₦airaland Forum

fulanimafia:
You must be severely deranged to dare insult an entire region.

Have you finished holding your leaders responsible for failing to secure you from being the next victim of your sick ritual culture? Sill_y girl/man.

Since when does 'majority' equal all northerners? It is not a must to reply if you are only going to get emotional when faced with facts.
A deranged man is the one who will openly ignore facts. Spits. You calling me deranged surely has to be up there in the master pieces of understatements .

Rip and condolence to the family. Sorts of put life into perspectives.

Sonyoluade:
Atiku is a leader, so if he as things like this is not bad, and if he become Nigerian President after present president he will do better. I no him very wel.

Of course you do know him.... Why is he a leader again?

yjgm:
This is childish. Don't think I have the time to answer this. You went to uni you said and not the other way round. Hehehehea.

Listen simpleton. If you want to score a cheap points there are better ways... How does that statement give away my financial position? This obviously gives an ever disturbing insight into your simple mind. Counter the points, your failed quip doesn't diminish those points. Based on my previous discussions with you I am not expecting an intelligent response.

yjgm:
Why are you so bitter and a regionalist? Why call a certain section of the country derogatory name?. I think your head needs reformatting. Our problems lies not in ethnic, regional or religious coloration but it is deep in to the system of all Nigerians.

What's derogatory in what I said? Isn't what I said a fact? Play the game and not the man! Counter my point and stop throwing tantrums.
I went to uni with some of the wealthiest Nigerians so I am quite informed. The biggest beneficiaries and the biggest opposition to reforms are northerners.

HerexG:
We all know that they are not all innocent but at least they should all invest the loot sorry resources here instead of taking it to Dubai


A commendable move Mr Atiku

This isn't comendable at all. Do you know how many lives could have been changed if the money were properly distributed?

This are the kind of guys that should be investigated. Where did he get his money from? I heard he has many other companies.
This is why the corruption fight by Apc is a red herring from real issues and a scam. Nigeria needs a new party with young blood to flush this old men out of the system. Citizens needs to see beyond party and realise this old men like Atiku, Tinubu etc. are the problem and not the party.
I feel sorry for majority of the stupid Northerners as they are the ones more likely to defend their leaders despite having the worst HDI and GINI.

tyson99:
Na still oyinbo nah

You are real bush man. A Chinese is an oyinbo? Not that there is anything special in either race.

nduchucks:
You people should learn to focus on the issue at hand. The only issue here is whether or not these people were arrested for allegedly breaking the law. The answer to this simple question is Yes. They should go to court and prove their innocense; this is what the rule of law is all about. Y'all need to come out of the bush and leave jungle justice to savages.




The thing is your prayer will have zero impact on me, because the toothless and wicked god you are praying to is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. dolo

Your response is so lame and quite predictable. I don't support jungle justice and never will, but the government isn't helping matters when fulani are treated like a first class citizens at the expense of others.

nduchucks:
These people were not protesting. They were arrested for law breaking activities - they have no business taking the law in their own hands.

Agreed. But what about fulani herdsmen? Do they have any business taking laws into their hands? So far no arrest has been made in agatu. The law is not consistent, but rather selective.

samsard:
Look, am in no mood right now, else i'd have white-washed you. But your are not really worth it considering you are already a bitter person. Anyway, the ''barren land" am from is, and has been self sustaining in agriculture. In short, an Isreali remarked that if he had land as fertile as ours, he could ''feed the whole country and still export''. So you should probably take a second look at your ''fertile land'.

Give me the fact and stop trying to run away. What do guys contribute to the country? The statistics are all out there. You can't fool me. You guys are big deficit to this nation. Tell me one significant resources from the NW that you contribute to Nigeria. I am not bitter, just hate injustice.
North central isn't part of the north. They share nothing in common with you lots, so don't try to claim their resources.
For a self proclaimed statistician you are doing a great job of being ignorant. If you want schooling I can give you one.

Regards

Amoto94:
As a statistician I know quite well data can be presented in different ways to suit an agenda, so UN reports aren't trustworthy either. Education is of varying forms and degrees saying one is not educated because he possess no paper qualification is a no-no for me. A man that is productive and is aware of the happenings around the globe via his radio set is an educated man.

