₦airaland Forum

bittyend:
If you want answers to those who own all the oil in Delta - google should be your guide. Itsekiris own 85%; Ilajes own 10%; and Ijaws own 5%.

If you can call Northerners and Yorubas parasites - then Aniomas, Ikas, Isokos and Urhobos in Delta state are ALL PARASITES. And why the phuck is the capital of the state in Asaba - and Ibo enclave which adds NADA to the state??

Abeg, occupy your resources in Delta State, olodo

That was Babangida wife's (Mariam) influence at play. Warri was and is more cosmopolitan and neutral than Asaba but no, it had to go to Asaba! RUBBISH!

Kpogede and ifihearam, I'll love you guys to be more active here!

Before people get confused. The SE produces a lot but not more than the SW or NC. We all know the truth!

Da infamous:
What is your problem with asaba being the capital are we not all deltans? sometimes i wonder what you people really-want, acting like a child with no direction, and how can itsekiri and illajes own most of the oil in delta what a lair

Yes, Itsekiris and Ilajes own 65% and 10%, respectively. Together, 75%. In oil production there is what they call "PRODUCTIVITY"!

The article is quite deceiful.
The SS contributes a lot, no doubt but the SE? Contribute more than the NC? or SW? I knew it was a lie so I went to read the original article and it says:

What we saw was amazing; the North-West brings nothing, the same with the North-Central and North-East. The South-East and South-West brings minor but the South-South contributes 91 percent.

The posture of the northern governors is the height of ingratitude and insult on the people of the oil-producing areas because they would have been bankrupt if not for the revenue that has been accruing to them from the proceeds of oil and gas.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/component/content/article/140-the-friday-edition/37300-north-is-ungrateful-south-south

However, I must say, the NC contributes more than the SE. That is the truth!!! And the truth shall set us free.
Fellow SSoutherners do not be deceived.


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Secondly, Itsekiris and Ilajes, do not be deceived! Let us not be caught in any silly euphoria! Well, I need not talk much!

bashr8:
[s]your very dumb , every igbo group both in south east and south south will forge their own destiny the rest can do whatever they want. btw without the igbo it is impossible for itshekiri and ijaw to be in the same country infact thank your God for igbos of niger delta they are the only one holding this so called niger delta together when they leave it will colapse of course the ibibios and efik wont hesitate to joing igbos.aturu

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*Shakes my head at this site*

Mister man, what has that trash, you call a reply, got to do with what I typed down?

BlackPikiN:
You are just one yeye fowl. No let make Asari see this nonsense wey you dey type here.

Who D mess IS DOKUBO? Let him go and tell the average usen man to join biafra if he will not be shot. The ND is more complex than u think. Do not be deceived. What is going on now is political unity. It was this same political unity that made GEJ president. Once a group is left out of this unity it will collapse like a pack of cards,mark my words. Today the mb is with the south, only God knows where they will be tomorrow; same with the sw. Dokubo is a kid. He is hungry n lacks realism. He is just a thug, believe it or not. This is why people do not take him serious, except of course, d dreams.

Btw, d so called asari is a Tribalist n a well known itsekiri hater. Is he the one to talk for the whole nd? Guy, u no serious.

Later. Goodnight

BlackPikiN:
You sound so dumb everyday!

Define Niger Delta? Who the f0rk wants Niger delta?

Did you not see where Ralph Uwazuiruike said it is left for the people of the Niger delta to choose what they want.

I fit slapp sh/it outta of your body now.


You dumb liar.

You saw where I quoted you right, Alh Harem! Stopooid f00l!

That is exactly why the ND will not join biafra except the Nd is split by d likes of dokubo which I do not see happening anytime soon.

Manny_01:
No, I'm not,  I'm new to Nairaland and I think they believe here that anybody from delta state who is not Igbo is Alh harem.

I still don't know why,the Alh harem has already said he dosen't use this name:

I just think they are using it as an excuse, so that they don't answer my question.

