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houvest:
If you notice I am responding to Jason who is ready to learn. I do not respond to certain folks on NL except when I want to put them on the spot. You are on the internet so use google to determine Ziks influence and that of his writings and publications on the African Nationalist movement if you really wanna learn. You could start from his stay in Ghana.

why do u think i am not ready to learn, was i not the one that started this question at the first place

ok this is what i found on zik

ACHIEVEMENTS
He was inducted into the prestigious Agbalanze society as Nnayelugo in 1946. Then, in 1962, he became a second-rank red cap chief (Ndichie Okwa), as Oziziani Obi. In 1970, he was installed as Owelle-Osowa-Anya, making him a first-rank red cap chief (Ndichie Ume). In 1960, Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the title of Privy Councilor to the Queen of England. He was conferred with the highest national honor of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in 1980. He has received fourteen honorary degrees from Nigerian, American and Liberian Universities. They schools include Lincoln University, Storer College, Howard University, Michigan State University, University of Nigeria Nsukka, University of Lagos, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Ibadan, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, and University of Liberia.

SPORTS – He was actively involved in sports at every stage of his life, and he was successful in a lot of events that he participated in. They include Welterweight Boxing Champion Storer College (1925-27); High Jump champion, Howard University Inter-Scholastic Games (1926); Gold Medallist in Cross Country, Storer College (1927); Back-stroke Swimming Champion and No.3 swimmer in Freestyle Relay team, Howard University (1928); Captain, Lincoln University Soccer Team (1930); Winner Two Miles Run, Central Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships at Hampton Institute Virginia (1931); Bronze Medallist, Richmond Cross Country Marathon (1931); Gold Medallist in the 1,000 yards run, One Mile Run and Three Miles Run, Catedonian Games in Brooklyn, NY (1932); Silver Trophy winner in the Half Mile race, and Silver Cup winner in the One Mile Race, Democratic Field Day Championships, New Haven, Connecticut (1933); Runner-up(with G.K. Dorgu) at the Lagos Tennis Men’s Double Championships (Division B 1938); anchor man for the ZAC team which won the 50 yards Freestyle Relay at the Lagos Swimming Championships (1939); Won letters in athletics (Lincoln University) and cross country (Storer College and Lincoln University), swimming (Howard University), and soccer (Lincoln University); entered to compete in the Half-Mile Race and One-Mile run at the British Empire Games to represent Nigeria, but was rejected by the A.A.A of Great Britain on technical grounds (he dropped his English Christian name, “Benjamin”); and Founder (with M.R.B. Ottun) of the Zik’s Athletic Club to promote athletics, boxing, cricket, soccer, swimming and tennis in Nigeria.

POLITICS – During his lifetime, he held some political posts all over the world, especially our great country, Nigeria. They include Executive Committee Member of Mambili Party, Accra (1935-37); General Secretary of National Council of Nigerian and the Cameroons (1944-45); President of the NCNC (1946-60); Vice-President of the Nigerian National Democratic Party (1947-60); Member for Lagos in the Legislative Council of Nigeria (1947-51); Member for Lagos and Leader of the Opposition in the Western House of Assembly (1952-53) Member for Onitsha in the Eastern House of Assembly (1954-60); Minister of Internal Affairs (Jan.-Sept. 1954); Minister of Internal Affairs, Eastern Region (1954); Member of His Excellency Privy Council, Eastern Nigeria (1954-59); Primer of Eastern Nigeria (1954-59); President of the Senate of the Federation (Jan.-Nov. 1960); Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria (1960-63); President of the Republic of the Republic of Nigeria (1963-1966); and Chairman and Presidential candidate of the Nigeria People’s Party (1978-83). Professional World – He also made a name for himself in the professional world. He was a Third-class Clerk, Treasury Department, Lagos (1921-1924); Recruit, Gold Coast Police Force (Jul.-Sept. 1924); Solicitor Clerk to the late Mr. Justice Graham Paul at Calabar (Jan.-Aug.1925); Instructor in Political Science, Lincoln University (1931-34); University Correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American (1928-34); General and Sports Correspondent for the Philadelphia Tribune (1928-34); Editor-in Chief of the West African Pilot (1937-45); Correspondent for the Associated Negro Press (1944-47); Correspondent for Reuters (1944-46); Managing Director of Zik’s Press Limited (printers and publishers of the West African Pilot (Lagos), Eastern Guardian (Port Harcourt), Nigerian Spokesman (Onitsha), Southern Nigeria Defender (Ibadan), Daily Comet (Kano), and Eastern Sentinel (Enugu); Managing Director of Comet Press Limited (1945-53); Chairman of West African Pilot Limited and the Associated Newspapers of Nigeria Limited and six other limited liability companies (1952-53); Chairman, Nigerian Real Estate Corporation Limited (1952-53); etc.

SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS - He was a member of many organizations or societies, including Anti-Slavery Society for the protection of Human Rights; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity (Alpha Chapter and Mu Chapter); West African Students Union; Onitsha Improvement Union; Zik’s Athletic Club; Ekine Sekiapu Society of Buguma, Kalabari; St. John’s Lodge of England; Royal Economic Society; Royal Anthropological Institute; British Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society of International Law; American Anthropological Association; American Political Science Society; American Ethnological Society; Iwarefa, Reformed Ogboni Fraternity; Amateur Athletic Association of Nigeria; Nigerian Swimming Association, Nigerian Boxing Board of Control; Nigerian Cricket Association; Ibo State Union; and Nigerian Table Tennis Association; Nigeria Olympic Committee and British Empire and Commonwealth Games Association.

LITERARY WORKS - In his lifetime, he wrote a lot of books, poetry, and articles. His celebrated publications include Liberia in World Politics: Renascent Africa (1934); Political Blueprint for Nigeria (1943); Economic Reconstruction of Nigeria (1943); Zik: A Selection of the Speeches of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (1961); Assassination Story: True or False? (1946); “Essentials for Nigeria’s Survival.” (1965); “Before Us Lies The Open Grave” (1947); “The Future of Pan-Africanism” (1961); “The Realities of African Unity” (1965); “Origins of the Nigerian Civil War” (1969); I Believe in a One Nigeria (1969); Peace Proposals for Ending the Nigerian Civil War (1969); My Odyssey: An Autobiography (1970); Dialogue on a New Capital for Nigeria (1974); “Creation of More States in Nigeria, A Political Analysis” (1974); Democracy with Military Vigilance (1974); “Reorientation of Nigerian Ideologies: lecture on 9th December 1976, on eve of the launching of the UNN Endowment Fund” (1976); Our Struggle for Freedom; Onitsha Market Crisis (1976); Let Us Forgive Our Children, An appeal to the leaders and people of Onitsha during the market crisis (1976); A Collection of Poems (1977); Civil War Soliloquies: More Collection of Poems (1977); “Themes in African Social and Political Thought” (1978); Restoration of Nigerian Democracy (1978); Matchless Past Performance: My Reply to Chief Awolowo’s Challenge (1979); A Matter of Conscience (1979); Ideology for Nigeria: Capitalism, Socialism or Welfarism? (1980); “Breach of Trust by the NPN” (1983); and History Will Vindicate The Just (1983).

http://zikism.tripod.com/Owelle.html

so what value did he add to Nigeria or africa

houvest:
I answered that for you above or  [b]inspiring a generation of African leaders and nationalist movements across Africa thereby birthing modern free Africa on his Resume  not enough to be called Zik of Africa. If he affected all those leaders would you rather give that title to Nkrumah or Nyerere or Mandela? [/b]Folks here want to see the fish or list of fishes he gave Africa and not the fishing he taught Africa.

right

Why should ZIK be accredited for that. A wide spread revolution happened in africa then all of a sudden ZIK should take the credit

Na wa oooo

all on just sanusi

houvest:
I answered that for you above or  inspiring a generation of African leaders and nationalist movements across Africa thereby birthing modern free Africa on his Resume  not enough to be called Zik of Africa. If he affected all those leaders would you rather give that title to Nkrumah or Nyerere or Mandela? Folks here want to see the fish or list of fishes he gave Africa and not the fishing he taught Africa.

and is that his achievment

btw thanks jason and thempeople

9jaganja:
Alj Harem lol,  My cousin told me about your NL character and it drove me to actually log back in hahahah,

I know you love Nigeria as one and wish the people will let go off the faults and build a nation worthy of praise!!

I probably was more one Nigeria than you are. I  have debated all the Igbo/Yoruba secessionists and bigots than you have,

The reason I have close to 2k if not 2k already comments isn't as a result of typing my opinion but as a result of debating secessionists and "Blame the Yorubas" Igbos,


But I think for the first time in my history of objective arguments, I have been defeated by subjective reasonings,

Nigeria can't survive as one! The secessionists were right but not on good premises,  They were very correct but sentimentally though not as a result of deep and wise thoughts,

Nigeria has a lot to gain as one but each component has even more to gain apart!!

I don't think Nigeria can work. It's so messed up that we risk a total annihilation of the minorities in Nigeria should we keep it as one,

The dream sir, is dead and gone. It's time we dream again but in the comfort of our own  houses/beds not in a shared room!!!

I figured I was so naive to think Nigeria was better as one,  Even our leaders know it's better we go away hence why some people are clamouring for "true federalism"!!!




Obasanjo is still the only National leader Nigeria has ever produced!! Non come close! You can't dig up any tribalist dirt on Obasanjo.

He brough all Nigerians into his administration and let each work for their own goal!! He was a true leader but he lacks vision and he is corrupt!!!!

