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PHILipu1:
88 percent of electricity that we use in Nigeria and sell to other neighbouring countries are gotten from dams in the north.
We only generate about 12 percent from gas.

The question is where did the funding come from?

calebjoe:
You think? Super story

Consider it for a moment. Umahi is the chairman of the south East governors. He was among those selected in the London trip to see Buhari.
The federal government can't bring itself to the level of the presidency itself meeting Kanu for dialogue. I myself wouldn't support that as it doesn't portray strength. However, they can also employ their reps from the affected region to dialogue on its behalf which also saves face for them. At the end of the day it's a win win.

lordimmaogidi:
Ohamadike 1 of Biafra,soonest Buhari will b visiting to seek for dialogue

That meeting was actually the federal government itself, but it had to save face.

raker300:
Obiano never attends any meeting, why?

I know he wants anambra to be self dependent but no one/state is an island

I actually wouldn't expect him to attend this one with his main antagonist Nnamdi Kanu being the crux of the meeting.

RALPHOW:
Am not Igbo but I envy the last three Governors of Anambra State ( they are JEWS). GOD BLESS NGIGE, PETER OBI AND OBIANO.

Obiano has been a bit disappointing compared to the other two.
I'm actually sceptical if he can retain his seat at the rate things are going no thanks to IPOB.

MXrap:
Obi of Onitsha is the most powerful stool in the entire eastern Nigeria.


#Respect to the Obi of Onitsha

It's actually the Eze Nri, although the Obi of Onitsha is much more popular.

PrecisionFx:
Find the book ''The International Jews" by Henry Ford, The owner of Ford motors . U should be able to find it in www.Amazon.com.

Read this Scripture as well -

Luke 21:24 21st -

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Have the present day jews in Israel ever been led away into captivity as slaves in all nations of the world

Now show me the people on earth that have been led away to all nations as slaves........ Pls answer this.

watch this video too.

The proof is too strong.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2oYf5wZeJQ

Unfortunately I'm not able to access the book.

However, the Luke you quoted happened to the Jews, starting from the sacking of Jerusalem by the Roman empire around 67 AD, to the siege by the Byzantine empire around 600 AD and subsequently the Rashidun caliphate. This led to lots of displacement of the Jews.

So yes, bearing in mind the times then, they migrated away to places away from their home and a lot of them as slaves too.

Read this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(636–637)

At different points in history all of mankind has been led as slaves to different parts of the world by their conquerors irrespective of colour.

PrecisionFx:
"""And wen they like people like u who owns Australia, u will say white people....... well Europeans invaded Australia and killed/displaced the originals called "Aborigines", they are blacks.
Same goes with new Zealand who owns the land The Polynesia (reddish like American Indians) + some black's too.... The Europeans invaded, killed, maimed n displaced the originals, the owners of the land.
Canada nko U would say it's owned by white men, well sorry black American Indians n red American Indians are the originals...... same scenario as above.
USA nko? Same story, Europeans killed off n displaced / decimated the owners of the land.
Same happened in SA but failed, though the Europeans control n own everything from shop rite to mtn to multi choice to precious metals.
in modern Israel nko
europeans did same as well, went to the land of Hebrews, claimed Hebrew, suppressed the final black Hebrews remaking there n took over, also killed n occupied the palestines who have insisted that whoever has occupied Israel aren't Hebrews because Hebrews left as black's, they can't return as Caucasian men.
Bible Hebrews were black men n women, there were never Caucasian n would never be.....
http://www.angelfire.com/ill/hebrewisrael/printpages/phys.html
(Here is Bible proof).''''''



This is my reply as proof to someone else.

Let's keep to the argument and not take to stereotyping as I'm fully aware who Canadians, Americans and Australians were.

As for the link you provided, that's no biblical proof and in all honesty, their looks are quite debatable as they comprise blacks as well as the looks of the people of Palestine where they came to settle. For a people that were mostly normadic historically, one wouldn't expect them to all be whites or blacks just as you'll find Fulani people of white and black skin.

