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Latter to my Yoruba brothers
for Naij.com from Magodo, Lagos, Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye says the Yoruba youths are no longer making their valuable contributions to the political and cultural life in Nigeria. What can the Yoruba people do to restore lost influence?

Lateef Raji, a public policy analyst, in an article titled “Dwindling Oil Revenue: What Next for Nigeria?” posited that today, despite the pitiful state of unemployment in Nigeria, ironically, the nation is still rated as the third destination of investors and one of the fastest-growing economy in the world. Raji noted that Nigeria is a golden land of numerous opportunities for those who are resourceful, ingenious, creative, innovative, inventive, groundbreaking, enterprising, hardworking, focused, visionary and, most significantly, disciplined.

Consequently, as a concerned Nigerian, I want to question the role(s) of Yoruba youths in the current fight against unemployment, starvation and poverty in Nigeria. This question was necessitated by my discovery through indirect observations that Yoruba youths are the most lazy, perfidious and egoistic youths in Nigeria as at today.

I discovered that the pride of an average Yoruba youth has overshadowed his intellectual judiciousness, level-headedness and sagacity. Today, among ten Nigerians submitting their resumes to multinational corporations eight would be Yorubas. Folks from my generation in the Western Nigeria are too lazy to tap from the abundant opportunities that litter the streets of, say, Lagos, for primitive accumulation of wealth.

The Igbos, and, by extension, the Niger-Deltans and the Northerners have indirectly taken over the control of economy of Lagos, Nigeria’s indisputable number one centre of success, excellence and opportunities.

The Apapa wharf in Lagos has virtually been taken over by the Easterners. The data that I got from the Nigerian custom services divulges that 63% of those licensed to transact businesses in Apapa Wharf are Igbos.

More so, data collected from licensing office reveals that owners of 56% of commercial motorcycles in Lagos are Northerners and Easterners. The lucrative transport business has been hijacked from the Yorubas.

Today, the major work of average Yoruba youths on the streets of Lagos is to collect royalty, due and charges from the Hausas and Igbos, using their motorcycles to make cool cash from their land. Ninety-five percent of transport, travel and tour firms operating in Lagos are owned by the enterprising and hardworking Easterners.

The Yorubas stay at various intersections harassing hardworking people transacting their legal businesses in the name of collecting charges and dues for the local government. I also discovered that majority of the few Yorubas riding commercial motorcycles in Lagos are locally-trained automobile engineers that have abandoned their workshops.

Furthermore, the popular Ladipo and Owode motor spare parts markets in Lagos are now solidly in the hands of Igbos. As usual, the Yoruba youths are in the market collecting dues for their local government chairmen and the Iyaloja General of Lagos. Yaba, Oyigbo, Sabo, Oshodi, Agege, Alaba, Idumota, etc. markets have been taken over by the Easterners and Northerners who are predominantly youths.

Let me also assert unequivocally that the Igbo youths are now becoming more prosperous in the entertainment industry than the Yoruba youths. Today, the Yorubas hardly tune their DSTVs to the Yoruba movie channel of the satellite television; rather, they watch some other movie channel that show English movies with actors and actresses of Igbo extraction. Why? Because most Yoruba movies are short of creativity.

I can also articulate that 85% of the CEOs and executive directors of commercial banks operating in Nigeria today are Igbos and Hausas under the age of 50. They are very talented in boardroom politics, unlike their Yoruba counterparts, and they assist each other with an amazing ease.

Educationally, the Yorubas are no longer in the top-three. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), Anambra, Imo and Enugu have the highest number of professors and doctorate degree holders in Nigeria. Ekiti and Ondo states that used to top the list have been demoted to number four and six respectively.

In 2014, the reports of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) revealed that the Yorubas have been upturned by the Easterners in terms of academic performance. Ekiti, a state known as fountain of knowledge, was number 34 in 2013.

The Yorubas are also missing in the sports sector. The Golden Eaglets, Flying Eagles, Super Eagles, Flamingoes, Falconets, Super Falcons, D’Tigers, other national teams are dominated by the Igbos and Hausas. The team that won the African Cup of Nations for Nigeria in 2013 was tagged Biafran national team by some columnists and social commentators, including myself.

