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uchedydy:
This land mass you are so concerned abt, who even created it and channelled it to south south, remember delta and edo was bendel state in Midwest and channeled to south south. Why not channel it to south East during the creation of geopolitical zones. You people reason as if it's not humans that created these zones and assign states and land mass to it, for instance, etche in rivers was East, but the carved it into rivers and called it ss. anioma was East, they carved it and gave to south south, even tho the niger river played a role dia, but there are many instances were there is no river playing any role in the land seeding.

My point is, these land mass and population was not small before the war, it was a clear cut idea after th e war to make it small, by carving out a south south so as to weaken the bargaining power of the east. Do you kn how many core igbo people that was carved to rivers?

When we argue and make inputs, let's do so knowing that it may be our turn tomorrow, cos truth is, there is always a justification even for the worst injustice put out by the perpetrators.

I ask again, equity be slaughtered on the other of landmass and population.

Whereever people find themselves, they prosper. Igbanke o, Anioma o, Ikwerre o, they prosper. The Yorubas in Edo, Kogi and Ilorin are still Yorubas and they represent their states.

aolawale025:
Nothing tangible can be achieved by the NA as presently composed. It's a big waste of time. The earlier a conference is composed the better

Why do we enjoy going in circles? Whatever is decided at the conference still has to be sent to NASS to be debated.

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/243508-restructuring-why-buhari-directed-debate-to-national-assembly-aide.html

Restructuring: Why Buhari directed debate to National Assembly – Aide

September 17, 2017

Premium Times

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, said the president directed restructuring agitations to the legislature because of his belief in due process.
According to Mr. Enang, restructuring is a constitutional matter and the legislature deals with review of the constitution and should, therefore, handle any issue that calls for change of law.
Mr. Buhari had in his national broadcast on his return from medical leave in London said that the National Assembly and National Council of State were the legitimate and appropriate bodies to handle issues of restructuring.
The president directed all agitations to both bodies in line with statutory responsibilities they had.
Mr. Enang said at a News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja that because restructuring meant different things to different people and groups, and may require constitutional amendment, only the National Assembly could deal with it.
He said that the legislature needed to receive the demands on different aspects of restructuring, debate on them and come out with the best recommendations.
“That is why the president said `look, we are a government sworn in under the constitution, anything you want done must necessarily be as required by the constitution.
“`I cannot as chief executive, as head of government, do a thing that is different from what the constitution says. I and have no power to amend the constitution.


“`The person who has power to amend the constitution is the legislature and they are handling the process.
“’Please whatever you want done I will do it so long as it will be done as approved by the legislature and it goes through the entire process that is needed by the constitution to amend it.’
“That is why the president said that all agitations for restructuring should go to the legislature,’’ he said.
The presidential aide said while some people saw restructuring as removing control over land from the governors and vesting it to the federal government, some saw it demand for state police.
“The man somewhere will say I want to have state police and that is restructuring, and another one will say you cannot have state police.
“His thought is that if you have state police you will use it against your citizens and the interests of the federal government.
“He believes that you may not have the interest of the entire people because you are run by a political party and you will only use it in one way or the other to suit you.’’
Mr. Enang added that some people also viewed restructuring as allowing states to exploit their resources and pay tax to the federal government.
According to him, the man in South-south will say that the restructuring I want is resource control. I want to control my petroleum resources.
“The man in the North will say no, you cannot control it because it is federal resources taken from the ocean which belong to all of us.
“Some will say they can control it because we have solid minerals in the North that they can also control.


“But, some will say no, don’t control because if you do, I will control the food I produced and I will use it to deal and bargain.’’
Mr. Enang, however, advised people with specific demands to forward it to the national assembly.
On why the legislature dropped restructuring in spite of the serious agitations, he said that nobody knew the type of restructuring demand that was presented.
“To my knowledge, most of the people who are quarreling that the legislature did not approve restructuring may not know the level of restructuring that was presented to it.
“However, any bill that was rejected can be represented. So, let any person who wants restructuring present what aspect of restructuring they want to the national assembly,’’ Mr. Enang said.
(NAN)

uchedydy:
@nedfed, serious? Please also tell me why bayelsa of 8 lga can is a state. If it's by landmass.