PrecisionFx:
Cut all that crap bro


If u want to see an all in one video that points exactly who the Jews are, gimme ur contacts let me forward it to u. Mr Ford(the progenitor of Ford motors) paid historians to trace who the modern day Jews are, after years of research, they gave him solid evidence/answers. The Jews are from a European tribe called the Khozars. u can read about dem. Jews today are not Bible Hebrews

And the biblical Hebrews all vanished into thin air? #justasking

PrecisionFx:
Wikipedia is an online article website that can be edited by any viewer........I hope I get what I mean.

On this type of topic, search for Scholarly articles, u will hey what ur looking for.


Also the people living in Israel today have no form of link with the Bible Hebrews. They are basically Europeans.

Although Wikipedia can be edited, it's still mostly correct on a lot of information as they are referenced to the scholarly articles you mentioned. That's why you get those numbers associated to some of the information.

Aside from that, I've read and watched a lot of documentaries on Jews. What makes them hated even in Europe and America is that to them it's not just about the religion, it's about their identity (their origin). Recall anti-Semitism.

That they've lived in Europe or America for centuries doesn't take away the fact of their origin, which is why they carry out DNA tests on people to ascertain their Jewish claims (eg Jews in Ethiopia). For example some blacks in the USA have traced their origins to countries in Africa (some through DNA, others simply by their name).

The people living in Israel today actually have links to the biblical Hebrews as well as others not living there. DNA doesn't lie.

PrecisionFx:
Link...

Closed the tab, but culled it from Wikipedia. The definition was taken directly from Google #jew.

PrecisionFx:
Please use any medium of ur choice n read up the definition of a Jew.

Jew (noun)
1. a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins to the ancient Hebrew people of Israel.

Traditional interpretation and variations.

The definition of who is a Jew varies according to whether it is being considered by Jews on the basis of religious law and tradition or self-identification, or by non-Jews for other reasons, sometimes for prejudicial purposes. Because Jewish identity can include characteristics of an
ethnicity ,[5] a religion, [6] or peoplehood, the definition depends on either traditional or newer interpretations of Jewish law and custom. [7]
Israel's Law of Return stipulates that a Jew is someone with a Jewish mother or someone who has converted to Judaism.[8] The Israeli Chief Rabbinate requires documents proving the Jewishness of one’s mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother when applying for marriage .[9] The Office of the Chief Rabbi (OCR) has underlined the basic principle that a child is not recognised by the OCR and other bodies as Jewish unless his or her mother is Jewish. [10]

Elbowroom:
You are brainless to think map don't reveal the truth

Either its double or single... Borno state alone Is bigger than the entire South East.. .
That's the point...

Mumu

I am going to ignore your insults as I was under the impression I was having a constructive argument with a mature being.

You only summarised my point in your second paragraph which was to counter the initial claim of the interviewee.

As for your first paragraph, educate yourself with this:
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Africa-so-small-on-the-map

nairalandfreak:
When Airtel rolled out its unlimited plan in July I was one of the numerous Nigerians who believed that it was going to be a huge relief to my data challenges. A week before I needed the plan I Int to deposit N10,000 at the Ilorin Airtel Shop
I'd like to state clearly that I am subscribed to [b]Airtel Unlimited 20[/b]which I bought, precisely on Friday 28th of July. I was given a MIFI
a SIM with phone no 08084517720 alongside the data plan.
Since I purchased the device I have not been able to use the product and I have had to subscribe to an alternative network as a back up for Airtel's bad service... this has caused me a lot of money has I have not enjoyed Airtel service for once in the last 27 days.

I have been to Airtel Ilorin contact centre over 5 times complaining about the issue without it being resolved. ( I'd like to state clearly without mincing words that you Shop Manager in Ilorin is TERRIBLE, without no iota of concern for customers) I have call records to prove this.

There was a day I was in Airtel Ilorin contact centre two weeks ago for 3 hours this same man refuse to communicate with me.

Eventually on Friday 4th of August an Airtel engineer was assigned to visit our office he came and attested to the fact that the network was not good despite the fact that an Airtel mast was opposite our office and there was no obstruction. I was assured that the issue would be resolved over that weekend.

But when I came to office on the monday following (7th August) I was shocked to observe that the network was still terrible.

