₦airaland Forum

abram10:
Me tire o

eightsin:
Is it not when someone offers an apology that forgiveness comes in? I am yet to see any apology and that is because there was no betrayal in the first place. There was probably no agreement in the first place.

babyfaceafrica:
Niger delta owes no one an apology......because no agreement was made in the first place....they did what they did to survive.....logically and pragmatically the sided with the side that won...nice decision

ITbomb:
But we still have not forgiven Ndigbo for the oppression during the short period and trying to change our names and the names of our towns

QuotaSystem:
Rejection. Everywhere

mapet:
@Eddygourdo,

I applaud this initiative of yours. Let me lay on ground some suggestion........

About 6 years ago, leaders of thought in the South West (Governors, Industry Captains, Religious Leaders, Politicians, Activist groups, Traditional grounds and other interest groups) converged at Grandview Plaza in Magodo Lagos with a sole purpose - SW REGIONAL INTEGRATION. A body was created called Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission http://dawncommission.org/, a development body aimed at fostering regional integration agenda of the States of Western Nigeria, comprising Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo States. The sole aim was for the six South West states to chart an Soci-Political and Economic path for themselve into the future. Some of the outcomes of that meet was the formation of strategic teams to look into and profer the strategic plans on the way forward, namely

1. Increase in spate of development and support across these regions. "The governments of the Southwest regional States of Nigeria-Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo agree and are committed to a common set of development strategies across all spheres of existence i.e. economic, technological, social, educational, human capital for the Region and its indigenes. "
2. Rapid Infrastructural development - e.g. A South-West joint investment in Rail lines that connects the 6 states, hence accelerates movement of people and goods
3. Increased open access to trade..
4. Special emphasis on Agri-Business......
5. and more


Some relevant links
1. http://www.osundefender.org/?tag=south-west-regional-integration-coming-together-to-surpass-awos-legacy
2. https://www.facebook.com/TheYorubaPeople/posts/285767788195883
3. http://nigeriapoliticsonline.com/southwest-regional-integration-agenda-is-not-political-famakinwa/
4. http://thenationonlineng.net/regional-integration-should-be-devoid-of-politics-south-west-leaders/

In the strategy document, the Yorubas had taken a thorough self assessment and have identified their strengths and weakness. Recomendations have been made to states, especially in areas of their competitive strengths.


This I suggest is what the South Eastern states can also do. It is not rocket science...........and the secret is that, at a time in the future when we all cannot but accept the necessity and practicality of regional autonomy, the south west hopes to arrive as a very viable and immensely wealthy region, having viable commercial and prosperous activities (Commerce, Banking, Telecoms, Trade, Oil and Gas, Agric, Entertainment, Education, Technology...name it)

juicee1:
you also have sea


They keep mentioning referendum which they want holding in SE and SS. Any referendum in Nigeria will be held in the whole federation, north, west, east and South and it would be for the disintegration of Nigeria which I don't see happening.

If they ibos want to go, they can go but without the SS. If they keep dragging or attaching the SS to their biafra struggle, then they should see themselves still struggling in the next 200yrs cos Nigeria won't allow such, not even the minority SS.

Oyel thieves and land grabbers

Eddygourdo:
that is a solution that will not work. So you believe that if the SE currently seceded in its current state, that we will become more prosperous than Nigeria is?

TonyeBarcanista:
There will be referendum because you want it or what? Ethnic nationalities in the SS since 1967 have said NO TO BIAFRA. They've said it at every fora and some lost their lives in the process(eg Boro). So what referendum do you need or who will force it? Perhaps there should also be Biafran referendum in Ibadan, Osogbo, kano, Borno, Zamfara etc. Bros, like I said, you will be surprised with the popular acceptance Biafra will get if you guys stop the attach SS by force in your map. Personally, I wish you guys well in the agitation but SS is not a party to it.


Even if Oil fall to One Kobo, it still won't change our position... Beside, we have gas

obailala:
Nothing is impossible, but some targets are more easily achievable than others. Now which do you think is an easier and a more achievable target?...
1. A return of the regionalism (50% resource control) which Nigeria practised before the war
2. Secession of the SE + SS (assuming the SS would agree to go away with the SE)

Just like it has been rightly pointed out by several great minds, cooperation is the only way forward. With the sheer multitude of people who have come out to protest for secession, just imagine if the subject of those protests was redefined to suit the desires of both the SS and SW (regionalism)?... The entire southern Nigeria would be agog and when Nigeria is held to a standstill, 2/3rd majority or not, regionalism can definitely be achieved.

For any major cause to be achieved, regional cooperation is the key and some compromises have to be made. Unfortunately, the SE believes it can do it alone, a lot of pro-seccesionists today even erroneously assume that the SS is interested in leaving Nigeria with the SE and have without due consultations or permission, forced the SS into the Biafran map. How some people arrive at such conclusions is a mystery to be discussed another day.

