₦airaland Forum

AngelicDamsel:
This write-up may be nice but not reader friendly.

I tried to read till the end, but no flow.

Nice subject matter though.

Do you follow politics?

-Lion

Pierocash:
Ntoor to Governor Nyesomriemen Wikeghosa. After killing his own people in Obigbo to please his Fulani masters,what did he get in return? A shocker .


This is why Nigeria needs to be restructured,the center is too powerful and hence can't have good governance of inclusiveness with people of divergent opinions.

I don't think he killed anyone to please anyone.

-Lion

Many have wondered why the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzondima was ostensibly absent from the meeting held by his southern colleagues in Lagos, neither was a representative bearing the Governor's agreement in attendance.
It's no longer news that the emergence of Gov. Uzondima was one of the most controversial circumstances, perhaps the presiding justices of the supreme were probably best informed.
Conspiracy theories would lay bare that the federal might had come into full force to secure a state of the South east region where PDP is ideologically and culturally the states' party, extending beyond mere political affiliation.
It remained a miracle that APC was able to resurrect the soul of its party in Imo state after Rochas Okorocha was accused of inordinate manipulations, overbearing influence and a man who was oddly considered as a symbol of a party that seemingly marginalized Ndigbo as being second class citizen. The thought of APC is like a suicide mission to as many Igbo politician under the platform of APC irregardless how qualified and intelligent he may be.

Okorocha was stripped naked and disgraced while Ex governor, Ihedioha was allegedly massively voted, cheered and adored as a breathe of fresh air. But no sooner he prioritized witch-hunting over governance than was ousted through legal process.
Uzondima, on the other hand, would rather set the ball rolling than throw sticks at his predecessors. However, it appeared as though the storm had just begun. The hate for APC became more manifest and people of the region became even more disgruntled at the Presidency.
Uzondima would not want to ruffle feathers with his party, much less the Presidency, so he wouldn't attend any meeting that would see him share an opposing view to that of the President's interests even if it comes at the detriment of the larger southern population. His Southern colleagues couldn't have convinced him either.
Having a bigger expectation ahead, he holds his plans closely to his chest. The Abuja forces were actively working behind the scenes.
The big news came as a surprise to many, most probably, a shocker to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who is arguably the most vocal opposition to the present APC Administration. He is the major financer of the opposition party, the PDP. He never would have imagined that the state's major source of wealth would be cut down neither would the indigenes of Rivers. Having less oil income is a major blow to Rivers State irrespective of party but personally, an ego bruise on Wike's megalomaniac personality. While Wike seems to be dumfounded, Uzondima is having a good laugh for being a loyal ally to the President. Rivers's loss is Imo's gain. The federal might at play!
However you look at it, being overtly antagonistic to the government in power is majorly a potential economic loss. The same painful bite was meted out to Governor Ameachi when he put up a very strong rivalry to ex- President Jonathan. Rivers State paid the price of losing some number of oil wells to Bayelsa at the behest of the federal might!.

With the dismantling of Ipobs Camps, neutralizing Ipob menance, recovery of oil wells, potential reelection and a lot more benefits, who would blame Uzondima for dwelling under the shadow of the federal might?


-Lion

omonnakoda:
Is there any property that is not private? or owned by the state government?

If you are driving your car apart from the roads can you drive your car anywhere you like?

Even quarantine laws are enough to stop the unrestricted movement of animals because they carry diseases, they defecate and urinate on the ground thereby posing a public health risk

Government has the power to licence and regulate the movement of cattle

The exact provision for freedom of movement in the constitution exists in the US but they don't have animals roaming wildly. Why not??

The guy didn't respond to any of your superior arguments. E dey avoid you like AIDS..
You must be his worst nightmare.


-Lion

gidgiddy:
No confusion with Amaechi, he has never denied being both Ikwerre and Igbo

“So Ikwerre people have had their turn over and over again and I’m an Ikwerre son, my mother is Ikwerre, my father is Ikwerre, I’ve no blood from any other relationship, so Ikwerre people can’t say i am not Ikwerre”.

