₦airaland Forum

This is what you get when responsible government comes to power.

PDP is Rivers, Rivers is PDP. This people should please act like democrats and accept defeat. Let Amaechi continue to borrow and source for money to execute projects across other regions while his region is bereft of meaningful projects. I wonder what he used to campaign in the just concluded election in Rivers? Even the airport he accused the last administration of not completing for political reasons is now begging for help while he is the Minister in charge. The rail line he started in Rivers uncompleted. I wonder what the now River state government is waiting for to probe the abandoned project after all that was spent on it and nothing is working?

Everybody now wants crude oil money. Malaysia that came to buy palm fruits from us are now the world number one exporter of palm oil. Leaders of this great country past and present have never place their priority right.

He was a Famous Igbo traditional war songs singer. A very popular Igbo musician from Arondiuzuogo now Arochukwu in Imo state.

Trigger happy Nigerian police force. RIP to the dead. I think this country needs to be recolonised.

Happy Val. Nairalanders

This country needs your prayers now more than ever. The church of Christ much march on and the gate of hell must not prevail.

The pride of every good dad is to live and watch her children be joined together with their spouses in the fullness of time. Make haste to make your dad's joy full. Happy birthday.

The protesters should not bother because they are not importers? This people are running of propaganda and lies at the same time. What does Nigeria as a country produce? Your President(Tinubu) cannot be treated in the country that pride herself as the home of the best medical Doctors in the globe, instead he runs abroad continually for medical treatments after promising Nigerians that he would never engage in such wasteful trip. Now you are asking your audience if they are importer? So, our brother from east who engage themselves in buying and selling after been pushed out of the corridors of power are not part of this country? So, the exchange rate they use for their importation businesses are not being regulated by Nigerian government?

It is now clear that this government is running out of lies.

Tinalex:
The same reason why 80% of guys nowadays are the way they are, "irresponsibility". Most men are just baby daddies and not fathers so they lay no good legacy for their sons/daughters. They go about saying "a woman runs the home and we are polygamous by nature" Hence the love for mothers. Go out there and see women hustling for the upkeep of their children. May every good father and mother reap the fruit of their labour.

Amen

Change indeed.

Change indeed 5

Beware of snake in that compound ooh. Such plantation and snake is 5&6

RockHard:
Yeah, and yet since independence no single SE state is even mentioned among the top 5 economic contributors in Nigeria alone, not to talk of Africa. Doesn't charity begin at home again?? I think what you meant to say is that Nigeria will become the drug-trafficking capital of the world within 5 years. Sometimes I wonder the kind of egbo some of you smoke before typing. lol

If 50% of federal presence felt in North centre (FCT) and south west (Lagos ) is being reflected in South east, I bate you will be the first person to leave your south west or where ever you are now to seek for greener pasture in the South East.

The problem of Nigeria today is that we no longer look at things and tell the true meaning of things but tend to be political in all we do. The true meaning of patriotism to me is doing things aright no matter the circumstances for the progress of one's nationa.

For Nigeria to be on the part of progress again, we must go back to drawing board. One of the greatest undoing of the present regime is there inability to see anything good in the last National conference. The issuesaid raised in Aburi Ghana in 1967 (49 years ago ) is still being unattended to but say we want to move forward.
We can build a skyscraper when the foundation is faulty.

Where is Lala, help me and educate Nigerians.