Politically, the Igbos and Hausas are more united than the Yorubas. The result of the 2015 presidential election is a point of reference. The Hausas voted massively for General Buhari of the APC, while the Igbos extraordinarily voted for Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP.

Sadly, the Yorubas had no bearing during the election. Jonathan’s inner circle members are currently blaming the Yorubas for their son’s expected defeat. Victorious Buhari’s teammates are reportedly saying that the Yorubas contributed little or nothing to the success of their kinsman.

In conclusion, I want to impel my generation in the Western part of Nigeria to wake up and begin to act. The nation of Nigeria that I am seeing today is hemorrhaging. I suggest we put ourselves in strategic positions. The bitter truth is that our leaders only think for themselves and their children.

superstar1:
What are you saying?

Ojikutu mentioned 4 viable airports, that are clearly gateways to the different regions. What is the revenue generated from Enugu airport, in comparison with MMA.

You must be high on fake drugs.

I have warned you to stop mentioning Lagos, the revenue MMA generate comes from Nigerians using the Airport, compare Enugu, Imo, Asaba airports to Ibadan and Akure airports airports

superstar1:
You are minding those jokers.

Can you remeber the noise they made over the upgrading of Akanu Ibiam to International Airport by ''their stealing daughter -- Stealer Odiah''.

Sincerely I felt the airport will turn to DBX or Heathrow or JFK within 6months. What have we witnessed ever since, MMA has quadripled in revenue generation and the revenue from their glorified airfield, that they are calling Intergalactic Airport, has dwindled by 7times.

Ode read this report from your brother

Aviation Experts Caution States On Airport Projects

• Declare 17 Airports Redundant Nationwide
NO fewer than four state governments have unveiled plans to build airports in their respective states. The latest with such plan is Ekiti State. Besides Ekiti, Bayelsa, Abia, Osun and Ogun states are at various stages in their plans to build an airport each.

By the time the airports are completed, they
Many of the state owned airports have become liabilities to the aviation agencies, even when they do not have direct impact on the people.
There are fears also that the ongoing Bayelsa airport project may go the way of Jigawa airport. The state governor is said to be shopping for N40b loan facilities from commercial banks for the project.

Stakeholders also expressed fears over the planned Ekiti airport. They said even Akure airport, that is not too far away has been dormant for many years. They are afraid it might be another waste of public fund to build an airport in that zone.

They have therefore called on state governments to carry out project feasibility studies to determine the viability of airports in their states before venturing into such. They argued that airports should be built for commercial reasons and not for political consideration.
Presently, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) manages 22 airports nationwide. Of the 22, only Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano International Airports are said to be commercially viable. Others can hardly sustain their operational costs.

The Dutse airport, built by Jigawa State government, took a whooping N15.5b from the state’s loan purse. But the airport, which was commissioned last October is yet to attract scheduled domestic flights, except for charter operations and during airlifting of pilgrims for Hajj.

Aviation and Security Consultant, John Ojikutu said what is needed now is the establishment of specialised airports, adding that states could collaborate to establish airports based on their comparative advantages.

According to him, it will not be economical to have another airport in the South West as Akure and Ibadan airports have been ‘‘dormant” for a long time.

According to him, only two out of 25 airports in the country are viable, adding that government could adopt the privatisation strategy for other airports to make them viable.
‘‘We have about 25 airports in the country; seven of them are owned by state governments. But these airports cannot boast of more than 500,000 passengers each year.”
Ojikutu, also a retired Group Captain, said total air traffic in Nigeria is about 14 million, adding that Lagos and Abuja alone control about 10m, while the remaining passengers of four million traffic is shared among other airports.

Condemning the move to establish more airports in the country, particularly by states, Ojikutu said all the existing state government airports cannot airlift 20,000 passenger to any destination within the country in a year.

