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DONALD EKPO WROTE-

"The north have not enslaved our people any less as they have enslaved the Igbos, yet the hatred displayed by my people against the Igbos throughout the social media yesterday and today is unspeakable, and worse than what the North has express towards us both. IT IS A SHAME.

It is a shame because we have allowed ourselves to be used as pawns in the hands of the Hausa/Fulani Oligarchy. It is a shame that we have forgotten too soon that these are the only people that stood by us between 2011 to 2015. A display of love you and I know it was undeserved.

We all became historians that dug up our history unknown to malign these ones. The same history that was so evil, that even our Hausa/Fulani Slave Masters had to ban it from being taught in schools. A history you base on heresays. A history that does not even favor you if told in sincerity. And we have fanned ourselves with our self imposed righteousness. Then what next? Remain as slaves in this Zoo called Nigeria?

What unity do we have? The unity of minorities? The Unity of oil that the SE dont have? Or is it the Unity dashed us by the slaves masters by calling us either Niger Delta or South south, Meaning? The unity of leaving the Ngwa man that shares the same market with me, and being the brother of an Esan or Auchi man rather than my neighbor? What is our driving force that can guarantee us freedom if not in Unity with those that have tested the waters? Do we intend to remain slaves?

It beats my imagination how we think. Have we ever considered or thought of what our chances of freedom would be? Show me one Nnamdi Kanu of our dashed region that will command our Unity to speak with one voice in the face of tyranny? Have we finished fighting ourselves over the crumps given to our people by the Hausa/Fulani/Multinationals?

It is time to use our tongues to count our teeth. Refuse being a pawn in the hands of our oppressors"- DONALD EKPO

secretsuccess:
my name is joshua a chemical engineering graduate. it is so difficult to survive as a hardworking, honest and God fearing person here in Nigeria. After my NYSC i have been struggling from place to place, looking for opurtunities. i always shuttle from lagos to portharcourt...thinking that one day it will be well. i just discovered that it will never be well..

When we were in secondary school we were told to get a good course..my parents were happy when i got chemical engineering..then in school it was get a good result..that was no problem, i got a second class upper.

Ater service it was get certified..ahh, no wahala.. i got my NEBOSH certificate..then again some said it was connection..ok, i joined lots of proffesional whatsapp groups after much work, i even had to pay for some...funny enough the so called proffesional group failed woefully.

twice i was called for a job brief..twice i was rejected..the first reason was because i am igbo the woman saw my name and her countenance changed though she dashed me 2k and told me the usual words i would get back to you..ok, fair enough. The second was in portharcourt i was rejected because
of my church..Roman catholic.. hmmm. A young man was also rejected for same reason he kept on complaining while i was just laughing..though later i begged him for #100 for my TP, he gave me sha.. he is a nice man.

ok. i had to go back to the drawing board..met some people and they said i should just do further courses..oooo! course again, ok.. no wahala. i begged my mum to sell her bike for 110k so i can add 30k and do process safety and loss prevention..she accepted.. i sold the bike and did the course.. yet, no interview call. i said ok let me visit companies and give them the cv..my brother no show.

i sat still again..and then reviewed my cv..paid 2k for push CV to review the cv..still no luck.. downloaded CV review app used it time and time again. same results.. no calls.

the only thing i get everyday is insults from my Father and some relatives of how lazy and weak i am...this is not fair life itself is not fair..is it not better to die? after working hard in school and after school for about 8-10 years no result for it..

People will always say dont be tired but my brother i don tire... i know many of us have same story, but for me the only thing i can do to make the pain easy.. is write..

Nigeria is not worth it.. did i tell you i briefly went into business?.. but how can you do well in business without long time experience.. it is always difficult..well, the pressure is much and i see that breaking point is close... only God knows Tomorrow.

These days the only thing that comes to my mind is suicide..i have downloaded lots of books to see if i can find a solution.. but none yet.. please if you have good advice for me i am willing to hear it.

thanks
E Joshua

malton:
I didn't mean it it like that.

What I am saying is, what deal can Biafra offer a resource-rich Niger-Delta?

They are the ones with the resources, I don't see why they should go with Biafra so she could offer them a better deal than Nigeria currently does.

Can they not stand on their own?

malton:
What deal can a poor man offer the rich?

