₦airaland Forum

naijacentric:
see arrogance dats why in ugep n ikom in cross river u guys were hunted down i heard ijaws too dont like u guys somefin must be wrong oda tribes cant be just paranoid for notin.

u certainly dont know ur history....show me link were igbos have ever been killed by the ss....mumu man
ijaw dont trust us yet gej surrounded himself with igbos

naijacentric:
sharap dia i av stayed in dat region for a while n mind u lagos is mini nigeria try to be logical neva reply wif impulse

lagos is afonja land bro....come to the ss or se and talk nonsense....unless u come from edo or delta (non-igbo part). u guys can go with Yoruba if u want.

surprising u say u dont trust us yet since 1970 only the igbos have got ur back in nigeria...unintelligent things

DaBullIT:
I understand why Motherfuckers are angry


OjuFraud died a fraud, Nigeria gave him a befitting burial even if he didn't deserve it , We got to know he was was family fucking swine , with several children out of his known family


It would please you asswipes if he got an award instead , but guess what ? You mofos are never getting any award because you are nothing but hate propagating flatheaded lizards , if you knew the significance of this award, you would literally thank Baba Awolowo

Take it or leave it


Yoruba race is the reason why Yeebos still exist in this Country and the only glue hold the 3 pieces of Nigeria together

resurgent2019:
This is very true. I wonder where they get the energy to hate. Its baffling really.......

yorubas never understand anything. of course u are the glue holding nigeria together....but guess wat an average igbo man wants to do to that glue? yes u guessed right eventually igbos will win...even if it takes 100 more years

kingzizzy:
The senseless war you Nigerians caused. Ojukwu only fought to defend his people

The rest of you Nigerians fought to enthrone the caliphate as your masters

muykem read this response over and over again. i know it will take u sometime to grasp its real meaning. ojukwu fought to defend his people and lands...what did yorubas fight for? u fought to enthrone hausa over the rest of nigeria....including urseves. no wonder no other nigerians were strong enough to fight for u when they came for ur abiola

muykem:
He allowed emotion to overtook his reasoning like average IPOB member. He refused to do a proper analysis before leading his people to senseless war. Biafra region became a conquered territory, thank God for general Gowon declaration of "No victor No vanquished"

naijacentric:
I trust my niger delta people dey are better on their own if under the easterners dey will be marginalised na today the average niger delta person is suspicious of an easterner no be today

so says someone living in sulurere lagos. enter p.h talk wetin u just talk

ebujany:
Dude, take a chill pill, abakalikis are Igbo's too. Stop this act of urs. It only keeps dividing us...as for the sit at home, bro its not by force...but I think its the right thing to do if your a business personnel. Closint your shop for a day won't hurt but for people like us that are gainfully employed, we have to be in the office while our spirit is with our brothers

u believe he is Igbo? Dude that was calling se an erosion ravaged red mud gully in another thread? Nawa u o

gidgiddy:
The 36 states cannot be the federating units of Nigeria, the 36 of them were created by the military. If it is agreed that there will be 3 Regions in the North and South, they must be decided by referendum. The reason for this is that the Yorubas of Lead a might want to join their kit and kin in the South, the Igbo speaking people in Delta and Rivers state might prefare to join their kin in the Igbo Region as well as the Igbos of Benue. The Ijaws of Ondo might prefare to be in the Niger Delta Region and so on and so forth.

However, more important than all this is that if there are to be autonomous Regions, the constitution has to be changed. For the constitution to be changed, a 2 thirds majority vote is needed in the national assembly

With core North(NW&NE) controlling about 40% of the National Assembly, and have vowed not to allow restructuring, how will restructuring ever be achieved?

Restructuring is waste of time in Nigeria, the core North are against it.

I feel u bro. i only suggested that the 36 states should be federating units to the regions, while the 6 regions should be federating units to the center. the 774 lga should be scraped. The north will fall in line if the south wills the big stick of southern unity and open, official revolt

Xander85:
For you to still want to hold on to the 774 LGAs, i'm guessing you're a northerner.

