₦airaland Forum

Ibime:
Nobody "gave" land. I am explaining Ijaw mentality - Ijaw man can live somewhere for years and not cultivate the forest around preferring to fish instead. If another tribe comes to cultivate the forest, Ijaw man will feel he "allowed" that tribe to take that land and can take it back anytime. 

Secondly, Itsekiri took land by force from around the 15th century when their Kingdom started expanding. Dont act like they owned the whole of Warri. Thirdly, there are many Itsekiri who are "absorbed" Ijaws, having chosen to assimilate themselves into the more powerful Itsekiri Kingdom of that time, Richard Mofe Damijo for example.

Thirdly, there is no such thing as Ijaw. There is a little Ijaw in every tribe of the Delta. Ijaw is simply a name for Oru people, the aborigines of the Delta. The name Ijaw was used for those West of Brass whilst the name Oru was used for those East of Brass. Bringing everyone into a tribe called "Ijaw" is a recent phenomenom after the amalgamation of Nigeira. Oru is simply the original language and culture of the riverine people of the Delta. Even Abohs (Igbo) and many other riverine Igbos are asimilated Orus whilst the bloodline of modern day cultures like Urhobo, Isoko and such are interfused with Orus. Ijaw does not really exist except to describe people who can still trace themselves back to the aborigines of the delta (Orus). An Okrika man cannot understand a Gbaramatu man, yet they both call themselves Ijaw.

is are awori, ilaje, itsekiri, urhobo, bini, esan, mahin all ijaws as well because ijaws claim there land got to lagos and parts of akwa ibom

EzeUche:
The people who have committed that abomination have been dealt with in that community. 

I don't know if you were old enough to remember, but do you remember what happened to the Hausa in Onitsha and Aba when they were rioting about the Miss Universe pageant?

Do not put the Igbo to a test.

mouth again and lairs

From all indications, the Seventh National Assembly which officially took off on Monday, June 6, already has some goals set for it. And one of these goals would be to ensure that a constitutional amendment takes place before the expiration of its four-year lifespan.
The 1999 Constitution, which the country currently operates, has already witnessed three amendments in the last 15 months.
Hope that an amendment would take place for certainty has already been firmly established by the two most senior principal officers in the legislative arm of government at different fora.
President of the Senate and the Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator David Mark, at a grand reception in his honour by his kinsmen in Otukpo, Benue State, declared his commitment to ensuring that another round of constitutional amendment takes place which should provide an opportunity for the creation of more states in the country.
The previous amendments carried out in 2010 dwelt mainly on electoral reform and electoral related subjects. But the Senate president used the occasion of his home coming, a week after his historic re-election as the Senate President for another four years, to assure his kinsmen that their dream of an Apa State could still be realized. He stated that the creation of additional states would be in the interest of Nigerians, as it would spread development to every nook and cranny of the country.

His words: "I am committed to it and I believe that creation of additional states will be in the interest of our people because development will be nearer to them."

Less than two weeks after Senator Mark gave the hint of the determination of the Senate to amend the Constitution, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, also hinted of a plan to amend the constitution when he said the House will soon propose an amendment to the Nigerian Constitution to make provisions that will guarantee the autonomy of the Houses of Assembly across the country. The Speaker stated this while receiving members of the 5th session of the Delta State House of Assembly who paid him a courtesy visit in the Green chamber.
Interestingly, Senator Mark’s optimism which was reinforced by Tambuwal’s declaration has, at once, opened a window of opportunity for both state creation and "other urgent issues of national interest" to be brought to the amendment table.
And among the other issues of national interest that have been identified are the clamour for true and fiscal federalism, the tenure of elected executive office holders, indigenes and settlers dichotomy and others not immediately relevant to this analysis.
In the last three weeks, following the euphoria elicited by the declaration of the senate president, the political circuit has been abuzz with talks about tinkering with the tenure of executive office holders, specifically, the president, the vice president and the governors of the 36 states of the federation with their deputies.
The talk in town has been that the presidency plans to engineer an amendment of the relevant sections of the 1999 Constitution that deals with the tenure of these political office holders in the country.
According to Sections 135 (2) and 180 (2) of the 1999 Constitution, the president, his vice and the governors and their deputies are to enjoy a tenure of four years that could be renewed, making it a total of eight years for any individual to hold such an executive office.