HAHAHA! Lol
Don't bother, I have been there. Trust me when I type this, anyone against the ND's inclusion in biafra will be concluded as alj harem. That has n will always be there excuse with another character called Beaf who pushes them on as long as it favours GEJ.

On a real though, southern Nigeria is my dream. I could careless about biafra, Nd rep or odua. Give me Southern Nigeria n I'm fine. Include me in biafra n there will be war, nd n there will be genocide, odua n we will be marginalized.

Southern Nigeria is the best.

Mind d typos. I'm on d bed with my phone n can't be asked to get on d pc

however, u av a point!

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I just read through d thread, so u r one of those with fake IDS? SMH,

Op, isn't it obvious?
I left this forum for a while because these so called NL Igbos don't get it. How can the Nd join an igbo dominated republic? Before that happens, I will remove my people. Nonsense. See them salivating over oil,land n sea,

IT was meant to fast track development, rebuild infrastructure and create jobs. But this year’s budget has, even before it takes off, become a document of acrimony.

The Northern Caucus of the House of Representatives is protesting against the capital allocation to the Southsouth as against the share of the three zones in the North.

The lawmakers are threatening to frustrate the budget’s passage, if the “imbalance” is not addressed.

Besides, some members of the caucus are insisting on the invitation of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to explain why the Southsouth has 29.65 per cent of capital votes for the six zones.

House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal may meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on how to redress the “lapses” in the capital budget, it was learnt yesterday.

The caucus has submitted a 252-page “Regional Analysis of Capital Allocation in 2012 Draft Budget” to the Speaker and leaders of the North in and outside the government.

Copies of the document have been sent to the Presidency and the Minister of Finance.

A principal officer of the House from the North, who pleaded not to be named because of the “sensitivity” of the matter, said: “Members of the Northern Caucus are not happy over the huge gap between the capital allocation of the Southsouth and other zones in the country.

“We commissioned the analysis so that Nigerians will not think that we are wielding ethnic cards. Budget is about development; it should not be lopsided. While N116.5billion capital vote is given to the South-South, other regions have between N40.8b and N65.5b.

“Yet the capital vote is outside derivation principle, the N69b virement for some special projects in the South-South, the NDDC budget and other contingencies.

“We are definitely asking questions on[b] why none of the three zones in the North gets as much as 50 per cent of what is allocated to the Southsouth.”
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Another source added: “We are poised for budget battle with the President and Okonjo-Iweala, unless they rework the 2012 Appropriation Bill to reflect equity and justice.

“We have made our position known to our leaders and the Speaker who has prevailed on us to allow him time to discuss issues with the President.”

A copy of the 252-page document, which was obtained yesterday by our correspondent, reads in part: “The budget with a theme: “Fiscal consolidation, inclusive growth and job creation” is provided at N4.75 trillion. Of this amount, N1.3trillion is proposed as capital expenditure. The focus of this analysis is on the capital allocation component of the budget

“The report is aimed at bringing to limelight some salient gaps that need to be closed in the final budget in order to mitigate the devastating effect that such observed imbalances might have on the socio-economic development of the affected region(s).

“The entire capital allocation in the budget is painstakingly analysed herein to the six geo-political zones of the federation in order to depict what falls to each of the regions. In the process of doing so, it was realised that substantial parts of the allocation were either proposed to be executed centrally at the mother ministries or jointly combined for two or more zones. The two scenarios are treated for the purpose of this analysis as nationwide and partial nationwide respectively.

“From the foregoing analysis, it could be pictured that a large chunk of the allocation is handled centrally at the headquarters of the various ministries.

“The provisions traceable to the zones as a percentage of the gross allocation indicate that Southsouth takes the highest with 8.83% while Southeast, comprising five states only, takes the lowest with 3.73%

“Upon the exclusion of the centrally allocated amounts, the Southsouth takes 29.65% while the South-East takes 12.52%. Others are Northcentral (16.27%); Northeast (10.40%); Northwest (14.50%) and Southwest (16.67%).