“You need money for landing and parking. You need money to pay for services and salaries. So, why building airports that will not be viable? Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigerian Airspace Management Agency of Nigeria (NAMA) are using money they generated from the two viable airports in Lagos and Abuja to sustain other airports. The unviable airports cannot even pay their workers.

To build an airport, he said traffic and money must be available, adding that apart from Lagos and Abuja, there is no airport that is viable to sustain itself.
“You need money for landing and parking. You need money to pay for services and salaries. So, why building airports that will not be viable? Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigerian Airspace Management Agency of Nigeria (NAMA) are using money they generated from the two viable airports in Lagos and Abuja to sustain other airports. The unviable airports cannot even pay their workers. FAAN is managing the airports in terms of security and NAMA is also helping them. They take money made in Lagos and Abuja airports to run these airports that are not viable.”
Continuing, he said there is need to privatise the airports to make them viable.

It is easy to build an airport, but it is another thing to maintain them. It is even a different thing to build them to national and international standard. The existing airports are being run by FAAN and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) cannot certify many of them because they were not built to the required national standard. There are over 15 dormant airports in the country. They have less than 100,000 passengers in a year. Abuja and Lagos airports generate 10 million passenger traffic yearly, while the remaining four million passenger traffic is shared by other airlines every year.

The ones owned by the states have only 20,000 passengers in a year. Obudu and Osubi airports have traffic. They have more traffic in terms of passengers, aircraft landing and take-off than many of the federal airports, so when states say they want to build airport, how many passengers will their airports generate? Well, they can become viable by selling low flight tickets and see if they can attract the required passengers to the areas.”

According to the retired group captain, to build an airport in a particular location, the promoters will have to take into consideration the availability of passengers and cargoes.

On what it would take to build an airport and how long it could take to complete an airport, he said the size and the duration for putting the facility in place would depend on the type of aircraft that will be visiting the airport.
‘‘This depends on the airport you want to build. It also depends on the contractor. But to build a standard airport, it should not take more than 24 months. Once you have the runway, the parking area, the Tower and perimeter security fence, planes are good to land and take off. The type of aircraft that will patronise the airport will determine the kind of airport to be built. The runway in Obudu for instance, cannot accommodate a Boeing 767 aircraft, so is Warri airport.”

On the source of financing for airports, Ojikutu said the major source of financing for Aviation sector is NEXIM bank, adding that it would be nice if Nigerian banks could complement the Export, Import bank.
He advised state governments to look at their area of comparative advantage and plan their airport project in line for their airport to be viable.
‘‘The state governments should look for technical partners, who are willing to invest in Aviation. They have to do a lot of business plan to know if their airport project will be viable. The states that are neighbours too should come together to have a joint project. Osun and Oyo can partner to buy Ibadan airport and turn it into agricultural cargo airport. Ondo and Ekiti that are near can do the same and buy Akure Airport and turn it into international agricultural airport. Lagos and Ogun can develop another agric airport. So all the intentions for states to have their own airport is all about ego, political consideration, not for commercial purpose.

Airport location is done considering a lot of factors. Is it going to be a commercial airport? What would be the benefits? Is it for tomorrow? Is the place industrialised? Is it for the export of agric products? You must name the business reasons for building an airport, which should ordinarily be built, where there is big movement of people or where it is capable of attracting people. People that travel to Ekiti do so by road,” he said.

The Managing Director of IRS, Captain Yemi Dada said availability of capital and good location are the major determinants of localisation of an airport, while the size could be determined by the promoters’ intention.
‘‘If you have money and a good location, you can build an airport, but the size of the airport depends on what you want to build. You can build a moderate airport with basic navigational infrastructure. The time it will take to complete the airport depends on the contractor handling the project. Airport is under the exclusive list of the Federal Government. It requires the permission of the Federal Government. There are several processes; it involves environmental impact assessment, feasibility studies to get approval. So in all, it could take between two and three years to come up with a functional airport,” he said.

