₦airaland Forum

Chuksphil2go: WHY DO THEY HATE US SO MUCH?
Is it our fault that We are domineering, Fearless,
Outspoken and courageous?
Is it our fault that We unanimously embraced one religion?
Is it our fault that we send our young girls to sch instead of giving them out as brides?
Is it our fault that we are blessed with handsome and beautiful elegant men and women?
Is it our fault that We refused to mutilate our good looking faces with tribal marks?
Is it our fault that We decided to invest our 20pounds wisely instead of using it to buy white Arabian brocades or using it to dance Owambe at every night clubs around.
Is it our fault that we are the region with lowest poverty rate and highest literacy level after having denied political positions for over 40years?
Is it our fault that We refused to be comfortable with poverty?
Is it our fault that We live a big life outside our region or is it our fault that they've decided to: be our gate men, polish our shoes, cut our nails and hawk herbal medicines around our streets?
Is it our fault that We are realists who prefer to be entrepreneurs instead of carrying files looking for non existing white cola jobs?
Is it our fault that We practice true democracy, instead of receiving decrees and order from dictators otherwise known as monarchs.
Is it our fault that We see and exploit opportunities which they fail to see?
They said we disgrace the nation, but thank God we've not been involved in any act of terrorism either in UK or in any American Airline.
They said, we are illiterate traders, but NYSC record credits Imo and Abia as producing highest number of graduates in recent years.
They said they are the learned ones, but NUC record as at 2010 records Imo to have the highest number of Professors in Nigeria. While Anambra is the third after Ondo(2nd).
They said they feed us, thank God for Ebonyi farmers who always prove them wrong
They said we promote tribalism, but how come we are seen at every nook and cranny of Nigeria mixing and interacting with our fellow compatriots?
They said we are troublesome but how come there are no shootings and bombings in our region?
They said we are greedy and corrupt I begin to wonder if Abacha, Farouk, Etteh, Ibori, Bankole et al are Igbos?
They said we traffic drugs, it makes me wonder again if
Actress,
Taiwo Akinwande A.K.A Wunmi Yetunde, Fuji guitarist Fatoke Abiodun and the rest caught trafficking drugs are Igbos?
They said we are the problem they have in this country, then how come they suddenly get uncomfortable at the hearing of "Biafra Independence"?
They said no Igbo man will rule this country, why then are they still at this level of development with all the periods they've been in power?
They said we are dubious and fraudsters, then how come Osun and Ogun state still top the list in number of 'yahoo-yahoo boys'?
An igbo proverb says: Nwata kpakaria ibe ya na nku, asi n'okpara ya n'ajò ohia (if a child picks more firewood more than his peers, his peers will accuse him of trespassing into the evil forest).
Hatred and jealousy has never done anyone any good. Let's embrace the spirit of ONE NIGERIA.
Stephen Kalu.

as much as I agree withi your points I still think you post it to a wrong thread

please God bring SNC quick to us. but i dont know why SW politicians are joining the core north to campaign against it,

hypocricy and backbiting is the worst type of life. friends and neighbors should be careful.

premiuntimes was too fast yesterday to label Enugu the crime capital of nigeria just to scare travellers.
http://premiumtimesng.com/news/147014-enugu-crime-capital-nigeria-survey.html

this issue with them is all about Enugu international airport. Isn't lagos SW enjoy this for more than 40yrs now.
but less than 6 months of Enugu SE of coming onboard SW media going gaga.

what is the harm IBOs did against YORUBAs? Yoruba attacks on IBOs is getting too much for my likey.
i like the way ibos are not attacking back shaa.

Remove Stella remove stella everywhere in the west, is it for what? just because of enugu international airport?
even if she is removed just to pacify the yorubas do you think its a prove that ibos will be help down perpetualy?

viii. Car Theft
The Survey revealed that 4% of respondents have had their cars stolen in the past one year. The highest incidence of car theft occurred in the North West (6%), followed by the South South (5%). The North East and South West recorded 4% and 3% respectively, while the South East and North Central recorded 2% and 1% respectively. 35% of cars were stolen in victims’ homes, 34% near victims’ homes, 19% elsewhere and 12% at their work place or school.

on car theft lagos records 5% plus 4%SW which is 9%, this make SW the hub of car theft in naija.
why should cleen place NW of the top of that list while yorubas are worst hitted on this area.