“If the President’s proposals were enacted in its present state based on our analysis, the fiscal consolidation, inclusive growth and job creation as clearly spelt out in the theme of the budget might not be equitably distributed across the regions of the Federation.

“It is our prayer that the imbalance in the proposed capital allocation in the various zones should be objectively reviewed and harmonised in the interest of federal character, equity and fairness among the geo-political zones instead of a particular zone taking the largest percentage.”



http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/38131-budget%3A-north-rejects-southsouth%E2%80%99s-vote.html

Kettykin and co; not to be arrogant but you guys need to educate yourselves before making such reckless statements on an online forum.

The oil wells in Ondo are owned mostly by the Ilajes (yorubas sub group) and the rest, Itsekiris. Ijaws OWN NO OIL in Ondo. The two Ijaw communities (Apoi and Arogbo especially Arogbo) don't have oil. Most Apois are already Yorubas (eg the owner of sahara reporters).

Secondly, no oil in Delta state was seceded to Ondo except from a few off-shore wells which belongs to the Itsekiris (Itsekiri land spans all the way to SE Ondo but they are predominately in Delta) and were given back. Edo has some boundary issues as well because its very hard to distinguish between Yoruba land and Edo land, what I meant by that is, there are people who are a mixture of both cultures and fortunately, they have oil. Anyway, that has been settled.

Thirdly, what the hell has this got to do with Ondo? You guys are very bitter mehn . . . . How is the oil on Itsekiri and Ilajes land, "stolen oil fields" and "Biafra blah blah"?! Funny guy!

kettykin: kudos to people who grow rich through abandoned property of biafrans, stolen oil fields, abandone bank deposit of biafrans

Lastly, the resources in Ondo cannot be more than the entire SE. Apart from natural resources, there are human resources as well. Oil is not everything!

Nchara:
Bitumen is not contributing anything to the economy as of today. True or false?

False! Nigeria does not import bitumen (neither does she export since we already have light oil). All the roads in Nigeria, from Kano to Lagos, from Owerri to Borno were built with the Bitumen produced from the Bitumen belt (Ondo, Edo and Ogun. Third largest deposit in world). These roads contribute to the economy indirectly, don't they?! When you drive from Lagos to Anambra, where did the Bitumen come from? Certainly not from Bonny light (contains mostly PMS). To further my case, the refineries in Nigeria (atleast I am sure of the one in Kaduna) refine only heavy crude and Nigeria does not use heavy crude all the time.

igbaodun:
Cocoa produced in Imo? How? Hydroponics? what a bloody old f-o/o-l

Nchara is right . . . do some research.

Nchara:
silly thread, this is.
Bitumen is not being mined at the present time and contribute nothing to the economy as of today
Oil in Abia and Imo is greater than that in Ondo which is mainly offshore
There is gas in Imo and Abia and non in Ondo
What about the coal in Enugu?
What about the oil and gas in Anambra?

Cocoa is also produced in Imo and Abia in commercial quantities and BTW, cocoa adds little to the national foreign exchange. It goes mainly to the pockets of the farmers

The OP is an incorrigible fo/o/l. You should make a list of all the resources in each state and let's compare notes. Why the cherry-picking?

Nchara, somethings you said were absolutely right but bros, the highlighted are wrong!

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/bitumen-communities-seek-fgs-protection/



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Ondo State is endowed with an abundance of natural resources – bitumen deposits and
liquid natural gas . . . . .
http://www.eurojournals.com/ejss_8_1_01.pdf


and


Nigeria remains the fourth-largest producer of this bean that feeds the chocolate mills of Europe, America and Asia.

http://www.businesseyenigeria.com/business-news/agriculture/time-to-restore-a-lost-glory?print=1&tmpl=component

^^^
Well done!

