₦airaland Forum

EzeNri:
I will reply your long with just a few sentences.

A country is as wealthy as its citizens. There is no way Ekiti will have rich citizens and be poor.

SW have more vulnerable households than SE.

Stop making excuses for poverty.

You said you passed through Ekiti on your way from Abuja to Lagos; and you used that as your yardstick? Very poor! First of all, most SW cities and towns are not on the main express ways. Let's say you're traveling from Benin via Owo to Ibadan; you will never pass through the main cities and and towns of Owo, Akure, Ilésà, Ifẹ, Ede, etc till you get to Ibadan. You now sit down, judge the states based on where you passed in-between Benin and Ibadan... And you want people to believe your version; that's not common sense! Ede alone has about 4 universities, a polytechnic, nysc camp, 2 army barracks, cocoa processing firms and lots more; not to talk of Owo, Ilesa, ifẹ or Akure... but when you passed through, you only saw the periphery of each; likewise your journey through Ekiti.

Tell me a state in the East with pipe borne water and about 5 water cooperation dams? Maybe you've never witnessed water problems in Abakaliki, even Enugu town. Access to water, food, housing without stress, education and availability of land for use, etc, etc are used not because one man building 10 mansions in the midst of abject poverty, in the midst of millions of adolescent, youths hucking all sorts of stuff in the traffic... there isn't access road to his village and his lga has no bank and less than 5 public secondary schools whereas some lga in the SW have up to 40 secondary schools, and they never really depends on corp members as school teachers...ang there are even tap in school compound.

NwaNimo1:
Who profited?

Ekiti people?

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Let them just run the warm spring resort better... it's an awesome place for vacation and events particularly when one needs to connect with nature. It's not also far from Arinta Waterfalls at Iloro-Ekiti and Olumirin Waterfalls in Erin, Osun state.

Ekiti can make so much money from tourism but successive governments are so lame particularly its Town planning agency. How on earth did the government allow people to build houses in-between or on top those rocks between Yinka and Odo-Iro, Iyin-Ekiti? There're Esa, Abanijorin caves nearby, a great tourist centre but yet to be developed; the cave's main amphitheatre can sit about 1000 people when expanded. The myopic government should have paid compensation to land owners around the place. See pictures & video of the caves here:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1865714806903219&id=236928116448571&fs=0&focus_composer=0

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Omihanifa:
How many times will they hand it over to a private investor

Every adminstration keeps handing it over to different private investor

I doubt if the resort has ever been handed over to private investor. Maybe you're confusing it with Gossy spring water bottling company at Ikogosi.

The house should be happy they have a Buhari; an Obasanjo would have declared state of emergency in a place like Zamfara and the rest.

EzeNri:
Lol.

Making excuses for their fraud NBS.

NBS data don't always reflect reality. Its biased to favour the SW.

There is no way Ekiti will have fewer percentage of poor people than Anambra and Rivers. I have been to the three states and I know what I saw in Ekiti.

You can't compare a purely civil service state to a state like Anambra that is commerce-driven.

How many Ekiti people are in the civil service and how much is even their salary?

Ekiti is not industrialized and the state is not even doing well in agriculture. The government is even owing salaries.

Yemi should tell us how placed Ekiti ahead of Anambra in the poverty index.

You may need to go back to school to be able to ague publicly without being considered as inferior. You hardly known the difference between state wealth, few in wealth and majority being comfortable.

You lay so much emphasis on Ekiti being poor. That they're not building 2 or 3 story buildings or not demolishing their old parents or grandparents buildings doesn't make them poor. How many ordinary people can afford to by land in Awka or Owerri? A teacher or bike man that built bungalow in Ado is better and comfortable than his colleagues living in unkept 3 story buildings without water in Onitsha. Ekiti people are known to be among the best and early educated people in the country and majority of Ekiti people live outside the state: in the cities and abroad because of their early exploits in education which didn't keep them in the state.

There is virtually no Ekiti family without cash crops' farm. You can verify how much cocoa or Kola nut farms fetch in a year: there are hundreds of thousands of people from other states, including your people working on these farms and many farm settlements on the roads you referred to as Ekiti villages.