Since 1979 when Nigeria adopted the presidential system of government in the Second Republic, the tenure of these officers has been pegged at four years which is renewable.
The presidency, it has been alleged is proposing a single term to replace the two terms of four years each as has been the practice. Just now, between five and seven years of a single term is being touted as the preferred choice of the presidency.
According to available information, Aso Rock is uncomfortable with the sheer viciousness and the must-win attitude of some incumbents seeking a second tenure. This attitude has been identified as the major factor which fuels electoral violence and tension across the country during campaign and election periods.

The argument has been that elections would be less tense and would come with minimal violence where the incumbent’s job is to simply ensure that he grooms a successor if he does not want his own party to suffer defeat at the polls.
In recent times, failure to return to an office to do a second term has been interpreted and seen as terribly odd and a thing of shame. And with the enormous power at their command and being in a position to dispense patronage in a country that is so badly riddled with poverty makes every other person a man with a price that could be bought and as governors or the president, they can always get people to do their biddings by paying the right amount. Beside, in a country where praise singing and sycophancy have been elevated to an art, even the incumbents are largely held hostage by courtiers, hangers- on and sundry elements who capitalize on electoral campaigns to get as much money from the person involved as they can. And because they don’t want to rock the boat, those concerned simply tag on, almost helplessly.
It has, therefore, been argued that for a saner electoral climate and higher probability of free and fair elections, these powerful executive posts should be made a single term.

Beside, there is also the argument that the electoral system stands to gain as it would automatically translate into staggered elections in the country. While the legislative and assembly elections take place this year, the executive, that is, the presidential and gubernatorial elections could come a year or two after. The immediate advantage of this would be that the electoral umpire will be able to concentrate on one election at a time. Secondly, all eyes would be focused on it with the aim of pointing out the shortcomings. That way, the electoral process would become finer as the days go by.

[b]Presidential signal
Signs that the tenures of governors and the president could be tinkered with emerged a few days before President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as President and Commander - in - Chief on May 29.
At the "2011 Presidential Inauguration Lecture", in Abuja with the theme, "A Transformation Agenda for Accelerating National Development," Jonathan, in his remarks noted that a four-year tenure was too short for a president and governors to make significant impact.
Jonathan had remarked: "I will not talk about the tenure of the government. The constitution has said four years, though some believe that the tenure is too short to make any change which I also believe. I believe because if you are a new person and you are elected as a governor today, it will take one to one and half years for you to really stabilize. And you also know that some members of your cabinet are not good and that is why in most cases, after one year or two, Mr. President reshuffles the cabinet and by the time you want to go for another two and half years, it is another election and you are all busy about winning election. That is a constitutional problem", he declared.
Analysts say it was a subtle way of saying the four-year constitutional prescription is no longer a reliable prescription and that the presidency might have given the go ahead signal to get the necessary machinery in motion to amend the provision.
From Jonathan’s analysis, for a governor or a president to make meaningful impact, he would need about a year to "settle down." And if he has another five or six years to work, then he would very most likely do something reasonable. On the contrary, with one year gone out of four, the governor or president has just about two years to work as he must face re-election challenges which would be a veritable source of distraction and, therefore, may not be able to do much even if he has the best of intentions.[/b]

The pros and cons
Expectedly, Jonathan’s subtle suggestion on tenure has drawn both supporters and antagonists more or less in equal proportion even though the suggestion would not be the first of its kind. In the past, calls for this vital aspect of the constitution to be tinkered with have been made. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had, during his second term in office, added his support to the proposal. But many believe that the call by Obasanjo lacked national interest as it was aimed at extending his tenure which later played out in the third term agenda.
Those who support President Jonathan’s argument that a single term of four years is too small for elected office holders to make appreciable impact point to the Russian example where an individual can only hold the office for a single five-year term and could run for it again provided it is not consecutive and it has helped in stabilizing their democracy which was rooted in brutal dictatorship.

