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Ikology:
Please the question below is still yours

Nwanne talking about Biafra on the internet from morning to night will change nor bring nothing, do you have the plan, the manpower and the resources to fight the Nigerian govt again?

Keep talking about it until it permeate the very conscious and subconscious realms of every Igbo man. Breakup of hitherto oppressive enclaves like Nigeria did not happen overnight. It started as beer parlour gists then forms subject of political discussions (like Biafra is today globally). The next step is when it becomes the subjective reasons for policy and governance. No one could predict balkanization of Yugoslovia into the current Balkan states. Ditto for Soviet Union. The only and most remarkable constant was they never stopped talking and pushing for it until it becomes a moral burden to the string pullers. Biafra has more moral substance than all the other cases except the holocausts. The Biafra genocide is a massive moral burden to both the axis powers and the Nigerian government which explains their denial and treacherous mode in acknowledging and resolving the fall out of that painful era. I am no member of IPOB but I know enough already about Nigeria history and contemporary politics to understand that Igbos can only attain their potentials in a free and unfettered society which Nigeria CAN NEVER allow except under immense local and international pressure. Conservative estimates from British classified documents actually put the population of Igbos killed in the war and ther sectarian violence at 5.2 million. Please note that the population of Croatia that just played the World Cup finals is 4.8 million people! If this don't strattlle you as an Igbo man,then nothing else should. Sad to say we live in a region of the world where human lives count for nothing.

Chef2000:
Nwanne talking about Biafra on the internet from morning to night will change nor bring nothing, do you have the plan, the manpower and the resources to fight the Nigerian govt again?

"The Igbo are a Christian rearguard of high intelligence and ability against the southward movement of the Moslem and Arab population of West Africa"- President Felix Houphouet-Boigny of La Cote D'Ivoire.
The above quote is deep and instructive. The recent upsurge in Biafra agitations,even as many of you pick holes in it served to sustain the spirit and consciousness of the above quote and divine mandate as captured by President Felix Houphouet-Boigny. Igbos let us think deeply. Neither Ojukwu nor Nnamdi Kanu was mad or misguided. They both understood the times and tried to provide a buffer. If we pick holes in their strategies,let us refine them and keep running with the divine mandate.Never to give up until we attain independent statehood. This quest is not a marathon.It is a relay.We keep running and reviewing as we go until we produce a refined pattern.But by all means,let us never lift our feet on the pedal.Nigerian politics is atavistic and toxic.It corrupts whatsoever it touches. Our future hangs on the balance if we think all is well. Freedom from Nigeria at whatever cost is a million times better than a billion Igbo president or restructuring. Ekwusiam ka oram na onu!

Abagworo:
Spyder880 I think it's high time you leave this thread. I and every other wise Igbo man appreciate what you are trying to do for Igbos in general but as usual I noticed it would turn out like this when some people started claiming Ikwerre and tribes that rejected their origin and ethnicity. We have not been able to unite the parts that agree being called Igbo and some were already eyeing Igbo speakers that aren't Igbo. I have very good ideas on jow Igboland can move foward which I plan to unveil on better platforms but the hindrance remains inability of Igbos to separate religion and politics from Igbo interest.

You can continue your nice updates when they're done. Thank you.

Spyder and the other more focused brothers have since decided to stay put on this thread and platform. Those calling out monikers with questionable demeanour and subtle anti-Igbo jabs are within their rights. Anyone making light of Igbo painful experiences and the current antagonism from all angles in Nigeria is a common enemy and must be called out for what he is. Days of docility and accepting all trash from naysayers are over. Touch Igboland from Igbanke to the Atlantic and you have most of us to contend with. Spyder,just like Cjrane appealed earlier,i join my voice to ask you to continue your good work. God bless us all.

nnamdijonathan:
bla bla bla bla. and you still go around blaming the same yoruba even with all these things you wrote. See were our own type of politics has placed us. We are now confused in igboland, we don't know whether to pick APC or PDP or Igbo presidency or division and 2019 is already by the corner.

Afonja! Be proud of your identity. The point my update sought to convey was that there was and still nothing admirable or progressive about Yoruba political culture from time immemorial that Igbos should aspire to. Their politics has always been driven by spite,treachery,tribalism and chauvinistic tendencies. On the contrary,Igbos have always played the matured,Issue-based and principled politics. Sadly,Nigeria is a zoo where such higher values and refinement have no political and governance application. History is replete with innumerable examples where they connived with the ruling establishment to undermine Igbos. They still do but Igbos have since overcome such tickets and handicaps thrown to hold them down. Nigeria is not worthy of Igbos and your leaders know it. For you to say Olikaeze is recent title gave you away. Quit asking me silly questions. Ezi.

nnamdijonathan:
Non of my relation and ancestor is a Yoruba person. I just feel Igbos should take responsibility for their misfortunes rather than put the blame on another ethnic group. These Yorubas we are always calling are cunning, and they also know how to gain a lot from the evil government of Nigeria unlike Ndigbo who behave like we know all but have failed to play this Nigerian politics to our own gain. See how our own leaders connived with the FG to finish Nnamdi KANU and his family. After what happened to KANU, I made up my mind never to bother myself much about Igbo matter again because its just a waste of time, you will end up dying for nothing and no leader will fight for you. Till today, Kanu's parents are still in military custody and Ohaneze and other Igbo leaders are not saying anything about it and you are here blaming another ethnic group for the wickedness of your leaders.

You keep yapping trash all through. Who connived with Abacha to finish off MKO? Who went to pay homage to Abacha after MKO was incarcerated unconstitutionally? Same Yoruba leaders and Obas who remain their albatros till date. The entire Lagos now is Tinubu's property as he systematically placed his kids and relatives in all prime positions to keep Lagos in perpetual political and economic subservience to his dynasty.Please aside Lagos,where else is Yoruba's bragging rights? We all see the squalid and stone age enclaves without even the most modest facilities that litter the entire south west.How and in what way has Yoruba played Nigeria politics except treachery,spite,immoral and chauvanist drives and cutting their noses to spite their clawed faces. From the Afonja disaster in 1804,Operation Wetie,MKO betrayal,the genocidal war of 1966-70,2014 Confab and 2015 general elections,the Yorubas has never taken a principled position.It is always for quick gains against their long term enlightened self interests. Is that what you wish Igbos to emulate? Who if not Yorubas introduced tribalism,political violence,amala politics and stomach infrastructure in Nigeria politics and political culture? Till date,we still see their penchant for immediate gain as against greatest good for the greatest number in their fanatical support for the dullard. All eyes is for power to be transferred to them even if Nigeria burns to ashes. Is that a display of your so called sophistication? I have warned you to law low on this thread and quit spamming it with your silly rants.

nnamdijonathan:
So because I don't know this Olikaeze of a person, you think I lied? Nuel Ojei I mentioned was another point to tell you that I was not lying. Since you know my village better than me, tell me the most prominent religious leader in Issele uku that is still alive everybody knows him very well, and please, it is Issele Uku not Isele Ukwu same with Ogwashi Uku. There is no "k" in our "Uku". Issele Uku is a Benin name.