-Lion

nairalandankrah:
If Amaechi is not igbo then What does chibuike mean in you Fulani dialect.? ..
confused breed

You can also go ask him what Rotimi means in Igbo.

-Lion

Today you're Ikwerre,

Tomorrow, you're Igbo.

Ameachi is confused.


-Lion

They say when a music is sweet, play it twice. You may not understand the value of this well articulated article untill you read it twice.

-Lion

-Lion

Very powerful a rebuttal. Taking advantage of the President's mental health to issue policy statements to further a sectional interest is one step too far. Garba Shehu needed to be reminded that he is a mere political appointee with no executive authority and the Governors are the most powerful after the President.
Akeredolu has proven over again that not only is he very intellectual but also a worthy leader among his peers.

-Lion

I fear for what is coming. Shekau is supposedly dead, political terrorism could be dead but the real terrorism has just begun. Nigerians brace up.
I had hoped that a far more deadlier terrorist group like ISWAP would only be restricted to the fringes of lake Chad without finding a foothold on the Nigerian territory till the political jihadists have had enough to conscientiously put an end to Bokoharam which they had formed for a political reason.
ISWAP having found a better, safer, bigger, more conducive fortress in Sambisa, Nigeria military is just about to bleed more than ever before.
Unlike Bokoharam, ISWAP goes for the hardest of targets, Nigeria military have been excruciatingly hit and have suffered the worst by a number of ISWAP attacks recorded since the fight against terrorism.
In hindsight, If those at the corridors of power who are rather sympathetic like Tanda, Pantami & co, knew that ISWAP would swoop in on Bokoharam and take out Shekau, most probably, would have drafted an Army division to fortify Sambisa.
ISWAP has no allegiance to any Nigerian actors, politicians or traditional rulers, neither do they have time for propaganda videos as Shekau. ISWAP wants to establish an Islamic Caliphate, ready to take out anyone along the way.
Allowing them an entrance into Sambisa will be the greatest mistake Nigeria has ever made. The next few months are pregnant.


-Lion

-Lion

mancoconut:
Loads of rubbish, even in your region most of the notable academicians in your academic institutions were Igbo, I believe the first VC from the University of Ibadan was Kenneth Dike? How come Igbos produced majority of the best brains in the areas of civil service and other top Federal ministerial jobs during the first republic according to records even confirmed by the British? how come the best educated crop of military officers and NCO's at the time who were Sandhurst trained and educated were mainly Igbos (once again confirmed by the British in all their classifications of the various regions on the merit of facts and records)?, the fear of Igbo domination wasn't only prevalent in the North but also had significant inroads in the Westeen region (otherwise the famous "Yoruba ronu" anti Igbo speech by Akintola wouldn't have been birthed).

Currently (if you want to go by present statistics), all the best performing states that have topped the index in all the national exam indices over the past years have been SE states, bring me any (and I triple dare you) any current stats that shows all the SW states outperform the SE states on any academic level both home and abroad and I'll forever hold my peace, it's not enough to blab without presenting your facts!

You referring to a period of time when Zik was at the top of power, a time ibo centrism was rife, when ibo almost had it all. Even when there were better qualified individuals of other regions with accompanying recommendations from the former British heads of various institutions, Zik would still go ahead to fill up top positions in federal civil service with a large number of ibos.
After all, they were federal appointments and the big dog called the big shots. Some top ibo officers also replicated tribal appointments in recruitment of ibos in the service.
Yoruba Ronu was apt and timely as it awakened the consciousness of an average Yoruba to the guiles of Zik and the generality of ibo's slimy nature. As they flood themselves in your space, disguised to conquer, denied the indigenes their rightful slots for his ibo kinsmen, and at most times, transferred federal contracts meant for the West to the East. In all of these, their most cherished space back home was being protected from an inch of it being occupied by an outsider, such is the case till date.
With Zik being the President & Governor General, All the Federal parastatals in the Eastern region were occupied and dominated by the ibos, without any slightest consideration to the Westerners or Northerners.
Zik's craziest idea of ibo domination through abuse of power was soon discovered to be the Achille's heel of ibo subjugation.

