₦airaland Forum

Nightshift:
As an Nkanu man, i really like what Gov. Ugwuanyi has done in Nsukka area so far. It actually shows he learnt from Okwesilieze Nwodo's mistake when he was the first executive governor of Enugu State from Nsukka zone.

Gov. Ugwuanyi has not registered his own construction company to be used to deliver substandard roads to his zone. He rather engaged the service of a reputable company to build roads that will last long in his area. That shows his seriousness in setting a good standard. Former Gov. Chime equally did same , through Arab Contractors in Udi area.

In Nkanu area during former Gov. Nnamani's reign, he brought ESUT to his hometown and empowered some new politicians in Nkanu to enjoy the spoils of power with him. He tried to bring electricity to rural communities in the area, but he forgot that what Nkanu needed most was opening up of the villages to civilization by connecting Nkanu towns with good asphalt roads. The roads he built in Nkanu was perhaps the most substandard I have seen a governor do in his zone. He used a company he hurriedly established to do shoddy work. We still remember a new bridge that fell after 6 months at Nyaba near Amodu. The 50% unfinished dualization of Ozalla - Agbani Road. The road he built from St. John's Agbani to Akpugo is currently an eyesore. Nkanu West Headquarters to Amodu has deteriorated with a fallen culvert. Amurri and all the villages in Ugbwka, Nara- Unateze, Nkerefi, and Nomeh were abandoned. Ihuokpara and Amagunze were in a very hopeless situation.
In Nnamani 8 years at Lion Building, it never perhaps occurred to him that Nkanu people in Amechi-Idodo, Owo and Nike did not deserve to travel all the way to Enugu-PH expressway to get to Agbani or Amagunze. Recently, i noticed that work have started on Idodo - Amagunze road. courtesy of Gov. Ugwuanyi. With a landmass of about 7,161sqkm(the largest in the East) Enugu State government needs a lot of money to build roads in our rural areas.

Whatever Ugwuanyi is doing in Nsukka town, Chimaroke did in Agbani, and whatever is left undone in Nkanu East is also left undone in places like Uzo-Uwani. Nkanu West and Enugu south are urban parts of Nkanu land. There is no way remote agrarian communities will get equal infrastructure with urban areas, though the roads are needed but there are not enough resources to go round and the places in Nkanu East you people keep mentioning is not the only affected places, all large local governments with scanty population have similar problems

This is why the unity beggars are scared of a referendum

kingthreatz:
Tell your people to leave yoruba land and other parts of Nigeria first

Tell Nigeria to withdraw all police, army, airforce, navy, road safety, NDLEA, custom, Immigration, etc etc from Igboland First.

Odelhorno1990:
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how long shall these noisy fellows be tolerated??

ckenneths:
Of course, Nenwe has been neglected, but Even Jim Nwobodo did a road into Nenwe. That is a good thing. Jim Nwobodo didn't do a road to Nomeh. Nobody has ever done. No projects at all there.

There was a road project flagged off at far away Amagunze by Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi last year. But it seems abandoned now. Nomeh has always been patient since 60 years ago. We name all our children "Patience" in this town, maybe the next 7th governor of Enugu will remember there is a town named Nomeh Unateze in 50 years time. As for now, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi cannot claim to know exactly where Nomeh is in the map of Enugu state

agrarian communities are always like that, while it is important to build your roads, stop crying as if state funds has not been used for urban areas within your region or as if rural communities elsewhere are not facing same challenge

ckenneths:
No my brother, we were never asking for a university of Nigeria, and we didn't ask for fancy roundabouts and flyovers with some housing estates and heavy state government presence.

What Nomeh people asked for was a road so we can travel home in all the months of the year. My townsman died in May last year, and because we know the roads will be impassable, the family had to wait till December when the roads have dried up before they can bury the man!

Is that good enough? We only asked for access roads so my people can come to Enugu easily to sell their farm products.

I also noticed you mentioned Nsukka in bold and Nomeh to draw more people into a baseless argument, are you not trying to cause some mischief this holy morning? I did not mention Nsukka in my own post you quoted.

