₦airaland Forum

Yungwizzzy28: They should be blamed for it

if they had brains as they claimed, they would have envisaged what the outcome would look

what form of silly 'intelligence group' will you form with a skull and two bones on? And call yourselves sealords??

they knew their intentions and what you're seeing now is the outcome!!

I blame them for starting a 'gang' in the first place

You are so on point. Whatever happened to the student union government? soyinka till date still run this blood empire that has killed more Nigerians than the boko haram group. When soyinka was appointed to lead frsc, it's on record that 75% of the employees were members of his blood cartel. let it be known that some students, especially those of affluent families are forced and intimidated to join the cult for obvious reasons.

Nyako is a clear representation of apc's definition of Progresive and ideology. Chai!!. Aboki nyashko, the assembly men are about to screw your ass, damn! You better declare holiday till 2015; this must be the progressive we needed. Apc!! wallowing in the gutters!

show pick of the engine

your location? can it go for 500k?

Without a doubt, population census has
remained the most sensitive and most
controversial in the politics and
administration of Nigeria. Many will be
surprise to learn that it was the indirect
cause of the Biafran civil war and the 1975
coup d?etat.
The
first census conducted in any part of Nigeria
was in 1866, when British colonialists
counted Nigerians only in the then Lagos
colony. Another census took place in 1911
in both northern and southern
protectorates. The first nationwide census
was conducted in 1921, seven years after
the amalgamation of the northern and
southern protectorates by the colonialists in
1914. Following this, censuses were
conducted in 1931, 1952, 1953, 1962, 1963
and 1973.
The last census conducted in Nigeria took
place in November 1991. Contrary to the
projected figure of 100 million people, the
nation's population was put at 88.5 million.
As soon as the figure was released, a lot of
eyebrows were raised. Like all the previous
census results, it was terribly flawed. One
such census was conducted in 1973. Those
prominent Nigerians charged with this
important project, like those before them,
could not put aside tribalism, as a result,
the resulting figures didn't even add up as
those (military) in power manipulated the
exercise to secure anticipated advantage in
national revenue sharing and political
representation.
An earlier projection of Nigerian
population, based on the 1963 census, put
the population at 120.5 million. This same
estimate was projected by international
organizations. The final 1963 census figure
put Nigeria at 55.66 million. Was Nigeria
really 55.66 million in 1963? This question
became necessary when considering a
projected 120.5 millions and a recorded
88.5 million. How wrong was the figure in
1963 or how right was the figure in 1991?
Otherwise why were these projections by
several organizations so far off base?
Overestimation of more than 40% is no
estimation. One could as well simply pull a
number from the top of his head or from
the lottery machine and use that to
represent the country.
The first post independent Nigerian head
count occurred in 1962 that put Nigeria
population at 45.26 million. At the end of
the exercise, northern Nigeria was 22.01
million while the south was 23.25 million.
Southern hopes for reapportionment of
legislative seats were buoyed by the results.
When this result was presented to Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa, the Prime Minister, who
was a northerner, he rejected the result
outright.
Abubakar saw no reason why southern
Nigeria should have been more populated
than the north. He promptly fired the
British representative, J. J. Warren, who
was in charge of the census and usurped the
position. He then called for a 1963 census.
Following the recount, he announced that
northerners were undercounted by a
whopping 8.5 million!
The nation's population was reported to be
60.5 million, a figure which the census
officials believed to be impossibly high. The
figure was scaled down to 55.66 million.
With this new addition, the northern figure
ballooned to 31 million and this result was
deemed acceptable by the Prime Minister,
Abubakar.
The South did not waste time disputing the
new figures. Following a little doctoring,
the North was finally put at 29.8 million, a
little less than the 31 million attained
previously in the recount while the South
was reduced to 25.9 million. In the recount,
the East, Midwest, and Lagos remained
virtually where they were in the 1962
census at 12.4, 2.5, and 0.7 million,
respectively. The West increased from 7.8
million in 1962 to 10.3 million in 1963.
The figures were rejected by both Premiers
of the East and Midwest, M. I. Okpara and
Dennis Osadebey, respectively. Okpara sued
for the nullification of the census figures,
but his suit was dismissed. Akintola, whose
party was in alliance with Abubakar's
party, accepted the figures. Not surprisingly,
therefore, the West, like its political
partner, the North, had a sizeable increase.
It was this same 1963 census figure that led
to the election controversy in the West in
1965. The aftermath of those doctored
figures led to the crisis in the West and
eventually the first military coup d?etat in
1966 by Nzeogwu.
Because of this selfish-and-win-at-all-cost
attitude, figures that can never be replicated
by any two persons are being thrown about
everywhere. This is partly as a result of the
undisciplined and corrupt political and
economic environment, which in large part
has given rise to an unprecedented wave of
white collar crimes, such as oil bunkering,
drug trafficking, and the advance fee fraud
popularly known as "419" which is now the
order of the day.

it shows the quality of our assembly men; these guys are stooges!

Dongote like many other super rich nigerians, has been at the lead in cutting corners and engaging in deceitful ventures. He gets all the waivers and loans

A backward people makes a backward state.[/b]
can't u comment without insulting the people? U are dispicable!

Gamji007: I'm not a tribalist, but it seems so. The only time a SEastherner became president,his biased policie made the country on a brink of collapse. Now the SS has it and we are experiencing the same thing.
The SS nd SE aren't good administrators- FACT.

Maybe u will educate me: how did Nigeria get to this bottom and what has been the role of the north and western Nigeria? pls present verifiable facts, no insult.

The question I ask any body who opined that apc is on a rescue mission in Nigeria is"who are the politicians in apc and what has been their role in the sorry state we are today? "

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