And besides, there's no restructuring that will be done without giving people a choice as to which region state they want to belong to. Right now, we have a situation where people were told by the military (and a few scheming politicians) which region/state they should be in. Freedom to choose means just that...freedom to choose!

no no no. the 774 lga should be scraped pls. i will never suggest holding on to them. am just saying the elected chairmen should transition to 774 regional assembly legislators.
|I'm igbo and yes i feel u on the 2nd point. I want ss igbos to be part of se

As the picture below shows, the six geopolitical zones need to become six authonomous regions, with an elected government. Other reforms can be in the following forms;
A suggestion on how restructure can be;


1. Recognise the six geopolitical zones as federating units and let INEC conduct elections to elect their governors. Name the SE zone as Biafra state, SW as Odu'a state, SS as Niger Delta state, NC as Middle Belt state, NW as Arewa state, NE as Kanuri state.

2. The current 36 states will become metropolitan areas and the current 36 governors will become Mayors. Scrap entirely the current 774 LGA arrangment. The current LGA chairmen will go to the new six state assemblies as legislators. The councilors will be dissmissed.

3. Return Ilorin and Kabba to Odu'a state. Asaba, and other Igboid part of SS should be conceeded to Biafra (to quell unnessesary agitation). Ijaw part of Ondo should return to Niger Delta state. The fulani part of Kwara and Niger go to Arewa state. Nasarawa should go to Kanuri state. The Christian part of Taraba goes to Middle Belt state.

4. The offshore oil belongs to us, therefore we must share. The 36 Metros should still get what they are currently getting, while the new six states should now get what the LGA where getting before. So a state will get only the amount that would have accrued to the LGA it had before. The oil fields found inland should however be ceded to host communities. The assets of NNPC and NLNG should still belong to FG but must be treated as a private company when minning oil found inland.

5. Some NPF police officers should be transfered to state service as state police. Same should be with some prison wardens as state prison officers. Many of items on exclusive list (such as energy and power generation) should be moved to concurrent list to allow states participate. Only defence, foreign affairs and currency operations should be exclusive. Because of this, the oil revenue share retained by the FG will decrease to give more to the 6 states and 36 metros.

6. Increase the number of senator to 115. The extra 6 should be one first class king from each of the 6 states. Such as the sultan, ooni, obi, oba of benin etc. The new 6 states should have houses of chiefs to be made up of the remaining top monarchs in the zone. Any monarch not included should be considered irrelevant and derobed. The office of the Senate President and his deputy should be discontinued. Let the Vice President double as Senate President while the majority leader acts as his deputy.

7. Some LGA Civil Servants should be absorbed by the new states, the rest should be dissmissed. Federal roads should also become State responsibility, while airports, Seaports and railway should remain with FG. All seaports should have equal status.

By this, agitations will reduce grossly to give government at each level chance to do its job. Also the unaccounted waste by the current 774 LGAs will stop. The FG by this arrangement sheds power, but not enough to make it irrelevant. Also traditional rulers start actually working for the Nation to compensate for the millions they cost us. By this also Biafra would have been given to my Igbo people, Niger Delta would have been given to SS and Odu'a would have been given to SW.

fk001:
Some people will never get tired of unnecessary nagging.


We all need each other the south without North will be like Togo or Benin republic likewise the north without the south will be like Niger republic.

Its not unnecessary nagging. Its re-awakening. We have suffered so much in your hands; not because you are stronger or smarter than us, but simply because of our own lack of unity in the south.

The south doesn't really need the north if we want to be sincere. Why does the south need the north? Agriculture? If agriculture is just the food we eat, who was feeding the south before one Nigeria? Also cant the south buy food from you if we divide? You are the ones who need us. Remember what led to the amalgamation in the 1st place? Has anything changed? In the olden days, the south supported the northern economy with sales from cocoa, palm oil and coal. Today the south is still supporting the northern economy with sales from crude oil and VAT. Why oh why do we need u? Lets go our separate ways, the south wants to be like Benin Republic, no wahala.

