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Nick said:

Ninety percent of nigeria’s arable land is in the north. Who would feed the south- those calling for a breakup in nigeria are fools

Emperor replied him:

Feed the south? Did you just say feed the south? What a loafer you are! Aren’t you aware that Nigeria is the 2nd highest importer of rice, highest importer of wheat, imports so many edibles even garri, frozen fish & chicken, things that we do produce! And don’t you ever presume that no sort of farming activities goes on in the south, with your ridiculous assertion of 90% arable land in the desert! Just yesterday, it was reported that LASG acquired land from Osun for agric. Peasant farmers in Ebonyi state alone produces rice, yam, beans, palm oil, garri etc & has the capacity to feed 4 states when the agric potentials are properly harnessed & mechanized. Cross River boasts of same products as Ebonyi. Benue, middlebelt, is the food basket of the country. SW also has tremendous agric potentials. The noise about north feeding the country is silly hogwash. Even if that’s the case, their departure creates market & increases demand for the southern farmers because necessity is the mother of invention. Please, don’t always be in a hurry to broadcast your ignorance here, learn to make informed contributions.

#death!

North’ll regret break-up –Afenifere
[color=#660000]APRIL 20, 2012[/color] BY JUDE OWUAMANAM,SUNDAY ABORISHADE,OZIOMA UBABUKOH AND DAVID ATTAH 223 COMMENTS

Afenifere Leader, Dr. Reuben Fasoranti

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Afenifere Leader, Dr. Reuben Fasoranti, has cautioned the Northern leaders against their threat that the North is not afraid of the breaking of Nigeria.

A leader of the Arewa Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdulahi, on Wednesday said the North was prepared to go alone if the nation breaks up, adding that the North would not, however, champion the disintegration of the country.

Fasoranti told our correspondent in an interview in Akure that the news came to him as a shock.

He said, “I strongly appeal to the Northern leaders against such move because it would never be in their interest.

“They obviously don’t know the implication of such action and they should better don’t take a hasty decision they would forever live to regret.

“They would definitely benefit better if they remain in the same federation with the south because their own resources are limited.

“Their natural resources cannot possibly sustain them so they should not take any hasty decison because of the prevailing circumstance.”

The Arewa Consultant Forum, the umbralla body for the North, however, remained evasive regarding the position of Abdullahi, preferring to tacitly endorsing a united Nigeria.

ACF National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Anthony Sani, said on Thursday. “Professor Ango Abdullahi merely echoed what has been said several times that the North is committed to a united Nigeria in diversity not out of fear that the region cannot exist without oil but because of our deep and wide interdependence among constituent parts that make divorce impossible.

“Moreover, the size of the country is a huge advantage not just now but in future when the economy picks up. As result, the North would not be the cause of any contemplated break up.”

Ohanaeze Ndigbo dismissed Abdullahi’s threat, describing his submission as pointless.

The Deputy President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Chief Gary Igariwey, said, “We cannot react to such threats. Anybody could come from anywhere to make threats of breakup or secession, so it’s pointless reacting to such.”

He added, “There are so many groups now seeking attention, but there are those we recognise, like the Arewa Consultative Forum.

“Even if it comes from the Arewa Consultative Forum, it must come from the right people in the group, not just anybody.”

Coordinator of the Federation of Middle Belt Peoples, Mr. Manasseh Watyil, distanced the zone from the position of the Northern leaders.

Watyil said, “Who are the Northerness? We better distinguish between the owners of the North. If they want Nigeria to break that mean they are going back to where they came from. That will not affect the Middle Belt; they are free to go.

He added, “It is because of these challenges that the Middle Belt is calling for true federalism or Sovereign National Conference if we will stay together.”

A member of the Ulam council in Plateau State, Mallam Sani Muazu, however lamented the penchant for people or group to claim that they were speaking for the North.

He said there was nothing called one monolithic North, adding that there were no issues that could warrant any breakup of the country. Muazu said what united the country was more than what could divide it.