Oh really@Uku. So you also belong to the school of thought who preach Bini ancestry of Isele Ukwu and the adjoining Ezechima towns. Kindly tell me what Uku means in Bini language? Is Isele-Uku now a Bini word? Just imagine the insanity you are displaying here.So Isele is a Bini outpost yet the title of their king remains Obi.Why not Oba? And you failed to note that the majority of Isele indigenes are the Ogbolis which are of Nri Stock and this explains Nri dignitaries in all Isele-Ukwu's traditional festivals and occasions. As for the question of your ancestral claims,ive dealth with that clean and square.

nnamdijonathan:
You are teaching me how to spell Issele Uku again abi? That Oliskaze guy just got that title not too long ago. The major edifice in the entire Issele uku that is known by all is the Nuel Ojei's palace deep down inside Ogboli quarters. I have been there several times because the company were I work is in charge of facility management in the house and we also constructed the house.

Oga.Just say you were sent by whatever company you work for to go fix something for a client in Isele-Ukwu and quit claiming what you are not. Olikaeze was given the title since September 2003.14 years is not a recent date.Infact,as we speak,plans are in top gear for the 14th Anniversary of his Chieftancy. He is not only a personal friend but a client of mine for more 5 years now. I did not ask you of Nuel Ojei.I worked briefly with his nephew,Paul in Lion FM UNN way back in 2006.I know the Ojei's already. Just give it up and quit making a mockery of yourself. If you had limited your silly analysis to something reasonable and didn't commit the mortal sin of subtly casting aspersions on Igbos,their collective conscience and sensitive experiences on this thread,i wont have taken this pain to pin you and your lies. Lay low. Ground no nourish for you here.

nnamdijonathan:
Issele uku, Aniocha north LGA of delta state. Hope you are OK now?

Isele Uku is a town sir. Mention your clan and please give the nearest landmark we can identify with.Besides,it is easy to rattle a town out of the blues. And please it is Isele-Ukwu not Uku.And locate the house of Chief Desmond Nwajei,Olikaeze 1 of Isele Ukwu. Tell me the closest landmark beside his house to confirm you are truly from there. Every Isele-ukwu person knows this edifice for clear reasons.

nnamdijonathan:
If you are pained, go and complain to the imolites that voted for APC yesterday. So because I support APC, I am no longer an Igbo person? That means you are more Igbo than Okorocha, Sullivan Chime etc abi. Don't ever quote me again to cry, over sabi

Mr Poster. I challenge you. I am from Umuebo clan,Agbaja Village in Abatete,Idenmili Local governement Anambra state. I challenge you to mention the name of your clan,village and town.You have dodged from this challenge ever since. And note that so long as you keep spewing trash here,i will keep exposing and calling you out. You sleep and wake up on this thread.Who dash you work? You are earning your stupid trying to infiltrate where you know nothing about.

nnamdijonathan:
as if you are not currently living in Lagos. mtcheeeew. over sabi

Sorry sir. I don't live in your squalid,sub-optimal Bini settlement called Lagos.My only link with the zoo is my ancestral land Abatete. I live 4 continents away. This is just for your information. With the disaster Okorocha and his ilk instituted in Imo state,you further blew your cover away when you rejoiced APC won all the State House of Assembly seats and you further relished the prospects of Rochas's son-in law,Uche Nwosu becoming the next governor. With such dark passion on full display,does one need a further proof of your identity? Which genuine Igboman, considering the current APC instigated realities in Nigeria will rejoice at such? And you think Imolites will watch that happen? You better begin to fear. Again,find your level. Sophisticated skunk!

nnamdijonathan:
u have started with your blame game again. Don't mention Yoruba in this place again. Igbos are poor strategists and that is what is affecting us today. Most of our electorates today in Igbo land are still confused between voting for APC or PDP or boycotting the election, will you also blame the Yorubas for this?

Mr strategy! You keep blowing your cover! You see the way you jumped and flew into battle array the moment Yoruba and your tin god was mentioned. Again,your silly analysis here is an offence to common sense. With your silly mouth,you called Igbos poor strategists only because they refused to join the demonic broom party which regime has since turned to the worst nightmare for Nigerians since independence. Igbos showed rare political sagacity by jettisoning the gang of toxic demons called APC. At least,with the disaster APC has become,Igbos stand out justified and the only group who showed enduring political principle as they have always done since independence. If the disaster APC and Buhari/Tinubu cocktail has become is your idea of political sagacity,then go to hell with it. Igbos stand for something and in more cases than none have made it clear that it is either Nigeria is remade or they exit the union. Until then,the political group that engender more prospects of peaceful and progressive Nigeria will always get their votes even as Nigeria continues the journey to imminent death on hourly basis.You said earlier you have never crossed River Niger yet here you are telling and dictating the political choice of Igbos in the East.Why not display same efforts you are wasting here on your region and leave Igbos alone.Ewu!

Purehuman:
First of all, we wait them out. In the coming months we will start seeing who will edge the other out. All we need is pay attention.

Secondly, we are not going to be APC nor PDP in 2023 because those big regions will want to use our heads. We will need to revive APGA. The power of a party is in the number of people who supports them. If APGA can carry the grassroots again through our collective contribution, they will be powerful come 2023.

Thirdly, we are going ask ourselves these questions; are we going for the presidency or we are going for projects completion in the region and favourable policies for us. We need to know which we can get easily and which has a better advantage in the long run for our people.

