₦airaland Forum

It is time for us to protect our local industries. Once we build up our auto industry, we can export our automobiles around the world.

Beaf:
It is exactly what the country needs. Any of the inferiority complex stigma that is attached to Nigerian goods should be wiped away with the FG massive patronage. Everyday Nigerians will easily follow suit.

Amen! "Aba made" needs to be thrown out the lexicon.

Goodluck is getting better each day. Change in the air.

God bless you Beaf.

Hopefully he can bring change to Nigeria.

He has my support 100% now that Utomi is not running for president.

^^^

And you cannot forget the Aro-Igbo connection as well, because we have been dealing with the various Igbo clans that have been inhabiting the region for centuries.

Hungry and jobless looking people I must say.

^^^

Yet, we do not suffer from the chronic poverty that can be seen in the North and SW.

It feels good to be Igbo, when we have people like Chinua Achebe, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Pat Utomi.

God bless Igboland. And God bless the South-South. GEJ all the way.

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=635192.msg8020827#msg8020827 date=1301522718]^^^ wait until Ezeuche the 'parasite' sees this

SE are scavenging and hoping SS will join them(No one want a parasite).

I dey laugh oo [/quote]Igboland is blessed with large deposits of oil. Anambra, Imo and Abia state has oil. What does that tell you?

We don't even need the South-South for oil, because Chineke has blessed our land.

The only parasite are you people in the North. What oil do you all have? Nothing. I dey laugh o! 

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[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=634706.msg8020587#msg8020587 date=1301519369]Can't you see the highest political office they are holding is Deputy senate fvcking president.

Even the little PDP chairman,Police IG and INEC chairman theyare  holding was giving to the NORTH courtesy of GEJ.

They are worthless and of no use, politically.[/quote]And your point?  Igbos are still supporting him, and this is the base of his support. He had to find a major ethnicity to support him, and he found the Igbo. Most of us are happy with him so why do you care?

Frankly, the average Igbo man does not give a dammn about politics. A few misguided Igbo "elites" are screaming for the presidency but the majority of Igbos have come to the realization that just because a member of your group is an elected official, does not mean you will get dividends.

Seems like you have a lot to learn. What will a Hausa man becoming president do for you personally? Your region is still the poorest region in the federation. After all these years, you all have nothing to show for it, but ignorance and poverty.

You can't blame the Igbos for your dammn problem. Maybe you should look to your leaders and ask them what they have done with the money. Or better yet, go ask Sani Abacha's son who is running for political office.

There is no hope for you people.

jason123:
I have nothing against Iwela and I am sure many people feel the same way. I wished ACN had chosen her but they did not so . . . . . life moves on!
She surely deserves some credit and I certainly respect her.

If you understand her credentials, then you must know I shall defend her as well. Therefore, I advise you to leave me alone as I handle those who try to belittle this woman's achievements.

Adieu!

Now we all know this politically motivated.

Hopefully, we will have a happy ending.

jason123:
Another ode-marudeen has joined the banter.

Do not get upset with me for speaking the truth. Or are you upset, because someone is calling you a liar and a fake Itsekiri?

Either way, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is above this nonsense. Reading some of these comments, Nigerians deserves the leaders that they get.

The Iron Lady credentials cannot be denied.

Thank God Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is above this nonsense.

Credible Igbo leaders such as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Pat Utomi should not even focus on national politics. They will not be appreciated, so why waste our talents on this entire nation, when they can focus on their region, or living their own lives?

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I am in love with the Chinese model in how they deal with drug dealers and corruption. Maybe we should copy some of their techniques and transplant them in Africa.

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jason123:
Okay, not every ikwerre but the ones I know do not say they are igbo and why should they Must every eastern ethnic minority be Igbo?? Its like saying Uhrobos, edos or Nupe people are yoruba, it just does not make sense. Even I see myself as Itsekiri first then yoruba but it does not mean my people see themselves as anything yorubas (my case is a peculiar case).

I went to school with Ikwerre children in primary and secondary. They spoke Igbo and considered themselves Igbo. I even have Aro-Ikwerre relatives in my family. It is no big deal. Do you even know Port Harcourt's original Ikwerre name? It is Iguocha, which is another Igbo name.