READ WHAT FEMI ADESINA WROTE ABOUT OJUKWU AND NIGERIA.
THE QUESTION IS, CAN HE STILL BOLDLY WRITE THE SAME ARTICLE NOW OR ADVICE HIS PRINCIPAL ON WHAT HE WROTE?
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In December 2009, I was at Aburi, while holidaying in Ghana. We Nigerians call it A-b-u-r-i, but the Ghanaians pronounce it as E-b-r-i. For those who have read widely about the civil war that we fought between 1967 and 1970, Aburi is a significant place. This was what I wrote about Aburi, after returning from that journey:
“Aburi. Beautiful, serene Aburi, set daintily atop a hill. It is home to a botanical garden that is 119 years old. But for us in Nigeria, Aburi goes beyond just nature and its preservation. It is the town where General Yakubu Gowon and Odumegwu Ojukwu met, to try and avert the Nigerian Civil War that lasted between 1967 and 1970. They came out with Aburi Accord, which later broke down. And a shooting war started. You could see the Presidential Lodge on a hill, where the Nigerian leaders had parleyed at the behest of Ghanaian leaders. It all ended in futility.”
As one of the key parties to the Aburi Accord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, returns to mother earth today, it is also apposite to return to Aburi, and look at the letter and the spirit of the accord once again, an agreement that was violated by the Federal side, and which made a bloody internecine war inevitable.
For most part of 1966, the northern part of Nigeria, particularly, had been turned to killing fields. Non-natives, especially Igbos, were killed in thousands. Many fled, many others were displaced. There was complete anarchy in the land. The average Igbo looked up to Lt. Col Odumegwu Ojukwu, military governor of the Eastern Region, to provide leadership and direction. He did not fail. He picked the gauntlet and championed the cause of his people.
By January 1967, the drums of war were loud and clear, reverberating across the length and breadth of Nigeria. But there was a last ditch effort to prevent what was imminent. There was a peace meeting hosted at Aburi, in Ghana, by the then Ghanaian head of state, Gen J. A. Ankrah. At the meeting were Gowon, Ojukwu, all the military governors of the regions, and some top civil servants, both from the Federal side and the Eastern region. The meeting held on January 4 and 5, 1967, and came out with what is popularly known today as the Aburi Accord.
The agenda of the meeting consisted of three crucial issues: (i) Reorganization of the Armed Forces (ii) Constitutional agreement (iii) Issues of displaced persons within Nigeria.
The two-day meeting reached consensus that were acceptable to both sides. Among others, it was resolved that legislative and executive authority of the Federal Military Government was to remain in the Supreme Military Council (SMC), to which any decision affecting the whole country shall be referred for determination provided it is possible for a meeting to be held, and the matter requiring determination must be referred to military governors for their comment and concurrence. What does this mean in simple language? The SMC would run the affairs of the country, but not without consulting the regions as represented by the military governors. This was something akin to federalism, even under a military government.
Other terms of the agreement include that appointments to senior ranks in the police, diplomatic and consular services as well as appointment to superscale posts in the federal civil service and the equivalent posts in the statutory corporations must be approved by the SMC. What does this mean again in simple language? Equity, fairness, true federalism.
Other matters like the holding of an ad hoc constitutional conference, fate of soldiers involved in the January 15, 1966 coup, rehabilitation of displaced persons, etc, were also amicably resolved, and the conferees returned happily to Nigeria. Only for the Federal side to deliver a blow to the solar plexus: the Aburi Accord, Gowon said, was unworkable, and he reneged on all the agreements.
Using the Eastern Nigerian Broadcasting Service, Ojukwu played the tape recording of the proceedings at Aburi repeatedly, to educate the populace on who was playing Judas. Later, he made a broadcast in which he said: “we in the East are anxious to see that our differences are resolved by peaceful means and that Nigeria is preserved as a unit, but it is doubtful, and the world must judge whether Lt. Col Gowon’s attitudes and other exhibitions of his insincerity are something which can lead to a return of normalcy and confidence in the country.
“I must warn all Easterners once again to remain vigilant. The East will never be intimidated, nor will she acquiesce to any form of dictation. It is not our intention to play the aggressor. Nonetheless, it is not our intention to be slaughtered in our beds. We are ready to defend our homeland.”
In a piece I did last December, shortly after Ojukwu passed away, I said he was virtually pushed into war by the infidelity of the Federal side to the Aburi Accord. I still stand by that position. Ojukwu was called ‘warlord’ for many decades, but he was by no means a warmonger. He only did what he needed to do for his people–and for the country.
As his earthly remains are interred today, it is tragic that Nigeria is still submerged in the morass that Ojukwu already identified about 45 years ago. Today, bombs go off like firecrackers in the country. There is agitation for the review of the revenue allocation formula. There are strident calls for the convocation of a sovereign national conference. Even some component parts are threatening to pull out of the federation if anything happened to their ‘son’ who is now in power. Didn’t Ojukwu warn of these landmines ahead? Were all these issues not already settled at Aburi? Foremost journalist and media administrator, Akogun Tola Adeniyi, in a recent media interview, explained the Aburi Accord this way: “Let every region be semi-autonomous and develop at its own level.” Yes, that was the spirit and letter of Aburi, but which sadly became a road not taken. And is that not why we are still suffering today, living in a rickety and decrepit country that can burst at the seams any moment? I tell you, Ojukwu was a prophet, and like most prophets, he had no honour in his own country. Pity. But whether we like it or not, there’s no way we won’t return to Aburi. Willy-nilly. I only hope it will be sooner than later, before Nigeria goes to grief. On Aburi I stand.
Federal Government was perfidious and duplicitous on Aburi. It is still the same way today. That is why as Nigerians, we are most times disillusioned, dismayed, dispirited, dejected and depressed. When will change come to this land? Our hearts are getting weary.
Last December, I wrote that Ojukwu should be buried like a hero. I’m glad at the rites of passage so far, culminating in the interment today. Yes, bury him like a true hero. An icon, an avatar, deserves no less. This generation will surely not see another like Ojukwu. He fought not only for his own people, but for a true federation founded on justice, fair play, equity and rectitude. Unfortunately, he did not see the Nigeria of his dreams. Will we? Adieu the Ikemba, the Eze Igbo Gburugburu. May your soul rest in peace. Ka nkpur’obi gi zue ike n’adukwa.