Purehuman. I followed your update on Igbo political realignment in view of 2019 and 2023 elections vis creating a bargaining force politically. As much as I know Nigeria is not salvageable and will never work,creating such avenues within the intervening period is sound thinking coming from you. I guess one of the mixed blessings the current rogue regime and it's attendant offence on Igbos is to raise pro-igbo consciousness. The political fall out is the anathema status of APC in the south East. It then presents an opportunity for APGA,being a pro-Igbo party in ideolgy and form to capitalise on this. I forsee most of the Igbo big wigs joining APGA and building it as a bargaining platform as Nigeria gets more hopeless and complicated. The country tire person jare

Some more pictures of Aminu Kano International Airport. I could not take much because of the scorching sun. I calculated something between 38 to 42 degrees. The red building in the background is the major terminal building

BeijinDossier:
Read this carefully.


FG okays concession of Kano, PH airports
TAIWO OJOYE
20 SEP 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi and Success Nwogu

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it had approved the concession of Kano and Port Harcourt airports, as well as transaction advisers for the process.

The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while speaking on the certification of Nigerian airports at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.

On September 11, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said the Federal Executive Council had approved the concession of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.

Osinbajo did not mention the Kano and Port Harcourt airports.

But Sirika, while commenting on the latest certification of the MMA by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, noted that FEC had also approved the concession of both Kano and Port Harcourt airports.

He said, “President (Muhammadu) Buhari has approved that the Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt airports be under concession.

“The Federal Executive Council has also approved it as well. FEC has also approved transaction advisers for the airports and they will start the process soon.”


On the recent certification of the MMA by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Sirika described the feat as noble, adding that the Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kaduna airports were the next in line.

For those who don't know,the pictures below are Kano (International) airport. Last year,my company was invited as one of the prospective facilities management company to remodel both the old and new terminals. Not only was I grossly disappointed,it further deepened my anger at the atavistic politics being played in Nigeria. The entire airport was a complete waste rack and endless kilometres of dusty plains! I was visibly shaken with shame and anger. I later met the airport manager and clearly could not hold a reasonable discussion with him on system maintenance and how best to run the airport as a viable business. You can as well then guess the staff perspectives and attitude to work. He later took us to eat in one ramshackle thatched house that has all the trappings of the sahelian movie,The God's must be crazy. I know much I won't say here but trust me brothers,those who are vehement in their calls for either restructuring or complete balkanization of this union are the genuine people around. The amount of injustice and sheer wickedness that propel this nation is sickening. Now,is that Kano airport we all see here more deserving of International status than Enugu,Owerri or even Asaba?

hammer6F:
Abagworo, I have a feeling that the SE will be far more developed than Rivers or be it Port Harcourt in the next 20 years.

There pace of growth and development in a short space of time is astonishing.

Further, I think Port Harcourt should be competing with Cities like Abuja, if not Lagos.

It really goes to show the extent of rape that followed the Biafra war on Rivers and how it has affected development and in deed the people of the state, from Ikwere, Ekpeye to Ogoni.

I thought i was the only one who found the pictures of Porthacourt posted here so far very dull and quite disappointing. Gloomy at most.It paints the picture and impression of an enclave battling to break away from a forgone era.There are yet no sharp pictures or iconic projects as expected. I may be wrong though but i can clearly River State is pulling way below its weight considering the enormity of resources at its disposal.This may even be the general feeling in most Niger-Delta States. Delta and Bayelsa are like in perpetual sleeping mode with no development commensurate to their allocations. It took the 8 years of Akpabio to gave Akwa Ibom a modest facelift with notable futuristic iconic hyper-inflated projects.

Develpeast:
Bros, igbo people are being marginalized politically but we should not downplay the fact that there are more level playing ground given to the igbos in some places in the country. Infact, many places in the north were ceded to the igbos just allow them have places to stay and do business. Paniso in kano is one of them, while we keep building our minds that we cant move because of northerners, they are not as strong as we place them. Just do your thing and stop thinking even the hausa beggars are the ones holding us too.

Bros,there is no level playing field or father Xmas gestures dashed to any Igbo in the North. Every single piece of land occupied by Igbos in the north,at least in Kaduna,Kano and Jos where I know are all fully paid for. You mentioned Paniso in Kano. Then there is an area called Apata in Jos. It is a miniature Onitsha and every single piece of land there was paid for. In same Jos there are other Igbo "colonised" areas like Farin Gada,Gada-Biu and West of Mines. Fact is Igbos are a dispersive and venturing/industrious lot. All they ever acquired,they worked for them and are fully deserving of such. The popular ultra-modern Jos main market(Terminus) bombed by Jihardists in the year 1999 was fully occupied and sustained by the Igbos. I can go on and on. In all these areas,our people are taking full advantage of the opportunities and are even creating more for themselves. The councillors representing these areas are Igbos and it was purely not given but a factor of demography and higher consciousness to utilise dominated advantages. This also applies to Honourable Tony Nwulu who represent Oshodi/Isolo in Lagos House of Assembly. Same as Mrs Rose Orji who represent Ifelodun in the Federal House of Reps.Quota systen,Federal character,ELDAs,Land Use Act,Indigenisation Decree,Petroluem Equalisation Act,Boundary adjustments in the old Eastern Region,Centralization of Economic Laws and Statutes,Centralization of Police,Para-Military and Military statutes and all manner of Centrist laws prevalent in our Constitution all took effect after the war in 1970 to curtail and whittle down Igbo push for sovereignty and keep them perpetually subjugated. I can equally mention many critical infrastructure cited in other regions purely against every modicum of economic rationality without an equivalent in Igboland where it is even more economically and socially rational to cite them. This is certainly a body of discussion on its own.

christopher123:
We still have aniocha LGA in Anambra so be specific

Of course I know Anaocha LGA in Anambra under which you find towns like Neni,Agulu,Agulu-Uzigbo,Agulu-Ezechukwu,Agukwu-Nri,Adazi-Nnukwu etc. I challenged him to mention his town in Aniocha and I will burst his seams.

nnamdijonathan:
That is the one I can't tell you.

