₦airaland Forum

This is Edo, an APC governed State.

Part 2 will be about Anambra and will focus on the citizens' role in destroying the Anambra ecosystem.

My name is AAEEI. This stands for the first letters of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, in that order. This makes me a thoroughbred pan Igbo, and confers me with the natural ability to say or write anything on the Igbo.

In this Part 1, I will focus on Abia as the first in alphabetical order. Abia is, arguably, the most local tech savvy state in Nigeria and home of local indigenous production. It's people are resilient and innovative, characteristics that have earned its biggest city, Aba, the title of Japan of Africa. Despite these headstarts, Abia has been bedeviled by poor choice of leaders by the residents, since 1999. I present to you the faces of the three most incompetent homo sapiense that Abia ever produced as leaders. They cut across the three Senatorial zones of the state. These three (mis)leaders handed power to one another, starting from the person on your left, leaving a history of rot and filth in an otherwise bustling ecosphere. They all belong(ed) to PDP as governors. However, one decamped to APC to try to become a Senator, which says a lot about party politics and whether PDP and APC are really different in how the affairs of Nigeria and its constituent states have been managed since 1999.

Please kindly suggest how Abia can avoid leaders like these going forward. Thanks

Germannig:
It will favor every tribe because each has what it takes to be great.

North has land for large scale modern agriculture but lack the vision and determination
SW has infrastructure and access (mainly Lagos)
SE has the vision, the will, the determination and the creativity
SS has the oil and access.

As you may know, land and oil are good, but they do not ''regenerate'' themselves by themselves. Great human resource, which is what the SE and SW have in abundance, are key. If in doubt, ask America

Good point. But please qualify Lagos appropriately

Germannig:
What first comes to my mind?

Afonja ritualist killer in America arrested and shot dead

Lol. I no dey oh!

aremuforlife:
Every country in the world have their own shithole.
But, we like to publicise our own problem and iver look theirs.

Correct. What makes the difference is the level of propaganda and white washing

I am involved in several projects funded by the government of the Netherlands (NL), the US government, and AFDB (AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK) in African countries, including Nigeria, as well as in Asia. I was recently in a meeting where projects implementation progress was being discussed, and the participants (80% white/non African people) do not have great words for AFDB, due to seeming breach of contract in not releasing funds already approved for project execution. They are threatening to pull out.

In the photo below, color code = level of implementation based on donor release of funds. Green is well funded and progressing and meeting the project objectives. Yellow is underway to achieving the project objectives. Red is under-performing.

TAAT is in red - which in this case means no funding yet from the donor after considerable period of time after project approval. Incidentally, AFDB also happens to be the only African donor on the plate. As an African, I felt a little ashamed that Africans seem not to be able to get things right, even when the issue at stake is for them. Which brings me to the question of how well AFDB is being managed.

NB: TAAT is the much touted Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation of AFDB, which in the case of Nigeria started with GEJ and continuing with Buhari. The current AFDB-approved TAAT funding for NWA is $7 million (USD); I am directly involved in a project component budgeted at $1.8 M.

NWA = North and West Africa

See humans sharing spaces with rats


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D9pZEjSxXQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJgCU-evt8c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5DDRuPBu8



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9z0FNGKng4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_c5ff0EEcA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoG--CAZYk

If California (CA) was a country, it would be the 6th largest economy in the world. CA has some of the largest and most popular cities in America, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, Beverly Hills, among many others. It is the home of Hollywood, a US celebrity hub, some of the best universities in the world (CALTECH, UCLA, STANFORD, etc), and the global tech industry

However, CA is also one of the reasons why the US is now the least of the developed countries and the best of the developing country.

Just look at the level of homelessness in CA alone (photo). People pee and defecate on streets. Factor that to the decline in rural communities, and socio-economic mess in other states like VA, MS and OH, then you will agree that the US is now a shadow of itself and a growing shit-hole.

CA reminds me of another place in the world: Lagos. Big, bold, the 6th (or so) biggest economy in Africa, but also a shit-hole.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-exploring-police-crackdown-on-homeless-people/ar-AAHrjzR?ocid=spartanntp

Fierytruth:
Yorubas are rich because they are skilled tradesman and as such are an exception.

Rich? That must be a new word in Yorubaland

This is a despicable act. He should be punished severely

Osibanjo is not an economist and should not have handled anything economy. Well, he did in the last 4.5 years, and we have seen the dismal outcome. He should have been assigned to his forte, which is legal matters. Until Nigeria stops putting round pegs in square holes, it will keep taking 2 steps forward and 5 steps backward; which means it will always remain in the negative territory. Befuddling how simple common sense eludes Nigerians. Shame!!!

FOR ME IT WOULD BE... ''HERE THEY GO AGAIN. ANOTHER BLACK BROTHER ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED BY RACIST WHITE POLICE''.

BUT THEN, WHEN YOU DIG DEEPER YOU FIND THAT THE MORE YOU LOOK THE LESS YOU SEE. PHOTOS CAN BE DECEPTIVE UNTIL YOU GET THE UNDERLYING CONTEXT BEHIND IT. LESSON: THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY

See details here

https://www.nairaland.com/5402504/epic-photos-fbi-leading-nigerian

mumumugu:
Ipob get face, get leader. book boys dont

Talking about Political difference. Not leadership style difference. Please pay attention

All: Please ignore GenBuhari. He is troller here

mrvitalis:
First of all comparing a terrorist group to IPOB is foolishness .....

This comparism is stupid

We are comparing their different expected outcomes, not the process to achieve those outcomes (which makes one a terrorist and the other not). Please have an open mind.

gidgiddy:
It is not possible that IPOB can be foisting Biafra on anyone when the want a referendum. Referendum means that those who feel that they are better off in Nigeria can vote to continue with Nigeria while those who vote to exit Nigeria will get independence

Okay! I get your explanation. Thanks. But it brings me to another curious question, if I may. Assuming in a referendum Igbos in Delta or Rivers are divided say 50:50 for:against Biafra, what would IPOB do?

