₦airaland Forum

deji17:
These guys are still pained that Tinubu sent their god, GEJ out of Aso Rock.
Na someone else dem beat, na another person dey complain of body ache..
Maybe after 50 years, perhaps when you are all dead, you will stop bellyaching over a matter that does not concern you.

GEJ is Ijaw, a greater personality than any Ibo man that ever lived. Please allow them to defend their master.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnQ21NSpMw

Here is the preamble to the Draft posted by OP... It is important to have the full picture.

Egbe Omo Oduduwa: Time for A Referendum Law in Yorubaland
By Egbe Omo Oduduwa

WHEREAS:
1. Federalism, a union of two or more entities, reflects a relationship between the “national” (center) and the “sub-national” (Regional) entities. Ignoring Geo-political Restructuring as the primary factor in Federalism in a multi-National, multi-Lingual and multi-Cultural society like Nigeria is to deny prospects of combined and even development, the absence of which is the root cause of her underdevelopment.

2. Assuming the singularity of the Geo-Political space called Nigeria as an inviolable fact of her existence, all the solutions to its problems are relegated to maintaining that singularity while turning issues of Federalism into an administrative convenience even when it is obvious that the problem is exactly in that singularity.

3. “States”, as we have them in Nigeria, with or without their own Police Forces, are administrative entities, which were not even created by the residents but by military fiat: the Aguiyi-Ironsi regime forcibly replaced the previously agreed Regions with “Groups of Provinces”; Yakubu Gowon’s 12-State Geo-Political Structure aimed at the then impending war; Murtala Muhammed’s 19 States to Ibrahim Babangida’s 21 States and now Sanni Abacha’s 36-State Structure are mere Administrative categories but which were summarily deemed to be the Federating Units, making them an aberration upon which the Nigerian problematic rest.

4. Compounding the aberration is the introduction of a “third tier”, the Local Government, ostensibly aimed at “reforming” Local Governance but ending up as the anchor towards further centralization and sealed with a military Constitution which made the “sub-national” completely dependent on “allocations” from this center for its existence, the cumulative, negative effect of which fertilized the ground for calls for Restructuring, hence all the Amendments to the Constitution can only sustain this aberration of Federalism.

5. Contiguity of Administrative Units, regardless of the nomenclature, cannot be an issue, more so when there is no territorial limitation as to the extent of the contiguity thereby making all the current 36 States contiguous thus introducing another form of homogeneity through the backdoor. To have a territorial limitation must involve other criteria, principal of which is the Peoples and therefore cultural thus rendering the concept of these “states” as Federating Units null.

6. Good governance cannot therefore be exhibited in the sense that the consciousness of itself as an entity is determined by its relationship with the center and not by the existential realities of its inhabitants; its sustenance is determined by the “national”, hence its emoluments and remunerations are not conditioned by its political, cultural and economic reality; its political economy is bereft of any economic philosophy derived from its existential prerogatives; its lingual-cultural development, a sine-qua-non for the Peoples’ emergence from colonialism, is stunted or completely ignored; the Peoples in these “states” thus became onlookers in their own history, having suffered foreign colonial subjugation and now represented by its “local” version.

7. Any Administration can point to its “achievements” under any circumstances, hence comparative analysis of different administrations within the same political-economic matrix cannot be turned into the benchmark for an overall economic philosophy addressing the uneven development of a post-colonial society; unless such comparison aims at instituting its own social, political and economic paradigm as the standard.

8. References to the economic and cultural development of the Regions in the First Republic is an indication of Nigeria’s potentials, where, specifically for the Western Region, her developmental paradigm was not simply a question of a series of policy formulations by benevolent leaders but an ideological (and philosophical) orientation aimed at negating colonial economy where “freedom for all, life more abundant” became manifested through the combined and even development of the Western Region via education, industrialization and human capital development; the pursuit of Political Autonomy for other Peoples of Nigeria through advocacy for more Regions and a vision of foreign policy anchored on less dependence on colonial military imperatives, as in the rejection of the Anglo-Nigeria Defense Pact, unlike the present circumstances where further ingratiation into global liberal political economy is the only route being pursued, despite warnings to the contrary, even from the custodians of that economic order.

9. The problematic is therefore not in the comparison, but in the realities of the political economy as to whether it can address social, economic, political and cultural underdevelopment based on its own stated parameters, bringing forth the question of the possibility of “economic development” within a dysfunctional political system, despite spirited efforts in that direction.

10. The Western Region developmental model, the product of the Political Autonomy resulting from the pursuit of Federalism as the true form of Geo-Political Architecture of the emerging post-colonial State, went through a period of systematic destruction of all its economic and human capital indices thereby rendering null the proposition of a viable, sustainable, social and economic development without Geo-Political Autonomy. Its component, Fiscal Federalism, by definition, reflects this Geo-Political necessity, otherwise, there would be no need to equate fiscal relations between the “national” and “sub-national” with Federalism.