I called the Ilorin contact centre shop manager to tell them the network is still bad almost two weeks after purchasing Airtel Unlimited 20.
When I called the manager I asked him if the engineers came to fix the issue as promised and all he said was "are you the only one experiencing the issue? and I replied his with "how am I supposed to know? He said go and ask people around you if they are experiencing the issue and he ended the call abructly!

I initially refrained from going public but when I contacted airtel via their inbox I was reassured that the issue would be resolved...
I like to state that it is a very long story but I dont want to bore you with it...

The important thing is Airtel kept promising me with diplomatic words that the issue would be resolved but precisely on August 16 while I was trying to make a follow up inquiry on Airtel Facebook I discovered that I had been blocked on Airtel facebook page.. I need to state clearly that I was neither rude nor insultive but Airtel decided to block me because they couldn't profer a solution to my complaint...

I called Airtel again and reported the whole issue and all they could do was reply me with the usual all inconviniecies are regretted.... bla bla bla
It is exactly 27 days today that I subscribed to Airtel unlimited 20 and it is expiring in 3 days time...the data plan was a waste and for complaining to Airtel.. I got blocked.

It is only in Nigeria customers are offered poor service delivery and get blocked for trying to air their view so bad!

It may be a long shot but.... sue them.

VoltageDivida:
Our leaders with their irrational thinking. Instead of using soldiers to enforce the demolition why not upgrade the market as the people are demanding.



RIP to the young ladd.

It honestly just had to be relocated. You'll only be able to assess it holistically if you are familiar with the environs.

Elbowroom:
You be mumu

Look at borno state map and look at Eastern states below

Ewu gambia

Maps actually don't present the true scale of things.

Looking at maps you may think US, China or Russia is as big as Africa (sometimes I believe that's what gives some Europeans and Americans the erroneous thinking that Africa is a country) but it isn't.

On the issue at hand, Bornu is approx 57,799km2 and the South East is approx 40,000km2. Now that's not even close to double it's size.

I really don't know what this Paul Unongo is up to but most of the information (at least 70%) in that transcript is false.

PrecisionFx:
Bros first of all Jews are not necessarily Hebrews or Israelites. A Jew is anyone that practices Judaism as a religion. While Hebrews are the people of the Judaism God in the olden days as reported by the Bible.

Egyptians today are not suffering and , they are also not less developed than Israel and the modern day Egypt are Arabs.


On a final note, who is Pharoah

What is his name??

Egyptian history is secured n well written n is over 5000 years old. mention the name of that Pharoah in the Bible let's know if he ever existed...

To be a Jew, you must be of the Hebrew/Israeli stock. Practicing Judaism doesn't make you a Jew.
Just making a correction.

Daboomb:
@bolded:
Anytime l see that ...l just laugh!
Who asked you whether you are Igbo, sudanese or who even cares sef!
No be only Yoruba, you are Ijebu sef!
or maybe you are the last born of Alaafin of Oyo, the one he had in Ozubulu town


As to all those stuffs you wrote about Referendum, just one thing you missed: All those countries/organisations have it in their Constitution that when things like these happen, "we would decide via a referendum".
Nigerian Constitution does not have that part.

I know you know, what a Constitution is.

the UK has an unwritten Constitution.

GoroTango:
The sharia police are established by law, unlike BSS that are a paramilitary organization posing a threat to the peace of the state.

And how did the Sharia law come to be established in Nigeria under Obasanjo?

9jatatafo:
So is praying for the departed right? will the prayers of the living have effect on the departed soul?

Yes of course and vice versa, except you don't believe in the afterlife.
Why did Jesus come in the first place and also descended into hell before resurrecting?

9jatatafo:
Did Jesus Christ ever taught us to pray for the dead? the bible clearly stated that the wages of sin is death and after death is judgement. Why offer needless prayer for the need? Praying for the need is useless and baseless

The death being referred to here (wages of sin) is that of the soul as all men shall still die.

ireneidiva:
Make her bed not 'lay' her bed abeg.

