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occam:
What issues? kindly tell us. The war happened over 40 yrs ago[b] so you need to tell us about this unresolved issues all these years[/b]

BTW you still haven't answered question. What did this man do to impact positively on the lives of Igbo people between 1982 - till his death? He returned to Nigeria in 1982

why are nigerians still shouting for a sovereign national conference?

Was a cessation our only avaliable option?! NO!! But Ojukwu, hungry for power, filled with anger and his blood pumping jumped to the conclusion of pulling out of Nigeria.

i am suprised that okija juju said nothing about the reneged aburi accord in his long post.

DRANOEL:
@ torch 1

i weep for you, clearly your mental capacity is not balanced!

[b]the aburi accord and subsequent war were spill overs of the declaration of biafra by ojokwu,[/b]but this is difficult for you to understand because the objective part of your brain is sticking 'round your a.rse

aburi accord a spillover of the declaration of biafra

man pls keep your ignorance in check.

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=815257.msg9675964#msg9675964 date=1322812212]Ladies and Gentlemen, the worlds famous Ogbunigwe (popularly refered to by biafran apologists as a guided surface to surface missile). This weapon was best known to the biafran soldiers as the widow-maker cos it was known to kill both the handler and more often than none miss the target.

With such crude weapons, I wonder if most of the deaths on the Biafran side during the war were actually done by the Nigerian soldiers or caused by "friendly fire/ogbunigwe-suicide".  [/quote]nigerian soldiers did not kill anyone.they simply stood and watch the ogbunigwe as it killed biafran soldiers.

Toll on Lekki-Epe expressway to commence Dec 18
On December 2, 2011 · In News

By Jude Njoku
LAGOS—Barely one year after tolling was suspended on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos State Government and the concessionaire handling the construction of the 49- kilometre road, Messrs Lekki Concession Company Ltd, LCC, yesterday announced December 18, as the new date for commencement of toll on the ever-busy road.

Governor Babatunde Fashola had on last December 29, suspended the collection of toll on the road after persistent public outcry, especially by residents of the area. The suspension was, however, lifted by the governor during the presentation of the 2012 budget to the State House of Assembly on November 14.

Announcing the new commencement date at a joint press conference by the State government and concessionaire, the Managing Director of LCC, Mr. Opuiyo Oforiokuma, explained that the rates announced before the suspension late last year, remained unchanged. Similarly, he said toll would for now be collected at the first toll plaza named Admiralty Circle Plaza.

Oforiokuma, who was assisted at the briefing by Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, and the Special Adviser/Director-General, Office of Public Private Partnerships, PPP, Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi, had before the briefing, taken newsmen round the alternative route provided for those who might want to by-pass the Admiralty Circle Plaza. Such motorists according Gbeleyi, are expected to veer off the expressway before the plaza into Yesufu Abiodun Oniru Road, down to City of David Church and Market back unto the expressway.

The LCC boss explained that the suspension of tolling on the road was to enable the state government provide the alternative road.

On the toll to be charged, Mr. Oforiokuma explained that vehicles plying the road had been graded into six categories. He said the normal toll for Class M (motorcycles) would be N50, while saloon cars and tricycles will pay N120, Sports Utility Vehicles, SUVs, minibuses and pick-up trucks, N150, commercial Danfo mini-buses, N80. Continuing, he said Light trucks and 2-axle buses will pay a toll of N250, while heavy trucks and buses with two or more heavy axles will be charged N350. He advised motorists who ply the road on regular basis to go for the electronic mode of payment, called e-tag and swiftpass, to save time and money.

The Information Commissioner debunked the insinuation that Fashola suspended the collection of tolls on the road in order not to jeopardize his chances at the last governorship election. He insisted that the suspension was made to ensure that a motorable alternative road was been provided. He said: “We have met everything that the residents complained about and I can assure you that nobody will be shortchanged in the transaction.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/toll-on-lekki-epe-expressway-to-commence-dec-18/

PointB:
^^^^
You have a point there, it looks fuzzy, but then I believe the budget should have the full details.

the full details are needed.the whole story is just not clear.

PointB:
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Imo proposes N190b for four-year rolling plan

From Charles Ogugbuaja, Owerri

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha has sent a four-year rolling plan budget of N190 billion to the Imo State House of Assembly for approval.



