RELIGION is a thought disorder. Lots of people in this shytehole need urgent therapy.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


You dated a WORKER as a STUDENT?
Which lines did you use to toast her?

Lol. It’s delusion to think we’re toasting women. They choose us then pretend iwhile we fool ourselves with toasting.

Op,

You and who want all these things. Just talk for yourself there.

Obi1kenobi:


This is the point though: I don't believe it is a deliberate economic strategy. It is an oversight. If you have a well organized civil service, you'll earn good money. You'll plug tax-avoidance loopholes in the system. You can't compare Anambra and Cross River in economic output, but Cross River earns more because their civil service is more efficient. Same with Enugu which generates more in IGR than Anambra. These are failings that need to be addressed. I use my dad as an example who was an FIRS director, and is consequently sensitive about his tax obligations and a willing tax payer. Yet, according to him, he hasn't paid tenement rate in several years for the flats he owns in Nkpor. Free money that the state government is missing out on due to their lack of due diligence. I believe it is mismanagement, not a deliberate strategy. I stress this matter of IGR a lot because we are the group that are loudest about "restructuring" (that is even ignoring the IPOB fanatics who want a schism). Even the Niger Delta that have the most to gain from it don't make as much noise about restructuring as we do. Yet, we are failing at fundamental things to make it a viable reality. Without a healthy tax base, our public infrastructure will collapse and we'll be pauperized. Sectors like education, health, transportation, agriculture, mining, waste disposal and public utilities etc will always need to be driven by the government and the money to fund it must be there.

Yes, more revenue might mean more waste and embezzlement, but it is our duty to ensure we hold our leaders accountable.

It’s interesting that the two states you mentioned (Enugu and CRS) are older states. These states had better infrastructure for tax collection than the newer states which in most cases have not developed such systems. It goes to show you that most of these issues are structural. I guess that also kind of gives some credence to your “oversight “ assertion.

I don’t think the state executives are too enamoured with “restructuring”. Why spoil a good thing? Of course we have already talked about their short term focus. In the SE, it’s mainly Ohaneze ( with frustrated political ambitions and have the luxury of being outside looking in) as well as ordinary citizens that are more in favour of restructuring. The whole country will gain from restructuring in the longer term despite real short term pain in many areas. Actually, that is the only solution to our myriad issues. Hopefully, state (or regional) political executive offices will be less attractive to the kind of carpet baggers we have currently and we can attract people with some vision. Accountability should also improve because there is no one else to blame.

I think the tenement rate is a local government tax. That is the tragedy of the decision of most state executives to literally abolish that tier of government. In most countries, local governments (or municipalities) are responsible for streets (road maintenance), sewage, some utilities, basic education, waste disposal, police and a number of other services. They are usually financed mainly by property taxes. In Nigeria, the LGs do almost fvck all. Citizens have to provide these services for themselves while still paying taxes to state government which is very unfair especially to wage earners who can’t escape PAYE.

That is also why the effects of restructuring (not withstanding the loss of revenue) will have less an impact on the lives of ordinary people than you may expect. Currently, the actual impact of state governments on the lives of most ordinary Nigerians is very limited. For example, I saw people praising Mr Umahi for building flyovers and “glass tunnels”. In Kano state, they built the longest flyover in the country. Amaechi left a half completed monorail system in Rivers state. How do these help the ordinary person who is struggling to make $1:00/day?

Obi1kenobi:


It is. When a state like Anambra with its massive bank deposit mobilization and commercial potential raises less in IGR than Cross River or Kwara, we're doing a bad job. It's not as if high IGR states like Ogun are overtaxing residents. My dad for example owns apartment blocks in Mkpor and told me he hasn't paid any tenement rate in several years. You need to generate revenue if you want your government to have the capacity to live up to its responsibilities in public infrastructure and healthcare, pay salaries, pensions and entitlements, expand the civil service and improve their quality of life (Anambra civil servants, including graduates, are horribly paid), stimulate the economy, invest in productive ventures like mining and agriculture etc. We're like a century behind countries like Switzerland, so I don't see that as the best of analogies. Sure, Switzerland has one of the lowest tax rates among its European neighbors, but healthcare and utilities costs in Switzerland are significantly more expensive too than their neighbors, with less subsidies from the government. It all still balances out. Swiss people don't have a higher quality of life than Swedes or Norwegians or Danes. The bottomline is we need to improve on the efficiency of our civil service. One of the reasons for the lack of professionalism you alluded to is simply the Anambra state civil service for example is not worth working for. I had a cousin who worked there years ago under Peter Obi and his salary was something like N20,000 a month: a graduate.

