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pray not to have enemy like Abdullahi Ganduje

Lol, na wa for Nigeria people, we really get work

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What was your worst nightmare during the civil
war?

Of course, our worst nightmare was that we
would be routed. Don’t forget that the problem
we had was that Biafra had no Army. We just had
some Igbo or Eastern military officers and men
who ran back from other parts of the country.
Most of them came back empty-handed; no guns,
no equipment; worst still, no support from any
European country because Britain made sure that
didn’t happen. There was no support from any of
our neighbouring countries because these were
practically colonial creations. Their colonial
powers wouldn’t allow them. When Bangladesh,
which was Eastern Pakistan, decided to break off
from Pakistan, with the support of India, this was
possible. If India had not supported the move,
there would have been no Bangladesh. Biafra did
not have an India as a godfather.
This was the problem we had. The British were so
anxious to control the oil in the delta that they
were prepared to get the Igbo destroyed, to retain
that oil. Perhaps, if there had been no oil, they
wouldn’t have cared whether the Igbo became
independent or not.

There is still this issue of Obafemi Awolowo
advocating starvation as war strategy against the
Igbo. Achebe commented on this in his book. Do
you agree with views held by Achebe?

Awolowo, don’t forget, had been prosecuted and
jailed by the previous civilian federal government.
He was serving his term in Calabar, Eastern
Nigeria. And there is no doubt that Dr. Michael
Iheonukara (M.I.) Okpara, who was the Premier of
Eastern Region at the time, did try to make his
stay there as comfortable as possible. But when
General Yakubu Gowon took over power and
reconstituted his government, he released
Awolowo and made him his number two man. He
gave him a lot of responsibilities in government.
Awolowo’s main interest was to make sure that
Nigeria won the war. So, as far as he was
concerned, whatever policy that would help him
win the war was acceptable. And he followed it.
That was his own idea. You would find out that
even at the end of the war, Awolowo, who was an
alumnus of UNN, did not lift a finger to help
rehabilitate the institution. So, he did what he
thought was the best thing for Nigeria. I don’t
think anyone denies that it was his position that
everything, including starvation, was fair in war.
That was his position.

Do you mean that Awolowo was an alumnus of
UNN?

Yes, he was given an honourary degree by the
institution. I was teaching at UNN at the time.
So, I know what I am talking about.
In present-day Nigeria, the economy of the East
does not seem to be faring well, despite the
people’s entrepreneurial spirit.

What do you think has gone wrong with the Igbo man?

A lot of things have gone wrong. The value
system in Igboland now is not what it was before
the civil war. That is part of it. Money,
irrespective of how it is made, means everything
to many people, now. This is why people are
prepared to counterfeit drugs – literally killing
people to make money. It was not like this before
the civil war.
Secondly, agriculture, which was very important
under Okpara, the last Premier of Eastern Nigeria,
has been completely neglected.
Of course, the school system has totally
collapsed. So, when you think seriously about our
problem, you would see that we are in a deep pit
and it will take us some time to come out. This is
really the problem of Eastern Nigeria.

Do you think it has to do with the quality of
leadership, particularly the kind of governors we
have had since 1999?

The governors have something to contribute. If
you look at some of our governors, they don’t
even have the right conception of what
governance should be. They don’t see it as
service; service to the people. When we were in
politics, for me, it was a matter of service. But
today, it is a matter of personal aggrandisement.
If that is the ambition or objective of whoever
that is there, the people come second or even
third in his order of priority. So, the governors
have their share of blame. But don’t forget that,
really, the federal government has to give the
framework for the states to move in and work.
However, you find out that in most of the states,
the government does not collect taxes. They do
not have independent sources of revenue;
absolutely none. Every month, they go to Abuja,
cap in hand, to collect the revenue allocation for
that month, come home and share it and wait for
the end of the next month to go back. Many of
them have even no projects to talk about.
You had held many prominent positions, yet
people do not know you as a ‘rich’ man. How did
you resist the temptation of amassing wealth?
I am rich; I have children who are successful in
their own right. That makes me rich. It was never
my ambition to amass wealth; I didn’t need it. All
I needed was to educate my children, and I could
do that with the resources available to me. I
don’t envy those who have billions and trillions of
naira. It makes no sense to me.
If you have the opportunity of living your life all
over, would you still hold on to that philosophy?
Absolutely! This was something I learnt, not only
from my parents but from the schools I attended.
I went to Catholic primary and secondary schools
before I went to university in the United States. I
was taught, and I learnt, not to touch anybody’s
thing. When I was in government, I was clean.

