Alleges region’s marginalization, insists North no longer one entity
Some indigenes of the North Central zone under the auspices of North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF) have urged other geo-political zones in the country to concede the presidency to the region in 2023.
The NCPF said the region was yet to have a shot at the presidency under a democratic setting.
The Kogi State House of Assembly recently canvassed for the zoning of the presidency to the North Central in 2023.
Addressing reporters in Ilorin, Kwara State on Saturday ahead of the launch of the state’s chapter of NCPF, the Secretary General, Khaleel Bolaji, said: “I am not mincing words. The North Central has over the years been marginalised.
“What the Kogi State House is saying, that the region should produce the next president come 2023, is correct.
“I am on the same page with them as an individual and as the Secretary General of NCPF.
“All the remaining five zones in the country have produced the president of the country while the North Central is yet to have a shot at it under a democratic setting.
Name them: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe of South East, Goodluck Jonathan of South-South, Olusegun Obasanjo of South West.
“Of course, the North West has had a shot at it up to four times, and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was from the North East.
“Our votes in the North Central are more than the South West votes. But because the South West has the press to make the noise, it always gets its ways.
“If politics about number, then we should be placed properly.”
Alhaji Bolaji added that the North Central zone had not been accorded its rightful place in the scheme of things in the larger northern region.
“There is no disputing the fact that the North Central geopolitical zone is part of the North, but the North is not one.
“We are one in terms of understanding one another. But when it comes to sharing the benefits, you will discover that there are disparities.
“For instance, nobody can be minister of Niger Delta except he is from that region. Abuja is in the North Central but over the years, majority of the ministers from the Federal Capital Territory have been outside of the North Central zone. This is part of what we are talking about.
“I can say that 80 per cent of solid mineral resources are from this zone. Rivers Niger and Benue are from here.
“Indeed, this is the zone that is holding Nigeria. We are the food basket of the country. These are the things we want Nigerians to know.
“The launching of the forum is the beginning of a new dawn in terms of politics for the geo-political region.
“With the forum in place, the region will now be able to do the needful in terms of making sure that our people get their rightful place in the context of Nigeria.
“This is not a breakaway from Arewa Consultative Forum (AC). We are part and parcel of ACF.”
Kinematics: No part of Rivers was ever in Imo state. Rivers was created in 1967, years before anything Imo was created. Thieves from East Central state wanted to grab land from Rivers(which is their usual way, land grabbing). But NBC had to step in and settle the issue.
Thief!
When the Rivers State was created in 1967, East Central State was created too. I was born and raised in the neighborhood of Obigbo and it was never a part of Rivers State until the 1976 draconian boundary adjustment. Obigbo and Umuagbayi were integral part of Asa County Council and later Ukwa Division then LGA. Before the Nigeria\Biafra war, Obigbo did not have central school. Anybody from Kom-kom, Obigbo, Obuzor and even Owaza had to come to IPU Central School, Imo River to take examination for first school leaving certificate.
Kinematics: See mumu. Who says Wike's wife is Ijaw? She is Ekpeye, not Engenni. She bearing Amarachi does not make her ibo. I guess with your deranged mentality every John is a Jew.
I guess by your silly insinuation, it makes her Ijo or even Yoruba. Only a dunce will not know John is a Judeo-Christian thing cum English. If the wearer of such crappy name is not European or North American, the origin of such figure becomes debatable. It will amount to basement idiocy for anybody to question the cultural origin of lady whose first or middle is Amarachi, the surname is Uzor and hailed from Ahoada.
You must be a member of IPOB to know what they secretly refer to themselves. In addition, a simple logic can inform a dunce what appears on the emblem of any organization does not actually reflects its name. IPOB can call themselves scorpions as you have alleged does not translate into any creature on the emblem of the organization. Most Nigerians act like jackasses who have no brain cell.
