagos is because they are merchants just like they are in Togo,Accra, Abidjan, etc and have nothing to do with your land being inhabited by people that speak yoruba language.

ElSudani:


Is that where Chinua Achebe got his degree?

KnowAll:


The minorities suffered in the hands of the Igbo necessitating the Anglo Cameroonians to join their rather strange French cousins instead of remaining in English speaking Nigeria.

overall90:


So now it's the cameroonians.lwkm.
Anyways let me educate you a little.
Cameroon was once a unified country colonized and governed by the Germans at beginning of the last century.
So after Germany lost the first world war, the allies blamed Germany for the war and decided to purnish her, one of the things they did was to seize all her colonies and declared them mandate territories.They gave Togo to France and decided shared Cameroon between France and England.So the British in their usual fashion decided to merge southern Cameroon (their own share) with the Nigeria, their near by colony.
So after independence, the southern English speaking part decided to join their kits and keen,it has nothing to do with igbos abeg o.

Gossiphub:


You gave am interesting history here. I urge that boy you quoted to take his time and read more on this matter.

Once again thanks for schooling propagandist

overall90:


Thank you.
It is also interesting to know that this southern English speaking part are the ones calling themselves Ambazonia and fighting a secession war to break away from the french speaking part because they claimed they have not been treated fairly,now you begin to ask the propagandist whether it's the igbos that are responsible for their acclaimed ill treatment.
Like I said i earlier, people just want to identify with their own homogeneous group and govern themselves.this is one of the main reasons Europe countries are relatively peaceful and progressive.

KnowAll:


But Ambazonians are almost similar to our Efiks. They have nothing in common with those people in the heart of Cameroon around Doula and Yahounde. Something must made them choose some distant tribe in d middle of Cameroon instead of the kith and kin in cross river State. The only plausible reason was d dominance of d Igbo.

ezechi242:


abeg shut up and learn.....which kind hatred be this chai.

mrvitalis:

Same reason eastern Nigeria built a university before Nigeria

Had industrial parks before Nigeria

While some regions were doing feel good projects without any single chance of profitability

Other regions were building it's people strategically,

We know which regions had most registered businesses and cars