You are 83. Looking back, would you tell us how
it was with you while growing up?

We grew up under colonial government in a very
rural area, in what today is called Imo State. I
went to a school in my village – St. Patrick’s
Catholic School. Because the Catholic priests and
managers of the schools were so particular about
which secondary schools the children wanted to
go, we were channelled to go only to Catholic
secondary schools. At that time, there were only
six Catholic secondary schools in the whole of
Eastern Nigeria – CKC, Onitsha; CIC Enugu; QRC
Onitsha (for girls); St Patrick’s College, Calabar;
Holy Family College, Abak; and CCC, Uyo (for
girls) in what today is called Akwa Ibom. Those
were the only Catholic secondary schools. We had
to get into one of them. So, the competition was
very keen. Our priests who were teachers and
those they trained to teach us were particular
about our moral upbringing. I grew up with it. We
were very proud of our schools and one wouldn’t
do anything to soil the name of their schools.
What do you think is the way out of the huge
mess we are in today?

Frankly, it is my view that if we want to move
forward, if we want a change for the better, we
have to live by example. That has to start from
those at the top. People are lawless in Nigeria
because they feel they can get away with it. Once
they know they can’t get away with it, everybody
will sit up. In civilised countries, everybody is
under the law. But in Nigeria, there are many
people who are above the law. That is the
problem...

