₦airaland Forum

Reading the comments here I wish I am an Igbo politician.

Politician in a country full of FOOLS.

These villagers count no of mansions and confuse that with the well being of people and community. Poverty has indeed harmed our mental faculty.

The situation is worrying but blind panic must be avoided!!!

You cannot make good decisions in a panicked state.

The POOR must make life unbearable for the RICH in Nigeria if we must see change.

Joe Igbokwe! Odua a gbe e!

God will bless you and your family.

The spirit of the people of Nigeria will honour you. Ni agbara eledumare.

GO Odua Nation

Show them how it is done.

Ogun State please restrict wanton immigration from the Y-East o!

Let me bust your bubble a bit.

I am more scared of our "Ferrarri" young people in Nigeria than I am of the geriatric on their way out.

Corruption has gone up in ridiculous multiples since younger people started taking over. Imagine being ruled by Fayose, Kalu, Ibori , Alayemu--siga etc.

These are monumental thieves. See the expenses account of our erstwhile Central Banker Emir.

You have the thieving civil servants crawling all over Abuja are in their 40/50s.

These guys don't think Roads, Hospitals, Schools, Electricity, affordable homes, Mother-care, Old age people, Disabled people, Infants, Toddlers, government care for our Women, girls education, government infrastructure maintenance, accountable government, the unemployed men and women, social security for the people, safety net and welfare for the people.

Our crazy young men only thinks of Private jets, Range Rovers, Lekki homes, Dubai every Friday nite, endless queue of poverty challenged vulnerable girls and women, flexing muscles, oppressing the have-nots.

Animal kingdom really.

Ngwakwe:
You question should be "any solution to fall in Crude prices"
Solve the above and see the Naira bounce back to glory.
Next, stop importation and don't forget to buy farm implements and at least start with subsistence farming (horticulture, animal husbandry or both)

Exactly.

These hopeless orang-utans (the people and their leaders) are so addicted to imported top-end goods, I see them going cap in hand to the IMF / World bank in the nearest short term. Just go to the ports and see how much these losers are throwing away importing top-end vehicles that we have no roads to drive them on.

Logic tells me we are born slaves.

Animal kingdom!

Any Yoruba man is free to rule anywhere in Yoruba territory. Final and constitutional. Don't like it? Face east of the Niger!

adadadon:
D family house is in mushin yet he is reping Ikorodu now ask him the senatorial seat he is holding and check if Ikorodu falls in it Google Ambode's family house in Epe and stop making fictional claims. Besides GOS was imposed on Lagos not once but three times as Mushin LGA chairman cos of his father and as a Senator by jagaban himself

orimsamsam:
To all igboti claiming lagos as federal protectorate, continue decieving yourself. My cousin who is currently an NDA cadet, state of origin is ekiti state . But he was born in lagos state. He was givin the certificate of origin of lagos without stress .but his frend uche who wanted to do samething was rejected and asked to go bak to his state

They are mentally deranged and confused.

They should go to Abuja. In fact with a bit of time the original owners of Abuja will emerge. And we have a duty to support them in their quest to retake their land.

Chinom:
Politics is a game of numbers, my friend. What the constitution says is totally irrelevant. The relevant aspect of the constitution is the clause that says " every Nigerian is eligible to contest elections anywhere in the country as long as he meets the age requirement and minimum educational level. Having said that, you and I know that it is totally foolhardy for an Hausa man to aspire to be the governor of Oyo state or for an Igbo man to aspire to be the governor of Borno state. He simply does not have the numbers on his side.
Lagos on the other hand is a different ball game. The state has a population of close to 20million. All Yoruba's ( immigrants and indigenes alike ) can not be more than 5 or 6 million. Besides, just like Igbos come and goes, Yoruba's come and go too. One my workers recently relocated back to Osun state. I also have someone who lives in Lagos while his wife and children are in Ekiti. Lagos has a very fluid demography. You have no exclusive claim to Lagos. The sooner you deal with it, the better for you. Otherwise, you will suffer a heart attack.

You are indeed a joker. The constitution is irrelevant and also relevant in the same sentence. Wow! your igbotic mentality.

Chinom:
Hahahhaha.... the Oba of Lagos has just one vote and his people, the indigenes of lagos possess less than 1.5 million votes. If INEC does their registration properly, Lagos should have at least 8 to 10 million voters. Who do you think make up the rest of the voters ?.. Omoniles ? Thank your stars that Alaba and Idumota boys are just not interested in registering. Same goes for Adamu and Hassan the suya seller and mai nama.
They don't register because no contestant from their tribe has shown them the importance of registering to vote.