Yawns . . . . all southern states have one resource or the other to be proud of. I consider it GREAT folly to call anyone a parasite.

BlackPikiN:
Are you normal?
Do you how many luxury buses were sent to Maidugri and Kano?

Google GUO motors.  
Massob and other philanthropists in the SE sent buses to these volatile region continuously for weeks.


Ok now SE is now densely populated. lol.
So you think if they evacuate them from the north they will all settle down in the east. People wey don dey get their life for south.

I am normal.
Yes, some Igbos were helped to relocate but to say half a million, that is a lie. Do you know the implications of that? Think about it for a sec. Yes, the SE is DENSELY POPULATED (Note: this does not mean they ARE the most populated. Density is population PER unit area and as far as I am concerned, the SE land mass is the smallest of all regions. In scale, the SE can fit into Niger state or Oyo state)

Even if there population was scared in the whole south. Its not as easily as you think. Which state would absorb about 20 000 people at a time without suspicion? To be real, I think about 500000-100 000 have relocated IN TOTAL.

Another lie . . . its not easy to absorb half a million people to an already very dense environment (the SE is the densest, in terms of population per unit area, among all regions) without trouble and anarchy. Only the unintelligent would be deceived by this[b] PROPAGANDA![/b]

Da infamous:
I think is all about our past history with other groups in Nigeria if you look at it from a different view you will find out that the trust b/w igbos and some ethnic groups has a stain that will forever stay in our memory from generation to next,as long as history is concern,igbo will forever have double mind to invest in their lands again,I cant see how you work hard all ur life for betterment of your children and grand children and invest heavily with the love you have for your neighbours,in return you will either lose your investment or get killed including Ur families don't forget these guys don't spare anyone,

Stop lying! Are you telling me you invested in the Kano because you love Northerners? You invested in Lagos, PH etc because you love the occupants? C'mon, you know its a lie. You are investing/ invested in these place because[b] it attracted your investment i.e. you wanted to make money[/b] and I see nothing wrong with that, after all, Nigerians are in the Uk and US to make money not because they love whites but please, your statement above is ridiculous.

9ja voice:
SLS is boko haram pity master. infact he try to give boko boys an indirect support thinking we would not know.
b/4 the 13% derivation to ND what was the north doing with our oil money? they are crying within a short time things were done the right way.

@jason123
i think you are right about the free education stuff in the west,so far the info we have supports your point but bashir8 is right too
my mom and my dad was primary(standard) school and secondary school teachers by then. they told us also that "they did't pay school fees".
media politics has its own negative effects.

jason back then there were more eastern graduates than other parts of the country,this is true
yes the west were more richer region but by individual the east are by far richer than north and west put together.
so even if there wasn't free education in the east we wouldn't feel it because we are rich.
if you doubt me, is there any educational gap between the east and west. anyway the east are always hard working .

the norths are burden to us all.

The highlighted is very true. You were also right to say the Western region was the richest but individually, I am not sure as I have not seen anything to support your assertion. My uncertainty might be wrong but as I said I am not sure, in fact, what aided my skepticism was because the west was paying higher wages to her civil servant than the rest of the Country. But again, you might be right because the East has loads of graduates(more than any in the country)

Bros, about whether the education was free in the East or not was confirmed by Sam loco. My parents did not school in the East so the internet is my only source of info concerning the Eastern region.

^^^^
Guy, you dey craze! . Of all times to come online while I still dey clear my name . . . Anyway, have fun!

^^^
you forgot Abagworo . . .smh. See paranoia!

Da infamous:
Days of lying and manipulating in Nigeria politics is over,free education propaganda talk is all gimmicks,now you can dig out information easily than b4 when people were blind,

What are you on about? What gimmick? Was Sam Loco lying?