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Were you printing currency?
Of course, yes. We did. We had to create a Biafran currency. We had to print the notes and put them into circulation. That was what was used for trading once the Nigerian currency was withdrawn from circulation.
Inflation was not as high as it is today. How did you achieve that?
As I told you, commitment by the people was stronger. Moreover, we had help from the International Red Cross (IRC) and other donor countries. Also, people who were not involved in military activities farmed anywhere they wanted. Even school football fields were converted into farms. So, we were, at least, able to produce something, though the problem Biafra had was that as the war situation got worse in some areas, the people from there moved to other areas. Of course, there was hunger. We cannot run away from that.
What was your relationship with the Biafra Head of State, Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu?
There was nothing much. He just handed over the bank to me and asked me to take care of it, so that he would not have to worry himself about what was happening in that field. Even when I asked him to appoint some other members of the board to help me run the place, he said he had not complained about my running it alone; that I should go ahead; that he didn’t have any more people to give me; that everybody else was busy. He had complete confidence in me and allowed me to run the bank as I would because he felt I was doing the right thing. Only on a few occasions would he send for me, if he needed some information; otherwise, he left me to run the bank without any interference.
How many people were on the board of the Central Bank of Biafra?
There were only two of us. Even then, the other person was on the warfront. So, I was a one-man board, in fact.
Who was the other person?
The late (William) Uzoaga, who was a professor of Business Administration, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). He was in the Military Intelligence; so, I never saw him.
Chinua Achebe, in his book, There was a country, blamed Nigeria’s problems on the exclusion of the Igbo. Do you think Nigeria could have benefited from the civil war if the authorities had handled Biafra differently?
There is no doubt about that. You know that, in Biafra, we had research and production department, called RAP. Most of our scientists and engineers were involved in trying to develop and produce different things. At the end of the war, if Nigeria or those in charge with her administration had cared, they would have assembled most of those scientists and engineers to create for them facilities or employ them in existing facilities to continue to develop things they were developing during the war. But because the scientists were Igbo and they saw no need to encourage them, they were left to go. Thus, years after when the Ministry of Science and Technology was established, those people who would have been really the core of scientists and engineers that could go into development in various areas of science and technology, had been dispensed with or had dispersed and could not be reached. That was a terrible thing.
By the time the Biafran experiment collapsed, how did you feel?
For me, it was unfortunate. But I am one of those who, in whatever they want to do, put in their best. If at the end of the day, my best does not succeed, I accept it as the will of God because I couldn’t have done better than what I had already done. That was how I took the Biafran experience. We put in our best.
Do you have any regrets getting involved in the exercise?
Absolutely, no!
Looking back, do you think that war was inevitable?
At the time, yes. I don’t think we could have stopped it. And the sad thing about it all is that I don’t think that even we in Nigeria have learnt anything from that tragedy. We have continued to accept the philosophy of unity, but not its consequences or implications.
Why do you think so?
You can see what is happening in the country. Weren’t the Igbo again killed in the North? Haven’t they been driven out of the North? Now, Boko Haram is killing their own children because there are no more Igbo to be killed in the North. This, I think, is a tragedy. At the confab, I think they should really decide if we want to stay together as a country. This is because I don’t see what can be done. I do not know the value system that informs people killing their children because other children are no longer available to be killed. Is that how we are going to develop? Recently, some youths who went for job interview were killed in stampede.
What do you think is the way out of the unemployment situation in the country?
If you do not have uninterrupted supply of power, you cannot have a sustainable manufacturing industry. You don’t manufacture with generators; no country does that. That is why my greatest disappointment is that, in 2014, we still do not have uninterrupted supply of power, when we have gas, hydro, coal and all the resources needed to generate power. I understand that distribution of power has been privatised; but privatised to whom? Do the people it has been privatised to have the capacity, experience, resources? I don’t see why we should limit ourselves to Nigerians, if Nigerians don’t have what it takes. There wouldn’t have been any harm in getting Nigerians, giving them certain percentages and making sure that foreigners who have the experience are involved. Then you would be sure of result. But to privatise the thing to the old Generals and old politicians is just a waste of time. Nothing will change. One should not use such a vital sector for political patronage.

The last time many Nigerians heard about you
was during the PDP Convention of 1999. Since
then, you have literally been off the scene. Why?

My wife was ill in the United States of America
(U.S.), and my children, who were there, felt that
I should come and stay with her because, usually,
in the morning when they would have gone to
work, she would be alone. It was not an easy
decision for me to make. But considering her
situation and how highly we regarded her, I
decided to abandon everything here and move to
the U.S. to stay with her and nurse her. That was
how, I, more or less, disappeared from the scene
in Nigeria.

Now that it is presumed that you are back, what
do we expect from you?

Strictly speaking, nothing; because I am merely
visiting. My wife did not survive the sickness. She
eventually died in 2010 and my children insisted
that I must remain in U.S. I have been there
since then. I visit Nigeria once a while. So, I am
merely on a visit. I don’t intend to get involved at
this time in anything happening in the country.
Accept our sympathy, sir.
Thank you.

Is it not curious that given your status as an
elder statesman, you are saying that you do not
want to get involved, even with the way things
are going?

Yes, things are bad; but I cannot make any
difference, if I were to be active. Many times, I
have even wondered whether the service I
rendered in this country did any good at all. But
that is gone. Our situation is very serious. I don’t
think a Sylvester Ugoh playing any part in Nigeria
today can, alone, change anything. It is really not
worth my while to spend any time here trying to
correct the ills of the society.

How bad is the situation that you see and why do
you think you can’t make any difference?

I my view, things are worse today than they were
20 years ago. In other words, whereas other
countries are moving forward, if you check any
area of our endeavour, you will discover that we
are moving backwards. I don’t think we are
successfully tackling the situation. So, being just
one man, as I said, I don’t think I can change
much, even if I were to put in the best that I have
to offer.

