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"Most school graduates are unemployable in Igboland because the elders have aided and abetted cutting corners in school and the ‘special centre’ syndrome. Since we do not have as much chance again today, we are bickering and complaining of being marginalized,” he said.

The gubernatorial candidate of the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA) in Anambra State, Mr Godwin Ezeemo, yesterday, said past Igbo leaders and elders should receive greater blame for the backwardness in the region.
He regretted that the Igbo were yet to appoint leaders who would work for their common interest, above their selfish interest, just as he lamented several chances at the federal level which were misused due to selfishness and greed.

Ezeemo spoke while receiving students from the Federal Polytechnic, Oko and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, who paid him a visit at Umuchu, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.

He, however, said IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and “most Igbo are yet to realize that past Igbo leaders and elders are more to blame for the backward state of things in their region which calls for immediate attention.

“Our elite have not been sincere to us’ we are the ones marginalizing ourselves by accommodating corrupt leaders among us.
“Most school graduates are unemployable in Igboland because the elders have aided and abetted cutting corners in school and the ‘special centre’ syndrome. Since we do not have as much chance again today, we are bickering and complaining of being marginalized,” he said.

The governorship hopeful, however, advised the youths to develop good character to succeed and excel in life despite human shortcoming or background.

deomelo:
@ OP.

To answer your question.


They are lazy

They are incompetent

They lack vision

They lack ideas

They have zero sense of duty and purpose

Lastly, they are the same byproducts of the same communal and societal victim mentality syndrome which decapitates the human spirit to perform or do anything to progress and develop.


Sadly, their youths have developed the same maladies and are displaying them with vigor

ABAKALIKI – AN All Progressive Congress, APC Chieftain, Comrade Chinedu Ogah weekend called on all the Governors of the South East geopolitical zone of the country to decamp to APC and stop accusing the APC led government of marginalisation. In a chat with newsmen in Ikwo local government area of the State, comrade Ogah who accused prominent Igbo leaders in the past administrations in the country of marginalising and diverting democracy dividend meant for those within the South East zone.

Ogah who is also the National Coordinator of Buhari/ Osibanjo Initiative For Demonstrating Change in Nigeria further accused them of being greedy, selfish and unpatriotic towards their fellow south easterners. He urged those presently in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to make sure that they use their positions to better the lot of their people.

“All the Governors in the South East zone should decamp to APC so that they can benefit from the present administration; the challenge facing the south-east is type of leaders they had in previous administrations. Tell me how some of them were able to assist their people while in position”.

He called on politicians and the people of the south East zone to learn to live together and avoid politics of bitterness, rancour and vendetta. According to him, we are the ones marginalising ourselves and so we need to support the Buhari led administration so that all the dividends meant for us can come to us.

QueenOfNepal:
Boy you ve been talking to only yourself

SouthEastFacts:
You don't know Economics.

The US debt stands at $19 trillion. This debt is never a threat to long run sustainability of the US economy.

76% of the debts are held by the public. This means that if government starts servicing those debts, most of the funds will be trapped within the US. This will even increase the US productive capacity because availability of these funds will increase loanable funds, which will stimulate investment in the long run.

The other 24% of the debts are held by inter governmental agencies. That one government agency borrowing from another.

The debt of Lagos is not this way. Most of them are held outside Lagos and servicing them will lead to capital flight. This in the long run is not good for Lagos who had already borrowed above acceptable threshold by 300%.

Continue to allow yourself to be deceived by "US is the most indebted country in the world" but those deceiving you won't tell you what I just told you now.

Sorry, SE is the least indebted region in Nigeria with only 7.5% of the total debts of the 36 states and FCT.

Ngozi123:
Oh, look! Another Yoruba poster obsessing about Igbo people... What a surprise! I don’t care what anyone says, I’ve not seen Igbo posters dedicate this much time and attention to non-Igbos- it’s getting ridiculous now.

Do you know Onitsha main market is not just the largest and busiest market in Nigeria, but entire West Africa? This is not possible without a Master Plan.

SW is the most indebted region in Nigeria and this is tantamount to mortgaging the future of posterity. Development is making the present generation better-off without compromising that of the future generation.