Again, those in favour of the proposal have also said that political office holders barely do anything in office in the later part of their administration because at that point, the only important task for them is usually geared towards securing another mandate to their offices or another one. They also posited that huge amount of state resources are devoted for election by politicians seeking second term in office.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West, who pleaded anonymity, said it would reduce corruption and tension in the polity. "For me, I support the idea. I think it will be better because it will ensure that the elected officials will not need to worry about planning for re-election in four years. It will allow them to focus on doing the wishes of those who elected them into office".
They also contended that it was glaring during the last April election that the machinery of government in many states and even at the centre was grounded at a time because of the politics of second term.
In many states of the federation, organs of government were almost paralyzed as a result of the infighting within the ruling parties as governors, senators and members of the House of Representatives were active participants. These are part of what proponents of the single term agenda are saying would be eliminated if it is eventually carried through.
Festus Okoye, legal practitioner and National Coordinator of the Independent Election Monitoring Group(IEMG), however, feels that the two terms of a four- year tenure should be maintained.

In his reaction to the issue, Okoye submitted that: "The hallmark of democracy and democratic elections is the opportunity and promise of choice at designated and agreed intervals. The promise of choice and the hope and opportunity of exercising democratic franchise and affirming or rejecting a mandate are the hallmarks of democratic elections. It is on this basis that most democratic regimes through the constitution pegs the terminal date of most regimes at four years and requires that thereafter that mandate must be renewed or extinguished.
"It is this process of mandate renewal and the fear of rejection that makes leaders accountable because they have to renew their mandates at intervals and or be voted out at such intervals.
It is also important to realize that a one off seven-year mandate has inbuilt dictatorship in it. This means that the occupant is not looking forward to or towards any tenure renewal and can act with impunity and do things that are antithetical to democratic ideals.

"Such is not good for a developing society like Nigeria. It is not good for development and it is not good for accountability and transparency in governance.
"Moreover, a four-year period is enough for any president or governor to carry out projects and engage in enduring policies. What is required is that people and their parties must prepare and not grope in the dark and spend six months in office before appointing their ministers and commissioners.
"It is, therefore, dangerous for Nigeria to adopt a single seven-year tenure for the president and the governors as they will never be accountable to anybody. Open societies are accountable and dictatorships are problematic", Okoye opined.
Comrade Yerima Shetima, National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), also knocked the proposal in his reaction. Speaking to The Nation on the phone on Thursday morning, Shetima said his fear for a single term that will make it impossible for the electorate to decide the fate of the governor of the president is that every new person who comes into government will always strive to destroy the legacy of the past ruler in a bid to make himself more popular.
"Four years may not be enough, but the truth is that our democracy is not mature enough. If we have a single term, I can assure you that everybody who comes into government will not think of continuity but find ways and means to quickly erase the legacy of his predecessor and replace it with his own programme".
Dr Abubakar Momoh, Political Science lecturer, Lagos State University (LASU), said that neither one-term or two-term tenure is Nigeria’s problem. He identified corruption as the problem that will make it impossible for holders of the office to perform.
"The problem lies in the issue of succession. Even if we adopt one single term of ten years, it does not solve the problem of corruption? Does that translate into efficiency, regular power supply?

"I think what the political parties should address first is the case of internal democracy which will allow for an acceptable candidate. The people should be able to choose those they want. In fact, the idea of one single term of six years without adequately addressing the mechanism that thrusts forward these candidates is a subversion of democracy", he declared.
Cleric turned politician, Reverend Chris Okotie of the Fresh Party described it as "a misplacement of priority by the PDP government to think of the idea at the moment. It shows the ineptitude of the current administration to governance. The best thing to do at this point that Nigeria is seeking direction is for the PDP to reflect deeply and see how it addresses the basic needs of the people than the longevity of administration", he stated.
A member of the House of Representatives on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Hon. Hamzat Ganiyu, feels that the current arrangement is good enough. "The current arrangement of four years of two terms is better. I do not support the idea of one single term of six years. And if they go ahead to achieve that, those who should benefit from it are those to be elected later and not the current ones", Hamzat said.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/politics/13272-mulling-over-single-term-tenure.html

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=719075.msg8777075#msg8777075 date=1311465336]Wow! Ibime are you Ijaw?[/quote]yes he is

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi
ABUJA – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Sen. Bala Mohammed stated that indigenous contractors have a major role to play in the effort by the Federal Government to develop the nation’s infrastructural base.

