₦airaland Forum

slap1: Are you from Mbaise? If yes, when last did you visit? Ihedioha is responsible for at least 60 percent of the new roads that are currently being built in Mbaise. From Ife, Ezinihitte; to Aboh and Chokoneze. You can inquire from those at home. The boy done good.

slap1: Some of them rig their way back, others give back to their constituencies, like EMEKA IHEDIOHA (IMO STATE GOVERNOR, 2015), while others go there to bark and show-off, without making meaningful impact back home. Patrick Obaghiagbon was popular and 'active' in there, littering the chamber with Latinized, jaw-breaking, head-shaking, retina-weakening English. During elections, his people voted him out. Grammar doesn't fix roads or give scholarships.

odumchi: I don't think most of you guys understand the real dangers of industrialization and urbanization. I'm not saying that we shouldn't urbanize ir industrialize, rather I think that such things should be limited to certain areas. Like someone said, urbanization is not the same as development. A rural community can still be developed without being turned into a city. In Afam's words, "God forbid a Nigeria without villages."

I honestly don't want my own rural community to become a city. I don't want us to be outnumbered by foreigners (as in the cases of Aba, Onitsha, Lagos and etc.). I want my community to remain the place where I can go to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. If development is to come, let it come in the form of roads, schools, electricity and pipe-borne water. We don't need large factories or mills. I'd prefer my community to be rural or suburban, but never urban.

As for employment, I think that in every refion, governments should designate specific sites to concentrate commercial and industrial development. An example of what I'm saying is my current suburban community. Although not fully urbanized, we are not impoverished or undeveloped. We have all the amenities that urban dwellers have, but at the same time we haven't sacrificed tranquility and order. Most of our employed citizenry work in the nearest urban center which is 25 miles away.

xtianh: OP@ Go and ask Iwuayanwu why that road has not been fixed. Iwuayanwu insisted that he fixed that particular road some times during the past administration but was not paid his full contract sum. Since then he vowed that no other contractor will work on that road till his money is paid back to him.

CFCfan: I believe the jobs that will be created in the new cities may limit the growth of Islamic terrorism.
BTW, Enugu is creating a new "Lifestyle City" on over 1000 hectares of land.

billante: To balance the anambra North agenda, APGA should throw up the soludo/Obaze candidate..... so everybody will not feel cheated and happy.
No party can defeat dis combination

kross_01: For Ngige to claim Anambra now enjoys 24hrs power supply is being mischievious on his part, i dont even want to visit his claim that power supply/transmission is his constituency project, he can claim Enugu - Onitsha expressway construction as his personal project as well for all i care. I'ld be more relaxed hearing Awka south now enjoys 24hrs UPS & not Anambra. Nnewi of all places dont even enjoy up to 21hrs UPS daily. And this is in no way disputing the fact that power distribution has greatly improved over time.

payless: We all have right to say anything we have to say. Yorubas have left the North in large numbers. Why must Igbos remain there after all these violent acts against them? Na by force to do business in the North?

Afam4eva: Pls where's Soludo from?

malele: @asha pls leave this ur average anambara north matter all i want is the best person to win in my state and develop it accordingly.

kcjazz: We like to tribalise and spiritualise our problems. Yes the constitution gives you the right to live anywhere but you also have to respect traditions and laws of your hosts.

Onitsha market closes on Catholic holidays (Nov 1, Easter) I don't see other religion or Christian complain about it, why cos it is a culture.

There are some markets in Igbo land that still follow the Eke, Nkwo, market day and no visitor dares go against that.

Try to buy a land as an Hausa in Enugu and see who will sell to you

Fact is Lagos is a tolerant place and if we can't follow the little babaloja leadership issue then yes go back to our village. Yes we are good traders and sellers but it doesn't matter if you have no customer so please park well.

kcjazz: We like to tribalise and spiritualise our problems. Yes the constitution gives you the right to live anywhere but you also have to respect traditions and laws of your hosts.

Onitsha market closes on Catholic holidays (Nov 1, Easter) I don't see other religion or Christian complain about it, why cos it is a culture.

There are some markets in Igbo land that still follow the Eke, Nkwo, market day and no visitor dares go against that.

Try to buy a land as an Hausa in Enugu and see who will sell to you

Fact is Lagos is a tolerant place and if we can't follow the little babaloja leadership issue then yes go back to our village. Yes we are good traders and sellers but it doesn't matter if you have no customer so please park well.

abagoro: You know I'm far from being partial and try as much to reduce sentiments even if my family member is involved. Nzeribe might not have done much or might as well be guilty of some negative political misdeeds but what he spoke about lack of unity on the part of Igbos is very true.

@asha80, I don't know much about the so-called "Njiko Ndigbo". I only feel we need a platform to launch ourselves into political relevance.

Abagworo: How could you write such about Nzeribe? His descendants are already successful even without making much noise. I believe he said the truth and Igbos should have a voice before being regarded politically as a force. Maybe "Njiko Ndigbo" could help us achieve that but as at today we lack unity and cohesiveness.

Kingsley1000: GBAM!...TNK GOD NEW AIR WILL SOON INVADE ANAMBRA...UP %SOLUDO

Onlytruth: I see your point but do you have ANY candidate in that Anambra North that can beat Ngige and this PDP's Walter Okeke guy?
Politics is about pragmatism, unless of course Peter Obi wants PDP to win (which somehow I doubt).
When I saw Soludo praising Obi the other day, the calculus came naturally; but hey I could be wrong though.
APGA does not have many money bags (thank God for that! ), so the only thing that can make an APGA candidate win is popularity. Is there any candidate in APGA more popular than Soludo (assuming he is in APGA now and I don't see why he won't be, afterall PDP is closed to him)?

Onlytruth: Nwanne, do you think that the following quote is conjecture? Is our newspapers that irresponsible these days?

billante: He has already delivered onitsha port! Next is 2nd Niger bridge,meanwhile the notorious Onitsha head bridge -Enugu expressway is witnessing a miraculous transformation!

And they say he is the worst president nigeria has ever had!!

Sealeddeal: i have said it severally that anambrarians will make great mistake if they fail to vote in Dr Ifeanyi Ubah come Nov 16th 2013

ilugunboy: Please add Joseph Odumodu (present DG of SON) to the list