11. All of these cannot be resolved through a series of Amendments to the Constitution as this will render the Constitution irrelevant since issues will always crop up demanding one amendment or the other. And if a decision is made creating a time-frame for any future amendment, it becomes a victim of political somersaults, especially when the “sub-national” has become completely dependent on the “national” thereby making it susceptible to whatever interests the “national” is pursuing. The Constitution would therefore have failed in its primary role and function as the Grundnorm, the Fundamental Law of the society.

12. Restructuring, therefore, is about the Peoples in their cultural and existential self-conception(s)and expressions. Expecting the same central leviathan to dismantle itself from above without the self-activity of the Peoples of the Constituent units is an exercise in futility. The discourse on and advocacy for the Federalist reconstitution of Nigeria must therefore be put in the context of political revolution by which the Peoples of the Nationalities push for and assert their right to Self-determination. The peaceful and most practical way towards attaining this goal is for each of the Nationalities in Nigeria to organize and hold a Referendum within the Nationality/Constituent Unit as the first step.

Therefore, for the Yoruba Nation, the following Bill for a Referendum Law is to be submitted to the Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti Houses of Assembly, through their Speakers, for appropriate action with copies to the Governors in these States as well as the Yoruba Obas, representing the Yoruba People in Kwara and Kogi States.

ledamaster:
The Nigerian constitution has solved thisbissue, anyone trying to form any thing outside the constitution shall be met with war. No back door referendum. This is a mere empty threat to force the country to hand power to the South West, we are ready for una, make una try am, we from.the South South Na dmiddle belt will join hands with the Fulanis you people foist on us to decimate you people. If they dont carry out this so called agreements shame on you all.

You missed key points outlined in the article. Those who are first to run to constitution for support usually are ignorant of the guidelines in the constitution.

The first key point in the article is style - Federation.
The second key point is jurisdiction - "within the Federation of Nigeria"
The third key point is the label - Oduduwa Region of Western Nigeria.

Please see the attached, the proposal in the article is very well within the law and is even supported by the constitution. Of course not without some roadblocks....but it's the best of any other proposals out there calling for restructuring.

That suya seller did not sleep off. That's remote control working on him.

There's a remote you can use to paralyze your opponent's CNS and render them immobile. Someone nearby has acquired the remote and just tested it to see if its good. The customer buying suya is ignorant.

zeromeridian:
As a core Biafran. I wish you well and speedy integration. I hope you will say same of mine.

We wish the Biafrans the success and victory you seek in your own struggle.

Amosun don enter "gawu"

Nigeria attained its End-of-Life cycle on Jan 16th, 1966, actuated by Ibos.

RichBoy247:
Yorubas are always prepared, let Igbos start another war and see the 1967 to 1970 Xmas party being replayed, this time, more brutal. You go to war to kill, steal and destroy. You don't go to war and start shouting genocide, that is the whole essence of war, to wipe out the enemy .

...and demolish their future

Do you see bigotry or ethnicity on this thread? Please point it out.

GenSpecifics:
This is the same slavish mentality that Yoruba moslems and middle belt Muslims use in worshipping Fulanis and Arabs.

You are a real daft goat .

Nobody comes to the father except through me. These are the words of Christ but for some reason you revere the same people that killed him and are still slandering his name .

I know you are one of the thousand and one pagans masquerading as Christians who worship titthe demanding fake pastors.

May you wallow in ignorance here and after

I think you are overstepping your boundaries. Stay on your message and leave Yoruba out of your paranoia.

scribble:
just saying

wetin govt do for you

and u still drop 10 to 30% for tinubu

no good roads, toll gate traffic like 24,7

no security, service charge of 1 million at the house

no light

and u pay tax, u r cursed

Most of the tax we pay in south is also used to keep some illiterate cow lovers in north

Is this about Tinubu again? You cant do without worshipping your godfather.

Contenders -
Babatunde Raji Fashola
Col. Hameed Ali
Adamu Adamu


Fashola - Previously Chief of Staff to Governor of Lagos.
Col. Hameed Ali - Never held a Chief of Staff position
Adamu Adamu - Never had a Chief of Staff position.

The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president, or a senior military officer, or leader of a large organization.

In general, a chief of staff provides a buffer between a chief executive and that executive's direct-reporting team. The chief of staff generally works behind the scenes to solve problems, mediate disputes, and deal with issues before they are brought to the chief executive. Often chiefs of staff act as a confidante and advisor to the chief executive, acting as a sounding board for ideas. Ultimately the actual duties depend on the position and the people involved.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_staff

Chijeep:
as u av bn enslaved to him na....

If what we have in Lagos is enslavement then I love it.

Basher8583:
Spot on.
You have been added to my list of 10 intelligent nairalanders

Wow, thats a honor. Thanks boss!

GMbuharii:
Good. Then shut up and leave the igbos alone.

