₦airaland Forum

asanausana91:
you guys are still relying on those past, the issue of biafra is among those past but up till now igbos are still talking about Biafra even after they swore allegiance to Nigeria.

Christistruth00:
No

It was after Ojukwu had kidnapped the Eastern Region Minorities into his Biafra
that Gowon responded to their longstanding agitation for creation of their own States
why creating States

The Regions had become completely powerless to do anything without FG permission after Ironsi’s
Unification decree
Gen Ironsi even refused Major Katsina permission to attend Prime Minister Balewa’s funeral

asanausana91:
The problem of the igbos is greediness. The igbos were the majority in the cabinet of Tafawa Balewa but they were not satisfied, they still went ahead to kill him. The worst part is that the northern leaders that help majority of them to succeed were their first target. The whole Igbo land was in a celebration mood when Tafawa Balewa was killed.

gartamanta:
And Gowon came and abolished the Western Region all together, carving out West central State and Lagos State
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Christistruth00:
Alexbells it took more than 4 years to Negotiate and Test Run the Regional Government and it was

already successful before Nigeria was given independence

gartamanta:
How come two years after you started this thread, you still dont know that it was Yakubu Gowon who abolished the 4 Regions Nigeria once had, and created 12 states to replace them?

gartamanta:
We are not talking Regional service, we are talking about the Regions themselves

Arda1000:
am not foolish enough to believe in Jews mythology

gartamanta:
No he did not, Ironsi kept the 4 Regions as they were and even allowed them resource control

Others came in and scrapped the 4 Regions all together, as well as resource control

demmie1:
Unitary government made up of only eboes.

Anyway Nigeria is unravelling soon and all these stories will be a thing of the past when every nation is their own country.

owobokiri:
His mouth will kill him..
He wants to be in politics without being called a politician.
And his major problem is that he thinks he knows more than everybody else. This makes it very hard for him to seek advice or be counseled by those who should know more in public relations more than him..

nakaman:
that's true, from the indication of things, Jesus is a big scam,

I believe there's a GOD, Who controls and see's all things, but the Jesus is for the white, The white god known as Jesus is also a statue just like our local Amadioha ,

me I believe in neither.

I just believe in doing good, and avoiding evil.

and in life you must be tempted and tested.

things don't always go the way we want it

you just have to be patient, everything is going to be alright,
be it barreness,brokeness, illness, all this are natural things of life. going from place to place for solution will cause premium Bondage and calculated SCAM

Pecuman:
Fine, can we just agree that they both and the Military did it.

The fashioned the country to be more like military and that meant for central control.

It doesn't matter who did it worse, whether Ironsi or Gowon, they both did it. What matters is that going back to a federal system is the solution to many of of our woes of insecurity and lack of development.

Of course this doesn't meant just going back to the past system, it failed for a reason, instead the 6 geopolitical zones should be made their own regions or something approximate to that.

So that Easterners won't be fearing Igbo domination because Igbos will be locked into SouthEast, and the same to Yoruba and Western region and Hausa-Fulani and Northern region.

Opolopoopolonio:
True

Majority of Igbos are now pagans and atheists...

nku5:
Calm down and study the fine print of what you posted.

"It has become apparent to all Nigerians that rigid adherence to ‘regionalism’, was the bane of the last regime and one of the main factors which contributed to its downfall"

Ironsi did not say it was bad he said "rigid adherence" to regionalism was bad. So he unified the civil service and retained regional governors. Fajuyi (West), Ojukwu (East), Katsina (North) & Ejoor (Midwest).

Ironsi is not the one that took your oyel money and started siphoning it all to build massive infrastructure all over the north in the name of "Federation account" It was Gowon that did that one to you while keeping the Niger delta poor af and polluting the environment

Arda1000:
Who Christianity epp

Dedetwo:
You are very empty above your shoulders. Did you insinuate that M16 - British intelligent outfit is heavily communist? Nigeria is not called a basket of fools for nothing.

Conrod:
Why trouble your life daily over igbos and their ways of life? you are a good writer, focus your energy elsewhere, igbos will still be igbos long after your gone and forgotten.

Nightwolf1:
Fake Muslim terrorist, stop ranting on Nairaland. Your muslim muslim ticket is a combination of hatred for Christians and Christianity.

Thîefnubu your benefactor is an unrepentant cocaine addict. Now u can cry me an ocean of tears.

GBTYO:
On assumption of power, General Aguiyi-Ironsi promulgated the Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree 1966. Decree No 1 dated January 17, 1966 but not published in the Official Gazette until March 4, 1966y.

He then issued Public Order Decree No 33 dated May 24 1966 which dissolved eighty-one political associations and twenty-six tribal and cultural associations.

At the early stage of his tenure, he appointed a three-man advisory team made up of Chief Francis Nwokedi, a Permanent Secretary, Dr. Pius Charles Nwabafor Okigbo (1924-2000) and Colonel Patrick Anwunah, who later became Chairman and Head of the Orientation Committee at that time.
He replaced the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991) with Chief Gabriel Chike Michael Onyiuke (SAN), former Director, Public Prosecution, Eastern Nigeria (1960-1965) from Nimo in the present Anambra state.


In a speech to the nation on January 28 1966, he denounced the evils of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa regime and outlined necessary reforms. ”All Nigerians”, he declared,” want an end to regionalism. Tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction. The Federal Military Government will preserve Nigeria as one strong nation.” He then went on to promise “administrative reforms” and referred specifically to several matters in which regional as well as personal interests were known to have had decisive influence. These were official appointments, public investments, and the universities. He promised that in the public services, efficiency and merit will be the criteria for advancement”. That industrial development would be “coordinated to avoid wasteful duplication of industrial projects”, and that the universities would be “re-orientated to serve the genuine interest of our people.”


Immediately after the speech two Governors kicked against the proposal. They were, Major General David Akpode Ejoor (83) from Ovu in the present Delta State, then serving as the Military Governor of the Mid-Western region and Major General Hassan Usman Katsina(1933-1995), who was then serving as Governor of the Northern region.

Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (1933-2011), Military Governor of Eastern Region welcomed the decree while Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966), Military Governor of Western Region never commented on the promulgation of the decree.
Lt-Col Ejoor was reported as saying that the ’National Government’ set up by the army was the prelude to ‘the reintroduction of a unitary form of government’ and insisted that it would create future problems.

Shortly afterwards, the Supreme Military Council announced that a senior government official, Mr. Nwokedi, had been asked to consider and to report to the Supreme Military Council on the establishment of ‘an administrative machinery for a united Nigeria’ and the ‘unification of the Public Services and Judicial Services.’

Nightwolf1:
Did you smoke Thîefnubu's left over cocaine?

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Are you done?

Blackman7:
This is fake news, this is from the scene of a movie, the video is over 3 years

IGBOSON1:
Fool! Whatever problems you have with that retard, take it up with him and leave IPOB and Ndigbo out of your cancerous mouth!

The fact IPOB have cancelled the sit-at-home months ago…as well as disowned the muthafucker, should tell you the fool is either acting on his own or is being bankrolled by those who want to paint IPOB negatively in the eyes of Ndigbo!

Rickmann:
That was disturbing, bro.

OP should have put a viewer's discretion.