Did Enugu state start existing a few years ago? while you are free to ask for your share of government projects, stop shouting that your state funds is being used for a section of the state. Was stat fund not used by CHimaroke for Agbani and Sullivan for Enugu city both of which are within your senatorial zone, or are there not many villages in Enugu North right now that are worse off than Nomeh

On May 30, many people in southeastern Nigeria will remember those who lost their lives in one of Africa’s most brutal wars. More than one million people died during Nigeria’s 1967 to 1970 civil war known as the Biafra War The conflict erupted after leaders from southeastern Nigeria declared that the region would secede from Nigeria.

Memories of the war remain strong for those who lived through it.

“Have you been walking with somebody and the bomb killed him and all you have to do is look at the corpse and continue walking? Even if it’s your sister, you just continue walking because you’re running for dear life? Or have you been hidden in the roof of a building because you are afraid, because your mother is afraid the soldiers will come and rape you?” says 21-year-old Enuma Okoro.

“In my compound we saw several skeletons of dead people. My father’s compound was flattened. It was a war front,” says Obum Okeke, who was seven years old when the war started.

FILE - A group of starving Biafran children wait at Aba for doctors to see them, July 27, 1968.
FILE - A group of starving Biafran children wait at Aba for doctors to see them, July 27, 1968.
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The war gained widespread global attention once pictures of starving Biafran children were published in the international media. The Nigerian government had formed a blockade, making it difficult for aid groups to reach Biafra. Many children starved and developed a severe condition that became known as kwashiorkor.

“First of all, the first thing you notice is the stomach bloated," says Christopher Ejiofor, a traditional king in his community in the southeastern state of Enugu. "The arms to the bones, the legs to the bones, the thigh to the bones, the head, skull. Can you imagine that? That is a starving a child. And that is what happened everywhere in Biafra,” he says.

The war ended with the surrender of Biafra in January 1970. Biafrans returned to Nigeria and the country once known as Biafra, ceased to exist. But in recent years, the pro-Biafra movement has resurged. Supporters say the grievances that led to the war have still not been addressed.

Poll: growing support

A survey released this week from a Nigerian research group revealed that the pro-Biafra movement is gaining support, particularly among young people who did not experience the war. The rise could also be a reaction for a region that has received little infrastructural development from the federal government.

“I am supporting it [Biafra] because that is who I am,” says senior university student Sofuru Afah. “Nigeria is an artificial creation by the British. I am not a Nigerian and I have never been and I never will. Buhari hates our people.”

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari fought against Biafra during the civil war as a young soldier. He says he will not tolerate the Biafra movement. Under Buhari’s administration, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of one of the more popular pro-Biafra groups, called IPOB, was detained in 2015 on charges of treason, criminal conspiracy and belonging to an illegal society. Kanu was released on bail last month after spending nearly two years in prison in the Nigerian capital of Abuja.

IPOB’s deputy, Uche Mefor, told VOA the Nigerian government cannot ignore the voice of Biafrans. He says May 30 will be a day for the world to recognize because pro-Biafrans will unite in peaceful resistance. Some pro-Biafrans will stay in their homes while others plan to join street rallies.

“The compliance on that day will indeed convince the world that the people of Biafra are actually ready for their self-governance. We have our right to self-existence and it doesn’t matter what anybody things about it,” he told VOA.

The Nigerian government is determined to preserve Nigeria. Speaking at a Biafra remembrance forum in Abuja this week, acting president Yemi Osinbajo said Nigeria should remain one and all Nigerians should strive to achieve an ideal Nigeria.

“We are not there yet, but I believe we have a strong chance to advance in that direction. But that will not happen if we allow our frustrations and grievances to transmute into hatred,” Osinbanjo said during the address.

But, the message of one Nigeria is too late for many people like Lawrence Akpu, a former Biafran fighter. During the war, shrapnel cut into his spinal cord. Today, he’s confined to a wheelchair. Even though he’s poor and begs for handouts, he says he doesn’t regret fighting for Biafra and will fight again.

“If we join our hands together to seek Biafra, we shall get Biafra. Because we have no place in Nigeria,” Akpu says.

