₦airaland Forum

Beaf:
This is why it is good to travel. In all honesty, I was shocked and taken aback when I read the OP's words about Benue.
It is important to know every part of the country (or as much of it as possible).

Even if you have no reason, travel.

Visit Shere hills (Nigeria's highest point); see what the Osun Grove is about; learn about the crafts in Bida; see wonderful ancient architecture in Kano; visit the National Museum in Lagos and see a majestic palace gate, as well as the enchanting Igbo Ukwu bronzes; pass through Obolo Afor and eat banana's the size of plantains, marvel at acres of cashew and mango tree's seemingly growing wild; check out the dye pits of Kano; visit Naraguta and see beautiful leather; don't just hear about Onitsha and Ochanja Markets, actually go there; go see what Ebu Wonder is about or watch Atilogwu or Bata.

Nigeria is a very beautiful place. Travel.

Visit Kaduna south and call any of them an Hausa, and see for yourself.

on my first day in kaduna proper , after three weeks in camp, i got onto a bike and requested to be taken to an address that was like 15km away, my dear, as we approach the place with the bike man still on full rev i tapped him on the shoulders and called out " Aboki , aboki stop. "

this guy got so angry that i called him aboki-( which means a gentleman or something like that in Hausa) that he left without accepting my money.

i still feel his fuming and disappointment. he was really mad and angry.

he asked me a question i won't forget : "what is the difference btw yourself and me ?"


my broda, where do i start to answer such a question ?

it doesnt mk sense to me

IMO, i think it will be Awolowo for the Yorubas. but Abiola for Nigerians in whole.

most Non-yorubas see awo as the source of tribalism in Nigeria

manchy7531:
I trust Yoruba. They no send small time drug deals. But £4million! JESUS!

you shd b ashamed of yourself, are u praising him like? anyway, it read Nigerian , so na all of us the shame is upon.

its high time , we as individual stopped any form of tacit or subtle praise of such and any crime. i am tired of being singled out of the line at the airport every time i present my passport .

For Christ sake is there no YouTube channel dedicated to ojukwu where all his videos and photo shots can b accessed ?

The burial need s to b broadcasted live on YouTube

9ja_I_hail:
@ op you are faster than me,i was about posting this news before i saw that you have already posted it.well i am now happy as i was in india live and attended the last igbo community gathering for ojukwu burial in india,i was very happy when every1 agreed to close down their business in honour of ojukwu, both those that has factory in channai  oboy you need to visit places like channai etc you will realize that igbo's are smart,industrious,talented, i met more than 20 igbos who i visited their factories and business places. i can't believe nigeria is losing this kind of talented individuals for politics sack.saw igbos producing many things and export their products to africa.well i weep for thee nigiria politics has eaten you up nigiria.biafra my country i am waiting for you ooo.

close down ? abi shut their doors for a day ?

Anyway still a good news.

Logic Mind:
If hating yorubas make me a tribalist, I claim am. I am a tribalist.
A nuclear bomb in Ore would not be a bad idea.

Are u off ur mind ? are u not ashamed of ursef that u let ur brain even think of such ?

wetin common yoruba man wey dey Ore do u ? sincerely it is really disgusting to think of such

please stop this tit for tat .

please please i beg of you.


Tribalism is a known stock in trade for the Yorubas, the more u join them in their petty bitterness and dance of shame, the more you look like them. do u want to look like a yoruba ?



Diya is a fine man who served this country, our country.

There is no rivalry between igbos and yorubas.

There is no rivalry between lions and she-goats.

There is no rivalry between free men and slaves of the fulanis .

There is no rivalry between brave warriors and cowards.

There is no rivalry between freedom fighters and betrayers.

There is no rivalry between clealiness and dirtiness.

There is no rivalry between entrepreneurship and book follow follow.

There is no rivalry between intelligent actions and basket mouth nothingness.

There is no rivalry between natural beauty and unnatural ugliness.

There is no rivalry between steadfastness and religious confusion.

There is no rivalry between self made men and subsidy beggars.

There is no rivalry between real commanders and crying generals.

There is no rivalry between a melodious language and a headache inducing one.

There is no rivalry between igbos and yorubas.

please ooh , i am not a tribalist (a.k.a Awos), the poet abi pose is not from me, i am only pasting it here for thorough soul searching and cyber reflection

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but why Abiola and not Alowolo ?

Just now about 6:25pm sunday 26th Feb. 2012, two Yoruba men caught with bombs in Suleja Niger State trying to blow a worship centre.

^^^^ silly PDP Tout.

Imo budget for this year is at 180 billion. with capital expenditure of 73.6 % 

free education for secondary n primary school is been assisted by World bank.

READ THIS PDP BOI

Following the introductions, the Governor sat down with his principal officers and the journalists for a breakfast during which he explained his bearing. Excerpts:


What is the scope of the work going on in the state?

