₦airaland Forum

IkwerrePikin:
There is different between NDDC states and Niger Delta.

Crude oil was first discovered in the Niger delta that is why the commission is named Niger delta development commission.

I expect govt to renamed it to Oil Producing State Development Commission as other states outside the Niger delta region now have crude oil.

Niger Delta that only exists in your psychotic skull.

The play of fools.

Joe Igbokwe is absolutely nobody. He cannot even win election as a dog catcher talk less a local government councillorship.

The persons who made the video are functional idiots. There is fold water everywhere in the world. However in certain localities, the flood water is not allowed to cause permanent damages as witnessed in Nigeria. The moment the down pour is over, the flood water shall be drained. If by any reason the flood water remained on the flooded area for extended time the maintenance crew will be on the scene. In Nigeria the flood water is allowed to erode the asphalt and turn into milky mud solution.

The OP is one of reasons Nigeria remains a shithole. Niger Delta will never become a republic if Nigeria disintegrates today. The certain goons, who actually know where they belong, are readily expendable.

freeborn02:
That's because you don't allow your brain to digest the comment before you responded. You should try to get your brain to work more often, ok?
And yes, igbos are no saints. No tribe in Nigeria is a saint. Every tribe has its problems.

And for your information, the leadership problem Nigeria has today was precipitated by the selfish acts of the Igbo tribe.

You guys caused the problem. So, you must eat the fruit to the fullest.

Mr. or Mrs. Brainy, you are still showing strains of ignorance. All the craps you have so far conjured do not factor into the determination for homeland The tribes in Nigeria maybe sinners and have tallied amount problems yet people have the inalienable right to seek for secession. Who gives a ratass about the leadership problem in Nigeria? I simply do not want to include certain goons in Nigeria as my compatriots. They also reserve such privilege not to want me as compatriot. Nigeria is created by men and it will take men to disintegrate it.

Guestlander:
There was only one decree 34 issued by Ironsi and that decree abolished the regions and usurped their powers. I don't know which decree 34 you read, but we are talking about Nigeria now not Libya or Liberia or some other countries.

You wrote it was not written in Chinese. Then I beg you to post the copy. Please do not write about decree # 34. Post it for public mass to read to the level of their comprehensibility.

MetaPhysical:
Stop twisting facts.

Did Ironsi consult the Premiers to get input if they want a unified public service.....?

You are really a MetaNonsesnical. Why would Ironsi consult the Premiers when they have been overthrown on January 15, 1966. Most of them were lucky to enjoy the free air.

Sammy07:
Ignorant
https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/12080141_images37_jpegf993be8a49b9ce8ec25ee4cc44a79280

When I saw the crap you posted to buttress a silly plank. the first thing that caught my attention was www.dawodu.com

Pimpmaride:
Ratello:


By Eric Teniola | 04 September 2017 | 3:57 am



On assumption of power, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966. Decree No 1 dated January 17, 1966 but not published in the Official Gazette until March 4, 1966.

Of all the decrees enacted in Nigeria, none is more controversial than Decree No 34 of 1966. It was promulgated on May 24, 1966 by then Head of State, Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924-1966) . It was called Unification Decree while some critics at that time labelled it the De-unification Decree.

It was the decree that started the death of regionalism – an issue which is still generating controversy till now. Although the next head of State General Yakubu Gowon repealed the Decree 34 on August 31, 1966 through Decree 9, a large portion of the Decree is still effective till today.

General Gowon further compounded it by promulgating Decree 14 of 1967 which broke Nigeria into 12 states and provided for military governors for each state. With Decrees 34, 8 and 14 regionalism was finally buried.

On assumption of power, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966. Decree No 1 dated January 17, 1966 but not published in the Official Gazette until March 4, 1966. He then issued Public Order Decree No 33 dated May 24 1966 which dissolved eighty-one political associations and twenty-six tribal and cultural associations.

At the early stage of his tenure, he appointed a three-man advisory team made up of Chief Francis Nwokedi, a Permanent Secretary, Dr. Pius Charles Nwabafor Okigbo (1924-2000) and Colonel Patrick Anwunah, who later became Chairman and Head of the Orientation Committee at that time.