The Minister, who stated this on Thursday during an inspection of construction work on the Karshi-Apo and the Karshi-Ara major highways in the FCT, also charged the contractors to be at their best and ensure the highest quality standards in the execution of projects.

According to him, only the assurance of qualitative project execution would justify government’s confidence and ensure more patronage in the future.

He said, “The FCT Administration is particularly proud that this project is being handled by a local contractor, a situation which has save the Federal Government almost N2 billion in costs. However, we are particular about the quality of work as that would guarantee future patronage by government.”

Meanwhile, in a bid to address the chaotic traffic situation along the Abuja-Keffi Road, the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has given the contractor handling the Apo-Karshi road 90 days to make it motorable.

He explained that the FCT Administration awarded contract for the 14-kilometre Karshi –Apo, valued at over N2.26 billion, to serve as alternative to the ever congested Nyanya/Karu road.

Mohammed stressed that the new roads were very important in order to ease the congestion on the Maraba-Nyaya-Karu corridor.

Apparently referring to last Monday’s accident wherein more than 25 people lost their lives, the Minister stated that, “We are here to emphasise the importance of this road to the well-being of the people of the FCT. People are dying on the other corridors due to massive traffic congestion and the recklessness of some drivers.

“We cannot keep living like this, more so as efforts to create byways and expand the other corridors is still ongoing. I shall be happy if this new road can be completed before December to allow its use by commuters who are presently suffering on the other corridor.”

He further charged the contractor to ensure that the earthwork as well as the primary infrastructure such as bridges and culverts on the one-carriageway road is completed before the next round of inspections in three or four months.

The Minister stressed, “We are carrying people along, and we are not taking anything or anyone for granted. We are providing roads now, by next year all the basic infrastructure including power, water, hospitals and telecommunications would be installed so that people can move in and occupy the houses.”

Sen. Mohammed further assured of the FCT Administration’s readiness to fund the project to bring it to quick completion. “This is a priority project and I assure you that we will pay in due time to ensure completion in record time for use by our citizens,” he added.

The Minister who was accompanied by the FCT Permanent Secretary and other top officials of his administration instructed that the contractor mobilise all his resources to ensure speedy completion of culverts and the necessary earth work within three months to enable motorists ply the road.

He stated that the contractor has been fully mobilised by the FCT Administration, hence there will be no need for delay due to lack of payment.

The Minister expressed satisfaction with the level of work done so far but emphasised that the contractor endeavour to make the road motorable within 90 days because the President and by extension the FCT Administration has a covenant with the people of Nigeria and cannot afford to fail.

The representative of the Contracting firm handling the project, Engineer Nosa Idhen assured that they will meet the expectation of the government and people of Nigeria.

It may be recalled that the Federal Executive Council about six months ago awarded the 14 kilometre Apo-Karshi and 25 kilometre Karshi-Arah roads at the cost of N2.26 billion and N4 billion respectively. Meanwhile, Sen. Mohammed has called for renewed synergy and collaboration among security agents that have anything to do with road transportation.

The Minister gave this challenge on Friday while meeting with the security agents including officers of the Nigeria Police Force, FCT Vehicle Inspection Officers, Federal Road Safety Commission, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps as well as FCT Transportation Secretariat in his office at Area 11, Garki I District, Abuja.

Senator Mohammed expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Transportation officials as well as the security agents charged with the responsibility of managing traffic in the Federal Capital Territory; lamenting that they are never seen when there is traffic crisis but reiterated that he did not call them to apportion blame other than proffering practical solutions.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/fct-to-support-indigenous-contractors/

Ibime:
Itsekiri is a modern Kingdom of about 600 years. Isoko are said to be a modern confluence. Infact, they are half descended from Ijaws.

Most of these tribes in Delta State are peoples who Benin allowed to take land and expand there. Willinks report said that Ijaws are the "aborigines" of Mid-West Region.

even to ondo, edo, ogun and lagos

my brother what are you talking about willinks must be drunk to say such

willinks was alive 600 yrs ago abi, this is just trouble

By DAYO JOHNSON, AKURE

THE NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture spent over N300million in the last four years to provide projects across the oil producing communities in Ilaje area of Ondo State.