You are a founding member of PDP. Do you still
recognise the PDP that you people founded in
1998?

Things are worse today than they were when we
founded the party. The party we founded is not
the same today. It is the same in name; but the
philosophy, the values and the commitment are
not the same. Many people are in the party for
what they can get out of it, and not for what
service they can render to the country. That, I
think, is what makes the difference.

Have you, in any way, expressed this concern to
the leadership of the party?

No, I haven’t; but I don’t think they need my
comment to know that the situation is grave. Any
of them who is discerning would accept what I
am saying to be true.

Olusegun Obasanjo was not part of those that
founded PDP. To what extent do you think his
emergence as Presidential candidate of the party
in 1999 contributed to the decline of the value
system you talked about?

Strictly speaking, Obasanjo was imposed on the
party. When the party was being formed, he was
not available because he was not around. But the
retired Army Generals felt that he would give
them the security which they thought they needed
and, so, imposed him on the party. As far as I am
concerned, he ran the party as if it were a military
organisation. From that day, the party started to
decline, and one can hardly recognise it as what
we had in mind when we were running around to
form the party.

At that point of imposition, what did you, the
civilians, do?

The civilians could not do much because, whether
you like it or not, the military has a strong hold
on Nigeria. Look at the people selected for the
national conference. How many Generals do you
have there? That gives you an idea of the strong
hold the military has on the country.

Do you then see much coming out from the
conference?

I don’t think the conference, as such, can solve
our basic problems. This is because our basic
problem, really, is not the constitution but the
people who operate the constitution. I don’t think
the conference is going to discuss the value
system; or the fact that one can commit all sorts
of crimes and get away with them. You don’t see
any of the people committing these crimes being
prosecuted and jailed as deterrent to others. So,
many people in Nigeria believe that they can do
anything and get away with it. That is the
tragedy of the country.

During the General Ibrahim Babangida transition,
you were the vice presidential candidate of the
then National Republican Convention (NRC).
Given the insinuations that the transition was
programmed to fail, do you think your efforts
were worth the engagement?

Of course, not! Babangida had no idea of handing
over power. He maradona-erd (deceived) every
Nigerian to believe that he was going to hand
over power, when he had no intention of doing
that. So we were all sucked in. There was no
doubt that that exercise was really futile because
it didn’t lead us to anything, except that there
was a swell of disgruntlement and
disappointment that made the military to ask
Babangida to “step aside”. That was the only
thing it achieved and not much else. But then,
(General Sani) Abacha was not better than
Babangida. It was a continuation of the same old
military junta running the country as if it were
their private estate.

Though you have not been in the country, from
what you have heard and read, how would you
assess the current administration?

I have not been around. But the current
administration is bedevilled with so many
problems. Its authority is even questioned in
some parts of the country; some of its intentions
are, to many people, suspect. So, it has all these
negative issues to deal with. Of course, as I had
said, the incidence of people committing all sorts
of crimes without being prosecuted, has
continued. That hasn’t helped them. This is in
addition to the fact that since 1999, when
Obasanjo promised us that within the end of his
first year, we would have uninterrupted supply of
power. From that day till date, we still do not
have uninterrupted supply of power. Without
regular supply of power, the economy cannot
move. So, the current administration has too
many problems, and I don’t think it is making
much progress in solving them.

Do you think it is due to lack of capacity or
political will?

I don’t know what is responsible. All I know is
that from what I see, not much is being done to
solve our basic problems. Whether it is because
of lack of capacity or lack of will, I don’t know. I
am not close enough to know the reason. All I
know is that I can see the evidence of lack of
progress.
Obasanjo comes around today to pontificate and
make comments, even passing judgement on
those that succeeded him. Given what he did or
failed to do in eight years he was in the saddle,
do you think he has the moral right to criticise
others?

In my view, he should just do what (former
President) Shehu Shagari did – go home and keep
quiet; ‘sidon look’ as he would say. But coming
out to pontificate is merely exposing himself
because he did worse things than his successors,
though much was expected of him.

