₦airaland Forum

dayokanu:
FCMB has 5 ED, 2 are Yoruba, 2 Non Nigerian 1 Obaseki

Anything wrong with that?

dayokanu:
I was answering this question.

Now you answer the reverse

Please let me know how many Yorubas are EDs not a ceremonial NED in Fidelity Bank.

NOW TELL ME A BANK MORE TRIBALISTIC THAN FIDELITY BANK-(OWNED BY IGBOS)

honeric01:
^^^^^

Since i don't, why not tell us?

dayokanu:
^^ The fact is that Skye Bank has an Igbo ED, Unlike The Igbo owned Fidelity Bank

honeric01:
^^^
So you're the only one who's got info on the Jos crisis abi? you're the only one who have access to vanguard? lol,

Guy, drop it, i can't type long sermon. I watched on news yesterday women from jos protesting at the government house, demanding that the soldiers should leave Jos.

When there were so soldiers, the same people called for security, now they have soldiers, they say they don't want them again, what exactly do they want?

(though the soldiers aren't good either, but at least they are likely to handle emergencies better than an ordinary civikoko.

Pornodude:
THANK YOU MY DEAR FELLOW. YOU ARE INDEED WELL VERSED IN ABIA STATE POLITICS. I GUESS HIS ANTICS IS TO CURRY THE FAVOUR OF THE NGWAS AND GET BACK AT T.A ORJI FOR HIS BETRAYAL. THIS JUST SHOWS THAT A WILD ANIMAL BEING RESTRAINED BY A LEASH IS STILL A WILD ANIMAL AND CAN ALWAYS TURN ON ITS TRAINER. WHAT IS THE ASSURANCE THAT IF THIS NGWA GUY WINS, HE WOULDNT JUST TURN ON KALU ORJI?

ABEG, ABIA STATE POLITICS IS A POLITICS OF CONFUSION

(PLS BEAR IN MIND THAT I AM AN ABIAN, AMAEKPU, OHAFIA LGA)

ikay88:
OMG!! Never thought they'd be so many.
I really feel their pain though.

republicreport.com/jos-killing-fields-a-descent-to-lawlessness-written-by-jude-owuamanam/

GAR3TH:
This is sad, may the Woman rest in peace.

But why did the Mob burn the bank and the cars? what do you gain from rioting and destroying other peoples property? Some times I wonder how people reason. Yes a person died, but it doesnt give you permission to destroy property.

In addition the taxi drive should also be held accountable

Mrs Ibiye Asime Ekong - Executive Director

Kobojunkie:
Not a stretch at all. You fail to factor in the NIGERIAN MINDSET in  your analysis of Christians there. In Nigeria, people like Adeboye, bakare etc are semi-gods already. Even the politicians(thieves and none) go to kneel before these men to pray, and so it makes sense to assume these people, and many other Nigerians who already give their all at the alter of the churches run by these men, to vote whomever their pastor supports.

Chris Okotie, does not have as large a following as Adeboye, Bakare etc can boast of so that explains why the man is still unable to gather up enough votes for a win. However, Bakare, I believe has admirers even in the Adeboye camp, and since he a respected pastor in many circles, it is not a stretch to believe he could get a lot of Christian votes for the ticket. I definitely can see a lot of our "zombie" christians voting for the ticket simply because there is a PASTOR onboard.

Abiriba has achieved tremendous success in business and industry but has not been very active in politics

Obiagu1:
@ asha80, it seems you didn't understand what I was talking about. It's not about competing with them in their deveoped cities and towns, rather is about developing new towns and  cities on our own which may bear Igbo names.

I want future Igbo generations to study me like Eri is being studied. When you hear about a town in Gabon with an Igbo name, then know that it is that guy you were discussing with on NL. My thought about migration did not start together, only the thought of Gabon came up resently.

PhysicsMHD:
@ asha 80,

This is what happened in Cameroon. Cannot possibly be compared to non-Igbo Southern Nigerians:


"ON I February I96I, the southern part of the British mandate in the Cameroons voted, by a large majority, to leave the newly independent federation of Nigeria and join instead the Republic of Cameroun, successor- state to the French mandate. A major factor in this plebiscite was fear of Igbo domination in trade, education, public and private sector employment, politics and social life. Igbo had begun to move into the Cameroons in the I920S, and by I955 there were nearly io,ooo Nigerians in the two southern- most divisions of British Cameroons, most of them Igbo or Ibibio. This immigration had been facilitated by the fact that, ever since the League of Nations had assigned mandates over the former German colony, Britain had administered the divisions of Victoria, Kumba, Mamfe and Bamenda as part of south-eastern Nigeria.1 With the approach of independence, local re- sentment against the immigrants strengthened demands for an end to the Nigerian connection.2 There were indeed some grounds for this resentment, but politicians actively exploited ethnic stereotypes. The nature of these is illuminated by the novelist Chinua Achebe, himself an Igbo. He points out that Igbo culture was receptive to change, individualistic and highly competitive. This gave the Igbo an unquestioned advantage in securing the credentials for ad- vancement in colonial Nigeria. The Igbo were bound neither by a con- servative religion (as were the Hausa), nor by a conservative tradition (as were the Yoruba), and were correspondingly quick to make use of the opportunities created by the white man's civilization. Unfortunately, the Igbo's success bred in them pride and indifference to the feelings of others. Added to this was showiness, noisy exhibitionism, and disregard for humility and quietness. All this excited envy and hatred.3 Another writer has associated Igbo openness to new ideas with the adoption of new standards, an eagerness to be in the mainstream of progress, and an ambition to be noticed. A recurrent feature of Igbo life is a spirit of open rivalry. The man to be admired is he who has wives and children, bestirs himself, and makes money. The humble gentleman is not respected. A further aspect of the Igbo stereotype is 'aggressiveness '; this has been attributed to a combination of high population densities and an absence of large-scale social or political organizations. Characteristic of the Igbo is an egalitarian belief that there are no social and class barriers to self-advancement.4 Increasing contact between Igbo and other cultural groups tended to generate unfavourable stereotypes of Igbo behaviour. What the Igbo took to be virtues were liable to be regarded by others as weaknesses. In the light of values characteristic of many Cameroonians, the Igbo seemed self-centred, obsessed with wealth and lacking in respect for traditional authority. These supposed failings were in no way compensated by Igbo readiness to work hard; if anything, this only tended to exacerbate ill-feeling towards them. It was all too easy to arouse anti-Igbo sentiment where they seemed most threatening, especially in the towns of Victoria, Tiko, Buea, Kumba, Mamfe and Bamenda.5 The Igbo came into the Southern Cameroons in various ways. The first were government employees who had to accept whatever posting they were given. Others left home to work for expatriate firms. Some came to work on the Nigeria-Cameroons road; of these, some died on the job while others returned home, repelled by their working conditions. But the most resilient persevered; they followed the road into the Cameroons and settled in road- building camps. In the course of time, they brought their families and began to farm the land around the camps. Eventually, the road-builders diversified into trade, at first part-time and then full-time. "

Obiagu1:
Why do you think they'll not want us when 10% of Gabonese are already Igbos and other easterners?

Obiagu1:
@ PhysicsMHD,

Which kind argument you dey do sef?
How can a reasonable people choose Cameroon, 19 million, over Gabon, 1.5 million and expect to have influence in Cameroon?

Walahi, I tire for you oo!

Moreover, you've substantiated my claim that we won't have problems in Gabon. An Igbo in Cameroon was accepted as one of them, why won't Gabon?


I have at least 5 Togolese friends from both North and South and they all said that every Anago are non-native, they are all settlers. Anyway, leave the Togo and Yoruba own for now.

Obiagu1:
It's no longer the case of developing  our present homeland, that would have been the case but we've been roped with some useless people that'll never let us be. Forget development in Nigeria, it will not happen.

PhysicsMHD:
Empty for Igbos, or empty for Gabonese?

Once again, there is such a thing as nativism. It's a very real phenomenon that has NOTHING to do with Nigerianness or non-Nigerianness. It's worldwide.

If you succeed in convincing the ferocious, aggressive, warrior-blood Fang dignitaries you meet with that they should allow their state and homeland to be co-opted by a foreign element, good for you. If you don't succeed and try to set up a base without the go-ahead from the masters (not allies, not economic partners, not co-equals, but the owners) prepare for anti-Igbo decrees and measures to be taken. The Southern Cameroons did so in response to a much smaller influx than whole cities/colonies.



If your proposed colony is only about 100,000-200,000 people you might have more luck, although it probably wouldn't meet your goals, but don't do it all at once.



And if you do go to negotiate with the Fang, suggest a mutual Gabonese + Igbo cities, not Igbo only, and with no Igbo political control, only economic. If you low-ball it like that you won't be rejected outright because they might see the wealth and expertise skilled Igbo professionals could bring and allow it. Otherwise you'll just be laughed at.


And when you set foot in Libreville to negotiate with the Fang, make sure to hire some local security. There's no telling what could go down in a discussion with war like people with cannibal fever.