Speaking at the Annual Gneral Meeting (AGM) of the Ilaje Regional Development Committee (IRDC), its chairman, Prince Raphael Nomiye, said about 10 percent of the funding was for general administration.

Nomiye explained that the funding is made up of N296million for projects and N35million for general administration.

The IRDC was established in 2005 and made up of representatives of a cluster of Ilaje communities, as well as interfaces between the NNPC/Chevron Joint Ventures and 46 communities close to Chevron operations to ensure sustainable development and maintenance of peace in the communities.

According to Nomiye, N88million was released by the venture for the execution of the Reverse Osmosis Project to provide potable water at Awoye and Molutehin communities, to be completed next month.

On the infrastructural development of the communities, the IRDC chairman said that over 30 projects had been completed and handed over to community leaders in line with the cardinal objective to stimulate development in Ilaje land.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/ondo-gets-n300m-nnpcchevron-projects/

Ibime:
NL tribal Warriors! Any small neighbourhood skirmish, they'll turn it into a ten page discussion.

Ijaws do not play with land dispute. They react like niggaz with their backs against the water. They must swim or fight. Most Ijaw leaders of yesteryear were crowned for their ability to find good land for their people. Any good Pere is one that can lead his people to good Kule (land).

Incidentally,[b] Ijaws are said to be the most aboriginal people in Nigeria. The Ijaw man still believes that he owns all of Southern Nigeria and allowed other tribes to settle on land because he had no use for it and preferred to be on water. [/b]My elders used to tell me years ago how Bonny people "allowed" Ogoni people to settle on their current land and directed them to go and cultivate there when the Ogoni showed up on the shoreline. This is a prevalent mentality amongst Ijaw, whether rightly or wrongly.

Warri issue though is a historical one going back more than half a millenium. It is no news that Warri was an old Ijaw settlement from which Ijaws were pushed out of by Benin Kingdom and others 500 years ago. This is what prompted many Ijaw tribes to move South, and many Ijaw peoples in Rivers State today such as Kalabari claim to have started their journey from Warri over 500 years ago. Till today "Wari" means House ie Compound (Family House) in Ijaw language and that's where the name Warri comes from.

Of course, Ijaws have no right to Warri anymore than Jews have right to Palestine which they left 2000 years ago. Whatever happened in the past is gone, likewise Opobo land is no longer Ikot Abasi land, neither is Abonnema an Ekpoma land. The point is that struggle for land, constant migration and wars have been the Ijaw story for the past 1000 years. Ijaws have lived as far north as Benin hundreds of years ago and have been forced to flee and fight for the last millenium so they do not play when it comes to land issues.

Ibime haba how can you say that, did itsekiris, bini, awori ,ikwerri, urhobo, esan etc fall from the sky

Ijaw land starts from east of delta state to west of rivers state. all this ilaje, awori etc are ijaws or occupy ijaw land would cause serious fight for this ur southern nigeria union

serious fight o

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=719121.msg8776881#msg8776881 date=1311460896]Is the islamic bank in operation yet?[/quote]a beg ask them ooo

when a bank is not yet even functional, they believe you can borrow from a bank that is not yet in use

you see how dumb this adejoro,dede and kasiem are

Dede1:
It is only in cesspit called Nigeria that a caliber of man named Sanusi will hold position of dog catcher. He plots believable prose laden with lies and innuendoes enough to commit him to prison. I have stopped glancing over his write-ups especially when he dabbled onto the issue of "Deputy Prime Minister" when in fact 1963 Nigerian constitution did not have such provision.

kasiem:
Carry monkey go london na monkey im be. Carry awusa man go harvard, na imbe*cile im be. See how this educated ediot is disgracing himself, by embarking on nursery school lies, just achieve his despicable ambition. Infact, fron today if somebody calls u sanusi, shoot that person with Ak47, cos sanusi implies imbe*c*ile.