Imo State Total Area : 5,530 km2 (2,140 sq mi)

Bayelsa State Total Area : 10,773 km2 (4,159 sq mi)

Now you have the figure, which you could have easily source by yourself.

Bayelsa is twice the size of Imo state

Its about time. The Buhari Govt has given the criminals too long rope to pull.

Because dem hear say, this Oba don divorce him Benin wife, Igbos want come arrange one Chioma give am.
We will not take it.

Our Igbo girls no dey take eye see Yoruba man, na to marry am at all cost

Tobiemmanuel007:
. love the first two

Dancing with the snake or Snake Dancing is good at resetting dull brain to original setting

uyiekpenn:
Biafra was a distant idea until Buhari came and breathed life into it.

Nnamdi kanu was an unknown figure until Buhari came and turned him into a patron saint.

The separatist struggle has been a non violent struggle but the blood thirsty Buhari has now introduced violence into it.

Let history record it.

Let it be recorded that Buhari is forcing the people to take up arms and defend themselves..

Let it be recorded that ,as at today ,the people have no guns, and, have not killed anybody in their peaceful struggle.

But let it be known that there is a natural inclination for people to defend themselves especially when they are being gunned down for no reason other than to satisfy Buhari's thirst for blood.

As Chinua Achebe would say, you can not put a burning charcoal in a child's palm and ask him not to react.

Liar. As an Edo man, why are you not the "Kanu" of your Edo state?? Why are you not projecting separatist agenda, looking to procure arms, insult other Nigerian tribe etc? Why are you not doing all these things?

cococandy:
oh buhari has done nothing wrong? Really?
May this type of right follow you and yours

Buhari is doing very well and he is not going to apologize to your likes because he defeated your hero in an election. I will support him for re election in 2019. However, you are entitled to your opinion though, just like I am entitled to mine.

Trailii:
lies lies lies and lies everywhere .... why will a Nigeria army waste his energy on arrow when he has ak47 and and other ammunations... am very sure this was stage managed by jobless miscreants and terrorists organization of ipob... the man on the floor is not dead ... if you want us to believe the army own and shot this arrow , show us the video of the army shouting the arrow ...
the Nigeria government should please start to gather this pics so as to use it as evidence that ipod is a terrorist organization and they are using stage manage pictures like this to spread hate message and encourage war in the country .
no peace for the wicked

Ojukwu trained them well in the acts of fake news and propaganda

SillyMods:
Every sane Igbo should support operation python dance. Had authentic Igbo leaders cautioned and called the idiot Kanu to order, perhaps pythons will not be dancing now.

Not surprising. Remember that US Video where Nnamdi Kanu was soliciting for arms? Some participants were asking him how Kanu intends to go about it and that they are scared of war. Now Python is just doing dancing rehearsal and Nnamdi Kanu has suddenly been holed up.

lafflaff123:
Still hiding under his bed.

The coward wanted a War,heard the sound of one gun shot going off and he miraculously turned to a BED BUG under his bed.

This Coward suddenly just realised that life is sweet.

Coward.

He take the cowardice resemble Ojukwu. Very soon, you will see him tear race heading to Abidjan

The operative word here is "Sensible Igbos" IPObs are Igbos alright, but not sensible.

Igbo in diaspora laud Operation Python Dance, urge probe of IPOB

Daily Trust
By Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos | Publish Date: Sep 13 2017 7:15PM

Igbo in diaspora laud Operation Python Dance, urge probe of IPOB
The Southeast Professionals in Diaspora, have hailed the Nigerian military, particularly the Nigerian Army for taking the war against kidnapping, armed banditry and political secessionist agitations to some states in the southeast.

They said the operation will restore normalcy and peace to the region in the wake of the agitations being led especially by Indigenous People of Biafra.

The group, however, advised the military, to ensure the protection of peace loving innocent civilians within the states where the operation is currently being carried out, and ensure that their rights are well protected as enshrined in the constitution.

Spokesman of the group, Fidelis Nze said they were impressed by the way troops of the Nigerian Army under the Operation Python Dance 11, were recording successes against the elements, whom he said have turned the region to a theater of absurdities going by the increasing rate of criminality.

