₦airaland Forum

All of a sudden biafrans are denying their brethren...

They can wail on, they will only continue to reveal to the SS what a scam Biafra is.

Let them wail.

A round peg in a round hole. Carry on PMB.

Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, PhD

Born in Danbatta Local Government Council of Kano State, Prof. Danbatta obtained his BEng, MSc and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UK respectively. He had served as a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology of Bayero University Kano for 28 years, where he taught courses in telecommunication engineering and electronics and held academic positions of Dean of the Faculty and Head of Department at different times.

His main administrative responsibilities, in the university, included Deputy and Acting Dean of Students’ Affairs, Administrator of the Works Department and later, Director of the Centre for Information Technology (CIT). He was also chairman to, or member of, over 60 University committees and task forces. In administrative and other responsibilities outside the university, he has served as chairman or member to over 20 committees, prominent among which was the Chairmanship of the Implementation Committee of Kano State University of Science & Technology and subsequently became its pioneer Deputy and Acting Vice-Chancellor when it took off in 2001.

Prof. Danbatta has supervised more than 60 PhD, MEng and BEng projects in the diverse areas of telecommunications and has also served as external examiner to seven universities and polytechnics and is an assessor, technical reviewer and editorial member to eight research journals. He is a recipient of 18 distinguished awards and certificates of honour. Prof. Danbatta, who had served two terms of five years as a Member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), is also a COREN registered engineer and member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).

He has to his credit more than 50 articles in journals, conference proceedings and technical reports. He is also the author of a six-chapter, 167-page book titled Elements of Static Engineering Electromagnetics. He was the Vice President of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), International Centre for Advanced Communications Studies, which was established in the year 2004 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to build capacity for the Nigerian/African telecom industry in the diverse areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). While at DBI he has developed expertise in the following major areas of ICT implementation, policy and regulation:

1. Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector of the Nigerian Economy;
2. Competition, Interconnection and Price Regulations in a Developing Economy;
3. Issues concerning Authorization of Telecommunications Services in a Developing Economy;
4. Strategies for ensuring Universal Access and Service to Telecommunications Services;
5. Strategies towards Effective Spectrum Management in a Developing Economy;
6. Issues on Institutional and Legal Framework for Effective Regulation of Telecommunications
Services; and
7. New and Emerging Technologies and Impact on Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector of a
Developing Economy.
Prof. Danbatta, who recently served as a member of the Implementation Committee of the Northwest University Kano, is presently the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Kano University of Science & Technology, Wudil.

Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, PhD

Born in Danbatta Local Government Council of Kano State, Prof. Danbatta obtained his BEng, MSc and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Wroclaw in Poland and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UK respectively. He had served as a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology of Bayero University Kano for 28 years, where he taught courses in telecommunication engineering and electronics and held academic positions of Dean of the Faculty and Head of Department at different times.

His main administrative responsibilities, in the university, included Deputy and Acting Dean of Students’ Affairs, Administrator of the Works Department and later, Director of the Centre for Information Technology (CIT). He was also chairman to, or member of, over 60 University committees and task forces. In administrative and other responsibilities outside the university, he has served as chairman or member to over 20 committees, prominent among which was the Chairmanship of the Implementation Committee of Kano State University of Science & Technology and subsequently became its pioneer Deputy and Acting Vice-Chancellor when it took off in 2001.

Prof. Danbatta has supervised more than 60 PhD, MEng and BEng projects in the diverse areas of telecommunications and has also served as external examiner to seven universities and polytechnics and is an assessor, technical reviewer and editorial member to eight research journals. He is a recipient of 18 distinguished awards and certificates of honour. Prof. Danbatta, who had served two terms of five years as a Member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), is also a COREN registered engineer and member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).

He has to his credit more than 50 articles in journals, conference proceedings and technical reports. He is also the author of a six-chapter, 167-page book titled Elements of Static Engineering Electromagnetics. He was the Vice President of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), International Centre for Advanced Communications Studies, which was established in the year 2004 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to build capacity for the Nigerian/African telecom industry in the diverse areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). While at DBI he has developed expertise in the following major areas of ICT implementation, policy and regulation:

1. Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector of the Nigerian Economy;
2. Competition, Interconnection and Price Regulations in a Developing Economy;
3. Issues concerning Authorization of Telecommunications Services in a Developing Economy;
4. Strategies for ensuring Universal Access and Service to Telecommunications Services;
5. Strategies towards Effective Spectrum Management in a Developing Economy;
6. Issues on Institutional and Legal Framework for Effective Regulation of Telecommunications
Services; and
7. New and Emerging Technologies and Impact on Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector of a
Developing Economy.
Prof. Danbatta, who recently served as a member of the Implementation Committee of the Northwest University Kano, is presently the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Kano University of Science & Technology, Wudil.