Akpu joins a group of other disabled Biafra War veterans on a hot afternoon. They reminisce about the war and soon, they begin to sing the war songs that kept their spirits inspired to keep fighting.
http://www.voanews.com/a/biafran-secessionist-movement-grows-nigeria/3873873.html?hl=1&noRedirect=1

ckenneths:
Just what was typed there. There is clear neglect going on in some communities in Enugu state, and I think its bad enough.

How can we be proud to be identified as citizens of Enugu state when the governor, deputy, senator representing us don't even know where the town is?

No road, no water, no government presence from the state governor and previous governments. The people of these towns will never forget Ike Ekweremmadu. He has our support in case he wants us to stand behind him any day.

Nkanu East LGA is like Uzo-Uwani and Isi Uzo, large by land mass but scantily populated with no major urban area

Dogora title should be changed to "Isi aba Okpu 1" because of this picture

some of the villages are in Nkanu which is not under his senatorial district. Good job

are people still doubting the caliber of those behind the new Biafran agitations?? Underestimate their resolve at your own peril

INVESTORBNAIRA:
If that up there is south waxste i will recommend nuking the whole city and building it from scratch

seconded

ApolitiCal:
Instead of using your resources for something profitable, you're busy with photoshop. You need prayer.

which kind photoshop, they are real afonja towns in ruins. That is why they are claiming other people's efforts in Nomansland

Biafra is an ideology towards emancipation of the black race, it is not an igbo thing as the propagandist postulate and any afonja expecting gratitude from igbos for their brothers identifying with a noble cause does not understand the roots of the Biafra struggle

Prinzyy:
bros na road be this ?

No, Okpara Square

by the time Niger Delta cuts out Dangote's crude supply, we go know how far

TonyeBarcanista:
He was...

Member, PDP 1998-2006

AC Governorship candidate, 2007 election (Rivers state)

Worked with Amaechi government, 2008

Returned To PDP, 2010

Defected to Labour 2014.

Labour Party Governorship candidate, 2015

He is the son of the Amayanabo of Kalabari Kingdom.

BEFORE YOU ACCUSE him of political philandering, ALL politicians worldwide are guilty of it including Donald TRUMP, Hilary Clinton, Emmanuel Macron etc.

Trump registered for the first time in New York as a Republican in July 1987, only to dump the GOP for the Independence Party in October 1999. He joined Democrats in August 2001, and in 2009 he left the party to return to Republican. After just 2 years in Republican, he left the party in 2011. In April 2012, Donald Trump returned to the Republican.
He made a total of FIVE switch.

Good for him

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Lol, Uwazurike is a loser, 30th May is the day

the inevitable may have happened

ModsWillKillNL:
Augmentin will help...

every thing said is very possible

if true, then obiano will not be given the ticket oo

Uwazurike should work with the mainstream or be relegated

Uwazurike, you better give up, you are a loser

Kuje will soon be your permanent place of abode

Is Lagos not part of Nigeria, Lagos should declare independence or shut up

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State sustaining the legacies of our past leaders. The ongoing rehabilitation of the pavement at Michael Okpara Square, Enugu in mind...
It is worthy of note, that the project which is being handled by Comag Steel and Construction Company Limited, was one of the contracts approved, just last week, by the Enugu State Executive Council.

victorvezx:
Beacon of hope for the south south? The south east? Tell me u are joking. Hahahah. The south south is better than the south east in everyway

Lol, they have a choice to "continue being better" or be the best. They have chosen to go for the best and they realised economic integration with SE will give them the best. They are aware how you afonjas are benefiting from Igbo entrepreneurial energy to their economic detriment. We saw your wailing when Innoson moved to Akwa Ibom instead of Lagos/Ogun

NIA and CBN are controlled by the presidency. I don't know why people are occupied by PDP residents on the buildings. Can PDP control federal agency while out of power??

Benekruku:
The picture evidences shows that Indians were at the forefront of the surgery and assisted by locals picking-up tools for them.

OK, but the the equipment are there in anambra and no need to fly to india. that is also great