₦airaland Forum

Gajagojo:
. You are making an assumption
And then extrapolating
The reality is that the colonial period was very different in technology from today

Coverage of the country was skeletal
There was no electricity
No phone no radio no roads when this census was conducted
So called "History books" are not authoritative

The very fact that peoples might have been wrongly classified undermines their reliability

They were not wrongly classified. They are all Edoid groups till now. They are different tribes but under the greater Edo nation based on linguistic and Anthropological affinity. Some are asserting different identity but it's all political

Mrfeel:
Pls school me how banjo surrendered to Benjamin adekunle who was commanding the 3th Marin battalion who entered through Calabar and were moving upward to portarcourt while banjo himself was sent to the Midwest across river niger from onitsha

Forget those ignorant miscreants. You have educated him instead but he will still willingly refuse to learn

Mrfeel:
Banjo surrendered to Benjamin adekunle ? The two never met in the war and the two were not in the war when it ended so how did banjo surrender to adekunle?

The yoruba historian are a big joke. Banjo that died before the war ended. Banjo that entered Benin from Enugu by land while adekunle entered port Harcourt through Lagos by the sea

Corn247:
So anyone can just adopt anywhere as his origin ?? Even the British PM won't say he is not from Indian despite the fact that his father was born in Europe.

You people are very weird

He is not from India as a country but he is Indian by ethnicity. Why una people hard to educate?

Gajagojo:
That is what you want to believe
That is an idea that is sweet in your stomach so you want it to be true
The reality is that the Northerners in particular boycotted and resisted this 1921 census because they distrusted the motives
Another census was carried out in 1931 look for it
We are talking about an era when the main mode of transport was walking and the bicycle
People need to pause and imagine what technology existed in the world in 1921 not to talk of Nigeria

There was no radio station in the country at that time
Stop for a moment to imagine a census in A Nigeria where most people were illiterate,there were no roads,no cars,no electricity,no radio ,no TV
And people resisting it because not everyone accepted Colonial authority

Wetin concern north for this thread. Defend your own Yoruba tribe Mr man

paramakina202:
You never asked FG what your state governors was doing when FG built dry port for you in Kaduna and Ibadan.
FG are building railways all over Nigeria but once SE ask for railways to be built in their region like others you will begin to ask stüpid questions.

These people are something else.

MadamExcellency:
Those requirements are 10% of the potential in Aba let alone southeast.

These people know nothing about other parts of Nigeria

flokii:
You need to get over this victim mentality and they hate us mentality.. read through the thread and see opinions of others so you can see you goofed.

A lot of SS and SE guys I interact with always claim Yorubas want everything to go through Lagos seaports so other regions won't open up which is false.. Go to ports in Lagos now, it's chaos, trucks queuing up in residential areas, poor living condition of people living close to those areas etc.

The land in the South East is vast and a lot of development can come in, mind you I've stayed in the East for a while and there are some inside parts still green and workable. Nobody hates you my friend, Lagos State governor has been up and doing looking for investments, what are your state governors doing?

Get out. Useless Ronu terrorists

Gajagojo:
People just go fishing to look for data to boost their inferiority complex

1921 census is of historical value to the extent that it happened
I why do you accept census results that favour you and reject those that don't

In 1921 the census was boycotted and resisted in many places because of the belief that they were

.......were mostly for military conscription, taxation or subsidising the costs of imperial rule. The subjects usually found ways to resist them. You.
ANSELM ODINKALU

Has Nigeria ever allowed ethnicity to be captured in any census? If they do the result will not be different from this one

Corn247:
True! many igbos are even claiming they are from Yorubaland now. All of them might get yoruabanized in the nearest Future because of their obsession with Yorubaland. This one here will eventually marry a Yoruba boy and her children will be yoruba

Being from Lagos doesn't mean being yoruba. Same mistake we are correcting you. A Yoruba man is busy building roads in Enugu state. But he is still yoruba by tribe but adopted Enugu as his state

RepoMan007:
Urhobo, Ishan, Isoko, Itsekiri, Anioma, Calabars, Calabar? Are they camerounian tribes?

Anioma? You no well
Esan, isoko, Urhobo are Edoid tribes.
Calabar is of the Efik/Ibibio complex

outoftheworld:
Even now Igbos are far greater in number than the Yorubas

Yorubas make mistake of restricting Igbo population to SE population. The geopolitical zones is deceiving yorubas

waynetee:
I have more than 10 friends with igbo background who speak Yoruba more than I do and can't even speak igbo

But they have igbo names, eat igbo foods, wear igbo cloths etc. If you give them a questionnaire and indicate tribe they will fill igbo there. Even by 1921 when this census was conducted Igbos are already in Lagos and Kano in large numbers but still counted as Igbos

waynetee:
Many people who called themselves Yoruba today were actually Hausas, fulani, nupe, igbos etc who got yoruabanized over time because of Yoruba liberal nature. Many ethnic group will go into exint in next 100 years while the major groups will swell up

Do you think this census only counted Igbos in Igboland? This is your greatest mistake, using SE to represent Igbos. The British counted Igbos Nationwide. If Nigeria include ethnicity in census the result will be the same. Nobody can "yorubanize" Igboman who owns a mansion in his village and returns home every Christmas

muykem:
Other ethnic groups in South South apart from Edo, IJaw and Ibiobio were erroneously counted as Igbo.