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The proposal sent to the Assembly on Tuesday and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, states that the State Executive Council had met and approved the figure to provide some essential services to Imo people within the period.

According to the proposal read by the Speaker of the Assembly, Benjamin Uwajimogu, the budget would have roads gulping N45 billion, another 15-kilometre road project in each of the 27 local councils to cost N35 billion, construction of 10 industries at the cost of N15 billion, construction of new gate fitting (N15 billion), monumental (N29 billion), building of befitting hospitals in each of the local councils in the state (N15 billion, and construction of model primary school blocks in each of the 305 wards and 100 secondary schools blocks in the state at the cost of N20 billion.

Also included in the proposal is the building of the permanent site of the Imo State University, Owerri, within the period at the cost of N15 billion while N10 billion is voted for the Government House.

Uwajimogu constituted a joint legislative/executive committee to handle the proposal. Membership comprises the House Committee Chairman on Budget and Appropriation, Eudora Igwe, as the chairman. Other members are Stan Dara, Simeon Iwunze, Ikenna Eme, Ngozi Pat-Ekeji and Samuel Anyanwu. Members from the executive arm of government are the Commissioner for Finance, Chike John Okafor, Permanent Secretary, Poverty Alleviation, Obinna Ufomadu and Economic Adviser to the governor, Nick Opara-Ndudu.



http://odili.net/news/source/2011/dec/1/10.html

i do not understand.is this for capital projects identified or what?

i do not like the sound of the bolded.

sheyguy:
dullard . . . . i meant there was calm "relatively". Meaning that though the awareness of competion 4 oil was there shld there b a break up as proposed earlier. The ibos actually jumped the gun and they are living to regret it today. . . . .it's no one's fault but the ibos'.

see who is calling someone dullard  someone that cannot organise his thoughts well  ,from 'there was calm' to meaning relative calm.if it was an exam you will just fail.

haha living to regret it?if only nigeria was a developing(forget developed) country and progressing well then your assertions would hold water but in this situation we all are in? we will all enjoy it together.after all poverty index across the 6 zones proves it.

are you talking about being president?hehe i can see how northern presidency has changed the life of the average guy in the north or how obasanjo's presidecy changed the southwest to eldorado or how jonathan's presidency has turned your niger delta to dubai.

can this woman pls close her mouth?

lagcity:
for where? Yoruba never seeks alliance. we are not Igbos who want ppl to hold their hand. Yoruba was killing hausa in Ibadan in 2000 and Igbos ran away . i mean the thing no even concern igbos yet they ran away, so what shld Hausaman do when igbos are running away? very funny cowards.

exactly why should they be there when the issue does not concern them?you want them to be caught in the middle?unlike in kaduna where all from south was fair game?

Torch1:
And they were speaking Igbo language for us to believe them? Huh!

i simply said that they were shown on tv as opposed to you saying the story is fake.whether they were igbo or not i cannot say since non spoke.

sheyguy:
i agree wit u on going through some history a second time, because b4 the oil boom awareness there was calm in Nigeria's politics, once the oil came these ibo tried to be too smart, the north must av seen this ambition in the ibos and i quess that was enough to make the north aggrieved and heigthened the tension between north and the east.
The ibos wanted to quickly ensure an upper hand in the race by eliminating the yorubas (who used to be allies with the ibos and will potentially shorten their ration) along with thier northern rivals.
Thanks so much . . . .lol

how do you coorelate the bolded with the bolded below

sheyguy:
u beta have the time mr. ibo clown pretending to be a decent NLder, the whites where still in charge but there was tension already the ibos/yorubas against northerners in kano. I warned u not to twist history and u did, i guess that's just who u r.

if there was calm in nigeria politics before oil boom as you said initially how come you are now saying there was tension already btw the igbos/yorubas against northerners    are you organising your thoughts well 

lagcity:
Ibos have the biggest loudmouth cowards in Africa. Can someone pls tell me when Massob puccies are gonna pick up AKs and fight like men? Stop screaming "nonviolence" when you are being shot like antelope. even the re.tarded 20 naira naija police are smart enough not to mess with OPC.

yep the same way yorubas in kaduna were crying in 2000 that the igbos in kaduna at that time did not help them from getting slaughtered by the hausas in thst deadly riot.

sheyguy:
What do you mean by "you have no idea about your history" there the oil was discovered well before independence however it took some years for full awareness of it full potential on our economy and the scope of it availability, it took time for everybody to really realize its full implication if there should be a break up of Nigeria into northern and southern Nigeria. Asha 80 have u Iboo guys twisted that part of History also? ? ?, please oh don't oh . . . . for ND sake, . . .lol

i do not have time for you and your cohorts ethnic bashing here.i simply wrote that if you think at before 1956 that there was no tension in nigerian politics(even before independence as the whites were still in charge)then you do not know your history

jason123:

why the emoticon?