He replaced the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991) with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke (SAN), former Director, Public Prosecution, Eastern Nigeria (1960-1965) from Nimo in the present Anambra state.

In a speech to the nation on January 28 1966, he denounced the evils of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa regime and outlined necessary reforms. ”All Nigerians”, he declared,” want an end to regionalism. Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction. The Federal Military Government will preserve Nigeria as one strong nation.” He then went on to promise “administrative reforms” and referred specifically to several matters in which regional as well as personal interests were known to have had decisive influence. These were official appointments, public investments, and the universities. He promised that in the public services, efficiency and merit will be the criteria for advancement”. That industrial development would be “coordinated to avoid wasteful duplication of industrial projects”, and that the universities would be “re-orientated to serve the genuine interest of our people.”



Immediately after the speech two Governors kicked against the proposal. They were, Major General David Akpode Ejoor (83) from Ovu in the present Delta State, then serving as the Military Governor of the Mid-Western region and Major General Hassan Usman Katsina(1933-1995), who was then serving as Governor of the Northern region.

Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (1933-2011), Military Governor of Eastern Region welcomed the decree while Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966), Military Governor of Western Region never commented on the promulgation of the decree.

Lt-Col Ejoor was reported as saying that the ’National Government’ set up by the army was the prelude to ‘the reintroduction of a unitary form of government’ and insisted that it would create future problems. Shortly afterwards, the Supreme Military Council announced that a senior government official, Mr. Nwokedi, had been asked to consider and to report to the Supreme Military Council on the establishment of ‘an administrative machinery for a united Nigeria’ and the ‘unification of the Public Services and Judicial Services.’

In his own speech on February 19 at the Kaduna Airport, the Governor of Northern region, Lt-Col. Hassan Katsina said he was not aware as a member of the then Supreme Military Council of the modalities for the proposed National Government. ”I am afraid the egg is about to be broken”.

On February 21 1966, General Aguiyi-Ironsi again addressed the nation on the issue. He said: “On the question of the political future of the country, the experiences and mistakes of the previous governments in the Federation have clearly indicated that far-reaching constitutional reforms are badly needed for peaceful and orderly progress towards the realization of our objectives. I have already touched on some of the major issues involved in recent broadcast to the nation. It has become apparent to all Nigerians that rigid adherence to ‘regionalism’, was the bane of the last regime and one of the main factors which contributed to its downfall. No doubt, the country would welcome a clean break with the deficiencies of the system of government to which the country has been subjected in the recent past. A solution suitable to our national needs must be found. The existing boundaries of governmental control will need to be re-adjusted to make for less cumbersome administration.’

As a follow-up on May 25, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification)(No. 5) Decree 1966. Decree No. 34 (the ‘Unification Decree’).

After the promulgation, the country was thrown into turmoil which led to demonstration particularly in many parts of Northern Nigeria at that time. On his return to Kaduna on May 27, Col. Hassan Katsina was besieged with demands for an explanation. It was feared that in a unified service, Northerners would be at a disadvantage. It was no consolation that the Decree provided for the delegation of appointments and promotions, except the most senior, to Provincial Civil Service Commissions.

With its authority challenged and shown to be weak, at least in large parts of the North, the National Military Government had little option but to proffer its assurances and to explain its actions. The Supreme Military Council met on 7 and 8 June 1966 and issued the following statement:

“The public must not be led to confuse the Military Government with government by a civilian regime under a constitution approved by the people. Nobody will expect the present Military Government to cease to function until new constitution has been approved or to be compelled to operate the old system of government with its obvious weakness. It cannot be too seriously emphasized that the Military Government while in office can only run the government as a military government under a unified command. It cannot afford to run five separate governments and separate services as if it were a civilian regime. Final decisions on the territorial structure of the country and the public services will be matters for the Constituent Assembly and the referendum.”

The Supreme Military Council also decided that General Aguiyi-Ironsi should invite traditional rulers from all parts of the country to a meeting to be held in Lagos as soon as possible and that the Military Governors would immediately summon similar meetings in their own Regions. This was presumably an attempt to improve the channels of communications. There had in fact already been a meeting of Northern Emirs and Chiefs in Kaduna on 4 of June and the Military Governor had been given a list of grievances and recommendations to take to Lagos. The Emirs and Chiefs met again on June 16 to receive General Aguiyi-Ironsi’s reply.
Sadly on 29 July 1966, General Aguiyi-Ironsi and the Military Governor of Western Region, Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi were murdered in Ibadan during a meeting with the traditional rulers from all parts of the country.

