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Onlytruth:
Posted by: alj harem
I can assure you that I will kill you first. You cannot even begin to imagine how I see you goat.
eediiot. Don't worry, you eediiots will pay one day.

mumu inyamirai shegiya

Onlytruth:
@cheikh

Yes, let's end the debate. It is derailing this thread. Thanks.


@al harem majiri

I am the Shehu of Borno, Fkkk Shehu Abubakar Umar Garbai El-kanemi

I will add it to my profile signature soon.

you dey craze

ba8stard


mumu ba8tard
mumu

well because you are my brother i will kill you fast and not painful when i see you brother ba8tard

do igbos even have a king or Shehu even obi

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thank you

onlytruth does not know what he is talking about

It is about 12 years now since any South Eastern State hosted the National Sports Festival (NSF) and this has compelled many sports enthusiasts in the region to wonder why it is so.
“Owerri ’98″, the last NSF in the region was hosted by Imo state in 1998, while the next biennial sports fiesta, tagged “Garden City Games”, is scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, soon.

Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium, Enugu
Some sports enthusiasts believe that the states had not demonstrated enough will and commitment to bid for the games, for reasons best known to the governments of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states.
NSF was conceived by the Federal Government in the 1970s to create a platform for the discovery of new sports talents, serve recreational purposes, while fostering unity among the people of Nigeria, particularly the youths.
Officials says that in order to achieve these objectives, there is unwritten code that permits the rotation of the games venue among the states of the federation, as part of efforts to foster a sense of belonging among them.
Mr. Dan Adokiye, Enugu Zonal Coordinator of National Sports Commission (NSC), believes that one of the South East States ought to make a bold move to bid for the next games, so as to sustain the tempo of sports development in the region.
He said that the South East Zone had had its fair share of young athletes who made it in life through sports; adding that the tempo must be sustained to re-enact such fortunes for its teeming youths.
Supporting such viewpoints, sports analysts easily point at such great sportsmen as Innocent Egbunike, the Ezinwa brothers -Davidson and Osmond, Uchenna Emedolu, Mary Onyali and Obinna Metu, now Nigeria’s fastest man on the blocks, among others.
Mr. Edwin Eze, Director of Sports (Information), Enugu State Sports Council, recalls that Imo was able to host the games then because it was under a military regime that was interested in sports development.
Mr. Steve Ororua, Chairman, Board of Enugu State Sports Council, also underscores this point, stressing that hosting the national sports fiesta goes beyond the mere availability of sports infrastructure. “It is well beyond the availability of the right infrastructure to host; there must be the political will by the government of the day to spend huge funds on such a project.”
“The government must believe that the sports event can also contribute to the overall strategy to achieve socioeconomic development of the state,” he says.
However, Ororua says that “it is not beyond the ability of Enugu State to host the next NSF but the government will have to be eager to host it; the state legislature too, must also be willing.
“They must also believe that it will foster their development aspirations,” he adds.
Mr. Jonathan Okere, a sports enthusiast, nonetheless, argues that for a meaningful hosting to take place, the states must necessarily provide venues that will offer the right type of atmosphere. “There should also be promising talents to represent the state at the event,” he adds.
Okere said that the Enugu State Government should be persuaded to host the next games because it is one of the states in the South East zone that has produced seasoned sportsmen, who are trailblazers.
Sports historians recall that Enugu, the “Coal City”, is replete with names of veteran sportsmen, who had left indelible prints on the nation’s sports scene.
The renowned sportsmen include Sylvanus Okpala, Dominic Nwobodo, Christian Chukwu, Chibuzor Ehilegbu, Ikechukwu Boardman, Emma Okocha, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Emmanuel Okala, Godwin Gbenimachor and Brendan Ukwoke, the incumbent Director of Sports in the state.
Festus Anyikwa, a former Director of Sports in Anambra State Sports Council, and
Eric Onwuegbuna, Tony Mmo and Innocent Modika, are also part of the famous sportsmen.
Eze is, however, optimistic that if good proposals are made to Gov. Sullivan Chime on the NSF, he may be well disposed to hosting the next games.
“The governor will want to be convinced that the hosting of the sports event will help in efforts to re-mould the youths.”
“Our problem in Enugu State is that successive governments had focused more attention on the State-owned football club, Rangers International, to the detriment of the other sports.
“Unless there is a paradigm shift, the fortunes of the other sports will continue to hang on the brinks,” Eze moans.
Analysts says that these days, games’ hosts, all over the world, now take due advantage of such events to advance their economic fortunes, while developing their public and sports infrastructure.
They add that such countries had successfully put their countries on the global spotlight in course of such events, thus improving their international image.
Mr Olabanji Oladapo, the immediate past Secretary General, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), supports such arguments, saying that “countries now use games such as the Olympics to transform their economies and improve their social infrastructure, while also achieving urban renewal”.
He cites the examples of the “Seoul ‘88”, “Manchester 2002” and “Athens 2004”, where the host countries took advantage of the games to boost their economies, which had been faltering.
“It is on record that the sports industry is a massive employer of labour. Rivers State, indeed, mounted a strong bid to win the hosting rights of the ‘2010 Garden City Games’ because it wants to use it to positively engage the restive youths in the region.
“We gave it to them because the government is well focused to use the games as pedestal to empower the youths,” Oladapo says.
Observers are quick to point to the gains recorded in Enugu State, when it served as one of several venues for the 2009 FIFA U_17 World Cup championship. While preparing for the championship, the Enugu State Government spent huge sums of money on the rehabilitation of Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium and Rangers’ Training Camp in Enugu, as well as the University of Nigeria (UNN) mini-stadium in Nsukka.
Mr. Ralph Chiedozie George, an Enugu based radio commentator, says: “These are excellent state of art facilities that are capable of hosting quality and TV friendly matches any day.”
He says that facilities at the UNN, Nsukka, will be very handy, if Enugu State decides to host the next NSF.
“The UNN currently showcases great facilities as standard swimming pools – currently the best on the continent; basketball courts, squash courts, cricket and soccer pitches, as well as tartan tracts,” Prof Bartho Okolo, the Vice Chancellor of UNN, recently said.
All these facilities, sports analyst say, put Enugu State in a good stead to host the games.
Habu Ahmed Gumel, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), believes that the hosting of games by cities and nations presents one of the fastest ways to boost infrastructure and showcasing new talents.
“It also helps the youth to develop their other God given attributes,” Gumel adds.
Mr Matthew Idu, Enugu State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, shares similar sentiments, saying that “sports have over time proved to be one of the greatest catalysts for development.
“It conditions the mind and body; breeds a crop of youths, who are able to promote healthy living, while ensuring limitless manpower for country’s growth and development,” he said.
Idu is optimistic that Enugu State will one day play host to the festival, adding, however, that the state must start planning for such a time.
However, there appears to be a growing call on states in the South East geopolitical zone to make decisive efforts to bring the next games to the region, to enable the region to reap the myriad benefits obtainable from hosting the fiesta.
Culled from NAN.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/why-are-south-east-states-shying-away-from-national-sports-festival/

