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I thought they said the SE has beaten SW in education

well good

to be honest I agree with the man

so long as he can do the job, then let him do it

‘I foresee Igbo becoming Lagos gov’
By DICKSON OKAFOR
Tuesday, August 02, 2011



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Chairman of the Confederated Igbo Indigenes (CII), Lagos State, Prince Anayo Nnama, has said that Igboman would be governor of Lagos State “in the nearest future.” He told Daily Sun: “As our democracy grows, non indigenes will contest elections in Lagos and win. What I am sure of is that in the nearest future Igbo man will rule Lagos. Afterall, Zik won election in Lagos in the First Republic.” Excerpts:

Igboman as governor of Lagos State
It may sound funny but I tell you, that 43 per cent of the population of Lagos are Igbo, 47 per cent are indigenes while 10 per cent are other tribes and nationals. That tells you that at a stage as our democracy grows, non-indigenes will contest elections in Lagos and win.

What I am sure of is that in the nearest future, Igbo man will rule Lagos. Afterall, Zik won election in Lagos in the First Republic. I schooled and lived in USA for over 20 years. The law says if you live in America for certain period of time you can vote and be voted. This is exactly why Obama became the president of America.

Years back it was impossible such as the days of Martin Luther King but in our days it became possible. The Igbo own 70 percent of businesses in Lagos and our financial contribution is responsible for the economic growth in the state. If it doesn’t happen now, it will happen in the future. Also what determines who governs is no longer tribe or religion but the ability and capability to preside over the affairs of the people. A time will come when a Yoruba or Hausa man will rule states in the South East and South South. Soon leadership will know no borders.

Fashola’s achievements
Let me commend Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu for producing a wonderful successor in the person of Governor Babatunde Fashola and for working very hard and returned him for second term. Today, Lagos is a dream city where everybody wants to live. Before the coming of Tinubu and Fashola, the state was perceived as a place where criminals resided because insecurity and all kinds of evil were recorded in the state. The most astonishing achievement of Fashola is getting Agberos out of Oshodi without a gun. During the military era, they tried in vain to dislodge them but could not. Fashola did it without engaging them in any struggle, that is a mark of leadership by influence and not by force. Lagos now wears a new look, crime is at its lowest minimum and the place is sanitized, you see traffic flowing and people are orderly that is government in action. Therefore I expect the action governor of Lagos to come to our aid in Oriade Local Council Development Area. He should consider the area for a commissioner slot.

Kirikiri roads deserve special government attention
The reason we are agitating for a commissionership slot, is because the LCDA is a development centre. It can’t do much with the meager allocation at its disposal. There is the need for the state government to assist the council to do major projects, such as construction of canals, repairs of roads especially at Kirikiri axis. This axis attracted heavy traffic as heavy-duty trucks ply the area and the roads are bad thereby making life difficult for the people in the area. If the roads are constructed, there will be free flow of traffic and business will boom. We know the huge revenue the state and Federal governments generate from the area. It is expected that these two tiers of government should reciprocate by giving back to the society good life.

The second challenge is the construction of canal to prevent flooding. At The Sun Newspaper, of course, you know what I’m talking about, the road leading to The Sun from Kirikiri is bad. Sometimes before I can get to my house in Comfort Oboh from Kirikiri roundabout, it takes four hours and that is a journey that will normally take 15 minutes.

Plight of Oriade people
Oriade is a council development area, and can do little in terms of infrastructural development, that is why I am calling on Fashola to come to our aid. Yes, Fashola is doing well in Lagos even in Oriade. But for flooding to reduce in the area, the state government should construct a canal and repair damage roads to reduce traffic within Kirkiri axis. Now that the rain is here, you find water in people’s homes in Kirikiri this ought not to be after all we voted massively for him and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The people deserve the best, which Fashola is giving to the people of the state, but he needs to come to our aid also.