He also condemned the uncontrolled activities of the Nnamdi Kanu led IPOB, which he noted has continued to preach hate speeches against every other tribe in the country.

He said, “It is evidently clear that the tide has changed for the better, especially in the last few days. The Nigerian military is doing well.

“We are very convinced, that by the time this military sweep up of criminalities in our region is over, it will give psychological, moral and economical relief to the generality of our people who have lived under the fear of terror by these notorious elements."

The group also called on Governors of the Southeast States to cooperate with the military and other security agencies towards ensuring that the peace being returned to the region is sustained.

The group also called on the security agencies especially the Nigerian Army to institute a wider probe into the activities of the Nnamdi Kanu led IPOB, with the recent discovery of a large consignment of ammunition by the Nigerian Custom Service at the Lagos port.

Chukazu:
and the crooks operating the buses are from planet Mars I suppose

They have been corrupted by the zoo, you know. Biafala is the solution

"The zoo must fall"

Where is the python to come and dance here..

Brooke60:
I am writing this with anger. This is my second time of witnessing this bad experience with 'Ezenwata motors'.
This is my story.
Last week Wednesday, I decided to travel down to North with Night bus from Lagos. I bought my ticket, #8500 and the journey kicked off around 5 p.m from Yaba part of Lagos to North. We got to 'owo' part of Ondo around 12 a.m and the car developed a fault. No information from the driver, no apology, nothing to make us feel better and we all slept on the road till 6 a.m before we discovered that the driver was nowhere to be found. Out of anger, all the passengers started calling the 'contacts' on the ticket and they informed us that they will 'soon' send a mechanic from Lagos to fix the Bus. Let me also add that the three Ezenwata motors that left for North that day were all the road with one problem or the other.
It was later we got to know that the mechanic they were planning to 'soon' send will come with the next night bus that will take off by 6 p.m from Lagos that day whereas it was just 8 a.m.

Out of anger, most passengers left with another option to get to their destination with no refund (who will even refund us? The driver we don't know his whereabouts?). I personally had no choice than to find my way to Abuja (the drivers when they noticed that no other option for us, they increased the transportation fare from #2000 to #4000) and from Abuja to my destination because there was something important I needed to do. Before I left, I collected a fellow passenger's contact to know what will happen at the end.

The passengers which don't have cash and other means to get to their destinations had no choice than to wait for the mechanic which came around 11 p m that day, used hours to fix the bus and they later moved on Thursday morning and get to North on Friday. Can you imagine? The journey took 2days, since Wednesday.

One thing I noticed about this luxurious buses is that they don't care, they don't refund and they definitely know passengers will find their ways once the bus breaks down. Imagine paying #8,500 to Ondo state . They need to do something about their Buses, and in case a Bus breaks down, there should be another option for their passengers and also their safety.

Don't worry Biafala will come where everything will be okay. Biafara is home

Fineman87:
Yoruba boy. Do not carry ipob matter on your head. I am a nigerian as you and i dont carry ipob on my head. Olubadan thread is there, go and discuss yoruba matter. If igbos want biafra, let them have it. Do not stand in their way. Its their freedom, its their right. One nation is not by force.

Wo, oya jo ijo Python, wo. Ma lo jo bi olosi, Wo...

Badgers14:
Neither can your hatred change the reality.

In a democratic world this is human abuse whether you like it or not. If the government felt those guys were violent. Why don't they follw due process amd charge them to court

You have enough hatred to go around among yourselves. Due process as they were following with Boko Haram? IPOB through their actions and utterances have declared war against Nigeria and they must face the consequence. That is the reality on ground and not your one sided story /narrative.

Throwback:
I will personally make it a duty to collate all the video evidences against Kanu's terrorism and campaign for anarchy and IPOB's social nuisance and violence.

I will supply this evidence to anywhere IPOB is trying to win support by posing as a false victim when they are the aggressors.

No civilized nation will tolerate the nuisance of Kanu like Buhari has tolerated so far.

Abi o. Buhari's sin is that he won an election . To play opposition politics in a civil and democratic manner is difficult for them.

BlackMbakara1:
No soldier will like a bloody civilian to dare him...