Buhari was a nationalistic leader as well, don't forget Abacha

Now Nigeria is only a failed state because of people like us that vote for unless leaders

You see in nigeria today, the only tribalistic people are those of biafra and the so called leaders that think they represent us

as i have always stated on the forum (the truth) I have travelled to almost all the part of the country and i see differences and similarity

the differences are just 2 things, which are CULTURE AND LANGUAGE

similarity is just 1 but it is powerful WE ALL WANT DEVELOPMENT AND FOR OUR COUNTRY TO GROW

Now we have different ideologies and preconception about people due to ethnocentric reasons



First of all, I would like to ask you this question. What is the meaning of " the president has to be zoned to the SS or SW or NORTH or SE"
if we can look at ourselves to see why we are not developing, then this is the reason

I stayed in anambra for some yrs, stayed in borno for some yrs, stayed in lagos for some yrs and still present, stayed in port harcount for some months

others inculde kogi, kwara, niger, plateau, sokoto etc

i think with all this, i know the hausa/fulani man's mentality, yoruba man's mentality, igbo man's mentality

thanks to Nairaland as well, i just used it to comfirm my thoughts on this groups

You see, we can all work together for a great country but people like Edwin clark/MEND and Boko haram are not letting this to work

and those are the people we need to distance oursleves from

forget about minorities, because I am a minority in nigeria

even the minorities would shut up even the country is better and everyone is happy

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=488326.msg8730664#msg8730664 date=1310849373]^-- Good question. I'm actually curious, what exactly did he do?[/quote]abi we must know before some people tell us he is ZIK of whatever

I respect the man, surely I do but my respect is just due to the fact that he was part of the 3 sages of Nigeria which were Bello, Awolowo and him (ZIK)

after that, there is nothing else and infact that is all the respect NIGERIANS have for him except his people of course

same can not be said of Saro wiwa, Awolowo, Bello and to some extent Edwin clark, Fashola, Dora and dokubo

houvest:
Exemplary Life of Nnamdi Azikiwe-Zik of Africa
Nnamdi Azikiwe dedicated his life to "the upliftment of the black race out of darkness and into light'.His Cavalry charge was "Shine the light that others may follow".Using education as a tool he mentored and motivated great leaders in Africa-Some include Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Obafemi Awolowo,Nelson Mandela,Tony Enahoro, Bala Zurkogi to name a few.He is fondly called Zik of Africa-The Father of Modern Africa

so what is his achievement or sacrifice for Nigerians or Africans

or are we just calling him ZIK of whatever because you people are telling us so

I would like if you can list his achievement like awolowo, Bello, mandela etc

thanks

anti-western education

or in words

western eduction is evil

loco4love:
Yoruba independence now.

shattap dia mumu

Eko Ile:
1. When they talk about real Africa leaders, they mention Awolowo among others, never ZIK of that ever you're talking about. They don't even know who da hell he was outside Nigeria.

2. Your ZIK of Africa is nothing but a worthless nickname you people made up. Of what use are you as a leader when at the end of the day there's nothing to show for it.

3. You yourself can not name a single thing the man achieved

4. The only thing we know and read about him remains about corruption, incompetency and a useless figure head and ceremonial vice presidency slot and when he crossed over to regional, he still delivered nothing while Awolowo on the other hand delivered so many firsts not only in Nigeria, but in the whole of Africa.

It's is only in Nigeria we honor people for corruption and incompetency.

I dare you to name one single thing your ZIK achieved.

Do that or just shut up with all that silly nonsense.

Eko ile well said

I am waiting to see what ZIK achieved in his life

we know of Bello

we know of Awolowo

what of ZIK

pretty sad

all this wet e politics

I have come to realise that majority of the igbos on this site and indeed ezeuche are nothing but trolls

they do not live with us in nigeria but yet try to tell us what is going on in nigeria

SMH rubbish

houvest:
Ignorant and bigoted fake Lagosian.

can the same be said about Christians without calling people bigots

learn to be objective at least for once

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Kobojunkie:
*** Nairaland stores up every one of your posts and I can dig up at least 20 where we have you professing support for Jonathan. . .

Fine, you got what you wanted . . . . . what the frell are you complaining about now? 

ask am ooo

EzeUche:
Like I said, why would anyone vote for an illiterate like Buhari and a loud mouth like Ribadu?

Jonathan was lesser of evils. And I was a supporter of Pat Utomi.

lets not result to insults

ok Ribadu arrested governors that YOU ALL HAVE BEEN COMPLANINIG ABOUT

Alams stole oil wealth for his children and family and ribadu arrested him thus reducing corruption in some sense when compared to before

so respect the man

secondly, the best nigeria has ever had after bello and awo era in there respective region was duing Idiagion and buhari era

u were not alive then to know this

so do not judge

OAM4J:
+1

I was going to make similar response after I saw afam's post, then i saw yours, I wouldn't have put it better.

kobo is on fire today

such a brilliant agurment

i think she is a lawyer or something