Like Ojikutu Dada said, airports are built to bring air transport service to a particular locality. But he was quick to ask, is that airport needed in that area? If the strategy of a state is to encourage tourism, fine A larger demand for air services, is a natural requirement for an airport. You can create the demand for this service by making it a specialized airport. It can be for agricultural purpose. One of the big challenges we have now is to set our priorities right. Looking at states as they are today, it is a misplaced priority to want to build an airport. Maybe they want to have it as a long-term project.

Ekiti is not far from Akure airport. It is just a 30 minutes drive in distance. Unless Ekiti State has other reasons for the airport, which I don’t know. There are so many airports in the country that are not viable. So Ekiti State government should focus its attention on other things rather than airport. The proliferation of airports is one of the challenges FAAN is facing today[b]The airports that are doing well, like Lagos, Abuja, Enugu and Port Harcourt should be privatized to be able to sustain the others and stimulate traffic in their direction,” he said.
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The Corporate Affairs Manager of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Mr. Yakubu Dati, said airports in Nigeria are located for reasons beyond economic factors. He said localisation of airports should be seen from other social factors other than from ‘‘balance sheet.”

He described airports as necessary economic drivers as they could be used to stimulate development of a community and for employment generation.
‘‘Airports are windows of any community in a country. They are inevitable for a community that wants to be connected to other communities within and outside a country, and this is more important than profit and loss. It will generate employment where they are located, there will be emergence of other social services anywhere they are located,” he said.

Although, he argued that there is need for cargo and human traffic to sustain an airport, Dati said since it has an advantage of opening up an areas for development, create hundreds of jobs locally, the considerations for the location will be beyond the balance sheet of the airport because once an airline begins to patronise an airport, other airlines will be attracted to the place.
“The impact and contribution of airlines to the development of a society is very important,” he said.

trigar12:
When Lagos is mentioned, igbos start shouting we own Lagos... Am not a tribalist buh una own too much, Lagos is a commercial hub in Nigeria

The Lagos Atlantic city us still in the pipeline, when e show face, dere is gonna be earthquake.

Yoruba lawa oooo

Nobody is dragging Lagos wif you, Lagos is commercial hub of Nigeria, Both Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa/Fulani, Ijaw, and another minorities we all developed Lagos collectively, untill Nigeria disintegrate, then you can claim Lagos, for now Lagos is no mans land.

Wif this report Ekiti state is officially the poorest state in southern Nigeria

s0: SOUTH EAST

Abia - 12,371,194,895.08 Enugu - 19,250,345,593 Ebonyi - 11,032,472,512 Anambra - 10,454,312,316.18 Imo - 8,115,751,385.95 TOTAL = 61,224,076,701

SOUTH WEST Ekiti - 3,462,341,448.32 Osun - 8,513,274,186.67 Ondo - 11,718,741,502.49

Ogun - 17,497,620,787.52 Oyo - 16,307,233,700.22 TOTAL = 57,334,232.64

SOUTH SOUTH Edo - 17,023,595,231.62 Bayelsa - 10,958,263,688 Cross River - 15,738,850,743.95 Rivers - 89,112,448,347.58 Delta - 42,819,209,025.24 Akwa Ibom - 15,676,502,423 TOTAL =191,328,869,459

Kennydoc:
The SE has 5 states while SW has 6 states including Lagos. 5 of the SW states are the typical Yoruba states while Lagos is a former federal capital city.
Take a moment and recalculate the cumulative IGR of the 5 typical Yoruba states and compare it to the cumulative IGR of the 5 SE states. Guy, despite all the noise, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti altogether produced a measly 57 billion naira in 2014. Wherein lies all your boasts?

Don't mind them untill Igbos pull out of Nigeria Lagos will still remain no mans land, I hope they are ready to drag Lagos with hausa/Fulani when they time comes

xtervaganza:
e no go better for me xtervaganza and my family


Why I no put all my effort in my cursed father land ?




Oloshi oloriburuku eda

back to sender!