Amberon11:
No, we don't know this. We have not killed ourselves because of oil before and we will not do so now.

jomonic:
Yes we need to change the agenda and make if an agitation for a strictly Igbo speaking Biafran State. If we show some measure of resolve here, it will agitate the Nigerian state to no end. Even our indifferent neighbors will feel very exposed and unprotected under Nigerian control. They will also want out at some point. But they must work it out by themselves.

jomonic:
What I come to understand is that the minorities prefer a one Nigeria where the majority tribes are checkmating themselves to the advantage of the minorities. They foresee extreme injustice if they end up in a country as described thus: Hausa / Fulani / middle belt, or Igbo / Rivers / Akwa Ibom / Cross Rivers, SW / Edo and Delta and Bayelsa. Its for this reason that Rivers / Akwa Ibom / Cross Rivers are indifferent to the cause of IPOB. I even believe they can still sacrifice the Igbo for a better relationship with the Yoruba or Hausa / Fulani no matter the extent of sacrifice the Igbo make to prove their sincerity. What is the way forward? I think it is best to agitate strongly for a Biafran State devoid of any of these southern states. South Africa extricated itself off the apartheid regime in spite of the regime's economic and military strength, world wide support from the western countries. Nigeria is a midget and offers much less challenges. We need to strategize and stay focused. Yes Biafra will be landlocked but it does not matter. We will survive like several other landlocked states spread all over Africa and other parts of the world. It calls for intensifying our struggle to be free from Nigeria. There can never be a deal worse than our present condition in Nigeria.

EvilMetahuman:
what do igbos have to offer in this good deal?

South south have the wealth, they have bigger lands, they have water/port and everything to own a country.

What exactly does south east have to offer south south that would make them want to join your dreamed utopia of potopoto?

TonyeBarcanista:
Considering that Niger Deltans are "purposeless" according to you, the appropriate thing to do is to save yourself the trouble of these purposeless people and focus your agitation on your purposeful group.

All these blackmail will not sway the minds of people into the Biafraa project.

FTR: Each ethnic nationality within the SS zone have their agenda... Sadly, not one of them is pro Biafra. It however doesn't mean they are against Biafra, what this means is that they aren't aligned to the cause.

Amberon11:
And what is the purpose of your own people? To drag SS into your biafran nightmare? Think again!

Boleyndynasty2:
it would actually be a bad idea for them to join Igbos. They're better off on their own. Write up was spot on

krasican:
no be by force to join Biafra......find another thing write abeg

uglyafonja:
Keep quiet....most schools in portharcout are shut down...Aba roads and Ikwerre roads are scanty...
Mile one market is totally shutdown

Ikokwu shut down

Town market, mile 3 shut down

Okija and elloabushi shut down

rumuokoro market shut down

Most schools in diobu and along ada George are all shut down

ovaRAYted:
Its not atheism,they clearly censor "God,Jesus,god" along with Profane words...while references/mentions to the likes of Allah, Krishna, Buhdda,etc are never censored

DreamChaser2000:
Wow that's awful bro. Sorry to hear that.

DreamChaser2000:
How about the damage bro? Did they compensate you at least?

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-hardest-thing-s-about-raising-children-in-Nigeria/answer/Uche-Metuh?share=61557414&srid=hHfHK

What is the hardest thing(s) about raising children in Nigeria?

The hardest thing about raising children in Nigeria is our morbidly extreme disciplinary measures and absolute transfer of culture to the children.

Let me explain,

Extreme discipline makes children timid and lack self confidence. Most adults suffer from the aftereffects of this till date.

When you don't allow the child to have their own opinions or think for themselves, they'll pretty much drag their feet through life like zombies. They can't question or challenge anything without being punished for being “disobedient”. They can't live the life they were born to live but the life their parents have defined for them.

The result: They'll lack creativity & innovation and constantly wait for “momma & poppa” to come to tell them what to do. They also will make poor leaders. Does this sound familiar? Our dumb Nigerian leaders.

Transfer of cultures to children is simply the raising of kids with literally a gun to their heads threatening them to follow in your footsteps or be shot dead! This can be observed in areas of: Religion, tribal sentiments, sexual orientation, religious denominations, career choices, spousal choices etc.

Have you looked around our environment? Very few new ideas are being developed (& recycled). In fact, we’re slowly creeping back to the stone age.

Our parents are the #1 teachers we meet in this life & their success/failure determines to a large extent what our progress in life will be like. & to be sincere, many of them innocently do a terrible parenting job!![quotes