pls lets be sincere in our action for a better naija.

vi. Attempted Murder
5% of respondents stated that they were victims of attempted murder. This indicated an increase from the 3% recorded in 2012. The highest was in the North East (8%), followed by the South South and North West with 7% each, the South West (6%), North Central (3%) and South East (2%) had the lowest incidence in this analysis.

this area all SW states were were not seperated why?

iii. Kidnapping and Attempted Kidnapping
A total of 3% of the respondents interviewed nationwide said that they had been victims of kidnapping or attempted kidnapping. The South West had the highest incidence of kidnapping with 5%, followed by the South East and South South with 4% each. The North West and North East each had an incidence of 3%, with the lowest being North Central at 2%.

SHOW ME LAGOS IN THIS INFO ABOVE.
I HOPE WE SEE WHAT AM TALKING ABOUT. LAGOS RECORDs THE RATE OF 4% PLUS 5% IN SW WHICH IS 9% MAKING SW THE KIDNAPING HUB OF NAIJA. CLEEN IS GIVING TOO MANY FAVORS TO SW IN THIS REPORT.

NAIJA I HAIL THEE, ONE NAIJA MY FOOT.

seanet02: You always want to group Lagos with South west when it comes to statistics on the bad side,
But when Yorubas and South Westerners says that Lagos belong to them, you will start running your isi ewu mouth.
Nkita Ara

sorry my brother i think you get it wrong or you are been angry for nothing.

the issue here is that cleen present lagos sepearte from SW in some reports and join them with SW in another.
these are all in one report sheet.

bro lets be reasonable for once and keep sentiment aside. this is the major reason naija is going no where.

Rape and Attempted Rape
SS 10%
NE 6%
SW 4%?
NW 4%
LAGOS 3%?
NC 3%
SE 1%
3 + 4 is 7% which make SW west second in this area but cleen conviniently seperate lagos from SW to give SW favor here.

ii. Rape and Attempted Rape
5% of respondents stated that they had been raped or been victims of attempted rape. The analysis according to geopolitical zones shows that the South South has the highest incidence with 10%, followed by the North East (6%). The South West and North West recorded 4% each. The North Central recorded 3% and South East had the lowest score of 1%. The incidence of rape has been on the increase from 3% in 2011 to 5% in 2013. When victims were asked where the rape occurred, 36% said it happened near their own homes; 19% said it occurred at their homes and 13% said it occurred in the school or work place. Again the challenge of security and safety in the homes is explicitly exhibited in rape case. Respondents were further asked how widespread the incidence of rape was: 10% believed it was very widespread, 33% said it happened occasionally, 48% believed it was non-existent while 9% said they do not know.

LOOK AT THE INFO ANALYSIES AND SEE HOW CLEEN GROUP SECRETLY MINUS LAGOS FROM THEIR INFO. I KNOW THE SEPERATION IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF GIVING SW A SOFT LANDING.

If Mr. Kemi Okenyodo, Executive Director CLEEN Foundation conducts a credible research of the crimes around naija very well without favouratism i blv SW will record higher above every region in crime summary followed by SE and NE, SS, NC and then NW.

I mean in general summary of crime commited. i have been in almost every region in naija so i know what am talking about.
all this lagos medias trying to over publicize crime in the east is purely a witch hunting of the ibos. am from a minority state so i know game.

ARM VIOLENCE OTHER THAN RoBBERRY BY REGION:

NE 11%
SS 9%
NC E%
NW 3%
LAGOS 2% ?
SW 1% ?
SE 1%

I SMELL FOUL PLAY HERE. IF A CREDIBLE GROUP DO THIS RESEARCH I BLV SW CRIME FIGURE % WILL GO HIGHER THAN THIS,
ANYWAY BELOW INFO ARE PURELY WHY SW RATE IS LOWER THAN TRUE SITUATION.

Presented by 'Kemi Okenyodo, Executive Director CLEEN Foundation, a non-governmental organisation which aims to promote public safety, security and accessible justice in Nigeria and West Africa

ownership of gun statistics is

SE 3%
NE 3%
SW 2%?
NC 2%
SS 1%
NW 1%
LAGOS 1% ?

WHY DID THEY HAS TO SEPERATE LAGOS FROM SW JUST TO GIVE SW BETTER GRADE.

WHY ARE THERE FOUL PLAY IN EVERYTHING IN NAIJA. EVEN SO CALLED INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION.