I agree with your last paragraph. I hoped a grassroots driven movement like IPOB could really inspire change in local politics, but they chose to chase ghosts instead. Basically saying the reason we're in a mess is all because of "zoogeria". Not that the Mbadinujus, and Kalus, and Orjis, and Nnamanis, and Egwus were also useless governors, or that our Senators and Representatives only go to the National Assembly to share money (remember the budget crises this year where money was taken from the 2nd Niger Bridge project and the disgraceful incompetence of our representatives). It's all because of Zoogeria.

You make an interesting point about civil service pay. It’s clearly a case of the government pretending to pay the workers while the civil servant pretend to work. You clearly can’t retain quality talent with 20k/month.

When I was in school, I dated a civil servant. I visited her very regularly because the secretariat was close to my school. In the 6 months period, I never saw this babe do a minute of work and she had a whole office to herself.

The point about IGR as a proxy for government effectiveness is not about whether more revenue isn’t better than less revenue but whether additional funds are better utilized by government than if the money is left with individuals. I consider Anambra as a relatively well run state (not withstanding the low wages lol). I understand that they have a deliberate policy of avoiding excessive taxation to encourage growth.

I don’t know much about Lagos but from what people tell me the taxes (on micro businesses) are retrogressive and intrusive while government expenditure is concentrated in the affluent areas. In contrast to Anambra, most states concentrate on beautifying the capital cities and other projects with zilch effect on the welfare of a large proportion of the population. Additionally, these high IGR figures don’t stop them borrowing like down at luck gamblers. So you over tax me today, spend the money to benefit only the well off then over borrow to ensure that my children suffer the same fate (or worse).

I believe that if the money isn’t going to be used judiciously, it’s better left with me to be solve my own problems. On the other hand, if there is a clear vision for the state ( or region), then clearly an efficient system of taxation will be invaluable component in achieving that aim.

You don’t expect IPOB to criticize the SE leadership when that will serve to polarize local support. Additionally, such criticism will divert attention from the core issue which is the illogical structure of the country.

hammerFC:



This is the concluding part to the first video, i posted.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kol3EJ9vriw

Putrid cow dung.

N’akogheri!

Obi1kenobi:


I have no good or bad method cos the Biafran agitation holds no interest for me. I'm far more concerned with the quality of leadership in the SE and holding them to accountability and transparency than pretending the FG is the cause of all our problems. I remember my visit to Aba a few years ago. I was traumatized at the abject level of the infrastructure. A failed state government with successive failed leaders since '99 is responsible for that and not Abuja.
One of the biggest failures about the Biafran agitation is failure to look inwards before looking outwards.
I followed the Catalonia and Scottish independence movements. Both being the most prosperous administrative regions in their countries, they were motivated by the fact they were putting in more to the national accounts than they were getting from the center. They were highly successful local governments who didn't want to keep on subsidizing failed zones with their hard-earned money. Biafran agitators overlook the massive failures of their SE governments, and their Federal representatives who failed to put the region's interests first in national politics. Failures in infrastructure. Failures in attracting investment. Failures in economic vision and administrative efficiency (where a state like Anambra still generates less than N20 billion a year in IGR).
I wish I could say we've done our part and the FG is holding us back, but we haven't. Not even close. If the political revolution doesn't start with domestic politics, it is ignoring the real problems to chase ghosts. IPOB supporters in a state like Ebonyi or Abia for example ignoring their local problems to be railing against the "zoo" is no different from having people from Zamfara or Yobe blaming their problems on the FG.

Good point about the failure of local SE leadership. We’ve had the worst civilian Igbo leadership from 1999.

I am not a fan of using IGR as a proxy for good governance. Whether the money is in my pocket or it is gathered in a central purse, the important thing should be efficiency and effectiveness of utilization. Across the planet, there are examples of successful economies with low taxes (like Switzerland and Liechtenstein) as well economies like the Scandinavian nations with higher taxes. The key thing is a consistent strategy that aims at maximizing social welfare.

I’ll give an example. In the UK, the National Health Service is financed by taxes while in Switzerland, there is a mandatory insurance scheme, but outcomes in both systems are roughly similar. Similarly, in the 60s, the Eastern Regional Government employed a light touch. Their educational policy relied on individual and community contributions matching the state component. The outcomes were as good or even better than those that relied on 100% state (tax) funding) - so-called free education.

