₦airaland Forum

safarigirl:
Today, on my way to school, I happened to go in two different public transports and a recurring topic in both was that PD Biafra.

Both cars were occupied by mostly Northerners, while the first had Northern Muslims who harped on the unity of Nigeria and opposed any form of division, the second had an outspoken Igala man from Kogi state.

The Igala driver briefly spoke of the recently concluded elections in his state where Yahaya Bello emerged Governor, he then stated that Ebira people must be ecstatic and said that they would give Bello a tenure of 4 years after which he would be removed, then added that [b]this is assuming Biafra does not ce before then, because if it does, the people of Igala are going with them[\b]. When a commuter asked him on what basis the Igala people would join Biafra, he simply replied that there is already a drawn out map.


Obviously, this driver is one of the many Igala people who are disgruntled by the manner with which power was seized from them, according o him 'pesin wey no do rally, na who win election'....


Here on NL, many people say that Biafra is just an Igbo struggle, as much as that may be true, the fact is that Biafra is a struggle that has many silent supporters; whether it be the radicalst Ibibio student, the frustrated unemployed Ijaw graduate or the hustling Igala cab driver.

These are people who feel shortchanged by the Nigerian government, people who are tired of being regarded as inconsequential minorities, people who have unjustly lost opportunities due to a flawed quota system. Many of these people are just waiting for something to happen, for someone to so something.

And who better to lead than one of the elite majority?

MrsNgoziKalu:
. See this idiot consoling her/himself. no let elders of your village hear you o. they Will beat you mercilessly. it's obvious, you are pained. List bubbling cities in west as a sign of better life aside lagos. Even an emmerging one (like nnewi).Not again. the problem with iboes on nairaland is nothing but noise. I am very sure you haven't been to SW. even Lagos. and your life revolves round nairaland (a mere website)

for you coz you are a nobody and have nothing to offer. . These states have a very tiny middle class. They have no Ask your uncles about this. if any state in SE have more industries than Oyo & Ogun, tell me and I will hang myself. , noise every where. Google top biggest market. you take nairaland serious. [s]Or big time artisans. Their economy is sustained by civil servant who are hardly paid 'cos the govt has very poor igr base (except propaganda and fake stats)
now can you tell me where your theory of 'disposable income' is coming from?
Who has the income? Is it the ones fayose are sending to the east to come and learn? Is it the ones nema and winners are sending relief material in osun[/s]? Is it the ones in Your underdeveloped Ibadan have 2 shoprite (one is biggest in WA) the only cities that rival it is Lagos & PH, four African class mall, more highbrow estates and neighbourhood than any alaibo state. you won't believe it. that celebrate pizza shop with selfies?

american british or chinese expatriates and businessmen that are in nig. Does it mean that nig is richer than their countries? the rule of business is to make profit, profit and more profit! Every business seeks markets that are outside their immediate market. New markets are needed for products. It is only yoruba that get excited seeing foreigners in their land.

. is it not this same nairaland, your people were celebrating the first flyover in owerri?

arresa:
People migrate to the SW to make a living especially folks from SE because there's no money to be made in the SE,

arresa:
because people in the SW have stronger disposable income and because the economic atmosphere in the the SW is vibrant and beneficial.

arresa:
People don't migrate to poor places or places where they can not make money or make a living so people migrate to the SW because there's economic opportunities there. On this basis alone, you are wrong.

arresa:
Do you see folks from the SW or other parts of Nigerian troooping to the SE for anything.? No. Simply because there's zero economic opportunities there and even the people in the SE can not stay in the SE because it's economically depressed and the social atmosphere is sometimes hostile against outsiders

arresa:
You really don't have to get tribal or beat any chest because these are facts and obvious realities..

arresa:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/147014-enugu-crime-capital-nigeria-survey.html



^^^^ Enugu is the crime Capital of Nigeria.


Please lets deal with facts and not needless chest beating...

Twistaray:
What do you expect with population of over 20million people where every tribe find as a second home?
A country/state especially in nigeria with such amount of population is most to be the haven of crime. It's a common sense, and beside these crime are most committed by ibos in SW/lagos.

Twistaray:
Village you said? Yet your people troop like an ocean on a daily into the so called village abi?
What is your yard stick for this measurement/stats?
Village yet ogun state is the most industrialised state in the whole of nigeria?

Twistaray:
Well. Let me remind that before you were born lagos has and will always surpass the rest. Lagos is a border to to two on more country. It's quite the other way round. Iboes needs SW especially lagos than lagos need them.

Twistaray:
Really? Worst? I belief aba,ebonyi state is a good example of leadership? Yeye dey smell!

Twistaray:
Oh oh. How I hate lies.

The most impoverished? Ibooooooosss and lies.


United Nations' Multi Dimensional Poverty Index

The United Nations' Global Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index has three dimensions and 10 indicators in estimating Overall Poverty. Each dimension is equally weighted, each indicator within a dimension is also equally weighted, and added. It uses 10 indicators to measure poverty in three dimensions: Education, Health and Living standards. This report was Published in June 2015, and is based on data collected on years between 2004 and 2014.
According to the MPI Report, as at 2010, 46% of Nigerians lived below the national poverty line (Only 28% in Urban areas, and near 70% in The rural). Although a Report by the World bank, released in 2014, showed that only 33% of Nigerians could be considered Poor.

