₦airaland Forum

win2kwire:
olodo,
for your info it actually works.
Religous devide is what Northern Nigeria is using to dominate the country politically, economically and socially.
Religious divide is why the Hausa/Fulani hegemony keeps 75% of Nigeria's oil wells and wealth in their pockets!

They continue to remain dominant in Nigerian politics thanks to religous divide. Buhari, an illiterate 80 year old sick individual is president of the most educated black country on earth thanks to religious divide!

A naive person saying religious divide does not work, it is certainly working for some!

mideactive:
Be wary of d kind of group u support,dis guys are only trying to work their way back2aso rock. Mind u,it will be political suicide if Tinubu does not apply wisdom @ dis point bro..

LexngtonSteele:

You are the f00l. ..the obvious m0ron ...

Olusola + Morenike Saraki - 1st generation

Bukola, Laolu & Gbemisola - 2nd

Can't remember Saraki's daughter's name...Son is Teniola.

It pains you that Yorubas will always be far smarter than you. Stop exposing your micro. ...

Lived in Kwara for decades. ...Try again, you are ridiculing yourself

mideactive:
Don't be deceived,d whole agitation is all about getting back to aso rock.look @ all the people in attendance and tell me anything meaning they av done for there people.I still chose Tinubu ahead of 'em all any day any time.but for Obj,I'll pass..

LexngtonSteele:

Yes...Losers who have Vice President and Senate President positions (Number 2 & 3)

Maybe you should check your history books and see how Yorubas have lost since 1999 or even earlier

Tell me when you IPOBs have smelt power last...when Ekweremandu is content with being a house boy


BUKOLA and OLUSOLA (his father) are Fulani names....

Chairman of Dundee United you must be


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LexngtonSteele:

Yes...Losers who have Vice President and [s][/s]Senate President positions (Number 2 & 3)

Maybe you should check your history books and see how Yorubas have lost since 1999 or even earlier

Tell me when you IPOBs have smelt power last...when Ekweremandu is content with being a house boy

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blackfase:
Hes confirmed Oodua descendant...

mideactive:
Good development though,but asides ooni n Afe babalola,the rest are same old guys that lost d 2015 election. There must be a synergy among yoruba leaders irrespective of their political affiliation.achieving a fair deal for the Yoruba race should be the focus. the truth is,if PDP gets into power in 2019 d song will change.we can't continue like dis,d Yoruba interest should come first b4any individual's interest.I strongly doudt dis gathering, its looks more like a PDP thing.expecting something a bit more robust..

ColonelDrake:
First of all, thanks to Afenifere for this initiative - bringing Yoruba stakeholders together with a view to coming up with a unified Yoruba position on restructuring. Every Yoruba Christians, liberals, traditionalists and atheists still supporting this contraption called Nigeria and opposing every move to restructure should have a rethink. See, Yoruba nation is going down the drain day by day and no one seems to care. Educationally, we have lost it! Check the recent WAEC performance stats released recently. Chai, I remember my days. Stop deluding yourself about Yoruba leading the pack. Those days are gone.

Yoruba youths have become very lazy. This is why they asslick and kowtow to politicians for crumbs. Morally, nko? Yoruba youths don't want to thread the noble path of working hard to achieve success. Stop all this APC PDP bullshits! Think Yoruba first. Think about your unborn children. Yoruba have lost it! Apart from the normal diss we have with the Igbos here, we should not oppose Biafra and restructuring. Most of you think APC or you have been deceived and brainwashed to think there is one anti corruption fight going on. Wake up and smell the coffee. Hausa Fulani are the biggest winner in this disagreement among the southern regions. The more the Yorubas are hobnobbing with the Abokiiss, the more retrogressive they become. Iron sharpeneth Iron.

Heck, we don't even control our own ports in the SW. They are all manned by Hausa Fulani. They control the port and even custom in our own domain and you're not ashamed. Gullible Yorubas, wake up, think and let us support this move for restructuring while the heat is on.

This is a distress call to Yoruba Christians, liberals, atheists and traditionalist. Stop hiding your cowardice in the name of sophistication.

If you want your unborn children to inherit this mess of APC PDP and the retrogression that this quota system one Nigeria and unitary system represents, then you can be my guest.

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

fumiswtpusy:
Godbless you my brother.dont mind them,they always have slavish mentality,although I am a yoruba muslim myself but I m planning on leaving the religion of PISS very soon

omohayek:
But are you sure he's even Yoruba to begin with? Because his brand of divisive religious fanaticism is definitely not typical of Yoruba people, no matter their religious confession. Something just doesn't smell quite right with his zealously anti-Islamic attitude (and I'm saying that as a non-Muslim myself).

intervention3:
...you're typing trash....u know nothing about Yoruba..check the record of ogun state 10 years ago and check it now....in Nigeria today.. ogun state is the 3rd state with d highest industries and you say Yoruba are not doing better ..sometimes I wonder if people like you travel at all

Bede2u:
A suggestion on how restructure can be;


1. Recognise the six geopolitical zones as federating units and let INEC conduct elections to elect their governors. Name the SE zone as Biafra state, SW as Odu'a state, SS as Niger Delta state, NC as Middle Belt state, NW as Arewa state, NE as Kanuri state.

2. The current 36 states will become metropolitan areas and the current 36 governors will become Mayors. Scrap entirely the current 774 LGA arrangment. The current LGA chairmen will go to the new six state assemblies as legislators. The councilors will be dissmissed.