Dudu_Negro: Its a fraud to give information to the public that negatively impacts and distorts the truth about events in any one region as is done here by Cleen.

To get a true and accurate info on the rate of kidnapping you cannot go by court records or police arrest because those two are inconsistent you must run a risk factor survey in which you ask people in each region to assess security risk in their areas.

Why is the family of Governor of Akwa Ibom relocated to SW, why are all the important elite groups in SS/SE relocated to SW, why are all the important and leadership decision making meetings in SE held in SW?

What is risk factor that terrifies prople in SS/SE and cause their migratory drift to SW?

Charts and polls and statistical datas are indicators, they are not error proof and are very subjectively attached to an end.

The end here is security contracts for Cleen. The Chairman of the board has degree in criminology. Lagos is fighting a war on crime. He has to raise the risk bar and promote his company as a solution for the problem.

In a sane society he will be blacklisted by government and as well sued.

sincerely am not into your yoruba hate ibo stuff,

but i blv the reason most SS/SE diginitaries lives in lagos which is in SW is bcus it former FCT for such a long time.
it has noting to do with been better than their region security wise.

by the way why did this cleen group cunningly seperates lagos from SW in some areas they feel SW will top the chart.

Symphony007: http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/aviation-crises-nigerians-shun-domestic-air-travel/

punch again ?

Mrs Stella Oduah has not stop Lagos Airport from operating,
she equaly upgraded lagos air along other nigeria airports,

Mrs Oduah many sin just that she open up another region for developement.

i must warn you guys to stop making enemies of this ibo people that did you guys no wrong
you might need them one day remember we are all human onething or another can bring human down then you may need your neighbor.

Yorubas should be very careful because nothing last forever.

this woman has done you guys nothing that warrants your venom
those that attacks first lives in fear of revenge.

live ibos alone this group of people is not the reason naija is like this we all are involved.
i have not seen any of your yoruba minister or leader of any group this ibos take upon them to bring down.

what you guys are doing one way or another comfirms to us neautral groups that you guys hates ibo with passion.
yorubas are making unnessesary enemity with ibos.

my advice to ibos is to reject any politician that has outside influence else sorry will be your name.

tinubu should be the last neighbor to trust by any group.

The Bulletproof Saga, Why Aviation Ministers Case Will Never End - By Malik Shabazz, Abuja.

1. For some time now Stella Oduah has come under intense attacks by people I prefer to call "aviation ministry cabal". Those attacks climaxed after the opening of Enugu International Airport with allegations of ethnic cleansing in the Aviation ministry flying here and there. Falsified figures were bandied about and even the acting DG of NCAA then came under attack as one of her "ethnic plants".

That line of attack ended only after reports were leaked by officials of aviation ministry showing the ethnic composition of the Ministry. It became clear that the particular ethnic group of origin of her accusers control more than 64% of the staff strength of the ministry, including NCAA. Of course the Acting DG of NCAA was later replaced by Captain Fola Akinkotun in May 2013. The attacks slowed down, especially with the key sponsor fighting on other fronts to defend his libido and past drug lives.

2. Immediately after the crash of the Agagu aircraft, the same aviation cabal went to town with calls for the sack of Stella Oduah for "failing to prevent the accident".

As you probably now know, the Black Box of that aircraft was promptly recovered and analyzed in Nigeria (not overseas as it used to be under past ministers) and we read the recorded on board argument between Captain, Yakubu Abdulrahman, and the first officer. In summary, the first officer felt the aircraft should not take off while the Captain overruled him and took off. The plane crashed as warned by the first officer.

This report failed to receive enough media attention even after the Commissioner of AIB, Muktar Usman, made them public in a news briefing. Obviously the crash can be attributed to pilot error as against a Minister's error as we were made to believe.

A similar incident happened the next day in Sokoto when an aircraft from Kano en-route to Saudi Arabia was making a stop over in Sokoto to pick other passengers. The Pilot was instructed by the Control tower to land on runway No 15, but he ignored the experts advise and choose to land on a narrow runway N0 5, which nearly wasted over 250 pilgrims on board. All these incidents has nothing to air safety in Nigeria, but human error that little care and efforts should have prevented their occurrence. The same gangs went on air calling for the aviation Ministers head.