Currently, the Weac results in the SE would count for nothing as long as individuals from SW are breaking records that any ibo will find it hard to match, if ever..
Aside producing an undergraduate proffessor in the history of Nigeria recently, this girl has just proven both home and abroad that she is head above any ibo child her age that could come out of the South east.

-Lion

mancoconut:
It's an absolute myth that yorubas are more educated than Igbos, even though yorubas admittedly had the head-start in acquiring education first before other tribes in Nigeria due to their earlier exposure to Christian missionaries and western education, Igbos who were late to the western education party not only caught up with yorubas but even surpassed them, Igbos were preponderantly dominant in literally all fields of human endeavor pre and post independence Nigeria, so much so that the fear of "Ibo domination" became a very portent fear especially in the North as Igbos flooded the academic parastastals, civil service, Federal top jobs, even some of the best educated military officers then were predominantly Igbos etc...Ahmadu Bello's famous interview granted to a European reporter about Igbo domination even accentuated these facts... Awo's free education sure helped to bolster the yorubas in terms of academia, but at no point where they more educated than Igbos... not even after the war when Igbo lost all their major positions in Nigeria were Igbos overtaken.

Emphasis on "the north". At no point in history, both pre or post-independence were ibos ever ahead of the Yoruba - Never was and Never will be.
There is a reason that Yoruba have never been an inch bothered about your so called "ibo domination" fantasy which only existed in the imagination of an average ibo - the fact that Yoruba being the "head" would never give a damn regarding how the "tail" wags, so long it's stuck in between the legs.
The north could be much bothered about ibos flooding her region fill up job opportunities meant for the northerners being the most educationally disadvantaged at the time as rightly expressed by Ahmadu Bello. In contrast, the Yoruba region was the standard template such that it was readily the best option for a lot of Igbos to get the best of western Education. The best of Igbo brains in the mordern era, I dare say, are Southwest trained, Ngozi okonjo iweala, Chinua Achebe, your most prized assets had a bite of the cherry.
At a point, during colonialism, A certain Samuel Ajayi Crowther had come back from slavery as a missionary to teach your ibo ancestors how to read and write through the publication of the isuoma ibo premier - Till date, ibos had not shown appreciation, nonetheless, We Muuve!..
Till the end of the world, ibos can never catch up in any academic endeavor. For every 1 ibos produced, Yoruba would have produced 10 (and I'm being reasonable)


-Lion

-Lion

BigSarah:
Hmm shoot at who? Shoot at whom? Shoot at what?
They want to pull another Benjamin Adekunle in 2021?
I believe this to be true, the Nigerian government has done it before what will stop them from doing it again

The only name that makes Ojukwu turns with fear in his grave.

-Lion

goodnessme1:
Lagos is not yoruba land,so be guard.

On a night bus to Lagos
How many of you are packed inside the transit bus?


-Lion

goodnessme1:
Lolz.Guy i only report news i see on igbere page.



As i dey talk to You,i dey road going to lagos.


Social media made things easy for this generation.

God bless Odua Nation.

-Lion

gidgiddy:
You are talking about two different things here. Nobody is denying that Ironsi was running a military dictatorship without the pillars of democracy.

What is being disputed is if it was Ironsi that abolished Regionalism and introduced unitary rule.

How could Ironsi have been the one that abolished Regionalism if the 4 Regions he met on the ground were still existing the day he died?

How is it possible that Ironsi introduced unitary rule when all 4 Regions had resource control and fiscal federalism right up to the day Ironsi died?

Facts are sacrosanct no matter how hard you might try to spin it.
Facts are staring at you and spitting your lying face.
Decree 34 was also known as " the Unification decree". All federal structures, resource control, civil service were collapsed under a unitary system under the control of a stronger central government. The regions were broken into provinces.
I wonder how you guys passed through elementary school if basic comprehension could be this hard on you.