On the other hand, it seems clear that most non-Igbos in SS would not want to be with Igbos in Biafra. For me, even as an Igbo, I do not see any gain of them escaping one marginalization (by all majority Nigerians) only to fall potentially (note that I used the term potentially) into another (by Igbos). I would no do it. I just finished watching a documentary where a notable Ogoni man was asking why Nnamdi Kanu is crying marginalization of Igbos by Nigeria, but then wants to add Ogoni to his Biafra, for a new round of marginalization of the Ogonis by Biafra. Do you understand this concern?

Benoxvals:
Ipob has series of enquiry channels:phone lines,media handles,email adds and so on.You can actually get an accurate response via these media.

Boko Haram...to the best of my knowledge can only be contacted via that forest.I wouldn’t advise you to visit and for you to say that we should ignore the gruesome killings by BH for a moment gave me goosebumps..who does that?

Of course, we are not going to be ignoring the killing by BH. Just to momentarily situate the political ideologies driving each group, regardless of the peaceful (IPOB) or volatile (BH) pathways they are taking. The killing aspect of BH struggle is not what I want to understand here. Thanks

gidgiddy:
The ideology of Boko harm is that they want their brand of Islam enthroned on everybody, by force. The Taliban did the same in Afghanistan. The Taliban overran Afghanistan, seized government and enthroned their brand of Islamic fundamentalism on the rest of the country.

IPOB on the other hand has no interest in taking over any government nor enthroning any religious order on anybody. What IPOB wants is that a referendum be conducted a certain area called the SE/SS to determine if the ethnic nationalities in that area want to continue with Nigeria or get independence as Biafra

The difference between both ideologies is while Boko Haram are trying to enforce their ideology by force of arms, IPOB is trying to get their referendum without force of arms

Am I understanding from your response that BH does not want a new country for itself, but wants every Nigerian to become Islamic adherents; whereas IPOB clearly wants a different country created from Nigeria?

That said, does your point on BH affirm why Islamic religious leaders in the North and South West hardly condemn BH?

Does your point on IPOB that includes SS not suggest that Igbos want to foist Biafra on non-Igbos in SS?

Thanks

goodnessme1:
Ipob are biafran.



Boko haram are mostly yoruba muslims and hausafulanis muslim.

So what does BH want vs IPOB?

Enculer:
Yoruba reasoning.

Nwanna, biko si ebea pua, if you don't ave anything meaningful to say. We can't all be Yoruba. Okay?

CyynthiaKiss:
Boko Haram are Muslims, Ipobs are not

This is not just about being Muslims. So, please go back and read my post again, if you may. Thanks

I am trying to understand these phenomenons more

So, can someone please tell me what Boko Haram (BH) is fighting for?

Do they want a different country from Nigeria?
Do they want one Nigeria where everyone will become a Muslim and subjected to Sharia laws?
Do they want all Nigerians to become Hausa-Fulani-Kanuri, in one country?

What does IPOB want?

Do they want a different country for Igbos?
Do they want to appropriate unwilling non-Igbos into their new country?
Do they want fairness and equality among all Nigerians and hence, Biafra is a metaphor?

Are these two the same political idealogy? (Forget for once about the killings by BH vs the largely peaceful approach of IPOB. Just focus of the hoped-for outcomes)

If the ideology are the same (namely, a different country), why do online armchair forums focus on IPOB and not on BH in terms of the political ideology?

Made4naijasite:
A video which captured the heated argument between a social media user and a Nigerian prostitute has gone viral on social media.

Though where and when the video was released was not made available, however the commercial sex worker was heard saying "balance you what" as the man told her to give back some of the money he paid her over the attitude she put up after they arrived his apartment.


The unidentified lady however stood her ground, stating that the man should have told her the sex styles he wanted before taking her home. She told him to "add money" if he wants d*ggy and also rebuked him over the way he spoke to her. He ended up sending her out of his apartment.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_KVWyutDhw

source :

https://www.made4naija.com/man-gets-angry-after-nigerian-hooker-he-took-home-demanded-for-more-money-for-different-style/

The woman sounded Nigerian but the man is definitely Ghanaian. The man is right. The girl is a LovePeddler!

izombie:
God was not angry at adam and eve because of sex. He was angry because they ate the forbidden fruit. Question for you. Who taught animals about sex?

Please, what is the forbidden fruit?

Animals are like humans in some ways the have brain and sense and emotions too.

Video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4jG8UOnHko

Emeka is a smart kid. Congrats

Very interesting narrative. Sometimes a personal experience dictates the tone of relationship with specific members of a group, even under circumstances where the group as a whole is persona non grata.


It will be interesting to see how Africa as a whole respond to SA

izombie:
People, sex is not a discovery. It's an instinct. God put that in us for recreation. Every living creature had sex, right? It's instinct. I think man's greatest invention is electricity.

So why was God angry with Adam and Eve if sex was just an instinct put in humans by God?

psucc:
Una no get land for Una area? Why must the government provide for individual's business? How much input has the Fulani Government (FG) provide for others

Keep your cows in the north and export beef, skin and hide to the South.

#WeSayNoToRUGA

I am from the South. I am saying no politics with RUGA in that those who have the land should start using it now for ranching and that goes for every state. Cattle ranching should not be a Fulani-only thing

A few lessons

1. The cattle are definitely getting leaner
2. The grass is getting scarcer
3. The environment/soil is getting drier
4.The system is becoming even crowdier and more overwhelmed

Implications - we should stop playing politics with RUGA