SOUTH EAST

Abia - 12,371,194,895.08
Enugu - 19,250,345,593
Ebonyi - 11,032,472,512
Anambra - 10,454,312,316.18
Imo - 8,115,751,385.95
TOTAL = 61,224,076,701


SOUTH WEST
Ekiti - 3,462,341,448.32
Osun - 8,513,274,186.67
Ondo - 11,718,741,502.49
Ogun - 17,497,620,787.52
Oyo - 16,307,233,700.22
TOTAL = 57,334,232.64

SOUTH SOUTH
Edo - 17,023,595,231.62
Bayelsa - 10,958,263,688
Cross River - 15,738,850,743.95
Rivers - 89,112,448,347.58
Delta - 42,819,209,025.24
Akwa Ibom - 15,676,502,423
TOTAL =191,328,869,459

scholes0:
SOUTH EAST

Abia - 12,371,194,895.08
Enugu - 19,250,345,593
Ebonyi - 11,032,472,512
Anambra - 10,454,312,316.18
Imo - 8,115,751,385.95
TOTAL = 61,224,076,701


SOUTH WEST
Ekiti - 3,462,341,448.32
Osun - 8,513,274,186.67
Ondo - 11,718,741,502.49

Ogun - 17,497,620,787.52
Oyo - 16,307,233,700.22
TOTAL = 57,334,232.64

SOUTH SOUTH
Edo - 17,023,595,231.62
Bayelsa - 10,958,263,688
Cross River - 15,738,850,743.95
Rivers - 89,112,448,347.58
Delta - 42,819,209,025.24
Akwa Ibom - 15,676,502,423
TOTAL =191,328,869,459

Forget about the North.

corrected, Lagos is collective efforts by all Nigerians thanks

IlekeHD:
There's a port in the East. What's stopping you from using it since the East is viable.

There's even an international airport in Enugu....lol

Most of the banks/IT/businesses are owned by Yoruba.

Stop hiding under Lagos, Lagos delegates said no to regional government because the know other southwestern states will be a burden to them. All Nigerians have stakes in Lagos, why not replicates the same figures in other southwestern states?

IlekeHD:
Igbos have little effort in Lagos, ignore the noisemaking.

If igbos did, Anambra would be competing with Lagos.

Petty trading can only do so much. N2,000 tax per month na chichi, compared to Yorubas' IT companies generating high revenue.

Onitsha and Aba importers and exporters use Lagos ports same with Airport, banks own by Igbos and other tribes have their headquarters in Lagos, Zenith bank, Diamond bank, UBA, Fidelity bank, access bank etc, same with Apapa most of the tank farms are own by Igbos NIPCO Oil, Capital oil, AZ oil, Ibeto oil, Tecno oil etc what of industries and markets, can you mention one single industry own by Yoruba man or Hausa in southeast?

IlekeHD:
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stop hiding under Lagos it's collective efforts Igbos contribute more than Yorubas in Lagos, remember Lagos delegates didn't agree wif other southwestern delegates during 2014 national conference.

pazienza:
Anambrarians here should not fall for the trap Ileke is setting.

The most important thing is that SE cumulatively trashed SW.
Who or who in SE that contributed most to see to this, is simply academic and an internal affair.

I guess I know them more than you

EASTSIDAZ:
Like as I said earlier this is just a newspaper report that does not reflect reality.

My friend the report is from NBS, Anambra is the biggest economy
in southeast but Enugu and Ebonyi generate more revenues

IlekeHD:
Igbos do not contribute more than 30%. Even if it's up to that. Non-Igbos/Non-Yorubas also contribute a large sum.

Same igbos are also contributing to the Igboland, but igboland can't catch up with Yorubaland (over 300bn+)

Who is trying to catch up wif you, you are now competing wif north central, we have left you behind Otondo!

IlekeHD:
I see you guys trying so hard to separate Lagos from the SW's combined IGR.

THAT logic is flawed.

Onitsha is the busiest e-commerce region in Nigeria, why is it not competing with Lagos?

Why is it included in SE's calculation?

Lagos is collective efforts by all Nigerians, NPA, Igbos contributes more than 65% in Lagos ports, same wif International airport, Administative head offices all located in Lagos etc.