Like ChinenyeN stated, you do not know every Ikwerre. Some see themselves as Igbos while others don't.

And not all Eastern minorities are by the Ndigbo. Do Igbos claim Ibibio? No. Do Igbos claim Ogoni? No. Do Igbos claim the riverine Ijaw? No. Do Igbos claim Ekoi? No. Do Igbos claim the various Cross River ethnicities? No.

So do not make an unfounded statement. If Ikwerre want to claim Igbo, then there is no problem, if they do not want to claim Igbo, so be it. It is their choice.

The fear of Igbo domination is quickly losing ground as the minorities in the East see the Igbo championing their causes. If it wasn't for an Igbo man, the South-South would never have been created so you should be thankful.

Let lose this reliance on oil. It is not wise for a nation to live off of oil revenue alone. Time to diversify instead of putting all your eggs in one basket.

I knew this topic would turn tribal.

Anyway, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala towers over any candidate the North can muster.

Who amongst Northern politicians and technocrats can challenge her credentials? None I tell you!

[b]Ileke-Idi [/b]needs to learn not to make syntax errors.

Nigeria is a geographical expression.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=634231.msg8011259#msg8011259 date=1301414877]Takes me back to the noisy annoying noise that occurred last fall on NL [/quote]Chei! I hope you are not embarrassing Nigerians at Florida State.

Akainzo:
That is some switch there! From the best end of the ladder, to the worst end of the ladder. What really was it that you wanted for the nation? What really made you support Pat Utomi?

Could you find all these qualities in GEJ?

Pat Utomi is a progressive and he could of brought change to Nigeria as a whole. GEJ can bring change to the Niger Delta and finally deal with the problems associated with the region.

I am practical in my support. I cannot support Buhari, because he was a former military head of state. And Ribadu is out of the question, because he is simply an attack dog.

Well it would seem that I have to swing my support to GEJ.

Nigeria is just not ready for Pat Utomi. And that is the sad truth.

aribisala0:
i think this is your wish rather than reality.
i am yoruba and grew up in port harcourt i do not recognize this igbo spoken fluently throughout. otherwise i would be an igbo speaker(my yoruba is quite poor). it is impossible to grow up in  ibadan,enugu, kano and not understand the local language. the port harcourt i know has pidgin english as its lingua franca.some people might want port harcourt as an igbo colony but the inhabitants have a different idea. it is this kind of attitude that fuelled the abandoned property crisis in port harcourt. many of my rivers friends cannot speak their languages(kalabari,kolokuma,ogoni etc) never mind  igbo. stop this propaganda

I grew up in Port Harcourt as well and Igbo or a variant of Igbo is widely spoken. My Ikwerre friends would speak in their dialect and I would understand. Even though Pidgin English is spoken widely in Iguocha (Port Harcourt), the majority of the population speaks Igbo. Even the riverine Ijaw, Ibibio and some Ogoni speak Igbo as well.

Igbo is the lingua franca in the East so do not lie here. And remember the Ikwerre are a sub-group of the wider Igbo just like the Ekpeye.

seanet02:
Not GEJ again? Rambler

sbeezy8:
^^^ hes a confused idio.t

pat one day gej the next - the guys a cown

I said I supported both candidates. Read my post and you would see. I prefer Pat Utomi, but if GEJ wins, I have no problem with that.

How hard is it for you two to understand that point? It is not a zero-sum game.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

I will never support Orji Uzor Kalu. If he is ever chosen to run for president, I would support a Northerner, before I support Orji Kalu. That will tell you the disdain that I have for the man.

Anyway, Pat Utomi is the way forward for me.

naijaking1:
This political season has brought out the worst best in this demented Hajia, and her unique circular arguements.

I thought I was the only person who noticed that. She sure does enjoy those circular arguments. That is why I choose to ignore her.

Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi

BLESSED CYPRAIN MICHAEL TANSI HIS BIRTH September 1903: A baby boy is born to Tabansi (name meaning "continue to bear evil patiently" of Igboezunu-Aguleri and his wife Ejikwevi of Nteje. This child was given the name Iwene (in full, Iwemmaduegbunam, meaning "let human malice not kill me". He has three brothers: Ifekwunigwe ("there is strength in numbers", Obadiegwu (later baptized as Vincent), Ekemezie (Stephen); and a sister: Obianma Small Iwene in 1909 is sent by his parents to the "Christian village" of Aguleri to live in the house of his maternal aunt and uncle (Robert Orekie).

[b]HIS BAPTISM
[/b]Iwene was baptized on 7th January, 1912 and given the name Michael. He was baptized when he was 9 years old with the Christian name, Michael. His baptism affected him deeply even at such a young age and he shocked his non-Christian parents by daring to destroy his own personal idol, traditionally given to every male child at birth.

[b]HIS EARLY EDUCATION TEACHING
[/b]Michael was taken to Onitsha in 1913 to begin his primary education at Holy Trinity School. In six years in 1919 he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate at St. Joseph's School, Aguleri. This certificate makes him eligible to teach. The following year 1920 he began to teach at Holy Trinity School, Onitsha. And 1924 he returned to former school St Joseph’s School Aguleri to became the headmaster.

[b]HIS SEMINARY TRAINING
[/b]At the age of 22, after several years of working as catechist and school teacher, he entered St. Paul's Seminary, Igbariam in 1925. He was the Procurator at the Training College 1932 before starting his probation at Umulumgbe (Eke) from 1933 to 1934.

[b]HIS ORDINATION
[/b]He was ordained a priest for the Onitsha diocese in 1937 at the age of 34 by Bishop Charles Heerey in the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha. His two other companions were: William Obelagu and Joseph Nwanegbo PRIESTLY MINISTRY As priest he worked zealously in Eastern Nigeria for 13 years, selflessly serving the religious and material needs of his people. The new priest, Father Michael Tansi first assignment was to Nnewi from 1937 to 1939 as Assistant Priest to Father John Cross Anyogu (later Bishop).He was appointed the first Parish Priest of Dunukofia in 1939. While in Dunukofia he founded pre-matrimonial women centres of St. Anna (those already married). In 1945 he was transferred to Akpu/Ajalli as Parish Priest and in 1949 he was assigned to his hometown Aguleri as Parish Priest. . Father Tansi travelled on foot to visit his widely scattered parishes, would spend whole days hearing confessions and was always available to the people in their needs, day and night. He was particularly eager to give young people a good preparation for marriage and to counteract the tradition of "trial marriages" which prevailed among the pagans at that time. The large Christian populations of many Igbo villages are present witness to his zeal.

[b]HIS MONASTIC JOURNEY
[/b]However, in spite of all he was doing, he felt the call to serve God in a more direct way in a life of contemplation and prayer and, if possible to bring the contemplative monastic life to Nigeria. Father Tansi began his monastic journey with a pilgrimage to Rome. In 1950 his Bishop was able to free him to try his vocation at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, near Nottingham, England. And on 2nd July 1950 he accompanied by Archbishop Heerey his Archbishop; he arrives at Leicester, in the Cistercian Monastery of Mount St. Bernard, England, in view of founding a contemplative monastery in the diocese of Onitsha. He was an Oblate of the Monastery from 1950 and was received into the Noviciate in 1952.

[b]HIS PROFESSION
[/b]On 8th July 1953 Father Tansi took the simple vows. His new name in the monastery was Father Cyprian. The complete change of lifestyle, particularly living under obedience when he had been a leader of people, the change of climate, food and most of all the culture shock were severe tests, but he was convinced that this was where God wanted him to be. On 8th July 1956 he took his monastic solemn vows. Father Mark Ulogu, another Nigerian (Igbo) priest, joined him a year later. In 1962 Mount Saint Bernard decided to make the foundation in Africa, Father Mark Ulogu became Abbot of the new African foundation at Bamenda but for various reasons it was made in the neighbouring country of Cameroon, near Bamenda, rather than in Nigeria.

[b]HIS SICKNESS AND DEAD
[/b]Although he was appointed as Novice Master of the foundation, Father Cyprian was too sick to go. He died at the Royal Infirmary of Leicester on 20 January 1964 a few months after the departure of the founders of the new African House. The Requiem Mass and burial of Father Cyprian in the cemetery of the Monastery was on 22nd January 1964.

