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Kobojunkie: Oh!! Well I am not in support of the re-naming, and I don't know if he did it to garner support from Yorubas in yoruba land. I guess we can say it did not work.

I am more concerned about making sure those who consider this man a hero know that he is no different from the Dangote's, and the other ish we have in Nigeria today. That is my own thing in all this . ROLFMAO!!

I completely agree.

wesley80: That's the idea you knucklehead! This is about immortalizing the man that gave his life for our collective good so if you think renaming a worldwide brand isn't good enough then suggest a better way of doing so than what has been done.

Watch your stinking mouth. He is an elder, not your age mate.

Kobojunkie: UNILAG is not built on tribal land. Let's not now try to tribal-ize even that which is mostly de-tribalized just so we can attempt some moot point.

I am not tribalizing it. I get your point but simply put it is yorubaland and he was a yoruba leader. You dont play politics with a people's land and their dead leader just because of your desperate attempt in getting a second term of presidency. He has towed down this road for too long and it is becoming more than sickening and very disrespectful. The protest in UNILAG is not tribal but the move by jonathan is. Lets not forget that nigeria is politically divided by tribe and religion so there is no escaping such.

betrani: y not question his "dumb head" advicers?

I'd rather question is alleged PhD. No man with a brain would make such moves whether his advisers encourage him to do so or not. It is nothing more than a desperate move that will end up consuming him if he does not change the name back to UNILAG, that's a fact.

We all know he was but if his people like him who cares. Jonathan should stand clear of make monumentally negative move as such to a people on their land. Although UNILAG is not a tribal school, it is still on tribal land.

kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa. i needed that laff.

betrani: consult which students? So the federal government would consult people before doin everytin? What was ur contribution when d federal govt was buiding unilag? Do the students own the school? Hw many who graduated there went back to equip some departments?

Ok, consult the students and the surrounding community. I would thing the he would have enough brain to do so when contemplating such a move if it indeed was done from the heart and not for political leveraging. I'm just shocked at the desperation of this man. It is really annoying and pathetic.

afam4eva: The government should consider multi-ethnic states like Rivers and Delta.

The Ogoni people have been clamouring for their own state.

Is there a way to join the remaining Ijaws in River state to their brothers in Bayelsa? Do they share a border?

I want all the Igboid groups in rivers state to have their own state.

Anioma should also be given a state, so that the so-called real Deltans can allow them to rest.

I'm really not keen on a state in the south-east. I just hope I'm not carved into another state and. So that Jonathan does not in his wisdom name the state "Ukwu-mango state".

In the south-west, Ibadan state should be looked into. But what will happen to Oyo state when Ibadan is gone. Is it Ogbomoso that will be the capital?

At bolded, bad idea. they have a back up state,i forget the name, that they want to do such with but the thing is they want to include the whole of PH(which is majority igboland)in that state. It aint happenin.

alj harem: @ Andre and Afam

Oyo state is not dividing into 2 states

in fact those in SW clamouring for new states are either representing themselves or their pockets

Now the new state that would come from SW is either Lagoon state (lagos state into two)

or ebira-okun state with is Kogi SW

That is it. Don't delude urselves.

There is no such thing as ebire-okun. ebira are a completely different group from yoruba so why would they enter a yoruba state? the okun are the yoruba group.

I plan to.....

White elephant project. Fail!

Did he even consult the students first. WHy now are you naming the school after him? What happened to January,February, March, or last year? Naive political opportunist. It is clear that while you manage to now buy shoe you have unintentially lost your brain in the process,mumu.

Good. Why not name something after him in your village,mumu.

Lets not tribalise this situation. UNILAG does not mean yoruba students. Stick to jonathan and his dirty politcking. This move alone, if not change seals the deal of his 2015 chances in the sw. He is defniitely not getting se or core north. Na wa for him.

Biting the hands of those that fed him. Funny chap. Now the ND translates to ijaw and also, the Ijaw seem to have fought some war that no one has ever heard about. I can't even recall when the ijaws chanlleged any oligarchy. He and his uncle edwin clorke should learn how to keep mum before they receive the fight they imaged they actually fought.

"We'll not allow what happened to Abiola to happen to Jonathan. If they try it, we know we are brave people. Nobody can challenge Ijaw people and just ride over us. Since Nigeria came into existence nobody challenged the oligarchy the way we have done. THE IGBO PEOPLE COULD NOT DO IT. The Ijaw were the 1st to look them in the face and tell them you cannot do it. Young Ijaw people told our elders, why are you keeping us in this pitiable condition. And we rose up. We had the kaiama declaration after which we looked at them eyeball to eyeball and told them you cannot do it again, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TELL THEM!!" - mujahid dokubo-asari

[size=18pt]CLO, IYM score Jonathan low, lament corruption level![/size]

Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:00 From Lawrence Njoku, Enugu News - National




TWO groups, Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) and the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), yesterday reviewed the state of the nation since inception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration and declared that it had failed to restore the confidence of the people in the country.

In separate statements, the groups which lamented alleged inability of the President Jonathan’s administration to record any meaningful achievement, described the past one year of his government as “directionless.”

