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Orkpekyandega:
Marginalization Of Tiv People At The Federal LevelMarginalization Of Tiv People At The Federal Level; A case study of the Nigerian Military

By Stephen Orkuma

When I saw the list of candidates that were admitted into Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), I laughed. In their orchestrated effort to crush the spirit of the Tiv people, they have ostracised them of all political appointments at the federal level and now they have extended the exclusion to the Military. This is where they got it wrong and they will regret it in the next few years. The success of an army in war depends on the mind of the soldiers. An army of 1000 cowards cannot stand an army of 100 brave men. The Tiv people are natural warriors:

It was not a fluke that the invading jihadists of 1804 to 1808 were crushed by the Tiv people after they conquered the Hausas and Nupes.
It was not a fluke that the Tiv people were the last ethnic group in Nigeria to be conquered by the British. Unlike the expedition in the Benin Kingdom by the British troops in 1897 where the Bini Empire was conquered, three times the British troops came with their gun power in Tiv territory; three times they were crushed by local fighters.
It was not a fluke that after the British used religion to win the Tiv over, they went ahead to recruit most of them for the First World War.
It was not a fluke that the Tiv people supplied the highest number of men in the Western Frontier Forces that fought on the British side in the Second World War.
It was not a fluke that a Tiv man, Col Joseph Akahan (The first Chief of Army Staff) mobilised the Nigerian troops for the civil war; a war he died in.
It was not a fluke that the Tiv people supplied the highest number of men to fight on the Nigerian side in the civil war.
It was not a fluke that the only officer that was able to stand the firepower of Col. Achuzia of the Biafran rebels was Col. Philemon Shande, even when other officers like Col. Olusegun Obasanjo ran away. Col. Philemon Shande was the only Colonel in the Nigerian army that died in the war.
It was not a fluke that Gen. Victor Malu ended the war in Liberia.
It was not a fluke that Gen. Gabriel Kpamber ended the war in Sierra Leone.
It was not a fluke that Major Gideon Orkar refused to mention the names of the soldiers that took part in his revolutionary activity when he was arrested. He died gallantly as a true soldier.
It was not a fluke that Lance Corporal Kenneth Kulugh was decorated with a Purple Heart medal by President Mohammadu Buhari for his bravery against Boko Haram. While his colleagues took to their heels when they were attacked by Boko Haram in Adamawa State, he alone crushed the terrorists. Unfortunately, he is presently in a wheelchair due to the bullet wounds he sustained from the attack.
It is not a fluke that Seaman Amaseimogha Paul of the Nigeria Navy saved the life of his colleagues after stepping on a landmine by alerting them to steer clear as far as they could go. He died while detonating the explosive.
And the list goes on…..

So if Nigeria like they should continue playing politics with the Nigerian Army by injecting cowards and preventing real soldiers from joining. Last year, a General in the Nigeria Army commanding Bama took to his heels immediately he sighted the ragtag Boko Haram army. Some other soldiers also cowardly refused to fight. Let me ask this simple question: Have you ever heard that a Tiv man ran away at the battlefront or the heat of war?

In terms of warfare, the Tiv people are the comparative advantage Nigeria has over other countries. They are natural warriors but the powers that be are trying to stampede them by drastically cutting down the number of Tiv boys that want to join the Nigerian Army.

The country is shooting itself in the foot because when “e set all cowards go take off run”.

.........Culled from a friend's Facebook page.

collyno1985:
Just imagine..
U are a Useless unrepentant and unrealistic zonbism... Chai God have mercy on ur soul.

attackgat:
Tell me about America that seceded from Britain on the 4th of July 1776.

attackgat:
It worked for Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic and Republic of Slovakia are now doing well within the European union.

Abagworo:
An indigenous firm,
B.G Technical Limited, has opened the first Pipeline,
Pigs and Accessories Factory in West Africa.
The factory is expected to conserve and generate
foreign exchange for Nigeria especially at this period of
meagre oil revenue, as it would help provide quality
products for the maintenance of pipelines so as to
prolong life span and reduce cases of pipeline rupture
as well as leakages.
With the factory commissioned, it will bring an end to
the importation of pipeline pigging products, boost
availability of quality products and help preserve
foreign exchange earnings for both operators and the
federal government.
The commissioning of the factory in Owerri, Imo State
was performed by the Acting Executive Secretary of
Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board
(NCDMB) who was represented by Tunde Adelana.
Adelana who is the Director, Monitoring and
Evaluation at NCDMB, said the opening of the multi-
billion Naira pipeline, pigs and accessories factory for
the production of quality pigging pipeline products is
yet another evidence and validation that the efforts of
the board is paying off in real terms in the oil and gas
industry.
He described the event as another attestation to the fact
that Nigerians can develop the required industry
capability once the enabling environment is in place
and assured that the board will continue to support
B.G Technical and other local companies in their efforts
at acquiring additional capacities.
“The opening of the factory is indeed worthy of
celebration. Looking back at the years of pre-NOGICD
Act, investors like B.G Technical would probably not be
able to compete in the area of pigging services due to
the preponderance of foreign goods and services,” he said.