Olabestonic001:
I'm Yoruba but with much interest in the Igbo's cause.
I support a thorough planning with the pros and cons spelt out before executions. The intellects among Igbos must hijack the Biafra from those who seems to be too angry to think. I want the intellects to first analyze the stuffs around it. Anger and emotions does not win a cause; proper planning does.
IPOB seems to be filled with angry people that have been filled with the feeling of getting to a state of utopia and some gullible people who are just sympathetic to their cause. I want them to go back to the drawing board and do the following:
(a) Discourage the Igbo's from worshiping money and having premium on honor and respects rather than the amount you have in your pocket.
(b) Encourage more youths to do stay and develop their regions. Its no good always exporting your human resources to other climes and only coming home once or twice a year to show everyone how rich you've become. That causes a great sense of mundaness.
(c) The Igbo's needs to think less about Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba's, but think more about Igbo. Most Igbo's I know are too insecure (even though they are extremely capable individuals). While I can say the Civil war had its toll on some people's psyche, they need to know that their destiny is in their hands and no tribe can hold them down; they can prosper.
(d) They must learn that life is all about politics and not that throwing of emotions all around. Too much emotions ruins even the best cause. Let them stop being clannish and mobbish. A thing needs to be assessed by its inherent properties than 'where' it comes from. Also, allowing an alternate view is something they must work on greatly.
(e) With the development in their region, they must know that Yoruba's, Niger Deltans, Middlebelt are all tired of the type of federalism we are practicing and would join for same clamor for regional autonomy/dissolution of Nigeria.
The Fulani herdsmen are a menace to Jos and Middlebelt as a whole, the Yoruba's wants regional autonomy, the South-South wants regional control but it seems proponents of this Biafra wants to annex SS and force a kingdom on them. What MOU have they signed? have they sold the whole new agitations for the elders in Igbo land? For those who are clamoring that their elders be overlooked, I daresay they are really getting it all wrong. While an older man lives in memory, a younger man lives in expectation. An elder has 'seen it all' and you cant just rubbish such a person. Any company cannot make a vibrant young man lacking in experience as her CEO (NO MATTER HIS ENTHUSIASM); he must learn the politics and realities from the elder ones.

I see two things happening to this IPOB bandwagon (I see it more as a bandwagon):
Either the whole agitation goes down in the next 1 year as subsidy protests, BringBackOurGirl protest etc or it metamorphoses into a militant group that will be more of a headache to the region than a blessing.

Eddygourdo:
true but for peace sake how do u justify a secession presently without stepping on toes. There must always be a peaceful means to an end, can you tell me a peaceful solution to federalism or seccesion

Eddygourdo:
You have all spoken well, but let's look at issues objectively, even the south isn't ready as it is for true federalism, if we implemented that today, many regions will become unsustainable, a northern once posed an argument, that since groundnut money was used to develop and explore for oil, then if true federalism is proposed there must be a time gap to allow oil money to be used to develop agricultural potentials in the north to support them in the event of implementation. Now that analogy made sense to him, but something in it made sense to me, only a fool tests the depth of a river by jumping into it, this is why I am and have never been an ipob agitator because I prefer to plan first, analyse risks and come up with acceptable benefits before embarking on an endeavour. This is synonymous to testing the waters with one foot first, what I am saying is that, even before federalism or no federalism the peoples of each region are supposed to be equipped with concrete sustainability initiatives first, where such initiatives would be financed through the methods we are currently running, and after a period of time we may now propose true federalism or seccesion of states. This thread is meant to propose concrete plans on sustainable initiatives in the south East, that would make true federalism or seccesion a supporting factor to its growth and development

bakila:
[s]
Yes, the Mallam has been push aside by the jurisdiction of the Yoruba man. The Ijaw, Igala, Nupe, Birom, Kanuri, Fulani will take turns on his Liberty for his dumbness.
An Igbo man will convict him to twenty years imprisonment, an Ngas, Yoruba and Efik will overrule the Igbo man with a death sentence, then Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Ishibori, Ichen, Fulani and Annang Justices will make it life imprisonment.
That December was to test what Biafrans will do. They did nada.[/s]

doctokwus:
[s]
U all shud stop this rubbish.After all the noise all this nonsense will stop and people will begin to realise that Kanu was a scam,eventhough admittedly now made famous by his detention.But no responsible govt wud have allowed his open threat to the country and unimaginable tribal hate speeches to be ignored.
We shud also give it to the present DSS for acting like a true secret crime agency as its counterparts worldwide by luring Kanu to Nigeria and picking him up.
People like u shud ask yourself why despite having a British passport, the British authorities have not bothered interfering in his case:because when presented with evidence of his radio broadcast and videos,it wud be suicidal for any society to allow someone with that much hate in him towards a people and other tribes to be allowed free reign.
Whenever people look back at the PMB presidency and the way he is handing the Kanu and Dasuki cases,I hope we don't get to have a situation where people with look back in nostalgia when such threats to the state rear their ugly heads again and say "if it were to be in PMB's regime, who born anyone to try this rubbish".
What pisses some people off is that it's clear that IPOB is being used and sponsored by politicians who lost in the last dispensation to achieve their destabilization agenda because the infrastructural deficit was as bad during the gej regime despite all the favoured posts.[/s]

gwales:
Corporal adamu pls don't 4get to tell PMB that It was only a joke when I refer Nigeria as a ZOO

AZeD1:
Talkers will talk while doers will do.
What has the senate/ house of rep got to do with building a seaport?
You only need federal approval via the NPA and a SS man was President for the last 5 years.
Please find another excuse.

AZeD1:
Talkers will talk while doers will do.
What has the senate/ house of rep got to do with building a seaport?
You only need federal approval via the NPA and a SS man was President for the last 5 years.
Please find another excuse.

AZeD1:
You don't need policies you need political will. Lagos decided the Apapa wharf is crowded and they decided to build one at Lekki same thing with building an airport.
This is one of the reasons why I think the Biafran apologist are jokers.
What stops the states in the SE and SS from pulling funds together to build a functional seaport and airport?

SeverusSnape:
You couldn't have said it better boss. The scales are already falling off the eyes of those "change" chanting Almajiris.

I hardly see their comments these days.