You are beginning to sound foolish. You don't even understand what you're talking about either. There is a difference between Education, enlightenment and being politically aware. The majority of Northerners are not as educated or enlightened but significant minority are more politically aware compared to the southerners. Once the southerners starts becoming poltically aware by understanding the dynamics of Nigerian politics, then it will be game over for you lots.
There is no doubt Northerners are not as educated as the southerners in the context of Numeracy and literacy. Islamic education doesn't qualify as it doesn't bring social and critical enlightenment needed to succeed in a society.
I don't want to go down the path of education vs enlightenment with you because neither favours your region.

samsard:
Yes, yes, yes, landmass is not necessarilly always proportional to population, but it does allow for larger populations than on a comparably smaller land area. Anyway, tell that to China and India.

Since when is China and India bigger than Russia and USA in land mass? You need to get out more or perhaps enlighten yourself. You don't even need to go far. Lagos, the most populated state in Nigeria is also the smallest. Go figure. You lots excuse of land mass is merely a scam to corner more funds to your barren land.

So many inconsistencies on this thread.

Amoto94:
I think majority of people from the South are suffering from the same disease that's afflicting other continents knowledge of Africa. The Northerners are as educated as their Southern counterparts even if not more than their Southern counterparts. Education comes in different forms and shapes, that one don't fit in your definition doesn't mean that person is not educated. Sometimes the ignorance of the Southerners do come as a surprise to me.

Well, UN and many other verified report says otherwise about the education in the north. You guys needs to stop being emotional and face the reality. This is even worthy of a debate.

iyb:
And who told u that.
A desert that's a lie take out North central and still north west alone is more fertile than south south,south East combined.
Ignorance in nairaland is rampant someone who has not travelled to the north will come out and start acting like a philosopher

Fertile? . What's your contribution to the federal government? Fertile in what exactly?

samsard:
You are trying too hard to sound smart, most northern states have a huge landmass when compared to southern states (which explains the number of schools in the report, regardless of whta you think). In short, some of the smallest northern states are larger than the biggest southeastern states. And i don't really know the states you visited that you think you know the whole northern Nigeria. + the north is 'not a desert', except if you've not been to the FCT, Kogi, Niger, Kaduna, Plateau & Benue (although i understand the further you go the drier it becomes but). there is enough rainfall to allow for cultivation of food crops and support of large populations.

You are not consistent. I find it curious you mentioned Kogi, plateau & benue which are neither part of the core north nor share the same cultures. The real truth is the core north is not as populated and educated as projected my the northern elites. Take out the north central and what you get is a desert that is sparsely populated except kano. Land mass has never been directly proportional to population and never will

skelewu404:
I am from kogi state n lives in owerri, i can tell u these people down here r not the way forward,nothing like unity here except if there is a monetary gain

Which is a shame really. Surely, common sense has to prevail?

skelewu404:
but they still rule the country

Because the southerners are stupid enough to allow them. Do you think they can stand a united south? Divide and conquer is their secret, nothing more.

Another stupid lies. What qualifies as a primary school? Why does the north have to lie about every statistics? Oh, to aid their lion share from the national cake.

Harmony10:
I am so pissed with our attitude to human life in this nation. So much loss of life this has become part and parcel of us. That is why stuffs like the agatu killing will occur and d people in govt won't feel the heat. I think our media, civil organization and legislature needs to do more.

Indeed. Nigeria has a long way to go. Nigeria lose more people to accident and terrorism yet nothing has been done about it. What a country!!. The only country I have seen where reoccurrence doesn't move the government.

Forget all the sh!t analogies what have you guys done about the Herdsmen? The government is so quick to attack cattle rustlers in the north but not fulani herdsmen in agatu?

I know I sound like a broken clock, but regional system is probably the way forward. Let each region be empowered to protect themselves.

Cancer is such a b!tch. Although she couldn't catch the tide but at least she doesn't need to worry about the fruitless exercise of the daily struggles.
So long.

omooba969:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153330335991020&id=547261019&refid=28&_ft_=qid.6267746175685081044%3Amf_story_key.1357864383466193523&__tn__=C

Thank you. The comments in that link were also very good.

omooba969:
Please ensure to reference & give credit to main writer of this beautiful work ok!