By Femi Adesina
Friday March 02, 2012

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Why are people abusing the governor without asking the relevant agencies to investigate the allegations to substantiate Wike's claim? The wait of such allegations should be of serious concern instead of crusifying the massenger while ignoring the message.

Nasarawa, Benue and Taraba States farmers should be given adequate attension by the government. I wonder why nothing is being said about that part of the country when virtually all the stample foods consumed in the country is produced in commercial quantities from there including rice.

phemmyutd

Because PDP loose?
pls tell us how the election was rigged

When the Judiciary was used to frustrate the PDP?
What could be more dangerous than that form of rigging and abuse of power?

Make political offices in Nigeria less attractive so that politician can only be elected into offices knowing that they are only going there for service delivery(service) and not to emass wealth. Just want to make common sense; in the voice of Bruce.

Fair whether sailors, that is what most of our politicians are. Leathership is service to your people, not about self.

Luukasz:
Nobody is marginalizing igbos but instead they are the architect of their own marginalization and inferiorty due to their greedy acts. They benefited most during the GEJ era so they shouldnt be pissed off if they aint benefiting in this current administration. And besides they never gave buhari any form of support during the last election so whats the fuss.

Sir, can you enumerate the ways the Igbos benefitted from the past administration that warrant this marginalization? If the Igbos are no longer part of this entity called Nigeria, they should be allowed to go their seperate way. The marginalization is now becoming too ovious.

Script well played. There are somethings this APC led government is not telling Nigerians.

Let's go there, my people from the rising sun.

God is faithful. What an inspirational story. Sometimes in lives of believers, God gets involved in our challenges when all hope is lost.

Who reset Bubu brain to making appointments that reflects the geopolitical zones?

How will the invigilator identify the pix of the students who registered for exams with their heads completely covered.

Someone can hide under the hijab and sit for another person's exams.

When will we as a people stop attaching some silly norms to religion.