[quote author=Curlieweed post=36597675][/quote]I guess it is Hausa's that will attack all the policemen nnamdi kanu ordered to be killed last week

Curlieweed:
So all the corpers that were killed in the Sharia belt after the 2011 elections was done out of love? And all the violent attacks on GEJ's campaigns were actually love in action.

For me I don't call Dullarpo any derogatory name. I only call him Mumu which is actually an insult to self respecting mor.ons everywhere.

And I guess in your wild imagination, everyone including the old and young, male and female, employed and jobless, rich and poor went around killing and maiming people. What you fail to realize is that those killers might not have even voted, but were a senseless mob driven by barbaric emotion to attack people.

Wouldn't it amount to insanity if I said all Igbos that voted Jonathan were responsible for the killings called for by Nnamdi Kanu if they are carried out?

Pangea:
Where is Dr. Ozondu when you need him!
They need to give that man a Nobel prize for nailing it down to a T.
The problem with Igbos

That was an EPIC piece.

For anyone that missed it:
http://www.igbofocus.com/html/the_igbo_problem_can_be_fixed.html

Dangote's business acumen should be a course in strategic management. This quiet Dan Kano is taking over Africa one country at a time. Kudos to Nigeria's best ambassador.

P.S: Is it just me or Oshiomole's wardrobe has received a major makeover...let this be a lesson to us men

badnature:
Hmmm imagine a fulani man telling igbos what he wants them to do! by the way do igbo people resemble your yoloba slave that act on your instructions? igbo people are not interested in the affairs of the zoo can't you get it ask my sister dollyk she would tell you.now can you leave igbo people and go to ruga and suck camels breast?

Don't be a coward, quote me when you want to refer to my person. You can tell that tripe to your progenitors that kept forming alliances with the same Fulani and their camels.

chukwudi44:
What is the percentage of muslims/northerners in the SS/SE as compared to christians/southerners in the NE/NW? Yopu really think those votes came from Northern muslims?

You really think the over 3 million votes for Jonathan from the NW alone ('core' northern states) came from Christians?

Until you stop basing your analysis on religion, you will continue to grope in the dark.

chukwudi44:
GEJ won mainly in the NC states and the christian dominated parts of Kadunna and adamawa!!! The core north never voted for GEJ in 2011.Can you remind me why corpers were killed in 2011?

I don't even remember you criticizing your people for killing innocent corp members rather you chose to villify a people because they freely chose to exercise their franchise

We are talking regions and and you are talking about how neighborhoods voted. How do you know which areas voted Jonathan? Did the election results specify religion?

1/3 (over 3 million votes) of the NW which includes Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa states etc. voted Jonathan so you have no point.

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

Mynd44:
But part of strategizing and forming alliance is by their own people being in the APC and not just a handful of people like Rochas, Ngige and Onu. More of them needs to be actively involved in the APC.

The whole Atiku, Saraki thing is just laughable.

The APC was roundly rejected in the region and from their body language and Igbokwe's testimony, they are not ready to allow people to come and reap where they did not sow.

The man is saying for them to regain political relevance, they have to put in work.

chedet:
How about North West that voted exclusively for Buhari in 2011, were they reminded everyday that they must be in opposition or they are 5%?

That is not true.

The North gave Jonathan over 8 million votes in 2011, just 3 million less than Buhari. Over 1/3 of the NW voted Jonathan.

Mynd44:
Lay low and strategize is wise but while you lay low, also send people into government and play it both ways. The AC/ACN guys did not survive because they "laid low", they did because they had candidates that performed and that was advertised to other states. Fashola'ss government is one of the biggest points here. Other SW states saw the pace of Lagos and knew they could not afford to keep back and then they Brough Ajimobi and Amosun. These people along with Tinubu(hate him or love him) got on stage with President Buhari and the trust they had was transferred

No matter of opposition will help you as long as you don't have respect. Look at what the respect for Akpabio did for him. He worked and the people knew so anyone he brings will be feeding from his testimony which is what Mr Igbokwe should be preaching; good governance at the state level and the have some emissaries with everyone else

Regionally you might be correct, but nationally the success of the ACN dudes can primarily be credited to their alliance with other regions. What are Igbokwe's people doing in that regard? That is the underlying message he is trying to transmit by asking them to go back to the trenches and re-strategize.

Even on the regional level which was the foundation the ACN dudes built on, what are they doing? You really think PDP which is being revived by Atiku and Saraki is a SE party?

crudemoney:
there r 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria.
The Hausas av always been in power .
while the Igbos av been in opposition

Please don't say what you do not know.

Read that article properly and take note of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd republic politics that were referred to. You will see that the Hausa and Igbos have been in alliance several times, they have never been in opposition.

