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City of Loango, Late 17th Century

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Sankore Mosque - Timbuktu

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He sounds like this man. . .

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I hope this Igbo man doesn't make the same mistakes.

A more recent video showing Umuahia. 2011

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Abia is progressing.

You cannot believe everything you read on the internet. 

Kobojunkie:
Abia State is not progressing? What a Arrow of a conclusion there . . , that is my response to you!

When was the last time you have been to Abia before you ran to Ohio of all places?

I do not think you have been to Abia, or even Nigeria in a decade you wretched woman.

Kobojunkie:
Aba has NEVER always been a dirty state. Let's not now pretend that the city has ALWAYS been hopeless. Aba used to be one of the best cities on the East of Nigeria for many decades, until the decay started. Pretending the Aba situation is always been a hopeless one is to pretend that Faulks road has ALWAYS been he pit, governor after governor,has allowed it in the past 2 decades.

You want to continue the lies that Abia state is not progressing. No one is saying that Aba is hopeless, but to generalize a whole state, because of one industrial city is not right.

Abia still looks better than Anambra state. Onitsha is worse than Aba, but you do not see people mocking all of Anambra, because of that commercial city.

A more recent video showing Umuahia. 2011

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namfav:
a poor attempt to put our heads against the heads of the yoruba, i must say a typical ibo trait

Your people are simply isolating yourselves. When the U.S. get involved because of the terrorist threat from the Northern region, you better beg for mercy from the Southern groups, but there will be none.

The North is the main reason why Nigerians are being labeled terrorist.

odumchi:
Abia state has really gotten better. However, it's only problem is Aba. Other than that, Abia has improved a lot in all departments: security, power, and even power commerce. The government has spent quite
Some money repairing most of the major roads, and the Aba-PortHarcourt road is very neat, spacious and most importantly well maintained.

Security has also stepped up. Every quarter mile or so you'll find a police checkpoint stationed with well armed mobile-policemen and sometimes you'll find their armoured vehicles.

As for electricity, most places in Abia state have been enjoying uninterrupted electricity for nearly a year now. The thing is that 75% of the people here who are talking down on Abia state have not stepped in ot or have only been to Aba.

My brother you spoke the truth. I was in Abia in July and August and what I saw on the ground was very good. Security was good. Roads were getting paved. You cannot believe everything you read on the internet. I doubt some of our Igbo brethren has been to Abia in the past year or even 5 years.

Aba is the only problem in Abia, but the city has NEVER been known to be a clean city, but it is a industrial city. Industrial cities are mostly dirty.

Umuahia -
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I know that Enugu sacked workers from other states in the past.

My own auntie was one of those sacked and she died a few months later after that sack.

Abia was not the FIRST.

I have been reading for the last two months how my Igbo brethren has been talking poo about Abians and our state and I am furious.

Yorubas will always be in denial. During the election violence, who lost the most people? It was not the Igbo. Everyone was saying the Yoruba suffered the most, because most Igbos knew what to do in such situations. Even Muslim Yorubas were not spared by the Hausa.

It is sad that there brothers in the South turn a blind eye to their suffering. Didn't Yoruba governors send buses to the North to pick up their people? Why would they do that if Yorubas were not targeted?

I mourn the lives of any group that suffers, because of intolerance in the North. It doesn't matter if they are Yoruba, Igbo or Berom.

Maybe some of these foolish Yorubas need to hear about their brothers who are suffering in the North.

They will not have much fun in the UAE. People should know how the UAE treats their guest workers and it is not good.

Soon Abia will be exporting agricultural products to other states.

We may become the breadbasket of the East.

How Abia is attracting investors

By Daniel Essiet

Abia State is mainly an agricultural state. It is characterised by small and medium-sized farming and processing operations. Farmers and the processors of agricultural produce generate roughly a sizeable  portion of   its export earnings.

The state is approaching self-sufficiency in green vegetables. The production of cassava, yam, oilseeds,  rice, tubers, meat and fishery products have multiplied several times. There are  fertile land for  the production of  cereals, olives, fruits, grapes, and vegetables.

Harvests have traditionally yielded sizable surpluses for export. The early growing season allows the state  to profit from  fresh produce. Crops fluctuate greatly in size, however, depending upon the weather.

