₦airaland Forum

Efe3:
when it is time to lie about how small Igboland is, Igbos are only in the 5 SE states,
but when it is time for Igbos to get benefits, an Igbo man from Anioma can represent the SE.

FisifunKododada:
Where is your evidence that the Igbos were living in Rivers before the Ijaws came? Isn't it like saying, the Igbos were living in Lagos before the Yorubas came?

odogwu125:
Obi Wali was murderd by Ijaws in 1992 during the fight for ownership of PH. It was Nwoluchem that went to Zik to help rescue PH from Ijaw after which the creation Bayelsa worked the magic. Even today, New PH has bee taken more into ikwere heartland to keep it away from the riverine ppl. PH was a war bounty to the Ijaws for the use of their coastal region to blocade biafra and it was recued from the Ijaw not by ikweres alone who they have already overpowerd with Federal backing but by the a united igbo political front

VirginFinder:
There are people of Yoruba ancestry in Anioma.
Fact!

ikechu1278:
I don't know much about river state or bayelsa state creation. It does not interest me so I don't research it. Anyway, if you really do want to know who assisted in creating what. This gave a slight summary of it


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/how-igbo-created-south-south/

So from this, it was ukiwe that led abacha to create bayelsa state, not azikiwe.
Azikiwe and obi wali started it. Ukiwe finished it. And you guys are right. It was done to remove ijaw out of river state. Interesting

arresa:
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Stop boring us with your rubbish..

anticabal1:
The Despot obviously won't finish his tenure. The pressure is coming hard, shaken, pressed down and running over.

coolscott:
[size=28pt]Completely Wrong!
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HopeAtHand:
So Azikiwe created Bayelsa as Head of State or what. Pls he only solicited in his capacity as former President. whilst i cannot over-emphasized the role played by such a stateman, it will be important to note that the Ikwerres initiated the move. If we didn't, he can then take complete credit. We have always assessed our situations and sought to make improvements where neccessary.

odogwu125:
See this yeye man, Ikweres that ran to Azikiwe to help create Portharcout state to chek the Ijaws?? after which Abacha settled for bayelsa which achieved the same purpose. explain the ohaneze issue, also ur use of cursing words show u have run out of facts

Kuyo:
I think you are the one that want to derail this thread not that guy. You accused Barcanista for saying that Anioma are not Igbo but you are doing the same thing who told you that Ikwerre is Ikwerre if what you said is true then what is Chief (Engr.) Isaac Wonwu an Ikwerre man is doing in Ohanaeze Ndigbo the Deputy Secretary-General Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Am from Isiokpo in Ikwerre local government and my family are very proud of our Igboness

HopeAtHand:
Why nau, i wanted to tell him something "nice" this night.


All this people that became a part of Rivers via boundary adjustment will always make noise on the internet. They should come to RVHA to cough lets see.

Goodboiyy:
Oga stop making noise.. no tru son of ND will make mockery of bini.. by there fruit we sha know them.. keep trolling on NL.. nothing worst than self deceit.

Well Anioma's re igbos for christ sake, But our position is very clear [Incase u create this thread because of ur biafra] , Incase those greedy slot from SE 1 use am as an excuse to claim Entire delta.. If we did keep quiet they would av use anioma as an excuse to claim our land..

Enouf said
Anioma re igbo's

Ugomba:
'Who is Minister of State for Petroleum, is he not Igbo? Who's Gov of Central Bank? Is he not Igbo? Who's Minister of Labour, Science and technology?
''What do the Igbos want?"
Now This question from Buhari has hit hard on those who think that they can use we Aniomas as a "willing tool" to drive their Anti- Igbo agenda.
- One of them is on Nairaland, his wish is to wipe out Igbo identity in South South because they thought that these SS geopolitical region was created as a "thank you"gift for their betraying prowess in the Old Rivers State.
- How can a man who come from a tribe that is know historically as "Boat Settlers" and swamp dwellers have the guts to write about who is Igbo or not in the SS and about the Igbo land..
I read his past posts and saw where he was dragging Ndoki history, now he want to cross into Anioma land and cause division in our Anioma family.
They should keep their rubbish in Rivers state and do not dare bring it to our Anioma Land or Delta state.
Our Igboid connection is why Aniomas have been holding lucrative positions in the Federal Government.
We are NOT a minority group.
We are an Igboid Group and Proudly Delta Igbos who will continue to unite ourselves.

anticabal1:
I'm sorry it didn't break any rule. The title and body are about kanu's apology. Nothing misleading, nobody put a gun in your head to jump in here, salivating to claim victory.

janellemonae:
Pls stop speaking nonsense in my ears. Im not interested in either hearing or learning ur language.