SouthEastFacts:
Do you know Enugu State was the first city to be named in the world Top 100 most resilient cities? This is a city that was overwhelmed by war for three years. This can't be achieved without a Master Plan.

Do you know SE region is the least indebted region in Nigeria, with 7.5% of the aggregate debts of the 6 regions while the other 5 have to shamelessly share the remaining 92.5%? This is a region that was overwhelmed with war for 3 years. You can't achieve this without a Master Plan.

Do you know SE is the region with the least chances to be born into a slum? It is not possible to achieve this without a Master Plan.

Do you know Onitsha main market is not just the largest and busiest market in Nigeria, but entire West Africa? This is not possible without a Master Plan.

SW is the most indebted region in Nigeria and this is tantamount to mortgaging the future of posterity. Development is making the present generation better-off without compromising that of the future generation.

Though our Governors are not trying, atleast they are not mortgaging our future like the other 5 regions.

eagleu:
Once upon a time a grown, but immature man asked his father why his father has been unable to sire male offspring. The father responded by asking the young man "who's your father"

I take it that you meant well and probably have the best interest of Igbos at heart, otherwise you would not have my response.

1. Igbos were defeated, their cities, infrastructures and independence completely destroyed by Britain, Russia, and other foreign countries that fought through the Nigerian army.

2. Today, it's a miracle that the average Igbo town is on the average more developed than the average Hausa and probably Yoruba town.

3. Igbos are no good, Igbos love money too much, Igbos are not capable of ruling themselves, Igbo rulers are selfish, etc are just tribalistic diatribes mouthed by poorly educated Nigerian leaders, first as a joke, and now carried to the main stream, and then unfortunately and ignorantly echoed by fellow Igbos who lack insight as to what's really the problem.

4. Igbo governors owe their allegiance not to the Igbos that elected them, but to powers residing in Sokoto, Lagos, and Abuja. Many times these are never Igbos' finest, but they fit into somebody's machination for the Igbos. Do you know how many times the so-called Igbo governors have run to Sokoto crying and asking for help?

5. The federal emasculation of every sphere of life in Nigeria, started as pretence for One Nigeria has been used to strangle Igbo ingenuityy and efforts. You probably would know that the limitation of universal free primary education was because Igbos were noted to be enjoying most of resources devoted to the scheme, so some smart Alec figured it would be better to do it state by state. My point is that any federal program that levels the playing filed for everybody is some how not good, because Igbos would certainly excel in that endeavor.

6. OBJ recently stated that he laughs at people complaining about the presence of too many Igbos outside their region, "well, he asked is there any federal presence in Igboland to cater for Igbos? The answer remains a big NO"

7. From roads, education, commerce, and industry, the federal government has cornered everything about Nigerias with a view of 'slowing the Igbos' down while at the same time feeding a non-productive group in the north-(exactly as the racist Sarduana of Sokoto envisioned many years ago)

8. Igbos need better understanding of what's going on, otherwise what happened to them yesterday will happen to them again tomorrow.

neoOduduwa:
Oloriburuku omo Igbo. You're not Yoruba. Real recognises real, you look unfamiliar.

neoOduduwa:
kn23h, just leave Igbos alone with their problems

From the first comment, Amarabae deflected by attacking Fayose and mentioning IDP camps in Osun, shebi na her father start refugee camp for Osun

Igbos are low IQ animals who can't be reasoned with, they'd rather lie to themselves and wallow in ignorance than profer solutions to their own problems.

juman:
Yorubas are poor people

Go to our towns and villages, you will only see slums.

juman:
I also wonder.
They don't have good leaders to lead them towards self sustenance.

But look across the country, every ethnic groups have similar problem.
Yorubas also have worse set of "leaders".

What of north.
They also have unworthy "leaders" in the north. That is why boko haram stood up against their senseless leadership.

Sprumbabafather:
Then why are Edo people claiming Lagos?

Sprumbabafather:
We also need free education for all people going to school in Lagos. Our high IGR can carry free education from nursery to university for every settler in Lagos.