Why the council chairman should be returned for second term
Oriade LCDA chairman, Tunde Sanusi, has done well and we ask him to be ready to contest for second term and we the non-indigenes will vote for him again. With the meager resources within his disposal, he has transformed the area especially the riverine, in terms of health. He ensured that our kids were immunized, free medical care was given to people in the area and free mosquito nets were distributed to the people. On roads, maintenance is being carried out on the link roads as some major ones are patched and street sweepers can be seen everyday removing refuse from the gutters to refuse collection centres

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WilWily:
Look this Oduduwa Progressive Criminals (OPC), Yoruba people have started opening their wide mouth again, if they make noise Boko will hit them with full force.
Silly Cowards, only one person Abacha opened his mouth, Seme border were full of Coward Yorubas fleeing in Exile.

I'm in support of Boko Haram if they can Hit any Yoruba Land.

LOL

the dumbest thread ever infact it made front page

this site is a joke

[quote author=onye_ngbu* link=topic=710844.msg8830309#msg8830309 date=1312182592]In all honesty, hausa must be easier cos I learnt if from our mai guard. Hausa language is mainly cut-and-join  .

Then there are hausa guys in my VILLAGE where any other language is rarely spoken; these guys have lived close to 30 years there yet, they cannot speak fluent igbo.


Could this be that non igbos have less interest in learning igbo?[/quote]nah I am not igbo but really interested in learning the igbo language. I have started for 3 months now and i must say it is difficult but it all depends on your determination to know the language

Onlytruth and Chyz are doing a good at that

nsiadi:
This shameless virology professor shd keep his mouth shut, & permanently too
Look @ some one who was sacked as a petroleum minister, over a wrist watch scandal, calling his brother names

He shd praise GEJ, if not for any other thing, for appointing Diezani to clean-up the face of N D people he disgraced
[b]By the way he shd also let us know his parentage, David-Weast is not a Nigerian name. [/b]Shameless Ed******t

And Goodluck Jonathan is a nigerian name Love NL

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=724526.msg8830036#msg8830036 date=1312177021]Bayelsa doesn't have much onshore, you are saying? Wasn't there something about how it got extended past 40 nautical?

What fraction of Nigeria's 40 billion barrels (or so?) is onshore vs. offshore?

BTW, do you know what the reserves of the different states looks like? How much of Nigeria's 40 billion barrels are found onshore in Rivers State, for example?[/quote]Bayelsa state only contribute about 7% to the oil revenue, that is with other states like anambra, abia and ondo

WaltherPPK:
@Alhaji Boko Haram,
Get it into that your kunu, pito and brukutu flooded skull, it is IGBO not IBO, there is nothing like Ibo.Stop exposing your pathetic ignorance by trying to teach others their language and culture.

Please get it into your brains that Igbo = ibo

until proven otherwise

the socieal cutural group Ohaneze has not come out to disapprove of the spelling ibo and also the minister of education who was SAM Egun and also Martin Elechi all of igbo linage did not come out to do a reform that igbo = ibo

IBO is the word and spellings used in schools and in literature for media purposes

so stop ur ignorance ok

is it the name that matters or the people. mumu

Bowie11:
@alj_harem
Thank you very much, I'm eagerly looking forward to it. Please don't forget to include yam, mellon etc. sources in the list.

i hope that helps

ABUJA
- Yam
- cassava
- maize
- plantains
- sorghum
- guinea corn
- rice

ABIA STATE
- Timber
- palm oil
- cashew
- kolanut
- rubber
- cocoa
- ginger ( still at the early stage)
- coconut (still at the early stage)
- raffia palm (still at the early stage)
- fish farming

ADAMAWA STATE
- maize
- rice
- sugar cane
- sorghum
- sweet potato
- cassava
- yam ( still at the early stages)
- cowpea
- bambara
- groundnuts
- soya beans
- onions
- lettuce
- tomatoes
- pepper
- spinach
- rosselle
- kenaf
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- pigs
- poultry

AKWA IBOM STATE
- cassava
- oil palm
- rice
- fish farming
- pineapple
- rubber
- snail farming
- timber

ANAMBRA STATE
- Oil Palm
- Maize
- Rice
- Yam
- Cassava
- Fish.