DoTheNeedful:
So,where did you get the over 50 million people from that document

janellemonae:
And why would oyinbo man put false information inside a book. Ecspecially when their whole system is based on information and statistics. Do u know how much information they kept about the slave trade & d crazy money they were making selling slaves & d impact on their plantations, businesses & ships. Do you know how greedy the oyinbo man was about their different territories in comparison wt their rivals in europe? Do u know dt oyinbo man cld summon men from their territories during any wars, as and when they needed? Do you tink oyinbo man is like you - emptyheaded, disorganized & wt no plans?

Flyoruboy:
Asinwi nie Jo. Ode oshi. Abi o ro wipe iwo nikan lo le so ede Ni? Olofo jati jati. Ori e pelebe bi ori awon ara Biafuro. Ja kuro lona Jo.

Esejojo:
I found this article online. Its very profound. Something we need to think about, if are to really know how many we are in Nigeria.

Its quite an epistle. But its worth the read.

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But, why are we like this?

Why is our nationhood predicated on falsehood?

Why are we a nation where demographic data are always doctored, or skewed, to give fiscal advantage to certain regions?

Why are our national data, statistics, historical records, etc all fraught with half-truths and untruths?

Why is it almost a taboo, in our country,
to question or investigate long-held, but doubtful, historical records? Thus, making myths to be easily passed down as historical events.

Why are we a country where national planning, budgets and distribution of resources are often done based on fictitious statistics?

Why?! Why?! Why?!

A case in point.

Official documents suggest that the Igbos are a distant 3rd largest ethnic population in Nigeria.

This is as laughable as saying that Kano is more populous than Lagos.

Few human settlements in Nigeria can boast of not having someone of Igbo extraction either selling provision, spart-parts, or an adulterated, fake or substandard product.

Besides, anyone who has done a bit of travels, within Nigeria, would attest to the fact that the most densely populated areas in Nigeria can be found in the eastern region of the country.

So, it’s rather curious and suspicious too, that the Igbos are counted the least amongst the major ethnic groups.

Even in Lagos, their numbers intimidate the Oba!

Yet, some of these questionable demographic data have persisted in our national history for so long a time.
Now, here is the painful part.

The Nigerian youth - who are supposed to be more discerning and intellectually sophisticated - swallow these diabolical statistics hook, line and sinker.

But, of course, this comes as no surprise. The youth have been gagged and blindfolded by a culture of ethnic and regional chauvinism.

And, for Christ sake - this is 2015!

How hard can it be to put an end to these outrageous manipulations of a country's critical data?

Anyway, all hope is not lost.

There is technology to the rescue.

Yes. Technology is here to help us out of this man-made "national disaster" that we've brought upon ourselves.

Specifically, biometric technology.
So, we all agree that the use of biometric technology significantly minimized rigging during the last general elections, right?

Then, nothing should stop us from using the same technology to minimize the "rigging" of enumeration figures during the next census exercise.

The benefits of deploying biometric technology for an enumeration exercise are numerous. And they include:

One. Double or multiple entries can be spotted and eliminated.

Two. "Ghost citizens" can be eliminated.

Three. Of course, this technology does not accept entries of cows, goats and fowls.

Four. It’s a way around extreme cultures and religions that insist that some of its practitioners must not be seen, but counted by proxy, or in absentia.

It’s high time we dispelled some of these long-promoted "national lies".

It’s high time we found out how many we truly are in Nigeria, and how the population is accurately distributed.

It’s high time resources are distributed equitably.

It’s high time that there is a fair representation of every region at the National Assembly.

However, one thing you can be sure of is this; the northern oligarchy - using the northern legislators - will vigorously oppose this idea.

Chief Festus Odimegwu, during his brief stint as the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), squealed that there had been no credible census in Nigeria, even before independence.

According to him, “No census has been credible in Nigeria since 1863. Even the one conducted in 2006 is not credible. I have the records and evidence produced by scholars and professors of repute. This is not my report. If the current laws are not amended, the planned 2016 census will not succeed.”

This long over-due revelation would turn
out to be his greatest undoing.

The Northern establishment exploded in
righteous indignation, and called for his head on the guillotine.

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, the governor of the biggest beneficiary of Nigeria's enumeration fraud, Kano, called him "a drunkard".

Not long after, and due to pressure from the north, Odimegwu was relieved of his appointment for daring to expose the nation's best kept secret.

Now, let's, for a moment, analyze this whole contentious issue of Kano being more populous than Lagos.

Here is what science has to say about population distribution.

In science, it has been proven from demographic distribution patterns across the globe that population increases as we move from the hinterland (desert/Savannah region) to the coastal region.

Curiously, Nigeria is an exception to this scientific theory.

Instead, in Nigeria - the North, which lies in the arid zone, is more populous than the coastal South.