National President of IYM, Elliot Uko said: “The truth must be told that it’s been one year of promises and promises; one year of ‘we are planning, we are laying foundation, we are doing this; we have 15000 Mega watts this month, we will do this in 18 months, we will do this in one year; we will complete the second Niger bridge before so, so and so; promises, promises, and promises”

He recalled that the IYM worked hard to convince Igbo traders associations at Onitsha, Alaba, Ladipo, Aba, Nnewi, Kaduna, and Kano to support Jonathan, “but one year on, we are asking ourselves what the same Jonathan has done and we find it difficult to point at anything he has achieved in one year.”

He continued: “We are everywhere searching for the ‘breath of fresh air’ we can’t see; and we are asking, when will the transformation begin? High crime rate, kidnapping, you don’t talk about the bomb blast, we are getting used to that already.

Our roads are still bad, inflation on the increase, unemployment frightening and growing every day and the government introducing cosmetic palliatives where over 40 million Nigerians are idle. We are telling President Jonathan that all of us are not sycophants; we don’t want to tell him sweet things, because we are not job seekers.

Uko continued: “We wanted him because he told us he would transform the country, we want to see that transformation. We want killings to stop, we want him to fight corruption, we want him to bring to book all corrupt officials. The kind of corruption we hear of today is frightening; a former Senate President was removed over N50m fraud, but today people steal trillions of naira.”

Executive Director of CLO, Ibuchukwu Ohabuenyi Ezike, urged Nigerians to prepare to rescue the country from the corrupt, visionless, inhuman and unjust politicians before it was too late.

According to him, “no government has a right to victimise, traumatise, loot, plunder and cage its citizens and society as Nigerian system has done and continued to do. Rights are not given, they are fought for. We must rise now and reclaim our good land-flowing with milk and honey.”



Ezike said that in line with Section 16 of the 1999 Constitution, the major objective of government was to, among others, provide security for the lives and property of the citizens as well as guarantee their welfare, lamenting, however, that in the first year in office of President Jonathan, security of lives and property of the citizens and residents have been gravely threatened and eroded.

According to CLO, poverty, hunger and homelessness have become the order of the day, human rights of the citizens, rule of law and due process have been grossly violated with impunity by both state and non-state actors.


http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87539:clo-iym-score-jonathan-low-lament-corruption-level&catid=1:national&Itemid=559[b]CLO, IYM score Jonathan low, lament corruption level.

It's obvious that this guy has no respect for the dead and is only concerned about his political interest. Every move that he makes seems to always weigh towards his political career. When he wanted his disgraceful buget the was highly bias in favor of Niger Delta, he slipped in the pension for former Biafran soldier of N1.5 billion to gain Igbo support-what an insult. Now that his 1yr aniversary(even though he's been the president for like 2yrs) he magically finds it suitable to name the university of lagos after Abiola-what an insult. What stopped him from doing just thing 2 months ago or even last year? I'm glad the students rejected it. He needs to have respect for situations that meant a lot to a people.

The smell of FRESH shyt AIR

Oga Beaf, how nah?

I don't see why Andre Uweh and dede1 are discussing with non-igbos on this thread. Cut it out and stop entertaining ignorance.

Andre Uweh: Beaf is from the same state as you and he has always defended the state from those who have attacked your state. The guy is cool.

Same state or not, he should learn to respect other's opinions. By the way, I am an Igbo from Anioma, he is an Isoko, we are not the same.

He insults himself by making incompetent decisions.

Hey Mod,

Beaf should be banned or at least suspended. His continuous insults and e-stalking of fellow nairalanders is out of hand. It's not that every opinion made that is not in favor of Goodluck Jonathan must receive curses. Here is one of the many examples of Beaf's great work of profanity,page by page. . .

https://www.nairaland.com/944379/gej-orders-agf-prosecute-those/1

I've been continuously calling for Biafra. Nigeria will never be one and at peace unless eastern Nigeria is separate from the country. It is the only way the Nigerian people will prosper.

Funny people. From Yoruba to Igbo and now to Ibibio. These camel fckers are trying their hardest to paint boko haram as "not a Northern but a Nigerian thing" with their cooked up stories.

I'll believe it when I see it. I don't even think I'd condemn it.

Beaf: NDDC is a parastatal under the Ministry of the Niger Delta.
Now tell me what you felt was insulting about the "comparison."

Ok. Is the NDDC completely or partially government owned? The NDDC see was created years before the Ministry of ND was its mismanagement due to organiztional structure or human error(corrupt individuals?

Beaf: Instead of telling us why you feel insulted, you ask a silly question!
Carry go!

Not a stupid question if I don't understand or know the difference. It appears you know the difference though so why not let me know?

Beaf: How is comparing you to Ileke Idi an insult?
No be human being?

what exactly is the difference in duties between the Ministry of Niger Delta and the NDDC?

Beaf: Lol! I see that you take being compared to Ileke Idi as an insult!
Bro, lets just say you both have a lot in "common!"

Insults as usual because you can never explain Dr.Dolittle's incompetent decisions. Now besides that, what exactly is the difference in duties of the Ministry of Niger Delta and the NDDC?

Beaf: They do that bullshiit when they have run out of points. I don't see much difference between the intelligence levels of Ileke Idi and Chyz.

No wonder you work for jonadumb. You both are fools.