BAYELSA STATE
- oil palm
- rubber
- cocoa
- rice
- plantation
- banana
- yams
-coco yams
- coconut
- cassava
- sugar cane-
- sweet potatoes
- pineapple.
- fish farming
- timber
- maize

BAUCHI STATE
- maize
- rice
- millet
- groundnut
- guinea corn
- cattles

BENUE STATE
- yams
- rice
- beans
- cassava
- potatoes
- maize
- Soya beans
- sorghum
- millet
- coco-yam
- over 70% of Nigeria of soya bean
- fish farming

BORNO STATE
- millet
- rice
- cassava
- date palms
- fruits vegetables
- sorghum
- wheat
- sweet potatoes
- cowpeas
- sugar cane
- groundnut
- cotton
- gum arabic
-poultry


CROSS RIVER STATE
- cassava
- yams
- rice
- plantain
- banana
- cocoyam
- maize
- cocoa
- rubber
- groundnut
- palm produce.


DELTA STATE
- Timber
- Fresh fish
- crabs
- shrimps
-palm oil

EBONYI STATE
- yam
- cassava
- plantain
- banana
- maize
- cocoyam
- palm produce - cocoa
- rubber
- rice


EDO STATE
- rubber
- cocoa
- palm produce
- yams
- cassava
- rice
- plantains
- guinea-corn
- assorted fruits
-Fresh vegetables

EKITI STATE
- Timber
- Rice
- Kolanut
- oil palm
- cocoa
- cassava
- yam
- cocoyam
- maize
- cowpea
- citrus
- plantain
- cashew
- mango
- orange

ENUGU STATE
- Yam
- rice
-palm produce

GOMBE STATE
- Maize
- Soghum
- Rice
- wheats
- Cowpeas
- groundnuts
- soya beans
- bambara nuts
- Orange
- Lemon
- Mango
- Guava
- Paw-paw
- grapes
- vegetables
- Tomatoes
- pepper
- onions
- okra
- pumpkin
- melon
- Gum Arabic
- Kenaf
- sugar cane
- sunflower
- ginger

IMO STATE
- palm produce
- cocoa
- rubber
-yam
- cassava
- cocoyam
- maize

JIGAWA STATE
- maize
- millet
- guinea corn
- cattles
- cotton
- groundnut


KADUNA STATE
- rice
- cotton


KANO STATE
- Cotton
- groundnut

KATSINA STATE
- cotton
- groundnut


KEBBI STATE
- guinea corn
- rice
- millet
- groundnut
- cotton

KOGI STATE
- rice
- yam
- fruits
- vegetables

KWARA STATE
- cotton
- cocoa
- coffee
- kolanut
- tobacco
- benseed
- palm produce
-poultry
-cattles

LAGOS STATE
- fish farming
- snail farming
- poultry
and other small scale farming

NASARAWA STATE
- cassava
- yam
- rice
- maize
- guinea corn
- beans
- soya beans
- beniseed
- asha
- millet


NIGER STATE
- Yam
- guinea corn
- cattles
- rice

OGUN STATE
- cocoa
- kolanut
- rubber
- 20% of nigeria timber
- palm produce
- rubber
- yam
- cassava
-banana


ONDO STATE
- cocoa
- yam
- cassava
- palm produce
- fish farming


OSUN STATE
- yam
- maize
- cassava
- beans
- cocoyam
- tobacco
- palm produce


OYO STATE
- maize
- yam
- cocoyam
- palm produce
- cashew
- plantain
- banana
- rice
- millet
- cocoa

PLATEAU STATE
- potato
- groundunts
- yam
- assorted vegetables and fruits


RIVER STATE
- fish farming
- palm produce


SOKOTO STATE
- millet
- guinea corn
- maize
- rice
- beans
- wheat
- cassava
- potatoes
- groundnut
- cotton
- sugar cane
- tobacco
- oranges
- mangoes
- cashew
- bananas
- lettuce
- spinach
- okra
- cabbage
- pawpaw
- guava


TARABA STATE
- maize
- millet
- soya beans
- rice
- cotton
- cassava
- dairy food
- cattles

YOBE STATE
- gum arabic
- groundnuts
- beans, cotton
- The state is also said to have one of the largest cattle markets in West Africa located in Potiskum.

ZAMFARA STATE
- groundnuts
- cotton
- cattles