ChinenyeN:
I see. So this Peter Obi. He speaks for Igbo now?

what do you mean?it was a request he personally made.i do not see how that equates to all igbos.

Torch1:
Ha ha ha! Saharareporters and thier fake news, only fools with cow brain will believe them. Who didn't know that Saharareporters=Igbo-phobians, Just look at the lists! Am laughing out loud. No wonder only fools on NL believe this trash,

they were actually shown on tv

sheyguy:
i agree wit u on going through some history a second time, because b4 the oil boom awareness there was calm in Nigeria's politics, once the oil came these ibo tried to be too smart, the north must av seen this ambition in the ibos and i quess that was enough to make the north aggrieved and heigthened the tension between north and the east.
The ibos wanted to quickly ensure a upper hand in the race eliminating the yorubas (who used to be allies with the ibos) along with thier northern rivals.
Thanks so much . . . .lol

you have no idea about your history

logica:
A typical Nigerian has no clue but will say "are you sure about this". What do you think that means? If you don't know, "are you sure about this" means you doubt the veracity of my claims, and that you know it isn't true because you have better information. If you don't know, simply say you don't know or ask for my sources.

my saying 'are you sure about this' was just for confirmation of my fears.

logica:
If you read widely, you will not be asking me this silly question.

Even more sure, considering that the same Gowon did not understand what he earlier agreed to when he met Ojukwu and later reneged. He's a dunce.

http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/NorthCounterCoup.htm

ha typical nigerian.i asked a simple question and insult follows

logica:
Clearly when states were created, "viability" or self-sufficiency was not a consideration. Even all the so called "Oil Producing States" could not be considered viable at that time as the "Oil Boom" came much afterwards. So the only reason the states were created was division. Laws were then put in place to make the center so strong and in control of all the resources of the country, and to be doled out using a "sharing formula". Is that what a federation is?

I keep repeating this, but it's not surprising that Gowon came up with this strange interpretation of a federation. This was the same man who had to ask what a federation was after the counter-coup of 1967 when one of the planners of the coup made the suggestion.

are you sure about this?

na wao more borrowing

FG to get N80b loan from Chinese Govt for Abuja Light Rail
On November 30, 2011 · In News

Abuja – The Federal Government plans to obtain a soft loan of about five million dollars (N80 billion) from the Chinese Government to complete the Abuja Light Rail Project.

Mr Ahmed Wadada, the Senior Special Assistant on Project Monitoring and National Assembly Matters to the FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, disclosed the plan in Abuja while speaking with newsmen.

Wadada said the rail project was important to the FCT administration, adding that the loan was part of the contractual agreement that would better the lives of Nigerian through the execution of projects.

He said that the problem of funding had been taken care of, as fund would come from Nigeria. The remaining is a soft loan from the Chinese Government and the process would soon be concluded.

The senior special assistant said the fund would soon be made available, adding that both governments had concluded the process concerning the soft loan.

Also speaking, the Project Manager of the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company, Mr Charles Chang, gave the assurance that the company was committed to executing the job as expected by the Nigerian Government.

He said that out of a total of 96 culverts needed to be constructed on the rail right of way, only 26 were ready while 35 kilometres track was completed out of the 64 kilometre track.

He said that the construction of the sleepers had reached an advanced stage, adding that coaches, as well as five bridges for the project were ready. (NAN)


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/fg-to-get-n80b-loan-from-chinese-govt-for-abuja-light-rail/

Otu nne:
as you know, the farm is/was death, they are doing everything possible to make it functional to its maximum capacity. So far, i think no company has reached their valuation of the farm. They are asking for about[b] 3.5bn [/b]annual rentage, but before then, the farm has to be functional.

what i heard was 2.5bn.not sure if that place can generate so much revenue to sustain that annual rentage unlike what adapalm is capable of.