Only a dumbass clown would refer creatures in the picture as Scorpions. Any blue-blooded Igbo chap should know the creatures on the post are not scorpions. Please can God help disintegrate the shithole called Nigeria so the dingbats should not pass as compatriots. What a dunce.
Most Africans are brazenly idiotic to refer anything Africa as "Black". Yet these moronic dingbats would want Europeans, North Americans and Asians to respect them. No dumbass fool gets respect of any sort.
gidgiddy: This is all foolish talk. I was talking about 1976 when Owaza and Obigbo were still in Imo state, before Abia state was created.
Only a complete idiot will support Wike in what he did. People have been having problems with Northerners for a long time now, it is nothing new. What Wike did was to use the violence of ENDSARS, which was widespread, to after IPOB. Wike just got up one day, with no investigation, no evidence and no proof, accused IPOB of burning Police stations and killing security operatives.
In a democracy, Wike appointed himself investigation officer, judge, jury and executioner. He invited the military into Obigbo and many people were killed. All for what? Do you think he would have done the same if Obigbo had been his home town? Why would a Governor create a scenario where Soldiers move into an area in his state and start killing people indiscriminately? He never even condemned the killings for one day, showing that it was all out of hatred.
The same Wike said that IPOB wants to annex Rivers state into the SE and claimed that Rivers state belongs to the Niger Delta. The same thing he accused IPOB of doing
Wike just killed his people for nothing
You responded to a person whom seemed to make a pillow out of erroneously edited Wiki.
Kinematics: Ekpeye may be majority, but the Engennis are more influential in Ahoada west.
Note that in Ahoada West you have 3 people groups, that's Ekpeye, Engenni and Ogbogolo.
Ekpeye has never been Ibo. The language may have some similarities with ibo language, but has way more differences from ibo than any igboid group in Rivers.
The bolded is safe to represent the stream of thought of individual with intellectual shortfalls. Dumbass influence on what? The name of Wikeren's wife is Amarachi and her maiden name is Uzor. Her father was former ambassador. How Ijo or Engennis are Amarachi and Uzor?
Kinematics: Nothing you have written here gives right to miscreants from SE aka ipoo to come cause problem in Rivers. Keep your ipoo stupidity in the SE.
God bless Wike!
Academic fails!!! IPOO (Indigenous People of Oduduwa). You need a thinking hat.
gidgiddy: When we talk about Rivers state, lets not forget that Igbos are indigenous to at least 4 LGA's in that state. Obigbo indigenes are Igbos and Obigbo used to be in Imo state before it was carved into Rivers state in 1976 and renamed 'Oyigbo'
Etches of Etche LGA are Igbos
Egbema people of Egbema Ndoni LGA are Igbos, infact, half of Egbema is in Imo state in Ohaji- Egbema LGA
Omuma are Igbos.
What many people dont seem to understand is that the population of Rivers was not that big, so they carved areas of old Aba and Owerri provinces such as Egbema, Obigbo and Etche out to create Rivers state
It is very unfortunate that Wike chose to display hus stupidity for the world by no knowing that at least 4 Local Governments in Rivers are home to indigenous Igbos
One of the founding fathers of Ohanaeze Ndigbo hailed from Omoku in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni LGA.
They are what? It is very funny most Nigerians seem to die on issue they know nothing about. The ninnies who navigate to nairaland to shout about who is Igbo or not, do not even know anything about themselves.
I do not think there is any court in USA that can overturn the election result as it stands now. Most citizens of USA do not want people outside the country to see them as election riggers. In all, Trump is only a person among more than 300 million people of USA. The only chance left with Trump rests in the hands of unfaithful delegates at the electoral college. If many of them from the battle ground states are pissed off because of fraudulent ways of DNC and Democrat Party, then Biden could be in trouble.
sinkhole: Beautiful lie Which part of Jos? If she is a Christian then why will she want to go to school in Angwa-Rogo, Bauchi Rd, Eto-Baba and co.? There are tons of schools she could attend, as a Christian, in Christian areas such as Rukuba Rd, Zaria Rd and other parts of Jos South, etc
The bolded may still validate what she said. In fact, she said to have used her mother's maiden name who hailed from Bauchi State in order to gain admission into secondary. Do Angwa-Rogo, Buachi Rd and Eto-Baba not part of Plateau State? Why should a Christian who hailed from Plateau State deny admission in secondary school simply because she is a Christian in assumed Christian dominated state? Something does not smell right.
kikake: Politicians in the developed countries provided life-saver treated water supply system before building MAJOR urban roads.
