₦airaland Forum

ChikezieU:
Am nt a historian but this just got my head spinning like a chopper

barcanista:
When Boro declared his Republic, some ethnic minorities feared that the Ijaws are set to dominate them. This is similar to the fears of some ethnic groups within the Eastern region when Biafra was declared. In retrospect, the Ijaws were guilty of the same thing we accuse the Igbos. For instance before the creation of Bayelsa State in 1996, the Ijaws dominated political offices of old Rivers State. It produced the two elected Governors. What did the Ogonis, Ekpeyes, ikwerres etc get? Second choice. Which ethnic nationality benefits more from the Amnesty and other Niger Delta programs? Ijaws. Is this what we call equity and justice? No. But should that be as a basis to tag Ijaws enemies of others? No!

What we need is to address these issues of course, but we must remain in unity for our broader objectives. I am 100% Ijaw, I was so glad when I saw the ikwerres, ibibios, Igbos, Efiks, urobos, ogonis etc unite for Jonathan. That was a confirmation that there is an unbreakable chord that bind us.

macjive01:
Ezeagu, please igbos are not 30% of lagos.
as per last census, REAL raw data organised by APC led government of Tinubu, Igbos ( Easterner) produced 42% (initially 44%) of the accounted figure.

Economy:

Igbos control an over sized 65% of both trade and formal commerce, (excluding multinational and foreign companies )

tonychristopher:
Sometimes I don't understand why guys should be discussing businesses with yolobas.


A yoloba business outlook goes thus.

1. Yoloba shops that sell kuli kuli have uniform securities opening doors to customers that come once in 5hrs.

2. A yolobawoman pays her shop rentage from the pocket of her hubby who prolly works in a bank or govt staff.

3. A yolobawoman will sell plastic on monday, biscuit on tuesday, agbo on wednesday, phone accessories on Thursday, okrika on friday while on saturday morning she will sell everything on her shop auction to go and bail her clothes in tailor which she will use to party on sunday.

4. Yolobamen will sell all the wares in their shop to host naming ceremony, two weeks later the church will announce that a brother have accommodation problem and need donation.

5. There can never be two yolobawomen selling similar items on the same street.

6. There can never be two yolobawomen selling similar things opposite each other in the same expressway.

7. Yoloba person can never give you change even if you bought N900 goods and gave her N1k, they will devote more energy and strength abusing and insulting you instead of looking for change.

8. That your a customer to a yolobawoman does not mean you can buy from others when she didn't have the item, your finished the day you patronized Iya Dotun across mainroad when Iya Sikiru don't have the item.

9. A yoloba will spend 9000hp of energy abusing and insulting you instead of .1hp to price a goods with you, to them you don't need to price the goods.

10. A yolobaman will start selling tiles the day he heard that that Emeka selling tiles bought a car.

11. A yolobaman will likely quit his job and borrow from bank to start importing electrical appliances the day he heard that Okoro the electronic dealer in the shop down the street bought a land at Ogun state.

12. A small shop selling cheap imported clothes , jewellries or wines own by a yolobawoman will likely have a secretary, a cleaner, two uniform security men on one door, an air conditioner, industrial generator powering the shop from sun up to sun down......but an average of four customers per week on peak period which two came to make inquiries.

Yolobass need business tutorials, businesses are not done without networking and internship but they will tell you igbos are doing bloodmoney, arm robberies and selling drugs.

SirShymexx:
Ezeagu

Breakdown of the drivers of the Lagos economy by the Lagos state government.

Interestingly, seven (7) out of the 28 Sectors emerged as major drivers of Lagos economy:

- Manufacturing - 29.60%,

- Road Transport - 26.47%,

- Building and Construction - 19.70%,

- Wholesale and Retail - 8.39%,

- Telecommunications - 3.71%,

- Financial Institutions - 3.51%

- Real Estate - 2.01%.

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/images/pageimages/downloadfiles/docs/LAGOS_STATE_GDP2010.pdf (page 10)

^^^Which of these sectors is dominated by Igbos?

He declared, ‘’there is nothing wrong with Nigeria as whole. What is wrong with us is the total lack of mercy in our activities.
Here, it was clear that what Boro and his Ijaw people seek was a separate state within Nigeria, outside igbo control, but the east, dominated by igbo had prevented this with no any way out. Hence, the need to sort for other ways.
Please note, Boro and his gang begin their so called revolution after it was clear that Igbo’s had seize the federal government when Ironsi took over as head of state, they already believed that with the Igbo as head of state, it was almost impossible to achieve their aim of having a separate state through any legal means, hence their decision to struck.

superstar1:
Why do people like reasoning like this?

What were you looking at for 6years under GEJ or GEJ is from Mali?

What is the business of SW with Port? I cannot remember any notable yoruba in GEJ's government, why could GEJ still not achieve it.

Onne port is functional, why are the people crying wolf all of a sudden not using the same port which is closer to SE and SS.

When we were telling you GEJ did nothing inn6yeats, you were all arguing and calling it a gang-up against the Mandela of Otuoke. Can you see now that he was just drinking tea and buying jets?

tobtap:
when i see ignorant nigerians like u i SMH.... there is portharcourt,warri,onne and onitsha inland port,and yet the east is still crying and blaming the GOOD people of the south west who provided a good economic environment for the development of there region....y dont the so called ibo traders use those ports mentioned above? jonathan was there for 6 yeARS and did nothing....u idiots now blame the yorubas for your FAILURES.[b][/b]

kettykings:
My suggestions would have been for the easterner to import their goods via the douala deep sea transshipment port in Cameroon and use trawlers to bring the goods to Aba via the opobo river,until such a time that the niger deltans the are awake to their responsibilities
Mean while the port is less than the distance to Lagos port.

blaizze:
oh lawd of mercy!!!

specco:
Stop the blasphemy. Not that Jesus couldnt but he just refused being told what to do by Satan. Now which is greater- turning a stone into a bread at the request of Satan OR raising the dead, walking on the water, making the blind to see, the lame to walk, feeding multitudes with 2 fishes and few loaves of bread etc etc...and rising from the dead himself. Boy, tell me which is greater?

ibedun:
Sir Emeka is okay as he is married to a Yoruba woman.

I love to see Igbos turn stones to gold in Igboland first then I would believe the above. Hairy chest beating villagers.