Which other tribes Mr man? The fake tribes you oil thieves created. Same tribes speaking igbo and practicing Igbo culture

Corn247:
Weird! Igbos use to be about x2 of Yorubas before but now Yoruba speakers are about x2 of Igbo speakers.

Probably because they move more to Yorubaland and get yoruabanized on daily basis.
Yoruba is now the biggest tribe in Nigeria sha.

You use regional data as tribal data. That's yorubas greatest mistake. Another factor is the south south madness happening now. Igbos in SS is huge but yorubas keep restricting Igbos to SE

flokii:
It's one thing to build dry port, it's another thing for it to have patronage.. the dry inland ports we are talking about will need heavy earth lifting machines and equipment and a top degree automation to fully run.
The way we put these things down easily on paper isn't how simple it is in reality.

It's a shame you are debating patronage for a dry port in Abia. Even the Calabar and Rivers Port you are promoting who do you think will use it? Do you know that axis at all? You are speaking like typical yoruba. Isn't seaport in Calabar good for Abia dry port? Are the two mutually exclusive?

flokii:
It's one thing to build dry port, it's another thing for it to have patronage.. the dry inland ports we are talking about will need heavy earth lifting machines and equipment and a top degree automation to fully run.
The way we put these things down easily on paper isn't how simple it is in reality.

Experts have chosen Abia but your useless FG went and built many others which and now useless

Maize247:
What are their state governors doing. They have to partner FG on the project and ensure the enabling environment is created. Lagos state and other states do it, the only contribution of NPA is about 20%. Enough of this entitled mentality and overburden the FG

See painment. Na waa for your people oo

flokii:
Do they know how much it will cost Govt. to set up dry inland ports?.. what happened to Calabar port, Rivers ports in South South?

With the current realities, South East should start reaching out to SS on ways to develop their roads to transport goods cleared from the ports In SS States.. It's as if their leaders are just waiting for other Nigerians to be doing the thinking for them. What is the distance between SS and SE states?

Yoruba representatives especially the ones from Lagos should be proactive and push for FG to decongest ports in South West. If it's to make landing of goods to Calabar free, so be it.. Let people have peace. Apapa I used to know has become a shadow of itself, bad roads, traffic congestion, parked trailers everywhere. SW reps should not go and sleep in NASS o while others keep pushing for change.

Confused yoruba shallow mind. Always running round instead of coming clean with his igbo hatting. Don't drag SS into your madness. You know nothing about dry ports

flokii:
Do they know how much it will cost Govt. to set up dry inland ports?.. what happened to Calabar port, Rivers ports in South South?

A dry port is sited in Ntigha, Isiala Ngwa, near Aba. FG refused to build it but wasted money building dry ports in other unviable places. Experts have made it clear that Abia is the most viable location for a dry port.
The Calabar and Rivers Port and any other seaport only serve as routes to the dry Port. You may have the water but lack the importers

ThatFairGuy1:
If someone has not been to the East, you'll think they're living in eldorado with the way they attack Southwest.

I have been to Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi State

And those places are not London compared to your dilapidated SW?

Jcoleworld911:
Kk, compare this pictures with the one below 👇

Don't mind yoruba people looking for consolation.

Afamed:
Nothing has changed. It's getting worse.

LZAA a born and bred boy can confirm to you

Na dirty dem go first welcome you with immediately you get to Obiagwu roundabout where dem LZAA dey do Agbero work

Obiagu has always been there but it's very insignificant in size unlike yorubaland. Give us aerial view of Enugu and locate obiagu. Unlike SW covered with slums in all aerial views

Ttipsy:
I wish him all the best

We all want a progressive society

Propaganda society you mean?

SW, an enclave under recolonization. The center of capital flight. We are waiting for your "investors". We will chase them out with competition. GSK is already gone

KwuoteYourFada:
SW!NES trying to console themselves
From the shame after Onitsha is ranked above thier mega slum sheetbadan

That area in Enugu is less than 20 hectares





Even the view is zoomed

Leave yoruba people. See the tiny place they are using to console themselves. Places we no reach 20 houses

If this picture is the largest slum then Enugu is heaven compare to SW. This place no reach 0.1% of Makoko

Unnecessary long story on top minor project. The civil war tale is not relevant at all

MightySparrow:
Whatever anyone is in Nigeria, yoruba is more.
Check the facts.



If you hate yoruba race, you can go and hug transformer.

List prepared by yoruba. Ingrace, Richmond etc not included. Even peace mass transit has an assembly line that produces Ugama Haice

Ebubu:
In December 2019 all the major PDP presidential aspirants especially Atiku, and Tambuwal were sharing hard paper Dollars at PDP presidential primaries to Party Delegates in Port Harcourt.

Fast forward APC and PDP Presidential primaries, Wike, Atiku, all Presidential Candidates shared Hard Paper Dollars to Woo party Delegates to vote for them, thereby increasing the demand for Dollar.

In recent months, many businesses now accept Naira and Dollar currencies in cash as means of payment making.

Let us not talk about British and American Schools in Nigeria that demand payments in Dollars.

What of Airlines ?

Now local petroleum distributors in Nigeria are threatening to start accepting Dollars.


Which way Nigeria?

Imagine talking about sharing dollars without mentioning Tinubu. Oga you are not serious

And they want to float national carrier airline