One more thing; Dokubo does not, in anyway or form, represent the us SSoutherners. He is simply mouthing-off like someone on early morning alcohol. He lacks intelligence. What is SS without Bendel? Notice that he avoids Bendel in his speeches. The mad man is also a known Itsekiri hater! I wonder why some Itsekiri youth even bothered to listen to him . Here, I stand!

Gbawe:
Precisely. The fact that Onlytruth (how ironic) support an openly hateful, provocative, undemocratic and divisively ill-timed 'alliance' , promoting only feudalism and intolerance, is conclusive evidence he is a losers disinterested in progress and deliberately wishing for things to fall apart so the warped darkness of his mind and malevolent thirst for 'unfinished' vengeance against others can come to pass.

At every meeting of the SW States recently, talks are about true fiscal federalism, convocation of SNC, infrastructural development ,agitation of more power and responsibility for States, greater mutual cooperation etc, etc. In short, discussions are progressive, developmental and constructive. Why , with such laudable examples of what alliances should seek to agitate for, should anyone then support a coming together of folks in open hatred and villification of another ethnic groups in a period when Nigeria does not need more childish and irresponsible heating up of the polity ?

Has history not shown us many examples of how this sort of irresponsible behaviour leads to genocide, ethnic cleansing and a state of siege?

There is no talk , from Dokubo-Asari et al, about GEJ sitting up and leading effectively. Instead this silly gathering is seeking to undemocratically and feudalistically insist where power must go in 2015 with over discuss relevant and progressive ideas pertinent to moving the nation forward today such as the idea that States taking over t three years to go and with the nation drifting badly !!! Yet whenever SW States meet it is tohe construction and maintenance of Federal roads with the FG falling abysmally short in that respect. Who is then fooling who?

Gbawe, I have to be honest with you.
I see you, Beaf and Eko-ile as paid political propagandist but honestly, you are the most civil of them all. Kudos. One thing I must say is that people read our comments, though they may not comment but they do read.

Now; all the red highlights are spot on! Especially the genocide parts. You cannot never be more correct.

You see, most of the SEaterners(especially the Nl ones) are very bitter against the Core-North (sometimes justified and we can't blame them). People are simply using these emotions to manipulate them for political power while the SE themselves want their pound of flesh back. The MB are still on the fence, forget propaganda. How can the MB, who has produced the most leaders in Nigeria, including Gowon and Danjuma say she is not part of the North? It is absolutely silly for anyone to believe that. Kwara voted for GEJ, yet, you'll NEVER hear Jarus or Saraki say they are not part of the North. Waku, a Tiv man ordered Southerners (Igbos but I see them as southerners first before Igbos) to leave the North. Ridiculous!

One thing I must point out is, a southern unity based on bitterness, envy and hatred is simply a fallacy. Dokubo's words should not be taken serious because he does not know the implication of his words. May the Lord keep us alive till 2015! Amen!

[b]Let me start straightaway by declaring that I totally agree that the current structure of the country’s administration needs to be tweaked for better efficiency and prosperity. For instance, we must sit down and ask ourselves why it is so easy for incumbents to rig elections and why votes don’t count. Could that be one of the reasons why there is violence everywhere? [/b]We also need to know why the nation could not invoke Section 144 of the constitution when it was very obvious that the then President Yar’Adua had met all the conditions for the invocation of the section. Are there reasons why we take the trust of governance so lightly? We must also sit down to discuss, for instance, why a President Obasanjo could impose a sick and terminally-ill candidate on his party and subsequently on the nation and no single person was able to stop him, even though every single person agreed that the former president’s action endangered the nation. Why was it that when Obasanjo started constituting himself into a national security risk, we all just sat hopelessly watching him achieve his whims?