As I said, history wont be kind on Awolow and Azikiwe. But as it is today, history may not be kind on Tinubu, Obasanjo/ GEJ, Ekweremadu (the new leaders of the south). These guys are making the same naive mistakes the former southern leaders made

The nation needs restructure so that we can diversify away from Niger Delta oil, but the southern leaders are doing nothing about it. The southern leaders need to fight for this just the way the north fought for and got sharia. The north has been winning while the south has been loosing since 1967. There has never been a political union of the south. PDP was East/north alliance, while APC is West/North alliance. We need to unite politically and get restructuring. We the south will benefit from a restructured Nigeria in the following way.
1. The Niger Delta will own 50% of their oil
2. The south will own its internal security and no longer have to wait on the north to tackle certain sensitive issues of security
3. The north will develop their agriculture and the country can eventually benefit from it
4. We in the south will have full control of our economy
5. We in the south can unite politically in a regional Nigeria.

In 1957, the 3 regions of Nigeria had a rare window of opportunity to go their separate ways as different Nations, they didn't. Today we know that was a monumental mistake for the Eastern Region. Ironically, oil was discovered in 1957 in the Eastern Region. The political actors of the East then could have insisted on going it alone at that discovery. Today, the least willing member of One Nigeria in 1957 (The Northern Region), is now the highest beneficiary.

Niger Republic has a low HDI of 0.353 and a low GDP per capita of $440. Niger Republic is probably the worst country in the world. North Nigeria Republic (or whatever name they would have chosen as an independent Nation) would have been worse than Niger Republic, especially because of over population. Today the North is not just part of a Nigeria finance and powered by the south, they are actually the rulers of Nigeria.

History will judge Awolowo and Azikiwe harshly if history decides to be honest. These two people could have carved out their region from Nigeria and gone ahead to position them as Africa's trend setters and trailblazers; shortsightedness did'n allow them see that one Nigeria is bound to fail for so many obvious reasons.

Saviour22:
[color=darkblue] and yet the east is a hell much worst than a sh*t hole, u are a joker [/color]

the mumu u quoted is actually a yoruba guy. check his old posts. and ur response is exactly what he wanted to see. Igbos are too busy to be as petty as u fools

Okoroawusa:
Buhari is working

Its not Buhari. The data is from 1997-2017

Its worth noting that Nigeria has indeed made progress since the military era which left every sector and city in rot.
ppl quickly call PDP party of thieves, but that party has moved Nigeria ahead the most as at today if we call the Military a political party (which indeed it became).

ppl are quick to post nostalgic pics of Nigeria in the early 60s and wish we can go back to that time. Niggero please! Apart from Lagos, most of Nigeria then were bushes. Is that where u want Nigeria to remain.

I am a core Biafran apologist because I believe we can be better as a ppl if we form countries based on shared ethnic, culture and religious homogenity, but Nigeria is so much better today in infrastructure and life in general than it ever was, and we can all be proud of that and hope for better improvements still.

Mynd44 move to FP please

According to the report by CNBC Arabia, Qatar achieved an average rate of 10.5% compound annual growth to come on top of the world. China ranked second with an economic growth rate of 9.1%, Ethiopia third with a growth rate of 8%, India fourth with 7% and Nigeria fifth in the world with 5.8% growth.

Nigeria which recovered from a two year economic recession recently had been on growth steroids previously, reaching an all time high of 10.59 percent in the third quarter of 2010. Nigeria became the fastest growing economy in Africa and 3rd fastest in the world in 2014, until recession hit in 2016 when growth went to an all time low of -13.98 percent in the first quarter.

Ethiopia, Africa's second most populated country, is now the fastest growing economy in Sub-Saharan Africa this year, according to new data from the IMF.
Ethiopia's economy is predicted to grow by 8.5% this year. The figures signal continued economic expansion following a long period of impressive growth. In the last decade, Ethiopia has averaged around 10% economic growth, according to the IMF.
To boost the economy, the country is pursuing a number of large-scale infrastructure projects, including the Grand Renaissance Dam and a railway network.

