₦airaland Forum

benzion72:
It is not impossible to produce SE president, but Ndigbo culture is too competitive In this new dispensation Under President Obasanjo when senate presidency was zoned to SE remember the number of Senate president we had in 8 years Enwerem, Chuba Okadigbo, Pius Anyim, Adolphus Wabara, ken Nnamani Five in 8 years. While David mark was their for 8 years since 2007. Ibo people like to undermine each other. Also GEJ has spoiled Ibo show nobody will trust them to keep a gentle man agreement again

Rexxie:
of course,the richest nigerian aint igbo...

omonnakoda:
Let us start by asking the sardine why he left the key outside the tin,what is the strategy behind that. An Ibo presidency is not aserious consideration for now or the foreseeable future.Let us not heat up the polity needlessly

disumusa:
tell them to stop hatered

pazienza:
No one knows Dbanj other than Yorubas! *grins*

P square are more popular than them, check out who leads in you tube views? There is more to popularity than galivanting around the world seeking for cheap popularity.

Wole Soyinka is a man that needs the Nobel prize to be relevant, Achebe was effortlessly relevant without the Nobel prize. He was even Times magazine most influential African man before his death. Haha!

Imagine comparing international stars like Jay jay and Kanu with an attention seeking Yoruba man Dbanj, you need deliverance.

omonnakoda:
Why are people trying to heat up the polity with outrageous demands and abominable aspirations.A totally uncalled for clamour that will only lead to tears. We have as a nation agreed that that is not a reasonable thing to do so why are people flogging a dead horse.

Stillfire:
But why is it giving you sleepless nights?
We know the people that can only feed themselves if their people are in the 'center', the irony is that majority of that populace will still remain in poverty .
The Igbo man does not need the 'center' to feed his family. You guys should stop crying more than the bereaved.
The driving force of any thriving society is entrepreneurship and innovation. The Igbo has that.
You can have the politics. If you say you are the 'change' Nigeria needs, the Buhari government better prove it! Because if I smell any marginalization of my people's business in the East, I will personally pull down the Buhari government!
The pen is mightier than the sword!

victor4ekele:
just passing by, but the real matter is that we need an honest, truthful man to lead not tribesjust passing by, but the real matter is that we need an honest, truthful man to lead not tribes
Victor O Ekele

pazienza:
The richest Nigerians are beneficiaries of the military regime,Nigerian treasury and favourable government policies that made them monopolists.

Which Nigerian is smarter than Achebe? pray tell.

Which Nigerian is more popular than Kanu Nwankwor and Jay jay Okocha?

You have no case. Collectively in all human development indices, Ndiigbo are ahead of all Nigerian groups. It's a fact you can choose to accept, or simply go take an otapiapia and end your misery. Aka ekpuchi onwa!

pazienza:
What failure are you talking about?

Ndiigbo are naturally ahead of all Nigerian groups in all aspects of human development.
That to me, is success.

agarawu23:
BABA know look uche face oooo



if na barcanista thief, jail am

CyerSeries:
when I said fighting for survival, I mean merit ..Set a standard for everything ..Anybody that merits the standard, let the person take it..if an ibo is not able to meet up with the standard, don't give it to him..that's what I'm talking about..did you get me?

Rexxie:
correct..what people need are implementation of good and peoples govt policies,not who becomes president..the north has produced the highest number of presidents but still lags behind every other regions on all indices and scales..that the north have very rich folks like dangote who became rich thru lopsided govt patronage is outta da question,that does nothing to the huge amount of the ever loitering and pauperised talakawas and almajiris..
The sw are front runners in terms of intellectualism and education,awolowo,who got that credit and honor literarilly begged to be president for a day...and that academic feat was achieved way long before obj came onboard as civilian president and i doubt he,obj,made any inputs when he dorned that khaki..
The igbos are natural progressives,survivalists,dexterous,industrial and are trully blessed and have done extremely well for themselves and others in the face of deliberate govt strigent and harsh policies and having never substantially occupied the seat of power....
The north's rabid and thirst for power coupled with her long time in the seat of power has done little or no good to everyone and region and they are not ready to allow others direct the country's affairs.
So its not all about being president,afterall gej was there for about 6yrs and the niger delta is still degraded and denigrated;polluted and exploited.

The op talked about not entertaining issues thats gotta do with Biafra or massob..but truth is,that definitely could be what the igbos deserve and need. Same goes for the niger deltans.

EUROBOMBER:
Hatred can kill my brother. Stop the bitterness, Jonathan is an Ijaw man not Igbo. We only gave him our support till the end just like the North supported Buhari.

There will be an Igbo president you hear?

aresa:
Like I said earlier, it's a societal and cultural thing with ibo people and I don't see it going away anytime soon, in fact it's getting worse as seen during the last few elections. It's like they don't have any right thinking adult in iboland. Look at Achebe's last book, it was filled with the same hate and bitterness rant. Ngozi Adichie's response to Oba of Lagos's statement was laced with the same civil war and tribal hostage taking garbage when in fact it's leadership failure at home. They have state governors with nothing to show after 16 years in office, the region is still unproductive and economically inhospitable for their people to thrive in, they are basically satisfied with their people forever seeking survival outside iboland and wherever they go, they end up disrespecting and annoying their host communities with the same emotional and insensitive nonsense...