You see your pathetic and low stinking life? You come here casting subtle aspersions on Igbos and making silly commentaries and same time trying to sound woke! You blew your cover in page 55 when I took a well deserved jab at Lagos and you frontally came for me. That alone showed where you came from. Your needless interference and silly remarks on all issues raised here also gave you away because they have the trappings of an impostor trying to infiltrate an alien territory. Which Igbo man in this age of Igbo renaissance and awakening will decline to mention his town in a Pan-Igbo thread except a stinking,smelly,claw-faced low life battered by fear and low self esteem! Ezi Bida!

nnamdijonathan:
delta Igbo, Aniocha to be precise

Aniocha is a local government in Delta North Senatorial District. Please which town are you from? OMAMBALA 4 pages back mentioned where all the major contributors are from. We also have a couple of Aniocha sons on this forum too. Clear those who think you are an impostor.

vanbonattel:
I have a haunch, that nnamdijonathan is same person as xcrew20 plus many other monikers and am testing it. Let me see how he can be twisting to answer all my questions

hello nnamdijonathan, xcrew20, comein and lets play

Are you just finding out? He has at least 5 other monikers he uses to update,like and support his silly views. Myself and Cjrane busted him 4 pages back. Also Xander and OMAMBALA challenged him to mention his town and village but he cowered and has been sniffing ever since. The way and manner he ratlles all over the thread with his ratfuckery analysis should tell you already he is an impostor. His atrocious diction should even put you off. Pay that dirty thing no heed.

Ofodirinwa:
nnamdijonathan is obviously a yoruba person with nothing better to do. He seems to be doing his best Igbo impression with this account

Lollzz. I'm glad you also picked up the lousy,idle and rabble rouser who has been yapping trash all over this thread and other Igbo Centric threads online with his atrocious diction. Cjrane already picked him out too.A review of his ideas and views showed someone with an elementary and scanty knowledge of Igbo dynamics but trying hard to sound woke! Reading him and his trash paints a pathetic spectacle.Faking a character just to play the devil's advocate subtly is a sad existence. Just check his demeanour whenever the prospects of Biafra being actualised is discussed and watch how he will give a million reasons why Biafra should either wait or we should create eldorado first in Igboland before venturing out.Same unsolicited advice common with the intruders who pose as sons of the soil. I rattled him when i took a swipe at Lagos and he came out blazing only for him to regain his composure and start his silly rants all over again. Ummunne,please pay the impostor a.k.a rasputin.ak.a nnamdijonathen no heed. He has other active monikers on the thread with which he make statements and likes them. What a way to live~!Sad.

nnamdijonathan:
Keep deceiving yourself. You will play this stupid blame game till 2050 and Igbo land will not go anywhere. The rail line from Lagos to Calabar covers Agbor, Umunede, Issele uku, Asaba, and Onitsha before returning back to warri and then to Calabar. Lagos is Federal government? Another hopeless and stupid talk. Ogun state is gradually becoming the second richest state in Nigeria, maybe Ogun state is also a federal project. You guys are always giving stupid excuses to defend the miscalculations of Igbo leaders. You are comparing Lagos to the cities of other countries as if you can also compare any Igbo city to the top cities of other countries. I used the North's underdevelopment level as an example for you to understand that it is not only the SE that is lacking basic infrastructure from the Federal government, the entire country lacks federal infrastructure so don't make it look like the FG is punishing only the SE.

Oga analyser! Just because Igbos fail to join you in the converge of toxic demons called APC,all of you have been crying and screaming like cattle on heat! I can see how South West and Tinubu's perfect calculation gave you guys Buhari and where it placed the entire country today! So much for political wizardry and calculations. Sophisticated zombies on rampage.Please,Mr infant,Lagos barely above two decades ago was the capital of Nigeria. All the critical infrastructure and economic advantage it harbours are courtesy of this status. The human development index is out there for your consumption Oga. Igbo states have the best and most positive indicators of Human Development even in the excruciating and strangulating structure that stifle genuine development. Google is your friend. Ogun state is the second richest state in your dreams yet they don't even have humane living conditions.Squalor and destitution still reign supreme. Once upon a time,they told us Osun IGR is bigger than the entire south east states but the backwater state ruled by a covert witch doctor has since gone belly up in debt and destitution. The main gist is that Nigeria is gone and buried and is completely unsalvageable.Maybe you should also give us pictograph of the rail master plan so we can see these rail lines that transverses through my village which was mentioned in your diatribe.I also noticed how you downplayed the dearth of federal presence in Igboland by reminding us they are same in other regions. That line of thought and speaking alone clearly gave you away as the impostor you are.If you like,answer EmekaChika. Free us here with your infantile rants and morbid trashy analysis.

nnamdijonathan:
The problem I have with most of you here is that you guys always blame other tribes for our misfortune. With the way we complain, one would think that Igboland is the worst part of Nigeria and unfortunately, many Nigerians already believe that Igboland is not conducive for living. As of 2015, 90% of the federal roads in the country were not motorable but due to our excessive blame game and complains, other Nigerians now believe that the South east has the worst roads in the country. You all claim that the government built infrastructure and created many employment opportunities in other parts of the country and neglected the SE, I want you people to please mention those industries you claim FG built in the SW and the North to create employment. Another nonsense thing you guys say is that the federal government built the infrastructure in Lagos. This is another lie. If you go to Victoria Island, the federal buildings there make up less than 1% of the total skyscrapers there, from Union bank tower to UBA tower to Nestoil tower etc are all private investments, even the major roads that make the area beautiful were built by the state's government. Ikoyi, Lekki, Banana island etc were all done by the state's government not FG so why do we keep associating the progress of Lagos to the FG? FG failed to fix federal roads in Abia but the state roads are also in sorry states but we send all the blame to the federal government. Was the federal government that stopped Ebonyi state from improving on its poverty level? Was the federal government that made Abia state not to have motorable state and local government roads? Was it the FG that prevented Igbos from locating their factories in Igboland? We claim the unavailability of working seaports in the east is the major cause of our problems but you guys have also forgotten that landlocked Kano state generates as much IGR as the entire SE also without a seaport. Johannesburg in South Africa is the richest city in Africa and it is landlocked so what is stopping the SE from generating the highest IGR in Nigeria? Even as I am writing this, Film house cinemas, a cinema owned by an Igbo man, is opening more branches in lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Akure and Abuja but does not even have one branch in the SE, is the FG also the cause of this?
All of you here should desist from insulting and blaming other tribes because the underdevelopment you all brought upon yourselves. Since the end of the civil war, Igbos have gotten all the federal positions in Nigeria except the Presidential position but Igbo land has not witnessed any reasonable progress and we all come here and foolishly blame Buhari for our decades of visionless leaders we brought upon ourselves. The north is the poorest region in Nigeria today with the less infrastructure but we continue to claim that the FG is against us in the east. Awolowo never ruled Nigeria but when got a ministerial position, he grew the agricultural sector of Yoruba land, introduced free education in Yoruba land, built the first skyscraper in Nigeria in Ibadan, contributed to the creation of NTA TV and located it in Yoruba land etc while the Igbo leaders in power were busy fooling themselves. An Igbo man, out of greed introduced unitary system of government in Nigeria in 1966 and today, we are all suffering it. We planned to break out of Nigeria but our greed also prevented us from breaking out, the likes of Azikiwe and others greedily contributed to our loss. From 1999-2003 Nigeria changed senate president more than twice and all of them were Igbos yet, we did not get any development. Under GEJ, we got many appointments yet, no development. Let me make it clear that all of you should stop this your shameful attitude of blaming other tribes for our problems because we are the people who brought underdevelopment upon ourselves. You all must remain unbiased on the trend and stop this stupid blame game.

