₦airaland Forum

BastardWike:
One of our biggest problems as Igbos is primitive clannishness. We are too individualistic to the extent that we don't identify with good things or common good except it is done particularly for our clan, that's crab mentality!

This noise about Owerri-centric whatever is nothing but bul.shit raised to power 10. Owerri is Imo State's capital and largest city. If someone from Abia state should complain that their governors are focusing on Umuahia and neglecting Aba, he would have a big point because Aba is state's economic, commercial and industrial centre, Aba is the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg and same applies to Onitsha in Anambra state. States like Abia, Delta and Anambra are different from states like Imo, Rivers, Cross River, Enugu or Ebonyi etc.

You don't understand economics and how to make optimal use of scarce resources. If the state government should start developing every town in Imo State at the same time, the state will go bankrupt yet everywhere will still be mediocre. The state won't be able to attract foreign or even local investors because nowhere is decent enough for them to stay. I'm not saying other places should be completely neglected, no government should provide basic amenities like roads and pipe borne water, but the focus must be on Owerri because we don't have any other options. If you like, sink all our allocations on Orlu, it won't bring any tangible outcome for the entire state but if Owerri is developed, the impact will reach the entire state.

You claim there are ghettos around Naze, Egbu and other suburbs of Owerri but that's a big lie. Where is the ghetto located at Naze? Where is the ghetto located at Egbu? These are suburbs and Owerri don't have ghettos like we see in other cities.

The growth of Owerri is even private sector driven because there is nothing extraordinary the state government is doing here that is not being done in Orlu yet people keep envying Owerri for no good reason.

What is Wike doing in Rivers State outside P.H despite being a rich state? What is Cross River State government doing in Cross River outside Calabar? Ebonyi nko? Now, let me even tell you something, towns and cities in Nigeria outside the state capitals grow based on their own strength and willingness/capacity of locals. A good example is Nnewi. Anambra state did nothing for them yet the city has become a force to reckon with based on their indigenes who chose to invest at home. They didn't go about crying and lamenting like some of you from Orlu are doing, waiting for a government that can't even pay salaries to change their fortunes. Imo state government have done far more for Orlu than Anambra state government did for Nnewi and that's a fact! You will cry and lament forever and Orlu will still be where it is if you fail to do your homework. Orlu people are known to have dominated a lucrative sector in Nigeria like drugs. The state government has supported by building the biggest market in Imo State in Orlu, now what is stopping Orlu people from making their town the hub of pharmaceuticals in Nigeria like Nnewi made their own town the hub of vehicles and spare parts in Nigeria? Start siting your pharmaceutical factories and Warehouses in Orlu for a start, that is the smart thing you should be advocating for instead of crying that Owerri is developing instead of Orlu.

Gosh, you all should stop this crab mentality in this 2021, please!!

Aba, Orlu and Umuahia were officially pronounced by Mbakwe government as the industrial hubs of then Imo state due to the numbers of industrial projects and businesses activities in the three places then.

Then enter new Imo state in 1996; a fraction of New Imo state used government instruments and literally killed the industrial hub nomenclature of Orlu by refusing to leave government amenities and institutions in Orlu.
Even the few amenities left later by gov Udenwa in Orlu were later made to rot.

kayusely70:
Too Sad The Situation Remains The Same If Not Even Worse.

The situation is worse. Arewa for whom the civil war was won is still fighting the Biafra war against the East.

In 8 years, Okorocha government multiplied the population of Owerri by about 4, as he practically put nearly all the federal allocations of the 27 LGAs and the state into construction in Owerri which hosts all government projects of development in Imo state.

It’s disheartening to read some people here still asking the present government to do all sorts of development things in Owerri, unarguably also with the federal allocations of the 27 LGAs of Imo state.
This state capital madness peculiar to Imo state resulting from lack of good education vis a vis the meaning of state and state capital, as well as the difference between the two - the madness must be cured now in those afflicted.

BastardWike:
This is the kind of private sector investments that would boom in Owerri/Imo State once the state government can provide the basics. I have studied the socioeconomic lifestyle of Igboland vis-a-vis Nigeria and I can tell you that we have the potential to make our place great.

We Igbos have been losing our elite/intellectuals/high networth individuals to Abuja and Lagos over the years and it has contributed in slowing down our progress as a people. These demography are the ones that contribute most to any economy and promote its growth. They're the ones with the much needed purchasing power necessary for development and we must bring them back to Igboland, particularly Owerri.

The question is how do we bring them back? We can do that by focusing on the following areas of urban renewal:

1. Create an exclusive zone; New Owerri is already taking shape as an exclusive area. State government should step in and ensure that there is sanity, good infrastructure, social amenities, and security.