Plantation agriculture is a very viable venture, especially in respect of the development of the oil-palm industry. There is revival of domestic agriculture. Production increases in farm products have supply-demand balances and even surpluses in good crop years. Agricultural inputs such as machinery, fertilizers, and technical assistance are  available.The agricultural system is based on labour and physical inputs and the farm product marketing system is ruled by market mechanism.

Great advances have been made as a result of the tremendous efforts to develop the rural economy, and to improve people’s lives.

To make agriculture a top priority, the government  is increasing  input into agriculture, enhancing law enforcement and support  the growth of the sector  with positive measures.

There are ongoing efforts to stabilise the rural economic system, the operational and distribution system.
The government is working to  readjust and optimise agricultural structure, promote the development of high-yield, high-quality and high-efficiency food  production .

Livestock activity is not as developed as other areas of agriculture. Beef production is  low. Dairy production is inadequate. The state lies in a rain forest belt and has forest woods of economic value.

There exist small sawmills that feeds the local furniture industry and a match factory.

The  government   has given out micro-loans to women’s and men’s agricultural co-operatives  to  enable them to buy inputs such as improved seeds and tools, which they would not be able to afford otherwise. The use of micro-credit for inputs has promoted the use of improved seeds, allowing for a much higher yields, and, in the end, better food security.

The  government  has   given  beneficiaries basic training in money management, along with the literacy and numeracy skills required to keep the books.

To ensure success, the government works closely with private organisations as well as governmental agencies to harmonise work methods and schedules, technical itineraries, and the stocking and distribution of improved seeds.
The government has undertaken soil conservation projects to improve agricultural production and raise the living standard of rural areas. It has   initiated a programme to help cooperative farm system. Irrigation and flood-control projects have been undertaken. 

It is aimed essentially at improving food self sufficiency and alleviating hunger through food distribution. Aside from investing in agricultural infrastructure, the government supports agriculture through measures to stabilise prices and to ensure adequate food stocks for public distribution.

Advisory services and market improvements have helped increase productivity considerably.

Most farmers have reduced their post-harvest losses. Government   is developing regional value chains for strategic agricultural commodities to enhance agricultural transformation and competitiveness.

Over the last decade much incentive and encouragement has been granted to the agricultural sector to increase production and exports. 

Incentives for agricultural investment mean a contribution to the financing of the project in the form of subsidies, grants and either partial or total tax exemptions. 

Today, agriculture in Abia  represents a mechanisms for progress and development in relation to employment.
On the whole, the required level of investment for the development of marketing, storage and cold storage infrastructure is estimated to be huge.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/business/agriculture/27428-how-abia-is-attracting-investors.html

Why Anambra? He should start with a PDP controlled south-east state like Abia or Enugu.

The U.S. doesn't need anymore evidence.

Time to send in the drones into Northern Nigeria.

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A map to help. . .

Timbuktu

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Great Zimbabwe

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More Medieval Ethiopia

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Gondar, Ethiopia - Medieval Structure

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Medieval Ethiopia

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Kano

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Kano, Nigeria, 1860 Hermann Wagner, Schilderung der Reisen Eduard Vogel in Central Afrika (Leipzig, 1860)

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The get rich quick or die mentality is a problem for Nigerians, mainly Nigerians in the Southern part of the country. It doesn't matter what ethnic group or religion that you represent, it still the same.

Nigerians have this mentality there is a need to get rich quick, but do not layout the groundwork to get there. Many of our peers have looked to 419, drug peddling, and other vices in order to get rich quick.

Instead of trying to be millionaires by any means, we need more professional Nigerians such as scientist, doctors and engineers. And that means you have to put in the time and effort to get there.

Good job!

Thank you for sharing this. 

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There is much more to Abia. Long live Abia state!

Ndume could possibly be a scapegoat.

bigmazi:
Abians are fools. With what has been going on so far in their state they can't even for once call their governor to order (mass protest on the street if need be). Everywhere in Abia beginning from the world known Enyimba city sucks.

You are the bigger fool. Ask people who actually stay in Abia. I just came back from Abia a couple of months ago. People are living and working.