I don't even know where to start addressing this mess you vomited up there. You implicated yourself all through. You stated that the North's exclusive long hold on power did not and have not helped them as they are being ravaged by poverty and turned around to blame Igbos who held appointments in the past for not developing Igboland. What da Bleep are you blabbing about Oga? You wasted a whole space yapping without even addressing the very cause of Nigerian crisis which is the structure. Sad to say. Again,the discussions here so far was never centred on blaming anyone for Igbo woes but strictly on optimising our human and material resources. And sir,there is systemic marginalisation of Igbos in Nigeria. It is not only shrouded in the extant laws but also a matter of covert federal policy.We still manage to overcome these odds nevertheless. Your infantile rants and denial of this obvious fact that even the so called northerners you appeal to have acknowledged clearly gave your rants away as another smoky noise. Do you want me to start giving you federal projects cited in other regions without an equivalent in Igboland? Let's start with the recent Railway masterplan which saw Igboland completely exempted. What about the recent concessions of selected international airports in the country with Akanu ibiam Airport exempted too? Infact Akanu Ibiam Airport was not even gazetted as an international airport for starters and oga,Mr alanlyser,it does not strike you as odd and premeditated? Attention should also be given to your silly analysis of Lagos! Have never heard or seen such blank ignorance and misfiring analysis on rampage! Please note: Lagos is Federal government and Federal government is Lagos! All the governors have been doing are window dressing. To even consider Lagos developed by any stretch of indices showed some of you really need to travel out and see what development truly is. Kualar Lumpur,New Delhi,Mumbai,Seoul,Karachi etc are all contemporaries of Lagos but your so called centre of excellence can't even hold a torch for those other cities today on any index of advancement bar none! For you to even compare the dynamics of Lagos to any other state,much less South Eastern states further gave you away. Please stick to the spirit of this thread(not trend.take note).

Cjrane2:
I have deliberately stayed away from this argument so that our people from both sides of the Niger can express their frustration and iron things out in a democratic discussion which is the hallmark of Igbo custom.

Truth is that even in the same Ika family, one brother will be 100% Igbo and the other will choose to be 100% Bini or whatever. Now how do you judge that family? If you say they are Pro Igbo, you have not accounted for the half brother than is not. If you say they are anti-igbo, you have been unjust to reject the brother that is 100% Igbo.

These things were engineered by Nigeria after the civil war to perpetually destroy the Igbo and make it a minority tribe in Nigeria. So all the Igbos at the border fringes of Igboland were approached by Nigerian vandals and through coercion or active collaboration, they got elders of those communities to declare they were not Igbo. These were all done to strip the former East Central State (SE region now) of any access to the sea and more importantly, an access to it's oil reserve.


Ofcourse a lot of families took personal decisions not to break their Igbo identity and even encouraged their sons and daughters to marry from the East Central State, while many others gleefully accepted their new non-Igbo designation and pretended to be Nigerians of no ethnic group. In the newly created Rivers state the worst atrocity of confiscating Igbo properties was enforced and that brought untold bitterness between us. Everyone went to sleep and it was thought the Igbo was finally decimated in Nigeria.

The Igbo quietly endured the loss of her investments in Port Harcourt and many parts of northern Nigeria and simply started again from the scratch. Today, Igbo has come up to speed with other people that stole their properties and these issues have come up for discussion about who is Igbo and who isn't.

Firstly, every Igbo outside of the SE knows he is Igbo. They just fear that the behavior of their elders immediately after the war cannot allow them to say who they are without sounding hypocritical. Despite this bitter history, i would ask that we find a way to unite all our peoples again. That will be the best way to pay back the Nigerian vandals who engineered this division of our people to decimate Igbo in Nigeria. If Germany united her people from the Eastern and Western block many years after World War II, Vietnam united her people in the northern and southern Vietnam after the Vietnam war into the Vietnam we know today , North Korea and South Korea are still working out modalities to unite their people, it is only reasonable for Igbo to unite her people into an Igbo nation. For the process to be genuine, mistakes of the past my be acknowledged so that they do not happen again and forgiven.

We must understand the need to unite our people when you clearly understand that the Nigeria - Biafra war ended it's shooting phase on January 12, 1970 but has continued through economic, infrastructural, political representation marginalization and all sorts of exploitation of the Igbo by Nigeria. We need every Igbo in this new tactics against the Igbo adopted by Nigeria, especially the Fulani dominated Federal Government and active collaboration of our Yoruba southern brothers.

The moral of our history which we have refused to learn is that we MUST learn to invest at home. Today, the Igbo must learn to invest more at home than wherever attracts their fancy in Nigeria. Some of the greatest harm to Igbo economy by Nigeria was possible because most of her wealth were outside the East Central State which is the SE region now.

Those that think the war of Nigeria against the Igbos ended in 1970 is still living a silly dream. It is very much alive today as the blockade was alive in the 1960s, they just decided to stop the shooting. If we FAIL to LEARN from these mistakes of our fathers and repeat the same mistakes in our generation, then just like our fathers we may suddenly lose everything through a silly "QUIT NOTICE" and again start from the scratch for another generation of back breaking toil just to meet up with those who stole our investments and properties. Let us LEARN from our past mistakes and vow NEVER to repeat them

Nwanne Dalu rinne! Take a cold bottle of Ciroc or Johnny Walker! The bill is on me. You also captured the political basis of this crisis and it is such a refreshing exposition coming from you,one of Anioma's finest online! I think the covert oppression and hatred of Igbos by the current Buhari's rogue regime is a mixed blessings of sorts. It awoke the sleeping long awaited but dormant renaissance and proto Igbo nationalism. Igbos have literally taken over the cyber space making their voices known and the call for a separate Igbo nation today is higher than ever. It is no more about IPOB again! Igbos at home and diaspora and all social and economic classes have thrown their hats into the ring. While curricular history was expunged from Nigerian academics,am actually shocked most people within this identity crises domains failed to Google and be enlightened on the background of this matter. Again,thanks for further clarity. On the flipside,i recommend the attached book for all of us to deepen our knowledge of who we are.