You are a joker. Do some research, consult the constitution and read the bit about indegeneship very well. That would tell you why Alaba and Idumota boys and the average Hassan sticks to their business. And remember all these people have Yoruba customers, Yoruba landlords, Yoruba government officials and traditional rulers etc etc.
Our constitution is rather convoluted and it has many clauses to ambush the free wheeling Igbos. One of your brothers said earlier the constitution is being changed to redefine the meaning of indegeneship. Well dont hold your breath it would never see the light of day as you need 36 states legislature to ratify the proposal to become law. No chance

Chinom:
....and who are "the powers that be in Lagos". You think it's the Baale of Igbogbo or the Tinubu's. My friend, you have zero understanding of politic and economics. The only thing making it possible for Yoruba's to continue ruling Lagos is the simple fact that other tribes and ethnic groups are just not interested in the politics of Lagos. Yoruba's have virtually no control or say in the economy of Lagos. What the governor has is the administrative convenience.
The day somebody like Safyu Dantata, Coscharis ( Cosmas Maduka), Oskar Ibru, Ifeanyi Uba or even Dangote decides to contest in Lagos will be the day you will know who owns Lagos. I just chose the names you can relate to. there are other powerful owners of Lagos you know nothing about.
Just let sleeping dogs lie. Like I said earlier, our people are just not interested. Other tribes in Lagos are just there for economic reasons. The day you will drastically encroach on their business activities is the day it will be made clear to you who holds the REAL power in Lagos.

Foolish mentality. Obviously Dantata, Ibru and Dangote know difference between economic power and political power, and they are not a confused lot who thinks everybody owns Lagos. Cosmas Maduka has no political power of any sort in Lagos and moreover he is just a car dealer nothing more. He doesn't produce anything other than criminally converting import wavers - a common crook if you ask me. He and his company are replaceable at the click of a finger.

The Oba of Lagos have said Ambode is the next governor and that is Law. Omo Ibo even Jonathan cannot do anything about that. Ifeanyi Uba, another pathetic criminal swindling Nigerians yet unborn including your children if you have any. Another common criminal. Are these your role models Omo-Igbo? I know the truth scares the hell out of you lot.

I will advise you to go and renovate your father's house in your village just as an insurance.

anonimi:
Are Nigerian elected officers in Britain not referred to as Nigeria-born
Were there no 'Easterners' in the Western region Legislative House during the 1st Republic?
Did you read about the cross carpeting that happened in the Chambers at Ibadan then?
As the poster you quoted clearly stated the Igbos in Lagos are not serious enough about politics hence we 'dash' them one commissioner position and expect them to be grateful

[size=18pt]Lessons Leart[/size]

nduchucks:

Ask 9ICE the pop star why he had to go back to Osun to run for house of rep.

Ask Peter Obi (apapa boy) why he had to go back home to run for governorship.

Ask your lawyer the meaning and reach of indegeneship in our constitution.

Ask why all 36 states must ratify any changes to the definition of indegeneship in our constitution.

Don't ask an Igbo lawyer though, he is more likely to give an emotion laden answer rather than a factual one.

nduchucks:
Are the Igbo residents in Lagos state citizens if they are married to a logos indigines? What about Igbos/Hausas born in Lagos, are they Lagos citizens?

Let me help you

The Nigerian constitution says that a citizen can only claim the state and local government of his father. For example, if okonkwo was born in umunya in anambra, and moved to Lagos in 1962 as a porter in the Nigerian railway commission, and he brought his village wife and families to festac town to live, and they settled down there. If their son, emeka grew up and married another wench and settled down to give birth to okafor, by the law of the land, they are all from anambra. Umunya to be specific.
If okonkwo had a daughter called ngozi who decided to marry Ibrahim from kano but residing in Lagos, then ngozi has right to claim both kano and anambra but not Lagos

Chinom:

[b]Lagos is a Federal protected territory[b]

In the republic of Biafra?

ProfCorruption:
This is the requirement to contest for the post of governor, there is no word like indigene there.
Any Nigerian can contest in any state. Simple.
There is nothing wrong if an Igbo, Hausa or whatever is elected the governor of Lagos. After all, Nigerians are getting elected in other countries. However, if Igbo say they want to produce the governor for the sole reason that Igbo should produce it, they won't go far. I am sure if a Yoruba man is campaigning in kano that a Yoruba should be elected a governor, he won't go far. That strategy won't get them far. If Obama had campaigned on the basis that a black man should be the US president, he would have lost woefully. It's only a candidate with an unassailable majority base that can use that route.
However, if a non-Yoruba presents a compelling manifesto, he or she has a track record of performance and he/she is not playing politics of we deserve to be elected but present a case of how to transform Lagos, the Yorubas that I know will vote for that candidate. In other words, present your plans not your ethnicity.

Story for the Gods.