I think the issue we’ve had in the SE in the past 2 decades ( apart from clear incompetence) has been a lack of strategic direction or just simply vision. Reforms from the military era also ensured that state civil services lack professionalism and are ineffective at policy making and execution .

The key issue is that state executives have very short term horizons. The first 4 years is spent doing projects to impress voters to enable them rig their re-elections without too much opposition. They then spend the next 4 years doing fvck all while shopping for a successor that would not uncover hidden bodies.

Given the foregoing, it will be next to impossible to have any meaningful change without some crises. I was hoping the Biafra agitation will bring that kind of crises and force these guys out of their comfort zones. And people were actually making the right kind of noises as at last year. This seems to have petered out. I can only hope that Buhari wins the re-election with very marginal votes from the SE. That would hopefully create an environment that may engender change.

Double post

ezeagu:
The infrastructure of southeastern Nigeria will be challenged by its environment, therefore it would be good to use case studies from some countries which match the climate of southeastern Nigeria, a tropical forest climate, either with good infrastructure or infrastructure that would be a level that can be achievable in only a few years. The list can include:

Singapore
Malaysia
Vietnam

Singapore especially.

Good insight.

I have given a lot of thought to possible models for sustainability given our climate (fragile tropical soils) and massive population pressures.

If you look at the archeology, focusing directly on over 3 millenniums of iron smelting, it appears that our forbears might have faced an environmental collapse in the past. Equatorial soils have never borne continuous intensive cultivation very well especially with iron tools.

Ancient civilizations existing at similar latitudes in South Asia and the Americas seemed to have faced similar environmental issues. When I think about the Igbo Ukwu discoveries, I become definite that we faced similar issues here.

Brazil has done a lot of research in breading animals especially cattle in similar environments as well as tackling the well known acidity of tropical soils. There is also a lot exciting developments in hydroponics and indoor farming generally.

The development and dissemination of agricultural technology is an area that has become almost nonexistent with the FG decision to abololish the Regional Produce Marketing Boards. This is one area that should be revisited if we want to develop alternative sources of revenue.

Obi1kenobi:
pazienza

I've seen you peeping in on the thread a number of times and saying nothing about this issue. Perhaps, you could be the voice of reason here that could help redeem those that have gone astray. How do you feel watching Igbos and their obsession with Jews and Israel and claiming to be Jews?

Lol. Are you asking for backup?

No mind them.

No point in long arguments, at the appropriate time, we will deport all these illegal Hebrew immigrants from our beautiful Alaigbo.

While they were roaming the desert searching for Canaan, their mates were going North, they were going South. We need to get rid of these people so we can see if they’re responsible for some of our bad luck.

Brilliant! Indeed he’s both a curse and a blessing.

If he works as hard in the next five years as he’s done in the past three years, then Nnamdi Kanu doesn’t need any referendum. The country will just disintegrate on its own.

I don’t believe the Hebrew origin story because there exists firm archeological evidence that we were already living in our present location while the Hebrews were searching for their Beth Isreal.

However, this article is ignorant and retar.ded because Judaism (Jewish) is a religion. That’s why you have brown, white and black Jews today. There is genetic evidence that some ancestors of the most prominent Jewish population today, the Ashkenazi may have converted as late as the 7th century AD.

mightguy:
hope it is not Wikipedia? What they were called in the olden dayz was ekpaphia which means Bush bag but in English it doesn't sound well that is y they are trying every possible way to clean it off ekpeye or whatever...

No, it’s not Wikipedia. It’s a scholarly paper. Wikipedia has some “political” additions.

vanbonattel:


I am a linguist and I know that every Igbo speaking area in the world were born by Igbomen who were their ancestors and lived on the same space they live in now. So, every Igbo speaking area is Igboland.

Ok. No wahala

vanbonattel:


Stop hiding behind your finger, Ekpeye are Igbos that speak their own dialect of Igbo just like the Ohofia and the Nsukka.

Oga, I’m not a linguist. Since you’re one, you probably know better.

mightguy:
then it is not igboid but their language is old form of igbo

Actually, linguists classify two Igboid languages, Igbo and Ekpeye.

horsepower101:


And my point is that if you have been following this thread, which i am very sure that you have, majority of Igbos actually and surprisingly agree with you. But you have a habbit of using a minority opinion to replace a majority opinion in order to push your anti-igbo agenda. Enough,

Hapu that guy. He’s just seeking attention.