http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2016/04/18/first-pipeline-pigging-factory-opens-in-owerri/

Teewhy2:
John Ameh, Fidelis Soriwei, Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba and Okechukwu Nnodim




http://punchng.com/fuel-n145litre-no-longer-sustainable-nnpc/

timosky1:
The UN has described Nigeria as a “divided society on the basis of the plurality of ethnic, religious and regional identities that had tended to define the country’s political existence.”



This was made known to the public during a consultative meeting on the formulation of the UN Development Assistance Framework IV (UNDAF IV) for the South-East geo-political zone in Awka.

The report noted that for decades, different segments of Nigeria’s population had, at different times, expressed feelings of marginalisation, of being short-changed, dominated, oppressed, threatened, or even targeted for elimination.

The report also painted a gloomy picture for the country as most of the development and social indices in Nigeria recorded much below acceptable standards.

It noted that the major challenges facing Nigeria were constraints of economic growth and social development and lack of good governance.

https://www.unitednaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Barack_Obama_chairs_a_United_Nations_Security_Council_meeting-696x464.jpg

Part of the report read: “Nigeria is one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the world, with over 80 million or 64 per cent of her population living below poverty line. “Poverty and hunger have remained high in rural areas, remote communities and among female-headed households and these cut across the six geo-political zones, with prevalence ranging from approximately 46.9 per cent in the South-west to 74.3 per cent in North-west and North-east.

“Nigeria’s economy is currently in a recession and it is estimated that government revenues have fallen by as much as 33 per cent, which has further resulted in the contraction of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 0.36 per cent in the first three months of 2016.

“The vulnerable macroeconomic environment in Nigeria is affecting investors’ confidence in the domestic economy.” The report also revealed widespread cases of violence against women and girls, including physical and sexual assault, even as it noted that 42 per cent of Nigerian youths were unemployed. “Nigeria faces humanitarian and emergency crises of considerable proportions fueled by a combination of factors including climate change, inter-communal conflicts and violence, insurgency, recurring floods, heavy handed tactics of security forces in combating crime and insurgency.

“The overall consequence is the situation of systematic and chronic internal displacement that has given rise to different humanitarian crises that include the most egregious and dehumanising human rights abuses,” the report stated. The report however noted that transforming and diversifying Nigeria’s development paths needed a radical and new approach.

It recommended investing in people and in a strong more dynamic and inclusive productive informal sector.

Last week, the UN regional humanitarian coordinator, Toby Lanzer rated the growing humanitarian crisis in Borno as being at level with that of war-torn regions across the world. Lanzer gave the sad rating during a visit to Bama, the largest Borno town to come under the siege of the Islamist militant sect, Boko Haram.

“Having worked in Darfur, Chechnya, and South Sudan, this is about as bad as it gets,” Lanzer was quoted as saying. Meanwhile, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund has warned that if timely aid is not availed, 49,000 children will lose their lives in Nigeria’s North-east region.

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http://www.unitednaija.com/2016/09/un-nigeria-deeply-divided/

aresa:
He sure did. That was a sad effect of ignorance, little or no education and low intellect..

plaetton:
In the context of this thread, Yes.

We already have a minister of information.

Therefore, a minister of Communications is obviously a minister of TeleCommunications infrastructure.

Now, what is the difference between That and ICT ?

BoleynDynaSTY:
My question is how do they make the 30% they keep paying people? Cause those getting help don't payback with interest or anything so how are they making money off these scheme?

plaetton:
Sharap up dia.
What is the difference between Communications and ICT?

ladyF:
Na real autocracy. The witch hunting has become way too obvious. They seem to have so many misplaced priorities. How can you be faced with a failing economy and still be going after dog owners. You turn a blind eye to the corrupt people in your own camp but you have time to go after others. Bad omen!

NaYouGoTire:
Should your national existence feed on Biafran Blood? Which business is greater than business of freedom?

trillville:
In as much as government uses human beings to transfer the money to manufacturers or suppliers, there is a very high liklihood of round tripping.so far a huge difference exists between the rates.

bonechamberlain:
if I mention them would you know them, because it seems u have programmed your mind to believe that only thieving politicians worth that amount. Cause they are the only ones enjoying this evil contraption and very popular. Are u worth 100m, or are u a hungry urchin.

honeychild:
If you had started "mining" your oyel in 1956 with shovels and headpans like these Northerners are doing, then there can be a case for comparison.

