₦airaland Forum

OldJohn:
I'm very disappointed at any Nigerian or African that can ever quote this man and u being a Nigerian dissapoints me as I will careful lay down my points and reasons.

Sorry, correct if I'm wrong, aren't u that most acclaimed known homosexual on this nairaland? Well, as disgusting and abnormal that may seem to our African culture, that's not what I'm here to discuss.

If u ever took time to suppress the hate and bigotry that fills and consumes your heart everyday, u would have taken sometime out to find out about the man who u quote, adore, worship and glorify for this baseless article.

I'm surprised how a PhD holder like him wouldn't have heard of fallacy of GENERALIZATION. Perhaps such PhD was not gotten on merit. How can u categorically say all set of people from any said tribe will behave or rather behaves in a certain kindda way?

Ozodi osuji is a dejected and rejected fellow who is very confused and perhaps even retarde_d. In his articles, he has spent useful brain power, energy and time condemning and abusing Igbos like me; using derogatory and animalistic terms to qualify Nigerians like me, u and your tribalistic friends who are in support of the article; and abusing Africans as a whole.
He even went further to bite the finger that feeds him by openly abusing America as a country and showing ethnic intolerance by insulting white Americans who make up the majority of his immediate surrounding.

I don't know why this man will be your kindda hero. Perhaps because u suffer rejection and dejection for your sexual inclinations, or maybe you lack love which makes u unable to accept others. The saying goes, when in Rome, behave like the romans so here in Africa, respect the fact that we don't condone homosexuality and u can practice it if u go outside. But if u are never opporuned to go, accept your fate and deal with it. Stop looking for love in the orifice of rejected products of digestion (anus, in case u don't understand). Use yiur head and reject whatever silly perversions your mind brings u about people of the same sex. Open your heart and accept your brothers in agape love.

Igbo are hardworking people. Elrufai- Igbo own 73% of land in abuja. In lagos most of the imported goods are owned by Igbo and just this week the new CG of customs asked them to increase their weekly returns to 35billion naira which the most will be gotten from carefully taxing this imported items. So u can see how relevant and pivotal we are in this country. There's of course no argument that nobody or group of people can be said to be 100% good and that's where tolerance comes in. Pls, stop looking for faults in my people. Chances are you might find yourself under one of them one day if u aren't already perhaps being the source of your hate and Anger

Rilwon:
If you are Igbo and refute their lies they
immediately see you as their enemy and turn their
lie telling machine to you; they want you to collude
with them and accept their lies as true or else they
make you out as their enemy. They would tell
incredible lies about you and somehow believe that
they have damaged your reputation. They believe that
their outrageous lies about you are now believed by
those who read what they wrote about you...

......Their entire motivation consists of
narcissistic efforts to seem like they are very important persons; apparently, they engage in their infantilenarcissism to mask their underlying sense of unimportance, their sense of inferiority and existential nothingness.

kernel501:
Anybody can impersonate anybody online. But then, if... Am to interpret in-between the lines, the use of "their" is third person plural, meaning the writer isn't one of us, rather using the innocent man's name.

fulanimafia:
Interestingly all the reactions they are displaying now in their responses; character assassination, passing the buck, playing victim etc. were all explicitly captured in his detailed analysis.

Quite thought provoking.

kernel501:
Is unfortunate the level of impersonation going on nairaland, mostly from the Yoruba-South-South-wanna-BEs.
How can a man with Ph.d and self acclaimed Igbo man forget that the word "their" is a third person pural... Meaniang he's refering to a group he's not part of, let me quote him "(while their fellow Igbos believe in their peoples lies and thus deceive themselves)".
Sometimes l wonder who graduated such top-notch illiterates, Dr. Ofe Mmanu go back to school.

Rilwon:
Assuming that it is indeed the case that I am in wheel chairs one would think that if they are developmentally adults, not the mentally retarded, emotionally arrested and underdeveloped persons they are, they would have compassion for me and do whatever they could to help
me.

But in their warped minds compassion is out of the question (except when they present themselves as victims and beg for other people's sympathy and love).

Igbos tell lies about other people and eschew truth telling, so how has things worked out for them? They are the most hated African group...

...Their entire motivation consists of
narcissistic efforts to seem like they are very important persons; apparently, they engage in their infantilenarcissism to mask their underlying sense of unimportance, their sense of inferiority and existential nothingness.

nobilie:
If you call this piece nonsence, then i'll tell you that out of every nonsence, there is a sence.
It is true that most igbos own at least a building in the east(may not be as big as the one outside the region).
Igbos may be seen as resilient and fearless but how many of the governers from that region are performing as they should. Chamaraoke of Enugu used the state funds for himself, orji uzor diverted funds and orji kalu basterdised Abia state. What has been happening in Eboyin, Imo and Anambra? the people should querry/challenge their governors.
Why develop another state leaving yours. The happenings in the country everyday keep revealing that "one Nigeria" is an ordinary statement.