See, there's no single Ekiti town without pipe borne water; there's also water reservoirs and about 10 large dams in Itapa, Ikun, Gogo, Ureje, Ogbese, Itapaji, Gbonyin, etc. The towns and villages are well served with modest roads networks and many of them have commercial Banks. You can't find all these in Enugu and many of your states. Enugu has just 2 towns and that's where you find banks, except one at Orji. The only dam in Ezeagu is only serving firms at 9th mile and government house.

I have lived in every state of the SE. Don't be deceived by businessmen building mansions everywhere but they're still the minority when compared with the general population of the area. However, majority of Ekiti, Ondo, Osun are comfortable. They may not be building story buildings but most of the spacious bungalows are comfortable. My only issue is continuous use of Iron roofing sheets Zinc) being sold to them by your brothers. They're even buying at higher cost than cheapest aluminium sheet; just because of deception that the later will be condemned quicker. There's need to ban Zinc. Most that get money don't believe in show off; they are very modest and concern more about the education of their children. These are indices used in measuring poverty not because state is in debt or story buildings.
In the East, Anambra is a reference point. It competes with the the best in Nigeria, no doubt about that.

You should have used same energy to write about your Fulanis, their herdsmen's atrocities that made them being named 3rd and 4th most dangerous terrorists/murderers in the world. Many communities in the middle belt have their entire communities wiped out with some have their land taken. Maybe Mr Alhassan needs to be shown those Benue victims burial's pictures or their destruction of lives and properties in Plateau ok Kaduna state.

This is just the beginning. Southern part of the country is not Landlocked and the main purchasing power is in the South.

Ogun get governor? The state is lagging behind in taking measures to cub herdsmen's troubles.

When Niger state should had taken step, they refused just as kwara is doing presently and it's getting closer to them. Thank God for Southern States...

legba1:
Ogbeni, who is wailing and kicking... To hell with your murderous team and you cow... I in particular am cashing out big time.. I just regret depleting my poultry stock b4 now.... I beg hold on to your food stuffs, plenty alternative don surface already... You lots have been busted and your plans scattered... South will survive but wait till we stop your trucks from loading from our tank farms and depot, then you will understand what is happening.... Akuyah

This is just it. Great opportunity for the southerners...

A decision has been made to starve a section of the country. To be forewarned is to forearmed; it's a great hope that governors in each region of the South will call meetings to preserve the lives of people that elected them. Although for decades, the Federal government supports agricultural development of the North through countless irrigation system, free and subsidized fertilizer and making sure there is available market for the produce by banning importation of these produce. The billions of dollars being used is mainly from the Southern oil, ports and customs' duties.

Most of the states in the South are self sufficient, they can grow whatever they need except places like Lagos and PH. The major staples in the South is from cassava, yam, plantain, rice and all sorts of cowpie which people are readily growing. The SW people eat more of Amala and Ewedu, Eba, rice, etc with vegetables everywhere. The SS and SE likewise the same except in place of Amala and Ewedu, they have Akpu and Ogbono. There are lots of food crops, fruits, chickens, eggs, fishes that readily available to eat.
However, because of the population of the people in the cities and our lack of good leadership that should have envisaged the plan of the North before now, the south would have to endure for some time to fill up the gaps. This is a blessing in disguise and God used this to reveal the deadly plans of the North.

To avoid eating poison in future, Northern foodstuffs and perishable should be banned in the South. Bad chemicals like sniper is being used to preserve their beans and the cows are a kind of curse to our spirituality... people are being killed for the meat you eat; humans are mating with what you eat! The other things the North brings can easily be planted if not lazy. Get a small place to grow your pepper, onion and tomatoes. For the wise, this is opportunity to make money. There are lots of countries in W/Africa that are looking for where to sell their stuff like beans which are being infested with weevils, also cows.

Open grazing should be thoroughly prohibited in the South. The government should do everything to block foodstuffs coming from the North. The southern governments should support mechanised farming in crops and animal husbandry. Benin Republic people's tomatoes are rotten away, they should be brought in; so also cows and chickens until we can produce what we consume fully. The Northerners should not be allowed to head ports and customs commands in the South again. Northerners readily bring cows mainly from Niger & Chad but Southerners can't do same through Benin borders. We should care less about where they are boasting to sell their produce to. All I know is that the whole world is eyeing Southern markets; We're over 100 million in population with lots of purchasing power than anywhere in Africa. The North wants to put an end to their father Christmas' market.