Mbakwe government has laid the water pipes in major parts of Owerri zone; but that notwithstanding, the new roads being crisscrossed all over the place in areas of Owerri without the Water pipes - these roads shall in future be broken to lay water supply pipes. Our commonwealth shall be used to do that. Go drink your polluted water from private boreholes.
Life expectancy in areas of the world without treated public water supply system is going down to 50. You think that by insulting you are done.
Please localize on what you know for sure or you have worked such projects. There are laws in developed countries that guide everything. You simply cannot dig without informing the appropriate agency that oversee such things. Stop talking about politicians who are much of novices such as you.
kikake: Las Vegas has all the tourism attraction facilities.
Unlike the SEX TOURISM IN OWERRI IMO STATE which is rooted in prostitution of students, Las Vegas in Nevada State does not have its tourism fame from PROSTITUTION of young people. Natives of Las Vegas did not lobby or watch governments after governments locate all tertiary education institutions with hundreds of thousands of young people in Las Vegas, but ignore all the other towns in Nevada state; still covet the tertiary education institutions by combating every state governor of Nevada from removing any of the tertiary education institutions and young people in them to other towns in Nevada state.
Owerri hotels are for “short time” lodging for pimps, prostitutes and their patrons.
You must be a pimpp- profiteering from prostitution in Owerri.
In urban development, it is known that certain amenities beget another. I really do not know which "Tourism attraction facilities" which existed in Las Vegas, a glorified desert, before the hotels sprang up.
Yujin: I've said it here that clearly there are more Christians than muslims in Nigeria but for obvious reasons Christians have no political power to even stand for their rights. It's very saddening.
The Christians in northern region of Nigeria behaved liked slaves and willing tools. A young lady from Jos told me she could not have attended secondary school in Plateau State because she was a Christian. She used her mother's maiden name to gain admission. I asked how could you be in the majority yet told what to do by the Muslims?
okpalaAnambra: The people of Anambra where I come from are not really igbos.. They're actually igala and still have igala traditions till today.. Some of them also bear igala names like obaze, oseloka, enemali.. These are pure igala names.
You will also be surprised that the whole of Anambra North speak igala.. Those that speak igbo learnt it from neighbouring igbo states of : Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo
I hope this helps outsiders
Why did Anambra State people not learn from neighboring Igbo in Delta State? Bear in mind there are communities divided into two parts by River Niger one in Anambra and the other in Delta State. Were the communities in Delta State also Igala as the ones in Anambra State? Sometimes over fed fools just navigate to nairaland to spew incoherent craps.
AniOmaa: As they claim, yet according to the theories been presented by some "not so smart Yorubas", ordinary "Yeebos" are playing some high IQ 3D chess game on the intelligent and sophisticated Yoruba race by instigating them to attack and burn government properties in Lagos, attack their leaders including their DADDY Tinubu himself... among other ridiculous yet entertaining things they accuse the "Yeebos" of inciting them to do. Some even claim it was the almighty "Yeebos" that dressed up in military fatigues and shot those protesters in Lekki toll gate...ladies and gentlemen this is the hot aired theory our dear "intelligent and sophisticated" brothers are brandishing around as facts
But I digress, so let me get something straight here:
So you're all trying to tell me now that the self-published most intelligent and sophisticated tribe in Africa easily allowed some "Yeebos" from potopoto republic to egg and incite them to:-
(1) Burn public, government and private properties all over Lagos
(2) Attack Tinubu (their DADDY) for that matter?
