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Land sales should be banned and rent controlled at five percent of cost of construction. Why should you sell something bequeathed to you by your forebears?. It makes no sense. Anybody or government can build but on partnership basis. Land should be held indefinitely by land owning families. It will reduce rent and calm the economy. After all buying land does not make the land yours. If a Hausa buy the whole of Awori land, it still remains Awori land with an Awori King. The idea of selling land is unethical. What are you leaving for your coming generation?. Then all states should promote local languages, else those languages will soon be lost. We are not English men. It only appear so because of Nigeria

GeneralPula:
Lol..

Many yorubas are Igbos keh

Yoruba don't share boundary with Igbos and we did not know them before colonisation but from similar sounding words basic to the two languages, the people can be presumed to be cousins. However a large number of people in the Osu caste may be descended from Yorubas that passed from hand to hand to reach Igbo markets. An outsider entering an Nri village would become an outcast while the unlikely Igbo that passed from hand to hand to reach Yoruba land would start off as a slave. Outside that the two groups were unknown to each other maybe for thousands of years before independence

austinfrancis:
Thank you Naira land ! I am an Igala man . I was never taught on how to speak yoruba neither was I born or brought up there but you can't speak two or three word in yoruba that I don't know the meaning , reason is that blood is thicker than water . I am yet to see how we are close to ibo . Though am aware many of their culture are borrowed from igala culture Obi of Onitsha said that on one of Ofalla festival

I used to understand Igala a bit too when I served in Igalamela Odolu. It is just like a Yoruba dialect but they are disconnected from the Yoruba and have had more relations with Igbos in the past centuries. Igala should have a state of their own with all their lands. It is a big state bigger and more populated than many well known countries. Igala and Igbo share similar market days and I believe Yoruba must have used those days in the past. We still have a four day week too but not with discrete names as is obtainable with the Igbo and Igala. Among the Yoruba the days are dedicated to groups of deities and it is only devotees of deities that know what traditional week day it is whereas in an Igbo village everybody knows. Nigeria should be divided according to ethnic affinity even if it is 200 states.

If you give birth to kids, will you consult the oracle on whether to feed them or teach them language?. Stupid questions get stupid answers.

I doubt if there can be up to five thousand people paying 10 million naira per annum income tax in Lagos.

faceLAGOS:
She gave another account number other than the hotel’s.

She was part of the whole plot.

I heard that she explained that she needed the cash to get diesel as the hotel was low on diesel and it is cumbersome to get money from management. She was also the one that snapped her register before leaving which helped the police to know that the register page was torn and the list rewritten to remove the victim's name. I don't believe she was part of the plot.

Chidolalar:
Someone said it was d CCTV dat caught him.
Den I begin to wonder how can CCTV capture d owner of a hotel in a murder case.
Is d owner of d hotel not suppose to be d one dat mounted d cctv

The police found the dismounted CCTV in adedoyin's office.

What did the receptionist do to warrant being sentenced to two years imprisonment?

He is a well known acquaintance of mine who once asked if I needed financial support. I said No. He is the biggest private employer of labor in Ile Ife. To hear reports of him involved in such a racket is really shocking. However the family of the victim is not adequately compensated. Anybody caught preying on fellow humans should have all their assets confiscated. The family of the victim should be given something more than only education for the kids as the convict is a billionaire.

lx3as:
I now understand you understand nothing to little about Akure and Ekiti. You can as well say Igbara Oke which is in Ondo and Igbara Odo which is in Ekiti are Ìjèsàs.