NRIPRIEST:
I don't actually believe this report and it's doesn't matter whether southeast is ahead of southwest. I go by what is on ground and living standards. And should we factor these in the Anambra is miles ahead of everybody in all development indices. ffuck that garbage of a report.

My brother our people find if difficult to pay their revenues, Anambra and Abia are the most difficult states to collect taxes both payers and collectors.

inlandtaipan:
ok ooo. Meanwhile, I have not seen superstar1 comment, I saw him viewing earlier.

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Igbos should go back to their poverty land . the clowns are viewing as guests

inlandtaipan:
[s]Onitsha is more of commerce, most of the industries in Onitsha are located in 33industrial estate, which is not too much.[/s]

Please just stop . You know nofin

inlandtaipan:
I'm not from either enugu/anambra but I have been to nnewi and enugu severally.enugu is an organized city with a well difined industrial settlement. You will see standard factories like alo aluminium, juhel pharma, golden penny, 7up, cocacola, Nigeria breweries etc can't really remember more now.

Do you know how many car companies have their offices/depot in enugu? Pegeout, Toyota, kia, Nissan etc ( are all these in nnewi?).

How many companies are even in nnewi aside those two you will see when coming from ozubulu and innoson motors?

I'm only being realistic here, go to emene industrial layout, you will see lots of industries.
Enugu is a top industrial destination, enugu is a silent insutrial city ( by Nigeria standard).

I don't want to argue wif you whether Enugu or Anambra Igbo bu Igbo, Anambra is my state Enugu is my second home Udo!

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inlandtaipan post=39351931[s:
]The truth is that Enugu as a city is more industrialized than all cities in southeast except aba. Go to emene industrial layout and see for yourself, even 9th mile that is a suburd of Enugu will contribute to the IGR. Enugu is industrialized, emene has more industries than most cities. So don't be surprised with the figure.[/s]

I beg to differ, only industries in Nnewi covers Enugu, I believe international airport gave Enugu gap, Ebonyi has more solid minerals than other southeast states

DaBullIT:
i wan comment

waiting they push u?

pazienza:
SE total GDP = 61.1Billion
SW - Lagos total GDP= 57.3Billion

Oboy, once we bust their lies they will go underground

LordMecuzy:
Anambara looks too low oh...Even Abia..

Anambra during Obi was generating 600 million monthly internal IGR now Obiano is generating 1.5 just one year of his adminstration, by the time the malls, international markets, and industries and other investments start functioning we will be targeting 3 to 4b Internal IGR to state

Ondo oil production covers Imo, Abia and Anambra.according to Oluwale niggas

Ekiti is richer than Ebonyi

Osun economy is bigger than everything that is happening in southeast
Ogun state the Heroshima of Nigeria

Ndi Ofe ekene mu nu! Una to good wif propaganda

And fools from west will ask what Igbos contribute? Lagos is collective efforts by all

naijapips02:
I cringe each time

cc nobledandy

Agu dowa gi agbha for pulling that rubbish from ur as.s

It very pathetic when Yorubbers opening silly threads about Akure, a dull city trying to make the town relevant, a city that can't be compare with Ewkulobia in business, poor state that only one commercial airline land in their airport in a week,harassing hardworking Igbos that are trying to squeeze out the poverty in them, when Fulani abducted you leader destroyed his farm land bet and chase out more than 200 Yorubbers, the stupid Deji didn't alter a word. Useless people

Obiagu1:
He is not Edo, he is from Rivers but for unknown reason refused to mention his ethnicity.

He is from Edo state

atbu1983:
You Igbo should stop spreading lies. It is time to correct this deceit.

When Yar Adua was sick in 2010 and GEJ was VP the most vocal group who ensured Jonathan was made President were the Yoruba. During these period most Igbos were silent and dumb.

The Save Nigeria Group founded by Pastor Tunde Bakare and Sahara reporters prevented Jonathan from being impeached and making way for David Mark to becoming d president.
We cant 4get the massive support Prof Wole Soyinka gave to save nigeria group protest and impact of other south west media houses like punch, tribune and the nations to the struggle to prevent Jonathan Impeachment and ensuring that Jonathan became president.

