₦airaland Forum

Ngwakwe:
Convert $200m Eco-Waste management system grant to Naira from one source alone.

ok....never heard about this one...the one I know and though it was the one you are talking about is the 100m dollar grant for industrial parks..i fear though about paybacks though I know that grants are different from loans.

Mcowubaba:
VOTE OUT PDP in the whole ABIA STATE
The r bunch of Failures
4rm Ochendu global toilet to the least PDP member contesting 4 councillor..
U have been warned..there is no iota of Transformation in Abia state...Enough is Enough

Vote any other person.....Abia has been in bondage!!!
GOD'S own state..pdp wan close down d state....tufiakwa...

ikuku ochendo ofesa gi?

maestroferddi:
Na today?!

Conflicting reports here and there.

While Ikpeazu's detractors flay him on his stint at ASEPA, his supporters praise him for making far-reaching effort in that assignment.

Who then do we believe?

when last did you visit aba?is it today that you see ta orhi hirelings dishing out barefaced white lies about his performance?are those hirelings not the same guys praising ikpeazu?

Ngwakwe:
Dr Ikpeazu has understudied the city better than what Otti can imagine. However, he can't raise the funds needed to carry out his visions. It's not about enthocentrism.

All I need is restoration of our ancient city, the centre of Eastern Nigeria and the home for all to its lost glory and my happiness will have no bound.

ok..that's all...by the way the grant is about 5bn annually not 50bn

Na wa for this ogbaghara.

What's this?someone posing instead of the actual bridge construction?

Ngwakwe:
You are O'yes follower but I ask how politicians intend implementing their promises and this also led me to Uche Ogbuagu who confirmed that lots of money come to IMO State for capital projects through these grants though Rocha don't account for them in full.

I believed him because he promise to create a separate ministry dedicated to restoration of ABA and channeling these grants to it including a huge annual budgetary provisions.

wonder why you are labelling me oyes follower when I had never hidden my preference for otti right from get go and and had arguments with you on why I believe so..you were the one that tried to inject clannish tendencies into the arguments..as for having ministry of aba and grants I have known that since December last yr when he first released his manifesto and you would have known that far back if you had earlier opened your mind....as for Uche ogbuagu Imo and rochas u have always said it that rochas is a great politician but has question marks when it comes to administration

Ngwakwe:
The amount of money needed to restore Aba to it's past glory is beyond what Abia State can afford.

Alex Otti told me there are grants from Europe, Us and international bodies ready to be offered to Africa and certain selected States in Nigeria.

The question is who can benefit and draw from these free reserves He asked? It's only leaders with un-dented credibility.

He also promised to create the Ministry of ABA to channel these funds to boost the money available for capital projects in ABA.

I have now done my calculations, and I believe voting Ikpeazu may deprive Abia State about 50 billion naira annual grant for restoration of my beloved city.

Lastly, for the love of APGA.

hmmm ngwakwe this your turn around Na Wao....it is not as if these things otti said were said recently..well we all want the best for aba because of the importance of that city and the deterioration it has undergone in recent times...by the the way you said otti told me?

tchidi:
My people don beg me to return, I no gree... only for yesterday, compound just de empty small small...
Now I'm the only lady left, it's too late to travel so i'll just move into the heart of town and stay.

you get mind sha..i hope you will not blame anybody if god forbids any harm comes upon you in any event of a post election riot

Ngwakwe:
I will vote Alex Otti, what's you problem?

Not that he will better revolutionalise Aba

If you want my reasons then apply.

why change of mind?

deltateam:
Yes, you heard right. Owelle Rochas is a Moslem and will not hesitate to hand Imo to Islam and subsequently Boko Haram.

What a lot of Igbos don't realize is that Buhari is on a mission to Islamize Nigeria and is being cheered on ignorantly by yorubas, the same Yorubas that were used as shields to wedge bullets during the civil war.

Should Buhari start another mayhem after the election Imolites need a strongman (Capt. Iheanacho) with military knowledge to counter them not someone who will surrender cheerfully.