But to wait for multinationals and the federal government to expend billions of dollars on exploration, drilling, laying of pipes and other infrastructures, and after they have made all the investments you now come and start shouting awa oyel.....that doesn't make sense. Without the multinationals drilling, the oil would still be under the ground with none of you any wiser.

bonechamberlain:
Because of its bad, greedy and nepotistic leaders, jealous of what, even Nigerians want Nigeria to break

TheGoodJoe:

The Challenge With the Yuan deal is that it will take us losing some of our reserves and our reserves right now is a bit $25 Billion. We can not take that risk now until things settle.

I think we need to invest more in small scale productions training. Things like Starch, Toothpicks and cotton buds. Others of similar level.

Train and sponsor people to establish small scale industries here. We already have the market here. This will create employment and ease the pressure on the dollars in our reserves.

chronique:
It's a very dicey situation. There are 2 key components: injecting cash into the economy,and stabilizing the value of the naira. If you inject cash into the economy without arresting the free fall in the value of the naira,it will amount to pouring water in a basket. As a businessman,I've come to understand that the major problem right now,is that the purchasing power of most Nigerians,has shrunk. We are paying double or almost double the price,we were paying for most commodties and services,whilst still earning same salaries or less than we were earnng before. It's a very scary situation. For things to stabilize,the naira has to peg at a stable value first,before anything else. A situation where you spend $1,000(400,000k) to bring in a product and value of naira drops and to get back your $1,000,you have to sell that product at 420,000k,and it continues like a circle,is not realstic and sustainable cos at the long run,businesses will eventually shut down when price can no longer be pushed to consumers(when buyers can no longer afford to pay for this steady increment with static or declining revenues). No amount of govt spending,can arrest this problem.

trillville:
Your plans, though commendable will not work. As government liquidates it's foreign reserves, currency traders will further push down the rates of the naira. The gap between the official, parallel and black market rates will only widen, increases the liklihood of nigerians indulging in round tripping.

People will take all sorts of risks to make easy money, I dey tell you.

The current ban on 41 items doesn't mean these items can not be imported. It simply means government will not sale dollars to importers of these items.
In reality, most imported goods are on the banned list since it is extremely difficult to get forex to import anything.

A tariff will have virtually the same impact as this current policy; Raise the overall price of goods and services.

Like government increased the price of fuel and nigerians adjusted their demand for petrol and the queues disappeared, government needs to raise taxes and/or fire government workers to stabilise the price of the naira. Simple and short

sanandreas:
Land use act 1978 is different from mineral act 1993.

EazyMoh:
Misplaced priority if you ask me. We shall all focus on production, production and production. Even our agricultural produce if properly processed can generate jobs and revenue for the state. Kano is not congested at all to deserve such project.

jcmaiah:
You are a confused individual@ OP. Tell those people that sent u that its Jehovah Himself that its our strength in MMM. You will soon lose your destiny if you don't stop this your stupid lies!

The Federal Government should pump money into infrastruture development, which will create more jobs and boost liquidity, economists and private sector players said yesterday.

izombie:
They used deception to milk niger delta oil and impoverish the area. They used one nigeria to milk niger delta oil and impoverish them more. Now that niger deltans eyes don clear, they are now using intimidation and possibly, war to continue milking niger delta oil and impoverish them even more. Buhari has clearly shown that he is a northern president. His brothers, the herdsmen have been murdering people everywhere but buhari has done nothing. In less than 2 years in power, buhari has destroyed everything. Now he's about to go to war. I have to agree with the person that said God is using buhari to punish nigerians. This man has nothing to offer but more poverty and gnashing of teeth. I rest my case.

sanandreas:
Do u know the environmental degradation going on the North as a result of illegal mining. Alot of children die as a result of lead poisoning. According to minerals act (1993), every mineral resource belongs to the federal government. Injustice is glaring.

manlikegb:
First bank just sent my money back to me saying "Failed NTB transaction". Is this a joke or something? How are we sure these banks are not trying to keep our money with them instead of keying it in T.bills on our behalf. I wish everyone can bid directly without having to go through these banks.

My question:

[b]1. Does anyone know if I can bid for TB through FBN Asset Management(FBNquest). I'm thinking they may be more responsible than FBN.
[/b]2. Is it possible to bid through Fidelity Securities without having a fidelity bank account?
3. Big boss @feelamong, how can you link a brother up with your contacts at Fidelity Securities?

@feelamong, @easyflow and other gurus, over to you, thanks for the usual help.