This is the extent to which they have brazenly manipulated all our census reports.

Now, let's cast our minds back to the
last national census exercise in 2006.

Perhaps, if you never had respect for the Yoruba leaders, the events surrounding the 2006 Census exercise is one reason why you should.

Prior to the national enumeration exercise, the sagacious Yoruba leaders - specifically Afenifere and the then Lagos State government - perfectly understood the plot. Nobody, group or institution was going to upstage them by counting the Yoruba race fewer than they are - or how many they wanted to be perceived as.

So, while the Federal Government was planning the nationwide census exercise, the Lagos state government was also planning a parallel census exercise for Lagos state.

Please, be reminded here of one thing: the Nigerian constitution doesn't permit States to conduct an enumeration exercise. Notwithstanding, this didn’t stop the Lagos state government from conducting one.

At the end of the day, the Federal. Government-coordinated census figure for Lagos stood at 9 million - while Kano was 9.4 million. Thus, officially making Kano state the most populous state in Nigeria.

No Eastern state ranked amongst the first 10 states. Almost effectively reducing the Igbos to a minority ethnic group.

The 2006 national census had other interesting discrepancies extrapolated from its final report.

A classic example.

From the final census report of 2006, it was established that; had the old Sokoto state remained the way it was, before it was split up to become Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi, it would have been declared the most populous state in Nigeria, with a combined population of 11million.

This is why this is noteworthy: the old Sokoto state is a savannah/desert location!

Anyway, the drama of the Census of 2006 didn't stop there. There are more.

The Lagos state-organized census was shabbily conducted and due to the declared holiday for that period, a lot of Igbos residing in Lagos traveled home (very typical) during the exercise. Regardless, the Lagos state government - magically - arrived at a whooping population figure of 17 million for Lagos; a figure that almost doubled the one propounded by the NPC.

And now, guess what?

While all these inter-regional intrigues played out, the Igbo leaders - notably, Ohaneze N'di Igbo - were sleeping.

And then, of course, there was the legendary apathy of the Igbos to national exercises.

Perhaps, this is why some of us consider some of those agitators on social media screaming "Biafra!" as enormously misguided (a topic for another day).

Sorry. I digressed.

Still on the need for a biometric-based census in 2016, it is on record that the current management of the National Population Commission (NPC) - headed by Mr Eze Duruiheoma, had approached President Buhari on the need to use biometrics for the next census exercise.

President Buhari is not sold on the idea.
The high cost of the project was his excuse.

According to him, if the NPC needed the biometrics of Nigerians, they should approach MTN, Airtel, and the commercial banks that have a database of biometrics of Nigerians.

Sighs.

SMH.

Anyways....

No country develops without accurate demographic and socio-cultural information.

For accountability, effective policy, national planning, decision making purposes, and equitable distribution of resources and fair representation of regions at the National Assembly, it is imperative that w get our national figures right.

It’s high time that we put an end to the culture of basing national planning and budgeting on fictional figures.

The lies that have characterized our nationhood have been sustained for far too long.

Enough is Enough!

For the next census exercise – and for the sustenance of our unity, it must be biometrics capturing or NOTHING!

http://jujufilms.tv/2015/11/25/eccentric-rowland/

DoTheNeedful:
Some of you are ready to distort fact just to feel good with your inferiority complex. Even the population of the entire country in 1920 was not up to what you put up there as the population of SS/SE. Another,funny thing about your post is that you are mirroring some people's belief that SE cant stand alone. Must you bring SS into the equation in order to compare with the SW

Flyoruboy:
Yinmu. Until you can come up with reliable data stat of exclusively igbo population, every other bull crap you wrote up there is but mere wishful thinking.

Gbogbo oshi to ko Ni ede iranu abasha e yen ko kan aiye. To ba de je wipe eebu Ni o bu mi Ni, ki gbogbo nkan to so yen pada sie Lori. Iwo alakori jati jati.

Lordave:
Fixed!

Flyoruboy:
Dude, like seriously, you need to learn to calm the funk down when trying to make a point. No matter how you slice and dice it, you have yet to Prove that even as far back as 1920 the igbos were more than the Yorubas without having to lump in the SS -- that is minus Yorubas in present day Kwara and Kogi. You are the one with the ego and complex problems who feels the need to manipulate figures to feel good about yourself and your ethnicity. Get a grip bwoy!

Flyoruboy:
What was SE population stat during the last census compared to the the SS? Can't you stand without the SS? What of other censuses since 1920?

unibenstudent1:
nnamdi kanu has apologized remaining u

unibenstudent1:
Here is the population of Nigeria as against the present population of 2013 .
click link to see population of 2013,this will shock you.
http://coolestchris..com.ng/2015/12/document-showing-population-of-nigeria.html