Now, to the Report........
States by Incidence of Poverty

STATES<-->POVERTY RATE
1. Lagos --------- 8.5%
2. Osun --------- 10.9%
3. Anambra --------- 11.2%
4. Ekiti --------- 12.9%
5. Edo --------- 19.2%
6. Imo --------- 19.8%
7. Abia --------- 21.0%
8. Rivers --------- 21.1%
*. FCT (Abj) --------- 23.5%
9. Kwara --------- 23.7%
10. Akwa Ibom --------- 23.8%
11. Delta --------- 25.1%
12. Ogun --------- 26.1%
13. Kogi --------- 26.4%
14. Ondo --------- 27.9%
15. Enugu --------- 28.8%
16. Bayelsa --------- 29.0%
17. Oyo --------- 29.4%
18. Cross River --------- 33.1%
-------------------------------------------------------
** National Avg --------- 46.0%
-------------------------------------------------------
19. Plateau --------- 51.6%
20. Nassarawa --------- 52.4%
21. Ebonyi --------- 56.0%
22. Kaduna --------- 56.5%
23. Adamawa --------- 59.0%
24. Benue --------- 59.2%
25. Niger --------- 61.2%
26. Borno --------- 70.1%
27. Kano --------- 76.4%
28. Gombe --------- 76.9%
29. Taraba --------- 77.7%
30. Katsina --------- 82.2%
31. Sokoto --------- 85.3%
32. Kebbi --------- 86.0%
33. Bauchi --------- 86.6%
34. Jigawa --------- 88.4%
35. Yobe --------- 90.2%
36. Zamfara --------- 91.9%

REGIONAL AVERAGES
1 = South West - 19.3% Poverty (+ Average)
2 = South South - 25.2% Poverty (+ Average)
3 = South East - 27.36% Poverty (+ Average)

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** National Avg 46.0%% Poverty
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4 = North Central - 45.7% Poverty (+Average)
5 = North East - 76.8% Poverty (- Average)
6 = North West- 80.9% Poverty (- Average) Damn!!

Sources
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index by the U.N
http://www.dataforall.org/dashboard/ophi/index.php/
Click on Nigeria, and then "Nigeria country briefing, from the dropdown menu".
http://www.ophi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Multidimensional-Poverty-Index-2015-2-March-2015.pdf?0a8fd7&13666f


No wonder you people are know for everything fake in nigeria" winks

Truckpusher:
What truth? This is the problem with you folks.
If you take your statistics on what I have just written , you'll find out that your speculative comment about the Niger Delta is what is also obtainable in other ethnic groups of this country and by the sheer number of your population your poverty rate is higher than that of all the minority ethnic groups of the Niger Delta.
Go to Aba road in Port Harcourt now , 98% of school dropouts that are hawking on the streets are of Igbo extracts and the same thing applies When it comes to the number of people with white collar jobs too and this isn't about being better off or worse off but a population induced phenomenon.

It would be insanity to make comparisons where the same thing you're comparing with do not have an equal population status.
How many Rivers people are packing their load to live in Owerri, Aba, Onitsha et al compared to the movement of your people into cities like warri, PHC ,Calabar et al?
People migrate because hardship - People do not just migrate for fun.

arresa:
Fair write up, but a little off, incomplete picture and oversimplification.


Sure, investors look at the Nigerian capital factor, but the number one factor investors think and worry about before siting their investments is safety and security of their investments. The SW remains the safest and the most peaceful, progressive and conducive place to invest in Nigeria. Other factors are availability of skilled and educated manpower and also disposable income.

Lastly, leadership and their ability to seek and drum up investments via favorable terms, trade and investment summits.

Where was this analysis when Lagos hosts trade summits every year including Ehingbeti Economic summit.

Same with Ogun trade summit, Oyo state trade summit and SWITS/SouthWest Investment Trade Summit..

Investments doesn't drop from the tree, you have to work for it..

Investors wont jump into the North, SE/SS to invest anything because of insecurity and instability.

Many questioned Dangote for not investing in the SE, but the man is obviously not regretting his actions if intentional or not after witnessing the destruction of life and property including his own trucks in the SE last week.

phyllosilicate:
You organised 40,000 hoodlums to protest thinking you can control them.

Idrismusty97:
Very sorry for your lost but unfortunately more will follow. If you love your family take them out of the East, Right now the so called "Zoo" would be safer for Igbos than their home. Just like how Boko haram destroy the North East, IPOB will destroy the South East. I heard stories how people spend stressful long hours on roads in Onitsha because of protesters. Not everyone wants to be part of the Biafra stuff but unfortunately IPOB would drag the entire igbos into it just like Ojukwu once drag them into a senseless civil war. They even killed an Hausa corper and burn down mosques, Shops and Dagote trailers in Onitsha yet they called Hausas animal. While their business are left peacefully in the North.

prophetone:
These hungry looking ones that were turned back?

prophetone:
Good. All the nonsense should be restricted to the east.

Armaggedon:
Lalasticlala come and see

it is also a warning sign for anti biafra mod on nairaland

obailala:
Nope, go back and read this again...

Key word to note...
[size=15pt]"No man is a failure until he begins to blame others for his problems"[/size]

RevDesmondJuju:
I have made a pictorial guide for them here but they are not a serious people

Help me push the thread abeg https://www.nairaland.com/2606097/how-farm-cocoa-pictorial-guide

ALLI1009:
people agitation for Biafra needs to think very because there is reason why we were amagalmate together in 1914

Whynotthetruth:
Let Rochas Keep assuring them of what he doesn't even understand or can control...

Babatundetinubu:
That's exactly what the terrorist is doing in his DSS cell at the moment.....