He said, “Who is the voice of the North? What is the criteria used in determining that voice? Is there one monolithic north? What are the issues at stake that warrants a breakup? Who is agitating for that? To achieve what?”

http://www.punchng.com/news/northll-regret-break-up-afenifere/

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afam4eva: So, it's only when CHINO is attacked, that's when someone is assumed SANE. 1diot is your middle name.

Hahhahaahahaaa OWNED!

Shymmex and his ID don pick race.
Coward. Next time, don't start what you can't finish.

afam4eva: Why are you harsh to someone you rate highly.

Hahahaaaha! Ask am o! Shymmex goes out, Bittyend comes in. Sometimes, the dude can't even be consistent.

what a waste

Oh, by the way Shymmex/Bittyend, going through the history books, I came to the shocking discovery you even used to be one of my numerous NL stans I didn't give a fuuuck about. Here boy:

bittyend: @ Abagworo

I want to read your suggestions, I like your mentality - you're one the realist people on NL. Okija_juju used to be like you, but I don't know when he contracted the virus. I think Ejine is also someone I rate highly.

[url]nairaland.com/901283/south-east-nigeria-needs-three/5#10480708[/url]

Awwwww! Ain't that cute?
Fsheeew!

shymmex: What's the difference between flooding and erosion?

Step up IQ up, before challenging me - and keep my SN out of your mouth?

Heeeheeee! Sorry boss, but your empty ineffective tactics have long played out, and you're days late. Basically, I'm laughing at your stupidiity! Because if you weren't as hopelessly dumb as I'd always thought you were, you would've seen my reply to your monotonous idol Arole:

[quote author=Ejiné]Erosion and Flooding in that sense, are ALL Natural Disasters, and THAT is the POINT, you grass-chewing knucklehead.
I'm not surprised you're too dumb to put two and two together.
What even makes you more stupiid, further exposing your idiocy which we're already tired of seeing, is that you had to go searching and quoting a dictionary, instead of exercising your dull brain to first read the post properly. But that's even another story.

Stop derailing and let's get back to the topic - Why have you side-stepped the question I asked you?

[size=20pt]Why hasn't any other News agency carried this fake story?[/size]

Answer that first, and then we can continue [/quote]https://www.nairaland.com/917560/67-igbos-poor-compared-59.1/3#10626515



Now tht your only only hope has been deflated, could you be kind enough to tell me exactly what [size=14pt]"You are benefit me"[/size] means, my grass-chewing coward of a friend?

Or is that the garbage they teach you in your ghetto?

I await your reply, dunce

Not only are Igbos killed in the north but also Yorubas and even the northerners themselves.

Thank you. This should go to the dung-swallowing, retarrded coward known as Shymmex and his worthless laughable IDs. A fool so myopic and ignorant to say only Igbos were being killed in the North.
Just because there are numerous Igbo group members who are more vocal about the violence, doesn't mean Igbo people are the only ones getting killed.
But hey, I wasn't exactly expecting common sense from a retarrd who only resorts to pedantic grammar nazi tactics when his arse gets beaten mercilessly in a fight he started

At the same time, this should also go to that irritating guy EzeUche, who just comes to the internet to whine and cry with his victim complex. Biko, hope your eyes can open up a bit.

These stories from Rhino5Dm and CogitoErgo are quite bizarre to me.
It's also funny this wasn't the scene of Bauchi I witnessed when I touched down there last year.
What I saw, to be frank, was a real eye-opener on the shocking poverty and visionless leadership crippling the state.

The average primary/secondary school in Bauchi runs at a teacher-to student ratio of 1 teacher to 120 students!
Classrooms are filled to the brim, with only two windows serving as ventilation. But what I discovered upon taking a closer look was far worse - These teachers have lost interest in teaching the students, and have chosen to use them; instead; as laborers in their farmlands. And the students, themselves, are more than willing to work there, as they know no better. It's sad.
Bauchi is also among the states with the lowest WAEC success rates, JAMB participation figures, and secondary school completion figures. But wait - It gets worse. . .