A wise people of the South should prevent mass killings through poison of food by avoiding northern cows and food, even if they decide to start bringing them. Most expecially, the leadership of the South should call for reform without wasting time again.

Sitting for the first time in ages. Let's see the names of the members. Osinbajo is asked to join the AFC and CDS from the South so that it wouldn't look like only northern meeting.

A decision has been made to starve a section of the country. To be forewarned is to forearmed; it's a great hope that governors in each region of the South will call meetings to preserve the lives of people that elected them. Although for decades, the Federal government supports agricultural development of the North through countless irrigation system, free and subsidized fertilizer and making sure there is available market for the produce by banning importation of these produce. The billions of dollars being used is mainly from the Southern oil, ports and customs' duties.
Most of the states in the South are self sufficient, they can grow whatever they need except places like Lagos and PH. The major staples in the South is from cassava, yam, plantain, rice and all sorts of cowpie which people are readily growing. The SW people eat more of Amala and Ewedu, Eba, rice, etc with vegetables everywhere. The SS and SE likewise the same except in place of Amala and Ewedu, they have Akpu and Ogbono. There are lots of food crops, fruits, chickens, eggs, fishes that readily available to eat.
However, because of the population of the people in the cities and our lack of good leadership that should have envisaged the plan of the North before now, the south would have to endure for some time to fill up the gaps. This is a blessing in disguise and God used this to reveal the deadly plans of the North.
To avoid eating poison in future, Northern foodstuffs and perishable should be banned in the South. Bad chemicals like sniper is being used to preserve their beans and the cows are a kind of curse to our spirituality... people are being killed for the meat you eat; humans are mating with what you eat! The other things the North brings can easily be planted if not lazy. Get a small place to grow your pepper, onion and tomatoes. For the wise, this is opportunity to make money. There are lots of countries in W/Africa that are looking for where to sell their stuff like beans which are being infested with weevils, also cows.
Open grazing should be thoroughly prohibited in the South. The government should do everything to block foodstuffs coming from the North. The southern governments should support mechanised farming in crops and animal husbandry. Benin Republic people's tomatoes are rotten away, they should be brought in; so also cows and chickens until we can produce what we consume fully. The Northerners should not be allowed to head ports and customs commands in the South again. Northerners readily bring cows mainly from Niger & Chad but Southerners can't do same through Benin borders. We should care less about where they are boasting to sell their produce to. All I know is that the whole world is eyeing Southern markets; We're over 100 million in population with lots of purchasing power than anywhere in Africa. The North wants to put an end to their father Christmas' market.
A wise people of the South should prevent mass killings through poison
of food by avoiding northern cows and food, even if they decide to start bringing them. Most expecially, the leadership of the South should call for reform without wasting time again.

People With Decision To Starve Will Poison You In A Jiffy.

A decision has been made to starve a section of the country. To be forewarned is to forearmed; it's a great hope that governors in each region of the South will call meetings to preserve the lives of people that elected them. Although for decades, the Federal government supports agricultural development of the North through countless irrigation system, free and subsidized fertilizer and making sure there is available market for the produce by banning importation of these produce. The billions of dollars being used is mainly from the Southern oil, ports and customs' duties.

Most of the states in the South are self sufficient, they can grow whatever they need except places like Lagos and PH. The major staples in the South are from cassava, yam, plantain, rice and all sorts of cowpie which people are readily growing. The SW people eat more of Amala and Ewedu, Eba, rice, etc with vegetables everywhere. The SS and SE likewise the same except in place of Amala and Ewedu, they have Akpu and Ogbono. There are lots of food crops, fruits, chickens, eggs, fishes that readily available to eat.

However, because of the population of the people in the cities and our lack of good leadership that should have envisaged the plan of the North before now, the south would have to endure for some time to fill up the gaps. This is a blessing in disguise and God used this to reveal the deadly plans of the North.