Let us go back a little. You were the governor of
Central Bank of Biafra. How did you run the
economy of that obviously besieged nation for
three years, yet Biafra did not have the problem
we are encountering now?

It was a different situation. Practically, most
people in Biafra were interested in the success of
the war. They were not interested in amassing
wealth. So, the commitment was stronger than it
is today. The people were prepared to make
sacrifices which, today, people are not prepared
to make. So, the situation is different. That, I
think, explains your observation.

What did you do, practically, to run that
economy?

I did not really run the economy as such. What I
did was that, with the withdrawal of the Nigerian
currency from Biafra, we had to try to create a
money system that could be used to substitute
for the Nigerian Pound, to facilitate buying and
selling of goods and services. So, my primary
attention as governor of Central Bank of Biafra
was really to make sure that we had enough
currency to facilitate the running of the economy.
That was the only thing we did because we were
in a war situation and could not engage in other
activities that a Central Bank ordinarily
undertakes..

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Long sex may kill you!

MEN BEWARE! LONG SEX MAY KILL YOU!!!

Few weeks ago, I was called to see a patient.
Without delay I rushed down the stairs and
headed to the hospital wards. The man was
sitting in the back seat of a car that brought him.
I watched him closely but there was no
respiratory efforts, I went for the pulse, not
palpable, no cardiac activity, pupils were dilated,
fixed and unreactive to light. I watched foam rush
through the mouth and nostrils. Obviously he is
dead.

Still panting from the unplanned exercise I did, I
felt bad I couldn't do anything for him.
Out of curiosity, I wanted to know how he got to
that point. The wife, a young lady in her late 30s
told me they were playing (having sex) when
suddenly he became distressed, struggling for air
and she tried to calm him all to no avail then she
raised alarm for help.

I quickly asked if her husband was hypertensive
and she admitted. I requested for his drugs,
luckily they came with his drugs. I went through
the drugs, and was able to identify some and it
included: digoxin, Viagra, lisinopril.

In my little mind I concluded the young man in
his late 40s "DIED IN ACTIVE SERVICE TO THE
WIFE" (sex satisfaction) from heart attack.

My assumption may be right or wrong, but seeing
those 2 drugs, I won't be blamed for my
assumption. He may *Rest in peace to the dead.*
Have you imagined why men die more? Have you
ever noticed that there are more widows than
widowers? Just check in your little village, then
extend it to your community and you will be
surprised what you find. I just want to pick one of
the reasons I feel contributes to this. I will appeal
that this is solely my opinion, it may be wrong or
right.

*SATISFYING A WOMAN*

Every responsible man wants to satisfy his family
and wife in terms of providing for their basic
needs *and also satisfying his wife in bed.* But
doing this at the expense of the man's life is
what I want to condemn. It is a common
experience this days that *women openly talk
about how bad their spouses are in bed,* and
most times the woman makes life difficult for the
man by throwing abusive words at him. It is also
common to see a lot of products being openly
advertised and marketed for enhancement of
males sexual performance.

*A lot of women are responsible for their
husband's death* because of their excessive
demands for sexual satisfaction, and in the bid to
satisfy the woman the man take drugs that
endanger his health, and their lives are cut short.
If I may ask, *Is sexual satisfaction the basis of
relationships or marriage?* Some times some
women even asks for bigger penis and my fellow
man will be taking the risk to drink all sorts of
drugs just to enlarge his penis to satisfy the
woman. Is this not just mocking God who created
you? At the end *you may die SATISFYING A
WOMAN.* Why not ask the woman to reduce her
vagina to size you up instead?
It is important to note that a *man's sexual
performance depends on a lot of factors,* such as
stress, diet, medical conditions such as diabetes,
and drugs such as antihypertensives, as well as
relationship problems.