Teniola, a former director in the presidency, lives in Lagos.

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/guardian.ng/opinion/history-and-the-future-of-decree-34-of-1966/amp

Let me make clear, there was no way the governors would kick against the decree they helped formulated and still remain in the army talk less governors of the regions. Why would Gowon repealed the decree and still leave large portion to continue till date? From Mr. Nwokedi to Colonel Patrick Anwunah the decree # 34 was all about "Administrative machinery for a united Nigeria’ and the ‘unification of the Public Services and Judicial Services.’". United Nigeria can only mean unitary to those who have practically destroyed Nigeria and would not allow other people to secede.

Guestlander:
Can't you read? The decree was not written in Chinese.

Mr. Good Reader, please post the decree # 34 that written in English language. Mind you, not the decree # 34 written by Yari.ba propagandists. I have true and authentic copy of the decree # 34.

Ojiofor:
There is nothing wrong with that if it follows due process.

Please explain this due process to me and where it has been used to achieve agitation for homeland. There is absolutely nothing like due process. Even if the entangled people commonly agreed to separation, there was nothing such as due process.

freeborn02:
He just told you the truth. Igbos are no saints. Your tribe pushed Nigeria into its first military coup. You can't destroy the country and then want to leave.

What has idiotic bent of saints got to do with agitation of homeland in any part of the world? I have not read or heard the reason Ndigbo wanted homeland different from the shithole called Nigeria is due to the hellish iniquity on the Nigerian side. It is act of tomfoolery to introduce element holiness in the saga.

IspitonCowards:
once Biafra is established[b] angels [/b]will fall from heaven and beg presidents and governors?.....the same Nigerian Greediness and bad governance will follow Biafra and destroy it.....make Una dey reason

The angels and Nigerian Greediness are products of your skewed stream of thoughts. If angelic and gutful figures are the bases for agitation of homeland , they had never for once being considered as the a reasons Ndigbo wanted Biafra.

IspitonCowards:
once Biafra is established[b] angels [/b]will fall from heaven and beg presidents and governors?.....the same Nigerian Greediness and bad governance will follow Biafra and destroy it.....make Una dey reason

The angels and Nigerian Greediness are products of your skewed stream of thoughts. If angelic and gutful figures are the bases for agitation of homeland, they had never for once being considered as the reason Ndigbo wanted Biafra.

Ojiofor:
I did and couldn't find any workable ideas you proffered.
If you guys continue this way Ndi Igbo will remain in political limbo for a long time,I mean in a state of not being fully in Nigeria and totally not in Biafra.
Let us find a way and built up our homeland politically and economically first.President of Igbo extraction is a good one to start with.

What is wrong and unforbidden for one to agitate for homeland? Are the Ndigbo the first humans to seek for a country different from existing one? What is the fear of disintegration of shithole called Nigeria? There are so-called Nigerians I hate to address as my compatriots the same goes to them for me. Therefore the best option out of the ill-feeling is disintegration.

MinorityOpinion:
If you open a Yoruba, Hausa and igbo brain, you will find the same greediness and reasoning inside it. Why Nigeria no move forward na everybody, Igbos no holy at all, go check prison population for colonial and and before the first coup, more than 50 percent of the prisoners were igbos. I no get anybody for mind oh, I just dey tell u say u no special and if I open your head examine am, na the same thing wey dey buhari head dey inside ur own no difference

The major issue about Nigeria is not greediness as people would want us believe because there is strain of it every human. Problem with Nigeria lies with incompatibility in culture among so-called Nigerians. Nigerians are too fundamentally different to form any kind of unity. It will an everlasting mockery on Nigerians to see the shithole called Nigeria to limp beyond 2023.

Rossikki:
ABEG GO AND FU.C.K YOURSELF AND STOP DISTURBING US.


No, you will not steal Nigeria's oil and gas resources to corner for Igbos alone because THAT is what your secession nonsense is all about - THEFT OF WHAT DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU.