3. When this report of purchase of two bullet proof vehicles broke via their sponsored media outfit, all the documents tendered showed clearly that the Purchase Order was issued by NCAA, the cars received by NCAA warehouse personnel and payment made via NCAA's account. Amazingly, no single mention was made in that report of the NCAA Director General and his Board that approved the purchase. Instead we read a screaming caption that said Aviation minister "pressured" NCAA to buy the cars. (The re-broadcasters even went a step further and claimed the planes were bought at N230b).

Not even one single evidence was presented to show "pressure" by the Minister except information provided by "unnamed sources".

4. By virtue of Aviation act 2006 NCAA enjoys autonomy which protects the agency from political influence. That autonomy is similar to same enjoyed by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi led CBN.

To endorse an expenditure of N115m per vehicle, the Board of NCAA must have approved and signed. That Board is led by the DG of NCAA who is also a necessary signatory before such massive amount can be released from the account of the agency.
I personally read same DG NCAA telling the world on Monday that the agency is very liquid and have been fulfilling it's financial obligations including sending staff on foreign training regularly.

[Note carefully, that unlike before, we now have an Aviation accident investigation Lab at Abuja that can analyze Blackboxes. Under past ministers we sent blackboxes to America for analysis].
Obviously that's an improvement under Odua's watch. There are many others including improved Radar coverage, provision of night landing equipment, upgrade of Lagos, PH and Abuja airports. (When next you visit PH international airport kindly take pictures of the new expanded terminal that is about 90% complete).

5. We read about the 2011 purchase of 3 bullet proof vehicles by Governor Fashola of Lagos at N600m. That makes the cost of each vehicle at N200m. The NCAA purchased bullet proof vehicles at a cost of N115m each. The Osun state Governor bought theirs above this same figure and over 33 other state governors.

As you are aware, most ministers and other public officials keep vehicles at Abuja, Lagos and possibly their home state. When the President or senior govt officials visit Lagos from Abuja (or Abuja from Lagos), they don't fly escort vehicles in but rather use the ones available at the location. Almost all public officials including legislators and Abuja frequenting governors are involved in this. Does this explain the purchase of 2 vehicles instead of one for the Minister of Aviation? My guess is that one of the vehicles is in Lagos while the other is in Abuja.

6. Are there threats to the life of Stella Odua from the cabal that controls Nigeria's aviation industry? I can't say with certainty.
But if the well funded and unrelenting media and online attacks on her since last year is anything to go by, I will readily think there are people out there who wish that she is removed at all cost. Dora Akunyili's case is a pointer too. Is it better to wait until she is killed before measures are taken to protect her?

7. Was the procurement of the car done outside budget? Was due process followed as expected? Was the car a bribe or gift to the person of the Minister? Is there any known Nigerian law breached in the course of the procurement? Was the transaction over-invoiced? Did the purchase meet the ordered materials? Do we have reasons to believe that the delivered car is tokunbo or even substandard? Is the supplier, Coscharis, who supplied to the other governors, a bonafide dealer in such vehicles?

Answers to the above posers will show us if laws have been broken in the course of the purchase. And if there is any shred of evidence that laws have been broken, I support arrest and prosecution of all those involved in the purchase, from the DG NCAA, his Board, the supplier to the minister.

8. If the issue is morality of spending such a huge amount on protecting a Minister, then I will urge us to take note of existence of precedence.

The governors of the 36 states have bullet proof cars. That includes states governed by opposition parties. Is it the case that their lives are more valuable than that of a Federal Minister? At least 5 ministers use bullet proof official cars.

Can we truly say those ministers occupy more sensitive positions than the minister of Aviation haunted daily by the aviation cabal who fought her to stand still over the reforms in the sector as well as the internationalization of Enugu Airport?

9. Finally, can we say the Minister has enjoyed any special privilege through the purchase of the cars?

If she leaves office will she return home with the two cars? Will the same vehicles not be made available to the next minister of aviation who might well be the chosen candidate of the aviation cabal?

I eagerly look forward to your response tomorrow but I have formulated these issues for you to take note of in reaching your position.

It is my position that if we truly feel a crime has been committed we should try those involved as against online and media ambush. It is also my position that the right starting point for such probe should be the DG NCAA who is in the best position to give flesh to the allegation of "pressure".