Lingua perfectionist spotted

erico2k2:
Ahah just listen to yourself
I got nothing but love for Igbos cos as far as I know the vast majority of them are hard working but few miscreants soar their names here and there but we ha e same everywhere .
Now name one town Igbos are not allowed to trade in peace and prosperity in Nigeria ?
Then ask yourself same why don't we have flurishing biz men trading frm other ethnic groups in Nigeria trading in Igbo land . I schooled and served in Enugu state ESUT . Go to thier main market IGBO %110,Arirai market dunno if spelt right Igbo %110
No need to even mention Onitsha . Then you got the ordercity to instigate statement like thus you poured up there .
Pre civil war my parents where using such words as Igbo domination in the SS hence less support from them.Yhe people in the SS saw the Nigerian army as liberators . So as things stand modern day Igbos should not make dame mistake as thier fore fathers . They should learn and create a benefiting geographical location . Start with your core Igbo states 4get Oil after all what has Oil benefited the people who owns it.Do this you will even have the support and respecrt of others who are not Igbos or
Ipob . .

No offense bro, you mentioned domination, not marginalisation.

Nonetheless, have you ever tried to investigate why the Igbo was so dominant in all the regions at the time?

Maybe a little research on commerce in pre and post colonial Nigeria would suffice.

piice:
In accordance with research, I could understand the likes of Russia, Canada and USA are larger than China in terms of landmass but have lesser numbers of people (I mean a crystal clear difference). Yet it still competes with them in terms of economy. In the same trend, India being amongst the top 10 largest countries and 2nd most populated country in the world is nowhere to be comparatively. More over, a country that doesn't find its place in the top 50 richest countries in the world doesn't not amount to the fact that its citizens are suffering,
everything (welfare of citizens) builds on a country 's projected economy in which China is obviously one of the best.
In a nutshell, in own opinion, everything still boils down to how a country' s leadership manages its resources to ensure the certainties of the security, welfare and even distribution of it(resources).

I still stand to be corrected as regards clarifications u know.

Actually only Russia is actually bigger than China at almost double it's size. Canada is also marginally bigger. However unlike China, most of their landmass (Canada and Russia) isn't habitable.

If you truly want to grasp the effect of rich economies on its people, just research a little on immigration Vs emigration in high populated countries. You'll notice that richer economies (not bigger) have almost negative emigration but higher immigration. For the less richer economies, you'll notice that the emigration far outstrips immigration (eg Chinese and India influx to the West/Europe)

This tells you that they aren't happy where they are thus they emigrate. No matter how well the intention, if any government doesn't monitor and control it's population growth with respect to available resources, it's going to have problems with providing and maintaining infrastructures and basic amenities.

If population was so sweet and translates to wealth then the West will open it's gates wide open. Instead they keep tightening the belt. Now you've got walls in the form of passport and visa to keep you out. They didn't need that when they all scramed off to present day America, Canada and Australia.

piice:
I respect your stance not because ur write up is long but because of its constructiveness.

I would have loved or supported ur opinion in its entirety through this evidently written write up if you had cited the most populated country on earth in relation with its development, as an example.
However, China before her advancement as regards technology was characterized by a larger population than Nigeria's.

I suggest we had better explore our naturally given resources that perhaps belong to the unborn babies. I think we should think out of the box and used their numbers to improve our technology.
Lastly, if we decide not to manufacture babies again talk less of reducing their manufacture, and our leadership is still characterized by mismanagement of pubic funds (corruption ) and uncreativeness, we will still be singing the same song as regards uneven distribution of resources.



Thanks

Thanks for sharing with my perspective in some ways.

You see, the thing with population is that people make the mistake of just counting the numbers.
The right way to analyse it is actually to compare it to:
- The landmass
- Available resources and
- Projected economic growth.

If you compare China as at then (the time you speak of) with regards to their landmass and available resources, to Nigeria now in regards to her landmass and available resources, you'll see that we are as populated as them. They experienced everything we are going through now before initiating population control which helped to augment their fight against corruption (the less children you have, the less the tendency to want to acquire more wealth).

Like I said before, population on its own is not a measure of wealth, take California for example, with a population of around 38 million, it is the fifth biggest economy in the world. Simply because they apply technology more than it employs human labour. Thus we need to lower our population growth to enable government spend less on sustaining them and then use the money to invest in technology.

You can also see by this analysis (considering landmass and available resources) the USA is even actually less populated than us. Yet they apply stringent measures to keep its growth under control. That's why every incoming president has immigration as their topmost priority.