3. Return Ilorin and Kabba to Odu'a state. Asaba, and other Igboid part of SS should be conceeded to Biafra (to quell unnessesary agitation). Ijaw part of Ondo should return to Niger Delta state. The fulani part of Kwara and Niger go to Arewa state. Nasarawa should go to Kanuri state. The Christian part of Taraba goes to Middle Belt state.

4. The offshore oil belongs to us, therefore we must share. The 36 Metros should still get what they are currently getting, while the new six states should now get what the LGA where getting before. So a state will get only the amount that would have accrued to the LGA it had before. The oil fields found inland should however be ceded to host communities. The assets of NNPC and NLNG should still belong to FG but must be treated as a private company when minning oil found inland.

5. Some NPF police officers should be transfered to state service as state police. Same should be with some prison wardens as state prison officers. Many of items on exclusive list (such as energy and power generation) should be moved to concurrent list to allow states participate. Only defence, foreign affairs and currency operations should be exclusive. Because of this, the oil revenue share retained by the FG will decrease to give more to the 6 states and 36 metros.

6. Increase the number of senator to 115. The extra 6 should be one first class king from each of the 6 states. Such as the sultan, ooni, obi, oba of benin etc. The new 6 states should have houses of chiefs to be made up of the remaining top monarchs in the zone. Any monarch not included should be considered irrelevant and derobed. The office of the Senate President and his deputy should be discontinued. Let the Vice President double as Senate President while the majority leader acts as his deputy.

7. Some LGA Civil Servants should be absorbed by the new states, the rest should be dissmissed. Federal roads should also become State responsibility, while airports, Seaports and railway should remain with FG. All seaports should have equal status.

By this, agitations will reduce grossly to give government at each level chance to do its job. Also the unaccounted waste by the current 774 LGAs will stop. The FG by this arrangement sheds power, but not enough to make it irrelevant. Also traditional rulers start actually working for the Nation to compensate for the millions they cost us. By this also Biafra would have been given to my Igbo people, Niger Delta would have been given to SS and Odu'a would have been given to SW.

omohayek:
But are you sure he's even Yoruba to begin with? Because his brand of divisive religious fanaticism is definitely not typical of Yoruba people, no matter their religious confession. Something just doesn't smell quite right with his zealously anti-Islamic attitude (and I'm saying that as a non-Muslim myself).

GeneralAchuzia1:
. dey there dey foam for ur sme11ng mouth, Dahomey and the Fulani militias are coming for you

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GeneralAchuzia1:
face of cowardice dented with a tribal marks which significantly showed the cowardic side of the afonja demons

DabuIIIT:
femi those 1m ppl cannot be categorised as normal human beings and we all know the parts late Adedibu and Arisekola and their boys played for abacha.
Pls,thats an ugly past,it has nothing to profit us now. How are we southerners gonna have any head_way When we are constantly at eachother's throat?

My region,ND,want True federalism/Restructuring/Resource Control..

The SE are pushed to the wall and,understandably, are pushing for seccession..these are legitimate agitation.
The question now is,do u ppl have a different agitation?
Well if u do,then goodluck.
Have a great week.

T9ksy:
Abi o jare!!!

I concur with the Op assertion that ibos can't play opposition govt, clear example is the fact that in spite of how the same northerners slaughtered

them in 1945 and again in 1953, the ibos willingly went into coalition with the same northerners in the 1st republic, as a junior partner.

After the civil war where we saw the genocidal act inflicted on their sorry little a.r.ses by the same northerners, again the ibo went into coalition

with the latter in the second republic. Even their warlord who sacrificed 3million of them for his ego and ambition came from back exile to join

the same people he vowed never to have anything to do with except on the battlefield.

However, the ibos are very quick to label others as fulani "slaves".

Very funny set of people.

DabuIIIT:
did the yorubas fight alone,didnt you have support from ss and se?

Did the ss and se join hands with the north (like u lots are doing now against ur fellow south) against you during those harrowing years? Provide answers pls.

9jakool:
Stop right there! The grand boubou is the clothing style you are referencing and yes it has many variations, but the one Yorubas wear is very distinct as it's traditionally woven with Aso Oke fabric and it's usually less loose compared to the ones from Senegal or Gambia. Don't assume things you don't know. Islamic spread in Yorubaland is recent and only gained popularity after 1800s. Agbada has been worn well before that. In fact, much of the time, Agbada is associated with traditionalists.

You can't claim what is not yours by saying it's a "West African" thing. Prior to the British fabrication of Nigeria, Igbos didn't wear it; it's a simple fact. Yorubas heavily shaped the fashion industry and fashion culture in Nigeria. You know well that you are not sincere without mentioning Yoruba. When did Igbos start to look at Hausa for fashion? How come Igbos don't call it by its Hausa name, which is "babban Riga" since the Hausa popularized it to the Igbos? How come they call it "Agbada" its Yoruba name?

Now back to the picture, is it a coincidence that he happened to be wearing a Yoruba-style hat with a Yoruba agbada? Admittedly the style is modernized a bit, but it's still a Yoruba wear. The native name for that hat he's wearing is "gobi." That agbada is short which has a distinct name which is "gbariye." There is no doubt that Yorubas heavily have shaped the fashion culture and industry in Nigeria.