CyberG:
Manchy. . .you make a good point but you ruined it with your first phrase by attacking the same person Ojukwu said expressly: I DO NOT AND HAVE NEVER BLAMED AWO FOR ANYTHING. That piece of history is here on NL and you must have seen it, so how did you get to your conclusion? Please, let us be respectful and appreciate other people's positions. I was not even here when all these troubles were brewing and I am sure MOST ardent commenters were not as evidenced about a thread here not long ago. I ask you one question: Did you ever see the raw video of what the Soviets did to Berlin in WW II? That can only be done when your intention is to completely annihilate everything human beings, buildings, everything - not just kill a few and take prisoners. Did you know that even the Nazis would rather be captured by the Americans than fall into the hands of the Soviets? Death was almost sure either way but have you seen a person killed so hard there is nothing left? Please, for goodness sake, let us leave all this trouble behind.

In my opinion, the cost of breaking up Nigeria by war or violence is so high it is unpayable and will possibly last a very long time so much so if victory were ever won, it is would be a Pyrrhic victory and the conditions for even a sustainable attack: an overwhelming superiority in men, fighting equipment and intelligence gathering that tells precisely what the other side would do.

i have always wanted to see raw footages of that.

Otu nne:
my brother cool down, if you dont know, ask question. Adapalm is currently employing 2500 youths, avutu modern poultry employing 2500, the newly established imo contruction company 2500, imo state govt is also employing 2500 science teachers. What else do you expect, rochas is talking much, but he is even performing more. It is better you talk and perform, than not doing anything at all.

if i am not mistaken the bolded outfit issue has not been tidied up like the adapalm that was done a few weeks ago a la roche group?

presido1:
Now you have said what is in your mind. Even the thread u opened about ITC smells fishy. Dudu gaa owerri were anya gi huru if u are still doubting which i believe.

nwanne i am not doubting what he is doing after all i see it on tv but i think he should pipe down on the tv thing for now until maybe after a year.the itc thread i opened was because of what i heard and at least i was clarified on what actually happened.

after ohakim spin propaganda tire man head spin

yawn

the governor should stop the psychophancy.he should focus in his job and stop the tv propaganda

sunkoye:
Africans will always be Africans. I stands to be corrected but i have not seen a war waged without the leader's selfish interest. i have also not seen a good war.the major difference between Hitler and ojukwu was the scale of the war. whereas Nigerians calls one hero and the other devil incarnate. Africans are always ready to protect their  own irrespective of their criminal activities and tendencies.when ojukwu was in a  mood to wage a war, He should have asked a little boy this questions! is it on a just and re sonable course? must pple die because of his Ego? is the timing right? cos i wondered why he never stayed and let himself be captured if he had really loved biafra.  all this commonsensical thought was not in place for a would be war lord. poo! shallow mind he rushed to fight with little resouses . Everything was ill conceived and the consequence was to get a close attention from Nigerian Army. peeps, that was suicidal.and should be punished! Nigerians are too soft(follow follow too much)!. imagine papa ran  leaving his children to face the consequence of his actions and inaction. why must we celebrate such a person of cowardice behavior. what is the difference between him and our thieving politicians that put the cart before the horse! As a Nigerian and irrespective of where i come from, i will always support a revolution that will unified the country not one that  will had it break up.Period!

goodluck on that and i doubt if you know what led to the war

infomine63:
Ojukwu was suppose to apologize to Nigeria, the tribal segregation today in nigeria he was one of those that champion it, what was his mean aim for the war, which no one today is claiming responsible.
we must not celebrate evil.

you obviously know next to nothing about your country but i do not blame you but the educational system that we run.

Otu nne:
there are about 42 road projects going on in owerre now,(when i say owerre, i mean owerre municipal alone, including nekede, amakaohia and akwakoma. Owerre west and owerre north excluded, even though work is also going on in these areas). In ikenegbu, new roads are been opened, old ones will rehablitated likewise amakaohia and akwakoma, so many illegal buildings, have been marked for demolision, while some has already been demolished. In owerre main town, every road there is been retared, infact it is remaining just few roads. There are many other road projects which i cannot mention now, because am typing with phone. Even in nekede, work is going on almost everywhere.

govt should tackle that naze-nekede-ihiagwa-obinze road.that road is a disgrace.a road that has 3 federal institutions along it and udenwa and ohakim did nothing on it.


also he should look into ikenegbu extension,prefab roads