If you want to go, take Igboland and go, (The Delta is NOT yours to take, so quit dreaming) and get prepared to be deported from NIGERIA in your millions to fill up the space in your new landlocked tribal republic. Fucking dunce.

What an idiotic narration. Who created Nigeria and how did crude oil becomes Nigeria's entity and not for those who wish to secede from the shithole?

Muna4real:
Nndigbo, we have seen that Nigeria cannot work for anyone. Wasting our time in a fruitless nation will not help us at all. Biafra is the only solution to the problem that we are facing presently in this failed country. Imagine where we would have been if we have broken away from this country a long time ago. By now, our achievements would have been countless. If we continue shouting referendum and presidency, I tell you, we would continue shouting it for the next 40years. The Nigeria that I am seeing will never be fruitful even in the next 2000 years coming. So why waste our precious time?

The spirit of Biafra has always been with us for years but we are distracted. We should Unite for the biafra cause. Let all our political leaders, religious leaders, and every well meaning igbo put hands together to form our own republic. It is for the betterment of our future generations. Do you expect our children to come into this world and continue shouting referendum and presidency? If our senators and political elites are serious with biafra, we wouldn't be in Nigeria by now.

I don't think dragging any igbo community of the south south will be a good idea. Let us break away first and concentrate on our own country. We have all it takes to be a world class economy. Let nobody deceive us. We have risen from the poorest to the richest within a very short space of time and we can definitely do that again.

God bless nndigbo

God bless Biafra

For all intent and practical purposes, I ask for Republic of Igbo Land.

Osaze007:
What were they planning to do ?
How would they have shared resources as they were the poorest region in Nigeria then

You are a typical Nigerian with hole in the brain. If eastern region was the poorest in Nigeria one wonders why the richest regions insisted the region should be part of Nigeria. Please blame your forbearers for your lack of proper education.

lx3as:
The Federal Government has directed civil and public servants from the grade level 12 and above to immediately resume work.

The Nation reports only workers from grade level 14 and above were permitted to resume work until the new directive.

It also extended working hours to normal official hours from Monday to Friday with the mandatory use of non-medical face masks.

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, disclosed these during its briefing in Abuja.

He said: “For government offices and other corporate offices, we are now extending working hours to normal official hours from Monday to Friday, with the mandatory use of non-medical face masks.

“We encourage work at home policy for civil/public servants below the grade level of 12.

“Essential staff of grade level 12 and above may be allowed to come to work.

“Our previous cut-off was grade level 14. Temperature checks will be carried out in all official government buildings.

“With industry and labour, the main modification we have is an advisory for banks to limit the number of customers within the operating areas to 50 percent occupancy within the banking halls in order to allow for physical distancing and to limit their workers to 75 percent or less. But banking operations shall continue as usual.”


https://thenationonlineng.net/fg-directs-civil-servants-from-grade-12-to-resume/

The bolded is the main product of Decree # 34 which slimy saboteurs from southern Nigeria had tagged a unitary government by Aguiyi Ironsi.

Sammy07:
1st greatest mistake 1914
2nd one - When one of the southern leader works with the North
3rd - 1st coup
4th - Unification decree.

Sometimes I wonder if any good thing will ever come out of the shithole called Nigeria. Unification Decree # 34 simply created uniform atmosphere in Nigeria civil servant cadre where level 7 is the same thing all over the federal. Local Authorities had knack to appoint anybody into any position without calibration. The decree # 34 stopped such practice. Th decree had nothing to do with government. It is unfortunate Nigeria is a basket of fools otherwise why would one think of unitary government when Aguiyi Ironis had military governors in each regions which in turn gave Ojukwu the impetus to tell Gowon to "Go-to-hell" because Ojukwu did not recognize Gowon as head of the state. Yari.ba peeps shamefully failed to cough and cowardly succumbed to unfounded fear of standing up for something in 1966 hence have decided to chase a silly narrative of fiction instead of fact.

dignity33:
Aside appointment of military governors of provincial group by National military government and resources control. I see no different from this our present constitution.