PS: Food for thought, India is over a billion yet Japan at around 120 million and UK at around 56 million are bigger economies (Japan's population is projected to drop to 80 million by 2040, ours to rise to 400 million by the same time, it is clearly worrisome).
However big economy does not translate to being a rich economy. The richest countries are actually in Europe eg Norway, Finland (you can also Google the richest countries in Africa, you'll be surprised to learn that Nigeria isn't even in the top ten or top 15). The quality of life there (Norway and Finland) is much better than you'll even get in the USA. In other words, countries with higher population (respect to economic growth rate) tend to have lower equitable distribution of wealth.
Nigeria

hornyofife:
Read this and you will understand what is playing out...

www.nairaland.com/attachments/5761815_screenshot7262017112145am_png2d29392385fb580c9d7f7f0b74e80416

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Nigerians: "Igbo hate themselves...Hahahaha! They will kill each other in Biafra like South Sudan and Iraq."

Bola Ige was in charge of MKO Abiola Security, as soon as General Abacha died, Abdulsalami made him Liaison Officer to Abiola who was in custody.
Among other People, Pa Adesanya, Bola Tinubu, Wole Soyinka, Bola Ige and others were those behind NADECO and Radio Kudirat.

In early December, 2001, Senator Iyiola Omisore granted an interview where he accused Bola Ige of betraying Pa Abraham Adesanya and Yoruba agenda. He said, this was also how Akintola Williams betrayed Obafemi Awolowo. - Igbo will always betray their collective ambition for selfish gains!

In 2011, during the trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha he gave evidence in court in which he stated that the sum of 200 million US Dollars and 74 million British Pounds was disbursed by the Military Regime of Abdulsalami Abubakar to Yoruba Political Leaders including Abraham Adesanya, Mr Fashesun the founder of OPC and especially the members of NADECO (Tinubu, Soyinka and others) to abandon MKO Abiola and his political ambition for a new democratic election in Nigeria.
"I am not such a Yoruba leader. I am very embarrassed at the leaders who fed fat on a struggle that we were pursuing innocently." - Federick Fashesun the founder of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) responding to the Court evidence of Al Mustapha in 2011 - Igbo will sell their brothers for money!

In 2012, former President Goodluck Jonathan renamed Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike to Michael Okpara University of Agriculture - Igbo thanked Goodluck Jonathan.
But the same year, Jonathan renamed University of Lagos in honour of a Yoruba Patriarch and a Nigerian Democracy martyr, MKO Abiola, the whole Yoruba elites including Wole Soyinka, Tinubu and others rejected it on the ground that the University is too prestigious to be named after MKO - Igbo hate themselves!

December, 2001, Bola Ige - a Yoruba Political Hercules and former Attorney-General of the Federation was shot dead. Senator Iyiola Omisore, a former Deputy Governor of Osun State was fingered - Igbo are not united!

July, 2006, Funsho Williams the PDP Gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State Governorship Election was strangled and murdered.Many Yoruba including Femi Fani Kayode accused Bola Tinubu of being behind the assassination. - Igbo are not united!

January, 2010, a governorship aspirant Adedipupo Dina in Ogun State under the Tinubu led ACN was shot and killed. Many Yoruba politicians including Gbenga Daniel a former Governor of Ogun State has protested and asked Police to investigate Governor Amosun of Ogun State.- Igbo shall kill themselves in Biafra!

In 2014, Toyin Hamzat, a former Chairman of Ikeja LGA was mafianly gunned down in Lagos State. People even Sahara Reporters and Police says is a political execution.

Igbo shall kill themselves if given Biafra, please COMMENT any political killings, murders and assassinations of Igbo Politicians over disagreement on political interests, that happened in the South East since 1999.

Can you please share the source of those page extract. It's a very interesting read.
Thanks.

piice:
Forget about critical analysis bro.

If everyone thinks this way there won't have been the existence of generations to come.

His idea might be thinkable and reasonable but impracticable and unreal. This is natural. This natural.

U cannot block water ways but can path ways for it to avoid its disturbances.
The similitude to Ben's solution is like sweeping away runny water instead of stopping it from its source.

Take a step back and think deeply about this. His idea is actually reasonable and practicable. All the developed economies are practicing it.