What kind of comment is this? Leave Igbos alone, why? I share same country with them.

luluman:
NOW LET ME ASK YOU? When Yorubas do not support S/E presidency you think of them as bad, today An Afenifere leader speaks in favour of S/E presidency you still don't see sense in it. What then is your problem I beg.

What do the Ibos want?

In an exclusive chat with Saturday Beats, the actress noted that she released the raunchy photos to let the world know the woman she had become. She said, “I wanted to show the world the woman I have become. I am grown, mature, daring, beautiful and confident.”

Thanks for this update dear. We forgot what you looked like underneath clothes.

GMbuharii:
I ain't Igbo, but if you guys got the balls,let's all go out separate ways.

It's not a question of "balls", but "wits". We have both, plus more....and we have in past demonstrated our capacity for self-management. History is our witness.

buJu234:
@OP yet when u tell her people the yorubas they will b the first to insult you... while in their very farmlands these fulanis are kingnapping their people

If we recount accounts of people with similar experience in your own region would that console you from wailing? Just wondering

akdjr:
Why are Igbos being treated like second class citizens in Nigeria?

How else would you want them to be treated? First class? That will be a mistake.

Everytime they are treated as equity owners they bring calamity to the country.

Odingo1:
Every Yoruba man na Lagos this Lagos that,is lagos not built by FG as the former capital of Nigeria , use a Yoruba city to compare and stop running to Lagos that has all Nigerians as it stakeholders just like Abuja.

Nigeria was created by colonial masters...British. Before them Yoruba had built Lagos and its commerce was thriving very well when partners like Dutch and Portuguese traded with us regularly. So dont get upset that we own Lagos and refuse to give it up.

Basher8583:
If SE is so good then why is it not attracting investors like Dangote,Mike Adenuga, Otedola, Dantata, Alakijas and even you numerous Igbo brother jostling to build head offices in Lagos

They have been told many times to stop voting any candidate into office in Iboland if he/she has properties in Lagos and Abuja, they dont hear. The ones like Innoson that invest at home and live at home are the true builders of political capacity needed to draw attention to an Ibo candidate, not people like Kalu, Ubah, Obi, Ihedioha and so on. Unfortunately Ibos are charmed by foreign identity and reward those with presence in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna with political victory into government house. Home based investors are not respected and that kills their political growth.

tactius:
Very interesting look back at history.

Though the Niger Company did not control all of Nigeria though

Still, colonial rule was ultimately about raw materials, not about civilization.

The Romans set up their empire for the same reason

The colonial system was preceeded by two foreign authorities

1- The colony (West)
2 - The RoyalNiger charter. (East, Midbelt and North)

How do they hope to do that? Dreamers! They can't win a local election, they want to disrupt a national officer. Goodluck to them.

Im truly surprised for Amosun....once he draws a battle line, he digs in, even when victory eludes him. He trudges on where others would have taken their loss in good faith and explore other options of continuing the fight or reconciling with their adversary.

GMbuharii:
They wrongly accused wike of disrespecting their elders buh see how they are openly doing worse to Afenifere,their own elders!

We can disrespect our own, thats our prerogative. We do not disrespect Ijaw or Ibo elders. You can disrespect your own, your prerogative....do not disrespect others'

9jaRealist:
You miss the point entirely (even though it was YOU that introduced the party chairman )...
In the US, the party chairman is basically the administrative head of the party, and has little or no political authority.

The authority of party in US is broad my friend. You are not focused on the centerdness of the issue here so Im going to stop threading your responses.

I hear you but disagree on the role of party, the action of Gbajabiamila and the quid pro quo stance you asserted.

tysontim:
SE deserves 2023 president. That is with the blessings of Tinubu

Yes, if they accept the godfather.

9jaRealist:
Who's the Chairman of the Democratic Party? Try and respond without Googling it...

Only in places like Nigeria is the party chairman treated as a high-ranking government or public official, attending all state functions with police guards, et. al. In the US (and such other advanced and enlightened democracies), the Congressional Caucus elects its own leaders, without any outside interference or direction (albeit of course substantial consideration and regard is usually, but not always, given to seniority). The Democratic National Headquarters has absolutely NO say in the process. Accordingly, following the most recent US congressional elections, it was members of the House themselves (i.e., the Democratic Congressional Caucus) that elected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.

Meanwhile, you did not answer how Mr. Gbajabiamila and his sponsors expect to recoup these MASSIVE campaign expenditures.

Mr, you are shifting goal post. Remain focused on the core points of your argument and not distract. If i tell you the Chairman then the next question will be name his wife, name his town, name his dog. Please....discuss responsibly in the politics section.

You do not understand what is meant by "caucus" and its purpose. If you did you wouldnt type that junk.

The campaign expenditure is from the Party coffers. Acts of democracy does not always hinge on rub my back, i rub yours....sometimes patriotism needs to take front stage and be the primary, the single driver for conscienscious governance.

We know there will be no Igbo president. This is certain! If Nigeria crumbles because of that its even better....then Igbos will be delighted to finally have Biafra.