We also need to sit around the table to discuss and ask ourselves whether our democracy is working at all or we are simply lying to ourselves. Indeed, we need to look at our current resource control and derivation formula again. I am at one with those who have suggested that all resources on land or in any state should be owned, exploited and appropriated by the states and local governments through a new revenue sharing formula between the two. They should only pay taxes to the federal government on such revenues. The federal government should own, exploit and appropriate all offshore resources since such resources are kept and protected by the navy – well, the navy and now Tompolo. That means, for instance, that all the oil found onshore in the Niger Delta and states like Ondo and Imo should be owned 100% by these states. And the oil potential in the Bida Basin, Chad Basin, Benue Trough and Anambra Basin would be vigorously pursued by the states involved through individual initiatives since the NNPC has clearly refused to fund the projects.

The offshore oil and gas resources, which make up the bulk of Nigeria’s reserves, are large enough for the federal government if the revenues to be derived would not be stolen via payment of fuel subsidy again.

In the same vein, a state like Niger, for instance, can enter into joint partnership arrangement with mining multinationals for the exploration and exploitation of its huge gold, gemstones, marble, graphite, feldspar and glass sand resources. The same Niger can also become a world leader in the production of shea butter, rare forest-based woods, palm oil, sugar cane, and a host of others. Jos city, for instance, is sitting on large gas reserves and no one is talking about it because everyone gets free money at the moment. Restructuring could change everything.

With good leadership, which hopefully would be easier to achieve with a restructured polity, solid mineral-rich states of Nigeria could actually compete with a rich country like South Africa in the production of various precious stones in no time. Food production will most certainly receive a boost as it would be clear that states would have no choice but fend for themselves. There are many states in Nigeria, especially in the north, that could compete with Thailand and other south-east Asian countries in rice production.

With restructuring also, Nigeria can actually overtake Sudan in the production of gum Arabic, the magic cash crop that the United States does not seem to get enough of. For long, the US has been searching for an alternative to Sudan for its large gum Arabic needs. Borno, Jigawa and Kebbi have produced some of the best known gum Arabic.

In 1965, Nigeria was the largest producer and exporter of palm kernel and palm oil. With restructuring, it may be possible to re-enact this scenario because, as it is now, all the states in the south-east that used to produce these cash crops currently depend on free monthly allocations from the federation account. Today, state governors do not plan, and they don’t care. There was also a time we were the world’s largest producer of cocoa, groundnuts and rubber. We are still the world’s largest producer of cassava.

[b]These and many more are some of the things that can be achieved with purposeful restructuring. But restructuring does not make the convocation of a sovereign national conference (SNC) necessary. SNC means different things to different people. Bola Tinubu, the ACN’s leader, for example, supports the convocation of the conference. But, as far as he is concerned, the issue of Nigeria’s unity and indivisibility is settled; so that is not his problem. A few days ago, he said so but added that, because we have all decided to live together, we must settle the terms of that living together. For many others, the SNC is an opportunity to break up Nigeria into pieces. They have not thought of how that can be achieved or whether it is possible at all, but, as far as they are concerned, the SNC would help them to divide the country. Many of them just think in terms of north and south. Some others think in terms of north, north-west, south-east and south-south. Yet others think in terms of the six geopolitical zones as if there is any logic therein. I met one of such dumb-headed exponents recently and I asked him how the knife would be applied to slice the country. He couldn’t give any intelligent or even intelligible answer.[/b]

Let’s start from the Niger Delta, for example. If separation is on the table, there are many Niger Delta ethnic groups which would rather not share the same country with their neighbours in the same Niger Delta. Niger Delta alone has more than 50 ethnic and sub-ethnic groups, each claiming to be different from the other. Depending on who is speaking, there are people who would say that President Jonathan, strictly speaking, is not an Ijaw because he is not of the Izon extraction. He is Ogbia from Otueke. I have an Itsekiri friend from Delta State who has said that whenever we are ready to divide Nigeria, the south-south would produce at least 10 countries as he, for instance, would not share a country with a particular ethnic group which I refuse to name. He went on to say that even though the Niger Delta is in power now, his own ethnic group has been completely shut out of the “sharing” game in Abuja.

