₦airaland Forum

nduchucks:
Why would this constitutional provision remove your attachment to your land? Land ownership is not affected by this. Even with your attachment to your ancestral land, anyone with money can come and buy any piece of it today - that will not change with this new constitutional provision.

On a brighter note, it will eliminated discrimination against people born in any state as far as benefits accorded to indigenes go. No one should feel threatened by less discrimination.

I think you misunderstood the provision because you wrote "...but making state of residence that of origin, is detrimental to our way of life as africans." The provision contains no such stipulation. For now, it affects people who are born in a particular state, not those who reside there.

You can buy land you can build a life anywhere you want to in this country but being born in a particular locality dosent make you an indigine of that place. Oga this is not America, ours is not a country of immigrants, its a country of diverse ethnic nationalities. Not in a hundred years

wickyyolo:
Talking rubbish. Shift

Arent you an indigine of someplace your ancestors came from? you are entitled to live anywhere you so desire in this country but no indigineship rights for you outside your ancestral land. you can only dream about it

standupguy:
Your way of life as Africans which has achieved what exactly? Tribal wars, ethnical politics, regional violence and loop holes for foreigners to incite tribals against each other.
Friend, please the world is moving and these are things keeping us back.
Even the ancient Greeks and Romans whose history and ancestory and known world wide for ages have moved on.


And I also hope you are against the gay bill,because it's also not our way of life in Africa. If not then you are the best hypocrite of all times

Oga this is neither Greece nor the roman empire. Nigeria is a country of diverse ethnic nationalities, each one of which is connected to its land by history, culture and ancestry. While Nigeria is a country and all her citizen's should enjoy equal rights, nobody should be granted indigine rights where he or she has no ancestral roots. Go to your ancestral lands and claim what is yours. Where i come from we don't sell our indigineship for any price. That so-called constitutional amendment wont pass

walton1:
deceive yourself but he drives around with bullet proof cars and escort

jona-daft the commander in thief approved an enhanced security outfit for him after the latest attempt on his life. Also all former heads of state are entitled to some kind of security arrangement, including jona-daft when we send him back to otueke next year

I am a christian too and I endorse GMB for president to rescue our country from the claws of jonathan and his PDP

Ibnsultan:
“if I’m voted into power within the next four years, the issue of power will become a thing of the past. 4 years is enough for anyone in power to make significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything even if I am there for the next 4 years.” Jonathan said this while interacting with diplomats of the UN Economic Commission for Africa

Did you believe him?

Mynd44:
You mean there is a waiting list

so it seems

Why is this jonathan guy such a crook?

mikeansy:
Mr discipline and mr anti-corrupt that collects 27 million from bank without due process!

yes just like jona daft who collected $20 billion with due process

Keneking:
JonaTAN must go next year...

Amen o

yes but https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/169762-presidential-aide-abruptly-closes-poll-as-jonathan-marginally-overtakes-buhari.html

wickyyolo:
I don't like commenting. But I have to tell you this is a great idea. Thumbs Up

its a bad idea. Any Nigerian can live and buy property anywhere he or she chooses but indigineship is not for sale

barcanista:
Happy Birthday Sir Yakubu Gowon.


I salute you for dealing with that bearded man that calls himself ojuKwu

Now isn't this just classic

barcanista:
Happy Birthday Sir Yakubu Gowon.


I salute you for dealing with that bearded man that calls himself ojuKwu

Now isn't this just classic

PervyByNature:
I'm scared, I'm tireD, I feel like I don't have anything to live for. My whole world just turned around. There is peace in death and I want to escape all this pain. Nobody seems to care. Or maybe they will if I'm gone.

Look my friend, in the name of God I beg you, before you do anything rash, rush to the nearest hospital and see a psychiatrist because it seems that you suffer from severe depression. Don't be ashamed, its an illness caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain so its not your fault you feel this way. Ok o

Whether Goodluck likes to hear it or not, he is seen by most Muslim masses in Nigeria as the most pro-Christian president. The CAN and the wealthy jet trotting pastors the nation is shocked with have never had it better. This has tainted PDP as a CAN party. For that most Christians will still vote for Jonathan despite the deplorable state of the nation and gross misgovernance from share recklessness and incapacity. He is still better to them than Buhari.