Any online/media ambush that conveniently keeps DG NCAA out of the picture looks like selective fixation and it suggests a hidden agenda to me. by Malik Shabazz, Abuja. -

Dudu_Negro: Ibos lack tact to act responsibly and act maturedly in positions of power. In a sensitive position needing coalition and compromise to move ahead and add to the building-block , they soon exhibit their lack of vision and penchant for rebellion.........making enemies instead of winning friends!

Odimegwu will not be Ibo if he didnt turn people off with his authority as headman of the commission.

Yeye dey smell for SE!

am from a minority group (Benue) therefore am in the possition to say the truth without fear or favor.

the issue with ibo people is not over sabi nor abuse of office nor lack of tactice but weakness of Gej to stand up with the truth.
Naija is been controled by Fulani yoruba and hausa tribes in a mafia style.

1) Presidency (hausa/fulani property): when dora akunyili stood up for a handover to Gej bcus yaradua was not healthy enough, the owner of the seat of power called for her immidiate removal, and they got it at last bcus she resign.

2) Power (phcn yoruba property): when Bath Nnaji shows a good move to revive that sector he becomes anti yorubas and was taged nepotism. they call for his removal and got it bcus he resigned.

3) Aviation another yoruba property: Oduah has done what no yoruba person has not done in that sector but her multiple sins is that she open up enugu airport as international airport. remember Gej is not the president that approved enugu and intl airport but it did assume that stators during a yoruba aviation leadership. they are calling for her removal now with too many non issues but am afraid to say that they will get it one day.

4) NPC another fulani hausa property: Festus Odimegwu has suffered yet another hammer from presidency just to please fulani hausas.

etc etc etc.

if we are to go by the logic we found in the writeup "to help local airlines survive"

1) close down lagos international wing and kano airport elts use Abuja and Enugu alone as entry point.
since lagos and kano are host to close to 20mil Nigerian we espect that local airlines will fair better conveying passengers from Enugu and Abuja to far north and west.

wickedness is cancerous

yorubas fulanis and hausa are really the destroyers of naija and they are the people that lead us to this mess of a country.

I regret to say "from now I refuse to accept news from yorubas against GEJ" they are pure haters of the minorities.

I use to see yorubas with an open mind but hell no they are dubious in most things.

my advice to all minorities is to watch well in choosing an ally, not that he sweet talks etc nonsense.

what will it profit you guys when you hold a group down for too long a time? wickedness

my ibo friends told me that yorubas hates ibos so much and I doubted it then he ask me to watch carefuly.
since then am sorry to say "they is right". too bad I regret to say
when I start reading the writeup my prayer is "let it not be written by a Yoruba", I don't want another prove of Yoruba hating ibos. but am wrong it is true.

why is it that before E-T fly to Enugu and after that most people commentin against it are yorubas why?
why is mrs odua having things so difficult in the ministry just because aviation is national Yoruba industry?

Egypt airline has three destinations in naija namely Lagos kano and Abuja. who cries foul "none"
Ethiopian airline has 4 destinations in china namely Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijin and Hangzhou.

why is the north are holding southeast down security wise and yorubas holding the east down economicaly? more that 40yrs now
cant we change our mind?

When ffk were there coveting the finance in that ministry with his yoruba folks nobody talk.
When ffk populate the aviation ministry with 80% yorubas nobody cried foul they all turn blind eyes.
Why now is yorubas becomes good samaritans in naija.

I have no choice than to blv that ibos were right on been bitterly hated by yorubad and core north.

Nothing link odua to this nonsense yet all yorubas want us to blv she is responsible instead of their yoruba brother heading ncaa.

The level of bitterness in yoruba folks against ibos that made them to fabricate this document would have made them to provide the persuasion letter or calls from odua if she realy involve.

Am blving now that all this issues against odua is bcus of enugu international airport. But why should yorubas go thus far knowing fully well that fed has invested so much in the west than almost none fed presence in the east. Am temptate to blv that most of ibo woes from fed are mostly from yorubas.

Implicate the woman with credible documents bcus what we see now is only your brothers hand.

As much as i dont like the ibos much i still blv yorubas and core north has done worst things to this nation than ibos.
If there should be a mass ministerial sack of unproductive ministers blv me it will affect mostly yorubad and core north folks than ibos.

As much as i want one nigeria to be intact i still detest anything that will bring back a fulani and hausa man back to power in naija.
Am a benue man but in a state of division i will choose to be with the south than anything north.

In all i love this article.