Our constitution has limits o! Be the best candidate by a long shot if you like there are positions that are just too powerful, sensitive and extremely risky. The governorship of any state in Nigeria is just too powerful to be given to non-indegenes of the state regardless of candidacy. You don't go and run Dangote's business just because you have the best business degree in the world. No!, you go and start your own business!!

No point arguing here though because we are only members of the public speculating from the outside.

The power that be in Lagos will NEVER allow an Igbo governor regardless of what he has to offer. He would have to take his offer to his state East of the Niger.

ProfCorruption:
If you have the numbers, then mobilize your base. If you don't participate, you can't be rewarded. It's not a Yoruba problem and people should not make it look so. There are many parties and there is no way the Yorubas can prevent any not to talk of all from fielding Igbo, Hausa or whatever candidate. It is the candidate that is most acceptable to electorate that wins.

nduchucks:
e be like say I don mis judge dis Professor o. Most amala loving residents of Lagos do not believe Igbo people should conme anywhere close to the Governor's mansion. ProfCorruption sounds like a breed apart (oto lon rin)

I wont open the champagne just yet.

An Igbo will never occupy Alausa. With or without numbers. If an Igbo APGA contestant get 1m votes and the next Lagos indigene gets 500k votes, the non-indigene Igbo winner cannot take government. Check the constitution for the reasons. Come back to me and I will share the reason with you if you cant find it in the constitution.

nduchucks:
I have very bad news for the ethnic bigots, the suferers of superiority complex, the racists, and narow minded folks on this thread.
The following provision will become part of the Amended 1999 constitution in a matter of months:
a citizen of Nigeria is an indigene of a particular community of a state in Nigeria if he was born in that state
One day, the governor of Lagos will say yammiri/yim miri (give me water) when he requests for iced water out of Alausa.

It will never see the light of day. During the debate there was a proposition that the non indigene claiming indigeneship (as in Igbo claiming non-Igbo land, because this is a matter concerning the Igbos only) would have to completely renounce their original state of origin. So if Emeka want to claim Lagos, he must completely renounce his Igboness and will get a discharge letter from his original state. If there is a war/conflict Emeka must fight on the side of his adopted state i.e. fight Igbos for Yorubas if necessary.

nduchucks:
I have very bad news for the ethnic bigots, the suferers of superiority complex, the racists, and narow minded folks on this thread.
The following provision will become part of the Amended 1999 constitution in a matter of months:
a citizen of Nigeria is an indigene of a particular community of a state in Nigeria if he was born in that state
One day, the governor of Lagos will say yammiri/yim miri (give me water) when he requests for iced water out of Alausa.

It will never see the light of day. During the debate there was a proposition that the non indigene claiming indigeneship (as in Igbo claiming non-Igbo land, because this is a matter concerning the Igbos only) would have to completely renounce their original state of origin. So if Emeka want to claim Lagos, he must completely renounce his Igboness and will get a discharge letter from his original state. If there is a war/conflict Emeka must fight on the side of his adopted state i.e. kill Igbos for Yorubas if necessary.

Nduchuks wahala dey for your people o!

nduchucks:
I have very bad news for the ethnic bigots, the suferers of superiority complex, the racists, and narow minded folks on this thread.
The following provision will become part of the Amended 1999 constitution in a matter of months:
a citizen of Nigeria is an indigene of a particular community of a state in Nigeria if he was born in that state
One day, the governor of Lagos will say yammiri/yim miri (give me water) when he requests for iced water out of Alausa.

Keep deceiving yourself, instead of putting your akpu heads together face home and go develop your home land.

The same has to be ratified by each of the 36 states before it can pass to law. Now Yanmirin can you see that happening?

ProfCorruption:
Can you tell us what Tinubu stole? And why a "class rogue" is not in prison?

aljharem:
Gbammm
Fashola ekiti
Tinubu osun
Ambode ondo

Chinom:
Wow !! that JAMB form. It seems like no real indigenous Lagosian has ever governed Lagos. I was meant to understand that both Tinubu and Fashola are also migrants from the South West. so, if migrants from the SW can govern Lagos, why not migrants from the SE ?.
I don't subscribe to the view that a migrant from Osun or Ekiti has more claims to Lagos than an Igbo, Calabar or Hausa man born and bred in Lagos. I believe the national assembly is looking into the matter right now.
I will voting PDP anyway. no matter who they bring out for Lagos. We need freedom from Tinubu grip. Lagosians cannot breath freely anymore.

Igbo people and SE indegenes, please leave this thread. Your opinions are not needed!!