To avoid eating poison in future, Northern foodstuffs and perishable should be banned in the South. Bad chemicals like sniper is being used to preserve their beans and the cows are a kind of curse to our spirituality... people are being killed for the meat you eat; humans are mating with what you eat! The other things the North brings can easily be planted if not lazy. Get a small place to grow your pepper, onion and tomatoes. For the wise, this is opportunity to make money. There are lots of countries in W/Africa that are looking for where to sell their stuff like beans which are being infested with weevils, also cows.

Open grazing should be thoroughly prohibited in the South. The government should do everything to block foodstuffs coming from the North. The southern governments should support mechanised farming in crops and animal husbandry. Benin Republic people's tomatoes are rotten away, they should be brought in; so also cows and chickens until we can produce what we consume fully. The Northerners should not be allowed to head ports and customs commands in the South again. Northerners readily bring cows mainly from Niger & Chad but Southerners can't do same through Benin borders. We should care less about where they are boasting to sell their produce to. All I know is that the whole world is eyeing Southern markets; We're over 100 million in population with lots of purchasing power than anywhere in Africa. The North wants to put an end to their father Christmas' market.

Wise people of the South should prevent mass killings through poison
of food by avoiding northern cows and food, even if they decide to start bringing them. Most expecially, the leadership of the South should call for reform without wasting time again.

We can have our ranches in the South if we so much wish to eat cow meat. Ekiti has one already to produce milk. I wish we could change our orientation and switch to chickens and fishes for now. We will not die if we avoid cow meat. If we must, there are ShopRite in the cities to buy worthy beef.

A decision has been made to starve a section of the country. To be forewarned is to forearmed; it's a great hope that governors in each region of the South will call meetings to preserve the lives of people that elected them. Although for decades, the Federal government supports agricultural development of the North through countless irrigation system, free and subsidized fertilizer and making sure there is available market for the produce by banning importation of these produce. The billions of dollars being used is mainly from the Southern oil, ports and customs' duties.

Most of the states in the South are self sufficient, they can grow whatever they need except places like Lagos and PH. The major staples in the South is from cassava, yam, plantain, rice and all sorts of cowpie which people are readily growing. The SW people eat more of Amala and Ewedu, Eba, rice, etc with vegetables everywhere. The SS and SE likewise the same except in place of Amala and Ewedu, they have Akpu and Ogbono. There are lots of food crops, fruits, chickens, eggs, fishes that readily available to eat.

However, because of the population of the people in the cities and our lack of good leadership that should have envisaged the plan of the North before now, the south would have to endure for some time to fill up the gaps. This is a blessing in disguise and God used this to reveal the deadly plans of the North.

To avoid eating poison in future, Northern foodstuffs and perishable should be banned in the South. Bad chemicals like sniper is being used to preserve their beans and the cows are a kind of curse to our spirituality... people are being killed for the meat you eat; humans are mating with what you eat! The other things the North brings can easily be planted if not lazy. Get a small place to grow your pepper, onion and tomatoes. For the wise, this is opportunity to make money. There are lots of countries in W/Africa that are looking for where to sell their stuff like beans which are being infested with weevils, also cows.

Open grazing should be thoroughly prohibited in the South. The government should do everything to block foodstuffs coming from the North. The southern governments should support mechanised farming in crops and animal husbandry. Benin Republic people's tomatoes are rotten away, they should be brought in; so also cows and chickens until we can produce what we consume fully. The Northerners should not be allowed to head ports and customs commands in the South again. Northerners readily bring cows mainly from Niger & Chad but Southerners can't do same through Benin borders. We should care less about where they are boasting to sell their produce to. All I know is that the whole world is eyeing Southern markets; We're over 100 million in population with lots of purchasing power than anywhere in Africa. The North wants to put an end to their father Christmas' market.

A wise people of the South should prevent mass killings through poison
of food by avoiding northern cows and food, even if they decide to start bringing them. Most expecially, the leadership of the South should call for reform without wasting time again.

A decision has been made to starve a section of the country. Although for decades, the Federal government supports agricultural development of the North through countless irrigation system, free and subsidized fertilizer and making sure there is available market for the produce by banning import of these produce. The billions of dollars being used is mainly from the Southern oil, ports and customs' duties.