Balkan:
we are all one Nigeria. Where ever you stay should be your state. I have seen in Lagos Ojo side where two Igbo men are councillors.

One nigeria

one Nigeria? Yes, indigineship for settlers? No. We will never accept this. Whatever goes on in Lagos is your problem but when you try to impose your 'Lagos' model on the rest of the country, especially us core northerners, then they'll be a problem. No indigineship for settlers

nduchucks:
Its too late buddy. This provision will make it into the constitution of this great country - the deal has been consumated.

Look my friend I normally agree with you on most issues but making state of residence that of origin, is detrimental to our way of life as africans. We are un avowedly attached to our ancestral lands especially we northerners. We're not about to tolerate any settler become indigine nonsense anytime soon. Guy our state houses of assembly have been mandated to reject any such proposal. Sorry

nduchucks:
If none of the recently adopted amendments to our constitution is ultimately adopted, I'll be satisfied with the adoption of this singular provision, which was also approved:

a citizen of Nigeria is an indigene of a particular community of a state in Nigeria if he was born in that state

Some of us fought very hard during the constitutional review committee hearings to get that provision in the final prodI congratulate all of my partners who fought in their own little way to make this possible.

It is a first step towards eradicating unnecessary discrimination, archaic custom and tradition which has kept us in the stone ages. The time will come very soon when Chukwuma will become the Governor of Lagos and a Shekaru can become the Governor of Abia.

Long Live this great country!!

This must NEVER NEVER happen. Not in a hundred years

Mr cramjones you are a marked man. The powers that be have taken a vow that you be silenced. You can ask that 'oga' that runs this place if you're in doubt

Just imagine the 'akuya' saying that "corruption isn't Nigeria's major problem" or "ordinary stealing and you are calling it corruption". The guy is unbelievably detestable

The military and govt lied to us period! The bastard is still alive

The fuul is bleeped up, dumb,inept and corrupt. His days in aso rock are numbered

Yeripa! Jesus christ from today I'm no longer a member of the Anglican communion

we have a great crook as a president

egift: Tell Jonathan to use the Front door during the day and stop climbing people backyard fence at night in search of illegal arms. grin grin grin

If they need any military gear, he should go to the manufacturers and stop the 3rd party illegal deal.

well said

ihejirika shege boko haram general

Well I guess we're resigned to 4 more years of the drunk old thief, and I mean jonafool

our opposition to Jonathan and his corrupt, incompetent regime should never be construed as support for boko haram. We just see him as the weak and incapable commander in chief that he is.

The most crooked, incompetent thief the gods have ever suffered to walk the earth, that's GEJ for you

Straight to The Hague in a pair of cuffs

The BOKO HARAM General Ihejirika must be brought to justice

meanwhile
http://saharareporters.com/2014/09/01/boko-haram-takes-over-bama










eports emerging from Bama, in Borno State, indicate that Boko Haram militants have taken over control of the city.

The state’s second-largest city was attacked earlier today by the militants. That first attack was initially repelled by Nigerian troops, but the militants appear to have returned in greater force, leading some of the soldiers to follow fleeing civilians in an effort to escape. Nigerian soldiers

Residents are saying tonight that Boko Haram has completely overrun the city and hoisted its flag in the city center.

A Nigeria military statement credited to General Chris Olukolade didn’t offer much hope for Bama, as the terse statement merely stated that the attack on Bama was “being repelled.”

An intelligence source said reinforcements were underway to Bama from Maiduguri, but our own sources said only a few soldiers, in four armored tanks, were seen near Yezaram River. He added that the unit was in no way capable of re-taking Bama from the militants.

SaharaReporters had reported earlier about soldiers fleeing the battle into Maiduguri after being overwhelmed by the invading Islamists. Their barracks also received friendly fire from an Air Force jet.

Over 100 injured soldiers are receiving treatment at the MRS Hospital in Maimalari Barracks. Several soldiers have died while others are still missing.
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