Though Addis Ababa is fast becoming a major city, comparing life indicators between Nigeria and Ethiopia still tips the scale in favour as Nigeria:

Nigeria Ethiopia
1. GDP $460 Billion $87 Billion
2. Population 185,989,640 102,403,196
3. Per capita Income $2,376 $927.39
4. HDI 0.514 0.448
5. Current growth 1.9% 8.5%


Pics 1 Addis Ababa

pic 2 Lagos

http://www.gulf-times.com/story/592313/Qatar-tops-world-with-10-5-average-growth-rate-for
https://tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/gdp-growth-annual
Lalasticlala

GavelSlam:
Ordinary constitutional provisions you cannot provide yet you are salivating like a rabid dog.

deomelo:
Typical ignorant ipob rubbish..

We have 3 co-equal branches or arms of government for a reason.


Village square education is bad for you villagers..

I hope u remember this ur post when the tide turns bro. Your APC wont be in power all thru ur lifetime... not to talk about forever. Say the same thing when u are siding the senate against a tyranical president

Its simple. Saraki and Tambulwal should cross carpet to PDP and help defeat the dullard.

Saraki will retain his seat as senate president till 2023.

Tambulwal whose tenure ends in 2023 will position himself as Senate president.

Osinbajo was never a pastor. He may be a prof. But pastor? Nah! He is just another mutivational speaker who get paid for giving speeches in church.

A pastor who is serving Tinubu? You cant serve 2 masters at a time. Its in the bible. Tinubu is a criminal and so is osinbajo

btee13:
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Can c an history student with very poor orientation, plz preach unity not division, although wat is happening in middle belt is not pleasant at all. Plz understand that the problem is that we possess very many selfish and bad politicians who want us to have same orientation u are exhibiting here.

1st of all...prove what i said wrong...with better arguement

yorubas supported Gowon in the killing of Igbos because their brother Awolowo was vp

Yorubas are also supporting Buhari in the killing of Middlebeltans today because their son is vp

Why does yorubas hate other tribes so much

Alariiwo come and see your brothers developing Enugu Awon prophets

When kanu was alive...now people can no more unite against the fulanis.. sad

ISLAMBAD:
I don't even know who is who on nairaland. I had to quote him for the sake of nairaland visitors that will come and swallow his comments without doing further research .. You know, nairaland visitors are more gullible than members.
I am speaking from experience... When I was a visitor, I used to see nairaland commentators as intellectuals which is not true

lol...i can relate

Lakeside79:
Use google.sir it's free

post it here guy...or shut up ....pure yoruba man lol.

Lakeside79:
Dude all I .quoting is what the leader of the secessionist movement ipob is on record saying multiple times. He said biafra geographically is just the south east , but as an ideology can extent even to Abuja .. records are there where he said this

Ibos can live anywhere but the leader who founded the mordern biafra struggle said geographically biafralamd is the entire South east only .

You are not Mr Kanu so.how.can you be telling us where biafra is?

You and I are not ibo nor are we the founder of the mordern biafran struggle so what is your head ache ?

Why must you convince us to believe the leader for the struggle.of the new biafra was wrong and you are right ?

show us where he said it...bring the video here

If igbo wants to secede alone, it will be called Republic of Igboland... not biafra and it would include ss igbos

If we are talking about biafra, it includes se, ss, a tiny part of benue

Pic 1 Igboland Republic

Pic 2 Biafra Republic

ISLAMBAD:
He never specified SE that was created by politicians, he said ibo land. Go back and listen to all his interviews . Wipe your ears this time .

Lakeside79:
Iboland is south east he specified south east you are just looking for what doesn't exist

u get time Islambad...cant u see that the person u are quoting is an igbo hater? Leave him alone bro....his arguements are childish enough to insult him without ur help

Strikethem:
[/s]Pained igboman, the op even fumble for mentioning igbo to contaminate Yoruba name. Who doesn't know you people the perpetual slave of the shithole. Yoruba deported you back to your region, you wailed n come back, they gave you notice in the north, you went to ICC. That is a trait of typical slave.

u really believe this shiit u just typed...or u were just angry at the person u quoted?

Yoruba people go wish say make this new no enter front page