(3) Yeebos also magically dressed up in military fatigues, armed themselves with military rifles and gunned down protesters in Lekki toll gate..
(4) oh let me guess, it was also Yeebos that gave the order for the military to shoot protesters at Lekki.
(5) Yeebos suddenly transformed themselves into agberos and started attacking and burning down buildings in Lagos, Yeebos even stormed the Oba's palace and ransacked this building and personal effects.
(6) In conclusion, the most intelligent tribe in Africa are now taking psychological lessons from some Yeebos who are now using them in all their glorious sophistications and intelligence to destroy the golden apple and pride of the Yorubas- Lagos.
This Yeebos must indeed be a special breed of people to psychologically biTch slap the glorious Yoruba race into destroying themselves
It appears your tribal inferiority complex is rising to the surface. The Yoruba people are known to destroy and burn properties during political riots. During 1964\5 political unrest in western region of Nigeria, operation "wetie" was born. Please remove Igbo from your silly figment of imagination.
kikake: In normal countries with educated elites following political leaders, underground pipes for treated water for public supply, gas pipes for domestic supply, sewage system, electricity and telephone cables are first laid underground before the less important roads are built.
But building roads first implies that in future, the roads must be broken to lay down the pipes and cables.
It’s most foolish to believe that private water boreholes, for example, shall remain as substitute for public water supply system in Imo state. Bad leadership.
Mbakwe started with, and completed laying down public water supply pipes in four of the five senatorial districts of old Imo state. He did not do that of Orlu senatorial district because of the still unending bad politicians from the zone. The water supply pipes are still intact in Owerri and Okigwe senatorial zones.
It is unfortunate your stream of thought falls inline with the silly thoughts of the so-called politicians you intend to denigrate. There is nothing more important in a city planning than roads. However the standards of advancement of any society calls for certain amenities to compliment the roads before a city is born. You write like novices who knew nothing about Engineering and Construction.
kikake: Hotels saturate Owerri, why? Because of the about 300,000 students jam packed in Owerri in all the universities and polys in Imo state restricted to Owerri area.
Rochas Okorocha government started to build what it called new site for Imo state university in Ogboko to lower the level of prostitution in Owerri.
Those who profit from the prostitution business colluded with profiteering local landlords and opposed Okorocha’s intention. Yet Okorocha government continued to build the university. Ihedioha government committee pronounced the university as wholly IMSG owned. Okorocha never raised any objection to the committee findings.
But governor Hope Uzodinma is political foe of Okorocha.
New Hotels emerge in Owerri - to the delight of those profiting from prostitution of our young students jam packed in Owerri.
A rant of an ant!!! Las Vegas economy is sourced from Hotels and Entertainment not because schools and student provide prostitutes. Africans are known for foolish talk especially when they oppose something.
kikake: Owerri-Awka Road is the correct name for this road called Owerri-Orlu Road. The road shall serve Owerri to Awka - short cut to Enugu and Abuja- if the bridge at Ideato is now built.
Orlu needs its dilapidated urban roads to be rebuilt by IMSG now.
Orlu needs its dilapidated urban roads to be rebuilt by Orlu LGA now.
SIONKPO1: I feel so ashamed, on how some Igbo's,feels that Igbo's are indegenes of some states but they deny having other tribes that are indigenous to the 5 core Igbo land
The people listed above do not consider themselves as the ethnicity in the corresponding states. In the other hand though, Ndigbo in other states have soundly acclaimed Igbo.
I am sure most Nigerians will literally run amok the day Republic of Igbo land is actualized and the number of sections of Nigeria that will sue as Igbo.
This dumbass fool from southern region of Nigeria only talk about entry points in the southern Nigeria while the entry points in northern region of Nigeria are express roads. I hate everything about Nigeria which is completed one-sided and watered by the Yoruba. I must say other southern Nigerians should quickly consider a Republic in southern Nigeria without Yoruba.
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