Remember the future of your children both born and unborn lies in your hands. Act reasonably and vote responsibly. It begins with you.

if this is a campaign strategy you wil fail the man you are supporting

3dankey:
When this plant will be completed, we can boost of 2 vehicle Manufacturing companies that will create jobs and help to place the state in the league of developed states in Nigeria

With all this great news, I use to imagine what the future of this great state will be in 5years time. I like this richbon project cos when it is completed, it will bring a healthy competition between him and Innoson. Innoson have a lot to do in terms of marketing/publicity, I have to be telling people that their is a company that produces vehicles in nigeria.

hope it does not end up like distell that is now stalled

manchy7531:
Ok I made it to 200......happy victory for GEJ and Ndigbo

why must you put gej in this?

maestroferddi:
I really don't see the sense in discrediting Dr Ikpeazu on account of T A Orji's maladministration and shortcomings.

I have listened to Ikpeazu speak. I was impressed with his grasp on issues. He will make a capable governor.

Dr Ikpeazu comes from the academia. He was said to have bagged a PHD at the age of 27. He has also lectured in several universities in Nigeria.

The last time Abia had a semblance of responsible governor was in the Old Abia under Ogbonnaya Onu so who knows what Dr Ikpeazu can do.

Granted that Alex Otti has some level of popularity. But he is also a sort coming to reap where he did not sow. Abia politicians consider him something of a rookie/new entrant who should pay his dues before making the ascent to the governorship. Many also view him as a supplanter that wants to deviously covet the governorship slot zone to the Ukwa Ngwa axis. His relocating to Ngwaland hardly hid the fact that he is from Arochukwu.

your last paragraph is one of the problems we have in this country...what do you mean by paying dues and reaping where he did not sow?others that have 'reaped and sown' and got to power in abia how have they left abia?if you do not believe abia needs a radical change from the nonsense state it is now then you do not know the potential of that state...in the end it is the electorates that have to decide and not politicians .

In a free and fair election he will win

Remarkable:
No doubt GEJ and Oti have been acquainted for a while... thing is, while Oti was in Abuja, fraternizing with GEJ and receiving awards as OFN or whatever it was... Ikpeazu was back home in Abia working for the people, cleaning up Aba and laboring with locals... any wonder why groups are lining up behind him? Ukwa east , ukwa west, obioma and isiala ngwa egc. Oti just came at the wrong time, sadly for him, its a competitive Ngwa son that is his challenger (unlike what we have at the national level)

intergral:
But I lie? Everywhere you go u'll see an igbo man there and they claim they want their own country. Don't you that if you go back to your states it will be over populated... I also believe that if Aliens try to enter 9ja igbo man will follow him to his planet to do business!

I am talking about indigenous igbos in delta and not all these things you wrote up there as I am not interested in those.

intergral:
No even think am!!! I repeat NO EVEN THINK...
INFACT NO TALK MAKE PEOPLE HEAR YOU!

keep deceiving yourself

intergral:
All this igbo people do you think that if nigeria will be separated that you will still remain in other people's land, look at how you people have over populated delta for us... From asaba to warri down to sapele and Abraka...... Una go talk true yeye people.... Shuuuuu!!!

overpopulated delta indeed as if there are no indigenous Igbo people in delta

PapiWata:
Would that be a control tower to direct the landing of UFOs, since they might be better equipped to understand the significance of that disembodied hand reaching up to grasp the cosmos ?

papiwata abeg ooo

onyfrank:
BREAKING NEWS........HAP
PENING NOW..CALL TO
CONFIRM THE GOVERNMENT OF ABIA
STATE SENT MILLITANTS
TO DISTRUPT CAMPAIGN
ACTIVITIES OF DR ALEX
OTTI IN ISIALANGWA; Trouble started when
all venues meant to be
used for Town Hall
meetings by APGA were
locked up under the
directives of the state government. While Dr
Alex,s convoy was
about to locate an open
venue , hired militants
began to throw
dangerous weapons such as stones,sticks,
etc and blocking
different escape routes
within Isialangwa up to
Ntigha , Preventing Dr
Alex Otti's convoy and huge supporters from
leaving the venue.
About two of the
Militants have been
arrested, and the crises
is still on at the moment. If we recall,
Ginger Onwusibe has
been TC Chairman from
Isialangwa South, is this
how they want to
impose Ikpeazu an unpopular candidate on
the peopleMust
they spill blood of
defenceless Abians to
impose Ikpeazu
Ngwa turn, ngwa turn is it by BLOOD

funny
I heard Chris nkwonta was also attacked in obingwa

onyfrank:
If the President's wife
can visit Umuahia and
tell Abians to Vote for
her Husband as
President for second
term BUT urge them to vote for a candidate of
their choice for
Governorship post
because the PDP has
failed in Abia State,
what other evidence do Abians need to make
the right choice come
April 11 ? T.A Orji's misgovernance
is an embarrassment to
his Party and they
won't waste time
anywhere to reject him
or his stooge. Do not allow those who
wish Abia to remain
bedevilled by
godfatherism & bad
governance deceive
you. KooKooRooKooooo
oooooo !!!! Its a new
dawn!!! AAA all the way!

are you sure this incident about patience happened?