Most of the states in the South are self sufficient, they can grow whatever they need except places like Lagos and PH. The major staples in the South is from cassava, yam, plantain, rice and all sorts of cowpie which people are readily growing. The SW people eat more of Amala and Ewedu, Eba, rice, etc with vegetables everywhere. The SS and SE likewise the same except in place of Amala and Ewedu, they have Akpu and Ogbono. There are lots of food crops, fruits, chickens, eggs, fishes that readily available to eat.

However, because of the population of the people in the cities and our lack of good leadership that should have envisaged the plan of the North, the south would have to endure for some time to fill up the gaps. This is a blessing in disguise and God used this to reveal the deadly plans of the North.

To avoid eating poison in future, Northern foodstuffs and perishable should be banned in the South. Bad chemicals like sniper is being used to preserve their beans and the cows are a kind of curse to our spirituality... people are being killed for what you eat; humans are mating with what you eat! The other things the North brings can easily be grow if not lazy. Get a small place to grow your pepper, onion and tomatoes. For the wise, this is opportunity to make money. There lots of countries in W/Africa that are looking for where to sell their stuff like beans which are being infested with weevils.

Open grazing should be thoroughly prohibited in the South. The government should do everything to block foodstuffs coming from the North. The southern governments should support mechanised farming in crops and animal husbandry. Benin Republic people's tomatoes are rotten away, they should be brought in; so also cows and chickens until we can produce what we consume fully. The Northerners should not be allowed to head ports and customs commands in the South again. Northerners readily bring cows mainly from Niger & Chad but Southerners can't do same through Benin borders.

A wise people of the South should prevent mass killings through poison
of food by avoiding northern cows and food, even if they decide to start bringing them. Most expecially, the leadership of the South should call for reform without wasting time again.

ABIODUNOLAOPA1:
It is obvious d reason their people are working to ensure southern Nigerians don't go to farm. They want to have monopoly of food crops. Producing food crops and sending it to d south is their lifewire. I pray d southerners learn from this and put their foot on d ground by ensuring criminal herders are sent out of d south and encourage people to go and farm.

We don't have leaders in the South. Since 60s federal government have been spending billions of dollars to develop agriculture in the North. They built countless irrigating systems in the North, move 99% of subsidized fertilizer into the north every year, close Southern boundaries being manned by majority Hausa/Fulanis to all these produce from the North...

You people never know what you have put yourselves into. Yorubas are great farmers and this is opportunity for the SW teaming youths. The blockage should be for ever.

The northern cows sellers will soon cry out also; most cows are brought from Niger & Chad and they're meant for Lagos market. What will those cows eat in trucks they are packed; those on ground will also suffer because grounds are so dry in the North now.

Mysticwebb:
But SE with help of ESN is killing you more and destroying Fulani settlement more than any Southern part of the country. Why exclude them?

It's divide and rule. Which day fulanis started loving Igbo? Unfortunately, some igbos love this...read BKayy and others' comments hunting for nairaland's likes

Kebbiprince:
There is nothing u have to block, the fulani control lagos ports and customs

The entire Fulani customs you rely on and have been perpetuating evil against SW can be overrun within some hours when the people are ready. Every truck going to the north can be blocked or burned; tankers are the easiest to burn when shot at. Go to Ogerre, Ibafo, Ijora, apapa and see hundreds of thousands of northern bound trailers and tankers.

You will be surprised at what would hit you guys. I only blame kwara's simps that continue to allow you... you even held useless evil meeting in ilorin against their brothers in SW; they'll surely pay for this one day.

ekhai:
YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT OUR BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN BOUGHT THOSE PERISHABLE ITEMS FOR SALE IN THE SOUTH. THE TRUCK CARRYING THOSE ITEMS WERE PAID BEFORE LEAVING BAUCHI OR ZARIA. WE'RE STILL ON THE LOSSING SIDE. AND HUNGER WILL BE THE RESULTANT EFFECT BECAUSE PRICE WILL SKYROCKETED.