We have dabbled into federal government projects and that is why we are being slowed down. We are dualising the Airport road, we are dualising the Okigwe road, we are dualising Orlu road, we are dualising the Mbaise road so as to make the whole state a one city state.

For us, completion is already planned. We have a chart we are following and we have tarred most of the roads. If you go to Ekinegbo road you will see it, but we intend to have all the roads tarred before the end of September. If you go to Oguta, what they used to call water-lake, you will see that we are turning it into a Bar Beach now and we are turning it around, even the hotel has been completely renovated. It is not something I think I can take credit, I think there is hand of God in it. I think Angels are beginning to award contracts themselves. But there is the monumental project, which you are not seeing yet. In the last two weeks we awarded a contract of about N31 billion naira for the ‘Hand of God’? The ‘Hand of God’ is going to be the tallest tower in Africa, if not in Africa and Europe.



It is an issue of vision and sacrifice, and prudent utilization of resources. In the time past, the last administration had about N280 billion that came into the state. And 95 per cent or 90 per cent of that money went on recurrent. But we have reversed the trend of recurrent, that is the  secret. Now we have 27 per cent recurrent and 73 per cent capital.


How did you do it?

How we did it is that we introduced what is called “Commercialization”. Take for instance, Concord hotel for the past thirty years never yielded one naira profit for government. Concord, since its inception! When I came in, I met a debt of N450 million owed to the Lebanese company running Concord, plus the N850 million given to the man to renovate the place. So, we spent N1.2 billion in 12 years and no one naira came out and we still owed.

When I came in, I reversed the trend, I sacked the man and I started the renovation of Concord, set up a new management team and then handed it over to Ministry of Tourism. Their salary is about N12 million every month. Now, for the first time, Concord made N40 million. And now it is taking care of paying all the salary of Ministry of Tourism and that has reduced recurrent from our budget. So, every ministry has something similar to Concord allocated to them.

Eventually, we may have a state where money that come from the federal government appropriation will be used (wholly) for capital projects. While the internally generated revenue, plus the commercialization effort take care of staff welfare and everything.

We have brought business acumen today into governance and removed all the waste and closed down all the pipes of waste. Like for instance, I removed N4 billion out of my security vote back to the conference. This N4 billion would have been money unaccountable.

Insecurity has dropped by almost 70% in Imo state, I mean crime has dropped. These are some of the things making the difference. It’s just sacrifices, prudence in the utilization of resources, bending the laws of due process without breaking it.

and no junk , malicious lies , it puts people off , like the Bianca story. that was the day i stopped following u.

the lecturing starts at 2:00 , enjoy !

I dont know what to think of this man, we shall see, he is barely a year in office. but giving out salary to secondary school students yet the classrooms are in such a dilapidated state. i wonder ooh

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ABEG mk una follow me see Rochas lecturing Economics to imo secondary school.

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Rochas "HAND OF GOD'S TOWER"

http://www.igbolandforum.com/index.php?topic=594.msg1662#msg1662


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THE NEW COLLEGE OF ADVANCE STUDIES- NUCLEAR PHYSICS n NANOTECHNOLOGY

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render of the NEW 7 STAR HOTEL PROPOSED BY ROCHAS

afam4eva:
@mcjive
I guess the indigenes are those who their parents are from Imo state.

so if a woman who is from imo but married an Abia man lives in owerri where her husband works as a chef in concond hotel. and has been in that post and lived in the city for over 7 years. their children are all born and bread in owerri, would u expect those kids to pay out of state tuition , and not enjoy the free education ?

^^^ i did call to find out, and all i got was , Men Rochas is working, all the road in owerri , every road ,, i was like how can u say every road,
and they( not one person) replied YES - EVERY SINGLE ROAD.

dualizing all the federal roads in the state

owerri- Okigwe.

owerri- mbaise - umuahia

owerri- Airport

owerri- orlu

three new university same time.

A complete advance something something college

A revamped IBC- i heard its clearer than BBC something em for pass CNN

privatized all the state moribund industry, state farms,


though nothing on industries.

awarded contract to Build " the hand of God"

So how do u define an indigene?

Rochas is brillant, but i dont like aspect of Imo for Imo, how about an Anambra man , or those Hausas living in owerri since i was a kid, who works and pays ( though nobody pays taxes, but if such demand is requested, is willing to pay his share) , . . his share of whatever, and has been there- Imo state, for ages, why would their children not be qualified to enjoy the free education ?


In America for instance, i know there is a big discrepancy in state tuition and non-state tuition, but if say a Texas man moves to NewYork and resides for a long time , he becomes entitled to partake in any state benefit.

exploit it? what kind of language is that ?

If there is money to be made in igala, invest and ripe the benefit.