₦airaland Forum

I love this woman. People hate her for always standing up for the truth no matter whose ox is gored.

eduj:
the above is a misnomer.
The naira was introduced on 1 January 1973, replacing the pound at a rate of 2 naira = 1 pound(20 pounds then would be 40 naira).
base your argument on how 40 naira (it's present value then) was enough -you have a higher chance of winning the argument -then basing it on a figure (future worth) you got without recourse to variables like inflation, standard of living etc. like I said earlier, don't think any easterner saved his 20 pounds for over 30 years so that it would yield thousands in naira-hence your analogy is wrong.

The point we are missing here is that the so-called 20 pounds was not given to every Igbo man. 20 pounds was given to only people who had money in their bank accounts without minding if you had 20,000 pounds in the account before the war. It was a systematic way of impoverishing Igbos but it failed because Igbos rose above it.

Ovela1:
This headline is twisted, when yu read the content carefully, yu will realise that the World Bank has embarked on 7 Projects in The North and 7 Projects in the South, so why de hue and cry over nothing?

My advise to Igbo youths is that they should stop seeing themselves as second class citizens in this country, we are all equal Nigerians with all the rights.

They must not continue to denigrate themselves, insulting everybody else, it's not the way to go!

Lies. Seven projects exclusively for the North and the other seven projects for the whole country (meaning Northern states shared from the remaining seven projects too).

Nigeria is unequal. Some Nigerians, particularly from certain regions, 'are more equal' than others. It's either we end marginalisation and exclusion or allow Igbos their right to self-determination. That's the way to go.

otil1:
No! You got it wrong.

Biafran got £20 for any amount whatsoever they left in their bank accounts, even if you have £1billion!

Those without bank deposits got nothing. So it's not like £20 compensation. It's a mark down to £20.

Confirm it! This is why we should teach history.

You have just said the correct thing. The tragedy of not teaching History in Nigeria. See how they are turning history upside down. It was a policy to impoverish Igbos forever combined with the abandoned properties phenomenon but Igbos are better for it today, because it made them resourceful and thick.

These are the most heartless people I know

I use to give some Northerners benefit of the doubt but now I know they are all the same.

bolanto24:
If no state is cheated from the resources they produce in the north or from the resources from the south?

After creating more local governments, and thereby having more members in the national assembly to checkmate the south, they are here talking about been cheated.

They are just afraid the feeding bottle is about to be taken away from their mouths.

They should gear up ooo cos they'll soon have to work for what they spend. No more lording it over us with their population and bringing nothing to the table.

Bloody parasites.

My brother, you just hit them hard. Cheated from resources generated from where? If he is talking about the North being cheated from resources generated from the North, I will listen to him. All these Northerners are one and the same, you would think some are sensible but they are not.

It's not a case of disproportionate share of resources, it's about being productive and generating your own resources and using it to serve your development needs. The North should wean itself of over reliance on Niger Delta oil. Build your own local economy and empower your people my friend.

Quota system. No wonder a kid in Anambra has to score 138 to enter the same college a kid in Kaduna needs only 50 to enter.

MediumStout:
Igbos are going nowhere. One Nigeria we shall remain

You see your problem? You asked what they want and he expressly told you and then you turn around to shout one Nigeria.

MediumStout:
What exactly do these igbo's want? Had this vaccination exercise began in the north and south west, you guys will blame buhari for Marginalization of igbos and favoring other regions. The president is proving to the world now that he is detribalized by sending the army to provide free medical care that none of your governors can provide yet all you can do is scream and raise false alarm instead of thanking buhari. IpoB was proscribed by the federal government and soldiers were ordered to provide health care for you people. It's called carrot and stick approach. The south east has the worst infrastructures in terms of hospital and medical care in the country, hence the need for free medical care. The out break of monkey pox in the SS and SE states is a reason why the army must vaccinate you people by force. You cannot be allowed to infect the whole country with terrible diseases cos you people are the most travelled tribe. This is the same mistake northerners made during GEJ era by rejecting polio vaccine. Their region has the highest cases of polio now. You people should limit your hatred for buhari. Accept him as your president if you want to benefit anything from his government and not be treated like 5%. A word is enough for the wise

So, it is vaccination that you will start with the South East but when you want to make appointments, build roads and construct railways, you will exclude them.