2. Sanitation; make Owerri the cleanest city in Nigeria. Plant trees, flowers and grasses that would be constantly maintained. Employ youths that would be going through the streets early in the morning with carts to collect rubbish from people or have designated time for collecting refuse say 8pm to 8am. People should be made to pay sanitation levy too. Create a unit like environmental police with kitted bikes who will be patrolling our streets.

3. Tourism; create a classy Disney world and nature parks around New Owerri. Work with private sector to ensure they're top notch and well maintained. Periodically pay bloggers and local TV stations Channels and AIT to showcase the beauty of Owerri (hotels and showbiz centers can be taxed particularly to sustain this)

3. Perception; have zero tolerance to roadside traders (they must never cross the gutter or block sidewalks). There should be no parking zones clearly marked while vehicles parked on the road should not cross the yellow line. Let people understand that lots of ills that occur in other cities are not allowed in Owerri and be strict in its implementation. Put mobile courts in strategic places that would try offenders and the fines paid directly to accounts of government.

4. Place embargo on further building of shops within the city centre. Ensure that all gutters, especially along major roads are covered which would also serve as sidewalks.

5. Fix all township roads even if it means patching all potholes constantly until the major roads are all fixed.

Once these things are done, lots of our people rich people living in Abuja and Lagos because they believe that those are the only places they can live without losing their sanity will start returning to live in Owerri. If they can get close to the feeling they have living in the Abuja here in Owerri, they will definitely prefer to stay in Owerri.
These things are within the reach of Imo State government to achieve if only they have the passion to go for it.

Bros, if Owerri-centric persons like you lead Imo state for another 16 years after Owerri-centric Rochas Okorocha, that Owerri shall become a shithole of a city. Go to Irete, Egbeada, Naze, Egbu, etc areas of Owerri to see urban squalors due to population influx to Owerri from the rest of Imo state. We need to stop this Owerri madness people in Imo state before they drive the state aground. Pray for redistribution of government development projects to Orlu and other parts of the state where there is nothing, so as to check migration to Owerri from rest of the state.

You don’t go to any state anywhere in the world and what is talked about the state’s development process is 99% for state capital. Even clowns can’t talk like that.

Already, too many urban ghettos litter all over Owerri due to population influx to Owerri from the other parts of Imo state denied basic development projects of government now concentrated in Owerri.

adedehinbo:
what are you saying gan sef! Abi oti mun rum ni

...... that the religion of piece - s has also been rooted in Yoruba land.

seunmsg:
This nonsense wailing about pigeons reminds me of the two major scandals that rocked the Obama administration. First, the day he wore a tan suit and second, the day he took selfie with a selfie stick in the white. FOX news and other conservative analysts were falling on each other crying about how Obama had ridiculed the presidency. Some even called for his impeachment.

PDP and supporters are doing exactly the same thing. The cry over pigeon since yesterday is petty, silly, ridiculous, in bad faith, and absolutely unnecessary. Opposition should be about serious issues and not pettiness.

Remove PDP from your comment: Nigeria has been reduced to a country with the largest number of poor people in the world as well as the most terrorized country in the world.

Who’s in control of Nigeria when these ills came to Nigeria? PMB.

sapphiere:
15th January of every year is Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day. A day Nigerians all over the world remember the fallen heroes who paid the ultimate prize.
During the commemoration, white pigeons are released from the cage to fly. This activity is performed by the president of Nigeria and governors of different states. The white pigeons represent peace while the act of flying out from the cage signifies freedom.

This year's Armed Forces Remembrance Day was unusual. The pigeons in some states refused to fly when they were released.
Below are four states where pigeons refused to fly at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

Abuja: APC


Watch the video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzozpL1XkvI

Lagos State: APC


Watch the video here.

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


Ogun State: APC


Watch the video here.

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

Imo State: APC


Watch the video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HdfOfbLSdY


Cross River State: PDP


Watch the video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRmgr4igZTE

Could this be a coincidence or there is a spiritual meaning to this?

Pigeons are signs of peace.

Buhari is still fighting civil war against the East.

[quote author=Jahwinaboy post=98169546]God punish Inec and military wey dey feign ignorance for underage voting for North but quick to react if it involves South. Wake up all ye Souther[quote]In bold:

Which southerners? Yoruba and Igbo politicians say they will remain eternally under Arewa, since Yoruba and Igbo politicians can’t agree politically.

MURIC come worsen the situation in the south.

Na news?

Children have been voting since in Arewa.

What can rest of Nigeria do about that?

Southern politicians are fiercely competing and lining up to beg Arewa for presidency in 2023; instead of telling Arewa that if the present political structure created by Arewa soldiers to suit Arewa is not changed, we the southerners are pulling out of Nigeria before 2023.