But they have nothing in common historically that make them associated with Ijesa history as is the case with Akure. The Deji of Akure title is Ijesa in origin and the dialects are also more or less the same. For instance, Efon Alaaye speak the same exact dialect with Ijesa but are not historically associated with the Ijesa apart from being neighbors. However the Efon are not more associated with the rest of Ekiti state than they are to the Ijesa. Ekiti is not one unit.

illicit:
Lol Akure dialect is Ekitish

How is Akure dialect Ilesha? Lol

Have u even been to Akure,

Dont u know that Iju and itaogbolu are part and parcel of Akure and they border Ikere Ekiti

It was the govt that separated them, they are just metres apart

Even Ijesa dialect is Ekitish. If only for the Ijesa origin of the Deji title, Akure can be considered as more Ijesa than Ekiti. I don't see Akure agreeing to join Ekiti. They are likely to prefer independence or join Ijesa if only because of the origin of the Deji title.

gidgiddy:
Thats how Nigeria was at the beginning when it had 4 Regjons that were controlling their resources and contributing an agreed tax to the centre

Then Gowon came along and abolished all 4 Regjons, replaced them with 12 states and removed resource control

Yes the military contributed to ruining the country. They also created states by fiat and in such a way that it is impossible to create more states. State creation process should be straightforward in the way the Midwest was created in 1963. Also representation in the federal government was not by financial contribution as I suggested. They relied on census data. If the Yoruba region is contributing forty percent of federal revenue paid up by the federating unit, then they must control forty percent of government. That is how it should be so that every federating unit can sit right, go back home and generate revenue. However Nigeria is better broken up.

Abjay97:
by Jayamma Abanobi


Restructuring has to do with the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs.




With the recent ongoing cry for the restructuring of Nigeria, here are top ten things that would happen if Nigeria is restructured.

1. No More Federal Allocation: The normal trend of states waiting to receive allocation/ "oil money" from the federal treasury will become a thing of the past.

2. States Will Control Their Resources: The various states in Nigeria, will be in full control of their resources. Take for instance, Enugu; the coal producing state will be in full control of how coal is mined, transported and exported without the interference of the federal government. The federal government will play it's role by ensuring the coal mining follows due procedure.

3. Less Power in Abuja: Currently, Nigeria runs a very a expensive government because of the centralized power in Abuja. If Nigeria is restructured, power no longer rests solely in Abuja, but is shared equally among states. This implies that states can have their own separate laws guiding them.

4. State Policing Will be Made Possible: Imagine a Nigeria with a police force bearing the name "KAPD" standing as Kano State Police Department. The various states in Nigeria will be able to be in full control of their military; with Abuja overseeing them all.

5. Government Workers will be more serious: Restructuring this country, is sure to make civil servants serious in carrying out their responsibilities as there would be competition among states to have the best output.

6. Unemployment Reduction: Restructuring Nigeria will reduce the rate of unemployment; because the 36 states with mineral resources will begin to explore and harness their resources leading to a new era of utilization of these human and mineral resources.

7. Increase in Healthy Competition: Nigerian states without good healthcare, schools and public infrastructure will begin to work hard to provide such, so that they can be seen as good among their counterparts. For instance, if a state is not doing well in providing quality education; and sees people leaving the state for other states that state can decide to work hard to improve the education infrastructure to see that it competes with states with the best education.

8. Less dependence on Oil: Due to the fact, that states now control their resources, crude oil will no longer be the main source of revenue for the country; leading to the increase in diversity in revenue generation. Some states could go into manufacturing, some into real large scale Textile making, some into full time agriculture.

9. General Development: The country will generally develop. Each state will be responsible for the improving a key sector of the economy leading to massive development.


10. Nigerian crude oil could lose value: With the dwindling price of oil, and the growing concern about carbon poisoning caused by crude oil, the world is moving toward a green environment. Hence, revenue generated by oil in the south south of Nigeria will make little or no sense in the international markets in the nearest future. By 2020, many countries in Europe will begin the use of electric vehicles.

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The federal government will be funded by the federating states. Maybe five to ten percent of revenue and the federal government will still be obliged to intervene financially in any part of the country. On representation at the federal level, it should be by how much you are able to contribute from your revenue. Not natural resources but tax revenue. However the best bet is for the country to split up. The Yoruba are better off to merge with the lands west of Nigeria that they have been at nation building with for centuries before colonisation. The same is also true for the Hausa whose kith and kin are in Southern Niger republic.