In 2011 elections, the whole South(SW,SS and SE) and middle belt gave Jonathan block vote. South west gave jonathan more than 70% of their vote in 2011.
South south did d same. South east did d same. North central gave Jonathan more than 60% of the vote.

The only thing some south east states did which south west states and North Central stares did not do was to Inflate the voters turn out which card readers prevented in 2015 election. The truth was dat the inflation of vote by some south east states in 2011 was completely unneccessary because Jonathan would have won without it. Jonathan won some states like Taraba and Adamawa in North east in 2011.

We cant forget the impact of Pastor Enoch Adeboye laying of hands on Jonathan in 2011 redeem camp on 2011 Jonathan election among christians all over Nigeria.

We cant 4get the role of Gen Olusegun Obasanjo in ensuring that Jonathan was made Acting President. Who beimg the Chairman of PDP board of trustee ask Yar Adua to resign for Jonathan to become president. We cant 4get d Insult obasanjo got from Arewa for that statements. We cant 4get how Obasanjo prevent former VP Atiku abubarkar from hijacking PDP and getting the PDP ticket in 2011

So igbo never made Jonathan President in 2011. The only tin Igbo did was to destroy Jonathan presidemcy between 2011 and 2015.
Igbo people like Stella Oduah destroyed d image of Jonathan Govt. Igbo people hijack Jonathan govt preventing him from achieving what he needed to achieve. Pius Ayim Pius brought high level Nepotism to Nigeria Federal civil service.

As far as i an concern it was President Jonathan who did Igbo big favour by giving them a loud voice in Nigeria national politics. You igbo should be grateful to Jonathan not d other way around.

The only time you stood alone with Jonathan was 2015 election which Jonathan lost. You stood with him for your own good because of what he had done for you politically.

Even today that Jonathan is no more the president of Nigeria, the only Governor who has made defending Jonathan legacy his primary assignment is a Yoruba Governor. Governor Fayose of Ekiti. No igbo PDP governor defend Jonathan today like Fayose do.

Today, they want to re-write history with fake propanganda just because of 2015 election.
What make me sick is the way they make it look like south south owe them when actually they are the one owing south south for giving them voice through Jonathan.

Below is 2011 Presidential results.
source:http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20110419040622zg/sections/general-articles/details-of-2011-presidential-election-results-in-nigeria/

Edo man can you be more Specific Lagos gave GEJ 1. 4 million votes Lagos comprises large numbers Igbos and south south same wif other southwestern states

They brain washed south south that Igbos are greedy and dominating, they wan to wipe out minorities among them and claim their resources, Same people that accused Igbos went to south south communities killed and destroyed them and their land, went against PIB bills and resource control, same set were against 10% to oil producing communities, they control 90% of Niger delta oil blocks, relocated oil companies head offices to Lagos and Abuja, same fools will threaten you to leave their land, recently NLNG are planning to locate their shipping yard to Lagos, they accused your son of corruption and called him all sought of names, blackmailed him, bombarded his administration wif propaganda both local and international wif their welling tools down south, and kicked him out, same Igbos who they accused stood by him. Same Yorubber and Hausa/Fulani that were against his government, his family and his tribe, openly hating development going on in Awka Ibom, Delta few months ago, what a world Have you asked yourselves why Yorubber and Northerners are rejoicing over tribunal nullification of Rivers and Akwa Ibom elections, they took the two élection cases to Abj, most of guys lack in depth knowledge of the game they are playing wif your resources, or you think Ijaws, Ishekries or Urobos are the most brilliant or smartest tribes what will be your faith when the oil isn't there or not Nigeria major revenue, your case will be worst than north central. Then they will remind you how useless your leaders are, that the highest criminals are from your tribe they will forget before Ibori we had IBB, Abacha, MKO etc, before GEJ, we had OBJ, Tinubu they are all criminals. Igbos are to busy to think of those that refused to learn from their mi