De

RIP ma.

Na wow.

Until recently, I never knew that Islamic region is deep rooted in Yoruba land.

Nigeria’s problem is as well in it in the south.

deantimes:
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/todaypoliticsng.com/christians-foreigners-also-boko-haram-members-zulum/amp/

Governor Zulum, you know pretty well that Boko Haram says it’s fighting for a country to be governed with Islamic Sharia criminal justice system; and that Boko Haram emerged shortly after the 12 northern sharia states, including your Borno state, adopted Islamic Sharia criminal laws unconstitutionally.

You also know that Boko Haram says it’s fighting for a country to be governed by Islamic Sharia criminal justice system.

Therefore, the difference between millions of people in the 12 sharia states and Boko Haram is like the difference between six and half a dozen.

That makes the war against Boko Haram a war never to be won by any armed forces.

aycorporat:
When will this stop or why is it taking eternity to end this insurgency?

Nigerian troops have been to Mali, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone etc and they performed well.

What is it with the rag tag insurgents disturbing the Nigerian peace? Haba!

STOP. Religious war is not won by armed forces.

The difference between Boko Haram and millions of people in northern Nigeria is like the difference between six and half a dozen.

The two groups have one objective in common: a Nigeria to be governed with Islamic Sharia criminal justice system.

Nigeria is only country in the world where government acquires jet bombers and fighters solely to kill its citizens, instead of rearranging the country to true federal government system where constituent groups do their things according to religious norms and economic advantages of the constituent regions.

When will the war against citizens of Nigeria stop?

Veqtor:
So there are no bodies of the terrorists that died during the attack?


Story for Amadioha.

You pple should keep playing Ludo there... thinking that you are playing us.

Meanwhile...

https://www.nairaland.com/6366863/iswap-terrorists-seize-military-base

They are stage managed stories for MURIC of the South West to consume.

Instead of Arewa to subscribe to a lose federal country where every region worships its God or Allah as the majority of people in the region want, Arewa of Islamic Sharia criminal justice system sticks to unitary government system because of crude oil and gas deposits in the south.


Boko Haram shall ultimately consume Nigeria.

Religion is like opium to the people who inhale religion.

How many more years shall this last?

Boko Haram says it’s fighting for a country to be governed with Islamic Sharia criminal laws.

Boko Haram emerged after 12 northern sharia states adopted unconstitutional Islamic Sharia criminal laws.

Nigeria army is fighting a war it can never win because the difference between Boko Haram and millions of Moslems in the 12 northern sharia states is like the difference between six and half a dozen.

blinking001:
The crude oil era is coming to an end.. I weep for my country...

Let crude oil era go completely so that militant Islamism of neocolonialism shall go from Nigeria.

PDJT:
-And the new “owner” will be extremely willing to sponsor the terrorist Nigerian soldiers and police to slaughter any local who dare try to stop their exploitation of the land.

Ha ha ha.

Do you think that the black skinned people in Nigeria of Africa understand that their country is the most dysfunctional country in the world?

What matters to them is which tribe takes presidency of Nigeria.

Tranquillity360:
Very simple.



Am still wondering how audio security can attack Nigeria police.

Did you see the type of road your sweet Nigeria left in that East?

What do you think makes them think secession from Nigeria?

Mikehot:
it's not easy o, have the south that is more been able to get the sovereign state let alone minority christian northerners who would still have to contend with the northern Muslims for lands

It’s easy. Moslems become minority in new countries to emerge for the present northern minority groups. The Moslem minority quickly adapt to the ways of life of the majority non Moslem population in the new country.

Mikehot:
You need to go to the north to know how oppressed these minorities are.

You don't even know majority don't vote these people in but are scared of the repercussions of not doing so.

The minorities in the north know that there are sovereign countries in the UN with population less than the population of the least minority group in the north of Nigeria.

But crude oil and gas deposits in the south would not allow the minorities in the north ask for sovereign countries for their minority groups in the north.

What matters most in countries is how happy and contented the population are with their country, not how rich or how big the country is.

The Islamists of northern Nigeria known better than their co-nationals in the south of Nigeria that they can do anything in Nigeria - the country shall still remain.
Blackman factor: the white men in former Czechoslovakia understood that their country would not function well if continued. They sat down and divided the country.

Southern Nigeria’s politicians are lining up instead to beg Arewa for apex political power in 2023, as if that can resolve Nigeria’s problems.

lkillbrokehoes:
Bastards. they should crucify him let see, if this shíthole dosen't break into smithereens

Wow. Crude oil and gas deposits in the SS and the SE shall always keep the most dysfunctional country - Nigeria - one. So say the International Oil Companies and their home governments.