OMANBALA1:
I dont care what Zik says or any ignorant Obi, my point is that its about time we start facing reality and stop living in delusion. These Anioma ffools hate Igbos more than the Yorubas. They only claim Igbo when it suits them. Like Pazie rightly put, these people are unstable and that is very dangerous for Igbo advancement.

Nwa Okodu jirikwa nwayo! We may be at the risk of painting everyone with same brush and I must state that Igbo rennaisance is the highest level now more than ever before. Who could have thought that an Ikwerre man will be the Secretary General of Ohaneze in an era like ours. I saw the video of Omu Anioma when she came with her courtesans at the Ala Igbo Development event and that singular act broke hitherto fallow grounds. Lots more are happening on the positive side of Igbo integration even as the mad ones are still roaming wild. For instance,some of my closest friends are Ikas from Umunede specifically and we are completely and basically Igbo. Never have the question of their Igboness ever arose. Infact,one of them,a woman who is also a medical doctor based in London is one of the Organisers of summer Igbo language classes! Can you beat that?! For purpose of confidentiality,there are many of such I won't mention here. At least,one of the most learned Igbo historian of this generation is Chief Osita Mordi and he is Ika! Recall it was also Professor Onwuejiogwu that gave the closest details of Igbo histories of many Anioma towns. My point is this is time to get positive and shun the divisive elements among us. Ekenem Unu.

Develpeast:
If we channel the right energy in building roads and making structures conform to the best form. We will have the best livable environment in the country. I wish a master plan is available for any land developer to view before constructing homes, so that everyone will follow a particular code and make building roads easy.

The question now remains, should we wait for successive governments to fail us before we can get these things right? Can private individuals create a fund which can be channeled into building inner city roads so that we can reduce the load on government and still get the kind of development we need?

At the beginning of this thread,most of the commentators recommended setting up a Pan-Igbo endownment fund/Trust fund anchored on a viable short term,mid-term and long term development plan. It was suggested to be a purely private sector driven and an idea we can sell to all our diaspora unions. This is doable. All we need is to have respectable and prominent Igbo technocrats who will be the face and driver of these programme to enhance its credibility and general acceptance. Presently,all the ingredients and factors that engender greatness are evident in greater Igbo land. All we need are synergised efforts in the above direction. I may be wrong but i think there is an Igbo think-thank group already pursuing this agenda. Meanwhile,how come pictures of Asaba and Anioma hinterland are lacking here? Anyone around that area who can help out?

mancanoe:
If you planning to come to Enugu to do business better go to Lagos, Abuja, port Harcourt, kano, Aba, Onitsha, Nnewi, uyo, Asaba, mararaba in Nasarawa state and even Ibadan..... You are naturally going to grow faster than doing business in Enugu.

Oga we can see how you have been running amok on this thread trying hard to de-market a viable and progressive brand. Do you even listen to yourself or do you just rattle and rant just for the sake of it? Do you know the multiplier effect of a booming real estate sector in an economy and the chain economic value it creates in other sectors? According to you,our modern day Rasputin,Enugu is dead yet new busineses,plazas,malls,diaspora funding,counterpart funded projects,schools are springing up in the state. The local metal fabrication sub-sector is still powering as we speak,yet you have wasted 5 asinine spaces yapping trash. As you can see,the spirit and narrative on this thread is that Enugu represent the essence of a people who refused to remain down but took their destinies in their hands and have a created a jewel out of the ashes and rubble of a genocidal war barely 50 years ago. Not to talk of the systemic economic and political strangulation targeted at her and the entire Igboland by the ruling establishment post 1970. It is time to tell our story and change the narrative! Enugu development has gone beyond the valley as you erroneously stated in your tunnel vision and it is gradually spreading and swallowing the entire greater Nike and Nkanu lands. The creator of this thread is a man like you and he sustained it against such slurs like you to make it the most visited thread in this section.Such pathetic and defeatist stance as yours belong to the past.We have moved on. Finally,which business do you have in Enugu or did you open that folded? Business close in New York,Beijing and Vienna.It is all a question of economic forces.

DawatNama:
If there is any place Ndigbo need to throw big money into its food processing, cement and steel Mills. The demand for steel products in South East is highest because of the structures they build there, but its unfortunate that nobody wants to grab the opportunity. There is no working steel mill in SE, the one Chinese are building in Aba is taking forever to be completed.

I do not know what you are aware of but i know for sure the only two fully functional steel mills in Nigeria are in Nnewi (affiliated to Innoson and serves Nnewi industrial cluster) and Aba (forgotten the name of the man that owns it). Just to buttress this further,i know Igbos provide the core of indigenous technical aspect of oil servicing/services operations. Most indigenous fabrication of tools and implements including tank farms,tankers,local drillers etc are all produced in Aba. Indigenous technology which would have kick-start Nigeria drive to development rests with us but am sure no mainstream media will tell the story.

Guys can we review this interview granted by the President Enugu Diaspora Organisation. He clearly captured all we have discussed and been discussing both on this thread and other Igbo development thread/fora online and offline.

Dr Ayobanna Ikeanumba[/b], [/b][/b]president of the Enugu Diaspora Organisation (EDO), in this interview with REGIS ANUKWUOJI, explains the organisation’s plan to revitalise moribund companies in the state; the group’s 70,000-book donation to IMT, among other issues. Excerpts:

 What does Enugu Diaspora Organisation mean?

It is an association of Enugu people (Ndi Enugu) to start with; secondly it is the coordinating organisation of all Enugu associations all over the world. Though they are not our branches or chapters, we all work together for the overall development of the state. We have Enugu U.S.A with more 15,000 registered members, Enugu Malaysia, Enugu UK, Enugu Ireland, South Africa, Enugu Germany, Enugu Italy, Enugu Brazil, Enugu Spain and many others. There are over 68 known and registered Enugu associations all over the world with a combined population of 219,000 members.