ToInfinity7777:
Pls Stop this argument. I'll contribute my little as an Akure prince. For the records, Owa of Ijesha doesn't give Akure any crown, Akure crown was brought from Ile-Ife, it was just the name, 'Deji' that was adopted as the title.
Although right now, Akure is Akure, but the fact is we're more of Ekiti than any Yoruba subgroup. Akure royal house is related maternally to Ijesha rulling house, and nothing more.

Ekiti are not one people. How is Akure more Ekiti than Ijesa?. Akure speak more or less the same dialect as Ijesa and the Monarch's title is Ijesa in origin. Why then do you think they will choose Ado Ekiti over Ijesa?. I don't think they will do that but let us wait and see.

ToInfinity7777:
Yes! Anything is possible, we can merge in the future. The only problem I'm having here is the word 'greater Ijesha', that will naturally accumulate Akure into Ijesha which they're not. We can only form alliance in the future, but not part of greater Ijesha.

What do you then think is best to call the potential union seeing that the traditional title is already Ijesa in origin?.

ToInfinity7777:
Yes! Anything is possible, we can merge in the future. The only problem I'm having here is the word 'greater Ijesha', that will naturally accumulate Akure into Ijesha which they're not. We can only form alliance in the future, but not part of greater Ijesha.

I used the phrase Greater Ijesa because the land will be larger and no other name to call it than Ijesha. As at the time of Atakunmosa, Akure was part of Ijesa and the title of the monarch is Ijesa in origin. It was an incursion by Benin that caused Akure to become separate.

ToInfinity7777:
Pls Stop this argument. I'll contribute my little as an Akure prince. For the records, Owa of Ijesha doesn't give Akure any crown, Akure crown was brought from Ile-Ife, it was just the name, 'Deji' that was adopted as the title.
Although right now, Akure is Akure, but the fact is we're more of Ekiti than any Yoruba subgroup. Akure royal house is related maternally to Ijesha rulling house, and nothing more.

No doubt Akure has come into her own but sometimes bigger may be or can be better and the shared history can also not be wished away. I wish a greater Ijesha comprising of Oshogbo and Akure will be created after the end of Nigeria.

illicit:
When Atakunmosa gave the Deji a diadem, he was still a toddler, a prince, he hasn't become a king then

That was why he was named Owafadeji, that was his personal name.
When he became king, he became Deji of Akure and it became a title ever since

Other than that, Akure has nothing in common with Ilesha

The previous Kings has crowns, what owa gave deji wasn't a crown per se, it was a diadem, like a toy given to a child to pacify him

The Ogoga in Ikere Ekiti is a brother to one Deji, there is a room in Dejis palace called Ogogas room.
Asodeboyede founded Akure and he has no ties with Ilesha, he came from Ife on a hunting expedition

The one and only king in Akure that had maternal ties with Ilesha is the Owafadeji

Akure never paid tribute to Ilesha at any time

Akure is more Ekiti than Benin

Most original Ekiti people are aboriginals

They existed before Ife

The diadem in question is enough and the fact that they voluntarily chose to sustain the name. However they are worthy of being a state of their own when Nigeria ends. I am only saying that they join the Ijesa commonwealth since they appear comfortable with a 'diadem' and title of Ijesa origin.

illicit:
No sir

Akure was never part of ilesha

The founder of Akure was Remilekun Ekun Asodeboyede a hunter from ife, you will see his statue at Dejis palace
.There were Kings in Akure before Owafadeji became king.
Owafadeji was a son of one of Owas daughters

Owa never ruled Akure

The original title for Kings in Akure was Alakure/Ajapada

There were several Kings before Owafadeji

The origin of the Deji title is Ijesa as inaugurated by Owa Atakunmosa which you also pointed out. Before being part of Benin, Akure was part of Ijesa and the move to give a crown to the first Deji was a master stroke typical of the Ijesa. The Ijesas have had seven capitals and all locations were sealed one after the other by intermarriages with the locals. The first Deji was an Omo owa and the Deji title in itself is Ijesa. However Akure by fighting the Benin and gaining independence have come to their own. Nevertheless the crown and the land can be readmitted as Ijesa when Nigeria is divided, it will be their decision. However the Ijesa see them as part and parcel of the Ijesa commonwealth and will like to have the land back. The same is true for Osogbo.

