₦airaland Forum

Jakemedg:
Wait a minute please when you hear "Igbo " do you think it's South Easterners or igbos from the east side?
Do you think by mentioning "Igbo " I'm referring to people from the SE?

Dedetwo:
I know it will not take long time for your true color to show up on this discuss. Only a fool will think the term Niger Delta is an exclusive domain of certain ethnicities in the shithole called Nigeria. Even certain goons who claim Niger Delta have little or nothing in relationship with the river.

Dedetwo:
Has there being any time in the silly history of Nigeria when Efik, Annang, or Oro passed as Ibibio? The problem with Nigerians is the high tendency to give wrong analogy due to pressure from ethnic bias.

Jakemedg:
Niger Delta ethnic groups includes the Ijaws, Ishekiris, Isoko, Urhobo, Kalabari, Bini, Edo, Igbo, Efik, Ibibio, Annang and etcetera all having different interests.
Do you even know what you are saying ?

allthingsgood:
He's a simpleton. Good intentions but unfit to really lead Nigeria. Nigeria needs tough stubborn hands

Oghene1st:
We Urhobos don't force people to be part of us. We have since given the Isokos their freedom from the Urhobo nation even though there is no difference between the Isokos and the Urhobos culturally. The Isoko and Urhobo language are 99.9 percent the same. We have the same customs, we eat the same food, bear the same name, the same dressing but the Isokos said they don't want to be part of the Urhobo nation and we have given them freedom. We don't force people to be part of us sir unlike what the Igbos are doing to the Ikwerres. For your information, Urhobo and Isoko are much more similar than Igbos and Ikwerres but the Urhobos are not saying the Isokos are Urhobos and we have since put it in our minds that they are Isokos and not Urhobos.

kollinzgee:
It might take a long time to change that mentality but I believe it will change one day.we all know the truth.
The similarity with Igbos is just too close almost 80%my question for my rivers brothers is simple though I don't support break up of Nigeria unlike the southeast igbos but if it eventually happens who will the rivers igboid people go with, the Igbos or the ijaws and ibibio to become minorities in the Niger delta

kollinzgee:
Bro you are very wrong,my first girlfriend ifeanyi was from ibuzor she never denied being Igbo.i have also seeing many delta Igbos here in Lagos they have never denied being Igbos.i am only sure of Ikwerres and and etchies not delta Igbos.my best friends in secondary school luck okoye and ugochukwu who is now in delsu never denied being Igbo we even speak Igbo together.

LZAA:
Na dem
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rdokoye:
It doesn't matter.

rdokoye:
MEND was the result of underdeveloped, mass poverty and unemployment. If people within the region had all the basics. Access to healthcare, a job, with a disposable income, a home, car and other amenities, then they never would have taken to the bush, to start blowing up oil installations.

The bombings was only one aspect of it, the other was extortion, in the form of kidnapping. So it obviously wasn't exclusively or solely about resource control. Resource control just provided the militants with the perfect crutch to do whatever it is they were doing. It wasn't until these groups were settled financially, that they gave up the fight.

It doesn't matter what Boko Haram are about, all that matters is that they exist. Their existence is the result of mass poverty. Insurency, militancies, uprisings are all symptoms of extreme poverty.

rdokoye:
Pained?? Everything is about emotions with black folks. This isn't about pain, it's about truth.

splendour7:
ipob and biafra issue must be giving you a serious night mare! instead of congratulating the ikwa ibomites and move on,how you managed to involve SE and biafrans in this topic still baffles me..

rdokoye:
I said "AMONGST"; didn't MEND (along with those other insurgency groups) operate out of those Niger Delta states? Insurgency is a great indication of extreme poverty. Just as you had/have in the North East.

rdokoye:
How do you even measure something like cleanliness? It's such a fluid situation. That said, I don't think there's much correlation between the two; wealth and cleanliness. SS is a pretty dangerous region, so that's not saying much, is it?

No, I've been raised to always take the pragmatic approach - to just about everything. What's the point in gloating at something that doesn't in any way, enhance your life. It's just a number, that doesn't reflect, in any way, on the living standards of the people within the state.

rdokoye:
It's not a double standard. The oil producing states are at the top, despite having amongst the lowest level of development in the nation, because oil still accounts for a considerable amount of the Nigerian economy. All the services, industries and agriculture produce in the country, is still minicue when compared to oil revenue.

rdokoye:
Yes, but it's not the only indice that you look at. That's the whole point. You're looking solely at GDP, because it's convenient to do so, but when measuring human development, economic size isn't the only thing to consider.