So our businessmen now sold to those Northerners in Sabo and shasha all over the south? Big lie, the people bringing perishable are more than 80% northerners; our people normally buy from them in Shasha.

You seem to be Southern wannabe, you want the fulanis to keep killing your children, women, men because of what you will eat? The SW land is very fertile to plant anything... the hunger you are afraid of will be temporary. In yam, Ondo, Ekiti, etc feed the entire nation before the coming of Benue, Nassarawa, Taraba yams. So you can't plant tomatoes or buy paste to eat your plantain, rice or prepare soup for your fufu, Eba or amala? or your vegetables or Ewedu is also from the North.

kunkelhanspeter:
I laugh you
When the North are In charge of the petroleum products. have you been to any refinery or oil company in Nigeria before?

So you will use your gallons to come and fetch it from tank farms in Lagos and boom fly to your north without those trucks or tankers being burned in transit or pipeline being disrupted... thought you people wise...

There are thousands of northern bound tankers currently waiting at Ogerre to load Petro not to talk about those ones in Ibafo, Apapa, etc. The south west has many things to cripple the North.

adeolakemi:
does yoruba have oil? please that imaginary oil in lagos and the five liters of crude in ijaw part of India

They don't have, Mr ipoo that inferiority complex will not allow to answer wahwah name. All the tankers leaving for north depart your village in abakaliki so no Yoruba can burn them. The imported fuel is being offloaded in Ezza tanks farms. I also hear Dangote is building a refinary in your Isialangwa.

North is dividing the country gradually. They would have allowed their perishable to rot away now.

They would have allowed them so that South will also pay them back in the same coin;a liter of Petro would have been sold for 3k by next week in the north.

PrinceOfLagos:
Let's stop celebrating thug and miscreants in this country

Sunday igboho will not be lucky next time

Go and say that to your miscreants burning police stations in Aba and mbaise. Igboho is not a miscreant, Mr. princeofIsikwuato!

LikeAking:
OP, stop raising false alarm.

Arewa1stson created this to mock and put fear in the southerners but he fails to know that south can produce or ship in anything they want after overcoming temporary shortfall. If supplies of Petro & Gas or fertilizer alone is cut off, there would be unending riots in the North and Boko-haram will take over.

Greenback:
It's not the Niger Deltans..it's the yorubas that gave them this power...they know buhari very well,they still brought the demon to powee

You should be happy then. It's used to be Igbo vs Hausa/fulani but now it's South against them; they are loosing the only friend down South fast. There's no more northern's cunningly dividing the south; Buhari and his Fulanis are helping disintegration than anyone could ever have dreamt.

Criminals are jailed in the South but pampered in the North. Evans would have been an Hero in the North; they would have found a name to call his kidnapping activities.

Good.

Keep all your food in the North to waste please. No more Palm oil, fruits, planks, raw or industrial materials, chemical, etc should go to the north. Northern's trucks or traillers should not be allowed in the South, cut Petro&gas supply to the north, cut them from using the ports... We can even remove the bridges across river Niger to make this easy. Let's see people that their poverty will multiply between South and North.

Who will buy and eat bloody northern cows and food? Already learning how not to eat cows that have taking thousands of lives.

Foods and meats are cheaper in international markets and West Africa. Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, etc are looking for where to sell their beans and cows... the government is only forcing us to eat bloody cows and tomatoes that would have been wasted.

Time to remove all your deadly cattle in our bushes so as to create more employment for our youths in farming. Time to open our borders is now and no Fulani customs should stop anyone.

Very very good. I'm going into tomatoes farming and goat ranching myself. So, I should allow you continue killing people here so that I can buy and eat your produce?

Hope you people will stop using money generated from oil to prosecute your war against Boko Haram and giving bandits, all running into billions of dollars. That money would have turned Niger Delta into Dubai.

Malami, the most powerful minister that dictates everything, may not be happy...

nurey:
Civic better fuel economy good looking and easy to maintain.

Avensis bigger interior, the 2.4az may not be prone to oil burn, but cost of body parts.

I have always loved avensis because it's an affordable toyota and not a robbers magnet like other offering

Very close; the two seem to be ok, just to take any one, although Avensis seems to have more grand clearance. Thanks so much.