-Lion

Oliviaohms:

Hahahahahhahahahahha
Another lie
Nigeria became a republic in 1963
Hence it was called federal republic of Nigeria
Lie busted
Gowon dissolved regional government and create state
This was deliberately done to divide eastern region during the fracas of disagreement of igbo progrom
River state was created
Guess what you can’t rewrite history

Nigeria became a federal republic in 1963 until 1966 when Aguiyi Ironsi destroyed the structures of the federating regions. Hence, Nigeria became merely a republic with no more federal structures.

-LIon

wordcat:
You're a product of "QUOTA SYSTEM" no need arguing with you because I'm very sure you are one of those that have to score just 10 mark to gain admission into the unity school.
After the death of Ironsi and Fajuyi, the governor of Western region, Adeyinka Adebayo was appointed as governor of Western region, that suppose to tell you that the regional system was still intact. Tell me, did Ironsi abolished the system from his grave?

QuotaSystem is very bad and it is seriously affecting our security and judicial system

You argue blindly. We had Premiers elected by the people NOT Military Governors who took orders and reported to a military dictator who appointed them.
All civil service structures and the entire federating units were collapsed under the control of the center. Ironsi killed Regionalism, Gowon buried it.

-Lion

gidgiddy:
There were 4 Regions, each Region had resource control, fiscal responsibility and practiced the revenue sharing formular agreed at independence

Ironsi came in and the 4 Regions were there throughout the 6 months he was in power, all 4 had resource control and fiscal responsibility

So in what way did Ironsi abolish Regionalism?

Lies!

Regional powers and autonomy were dissolved under the control of the center.

-Lion

Oliviaohms:
Hahahhahaha
What a dumb response
Now is the region exist only by name no longer abolished
Mtchew

Try understand the difference between region and Regionalism. Aguiyi abolished Regionalism. Through the promulgation, Nigeria ceased to be a Federation but a republic.

-Lion

Akwamkpuruamu:
Give examples of those fundamentals that were collapsed

I'd rather advice you read through the decree. It's as clear as daylight.
The regions became weaker, the center was stronger such that the center was in total control of the structures of the Regions.

-Lion

AbaLion:
You've been dealt with several times on this issue yet you keep pushing your lies.
The Regions only existed in names but Regionalism (the fundamentals, vestiges, and essentials of regions) was collapsed.

Akwamkpuruamu:
If it was abolished, how come we still had the four regions, fully operational with military governors?

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Oliviaohms:
Military governor of eastern region ?
The same regions you said ironsi abolished?

wordcat:
No one can rewrite history.
After the death of Ironsi, the regional governors according to HISTORY we're;

Eastern region- Lt. Colonel Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Western region- Lt. Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo

Mid Western region- Lt. Colonel David Ejoor

Northern region- Lt. Colonel Hassan Usman Kastina

The bold is very instructive.

-Lion

Oliviaohms:
What a fake news
If he dissolved it on which capacity was ojukwu acting

Ojukwu was a military governor appointed by Aguiyi Ironsi. Before Ironsi took over, we had Premiers elected by respective regions. Ironsi had no intention of returning us back to parliamentary democracy having banned all political parties and political activities.

-Lion

gidgiddy:
If anybody tells you that Ironsi abolished the Regions, ask that person why the Regions were still existing 8 months after Ironsi had died

You've been dealt with several times on this issue yet you keep pushing your lies.
The Regions only existed in names but Regionalism (the fundamentals, vestiges, and essentials of regions) was collapsed.

-Lion

You can never get away with this.

-Lion

sarrki:
The aspirants were told to write biographical essay on their lives, schools attended, work experiences, places lived or visited within Kaduna state, Nigeria and abroad.

The so called exam is nothing but a charade. An exam which was only limited to mere essay writing without consideration for tests on leadership skills, problem-solving skills or interpersonal skills. Elrufai may have disqualified candidates who are better qualified on the alter of essay writing.

-Lion

Gumi's template. After all, some Northern Governors are favourably disposed to it. We can all agree that the East has finally learned something from the North.

-Lion

Trailblazer1:
Leave IPOB out of your Madness

Imsoblessed:
don't put Ipob and Boko Haram in the same sentence. IPod is a terrorist to buhari and friends. Boko Haram internationally recognized terrorist group.

Their MO is the same ; burn, kill, steal, destroy.

-Lion