Don't decieve yourselve, the south east is currently behind.
Go to Aba, you'll see bad road and dirts environment. But the state has capacity to supply Nigeria with wears.
Enugu is just simple.
Ask your governors what they are doing to make a difference.

Let the south east open their mind.

Regards

sarmiie:
i scoured the net, but i did not see any article telling of how ex prez jonathan "appointed" bill gates as anything. surely if it had happened, the opposition would have cried foul!

pls dont peddle lies and rumours. not everyone can crosscheck everything they hear. thank you.

tobimillar:
As much as I detest GEJ, I doubt if he has the mind to sell Nigerians to Bill gate. Gmo is a major problem now. Already some countries in Europe have placed bans on our beans and other agricultural products for having more than the acceptable limits of pesticides. All this have lead to the sharp increase in cancer and other foreign diseases among africans and Nigerians.

The government of today need to rally round and reject this new dilemma facing the agricultural sector. GMO seedlings is alien to our culture and should be discontinued. I know Nigerian farmers won't heed to this cos of greed ( GMO are always high yield, disease resistance, etc) but I wont blame them totally. the ministry of agriculture need to start enlightenment programs on the dangers of GMO foods. And Nafdac or whoever is in charge should compel farmer to label their products. The consumer should be able to know if he is buying an organic food or a genetically modified food

JAMANZE:
bill gate is only known with windows OS, and donating to the poor. no relationship with farming/farmers

Toks2008:
How can you complain of neglect when both of you agreed that you will take care of uk branch.

Please help me ask her if she cant come to Nigeria like once in a month and spend days with her hubby?

Which pastor s wife will come out as she did to announce divorce without even considering the greatness of the ministry and the negative impact her actions will have.

Is she saying this problem can not be resolved internally if she cries out to all families?

The amazing fact is that she is acting out her nature.

I dare my ex to state to the world why she left our 12years union and you all will shake your head for her if she writes the worst reason she can imagine.

Let Anita state her reasons for filing for divorce and real rational thinkers will agree that indeed she needs prayers like her hubby said.

You know the worst part,its not as if she has really made up her mind o. You will quote me latter if you hear that she has reconciled and you will begin to wonder why the public drama.

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mamagee3:
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tonychristopher:
if people don't talk about you ur irrelevant.... so just like it ...igbos will always dominate the discussion and economy and your minds or even your dream as one Yoruba pastor said


thank lord I am igbo

imhotep:
Ok.
Don't miss me and other Igbos too much sha

tonychristopher:
if people don't talk about you ur irrelevant.... so just like it ...igbos will always dominate the discussion and economy and your minds or even your dream as one Yoruba pastor said


thank lord I am igbo

imhotep:
Your obsession with Igbo affairs is the definite sign of INFERIORITY COMPLEX.

imhotep:
Indeed, I have been very well noticed by you.

Though I am not a wife/woman.

imhotep:
Read more about Igbo people, since you cannot stop thinking about them

imhotep:
Onye wetara orji wetara ndu.

meccuno:
a bully attacks someone because he feels insecure.....and that's what u have exposed about yourself.....let's talk about your people in edo state and know how superior and confident.......all u have said doesn't make sense to me.......wonder why you are hell bent in taggÍng igbos with inferior complex tag when you know that's the exact opposite.....igbos are competitive in nature hence u see them quarrel about who is better about who is better amongst them selves.......tell us where u are from in edo state and prove to me how confident you are........really surprised about the inferior claims .....wonder where u got it from......please prove to us how confident u and ur tribal people are.....

imhotep:
See as Igbo matter dey pepper you for body.
You need some time out for serious self-examination.

imhotep:
@coolscott
You just confirmed the thesis of the OP

Igbo kwenu!!

meccuno:
I know the igbos have their issue with bragging about their achievements but it doesn't mean they feel inferior.....germans bragged during the second world war, they were superior,the americans brag about their achievements,the israelis brag about their achievements and its understandable.....the igbos have a cause to brag maybe its excessive at times but a tribe who lost millions of people,persecuted even till today but still levelled the unequal playing field........they have the bragging rights.......I know you are edo....a worthless one....and a brainless one.....why not tell us what and why edo people are usefull to Nigeria since u have a permeable brain.....and let's know who has the inferiority complex you talk about.......

coolscott:
[size=19pt]The Igbo Nation[/size]
[size=13pt]The current concept of an igbo nation is not refined at all because consciously or subconsciously, Igbos sadly find historical identity only in Biafra. This is because before the war, there is totally nothing they did together as a people. And this in turn is because before the colonialists, they were unable to make themselves into one political group.They therefore skew every position or narration concerning 1963 - 1970 for the sake of historical pride because besides it, they have nothing else they did historically together as a people.


The Igbo nation was not born before Biafra. Igbos did not know the geographical boudries of their ethnic group before colonialism.


Other ethnic groups are different because their ancient kingdoms existed before the white man. They formed themselves into formidable and full political bodies. They had their ancient conquests (and their ancient failings) so they do not needed to glorify or skew events of the 60s to paint themselves as heroes or as people that should be sympathized with for being treated unfairly.