*How do you expect a man whom you nag,
starve, embarrass in public, whom you refuse to
support financially, who sleeps for less than 3
hours in a day, to satisfy you sexually?*
Sometimes the woman may go behind the man.
Most of the times the women will threaten to go
outside for the so called satisfaction and the man
will be struggling to take higher doses of the
drugs to satisfy her to prevent adultery from his
marriage.

But you know what? That woman you want to
satisfy at the expense of your own life started
having sex before the age of 12 years. She has
been experiencing several sexual activities until
the age of 25yrs or more before she got married.
*Before her marriage, she has experimented sex
widely with many men of different expertise and
energy capacities.* Unfortunately, she married
you, a single man with single capacity, but *she
is already addicted to different sex experiences.*
So how can you measure up, just one man, to
satisfy her?

Don't die in active service. Please your children,
friends and parents will need you alive. Don't die
in the attempt to satisfy a woman sexually. *Just
do what you can do* and leave the rest to God.
*If you die satisfying a woman immediately after
your burial other men will come and continue
from where you left of.

*Our dear wives and girlfriends, we are begging
you to help us live a little longer. If you don't
want to join the WIDOWS CLUB, please help us
financially, appreciate what we are trying to do
for you, encourage us to do more, stop the
nagging, go the extra mile to feed us well, give us
peace of mind, allow us sleep at night, let the
house be the home for also so that we can feel
happy coming home after our daily toil,
understand our health challenges, understand the
side effects of drugs we are taking, protect our
weaknesses, don't disgrace us to our children and
your friends, and above all pray for us.* Then we
will live longer for you and your children. Our
performances then will also improve when you
make us feel appreciated.

Men please do not harm yourself in any way by
trying to prove that you are a man. Research has
proved that ejaculating 2 -13 minutes is OK. If
you can go higher without drugs better; but do
not take drugs that will damage your heart.

*NOTE THAT IT IS NORMAL AND NATURAL WITH
MANY MEN TO EJACULATE WITHIN 2 MINUTES
OF INTERCOURSE.

In fact it is natural with several men to ejaculate
fast during the first intercourse so don't take any
drug for premature ejaculation, it's not a disease
to be treated.
The 2nd and 3rd rounds usually
take longer before ejaculation. Attempt to take
drugs to stay on a woman for longer time may kill
you and leave the woman for another man. It may
kill you prematurely so be very careful.

Many men have died trying to satisfy women.
*THEY DIED IN ACTIVE SERVICE TO WOMEN*
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let's be truthful to ourself