Mynd44:
I don't like the tone of this article as it does not do much but try to tell people "you lost, live in your loss". We all want to make Nigeria better and we should all try to do that.

Far from it. What the Igbo man is clearly telling his kinsmen is to not despair, stiffen their upper lip, and do what every other group that find themselves in the opposition do; lay low and re-strategize.

I think the issue most people have which makes it difficult to empathize with the Igbos is the raw hatred and derogatory nature of the campaign against Buhari in the region, and the consequent bloc vote against him.

crudemoney:
Oppositions shouldn't be based on ethnicity .

what happens to credibility ??

remember, The president z supposed to represent a nation not an ethnic group

It's the bloc voting pattern of the SE in 2015 that makes it look like opposition is based on ethnicity.

Over 50 tribes in the North were in opposition from 2010-2015 and still are right now if we subscribe to that logic.

Can The Igbo People Play Opposition Politics in Nigeria for 10 Years? By Joe Igbokwe

I want the Igbo nation, where I come from, to play opposition politics in Nigeria at least for the next ten years so that the world will take them serious once again in matters of Nigerian politics. In the first Republic, the Igbo-dominated NCNC formed an alliance with the northern-based NPC to form a government in the center. In the Second Republic the Igbo-dominated NPP again teamed up with the NPN to form the national government in the center. In the third Republic during the NRC-SDP era, MKO Abiola won the election fair and square on the platform of the SDP but the majority of the Igbo, led by the late Odumegwu Ojukwu, (Ikemba Nnewi) the late Evans Enwerem, and Okwesilieze Nwodo, teamed up with prominent Igbo and even some prominent Yoruba leaders to support IBB, Shonekan, and Abacha to sustain the annulment of that election. Again, for 16 years the PDP was in power in Nigeria, and the Igbo was with the PDP.

Now the outcome of the 2015 elections has forced the Igbo to be in the opposition. But will the Igbo play opposition politics in Nigeria and hold on to it at least in the next 10 years just to surprise people like us who think it is not possible? Can Igbo shame critics and tell them that the spoils of office and love for money will not allow them to play opposition politics? Can the Igbo make history by choosing to suffer a little in other to be relevant again in Nigerian politics? Can the Igbo show other Nigerians for once that they too can withstand the pressure of being in the opposition for a while?

Can the Igbo demonstrate capacity and capability now by working with South-South, the North, and other Nigerians to rebuild the PDP, even if it takes 20 years? Will the Igbo jettison the love to support any government in power to redeem its battered image of playing Ugba and Okpoloko politics? Can the Igbo do this for me and other Igbo like me who feel ashamed that we must support any government in power in order to survive? When did the Igbo cease to be a proud people? Did we not fight a civil war for three years with empty stomachs? Did we not prove to the world that we are strong men and women in those three long years?

The Yoruba nation I know has been in the opposition even since the inception of Nigeria and yet they are not the worst in Nigeria. After the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential elections won by Moshood Abiola, the powers that be tried to console the Yoruba by appointing Ernest Shonekan the head of the interim government. Did Yoruba accept Shonekan? No, they did not. They did not come out on the streets with Gbedu Drums to celebrate Yoruba and Chief Shonekan. Yoruba proudly told the powers that be that you can only be the Head of State in Nigeria through two methods: either through an election or through a successful coup d’état. In the case of Shonekan, he did not ascend to power through either of the above processes. He was therefore rejected by the Yoruba. Now, if it were the Igbo, would they have reasoned this way? I doubt it. In the struggle for June 12, Abiola was put in detention, and his wife killed. Several Yoruba people were in detention and some hounded abroad. Abiola was eventually killed. But did the Yoruba go to war or resort to self-determination? No, they did not. They fought back using common sense and the power of ideas.

In 1998 when the presidency was zoned to the South-West because the late MKO Abiola has paid the supreme price, the Yoruba preferred Olu Falae but the powers that be forced Obasanjo on Nigeria. Now did the Yoruba accept Obasanjo because he is a Yoruba man? They did not. This unique race rejected Obasanjo for the eight years he was in office, from 1999 to 2007. To date the Yoruba still believe that Obasanjo wasted their eight years. OBJ was rejected even in his own ward, in his local government, and in the whole of the Western Region. That is the Yoruba nation for you. Can the Igbo do this? I doubt it. After the 2003 elections, the PDP stole all the states in the South-West, leaving only Lagos because they were afraid of the trouble Lagosians will give them. The former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, fought back like a wounded lion with his committed associates to reclaim almost all the States in the South-West. He did not stop there; he spread his intimidating political tentacles across Nigeria, forming alliances across building networks and bridges, and the result is what we saw on Saturday, March 28, and April 11, 2015. Now, can any leader in the South-East achieve this feat? Where is the character? Where is the courage? Where is the wisdom and understanding? Where is the common sense? Where is the discipline? Where is the capacity and capability?