The fact that the Deji crown is Ijesa in origin is enough. Why not collect a crown from Ife?.

lx3as:
There was no time in history where Akure was part of Ìjèsà. Deji used to be part of Ekiti pelupelu Obas.

Before being annexed by Benin, Akure was under Ijesa and the first Deji was the grandson of the legendary Owa Atakunmosa. The full meaning of Deji is Owafadeji meaning The Owa gifted him a crown. The Benin invasion was repelled at Ikeji ile Ijesa but they remained in control of Akure before Akure was able to turn the table against the Benin. Akure ended up making Benin its tributary later. You can say Akure has come to their own but their monarchy and crown was originally Ijesa. No debate about that. I think it is better they revert to what they were before the Benin invasion which is Ijesa. Efon Alaaye for instance speak exactly the same language as Ijesa but the Alaaye crown is not an Ijesa crown unless they choose to join because of proximity. Secondly, if you say Akure is more of Ekiti, you can as well say the whole of Ijesa should identify as Ekiti. Ekiti is not one and if there is a Yoruba nation, Ekiti is likely to split and that should be encouraged. They are not under any one umbrella and even fifty thousand people can make a sovereign nation not to talk of a federating unit

How to end ASUU strikes forever- Stop direct government funding of universities.

All government funding of universities should be stopped and replaced with scholarships directly to students, of an equal or greater amount in total. The student will then be at liberty to choose which government school to 'spend' his or her scholarship. The government universities are all gigantic assets and their governing councils should be saddled with the responsibility to fix school fees which students both local and international will pay.
If done this way, government schools will not only break even financially, they will also become profitable. It must be noted that Nigerians currently pay school fees in Ghana greater than the Nigerian federal budget for education.
A student that possesses the entry requirements will be given a scholarship by any of the various tiers of government. Local, state and federal. If this is done, no ASUU will go on strike and expect to be paid and students will no longer spend seven years to do a five year course because of strikes. The most expensive universities in Nigeria will likely be the first tier federal universities if this is done.

ukaface:
Is it wrong to brag about oneself ?
To talk positively about oneself?
To stand tall

That is what you do in a resume.

Dragonsword:
It take more than courage for anyone to leave a your comfort zone and familiar Territories. sadly our brothers from the west, doesn't have such courage.

There are Yorubas in the East but not as much as Igbos in the West. In a place like PH, there are definitely as much Yorubas as Igbos if not more. As immigrant workers across the globe, Yoruba maybe up to double the population of Igbos, I mean in places like the USA and the UK. When you are outside your own land, you are in a way working for that foreign land as the locals control the government. At the end of the day you will be judged by how you managed your own God given land and not by how you excel in other lands.

Mysteriousworld:
Thank you for this, I'm a christian but enjoying this research...

IFA is a scientific theology and not a religion like Christianity threatening unbelievers with hell and breeding terrorists.

stonemasonn:
Number 1 is wrong. Yorubas are artisans by nature not traders, Yorubas will trive in an industrialized environment.
They are city dwellers too.
A Yoruba guy will rather stay in his village than relocate to an Igbo or Hausa village. There are alot of Yorubas in Portharcourt and Warri.

Yes you are right. One shop petty trading is done only by women unlike what is the case with Hausa and Igbo

lx3as:
That Ọwá Obòkun daughter gave birth to a Deji never made Akure to be Ìjèṣas.

All 'Omo Olofin' are Omo Owa, Omo Ẹkun whether in Ìjèsà, Ekiti or Igbomina. The one in Ìjèsà is Ọwá Obòkun.

Akure was a part of Ijesa land before it was occupied by the Benin and later won her independence. That is enough for the people and land to identify as Ijesa. There are many towns in Ijesa land whose monarchies were not inaugurated by any Owa Obokun of Ijesa land having being in existence before Ijesa was inaugurated. Akure is okay to be part of an Ijesa state.

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