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shakes my head too

why do they always hijack our thrends like this

onlytruth,, how na

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no problem

Alhaji Chukuemeka

asha 80:
off topic


on a more serious note guys can we for once stop attracting attention to oursleves?

i mean just open the politics forum and you immediately see up to 4 topics igbo related.i do not know about you guys but i find it distasteful.also can we also learn to ignore some comments that are obviuosly done to elicit response?i do not see all these as healthy especially when we open rather funny threads as below.


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-586478.0.html

hmmm, will our igbo brothers listen to u

Onlytruth:
Posted by: Akhenaten
Actually MASSOB needs to be like MEND but with more sophistication and reach across Nigeria.
The blood of the Igboman has been the manure feeding the Nigerian contraption. It needs to stop.

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why do you just what to kill innocent people

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yes he is alive you know,, but i just hope he gets better soon so he can join us back in nigeria,my friend

thank for addressing me by my igbo name

Ola edo:
Hey sounds great, now all you have to do is promote it,facebook,etc. I seriously don't know why common sense wasn't used in alot of the avenues taken my massob. A lot of their members lives could have been saved.

sad, why not nidigbo people's congress, that way it will not look like a militant group but a congress of igbo people

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gbammm

thank you my friend

Akhenaten:
Well maybe it is time for us to start our own group. You are correct about the name of MASSOB.

Lets name it the Amadioha Liberation Front (ALF) or Ikenga Boys

i think inigbo people's congress will be better

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ewu mkpi igbo

azuno mumu

[quote author=Akanbi_edu link=topic=586540.msg7540634#msg7540634 date=1295131953]Just like the isrealites when they were just delivered from slavery in Egypt. They encountered a little problem and started blaming Moses, that he should have left them in slavery, that they were better off in slavery.