Yes, there are smooth road networks, but these lead to nowhere. And to think Bauchi is also plagued with so many VVF cases, you'd want to cry upon getting to the Federal MediCentre in the central town.
State-owned hospitals? Do they still exist? Cuz I sure couldn't spot any with up to 2 skilled medical professionals in it. Instead, what I found were dilapidated classroom-like sheds with leaking roofs, where you go to get drugs for your minor headaches, and you're given a plaster of paris for your right leg.

"doctor, help! I'm down with malaria. What drugs should I take?" Paracetamol and Malareich

"doctor, help! I have measles! What drugs should I take?" Paracetamol and Malareich

"doctor, heeeelp! My pregnant wife is in her labor!" Paracetamol and Malareich

"doctor, I need your help! I'm down with chicken pox!" Paracetamol and Malareich

"doctor, my wife says I'm a disappointment in bed!!" Paracetamol and Malareich

"doctor, this accident patient had a head-on collision with an armored military tank" Paracetamol and Malareich

"Excuse me, I'm looking for directions" Paracetamol and Malareich.

WTF? I said PASS, not PBOTTOM!!!

Such a scary thread should be moved to tthe Crime section. WHAAAAAATT!!!?

strangerf: How can you " get A1 in JSS exams?"

Something isn't right about the story.

I was thinking the same thing!
In my time, what is known as an A1 today, used to be called a 'Distinction' (as in, D in Junior WAEC)
This used to be the order - [b]D[/b]istinction >> [b]C[/b]redit >> [b]P[/b]ass >> [b]F[/b]ail

Dunno about now, though.

Could anyone in the house be kind enough to update us on the new aggregate system, please?

As for the guys who are against 'bassikuru' (bicycle), abi una no sabi say na de same policies wey Paris dey push for the sake of cleaner air. New mayors who assume office in Paris dey promise to develop policies wey go ensure less cars on their streets (with the help of mass transit trains and buses), so maybe Aregbesola should develop those policies, too.
Bicycle no be crime oh. In fact, if you Google some images of even Harvard University, you go see hundreds of pictures of students parking and riding on their bicycles with sweggz. But here, everyone thinks owning a car is a sign of 'I have arrived', forgetting about our environment.

Gbawe: What has the guy done here for god sake? Just show what he has done here to warrant how you speak. Remember also that , without doubt, you are basing your comment purely on conjectures by commenting as you do here.

What you should do is ask for a link before commenting either way. Anything else just shows a propensity for gossiping and making conclusions on what may be entirely false premises. It is funny that after many official submission , with links, which shows that any education Policy seen today is likely to be the product of extensive and inclusive input from the likes of Wole Soyinka and many expert in the education sector, many of you are still happy to come here and malign Aregbesola based on what this poster has submitted with no links whatsoever when he has had several hours to find one. This thread, to me , reveals more about the lack of objectivity of some posters than anything else.

Aregbesola has done nothing wrong here. Rather OP should get scathing criticism for posting without a link if some of us are interested in preventing this political section being renamed beer Parlour with the motto "All is welcomed to gossip here". Even the worst hater of Aregbesola should be mature enough to ask for a link before commneting here. That is what a balanced adult would do.

Oh, okay. My bad. It's just cuz the media is making him out to look like some autocrat to us outsiders.
But all the same, it's all good.

I'm sorry. Is it just me or is Aregbesola starting to act like that guy, "Emperor Bokassa"?
Na so e dey start.

It's a tragedy for real, that even with the extremely limited funds, thisanimal still has the heart to be this wasteful and extravagant.
The other guy in Niger says he's building a 42 square kilometre "airport city", while ground-level poverty is still at an epic scale

This is a well-written article, but I still have my doubts on El-Rufai's intelligence and sincerity.

TA Orji's underfed propagandist at it again.
Welcome back, TheJurist.

I pray this happens. Oh God, I pray for this.

So fooking what?

Anyway, I actually hope he dies there. . . Does this make me cold?

By the way Lucenzo, you're a GOAT!!