When them dey call meeting for animal wey get horn, snail sef go dey raise hand. Lol.

Bede2u:
well we can get biafra easier if the north knows it wont lead to SW and SS leaving with us.

That is why skilled negotiators can work with fg to see how things can work for both parties.

The first biafran war was fought by 95% only igbos. Niger deltans joined gowon early in the fight. Now also the 2nd biafra championed by ipob is around 85% SE igbos only. We have heard many ethnic groups from SS dissociate themselves from ipob.

However, we know that igboland is not just the 5 SE states. Igboland includes Anioma in delta and large parts of rivers state. Now am saying we can drop anioma and igboid areas of rivers state, and also drop the other niger delta states if FG can allow us to have oyigbo, khana and opobo. It doesnt even need to be the whole areas....just enough lands to extend SE into the sea. By so doing also, we divide the niger delta into 2. This will further ensure that the niger delta republic will be a dead dream cos cross river and akwa ibom will be cut off from rivers delta bayelsa.

FG wins, biafra wins. Win win

You should study your map well. There is a part of Abia start that meets a curved part of Imo River. That point is at the same latitude as PH, actually nearer to the ocean than the PH port. So why do you want to burden yourself with other people’s land again?

How would you even feel if people displace you from your ancestral home for strictly selfish reasons? There are some suggestions that shouldn’t be uttered in polite society. Just take it easy.

What is this obsession Mumuharistas have with Igbos?

A little revelation, you don’t need 100% of the votes to win, you need only 50% plus one vote to win. So, can you lot just leave us the fvck alone already.

Actually, if you guys continue with this you are likely to completely alienate the remain 63.5 * Igbos who are thinking of voting your saintly dunce.


*63.5 Igbo votes projection is based on 63 votes plus half a vote from Rochas who’s currently undecided.

This is for those saying they want to play “Nigerian politics” under the mistaken belief that Nigeria has an infinite life span.

In the biggest collective demonstration of demand for electric vehicles to date 26 states, cities, regions and businesses today simultaneously announced 100% zero emission vehicle targets.

The initiatives, developed and run by The Climate Group and C40 Cities, range from taking business fleets and employee benefit cars electric by 2030, to cities procuring only electric buses from 2025.

Zero emission areas in cities are also set to become a global phenomenon as 12 more cities confirm their commitment, including the Asian megacities of Tokyo and Seoul.

Collectively the targets, these governments and businesses are signing up to, will vastly increase the number of zero emission vehicles on the road, bringing the numbers up towards the levels necessary by 2030 to deliver on the ambition of the Paris Agreement.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.fleetnews.co.uk/amp/news/environment/2018/09/13/100-zero-emission-targets-announced

Can anyone hazard a guess about what would become of Nigeria in a permanent $10-15/Barrel world combined with our already high debt repayment ratios?

What about increasing conflicts in the North and Mid-Belt driven by increasing desertification Ian’s climate change?

Anyone that thinks that this country is going to last for ever needs to wake up and fast.

murphyibiam15:
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023.

The minister stated this at a special Town Hall Meeting on infrastructure organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture and the National Orientation Agency.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed led three other ministers including
for those hoping for igbo presidency from APC, it is all scam

You don’t need to be a political genius to realize that the SW 2023 President is a pipe dream, similar to the SE president after GEJ.

Politicians sell these dreams to attract home support and shore up their individual current positions. I don’t think any Nigerian politician is capable of thinking beyond just the next election. So right now everything in the world is about 2019. 2023 is a pie in the sky.

Obi1kenobi:


Sorry, but the emboldened is a ridiculous point. You defend the integrity of your votes with mobilization and activism and vigilance. There is not a single thing "boycotts" accomplish. Boycotts are just a childish tantrum. Anambra state for example after the disastrous tenure of Mbadinuju didn't just say "politics is useless" and sit at home. They mobilized themselves to vote out a disaster and even when the choice, Peter Obi, was rigged out, he fought like hell for his mandate and won and freed Anambra from political thuggery and kleptocratic godfathers. Had Anambrarians decided to simply sit at home with your cynical rationale, they'd be in the grip of a thug like Chris Uba today. I've really never come across this in my life except among IPOB: that somehow boycotting the political process is going to magically transform our fortunes somehow. It reminds me of Uwazuruike calling for census boycotts around 2006, then crying a decade later about how this was a mistake and how it has contributed further to Igbo marginalization. This is the effect of subordinating oneself to what has become a cult: a movement that offers only anger and bitterness and dissent and calls for anarchy and consumed with the personality cult of a narcissistic charlatan, Nnamdi Kani, with no clarity of purpose as to what they actually hope to accomplish and how to move forward.