Egein:
As much illiteracy is a one reason for the needless apprehension, we must also agree that there's also a general, justified distrust of the Nigerian government and its military by the Igbos. Nothing, but inclusiveness, can shatter this distrust.

You have hit the nail on the head Bro.

Federal Government of the North(FGN)

Buhari, we are not seeing what you have done with revenues earned in 2015, 2016 and 2017. You keep borrowing without doing anything.

We would actually prefer a video of the speech to pictures. Thanks.

nony43:
They simply can't match the standards there

The cost of doing business in SA is also high particularly for wages and salaries. Plus, a lot of buildings in SA are also constructed with bricks not made from Cement. He has to invest a lot of money to set that company on the path of profitability. I think they didn't do enough initial market research before announcing their interest. I would prefer he focuses on his refinery and petrochemical plant and deliver that one first.

Recycling ongoing. Atiku will do better than Buhari but we need a new face.

bakynes:
You Igbos are too Clannish, when our daughter Asisat Oshoala was firing in goals from all cylinders for the super falcons, did you hear any Yoruba person say she is a daughter of Oduduwa and Nigerian? I don't think Iwobi even knows anything called Biafra.

You think a joker is speaking for Igbos? The joke is on you for taking an attention seeker too seriously?

Pathetic, shameless and irresponsible FG.

A government of lying liars. Achievements on paper

Great decision by who. The foundation will influence research results.

Tolexander:
Many of these people posting above me know nothing about the massacre in Asaba during the civil war o.

It isn't something that is meant to be really discussed on air.

Senselessness at its peak. You're denying and shying away from history. No wonder, Nigeria has not learnt anything from the past.

You sound pathetic. Nigerians should apologise for ineffectual leadership. Both GEJ and Buhari are weak leaders.

Likei:
Dead terrorists

That's very bad of you. You don't have any iota of human sympathy?

bakynes:
You are right no selective justice shd b done but let them do the justice for their perceived enemies, when they are out of govt another govt too will do justice to them so at the end ,all the thieves we gradually be cleansed from the system but we have to start from somewhere even if it is selective justice.

You can't leave a thief you have the chance to catch today just because you didn't have the opportunity to catch one yesterday.

That's not how to run an effective anti-corruption campaign. The idea of waiting for another government to fight a separate set of thieves you can't fight because they belong to your party or ethnic group sounds pathetic. It's only in Nigeria people say things like that.

Yes, Patience Jonathan has to be brought to account but that should apply to everyone else on the wrong side of the law. No selective justice. A situation where some animals are more equal than others (eg Babachir Lawal and Oke if NIA) is not acceptable.

Bede2u:
by excel u mean running Nigeria aground?

Exactly

nwaanambra1:
waiting for 2019 to see who will campaign for this evil called buhari.




sitting patiently and waiting for this nightmare of a government to pass - i am very hopeful that it will pass and Nigeria will bounce back again.

we always bounce back.

Buhari shouldn't contemplate contesting in 2019. On what basis should he contest? His stellar performance in the first tenure?

The best option is for him to resign and leave the clueless administration. Imagine the NNPC GMD sidelining the Minister. Northern hegemony at work. Buhari's nepotism cannot allow for the best hands in any parastatal. It is only in government that Northerners excel more than everyone but can't compete in anything else. This administration failed before it started. To think I supported Buhari's election, refused to compromise my integrity as a corps member acting as presiding officer, declared free zobo for all corpers in my lodge when he won hoping for better governance, only for Buhari to show his true colours and fall my hand. I have learnt my lesson the hard way.

Buhari's speech was uninspiring but we do not want anybody from either the APC or PDP as a replacement. Both are failed political parties.

But you have government. The government is where the North has its biggest investment.