Imo would definitely be a flashpoint with apc okorocha,pdp Ihedioha and apga iheanacho having almost equal footing

Abia would be a flash point because of the incumbent hell bent on retaining the seat against the intruding force of apga's otti

onyfrank:
If the President's wife
can visit Umuahia and
tell Abians to Vote for
her Husband as
President for second
term BUT urge them to vote for a candidate of
their choice for
Governorship post
because the PDP has
failed in Abia State,
what other evidence do Abians need to make
the right choice come
April 11 ? T.A Orji's misgovernance
is an embarrassment to
his Party and they
won't waste time
anywhere to reject him
or his stooge. Do not allow those who
wish Abia to remain
bedevilled by
godfatherism & bad
governance deceive
you. KooKooRooKooooo
oooooo !!!! Its a new
dawn!!! AAA all the way!

dud this actually happen?

lastpage:
It is a very long story, if we are to really do justice to it.
To be honest, reading a few books, from different angles (as each author will be a bit biased, one way or another) and then sifting the truth and summarising, will give you a better perspective of that war.

But trust me, it started from perceived injustice by the Igbos, (since the british handed over the country to the Northerners, who were not wise enough to understand that "Fairness and Justice" are required to prosper a nation)... which made them think, WRONGLY THOUGH, that the solution is to wipe-out the Norther political hegemony from the nation (Igbo-Ironsi First Nigerian Military Coup!), what followed was a short period of Igbo domination of the nation in all spheres, Civil Service, Military, Political, e.t.c
This opened the eye of the Northerner to the use of military for coups!

The Northerners retaliated in a counter-coup and also tried to wipe-out Igbo Political/military leaders.
They did not stop there as there was "deep-sited" animosity for Igbos, resulting from the first coup (Recall that Northerners have far less educated leaders amongst them, compared to the other Ethnics in Nigeria, killing them off in one fell sweep was really a game changer!).
They also murdered Igbo-Civilians in the North, just like happened recently.

Based on the above, Ojukwu felt the best option was to pull out of Nigeria and form Baifra but the devil is in the details, .....bearing in mind that crude Oil has just started selling in commercial Quantities at Oloibiri and Ojukwu felt, Biafra will own all the oil receipts, not minding that is was in the south-South (Though he "forcefully conquered" this region ...current Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Cross River and Akwa Ibom as the was progressed).
Ojukwu knew the federal govt will never allow him to annex the Crude Oil meant for the whole country, to his own Biafra alone (even that thought alone is a reflection of the greed of the Igbos!) but Ojukwu's calculation was that the Northerners who are his principal enemies, acnnot fight wars on TWO FRONTS.

So, he sought to incite the Yorubas to secede as well.
Now, the Yorubas were also having a rough deal from the Northern dominated military Govt but secession was a whole new game.
You need preparation, strategic arms storage and supply, friends in the international community, arms supply guarantee, food security, e.t.c.

The Yorubas knew they were not "ready" for a war, based on the indices l mentioned above..... and told Ojukwu so.
Ojukwu, out of self belief and probably with an eye on the "Prize" (oil) still went ahead to declare the war.
His calculation was that he could force the Yorubas into a "suicidal secession" (at that point in time) by bombing the South West!...which he did repeatedly, conquering as far as Oore town in Ondo State.... with Yorubas just warning his to desist.

The rest is history.

I will still urge you to read books on the War, from all sides of the divide (Igbos, Hausas, Yorubas) to get an all-round perspective of the war, its origins, the intrigues and how it ended.

Lastpage!

dishonesty with facts can be extremely dangerous...i know you have one or two things against igbos from the way you write but never twist facts to suit your mindset..

First there was nothin like south south then as what existed then around where eastern,western,midwestern and northern regions.


Delta and Edo were part of the Midwestern region and not part of the then eastern region that made up the defunct Biafra.

lastpage:
Having read ALL the comments before making my own post, a few things stick out glaringly!

1.) As usual, "most" Igbos are showing that if given the opportunity, they will "genocidically erase" all Northerners from Nigeria, their hate for the Northerner is probably worse than the hate they have for Yorubas..... but then, who does the Igbos dont hate?