There's no point talking about how Igbos have been shortchanged. That is not the point. No one of good faith believes that Ndigbo have not been marginalized in Nigeria (including be incompetent, thieving Igbo leaders). But what on earth is the boycott supposed to accomplish. I want someone to articulate precisely what it accomplishes cos everytime I ask the question, no one has ever bothered to address it. Okay, you boycott elections.....then what happens next? What's the next step?

Yeah, IPOB are retar.rds. NK is a daft charlatan. Probably? However, that was not the point I was making. I am not a member of IPOB And I don’t hold brief for them.

I was merely stating that our Igbo politicians brought the current situation upon themselves. They did not represented us when they had the opportunity. They were not leaders. We have little reason to trust them with the national influence they crave. They need more time out in cold.

Cjrane2:


Excellent, well articulated write up! Much respect Sir!

You got it 100% right with IPOB. The complete lack of strategy by IPOB has continued to portray Ndigbo as senseless and directionless. Part of the problem is because Nnamdi Kanu always wants to use other people to get N300 million naira bail set by Buhari, yet he would not listen to anyone about how to make IPOB useful to Igbo people politically.

If IPOB had not adopted the scorched earth policy of trying to make life so unbearable for Igbos in Nigeria that we will eventually be forced to pick up arms, then they wouldn't be such thoughtless group.

Why has IPOB not thought about seizing power in Nigeria? IPOB has the population to seize power in the SE and in Nigeria by making sure their people vote for IPOB representatives who would go to the national assembly and argue for the right to Referendum. Yet, IPOB would not do that, but prefer to lurk in the shadows of society and preach political suicide for Igbos to avoid voting and marginalize ourselves even more. Our enemies know that it is suicide for a majority tribe to foolishly refuse to vote in a democracy, that is why they are supporting Nnamdi Knau to continue to senselessly preach electoral boycott for a majority tribe like the Igbo. So how do we get the right representative, Governors and even a president that is sympathetic to our desire for self government? The worst part is that Nnamdi Kanu now somehow feels the struggle is about himself and not the collective ideal of every Igbo person. Once a leader begins to see himself and his personal interests as more important than his loyal followers, then that person isn't fit to lead anyone. That is why Nnamdi Kanu cannot be trusted to do what is right for Ndigbo if it contradicts his personal interests.

I can feel your passion here. However, I’ll like to suggest that both your angst and fears are slightly misdirected. NK would not have any valid reasons to call for election boycotts if the integrity of the electoral process was beyond reproach.

Those of us that live in the SE are aware of how the PDP kept “winning” elections here. Even before NK started talking about election boycotts, a large proportion of voters were already fed up with the repeated disenfranchisement. They just reasoned that there was little value in voting when some powerful individuals will go ahead to declare some predetermined results.

I personally find it fitting that the same PDP politicians who benefited (and assumed prominence) from these electoral charades are the same ones likely to lose the most from m reduced voting in the SE. I will be a hypocrite if I pretended to be unhappy about it. This is clearly poetic justice, if such a thing ever existed.

You suggested that NK was pushing us to political suicide. I will beg to disagree with you. We committed political suicide (years ago actually) when some privileged Igbo people started using “Federal Might” to disenfranchise the Igbo masses not withstanding our traditions. NK is simply advocating for a fitting funeral.

What, if I may ask, have we gained from the 16 years that we occupied all the lofty positions in successive PDP governments? What makes this time different? From my own myopic view, the only thing we have gained is political office holders perpetuating themselves regardless of performance. These guys don’t care about voting or voters. Elections are just expedient masquerades that they manipulate to gain power and wealth. Screw the common Igbo person!

All I can say now is the chicks are coming home to roost and I won’t pretend to be too sorry about it. Hopefully, a few more years out in the cold will reset their brains and they will learn to appreciate principles over expediency.

Purehuman:


Very good point coming from you.