It is not your work & you know it.

YOU COPIED IT FROM FACEBOOK !!!

Do you have a link to the source? Perhaps there is more to the perspective of the writer, so I prefer to see the raw form.

Cyojunior:
The broken home of the northern family.
In effortless ceremony, a man got hitched to his wife and
swiftly a family setting begun. In no time, Allah bless them
with a boy and joy raided the air.
Just as the boy clocks three years, he is escorted by the
father into the city to learn the Quran. Yes, a three year old
is forcefully pulled away from his mother to God knows
where! The father returns home to the embrace of his wife
in kulle. Putus -another baby is on the way as the first one is
left forgotten.
The mallam in his wisdom has been blessed by Allah and
using his economic dexterity, he sends the poor child into
the street to ask for arms. In the harshest of the street, the
3 years old boy learns survival instincts. He battles ruggedly
against unexpected elements. In no time, he becomes a
champion of the street.
Unfortunately, he is cut off from the affinity of family
bonds, he has no relations to share feelings with as this lad
is left for the street to mould him into her dictates. He
becomes vicious, angry and paranoid. To subdue his anger
against his mallam, he is told never to question his
conditions as it is Allah's will for him. He is told to hate
those who don't belong to his religion and with unmitigated
fury, he brews in anger against the people in the society.
With age catching up with him, the street becomes
uninhabitable for him. He can't longer beg because no one
give alms to an able bodied man. He resorts to crime-from
picking pockets to petty stealing and eventually to violent
crimes. He is completely a nuisance to the society. The lucky
ones amongst his peers are recruited into political thuggery
and others brainwashed into religious fundamentalism.
As the circle of the almajiri life continues, he is arrested for
any of the crimes above and made to serve jail terms. After
years in confinement, he comes out more bitter,frustrated
and hopeless. With no task to do, he takes to selling water
and ridding okada. Again, he continues his romance with
the streets.
Like a walking corpse, he moves around with fist of furry
and stained mind of hate. He is quick to start a fight
because he has nothing to lose. Because you are too
sophisticated to him, you treat him with disdain and quick
to pour verbal venom on him. In the blink of an eye, he
draws out his pocket knife and press it to your fine body.
While you writhe in pains, he flee into the streets because
that is where he belongs. You learn a lesson never to
engage the almajiri in a fight.
Suppressed eventually by age, he become weak in the
hustles of the streets and resort finally to begging as
curtain of life draws on him. As he battles to bid farewell to
his unfair life, he look back at the offspring of his groin -the
next almajiris of his legacy.
Tearfully musing

Refreshing perspectives.

This potentially could be the first major progressive law enacted in a long time. I hope the law is water tight and clear in interpretation.

Good initiative, but the killers on both sides must be brought to justice. In any civilised country you can't get away with it so why should the killers be given a pass?

Great initiative but the killers on both sides must he brought to justice. In any civilised country you can't get away with it so why should the killers be given a pass?

Anyways, I hope things get better for everyone in Nigeria. At the end of the day the commoners are innocent people going about their business, ignorant about the impact of their leaders. I hope common sense prevails.

tpiah01:
your perspective seems like something you've pretyped long before now and have been waiting for the opportunity to just dump it somewhere.

just saying.

Did you consider land mass when jumping to your conclusion?

So because of land mass that automatically entitles the northerners to the biggest share of the pie? Or does larger land mass constitute larger population?
Anyways, Nigeria needs a fair and transparent procees in the next census.

fulanimafia:
@ bolded You were the one that berated emotional babble over raw stats. Don't be lazy, back up your claim.

For some reason, you also imagine Northerners do not reside abroad and generate revenue. I'm typing this from my flat in England and I know the volume of transactions I make with Nigerian banks weekly.

This a real stats for you about the non oil comodities of Nigeria as at 2014. Your comments is typical of a dishonest northerner who tends to pull facts out of thin air.
https://www.naij.com/499136-see-much-nigeria-earned-non-oil-commodities-2014.html

Look at the source of those commodities. Cocoa alone contributes far more than your region contributes in non oil export trade.