My organisation works hand-in-hand with all these associations to bring about development in Enugu State. The real process of coordination and co-operation has been triggered and has taken off. The result is now showing. We also work very closely with the state government, through many of her departments but especially the office of the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Diaspora Matters.

In other words, we have many members all over the world, some are here in Enugu and in other parts of Nigeria, because for you to be a member of our organisation, you must have lived or still live overseas, and you must be somebody with vested interest in the Diaspora. In funding our projects, we raise funds through our members, other persons and agencies that believe in what we do. We do not raise funds for keeping; we target projects, get the funds and do the project. We are a project driven organisation purely aiming to invest in critical sectors of the economy of Enugu State. We do charity but it’s not our motivation, our motivation is to get profit in what we do and in turn, use part of the profit to do charity. Profit first before charity.

 May we know some of the critical sectors of the economy you have affected or intend to work in?

Actually, when I came on board to lead the organisation, I had to take concrete steps to change the narrative of the organisation; before now it functioned as a beggarly organisation, moving cap in hand, looking for people to donate funds for charity work. In the days we live, things should not really work like that. You make profit before you do charity. Charity costs money. This is our method as I have said earlier.

We are mindful of what we do, so we don’t cross the moral line. To answer your question, we have three critical areas we want to achieve in the shortest possible time. We made these promises to our people and we must deliver.

First is to facilitate to build a Diaspora Estate in Enugu for our members and other persons who might be interested. Second is the Diaspora Library Project and third is the Diaspora Fund Project. These three critical areas are achievable and we must achieve them in order of achievability.

The Diaspora estate was embarked upon to challenge the frustration of our members who have tried but failed over the years to get genuine real estate in Enugu. Sometimes these people run into trouble when they send funds home to their relations and contractors to acquire real estate for them. The funds are either mismanaged or out-rightly stolen, with little or no consequences. In order to check this, as an organisation, we are moving fast to acquire land in partnership with communities or land owners in Enugu, develop the infrastructure through complex technical partnerships and then avail it to our members at affordable options. At the moment, we are working with the Enugu State Housing Development Corporation in a particular estate of theirs with 140 serviced plots of land along the Enugu Port-Harcourt Express Way. They call it Rangers Estate. We call it Rangers Diaspora Village.

This is genuine and straight. As we speak, our members are fast acquiring the plots and are starting full development. At the rate of N7m per plot including full infrastructure, you cannot get it cheaper anywhere of such location in Enugu. This is the foreign direct investment I am talking about- simple and direct. Seven million naira for 140 units is a lot of money and our members are doing it. This fund is coming direct into Enugu and it is changing gradually the economic indices of the stakeholders. Gradually we are getting somewhere promising. We aim to get at least 1,000 of such plots in the next 24 months for our members.

The interesting thing is that people are bringing money home and the multiple effect is there to see; when people bring money effectively in such orderly manner as we are doing now, you will find out that the impact on the economy of the state will be felt in the immediate and extend workers’ remuneration in increments- the traders who supply building materials, the architects who are producing drawings, different types of engineers, even government agencies that approve some of the work, get paid- all have impacts. By this we have and will continue to create a huge market for our people and the state- money from Enugu people for Enugu people.

 We have advanced in the library project. At the moment, we have signed a collaboration agreement with IMT Enugu to re-stock her library.

We have engaged and are relying on our partner associations in the USA and UK to achieve this. In response, they are sending, as we speak 70,000 books to be delivered to IMT. This is unprecedented, especially as the books are coming through direct funding, entirely by our members and partners. Surely, by the end of August this year the batches will start arriving Enugu, sorted and delivered to the school. These are contemporary, purely academic and brand new books, valued at more than N140million. We approached other schools in Enugu, including ESUT but IMT has shown commitment and passion. The rector, Prof. Nweze and his team are people of great character, desirous to do things differently. In order to avoid the pitfalls of the past, we have signed a five year collaboration agreement with the school, to ensure total compliance and usage of the materials for the best interest of the students. This will ensure the books are not diverted or sold by some elements in the school.

In addition to this, we are already in touch with some Enugu indigenes who are lecturers overseas, to assist IMT as academic partners or resource persons. They will assist the school in areas of teaching and research and will also be on hand to assist the lecturers in oversea academic pursuit. So, things are looking good for the school with EDO.

On the Diaspora fund, not in the sense of CBN Diaspora fund programmes, we want to do what we have to do to encourage our people to pool their funds and do something in the state. For instance, we are aiming to invest directly in some critical infrastructures and establishments that are not functioning well at the moment in Enugu- the international conference center, Enugu water Corporation, Enugu Waste Management Authority and others- these establishments are functioning far below expectation. In getting involved, we are currently working in collaboration with all our people in every part of the world to create a pool of funds to get these places to work better. Mechanisms have been activated to raise $500 million of direct funding in the next ten years to achieve this.

It is not impossible to deliver pipe borne water to every home in Enugu. There are millions of persons in Enugu city that need water daily. Statistically, there are about three million persons living in the city with an average daily water usage of ten litres. Our plan will provide good water to this mass of people at minimal fee. This is not rocket science, its common sense.

Water can flow to anywhere, so long as there are pipes and pressure. So the idea of water reaching a part of the city and not reaching the other is strange and dubious. Giving three million persons good water daily at a small fee N5/liter is achievable in Enugu. This will make money for our people, the state and every other person that is involved.

We are also taking aim at the Presidential Hotel, Nike Lake Resort Hotels, Enugu Waste Management Agency, Premier Cashew Limited and plenty other such establishments that have defied redemption. EDO will redeem them and bring them to profitability. We are not unaware of the legal and many other challenges facing these great establishments but we will navigate them out of the woods. We have advanced discussion with reputable globally acclaimed fund manager to handle this project.

Apart the three projects which you have explained, is your organisation thinking of attracting foreign investors into Enugu that will go into manufacturing?

What we intend to do is not necessarily to go scouting for foreign investors as in the common sense of it but foreign-based Enugu investors. Surely we are going to have both local and foreign technical partners in handling a venture of this kind of Diaspora fund project but we are not losing sight of what we want to achieve in the end.