A step back into history would make you understand better. Where we are today, Europe and especially the UK was centuries back.

Australia, USA, Canada, these countries are made up of UK and some Europeans that fled present day UK and Europe due to their population outstripping their resources (same thing that is starting to happen in Nigeria).

Then technology was "non existent" and human labor was in high demand and commerce was mostly agriculture hence human labor was highly valuable. Fast forward to the era of industrialisation and slave trade was abolished (machines became better and more efficient than humans and became a much better viable substitute)

In the modern global economy, if you seek equitable wealth distribution and other infrastructural development then you must invest in technology and control your population growth (every developed economy does this including the ones you envy and want to be like)

Our problem is that we've copied a system from the West but don't want to copy the sacrifice necessary to make it work. In the modern economy, every country is like a company competing with other countries. They've got less population and more technology, we've got more population but less technology. In the end they end up producing cheaper which is why we tend to import everything cos compared to them our cost of production locally is high (machines/technology versus human). Plus humans can never be as competitive as machines and are more of a liability (they put so much strain on infrastructure and other social needs eg health care, feeding, housing etc)

Now what he's trying to say is, just like the USA, Europe, UK, China, let's try to reduce the number of babies we manufacture while we try to put things right. Cos babies in high numbers puts a strain on everybody and society at large at the end of the day.

PS: The symbiotic malaise plaguing us is also the revenue sharing formula. It is Communist in nature and doesn't encourage hard work.
Also, we need to rethink our notion of government, cos the government is actually us and not some abstract entity. If you can't create jobs for 2 kids, you have no business fathering more than 2 as they'll become a liability to the society eventually. Just like a civil servant having 6 kids. They end up looting and engaging in corrupt acts.
The less children you have the more the quality of life you give them and that benefits the society a lot more in the end. Thus quality (the West/developed countries) and quantity (Africa/developing countries).

We all need to re-evaluate our psyche. We owe it to the next generation not to repeat the mistakes of our parents generation. They birthed children like their parents (our grand parents) who were mostly all farmers in a subsistence era of farming and were justified in the number of children they birthed. When their parents generation all got weak and died off, food became scarce as their generation didn't take to farming (yet birthed unjustified alarming number of kids compared to their counterparts in the West) that is among the chief reason of our fall from grace to grass.

piice:
After stealing all the money to cater and empower the born and unborn babies in the future.

If truly you are civilized, you should know more babies are assets to humanity.

And besides, I ave never heard you speak on corrupt policians being our problems. Anyway you are one them. Consequently, you have always been an hyprocrite who wants people to see him as an intellectual or an intelligent Nigerian.


I hate your kind of biased intelligence

Babies are not assets, they used to be before machines/technology&science. Enlightened minds are.
That's what developed countries poach from us, not babies. And it's getting increasingly impossible to keep them from leaving because all we have are 'babies' littered everywhere crying for this or for that.

Ben Bruce isn't a career politician, he's made his money way before deciding to go into politics to impart positive changes.

Analyse his comment critically and you'll see the truth in it. You can't expect to accommodate 2.6% with 0.8%. Something ought to give.

transient123:
China is over 1.2bn people and advancing in all areas of endeavour and still counting. Nigeria is around 180m people and all monies stolen, even future revenues are stolen.

Senator Bruce, Americans are almost 300m people and still advancing , don't you think population should be to our advantage if we are not stealing our birth right.

How did you birth silver bird? No be through NTA abi?

If only you reasoned a bit more critically, you would've been able to grasp his message.

China is over 1.2 billion people and they have already applied a control measure to ensure that their population growth rate tallies with their economic growth rate (one child policy). Can you make that sacrifice here in Nigeria?

The US is actually less populated than Nigeria when you analyse the environment critically (landmass to population ratio, as well as population growth rate to economic growth rate)
In the regard of landmass to population ratio, Nigeria is comparable to China. Meaning that we ought to also have applied population Control measures if indeed we are to match their economic growth rate and consequently improved wealth distribution (we will also need to get more technological to be competitive in the modern global economy)

Even the West applies population control measures too through laws, taxes and also mass hypnosis (YES, mass hypnosis through the media. Watch any western movie portrayal of a family and it's never more than 2-3 kids. The media has a great influence on our psyche. If in doubt, ever wondered why there's increase in the proliferation of churches in Nigeria? The answer is Nollywood and their penchant for fetishes. Tattoos? Music videos + Western movies)

Now the question is, what control measures have we got?