Anyway, only an unhinged head would think that it is still possible to break this country. And those who do so have not even gone through the intellectual rigour of thinking it out. [b]People who say there are about 250 tribes in the whole of Nigeria surely do not know what they are talking about. The north-east alone probably has more than 250 ethnic entities. And between Adamawa and Taraba states alone, there are more than 100 tribes. That is why it has been said that those who sit in Lagos and insolently order that we convoke a sovereign national conference of ethnic nationalities do not know what they are saying. Such a meeting would be pure chaos and, as many of the attendees would be so brainwashed and obtuse to know what is at stake, things could easily get out of hand and nobody would be able to control the process. And, as we know, the process can easily also be hijacked by foreigners who envy our size and reach to vigorously push their own agenda of breaking up Nigeria for their own self-enlightened interests. When Muammar Ghaddafi was alive, he was one of such proponents – and he had the resources to achieve it sitting on his throne in faraway Libya if we had had the SNC in his lifetime. And breakup has never been a solution to a people’s problem. Southern Sudan should be a test case. After the breakup from Sudan, they are now killing themselves. The Soviet Union ceased to be a superpower after its breakup, and Pakistan is now almost a failed state after exiting India.[/b]

So, agreed, the nation needs restructuring for efficiency and prosperity. But this can be achieved in ways other than an unpredictable SNC. And restructuring does not mean breaking up, as far as my knowledge of the English language and organised statecraft can carry me. We can achieve this ideal structure through the elected representatives of the people – the more reason why we must make sure that our votes always count.

Of course, there are many other propositions of the proponents which must not be allowed to see the light of day. The establishment of state police is one of them, and not just because of the hackneyed reasoning that state governors would turn them into their official thugs, but rogue governors and even amateur secessionists could arm their police and equip them into full fight forces designed to challenge the central government whenever that need arose. Only two days ago, at Ojukwu’s funeral, the Niger State governor said that if he were Ojukwu, he would have also taken up arms against the Nigerian state in the circumstance Ojukwu found himself. We may innocently start with state police but would surely end up with several state armies. No, we must perish the idea.

But, most importantly, what Nigeria needs is good leadership that is effective, competent, just and fair to all. A leadership that would see corruption as a national security threat and act accordingly. A government that cannot guarantee public order and security and generate jobs to gainfully engage the people cannot claim to be a good government. It is where there is bad leadership that agitations such as the type we are witnessing today abound.

E A R S H O T

Where Are All These Arms From?

It is now easier to buy weapons in Nigeria than it is for a politician to rent a crowd. And we all seem to have forgotten that the possession of arms without a licence is a felony against the state. The arms in the possession of MEND, Boko Haram, armed robbers and kidnappers are probably more than the total number of firearms with the Nigerian police. Our borders are so porous that the very dangerous arms deployed in war-infested Sudan, Chad, Niger Republic and Libya easily end up in Nigeria.

To effectively fight crime, we must go back to the basics. The government must start enforcing the law on illegal possession of firearms all over again. We should also look in the direction of countries that have effectively kept crime out of their societies. One of such countries is Singapore.

Arms trafficking in Singapore attracts the death sentence.

And the definition of arms trafficking? The possession of more than two guns!

http://www.leadership.ng/nga/columns/16848/2012/02/20/hell_what_snc.html

Onlytruth:
You seem to just listen to yourself and not anything I said. lol
You should reread my post and see where I said this:
I said that for a reason.
You don't expect an Eze like myself to talk like you, do you? lol  

Eze (lol) well, its your duty to protect the interest of your people and hence partisan. I wouldn't expect less. As for me, I am a political novice; just watching and shaking my head while people play with our emotions.

Btw, I noticed your comment. I guess you also get that "feeling" as well. . .  I also hope you are wrong.

Onlytruth:
You people just have a serious problem, walahi.
So, all you can see is David Mark in the whole of SE, SS and NC?
You cannot see Nnamani, or Ngige or Soludo or any of the PDP solid materials in the SE?