Police is your friend, not the Army...that is why they thought they will send police for them to play yo-yo with

Python dance II is badoski

Python dey dance "skelewu" and "WO"

Wo, oya jo bi olowo, ma lo jo bi olosi. Wo

BlackMbakara1:
But the "Zoo" soldiers know how to humble people o! Chai

They call somebody "zoo soldier", you think say na beans

GavelSlam:
But Buhari is not alive now.

This is the work of a Sudanese.

Kazim88:
You think Igbos think like Boko Haram... are you OK..

You think they are dumb... You think they would waste their time "Army"

Kwankwaso is the target...

see... if only you know how this case is moving... you would be scardd...

They are many IPOB in the North.... in your mosques... in the South West....

They have all the time, finance connection and space to plan...

You don't just get it.....

Sit down there in the comfort of your home and be beating hollow chest. Your mates are receiving the beating of their lives and rolling in the mud, while receiving sense.

Badgers14:
My brother My sister. My comment was based on the video that I watched.

To be frank, your point doesn't make sense at all. Why

From the previous incidents that according to you , you witnessed were IPOB members were violent. Assuming that what you said is true that those guys were violent.

1. Were those violent individuals at that time, the same individuals on the video
2. Why would someone be punished for anothers crime
3. Why is the federal government not following their own law
4. Why is the government biased in enforcing the law
5. Why are military on the streets engaging civilians when we are in democracy
6. What happened to innocent until proven guilty assuming those guys committed a crime
7. Let's forget about hatred and call a spade a spade.
8. Cheers!!!

You are still as dishonest as you can be. Even from this video, you can see that these are not "innocent civilians". They are IPOB members who have promised that the "zoo must fall". Who has been harassing and disturbing the peace of others by blocking roads etc. Your rant will not change reality on the ground.

Kazim88:
You don't get it... Nigeria is at peace.. they is free movement.. IPOB would strike North...

No Northern politicians is safe.. Army is not the Enemy....
Ango Abdullahi and Co are..
Sultan and Emirs are..
Northern Governors are...

Wake up... mark this my word... The target would be innocent civilians and politicians from North.. not army...

Army are just tools... obeying orders. it is not their fault...

I don't agree with you. When Boko Haram started their madness, their politicians and civilians are the Victims. The theater of war will be SE and victims will be mainly SE Civilians and politicians. Ditto Civil War 1.

Tell the agitators to wait when another PDP Govt that they so much loved and tolerated for 16 years will win election. This cowardice act will cost them. Go and write it down.

letusbepieces:
Wrong, SW will face refugee crisis and fighting will spill into the SW.

SS/SE will not let ur region remain intact this time.

U will not sleep.

Dey there dey deceive yasef. Dem no dey tell man, na ya body go tell.

Badgers14:
My brother my sister. This is not a military training you know.

In a civilized world, there is no contact between military and civilian unless there's a state of emergency.

From the video that i assume both you and i just watched. Those guys were not violent, no state of Emergency was declared. So,

1. There's no reeason for Soldiers to be on the streets.
2. There's no reason for those guys to be treated like they did even if they committed a crime. What happened to innocent until proven guilty by a competent court of law

You are not ready to be honest. When a wicked man brings a case to court, don't assume that a wicked man will be the judge.
From the videos that I have seen where IPOB members were holding sticks and machete, blocking roads, beating people up who do not support their cause or have a Biafra flag on their vehicle, there is nothing peaceful about them. Their leader has asked them to kill, bring down the zoo, solicit for arms etc.
Everyone is gathering their evidence that they will present at UN , ICJ etc.

Kazim88:
You don't understand....

They would reprisal on innocent civilians from Northern extraction... then they would be counter reprisal in the North..

Then they would target Northern politician... and you think you are safe if Nigeria tumble... Buhari is not even safe....

The theater of war will be SE, just like it was in NE and so it was during Civil War 1. Buhari has done nothing wrong apart from winning an election. Instead of playing opposition politics in a civil and democratic way, you decide to bring down the house.
No problem. Pickin wey talk say him mama no go sleep, him too no go sleep.

Kazim88:
Buhari regime just ended.

For where? Buhari support base is intact. In fact growing...