If this young man here is truly PMB, hmmm.

longetivity:
OMOLUABI TO THE WORLD, shame on Trump and his ipob miscreant followers

Another MURIC Jihadist sense man by half in overdrive.

freemanq:
Our govt should wake up and make use of the talented human resources God has bless us with and make use of them now. Americans are now enjoying what we halt to be enjoying. We really need people with fresh ideas to pilot this country,

Foreign countries now profit from brilliant Nigerians as more and more educated Nigerians flee from Nigeria to foreign countries.

Fulani from Chad and Niger Republics move into Nigeria to take the places of fleeing Nigerians.

Yoruba Moslem MURIC people who look toward Sokoto Caliphate celebrate this trend of fleeing Nigerians and influx of foreigners to Nigeria.

Ottyn01:
Go Biden

Yoruba's keep making us proud since 14BC.

Crude oil and gas deposits in IPOB territory keep us together in one Nigeria.

Na today? At one point, there may be no roads, electricity and flights to one Nigeria, so long as crude oil flows in the Niger delta.

An Omoluabi intelligence by half.

Most of those called Heros of Nigeria’s civil war were murderers and Jihadists.

The civil war was won for Arewa which rewrote the tales of the civil war to Arewa’s taste.

oyatz:
Please place two Igbos on the tickets of the two largest political parties and leave Tinubu alone. This honestly is what I expect you to do, however you are rooting for Atiku.



Igbos are in the forefront of Atiku Campaign and at the same time insisting that

1) It is the turn of the Igbos

2) Tinubu or any Yoruba Candidate must not contest.


This is most laughable.

Igbos now are not campaigning for Atiku to succeed Buhari.


But if Yoruba takes APC presidential ticket, instead of Igbo, it’s likely that Igbos will support Atiku because of Yoruba slight on Igbo.

The slight:


OBJ, a Yoruba, presided over Nigeria for 8 years through votes of Igbo and north in 1999.
Yoruba did not vote OBJ in 1999, but Yoruba massively voted OBJ in 2003, and even threatened to pull out of Nigeria if OBJ was denied 2nd term.

Therefore, it’s a huge slight and insult on the Igbo if Yoruba does not support Igbo to succeed PMB.

thundafire:
Nigeria governors are absolutely useless. All they know is to build roads and shout development yet to give schools equipment for better teaching na fight

Southern governors compete among themselves on building flyovers, as they believe that flyover is sign of big city and development, but don’t know that flyover is sign of unplanned city except in junctions of high speed roads.

BOGDANN:
I don't know why we like to lie to ourselves .

Welcome to Akwa ibom state where our Governor budgeted 10billion naira for useless project called worship center,
Welcome to Akwa ibom state where covid 19 rice being share to people as Xmas gift.

Welcome to Akwa ibom state where our Governor used five years he can not complete flyover,
Welcome to Akwa ibom where deep seaport being move from oron to another place because of politics,
Welcome to Akwa ibom state where our industry being seem on billboard.

Welcome to Akwa ibom state where our Governor budgeted 10billion to build another Governor house in Lagos,
Welcome to Akwa ibom state where we received so much money from federal government yet we become second unemployment state in Nigeria.

Welcome to Akwa ibom state where our local government chairman has done nothing,
Welcome to Akwa ibom state where Akwa ibomite value burial more than people's life,
Before this 2021 finish we send our leaders to leadership training school in Ghana,
Make sure u visit our public schools before u comment,

Na wow o. The richest state in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom, having this?

OritoJasi:
Akuko. That argument of yours should be made to the PDP; the party that is likely to give its ticket to yet another Northerner (Atiku), in spite of ibo loyalty to it since 1999.

As for the APC, Yorubas are not afraid to compete with other Southerners for the ticket, even though they have enough basis to lay a legitimate claim to it, due to their role in bringing APC to power in Nigeria.

Why are ibos begging to be gifted the APC ticket on a platter instead of slugging it out with Yorubas and their fellow Southerners/Nigerians?

Alex Ekwueme contested the PDP primaries against OBJ. Nobody prevented that from happening, and he lost fair and square to Obasanjo.

Ibos take pride in being competitive, so why then are they acting scared shytless at the prospects of facing Yorubas in the primaries?

Better come to terms with the fact that nobody will give ibos the Presidency on a platter. It ain't happening dude.

Long story.

Truth is that nearly 90% of Yoruba people were in AD party, not in PDP or ANPP in 1998 when Nigeria placed two Yorubas on the ticket of PDP and ANPP so that one Yoruba would become president through zoning of presidency to the SW.
That’s after Alex Ekwueme with his G33 convinced Arewa to relinquish power to civilians.


Those asking for Yoruba to succeed PMB are inadvertently playing for NADECO II after 2023 May 29.