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na waw oooo

The founder of IROKO TV Jason Njoku who said
he can’t teach His kids Igbo Language has come
under so much Fire on the internet The Iroko TV
Boss an online television station fashioned after
Netflix that focuses on local content and shows
Igbo movies has been dragged in social media for
his statement that he made saying that he
doesn’t care that his children doesn’t speak his
mother tongue which is Igbo language. This has
drew the anger of Nigerians and his Igbo people.
In his tweet he said “I Will Teach My Children
Chinese And French Language, Not Igbo
Language”
He added “My children are currently learning
French. Chinese Mandarin will be up next. I intend
for them to develop this over the next 10 years.
They can’t speak Igbo (neither can I). Its okay.
The world won’t shake from its foundations.”
Jason Njoku is a Lagos based very successful
Enterpreneur who is the owner of IROKO TV. He is
married to popular Nollywood actress Mary
Njoku.
Taking ride in his inability to speak the language
and also his inability to communicate and teach
his kids the language , He said he cannot speak
Igbo Language and will not teach his children
too. This situation has made people to start
asking why the African man is interested in
copying other cultures and not projecting his, a
situation that has made people to start thinking
of boycotting his channel because he is not trying
to demonstrate what he is preaching which is
showing Igbo and African content to his
immediate family – charity they say begins from
home.
Igbo is a major ethnic group in Africa , numbering
over 38 million with notable strides in literature,
having produced world Giants like Chinụa Achebe
who wrote the world acclaimed Novel and the
best in Africa “Things Fall Apart” and also
producing the likes of Buchi Emecheta,
Chimamanda Adichie, Elechi Amadi ama so many
more that write their books in English with Igbo
nuances. Having made tremendous strides in
sciences like producing one of the best brains in
Africa in the area of super computing , Philip
Emeagwali, the igbo with their wealth and robust
history are one set of people that are proud of
their accomplishment especially the Biafran War
technological strides which no ethnic group has
ever replicated in Africa has one snag – the dying
language. Igbo language specialists have called
for the revival of the language and Google , the
tech giant has incorporated Igbo in their software
program and BBC launching Igbo language service
lately. For a statement to have come out from a
man like Jason, it becomes worrisome to Africans
and Igbo in particular.
One of the few persons that is angered is an
European lady married to an Igbo man who takes
delight in Igbo culture and language took the first
swipe and fired the first cannon at Jason’s camp.
NwanyiOcha as she calls herself meaning the Fair
Lady said “Learning a language is so much more
than learning vocabulary. It’s learning about
(your) culture. I could never deny my kids what is
part of them. That’s why we are speaking Swiss
German and Igbo at home. Isee!”
Nwanyị Ọcha Cautions Jason Njoku On The Need
To Teach Children Their Native Language … The
Swiss woman married to an Igbo man From
Anambra who is very proud of the Igbo culture.
Salvos after salvos started coming in , Ivy
Godwin, an Igbo lady in diaspora said “English is
working on keeping their language alive. China is
fighting to over take English language in
spreading their language. Why can’t we great
Igbo fight to even preserve Igbo language from
going into extinction? I had my son in Lagos but I
made sure while his father speaks English to him,
me I speak Igbo because he can pick English
language outside the house. Sooo pathetic.”
Ifenyinwa Njoku, another Igbo lady added “And I
was encouraging people to subscribe to Iroko TV
that it’s owned by nwaafo not knowing that the
owner who incidentally bears same surname with
me bụ
o..po”
Omokhafe Ikhana said “This boy is simply lost
and I hope he realizes sooner rather than later.,
I’m Edo and my wife is a Lagosian., while my kids
can’t speak my language I’m happy they
understand their mother’s., still thinking of how
I’m going to teach them mine before they become
teenagers…”
Bonaventure Mokwe said “To be able to have
such an inferiority complex frame of thought
puzzles me, when I equate it with owning a TV
station. No Igbo man cares or not if he elects to
speak Swahili but , considering our unpredictable
society , in the event his TV station becomes
politically targeted, he should also cry to the
segment of the population that speaks Swahili.”
Ikenna Nweze said “He doesn’t know his history
and that’s just the simple truth. A French,
English, Chinese, Arab etc will be ashamed of
themselves and won’t even say it out but
Africans and especially we Igbo are proud to say
that we don’t know how to speak our language,
really appalling”
With the outburst of emotions, logic and cultural
correctness, report has it that a lot of languages
in Africa and other parts of the world would be
extinct if care isn’t taken and the need to ensure
that these languages survive becomes imperative.
As a carrier of cultural identity and knowledge,
language plays an important instrument in
humanity. Imagine a world that we all speak only
English, French and Chinese! Wouldn’t it be a
boring world? Variety is the spice of life and
languages are these beautiful varieties we have .
We know how emotional people can be when a
part of them tried to act “exotic” , but Jason is
as Igbo as they come and inability of not
speaking Igbo might not be his making, he was
raised outside Igbo land and Africa. This is one
factor that we must understand. Also we must
come to realisation that his parents might not
have raised him with the language which isn’t his
making so to say. Do folks cut him some slacks
here? Oh yes !
Jason has the right to identify the best language
of communication and if he chooses to teach the
kids Mandarin that is his right and the kids also
have the right to learn Igbo when they show
interest but what we can’t take away from the
Njokus is that though he might not be able to
speak Igbo which isn’t his making to an extent
but he has demonstrated his love for Igbo and he
has projected Igbo to the world through his Iroko
TV channels which has shown countless Igbo
contents, culture and nuances to the global
community. Though he might not be able to
speak the language , one thing we must know is
that he is an Igbo culture ambassador, he has
demonstrated this more than those that have high
proficiency in the language !
Though, the online TV boss has come out to say
that he is proudly Igbo in different tweet and he
said that he is a proud Igbo, just that hecwas
“tasting the waters” to ascertain the reaction of
his people. In his words he said finally that he
felt so bad that when he was in high college folks
called him bastard. “From 13-17 I spent that time
in Owerri. I attended Azara Egbelu Boys and
Emmanuel College. Those Igbo brothers (and
cousins) basically called me a bastard everyday.”
On the flip side, he continued “My kids don’t
know their English names. They are Obi, Kaego
and Nnenna. But they’l regret not learning Igbo?
Do we even think anymore? I just wanted to see
what the reaction was going to be. 40m+ people
speak Igbo. The language is never going to die.
Please calm down now…I have lived and I think
some would say managed in Nigeria for 9 years,
No Igbo. No Yoruba, No Hausa. I don’t even
speak Pidgin. But now I’m a slave. My colonial
masters have brainwashed me. Okay. I accept.
You are all right.”
Asking question on his “Igboness” and originality,
Jason asked “FYI – I am proudly Igbo yet don’t
speak or hear Igbo. Does that make me less
Igbo? I’ve been to Igbo land maybe 4 times in the
last 10 years? Does that make me less Igbo?
Many speak of fatherland. I have never met my
father. Does that free me of the obligations of my
‘fathers.”
https://etimes.com.ng/jason-njoku-the-igbo-man-that-refuses-to-learn-igbo-or-refuses-to-profess-igbo-anthony-nwosu/