EzeUche:
This man should lose his position for all of his lies.

dumb dumber and dumbest

why insult the man, can you provide a link that Sanusi said that anambra borrowed money from Islamic bank.

is it the state or another business man than borrowed the money

werepeLeri:
Tinubu nko?

good question, also GEJ, IBB,

or u want to say GEJ does not have any when even his wife was caught in saudi with the countries money wanting to use it to buy gold

i dey laff in ijaw

kettykin:
@ Aji the death of Abacha was not done by Nigerians but by CIA Abiola was murdered by nigerians. To make it easier for you if Abiola was outtara of ivory coast he probaly would have been jailed by Gbagbo . But Henry okah even though a militant could not be jailed by UMYA . At a time all yoruba generals was jailed by Abacha . Such is the stupidity of the life of yorubad .

am still pondering the possiblilty of ijaw and ibo soldiers sparing sambo in the event of an untoward action. That lives David mark as another option.

you are too tribalistic to even reason straight keep hating the yorubas. that aside

Abacha was not killed by an CIA but by IBB, he stop collecting orders from the Nigerian elites and he was then organised and killed. Abiola was not Killed by Nigerians but by Abacha and also ofcourse with the help of igbos annulling his election.

Yoruba generals were imprisoned by abacha and his family, that is why Abacha family begged OBJ and OBJ imprisoned Abachas's son

let facts and stop giving people lies

kettykin:
The North will not suffer hunger but will be go into a path of steady decline of economic .military . Technology and social power like yemen

The north would grow More if we leave. No economic decline would happen even to science and Techonlogy when there are people like me alive. It would not happen. that aside

Saudi pay foreign workers, same with UK illigal migrate, well the same can be applied to southern nigeria where igbos would work for peanuts. like they do in UK and USA

Sun of god:
What's clear is that many Nigerians who have ventured to and settled in the US have now become typical 'African Americans'.

They seem lost yet happy to be second class citizens in a land that's not their own.

From there they can sit with comfort and mock Nigeria/Africa as if they are really 'Americans'.

Back in the day it was about travelling overseas, getting a better education, getting some work experience and then returning to Nigeria to apply your gained skills to better the country.

Not any more!!

I'm sure many of them/their offspring will join the US military aparatus and join them in their imperialist wars against continents like Africa.

Shame on them. . . . . Lost Souls.

kettykin:
@ Enitan goodluck isn't Abiola and the ijaws aren't yorubas. But preventions are better than troubleshooting

lol, when abacha was killed did anything happen

please stop all this ijaw yoruba stu.pidity because God forbid but if goodluck dies NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN

life goes on

EzeUche:
That was not what were discussing you said the CURRENT presidents of each country were Fulani and you were WRONG!

ok i was wrong and i accepted, but u can not say they are discriminated against. NEVER!!!!

no northerner is discriminated against but other countries unless from southern nigeria

same can not be said about southern nigeria who they are known all over the world from bombing to militancy etc

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=719075.msg8776598#msg8776598 date=1311456225]alj, u want scare people.  worry guys no nomads coming through.   [/quote] don't mind that ezeuche, him just they vex me

anything to discredit the north, he would do

EzeUche:
Where is the liar alj harem? I thought you said the president of Cameroon, Mali and Senegal were Fulani?  

educate yourself

Notable Fulani people by country


Nigeria
Usman dan Fodio, founder, Sokoto Caliphate
Nana Asma’u, scholar, author, and pioneer of women's education, Sokoto Caliphate
Umaru Yar'Adua, former President of Nigeria
Shehu Shagari, former President of Nigeria
Muhammadu Buhari, former Nigerian Head of State
Ahmadu Bello, first Premier of Northern Nigeria
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian politician and the brother of former Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Nigerian father and first prime minister
Vice-Admiral Murtala Nyako, current Governor of Adamawa State,former Chief of Naval Staff
Ibrahim Gambari, Under Secretary-General/Special Adviser - Africa in the UN; former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Professor Jibril Aminu, pioneer cardiac surgeon, former minister of education and petroleum.
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi ,central bank Governor of Nigeria
Aliko Dangote,Richest person of African descent.
Mohammed Shata, Former Internal Affairs Minister