Another question, can we start our own education. We try and get own large followers. Then they will see us as a formidable force too. Don't you think going now might make us look like a joke to them knowing that we don't have any backing.

They were (and still are) regarded by some as a joke. Rome was not build in a day. You need to work for followership.

You don’t even need to antagonize anyone because your message isn’t against any group.

Purehuman:
Is there a possibility that we can sway support from the IPOB towards our own course or are we going to grow towards getting to meet with them and make real arrangement with them.

The truth is, they have tried in getting hold of the grassroots and I commend them for that. We will have to try not to combat them with getting followers in the grassroots. It's either we take the long route of constant education or the short root of making IPOB see reasons for our agitation.

What do you think?

This is a good idea. However, everything depends on how sincere the leadership of IPOB is.

If they are sincere then they would see that it’s easier for a wealthier Igboland to achieve self determination than a poor one with little influence. Moreover, it should be obvious that the transition to self government will be easier if critical infrastructure is built now rather than afterwards.

If on the hand, they are pursuing an everlasting struggle and see IPOB as an alternative form of employment (or enterprise), you should expect resistance.

If you meet resistance, then it’s time to take your own message to the grassroots. NK and Mefor don’t have a patent on the methods they used.

APCLyingBastard:


But a situation where islam forbids any form of birth control should tell you that this policy is designed specifically to target non-muslim women.

We all know that Shitslam is a mental disorder exacerbated by repeated head slamming. However, there is no need to hurt ourselves because we think we are in some competition.

Left to their own devices, the lunatics will always self-destruct.

APCLyingBastard:


Birth rates can not be enforced but what this Islamic govt intends to do with this policy is to rather discourage birthrates which they can easily achieve by providing incentives to women who comply as against those who don't.

A simple policy of paying women of birth age to be on the pill will suffice. Do you know how many women in rural areas will jump at that offer?

We don’t have a social safety net in this country. It’s basically every man for himself. The poverty that comes from having too many children is borne by individuals not by religious groups.

APCLyingBastard:


Then why is the Islamic govt intruding on how many children Christian women can have?

Which government?

Does it seem like we have a government in this place and people keep butchering themselves everyday.

Security of citizens is the most basic government function. They can’t even do that and you’re talking about something as totalitarian as controlling birth rates.

Double post

APCLyingBastard:
The policy of limiting birth numbers for women only as proposed by the current minister of finance is geared towards limiting birth rates and future populations of Christians in Nigeria.

The policy is specifically designed to target Christian couples as it intends to put a birth cap on women and not men.

Being monogamous, a Christian couple will be at the very target of this Islamic policy since it is the woman's birth rate that is targeted but a Muslim man, who is entitled at any given time a maximum of four wives will be at an advantage.

Let's assume a birth cap for every woman is put at a maximum of 4. That means a typical monogamous Christian couple will be restricted to at most 4 children but a Muslim man with 4 wives can procreate without sanction up to 4 times the amount a Christian couple is limited to. This does not consider the fact that Muslim men in places like Northern Nigeria usually exceed the four wives as they usually divorce their women to accommodate for another just as one changes one of his car tyres.

If the minister of finance is sincere about tackling population explosion and antecedent poverty rates, then she ought to look at child marriage in he cesspit North, girl child education and the uplifting of the girl child and women above their current status of being slightly above that of a goat.

You people like worrying yourself unnecessarily. I swear!

We don’t even know how many people are unfortunate enough to live in this shytehole, you’re worrying yourself over a suggestion everyone will ignore.

Moreover if the mudslimes want to have a hundred children each, is their poverty your own?

Develpeast:


It is economically wrong building what you do not need. Why are we building airports when we have not finished using the ones that are already in existence. The imo and enugu airports in the east today are enough for the number of economic activities we have now. If it increases, then we can open new airports in anambra and ebonyi state.

We have not been having serious discussions here when things are really going south. Ndigbo should be looking at focusing on important areas of our economies and expand strategically. In telecommunications and ICT today, there are boundless opportunities that we should be looking at. With evolving 5G network all over the world, the chinese are calling all their experts in africa to come back learn the technology so as to continue expanding their influence all over africa and eastern asia.

Igbos should stop playing local and hateful politics and focus on the right things that will help us in the future. Even with our high HDI, we do not have the right skillful population to push the agenda of igbos forward but we keep arguing about airports that will still show low patronage in the nearest future with the kind of development we are advertising here.

Thank you, brother.