wow, Nigeria is so fuked up

I hate this deji of a guy, he is such a jobless guy. cooperate bigger.

please help answer this question.

IF NOT FOR THE KILLINGS IN ZAMFARA...
I tell you this, if not for the killings in Zamfara, nobody would have told us in the South that Nigeria has about 21.40 tonnes of gold deposits buried in her soil.

If not for the killings in Zamfara, nobody would have told us in the South that Over 80% of this solid mineral is deposited in the North.

If not for the killings in Zamfara, nobody would have told us in the South that the North have been secretly mining their gold and enjoying the proceeds alone without bringing a dime to the table of national unity.

A report published on This Day Media, has it that Nigeria lose about $9 billion (Nine billion dollars) to the illegal miners every year...

Did you think that Buhari, Mr. Integrity is not aware?
You would have thought that OIL is the only thing that give them pot bellies... Now you know.

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lol

sorry son

this government have really failed Nigerians. he can't even protect this country and he want to seek for reelection

god in heaven, this people won't just stop all this killing. I thought we had a President

what a life, never u miss out when it matters most

Nnamdi Kanu Reappearance A Plot By Buhari to cut down south east vote for Atiku. lets be wise

peter obi has been found corrupt

fergie001:
That number 9 get as e be....

really funny

Even if Atiku is a direct descendant of Lucifer and a cousin to the devil himself and best friends with Judas, we will try him.
Even if he is a paternal uncle to Cain, a distant cousin to Achan, Ananias and Saphira , an elder brother to Pharaoh, a nephew to Herod, Delilah's boyfriend or Portipha’s wife's ex-boyfriend, we will still try him.
If he ends up like “baba nepotism, recession, 5 percent and 95 percent stereotyping", we will
vote him out in 2023.
We will keep voting out any error till we get the real
deal.
Aso rock is nobody's permanent inheritance. We have tried Mr. Saint and
have seen what he stands for.
For now, someone should just get set to focus on raising cows in Daura.
Shikena!!!

for me, I think they both make sense

Are they making common sense? Atiku Chooses Senator Bruce As Running Mate

Good luck boys