Senegal
Cheikh Umar Tall, General Khalif (1850–1865) of the Tijaniyya suufi way (tarikh) for West Africa
Maba Diakhou Ba Almamy of Rip
Malick Sy marabout
Mariama Bâ Senegalese author and feminist
Habib Thiam, former Prime minister of president Abdou Diouf
Daouda Sow, former head of the parliament
Djibo Leïty Ka, former secretary of state
Baaba Maal, composer, singer, head of the band Daande Leñol
Omar Ibn Said, Scholar and former slave in America
Oumou Sy, fashion designer
Ibrahim Ba, French-Senegalese former football player
Mamadou Niang, football player
Issa Ba, football player


Guinea
Tierno Aliyyu Ɓuuɓa Ndiyan (1855–1927). Author, theologian, Tijaniyya suufi.
Saifoulaye Diallo (1923–1981), former Guinean politician, first president of the national assembly (1958–1963) held various cabinet positions under the regime of Sekou Toure
Diallo Telli (or Boubacar Telli Diallo [1]), Lawyer, former Diplomat, First Sec. Gen. of the Organization of African Unity, died of starvation at Camp Boiro in 1977.
Cellou Dalein Diallo, Prime Minister of Guinea from 2004–2007
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori, Prince Among Slaves
Bobo Balde, football star
Katoucha, former haute couture model and anti-female circumcision activist
Abdoul Salam Sow, former footballer
Abdallah Bah, football star
Ibrahima Diallo, football star
Alpha Yaya Diallo, musician
Almamy Schuman Bah, football star
Amadou Diallo, young resident in the Bronx killed by police in 1999
Almamy Bocar Biro Barry Leader of Fouta Djallon and Resistance Fighter against French occupation. [2]
Saidu Diallo Former Guinean ambassabor to Nigeria
El Hadj Habib Diallo Late Mano River Union Secretary General and Former Guinean Ambassador to Canada and Liberia, Former Minister of International Cooperation, Energy & Hydraulics, Member of the CNT (National Transitional Council).
Alpha Yaya Diallo Leader of the State of Labe in the late 1800s Fouta Djallon.
Bailo Bah Flutte Master, Musician.
Karamoko Alfa First Almamy of Fouta Djallon and Father of the Alphaya Ruling family. Cousin of Ibrahima Sory Mowdho.
Ibrahima Sory Mowdho Second Almamy of of Fouta Djallon and Father of the Sorya ruling family. Cousin of Karamoko Alfa.
Elhadj Umar Tall Almamy of Dinguiraye, Guinee. Fought against French Occupation. Helped expand Islam in West Africa.


Mali
Amadou Hampâté Bâ, researcher and author
Seku Ahmadu, Founding King of Fula Kingdom of Macina, Mopti
Adame Ba Konaré, historian and spouse of the former president Alpha Oumar Konaré
Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian President
Mountaga Tall, lawyer and political figure founding president of CNID party and ex-V.P. of National Assembly
Ousmane Sy, politician

Sierra Leone
Main article: Fula people of Sierra Leone
Amadu Wurie, early Sierra Leonean educationist and politician
Amadu Jalloh, Sierra Leonean politician
Alimamy Rassin, Sierra Leonean chief during colonial period
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Modibo Adama, Fulani scholar and holy warrior
Ahmadou Ahidjo, first President of Cameroon
Issa Hayatou, current President African Football Confederation (CAF)
Bello Bouba Maigari, political leader
Sadou Hayatou, former prime minister
Garga Haman Adji, former minister and political leader
Issa Tchiroma Bakary, current minister of comminucation and political leader
Marafa Hamidou Yaya, current minister of Territorial administration and decentralization and potential future candidate of the ruling party
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Hamat Bah, Politician, opposition Leader
Halifa Sallah, politician, writer

so all this discrimination is only done in your head and not out side. they discriminate agianst nigerians today becaus of southerner's 419 etc not fulani/hausa or kanuri people

MissyB good day madam. Can I have some suya and zobo(nigeria ribenna)

EzeUche:
Who is afraid of Fulani?

They are treated like dogs in other West African countries. No one is afraid. Even the Middle Belt is not afraid.

Are the people of Jos afraid?