Some goons think most Nigerians are equally idiotic. One wonders what the above poster meant by military governors of provincial group. The so-called Unification decree #34 has absolutely nothing to do with structure of government. It was all about unification of civil servants in the country where levels were unified and the same. The regional government were intact only led by a military boy. Ironis did not even change the federal ministers with military personnel nor the regional governors change regional ministers with military boys. The idiotic narratives of unitary government flowed from the same people who sabotaged the revolution in 1966 and sat dormant when Gowon changed Nigeria from regional government to unitary government with states. Unification of civil servant removed the Emirs and local authorities in north region from the grip they had on the people. Ahmad Bello was appointing heads of ministries with gworo-chewing almajiri who did not know how to write his name over well qualified individual who did not hail from northern region. The unification of civil servant with classification of levels 7 though 15 is till adopted till today in the shithole called Nigeria.

flokii:
The sub-standard folks no doubt

Ordinary fly over bridge is rocket science for them, it's a multi-ethnic and complex Nigeria they want to fix with their scammer odumeje or whatever he calls himself.

You can learn with short vision. The OP imitated what has been deliberated about his home town Osogbo, Osun State on this forum. First ever place flyover collapsed was in Lagos State. It happened years ago. The bolded showed the level of idiotic certain Nigerians can claim.

Madmohamed419:
did I hear you said freedom or death. When Ipob say freedom or death what did u say is ur tune na yeloba wah ala be that. No Igbo man or woman should join that nonsense protest we have wasted a lot of blood for this shitwholl country.

Do not pay any mind to these jackasses. The so-called revolution is mere public disturbance organized by Yari.ba. Nigeria does not need this silly revolution, it needs disintegration so that ethnic nationalities can form a unity government.

jerseyboy:
Freedom for you, freedom for me. Everywhere in our land, there must be freedom.

History has it's moments and this might just be ours. For centuries our African landscape has been damaged by always the worst form of governance on our planet earth. Our people, too timid, too fearful, too cowardly and frankly too stupid to do a damn thing for positive change.

While our ancestors masked their willingness to live in oppression by hiding behind a myriad of custums and proverbs, our continental has never knowed real freedoms and liberties. That is the type freedoms and liberties sort of taken for granted by citizens in the west. Are we less human than them? Are we created by a lesser God? It is ours to answer these questions.

That we are poor don't mean we cannot be free. The freest people of the world also are the wealthiest. Freedom is wealth.

The condition of Nigeria is over riped for a REVOLUTION. This could be our moment. Seize it. This could be our movement. Seize it.

Let us resolve TODAY to FREE OURSELVES.
Let us resolve TODAY to FREE NIGERIA.

For FREEDOM, LIBERTY OR DEATH.

JOIN REVOLUTION NOW.

This not revolution but a public disturbance instigated by a Yari.ba peep.

SaintLucia:
Restructuring! Restructuring!! Restructuring!!! The British left Nigeria with a perfect system of government called "REGIONAL GOVERNMENT" where every region controlled its resources and pay tax to the central government. The Igbo people staged the first coup, they killed many prominent leaders from other tribes and spared their own. They destroyed that perfect system of government and introduced a UNITARY GOVERNMENT so as to dominate other Nigerians. People like Professor Nwabueze that is shouting marginalization now was called from London to draft a new constitution that favour Aguiyi Ironsi, the Igbo and the coup plotters. Today the rest is history.....

A stream of thought from a deluded ninny. There is no doubt the poster of the above junk does not understand what unitary government denotes.

Minsk24:
So sad... Imagine knowing fully well that you don't have a home despite having a rich and beautiful country. This cannot continue, mbanu

Give Africa to the Europeans, these jackasses would have been shouting the moronic "Black Lives Matter" by now. I wish the Africans realize what Almighty has given to them as in Africa.

Frankdoz9:
Too much opinion kills an ideal, let's support whatever names he chooses, at least he's making Igbo's proud.

No. If his name is removed from the picture, it becomes another thing all together. Some folks would have been spitting acid if he was not Igbo and connected Biafra to their enclave. He is allowed to choose whatever name he deemed okay. My post is just opinion which I am entitled to have. By the way, I am not a fan of Biafra but Republic of Igbo land.

Ejanla07:
Go and enter ring we will call you Igbo warrior..

Tufiakwa.. Always have opinion even in a name someone u don't kno choose to go by

The above craps are your silly opinion too. Only goons get twisted on peoples' opinion.

Over flogged nothing!!!!