After the 2015 elections, where the Igbo lost their deposit by putting all their eggs in one basket, many Igbo leaders claimed that the Igbo made the right political choices given the circumstances on the ground then. Dr. Ebigwe, Senator Ekweremadu, Ken Nnamani, Professor Anya O. Anya, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Peter Obi, Ohaneze, Aka Ikenga, Ndigbo Lagos, MASSOB, and even the Igbo in diaspora spoke with one voice in saying the Igbo voted well by pitching their tent with Jonathan. Yes, the Igbo have said they voted right, but in actions and in deeds, they have been busy looking for ways to sneak into the APC.

After President Buhari trounced Jonathan on March 28th, 2015, panic gripped Igbo politicians, businessmen and women and the traders. They have been running helter-skelter, looking for where to seek refuge. I remember a night in the house of a very successful Igbo trader in Ikoyi shortly after the presidential election, when it became obvious that PMB had carried the day. They gathered to contribute money to support to the APC. Even those who traveled home for the Easter holiday donated money from the East just to belong. I felt ashamed that my people couldn’t defend their honor and integrity even in times of trouble.

On Saturday, July 25th, 2015, a group who worked against APC in Lagos called Igbo United Political Forum organized a reception to honor Governor Rochas Okorocha. Behind the smokescreen was an attempt to sneak through the back door to the APC, having missed the front door on March 28th and April 11th, 2015. The organizers reaped what they sowed, as all the APC leaders they invited stayed away. They licked their wounds and went home to cry. Time and space will not permit me to recall various moves our people have made to find their way to the APC. Those who are still very angry about the colossal loss have pitched their tent with the Biafra mantra. When we lose out in national politics as a result of myopic and timid political thinking and calculations, the next move is to resort to ethnic politics. Nobody is deceived.

My humble submission is that the Igbo should learn how to play opposition politics, and the time to do so is now. The Igbo will not die if they are not in the APC or part of the government in power. After all, the Yoruba have been in opposition for a long time—since the 60s, and still they have not perished. Let the Igbo work with other PDP leaders across Nigeria to start strategizing to reposition, rebrand, and rebuild the PDP. This is the way to political rebirth and redemption. If you have many bushes to clear, you have to sharpen your knife very well.

Joe Igbokwe, Lagos

http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/03/can-igbo-people-play-opposition-politics-nigeria-10-years-joe-igbokwe

Realisticman:
It is now operation Lafia Dole( peace by force)!

Thanks for the reminder.

chuna1985:
So dis guy sincerely fink that if Biafrans ask for independence n nigeria government refuses n attack dem... den america will supply dem arms

Chisos, nairaland is a crazy place.

You just revealed your innermost fear, and that is exactly what would happen and you know it.

owobokiri:
We have a big problem in the south . , (should I say the east?). It seems the west world is only willing to work with an Abo-ki. To think that the west pulled all the stumps to bring down Jonathans government while helping the emergence of a northerner should worry. Forget all the funny yarns about corruption. This is about enthroning a lackey government from a well tested and trusted fulani oligarchy that has contineously proven her willingness to hold the south down so that western oil companies can rape and plunder at will. Maybe it is time, southern politicians learn how trade interests with the western world otherwise we are in for a long rough ride in the politics of this country.

Good morning.

Uniklinkum you are mouthed

I remember it was just months ago Sambisa was made to seem like the Bermuda Triangle - a place of no return, and our soldiers were filmed running away from its blood sucking occupants...

Now we are establishing a Brigade in the overrated forest.

Can the wailers now see the wisdom in moving the command centre to Maiduguri? Gen. Buratai should blow those jihadic cretins to smithereens and abandon their carcasses to dry under the blazing sun of the Sahara.

Sai Operation Lafiya Dole!

The PDP needs to get their acts together.

Right now they just sound like an audio copy of the book of Lamentations.

Please let them go...in 2023.

We have to be sure they really want it, and are not just reacting to being ruled by Buhari.

Self determination is a right of every human.

The PDP has finally lost it.

Is it not insane that an opposition party expects the President and party leader to abandon his party's position in favor of treachery?

He who the gods want to destroy, they first make mad.

This is a welcome boost to the morale of our troops. Ever since General Buratai was appointed, all we've heard is good news from the Army. No more territories lost, no more soldiers running from battles, but constant news of commanders captured, territories recaptured and hostages rescued.

This was the same man the wailers condemned PMB for appointing, now their hearts are broken with every success PMB's military records. Such is the fate of those that celebrate with the wicked.

barcanista:
I don't deal on Beer parlour gossip.

Translation: I cannot counter THISDAY's report.

It then begs the question of the basis of your baseless thread that only ended up indicting Jonathan and exposing what wanton looters and economic saboteurs he and his cronies were.