Bishop42:
Have anyone here ever wonder why no Igboland have major access to the Ocean. Could it be that we paid too much attention to these vocal minority who care more about what enemies/competitors want than what their own people want?

centje:
Seriously, what are you talking about?? How did igbos take all the land??

Afam4eva:

You have a point but these things are easier said than done. Have you asked yourself why the Yorubas and Hausas don't have the same problems Igbos have as far as investing at home is concerned? Why do we have that problem? It's simple. Our development was altered as a result of the civil war. Yes, our people have recovered in terms of pursuing their dreams but the problem is that most of these people did not do it in Igboland. They did it in Lagos, Abuja, Port-hacourt, Kano, US, UK and other parts of the world and some of them came back to Igboland to build houses and that is what has even made Igboland to develop to the level that it is now. There's still a problem though. We have to convince the Igbo intelligentsia who live in these places to return home but we have to be practical in our approach. How will you tell a Zinox who manufactures computers to leave Lagos(the commercial capital of Nigeria and the place where most of his computers will be sold) or Abuja to move to Enugu or Owerri. The question he will ask you is, what can Enugu and Owerri offer. Let's not forget that he is a business man and not necessarily a philantropist and as such the thinks about the business implication of his company before anything else. The best he can do is to setup Afrihub in Universities in Igboland which he has done. Now, to be practical, the onus rests on the shoulders of the Governors of the 5 eastern states to make their states business friendly by providing constant electricity, access roads, seaports and airports to make it attractive to Igbos first and foremost before anyone else. If Igboland was that attractive, we would have seen non Igbos investing there.

BuddahMonk:


How do you mean Igbos don't invest in East

Sttop falling for their bullying, there more Igbo investment in Igboland than outside Igboland, this fact unless you start mentioning financial institutions and other services but every other thing igbos in East own them

Eifeh:
where is this in ENUGU

gbosaa:



First picture is that of Okpala square. Okpala square is on the left while Government house is on the right.

The White structure on the left of the pics is where the statute of MI OKpala is located.

cjay4luv:
@patrick89 thanks for laying this undiluted truth at the feet of our brothers.infact i have never commented
here but after reading ur comment i just could'nt resist.
our people are just to fast to castigate our leaders both here and in the real world on issues they usually know
little or nothing about.i'm not in any way suggesting that we look the other way when our people fumble but rather to be
objective.
with all the problems aregbe of osun is going thru i'm yet to see his people heap insults on him the same way we did
to T A ORJI of abia state on this forum.
i had an argument with a brother on the role Okonjo Iweala played in jonathans regime.all he did was regurgitate the same
lies and propaganda begin peddled by her enemies.they accuse jonathans regime of begin the most corrupt,but i ask was there
ever an time in the history of this country that nigeria was not corrupt.rite from the regime of babangida till date.our people do not know that they are indirectly shooting themselves in the foot when they equally join in insulting that regime.why u may ask?because according to jona's
opponenets his government was larglely igbo dominated which by the way is a big lie.
please my brothers na eche onwe unu nche.

spyder880:


Photos not showing?

BuddahMonk:


Yes I know they are not easy but this is the only way we can reduce hatred and jealousy of our covetous neighbours who wish nothing on us but disasters and calamities.


The reason why it seems difficult is that we have put ourselves in a very tight corner, if NECO could maintain its headquarters in Minna and still be a national player, why didn't Igbos learn to keep their investments at home no matter the odds against them.

Igbos think that without you being in HD in Lagos you can't make it. Look at UnityBank with their funny office in Lagos but gigantic edifice in Kano telling you they know what they are doing. Atiku opened his Univ and company in Adamawa State

For you to say Igboland is developed with money realized by outsider is very mischievous and insulting to the hardworking Igbos in igboland.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


O do egwu.
That's not enough reason for zinox to settle in Lagos. Who told you Enugu city for eg or owerri cannot host zinox company?
Are more spareparts and tummy tummy not sold in Lagos than nnewi, yet the industries are in nnewi? What of the various Chinese companies that make goods specifically for the Nigerian market ,yet the industries are situated in China?
I don't think there is a justifiable reason for that type of excuse.
If your products are good, people will come from far and near to access it irrespective of your location.
When unth Enugu was doing open heart surgeries, people from Cameroon were even coming to Enugu, same with calabar where the whites do free cataract surgery.

InyinyaAgbaOku:

I think you should ignore that guy. He is more reasonable in the culture section

asha80:
patrick89 where is Chris ubo from?

asha80:
patrick89 where is Chris ubo from?