Omo adie o mo awodi, Iya e lo'mo asa.[/quote]you don't understand

ACN is not the problem here, it is tinubu that is the problem

he almost impreached fashola because of 11 billion naira that tinubu tax company can not account for

fashola and other ACN members are good

but tinubu is not at all

Timehin:
In as much as i dont believe regional parties, AD used 2b d party in sw b4 tinubu and his likes tore it apart to form AC >ACN in order 2b a godfather. His corrupt practices and godfatherism will eventually leads to the undoing of ACN.

he has destroyed AD

people even in afenifere do not agree with his views

not to talk of lagosians

Arysexy:
@ poster, did u open this thread to insult the person of Great Zik of Africa? your comparison lacks point. Pls go think about your life and how to better it rather than getting urself worked up about a man u can never achieve 1/1,000,000 of his achievements.

who gave him that title

just like how he proclaim himself to be the president

or do not let be bring emeguali to this also

so stop this your zik of africa and say zik of ndigbo

fstranger1:
ALhaji, We Ihbos know ourselves

I voted for Imo

Could you please use your Alj Harem1 to vote Imo

I want Imo to win

i actually voted for benue

bashr4:
dont u get tired u keep changin names from f stranger to aljharem to bkbabe ,na waooo go chill at the beach and have have a glass of margaritta

u forgot kogi igbos

jason123:
Who is this goat typing my name here . Do not get me involved! were!!!

shattappp

fstranger1:
I repeat we Igbos know ourselves.

gbamm,,,, i have even voted

bashr4:
dont u get tired u keep changin names from f stranger to aljharem to bkbabe ,na waooo go chill at the beach and have have a glass of margaritta

now i am f stranger and bkbabe

i am no long jason123

i tire for u na0000

i am igbo is that too bad to say

bashr4:
IGBO people know themselves ,this thread is not tryin to force anybody to be igbo.

gbam

we igbos know ourselves

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why not be open minded and listen to him

[quote author=MzD@rkSkin link=topic=582396.msg7539768#msg7539768 date=1295120717][color=#0055bb]Ackhenaten, thank you so much for being understanding. I really appreciate you and this thread. Please keep them coming! I'd be more than happy to learn more about my roots if and only if I have an open minded person such as yourself to inform/teach me.

Allow me to digress a bit to educate Alj's ignorant self:

I might now know ALL of Nigerian history but I am VERY educated about Africa and am on here to learn about Nigeria so I won't be one of those ignorant diaspora blacks who DO NOT CARE. Instead of attacking me and trying to make me look irrelevant let's educate and use tact ok? Because a large part of my African ancestry (mixed with tribes from Ghana, Cameroon and the Congo/Angola) is through Nigeria particularly from the Igbo tribe. Ignoramus.[/color]  [/quote]missy, you are not getting the point here

i know you are igbo so am i and i know you know all of africa history in your head,,, no one is disputing that

i am asking did any of your relative die in the war

were u in nigeria during the war

are you in nigeria now

if you have been to nigeria, how many years have you spent in nigeria to be able to judge
no one is fighting with u here, neither have you seen me insult you

you can not post about something you know nothing of because all the history book you have learnt will not tell you how other groups lost there lifes because of the igbo invasion of there territory

lastly, since you have igbo blood, why are we fighting since i also am igbo

bashr4:
this thread is about state of origin not state of residence.

i know

but u have to know that there are igbo even to 4 generation in lagos; you shoul know that they have become lagosians and are not settlers again

what about an igbo man that has never been to the east from his grand father, will he know his state of origin in the east

Ola edo:
He knows,don't mind him.

what is ur problem with me,, biko,, leave me alone with my post

bashr4:
ewu nama , you have refused to learn , you dont know anioma state will consist of igbos from delta and edo state

why call me ewu

i know they are igbos in delta and edo,,,fact

but why not put lagos and abuja; because there are igboid community there as well

also ibadan and kaduna

jason123:
I really do not know why you all take this guy serious. Just continue with the thread and ignore him.

mumu as always,, i am serious here

afam4eva:
There are small groups of Igboid clans in those states.

why not put lagos because they are igboid clans also in lagos

also jos and kaduna

Mukina2 and Seun, i use this midium to appeal to you to make stop anything biafra on this website; it is becoming a sort of spam

there are millions of websites that this biafrans encaves have high-jacked even you-tube that please do not make this NIGERIAN website be high-jacked by then again.

We nigerians have beg them to stop this propaganda they do but they have decided not to stop

they blam the hausa/fulani and yorubas for all there woes; but look that the PDP primaries , does it look like the hausa/fulani and yorubas hate them.

no one hates the igbos in nigeria, the fluroris in there businesses all over the country, no one is distrubing them in any form or way

but yet they release hate for the nigerians on the internet

most igbos have come to this site and mention how some of my igbo brothers have been lying

please stop this people before the site is gone

thank you