In order to get it right, one needs to know some of the key challenges that might face investors coming into this part of the country. My personal experience tells me that investment partners prefer to land in Lagos and do their businesses there and leave with ease, because they see Lagos as an investor friendly state. They do not see Lagos as other Nigerian states that are always marred in unnecessary bureaucracy and mundane interferences in peoples businesses by government and government persons. Investors don’t like things like that; they will want to know if there are five star hotel brands in the locality like Protea, Southern Sun, Sun International, Marriot etc. They will want to know the safety

of their lives and properties. Big investors want to be safe where ever they go. Enugu for instance, does not have a four star hotel or direct flight to any other country except Ethiopia. How can you command investor respect with such a situation? It is hard if you ask me. Therefore reasonable and profound investors will hardly put huge sums of money in such a place. They would rather prefer to put it in Lagos, where they know they simply get down at Ikeja and fly away and the government won’t truncate their investments. This is why Lagos state is doing everything it can to maintain the mini Nigeria status it has acquired for herself. Nothing goes for free there; you pay for everything and the government makes money to meet the needs of the people- good infrastructure, good services, smart administration and global partnerships. Lagos works like business, it does not work like normal government establishments in Nigeria. I used this as a case study because I have the experiences of many states in Nigeria, including Enugu, with painful consequences. Enugu must begin to run like business for it to be prosperous.

The state cannot run well with the small allocation from the Federal Government or the small N2billion monthly IGR it generates and expect industrialisation and economic explosion, no, the administrators of the state must start thinking outside the box and take nothing for granted. You can’t have a crop of people tagged with no track record of business and administrative achievements to run a state and expect prosperity.

It’s a square hole and must have square peg, nothing more nothing less. We must do away with mediocres and get tested hands to get things going. Political patronage should not be for the business of the state. China and South Africa are good examples, where investors businesses don’t marry with politics. Enugu is capable of borrowing some ideas from these places. EDO is leading the way.

The entire South East Nigeria must get to work. What on earth is wrong with the governments of this part of Nigeria? No single five star hotel in a region with the largest number of billionaires in black Africa.

No direct flights from a region that controls trade and commerce of Nigeria with daily trading volume of little over $US1b. What is wrong? The question can go on and on but the answer lies with us. We must have direct flights from the entire South East of Nigeria to America, South Africa, China, Japan and other countries where our people are trading; this is an area of our strength in the Nigeria formation, we control almost 100percent of the trading capacity of this nation both formal and informal, yet we have not strategically used this to any advantage.

The last I checked, a brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet costs US$239m. This is no money for Igbo billionaires, of which we have plenty. What stops ten of them from pooling resources and get this airplane? Perhaps they don’t know it’s possible; someone should tell them. What they need do is pool funds together, buy the plane and lease to a reputable global brand like South African Airways, Virgin, even KLM to fly our people right from Enugu to Johannesburg, London, Europe, China etc. This is what we need. This is what we can do. They can even consider a smaller plane like the Boeing 777. Enugu cannot handle Airbus, so it’s out of the picture. Whatever Ethiopian Airlines are doing to lift from Enugu, every other airline should be encouraged to do the same. South East governments should step in here. There are plenty things these guys can do to shoot Igbo land to the global stage without talking too much. My organisation must get Enugu going in this direction within the time frame we have set for ourselves.Ayobanna Ikeanumba, president of the Enugu Diaspora Organisation (EDO), in this interview with REGIS ANUKWUOJI, explains the organisation’s plan to revitalise moribund companies in the state; the group’s 70,000-book donation to IMT, among other issues. Excerpts:

horsepower101:
We need to capitalize on these opportunities now that others are still looking at crude oil. By the time oil becomes worthless, we would have captured most of the food processing industries in Nigeria. Now is the time my brothers.

And finally, please nobody should build any factory outside igboland. This is the most important.

For us to build and fully take advantage of these fruit processing and extraction opportunities lying fallow in the middle belt means we must have to divest into large scale production and planting of these fruits (raw materials). Aside market,access to raw materials and labour are key considerations for industrial location. Presently,we don't have enough raw materials within to sustain such ventures. Citing the industries within igboland means we have to develop a raw materials supply chain that will deliver them from middle belt to Alaigbo. Is it sustainable in the medium term given the kind of atavistic and strangulating politics deployed in Nigeria for all things that concern Igbos??. We don't have to repeat the irrational economic drive of Nigeria where a cost intensive refinery is located in Kaduna without a drop of oil! Maybe it is time to start asking what and how much we are managing the palm oil resources in Imo,Cocoa in Imo and Abia,Cashew in Enugu etc.

horsepower101:
Agro-proceessing is the way to go. For all of us here that plan to venture into agriculture, make sure you have plans for processing your products.

My brother and I had a long conversation 2 days ago and we finally decided to invest in 2 places; Real estate and agriculture.

As for the agriculture part, we plan not just to be mere farmers but to also process our crops and animals for sales at local supermarket.

I agree with you bro. Agro Processing is clear path to the future of food sustainability . The cleaner the better because with GMO foods being packaged and sold to unsuspecting public,all "legit" players will have an unfettered market. Still on this line,i am beginning to believe those who propose that Nigerian elites are imbued with congenital short-sightedness. For instance,the entire middle belt of Nigeria produces almost 90% perishable fruits and vegetable we consume locally and even a modest for export into the neighbouring countries,the gist is that this section of the country is home to some of the biggest money bags who have their hands glued to to Niger-Delta petrodollars yet there is no SINGLE fruit extracting and processing factory in the entire northern Nigeria. A sizeable amount of these fruits perish at the farm gate and the rest sold at give away prices. This sad cycle is more than a century old! I can't explain it! Or can one say this inertia is a black man's malady too because I recall my last trip by road from Accra to Takoradi,i drove for 3 and half hours and all through Cape Coast,Central Region,Eastern and Western region were large farms of water melons and pineapples more than I've seen anywhere else. On a sad note too,i was informed by my guide no single juice extracting factory exist in the aforementioned regions. These fruits are displayed along the road for retailers to buy and much perish after a while. It is well.

Ofodirinwa:
Sonso nor anyi werre-ike i bulie nnama ga hota-anyi ego bu maka anyi bulie nnama madu zushiri-ndi herdsman aka. Anyi werre ike i ye-ndi middle belt ego i zuru-nnama ndi fulani. I ji ego ngi zuta nnama, dume-ya afo 5-15, I gana fu ROI na ego i tiyere na ahia kwo.
Ndi ocha kwuru shi "Na azu fortune nile nor oshi"

Sorry,which dialect is this? Certainly not Central Igbo. Can you rephrase this towards more Anambra Igbo? I know you passed a vital message and I wish to capture it well. Dalu.