The population isn't really an advantage on its own. It's how you apply it. Even at that however, there's always a critical population mass that shouldn't be exceeded compared to available resources. Hence his population growth rate Vs economic growth rate comparison (ie 2.6% vs 0.8%).

I could go on and on but just mull on these few points.

AkinPhysicist:
Lies. Yorubas are have always been ready (mentally and economically) of restructuring. It is the Igbos and the North that are scared shitless:



Also, don't forget that it was an Igbo man (Ironsi) that put Nigeria in this FAKE federal mess. He did it to benefit Igbos. Now, that it is backfiring all you yamirins are crying like monkeys that fell inside a deep well.

Point of correction, he didn't do it to benefit the Igbos, he did it to enable him assert control bearing in mind the structure of Nigeria at the time.

How do you assert control over the 4 regions who were independent and with different "constitutions"?

Bear in mind also at the time there were already deep seethed tribalism coming from the North and West (eg comments from Sardauna and Akintola)

There was fear of breakaways then just as it is now and his solution is still what Nigeria hinges on today to sustain its unity.

Kazim88:
First, in the next 10 years Oil would be either so cheap, useless or had dried up...

We are face with the inevitable... We must man up to it.

The North with her capacity can produce enough food that we can export to the whole Africa... but as at now they can't even feed the North, North still import food..
Just 70 years ago... they was the Great groundnut Pyramid of the North..

Until Britain came and killed the North Advantage, Agriculture...

North was very rich... if you check your History... and comparing it with now, you would cry..

it was a feudal political and economic system.... All the commoners were farmers and they were tax.... It was the Brit that destroyed it because they wanted to steal Oil... they made the North depend on oil so as to use them thief oil....

North must find there soul.... Not competing with the south...

I suggest we break up.. but keep sharing the resources for sometime to enable everyone adjust...

The British destroyed nothing, rather they helped build up the norths agricultural capacity and also diversified it greatly.

Have you ever wondered why when you mention the North in colonial times, you mention groundnut? Do you think they were buying that much groundnut for food purposes? It was always about oil and always has been. Palm oil in the East, groundnut oil in the North. And it was all necessitated by industrialisation and machines needed oil for various purposes. (that was before crude oil become the alternative source of cheap oil)

The difference was that oil palm had far much greater yield compared to groundnut and was thus more valued and still is (eg Malaysia taking oil palm over groundnut)

Every region was self sufficient when it came to agriculture for food security but when it came to agriculture for "commercial" purpose, the North actually wasn't as competitive as the East nor the West.

Kazim88:
First, in the next 10 years Oil would be either so cheap, useless or had dried up...

We are face with the inevitable... We must man up to it.

The North with her capacity can produce enough food that we can export to the whole Africa... but as at now they can't even feed the North, North still import food..
Just 70 years ago... they was the Great groundnut Pyramid of the North..

Until Britain came and killed the North Advantage, Agriculture...

North was very rich... if you check your History... and comparing it with now, you would cry..

it was a feudal political and economic system.... All the commoners were farmers and they were tax.... It was the Brit that destroyed it because they wanted to steal Oil... they made the North depend on oil so as to use them thief oil....

North must find there soul.... Not competing with the south...

I suggest we break up.. but keep sharing the resources for sometime to enable everyone adjust...

The British destroyed nothing, rather they helped build up the norths agricultural capacity and also diversified it greatly.

Have you ever wondered why when you mention the North in colonial times, you mention groundnut? Do you think they were buying that much groundnut for food purposes? It was always about oil and always has been. Palm oil in the East, groundnut oil in the North. And it was all necessitated by industrialisation and machines needed oil for various purposes. (that was before crude oil become the alternative source of cheap oil)

The difference was that oil palm had far much greater yield compared to groundnut and was thus more valued and still is (eg Malaysia taking oil palm over groundnut)

Every region was self sufficient when it came to agriculture for food security but when it came to agriculture for "commercial" purpose, the North actually wasn't as competitive as the East nor the West.