Afam4eva:

Nnewi has been an automobile center before before the civil war, so you can't compare it with Enugu and Owerri that are not really known for any kind of craft. Even at that, why can't you convince all the Igbo spare parts dealers all over the country to move their business to Nnewi. Does it make sense? Why can't Coscharis move their business to Nnewi as well?

patrick89:


I regard them as people who are suffering from the accumulated toxicity of the lagos ibadan mafian junk brown envelope journalism! Most of our people do not understand that fact, while we reduce our leaders like Ngozi okonjo even Dora Akuyili
yoruba media is hyping abike dabiri! She appears on every event, they project her to be elevated!

While we join them in castigating Aruma oteh n Ngozi, Adaeze.. etc
The only difference between we igbo and them(which is crude), is we emotionally protect our own, while they use newspapers tv and radio to protect their own (which is strategic) ..
If we have media today, they wouldn't be writing rubbish against our people.
I don't know why ndigbo do not want to invest in media!! I know that anything ndigbo go into they excel..
Let me give you an instance... Chris ubo came into lagos few years ago, I can tell you he has displaced all the mediocre radio stations in lagos! he started with Beat 99.9 now he has classic and 9ja fm... he is now competing with a Lebanese man, that owns cool fm wazobia and Niger info.. While yoruba owned like city fm, eko fm, etc are stunting..

I tell you, if igbos should invest in media today, sound city will go into oblivion! Hiptv will be faced out!!! The dying mitv and galaxy will fizzle out! Do not use Minaj to judge, because their problem is mismanagement, they can not even manage ordinary radio station let alone tv.
If we invest into media today tvc will run away! The punch and the nation will close! If an igbo man invest in telecommunication I'm giving him just five years! He will catch up with glo!!
We are blessed, and most of you that are banking on other people to patronise your goods and services ! That's ignorance!! Did you know that they do not buy or patronise anything that has igbo out look? How many yoruba! Hausa have you seen reading Daily sun? How many have you seen buy Ibeto cement? How many have you seen attend lord chosen? How many have you seen attend trem? How many have you seen invest in fidelity, diamond zenith etc.. you will be surprised to see all these things but I tell igbo people buy what they produce!! That is fact!! All the bread produced in onitsha are being consumed by igbos, we consume ibeto cement. Most of them buy aba made ignorantly, They only buy things you have monopoly in, things like motor parts, building materials, shoes.etc! They are happy that wallmart is coming to nigeria, because our people we be out of business! I can go on and on!! If you produce in east! You will have more patronage. Go to any provision shop in the east, 80percent of the goods are from lagos ogun state, we are not into consuming goods like biscuits, sweet. They even import yale I regard them as people who are suffering from the accumulated toxicity of the lagos ibadan mafian junk brown envelope journalism! Most of our people do not understand that fact, while we reduce our leaders like Ngozi okonjo even Dora Akuyili
yoruba media is hyping abike dabiri! She appears on every event, they project her to be elevated!

While we join them in castigating Aruma oteh n Ngozi, Adaeze.. etc
The only difference between we igbo and them(which is crude), is we emotionally protect our own, while they use newspapers tv and radio to protect their own (which is strategic) ..
If we have media today, they wouldn't be writing rubbish against our people.
I don't know why ndigbo do not want to invest in media!! I know that anything ndigbo go into they excel..
Let me give you an instance... Chris ubo came into lagos few years ago, I can tell you he has displaced all the mediocre radio stations in lagos! he started with Beat 99.9 now he has classic and 9ja fm... he is now competing with a Lebanese man, that owns cool fm wazobia and Niger info.. While yoruba owned like city fm, eko fm, etc are stunting..

I tell you, if igbos should invest in media today, sound city will go into oblivion! Hiptv will be faced out!!! The dying mitv and galaxy will fizzle out! Do not use Minaj to judge, because their problem is mismanagement, they can not even manage ordinary radio station let alone tv.
If we invest into media today tvc will run away! The punch and the nation will close! If an igbo man invest in telecommunication I'm giving him just five years! He will catch up with glo!!
We are blessed, and most of you that are banking on other people to patronise your goods and services ! That's ignorance!! Did you know that they do not buy or patronise anything that has igbo out look? How many yoruba! Hausa have you seen reading Daily sun? How many have you seen buy Ibeto cement? How many have you seen attend lord chosen? How many have you seen attend trem? How many have you seen invest in fidelity, diamond zenith etc.. you will be surprised to see all these things but I tell igbo people buy what they produce!! That is fact!! All the bread produced in onitsha are being consumed by igbos, we consume ibeto cement. Most of them buy aba made ignorantly, They only buy things you have monopoly in, things like motor parts, building materials, shoes.etc! They are happy that wallmart is coming to nigeria, because our people we be out of business! I can go on and on!! If you produce in east! You will have more patronage. Go to any provision shop in the east, 80percent of the goods are from lagos ogun state, we are not into consuming goods like biscuits, sweet. They even import yale bread from ibadan!!!
I know we have what it takes to make things work! We get whatever we want if we work for it..i don't know why anyone would under rate east! bread from ibadan!!!
I know we have what it takes to make things work! We get whatever we want if we work for it..i don't know why anyone would under rate east!