Let me tell you, this is above the David Marks of Nigeria, or even the PDP. This game is really above Nigeria's presidential seat per se (a dictatorial seat with little accountability to the federation units). It is really about what to do with Nigeria as a country itself. That IMHO is why SW was not invited at this stage,because nobody knows where they stand of anything.
I know that the way we Igbo feel about Nigeria now, anything other than total restructuring of Nigeria would not really attract our interest. 

Bros, I am not against any alliance as I have not spoken against it. In fact, I am for this alliance.

With that said, one thing I must point out is that Asari is a political thug. The idea of working on the emotions and sentiment of people to gain power is indeed silly. Notice that since I have started advocating for Southern Nigeria (any group that does not want to join SN can go their way, no wahala about that), I have never, not for once called any group a "parasite", "leeches" or what-not. That my friend, is the way to be civil and humble, and surely God gives grace to the humble (1 Peter 5:5). We produce oil (that will finish in less than 35 yrs time) does not mean we should demean the Northerners. The North has indeed tried for this Nation called Nigeria. Before Oil, we had Tin in Jos, groundnut, cotton etc. With that said, I love the coalition.
As for the SW, its should be their choice whether they want to join anyone or not. If they decide to join this coalition, fine; if not fine.

One thing I must point out though is according to the article, the union is purely based on political power not a "useful" common idea. As I always say, our unity should not be based on the hatred for the North or politics or whatever but on progress, education and development. That, Onlytruth, is what binds us. Every other thing is a fallacy. If its hatred; when the North goes we would look for another "parasite" to chase away until the last community that does not produce oil.
If its politics; that can change anytime. The Core-North, might field a MB candidate (possibly David mark) and support him with all their might to get the support of the MB and bring back the MB to the fold through Bello's respect policies. The SS might support a Northerner 2015 (you never know) and et.al.

Now, what is left for us (you and me)? Nothing! Bruv, I'll prefer credibility than all this. We need to elect a credible leader not an ethnic or regional leader. Asari's utterances is treasonable but as usual, in Nigeria, na my person. As we speak, a new MEND is forming. Why? because the issues have not been addressed. The old militants are feeding fat in Abuja while communities are still suffering but Internet propaganda is hiding all these things.

Until we start speaking the truth in things, there would be no head way.

Btw, notice when these sort of topics are out, not many, in fact, just one Niger-deltan comments. Hahaha. What happened to Ibime? Edo.girl? Kpogede? C'mon guys, think.

Wouldn't be surprised one bit if the MB meets with the North before 2015. Niaja politics is very volatile! This is where I leave!

Thank you Eze!

DONLEKAN:
Guys back to the topic.

I think SLS's assertion that the North is poor because of 13% derivation to the oil producing states is evil and "bad belle" politics to say the least. Disappointingly, i had always thought that guy was a new bread of leader from the North. That particular statement gives him away totally. We all have been shouting our self to high heavens that the Nigerian government should improve on fiscal federalism principle but people like SLS never lend their voices to such as it of no gain to the establishment which he has shown himself to identify with.

Admittedly, that fiscal federalism means different things to different people. But of all the variants of fiscal federalism principles I have heard of from the very extreme of absolute resource control from oil producing states to that favored by owners of Nigeria. I think the least controversial is that which states that the monstrous FG should reduce it's control on the Nation's finances from 50+ as it is now so that states and local governments are empowered financially to meet their constitutional responsibilities.

My believe is that SLS believes that with that useless, demeaning statement of his. He can increase his political capital with the North and that might favour him in the future should he seek elective post.

Well done!

Nosa, I have a question for you:

If I am your father(president) and you are my son (masses). When you go to school (Nigeria), I give you some money for your feeding(subsidy) since they do not provide food in school(constant electricity, good roads, etc) and as you get to school, a bully( Cabal) takes that money away from you. Should I, the father stop giving you money or should I tackle the bully?