For example, at independence, Nigeria had a larger GDP than South Korea, but South Korea had a higher HDI (Nigeria having one of the lowest HDI ratings in the 60s), that's why today it's a first world nation, and Nigeria is still developing.

rdokoye:
Well, it's not you, using the money. So no, I wouldn't say that. But I do think the governors in the SS are the most corrupt in the country.

rdokoye:
You don't even understand economics - so why talk about it at all. When evaluating the wealth/living standards of any economic center/enclave. There are a number of indices one must look at. Such as GDP, Per Capita, Wealth disparity (co-efficiency rating), Water access, Mortality rate, Life expectancy, Disposable income, Drug(s) access, etc.

You don't just look at one thing, and conclude that you're doing better.

rdokoye:
The only thing that matters is HDI. Unfortunately, Nigeria is too corrupt and ethnocentric to compile real statistics on living standards. For now, self-evaluation is the most accurate form of statistical evidence.

The fact that states like Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom feature at the top, only proves one thing. That Nigeria has failed in the diversification of its economy, and is still, really, just an oil economy.

NigeriaIsDoomed:
see one of the haters here below:

24SEVEN:
If putting things in proper perspective is deemed envy, no qualms.

If you say you're well-off, it shouldn't be audio. let us see it to believe it.

Akwa Ibom of today has nothing on Rivers. You can take my comment to the bank!!!

Ahamefuna0001:
Las las them go dey alright.

Ilaumoh:
Na jealousy

Ahamefuna0001:
Even with your list IMO has one of the least poverty ranking

you just shoot yourself on the foot

24SEVEN:
I am not interested in statistics that aren't tangible. That publivation is merely an academic exercise. Akwa Ibomites live in the worst of slums in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos.

Pls stop flattering yourselves on paper. Let it translate into the lives of average Akwa Ibomites.

proeast:
Restructuring will definitely boost the economies of Southern states. States like Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa and Imo should mount serious pressure for oil companies to relocate from Lagos and Abuja and open their registered offices in these states.

Enugu will be able to attract more international airlines and consulate offices of certain countries as well as regional offices of companies and it will boost its economy.

Imo state is leveraging on two things namely oil and gas and remmitances. Remember that remittances is now earning more forex for Nigeria than oil, and Abuja, Lagos and Owerri is where most of these remmitances are going. Any smart governor in Imo state would map out an area especially around New Owerri and build world class infrastructure which will attract more of these remmitances. Imo state is already ranking high in services and real estate and such infrastructure will push it to start rivaling Abuja.

Anambra and Abia can leverage on trade and industry to build one of the biggest economies in Nigeria. If they can replace their large markets with massive malls, they will be able to attract massive investments and buyers from all over Africa just like Dubai. Anambra should also support Innoson in any way they can to ensure they become dominant in Africa. Auto manufacturing company alone can change the fortunes of any state.

Bayelsa is a state that has continued to perform far below acceptable standards. With all that money and small population, they have no reason to be the way they are. How much does it cost to build a refinery and petrochemical plant? States like Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Delta should have built refineries and privatize them.

Southern Nigeria has the most corrupt, foolish and selfish leaders ever. Look at how they're running NDDC. Northerners purposely bastardized INEC and the judicial system in order to make Southern politicians loyal to them. Had it been Southern politicians are answerable to the people whereby our votes is what determines who wins elections, these guys wouldn't be behaving like this.

In a country with different ideologies and worldview, the best form of governance would have been to allow semi autonomy so that everyone could grow at their own pace. Had it been that the billions of dollars being wasted on Boko Haram is coming from that area, it would have ended a long time ago.

Ilaumoh:
Damn slayer �

PIMPAR:
And you haven't learned why your economic teacher is still roaming around the streets when he has not applied the same logic in his textbook on how to make N12m in a month?

Ilaumoh:
Any one that favours us should be practise oo

PIMPAR:
Don't run, little lad. What has what you mentioned above got to do with restructuring?
Do you just join the league of those shouting restructuring without deep knowledge of what it stands for?

PIMPAR:
And what has that gotten to do with restructuring? All these pikin sef