asha80:
you said 'when dredged further'? Isn't that supposed to mean constant dredging would have to be done? Or is it going to be done once? Remember the talk here is ocean liners and not large barges

all4naija:
I am not impressed by what I see of Enugu environment. People make it look as though it is a great place here.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


O do egwu.
That's not enough reason for zinox to settle in Lagos. Who told you Enugu city for eg or owerri cannot host zinox company?
Are more spareparts and tummy tummy not sold in Lagos than nnewi, yet the industries are in nnewi? What of the various Chinese companies that make goods specifically for the Nigerian market ,yet the industries are situated in China?
I don't think there is a justifiable reason for that type of excuse.
If your products are good, people will come from far and near to access it irrespective of your location.
When unth Enugu was doing open heart surgeries, people from Cameroon were even coming to Enugu, same with calabar where the whites do free cataract surgery.

VickJames:
The igboland needs rebranding, serious rebranding!

One of the reasons why these people get many things in their favour is the way they brand their places. A very good media advertisement about the region will open the region too.

ezeagu:


You're right, and I'm sorry to say this, out of the big three ethnic groups in tropical west African (Akan/Ghana, Yoruba, Igbo) Igboland is the least accessible and least know, even places that are less developed are better known. Also these cultures promote their culture as a 'diasporic' cultures and get many tourists to their festivals and so on. Again, this is an issue of accessibility as well.

ezeagu:


You're right, and I'm sorry to say this, out of the big three ethnic groups in tropical west African (Akan/Ghana, Yoruba, Igbo) Igboland is the least accessible and least know, even places that are less developed are better known. Also these cultures promote their culture as a 'diasporic' cultures and get many tourists to their festivals and so on. Again, this is an issue of accessibility as well.

ezeagu:


You're right, and I'm sorry to say this, out of the big three ethnic groups in tropical west African (Akan/Ghana, Yoruba, Igbo) Igboland is the least accessible and least know, even places that are less developed are better known. Also these cultures promote their culture as a 'diasporic' cultures and get many tourists to their festivals and so on. Again, this is an issue of accessibility as well.

kmariko:


Kindly remind me of the ports of Switzerland.. Not investing in the east by the easterners due to " lack of access to seaport" is a very lame excuse.

InyinyaAgbaOku:

We are talking of manufacturing not sales , that's why I mentioned spare parts makers n kotec group that makes tummy tummy.
Every sales person can stay anywhere but as much as possible our industries should be in igboland .
So, can you tell me why zinox company headquarters can't stay in Enugu or oeerri?

Afam4eva:

Maybe if you can tell me what better he stands to gain in Enugu or Owerri compared to Lagos or Abuja then we can find a closure. However you look at it, ZINOX stands less to gain moving to Enugu compared to where they are currently. Until, Enugu, owerri and other Igbo states creates a unique identifier, the issue will remain the same. There's a reason why Nnewi and Onitsha are representing.

InyinyaAgbaOku:

I hope you know you have not said anything ?

Afam4eva:

Enugu and Owerri don't have anything UNIQUE to offer Leo Stan Eke of Zinox apart from the fact that they are cities in Igboland where he comes from. We must desist from this emotional request for investment. people should be made to invest because they have something to benefit and not because they owe it to Igboland. Do you think if Enugu was on the same level with lagos, Igbos would rather invest in Lagos? I don't think so. They're in Lagos for a reason. We can keep lying to ourselves as much as we want. Until we start telling ourselves the truth, we will remain in square one.

InyinyaAgbaOku:

what's the difference between this post and the other one you made?
That a software company can't be sited in Enugu ? What truth is there? It is this mentality that will rather keep us in square one and not setting up an ICT company in Enugu

gbosaa:


Oga Ken, check the post I quoted. I'm sure of the photo cos that's where I stretch out after jogging round or inside Okpala sq before it was closed by Gov Chime.

Here you go...

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2887218_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188

I have seen that image many times on this thread. As if it is a grand project or something very aesthetic.