Are the people of Kaduna afraid?

Are the Tiv afraid?

yes keep decieving yourself, the current president of cameroun, mail and senegal are fulanis

so who is hated ?

kaduna is hausa/fulani land so what are you talking about

EzeUche:
The Fulani who committed that act have been dealt with by the Igbos of that state. 

I would hold your tongue, because Igbos in Aba and Onitsha are known to deal with your people when the time comes.

keep decieving yourself, u would deal fulani herdmen and not get the whole igbo race desimated

ChinenyeN:
Wrong choice of words. It's not denial. It is staunch disagreement with the supposed 'majority of Igbo' that you are here running off about.

ok

Dede1:
Negative_Ntns,

You have crossed the point of no return with this ill-motivated conjectural crap. I will state unequivocally, baring any sense of arrogance, no single ethnic group in Nigeria will slide onto war path with Ndigbo and be able to tell the tales of the battles. No son of Igbo, trained soldier or not, will scamper across the border on the sight of a drunken private in the army.

please explain the fulani herdmen in imoland mouth mouth grammar and still nothing inside that skull of urs

ChinenyeN:
Shut it.

funny hw u want to deny the views of majority of igbos

just becos u don't see them as igbo junior brother does not mean other igbos don't have that view

EzeUche:


We already have our riverine Igbos.

Just because you have Ilaje does not mean Ijaw aggression will stop. Ask all their neighbors!

The Ijaws must be divided like they once were. During Palm oil trade, there was no Ijaw tribe, there was only Kalabari, Okrika and all other various tribes.

Mr big brother to Ijaws goodluck with biafra or southern nigeria

[quote author=Akanbi_edu link=topic=719075.msg8774244#msg8774244 date=1311426807]ALJ harem must be having a nice time.

Before you continue with your comments, you must know that alj harem SOLE reason for being here is to divide the south.[/quote]No

Ijaws are the main reason why the South is divided. I have to say the truth here

secondly, I just want to expose the hypocricy of "southern nigeria" you are a shouting about. Whether yoruba and igbos would leave together in peace without the igbos shouting they developed the whole southern nigeria and yoruba shouting they are the wises and ijaw shouting our oil and our land

Imagine 2011 a group saying "conquered territory" is this statement not provocating to Itsekiris and indeed the yoruba nation. Yet they (ijaws) would be the first say Others of are tribal.

thirdly, please and please forget this "southern unity" because there is nothing abosulting nothing like southern unity.

when would it take igbos to call rivers state "conquered territory" or yorubas saying delta state "conquered territory"

remember ogoni, urhobo, etc are still there

nakedall:
why only Igbo?

becos they always complain a lot, tell me how a custom officer would know the difference between hausa, yoruba, ibibio and igbo traders.

This davidlyan argues like a real mumu with not intelligent form of facts. All in his head is Muslim and Islamic banking are all bad. What a big mumu

jmaine:
So another of Sanusi lies debunked . . . first he said he invited the Christian leaders for a clear the air submit in Abuja but they refused . . . Only for the truth to be revealed that he never invited any one . . . But he rather wanted to gate crash an ongoing meeting that had already begun . . . . Wonder why the sudden lies to twist facts for his gain . . . . .and am also Wondering why Soludo is silent . . . .am sure any day the guy shows up to speak . . . further of Sanusi lies would be revealed . . . The man is losing his integrity by the day . . . Time will tell . . .

where is a link to suggest SANUSI said anambra borrowed money from Islamic banking

is it even opened yet

i can see u have no link for ur claim. just insulting and abusing

Sanusi this sanusi that.

SMH

adejoro75:
Foolish man. Can you read what I posted? What you will see in the link is what I posted. Please go to bed. Small-brained man.

no i meant a link to the claim of sanusi saying anambra state borrowed money from Islamic bank

adejoro75:
^^^^
You are a bloody nama (cow). The grass is dry now so you will starve to death. Edioot.
Why should Sanusi claim Anambra borrowed money from Islamic Bank when that was not the case?

first of all I would like a link

secondly if that was the case then it is obvious that someone in anambra government borrowed the money in the name of anambra state. not sure yet

can i have a link thanks