[b]HIS BEATIFICATION
[/b]The reputation for holiness that he had left in Nigeria before going to Mount Saint Bernard never ceased to grow. After his death, many people claimed to have received favours through his intercession. On the Commemoration of the 10 anniversary Mass of his death at Holy Trinity Cathedral on the 20 January 1974 Archbishop Francis Arinze began the spade work on the possibility of promoting the cause of Tansi's beatification. The process for his beatification was opened in the diocese of Nottingham, then transferred in 1986 to the Archdiocese of Onitsha, whose Archbishop was the present Cardinal Francis Arinze. Cardinal Francis Arinze was among the first children baptized by Father Tansi when he was a young parish priest.

On 20th January 1986 Archbishop Stephen Ezeanya the new Archbishop of Onitsha inaugurated the Onitsha Archdiocesan Tribunal for the Cause of Fr. Tansi. The request was made for his remains to be brought back to Nigeria. The request was granted and on the 12th September 1986 his remains were exhumed and flown to Nigeria on 19th September 1986. After a solemn concelebrated Mass, his remains are reinterred at the Priests' cemetery beside Holy Trinity Cathedral Onitsha on 17th October 1986.

First major miracle obtained through Fr. Tansi-. A girl with advanced stage of cancer was instantly cured, on the 5th May 1990, the final public session of the Onitsha Archdiocesan Tribunal for the Cause of Fr. Tansi after a concelebrated Mass at the Holy Trinity Field, Onitsha. This followed on 21 May 1990: Archbishop Ezeanya submits the Acts of the Archdiocesan Tribunal for the Cause of Fr. Tansi to the Congregation for the Cause of Saints in Rome. This marks the beginning of the beatification process. On March 22, 1998, at Onitsha, during a trip to Nigeria made for that very purpose, Pope John Paul II beatified Father Cyprian Michael Tansi, proclaiming him to be a model of priestly zeal and prayer. Thus his name became: Blessed.

In June 2010, the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria honoured Blessed Fr Tansi as the Patron Saint of Nigeria Catholic Priests. We give glory to God for this wonderful son of God from Aguleri.

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Gbawe:
My guy , one would have thought that your many intelligents posts would indicate that you are above this type of sexist and disrespectful talk. Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian who deserves respect . I am proud to cite her to my daughters , anyday , as a role model.  She has served her Country well as a Minister. The tag of "housewife" is disrespectful and so is the comparison to Lewinsky. One really has to wonder why you BB fans are never moderate in views or utterances. You always have to be at the extreme end of everything . You don't need to crassly and disrespectfully thrash Okonjo-Iweala to defend Buhari.

Agreed. I was highly offended by his remarks. Sadly, many Nigerian men hold these views of women who do not know their "place." It would seem like he is intimidated by the woman to say such nonsense. I feel sorry for his future wife and daughters.

ehie:
she compromised herself a lot,if he had chosen her he would have lost a lot of credibility,maybe it would have been laudable to the elite,but to labour she was abhorred with her failed monetization policy and her one fit all economic theories.
she has already been tainted by her stint with  the obasanjo regime

You really do not know what you are talking about. She actually moved this nation in the right direction, by helping us to get a debt write-off. The woman used her connections to help Nigeria move forward and this is how you repay her.

Do not insult this woman's legacy you ungrateful person.

KnowAll:
[size=14pt]why should Buhari make a house wife her vp. abi which kin talk be that just because she had a couple of years internship in the WB(just like Monica Lewinski) she don become hot property abegiiiiiiiiiiii[/size]. 

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I am getting tired of your sexist remarks. Someone needs to put a muzzle on you.

Of course Buhari would be intimidated by this woman. It is a double edge sword. Not only is she an Igbo, she is an intelligent woman. Many Nigerian men would be intimidated by a woman who has these credentials. She towers over Buhari in every way.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala knows how to deal with the West, Nigerian men, and other African states. This woman is our Iron Lady. One day, I hope she runs. I will be in the trenches for her.