2.) Most Igbos are very pretentious and like to act like the Ostrich which buries its head. Every single post made by an Igbo... was focused on blaming Ahmadu Bello, the man their kin murdered.
They blame him for building an expensive house when in fact, that house was just an "ordinary storey building".... common among the middle class of those days. My own Grand Dad, a local Doctor/Physician, owned one in our village since the 1940's! You dont have to loot to build that sort of house, in the 50's and 60's. What they do back then is have a "viable business" which brings in money.

3.) Not in one single Post did you see an IGBO person "admit that the "Igbo Coup", which installed an Igbo head of state, by the name Aguiyi Ironsi, was an ETHNIC CLEANSING which murdered EVERY PROMINENT HAUSA in Government and REPLACED THEM WITH IGBO PEOPLE..... and it marked the beginning of the "tribal war" which we are still plunged into, till today!

4.) Not one single post by an Igbo son would admit that that "terrible act of ethnic cleansing" by IGBO SOLDIERS in the Nigerian military, led to a "reprisal Coup" of Northern Soldiers, which in return killed the Igbo head of State, Aguiyi Ironsi...... and eventually led to the Biafran Civil War which decimated the Igbo population.

The problem with most Igbo nowadays is that their young ones dont READ their HISTORY (they would rather hop on a luxurious to Lagos, to come and Hawk!) but only listen to the "word of mouth" from their old folks, who are too ashamed to TELL THEM THE TRUTH, about the initial mistakes they made ....and how it led to their lot in the Nigerian Nation.
Instead, what they tell them is what perpetrates "Ethnic Hatred" further.

Bottom line: Igbos initiated these spectre of mindless killing and bloody Coups in Nigeria. End of story!

I make bold to say that "the next Presidential election on March 28 is a do or die" affair for President Jonathan... and even more so, the entire IGBOS!
The same "winner-takes-all" ......and "losers-get-buried" attitude and actions they took back then in the early to mid 60's, is EXACTLY what they are doing now whereby "IF" the result does not go their way, then they have no "fall-back and no where else to run to" .... EXCEPT RESULT TO ANOTHER BRAINLESS WAR OF SEPARATION WITH PREDICTABLE RESULT!

Ndigbo as a people and nation, must undergo a paradigm shift in their moral value of "Money is God" and everything is about "short-term gains".

Lets us discuss issues, real issues and not this pettiness that lacks substance.

Lastpage!

Caveat: Lastpage is a Christian and a S/Westerner...... if that has any bearing on the discuss?

not sure why you quoted me for all what you wrote as I simply replied that guy based on his belief that all was good and well in the Nigerian polity then where as he is dead wrong..don't care about your origin or religion as it gas no bearing to what I said

spyder880:
Standing on the top of Nsude hills and looking at Ninth mile corner, the green walls are the proposed Guinness plc factory site. http://amazingviewpoints..com/2015/03/turning-ninth-mile-corner-to-industrial.html?m=1

Guinness wants to build a brewery plant in Enugu?

bamite:
all dis igbo ppl crying over the past 'smh'.. If u lyk try wat ur grand fathers did again nd face d consequences. Dis tym it wil be total annihilation
Pls just shut it already!

keep quiet if have nothing meaningful to say instead of diplaying high political ignorance

omenka:
This is the reason I find it very disgusting when they keep screaming "Buhari is a dictator and a murderer, Buhari jailed xyz and put abc under house arrest". It seems the amnesia runs very deep. They murdered the gentleman for no just reason and a lot other brilliant chaps in that coup which was the first in our history.

Perhaps its time we revisited that incident.

I am not sure you know anything about that era and the intrigues that were going on that led to that coup..the main problem with that coup is that no prominent eastern politician was killed but for saying that there was no reason for that coup means you are ignorant of what was brewing that time.

ozoigbondu:
So our politicans has been stealing right from independence cos bello was a teacher before he became premier

well you may need to read Nigeria's history to gain full knowledge of what was happening back then..there is the story of the 10 percenters then...however I am not sure if it was ahmadu bello's private home or northern region's govt house

ozoigbondu:
Comapared to what our polthieficans are building now this is nothing

compare that house to the average man's house then...my brother that was a mansion in that era

venatus25:
Please make your comment comprehensive.

the article is a satire...meaning she is actually praising rochas instead of what you feel she wrote