They can not hold the rest of the country down with their flawed civil war emotional ransom.

EUROBOMBER:
Whether the Igbo will produce the next Nigerian president lies largely with Buhari. You never can tell the way the hearts of kings function but Buhari will take a special place in Nigeria's history if he can facilitate this request and hand over to the Igbo.

If Buhari should present any Igbo candidate to his people they will accept the person without asking questions, he is like a demigod in the North.

MalcoImX:
National politics is about forming alliances and building bridges. Amaechi, Ngige and Okorocha are called names for trying to do that. Ngige definitely would have become the senate president but was denied by the Igbo, not for lack of capacity, but simply because he's seen to be in a wrong party. They denied themselves and have now begun to accuse others of ganging up against their interests. Igbo politics is typified by the outlook of the Arthur Ezes:
“That short man called Ngige, we gave him power and he went and joined Awolowo’s people; people that killed the Igbos.
This is inimical to Igbo interest, as long as they remain part of Nigeria. But will the Igbo elite stop playing divide and rule politics with their people, for their personal gains?

ramdris:
They can if people like Ogbonnaya are nominated. The Ibo's don't seems to like Rochas and Ngige even though they seems to have national appeal. Personally, I really do want to see an Ibo President but that can only come if they start seeing other zones as friends rather than enemy The truth is to be President, u must get the support of other zones.

The idea of holding on to past pain is what is really affecting them in their dealings with other zones. Even their Leaders use the biafra war to further divide the people by using it as a campaign speech whenever a northerner or south westerners are vying for the same office with them. This has to stop for them to lead.

CyerSeries:
you did not create a thread on how to better the life of Nigerians irrespective of tribe, you are creating a thread about ibo, are you Ibo? Did Ibos cried to you for president? The only thing we ibos from any government is provide a level playing ground for all Nigerians and allow us to fight for our survival ...is that a crime?

xtayle:
For whatever its worth, the generality of the igbo nation must desist from tribal(simple or acute) and hate tendendencies. They must shift from their present mentality of seeing themselves as superior to others. They also must first respect others (especially d host of their places of prosperity) so others can respect them (respect is reciprocal). It will be helpful for them to start seeing Nigeria as one and act as such. No one is going to leave Nigeria 4 d other. Other tribes needs to start seeing nationalistic tendencies in them. As it is now, even though we all love them, no one trust them, they need to earn d collective trust of majority of other tribes in Nigeria.

CyerSeries:
you created a thread to mock because you are in power and you expect me to tell you thank you ...Go and help your impoverished brothers in the north..

madamoringo:
Ibos don't need, want or will ever get to be the president of Nigeria for the next 1,000 generations at least! This is because the current set of Ibos have said they don't want the presidency as it has not benefitted every other part of the country one way or the other. I completely support that position and I think every Nigerian should.

Let them produce governors in their state but forget ever trying to be president! They neither need nor want it! They also cannot strategize towards it and the era of whining your way to leadership position is long past! No food for lazy man or no presidency for lazy people!

Armaggedon:
I am appauled by the silence of the mods at this thread.
Lalasticlala seun (or however is incharge) , someone opened a thread in the morning on how Nigeria will look like if the Igbos leave. The thread barely reached two pages before it was hidden.

Pls either hide this topic or unlock the morning one for equity to prevail. Thanks.

MalcoImX:
And some were even saying that they were happy that it was northerners that were killing themselves. If somebody had said that to them, they'd be all over saying genocide was called on them.

xtayle:
I told u not to waste your time. they are pompous, unrealistic and unworthy of our empathy and love. leave them to their political failures.

MalcoImX:
The problem is you and GEJ made yourselves and his leadership an SE/SE affair, and fought everybody that wasn't ready to support his re-election.

Mogidi:
It was not the political machinations of the SW that produced Obasanjo, SW has Babangida to thank for making him president.

What has the north (who boast more presidents than any region) achieved?

Tell us how many presidents the Yorubas have produced. (second biggest tribe)

ISpiksDaTroof:
So, APC will hand over power to the guy whose Region worked the hardest to destroy the party right from inception?

Ibos will not see that seat in the nearest future, not because others don't want to give it to them, but because they know the Eastern Region will hand them a poisoned chalice in return for a kiss. There's no doubt in my mind that if APC puts up Rochas as its Presidential candidate in the next election, Ibos will see that as an opportunity to finally destroy APC and ---instead of Supporting his candidacy---vote massively against him.

Ibos are the architects of their own misfortune.

CyerSeries:
you are not God so shut the fvck up

adeyemi2015:
Future impossible tense..... except they accept Okorocha as one of their own and fully support him to make the difference.
He's loved by everyone except his brother and sisters in the East.












We love you Igbos and we wish to taste a government led by an Igbo man.
But are you guys ready?

CyerSeries:
Like I said, let Buhari solve the problem of his Arewa brothers, then we are good to go..Don't bother about Igbos, we are doing very fine.

handsometokunbo:
Jonathan was an Ibo president, so there is no need for this thread