Please understand that there was political structure on the clan (or group of clans) level only. That is why although there were sometimes clashes between Igbo clans and villges, there was never a time when all Igbos took up arms to fight any encroacher who tried to encroach into any Igbo vilage close to other ethnic groups.



That political structure just didn't exist. If villages in the northern area were fighting, Etche Igbos probably knew nothing about it. The Onitshas had a kingdom of their own, obviously influenced by the culture of politically organised kingdoms not far from them. This is just the reality of the historical political structure.


This total absence of a complete Igbo kingdom from time past to now is the source of this unspoken touchiness about their identity that Igbos feel and which they are usually not conciously aware of because a huge part of it is subconscious, or has been transferred from an older person to a younger person in the narration of ideas from the old to the young.

It is the cause of the self-haunting questions about identity, which plague the Igbo mind, leading to this inferiority complex where he intermittently blurts out fabrications of his mind about past Igbo glory


This touchiness shows up in behaviour others get puzzled by. Things like

1). venturing to culturally lay claim to towns/cities in other well know and established ancient kingdoms of other ethnic groups,

2). the persecution complex persona,

3). and even genuinely not being aware of the ridiculous spectacle they often make of themselves when they misbehave...

are all outward manifestations of this inner touchiness cum inferiority complex which they feel about history/identity/heritage as compared to that of others

And believe me, this plagues both the great and small in Igbo land. The educated an "uneducated"


If Igbos can form themselves into one well structured, traditional political body, there will be a different kind of soundness from a deep level, the depths of which perhaps cannot be surpassed.


Complete political wholeness and congruence from a deep traditional level is the only way to the modern day soundness that some other ethnic groups currently enjoy.



This will take completely restructuring the whole traditional governing system across the board, so that traditional authority flows from one stool to all the other stools in the Igbo nation, with in-built checks and balances. This will amount to creating/starting a traditional monarchy within and for all of the Igbo nation in this mordern day and time.



When I was younger, in my naiive enthusiasm, I thought this was possible. Now I am older I still indulge myself to a little fantasy and imagine it is.[/size]

meccuno:
u ended up not making sense

holysina:
guy stop this inferiority stuff. igbos and yorubas embarrasses themselves every day on nairaland, they act so immature in every discuss

willow0802:
ever lived outside Nigeria?, try google.co.uk and search igbos, then you will understand what the post is all about.

willow0802:
Sisi, this is not inferiority complex, okay why was nigerian coin minted with the star of david. Why was the star of david found 50 ft down in igbo land, why do our tradition corolates with jewish traditions, why did the first documented explorers call igbo jewish, why did we accept christainity 100%, think deep before u write pls.

Francis5:
[s]Re: Contribution of the SE (and Igbo) to Nigeria’s Economy

This argument keeps rearing its ugly head, pushed on by SW irredentists. But the first thing we need to remember is that the SE gets less from the national coffers, so it is expected to contribute less.

However, this is not the case in reality, as I equate the SE with Igbo, in some instances.
Here is how Igbos, even though they get less from the national purse, actually contribute most.

1. There are give and take 17 million Nigerians abroad; 60% of those are Igbos. We know that Nigerians abroad remit billions of dollars to Nigeria annually. Therefore, 60% of the billions of remittances are from Igbos who are mainly of SE origin. The Nigerian Feds have confirmed that the remittances contribute significantly to the economy.

2. Nollywood brings in billions of Naira to Nigeria. We all know that the Nollywood in question is Igbo-dominated.

3. Igbos constitute the bulk of foreign business people who import things into the Nigerian market. We know that importation goes along with payment of import duties, taxes and other levies.

4. The SE, by taking less out of the federal purse, contribute most in keeping some savings for Nigeria. Unfortunately the savings are swallowed by the crooks from all parts of Nigeria.

5. Three SE cities are among the 6-most industrialized cities/towns in Nigeria. Lagos, followed by Port Harcourt (Rivers) Agbara (Ogun), Aba (Abia), Onitsha (Anambra) and Nnewi (Anambra) are undoubtedly the most industrialized places in Nigeria. This means employment and tax payments to the national purse coming from these industries.

6. SEners/Igbos are the least employed by the federal government. This means they not only take less out of the system by way of salaries and benefits, but also by way of having less opportunity of stealing from the government. Stealing from the govt. is what the SW and North know how best to do.

7. Igbos, by migrating out of Nigeria in more numbers than other groups, contribute less in putting undue strain on the overstretched infrastructure of Nigeria. Most of the strain received by the infrastructure in Nigeria comes from the North. If all Nigerians were to stay back home, we all know how crazy it would get.

8. Most of the sports people in Nigeria are Igbos. That is a contribution that is probably not so easy to quantify monetarily.

9. Moreover, 70% of the investments in Abuja are Igbo-owned and about 30-40% of those in Lagos are also Igbos owned. These investors pay taxes to the governments.[/s]