[size=15pt]Nigeria is a country of many nations and this is a Yoruba matter. Any man from Yoruba land is allowed to rule Lagos.[/size]

mapet:
1. God bless you my brother.
2. Seem the generation of our fathers and today's generation have wasted the greatest opportunity to prosperity. I urge anyone to get the book "THE PRIZE - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power" by Daniel Yergin. We will get to know that America attained virtually the offshoot and prosperity of every sector of their economy from Oil. Once oil was found, it spurred developments in Refineries, Automobiles - Both Land, Sea and Air, they even took the major decision of converting the coal based engines of Naval Ships to Gasoline. It led to rapid developments of roads, infrastructure...virtually everything
3. What Tinubu said in part is classic with our leaders just collecting and sharing money. What we should have invested in infrastructure, human capital etc is now what we pay 1000% more to a typical Tomopolo and the likes for security...
4. Dubai, Kuwait etc has built their economy on Oil and given birth to the World class tourism industry.........
We need to go back to the basic. We must meet look inwards and address domestic issues. Human Capital development, Infrastructures and Food must be rapidly accelerated.

Food production domestically because like it or not we wouldn't have enough dollar to import food in the not too distant future.

We have practically killed ourselves economically with the pump and spend mentality around oil.

Frighteningly Tinubu's ideas may not work given the low productive capacity of our economy, it would merely create Zimbabwe style inflation and consequently dollarisation. A lot of our children (sebi we kuku have a talent for making those if nothing else) should be prepared for life as domestic servants in countries that have made the right choices with their petrodollar over the year.

Those who fail to prepare for the future will have it designed for them.

barcanista:
What we are experiencing now is as a result of failure of successive government to fix other sectors of the economy using the oil $$$$. They rather fix every sector of their Family, friends and collaborators. If they had fixed the Manufacturing sector, it will drastically reduce importation and improve our export. It will tell on our balance of trade, the Naira will benefit greatly and the oil earning will take care of contingencies.
We failed to fix our tourism sector which will be another source of earning. Our economic, technological and political terrain is too tough for entrepreneurs to survive. We are shamefully at the mercies of the crude oil price since 1958 till date. Sadly, our Political leaders and followers have not been impressive. We need to have a deep thought and fashion out policies for our long term growth and development. Total dependence on oil will grind this country to the powder. We need to Change

More like survival and I am not kidding.

Jonathan is not knowledgeable enough to understand any of this.

by choosing worthless "leaders" like him we turn ourselves into preys in a predatory world. Shame.

A society that consumes everything but produces nothing cannot be a progressive and prosperous society.

Our children are unlikely to see any visible sign that Nigeria earned hundreds of billions of dollars from oil.

wayne4loan:
I don't need to click any like ..... " I know I will be in this list one day".... #basedonbelieve

How old are you and what are you doing now?

Are you on a trajectory to wealth or just sitting in your papa's house day dreaming, like my brothers use to do until they hit 35 and have less than sisi. I sincerely wish you the best.

And when those who see our brand of humanity or way of life call us Monkeys or un-evolved beings we get all angry.

There is so much wrong with the African psyche

redsun:
They don't seem to be any kind of abiding regulatory laws in the so called law makers house.
Wild apes that are incapable of making common laws that guides and regulates a society.

BTW Never thought I will quote you omo ibo.

adeitoro:
What is wrong if someone vie for an elective position in his state of residence?
El Rufia step should be encouraged in order for the future generation to do away with tribal and ethnic sentimentalism.
As long as one is a Nigerian, he/she is qualified to seek for an elective in any state he/she is residing.
I dream for a Nigeria where the governor of Oyo state will be an Igboman, governor of Enugu an Hausaman and governor of Kano a Yorubaman.

Your dream will remain a dream.

okiezman:
If martin luther king have this same dream as you I'll kill him myself crazy ass dream

Don't mind the were!

Balkan:
The time has come comrades! We have to defend ourselves now. Good news, The people of middle belt have been used over and over again and dumped by the northerners. Its a lesson to them. when I hear about some of my people from SS, SW thinking of bringing a Jihadist like Buhari to power, i only laugh at their stupidity. The northerners will overrun the SW with no resistance, its just a fact. I pity the Christians in SW. remember no one will come to your aid. Middle belt, SS south east will have a formidable army that will protect this regions borders with an Igbo commander in chief.
Igbos will definitely defend Middle belt and SS. We have known this long ago and we have been preparing for this eventuality. Igbos in diaspora have been meeting and we have the finances to annihilate this Northerners. Ojukwu fourht with his fathers wealth, now Igbos will fight with evry igbo mans wealth and idea.

Na today? Keep deceiving yourself while soaking yourself in empty pride.

We heard more when MASSOB started, yet nothing happened.

Your people will be hiding in Yo-loba land when the shit start.

Billyonaire

Abeg na? Name of estate or that Igbo owner of 100 houses.

I have a great idea and the man go thank you.

Name of estate please oga Billyonaire baba o!