₦airaland Forum

lawani:
YOU ARE RIGHT BUT LOOK AROUND SW, NOWHERE ARE IGBOS MORE THAN HAUSAS ONLY THAT IGBOS ARE MORE INTEGRATED THAN HAUSAS, THEN WE HAVE OTHERS. SO DONT PATRONISE THAT IDEA THAT IGBOS ARE MORE SPREAD. PERCENTAGE OF YORUBAS IN PH MAY SURPASS IGBOS IN LAGOS. SO DONT PATRONISE THE IDEA THAT ONLY IGBOS STAY OUTSIDE THEIR LAND THEN EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR STYLE. HOWEVER, THINK HOME FIRST, WHAT YOU INVEST OUTSIDE BELONG TO THAT LAND, YOU ARE MANAGING FOR THEM. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT!.

IGBOS ARE NOT MORE THAN HAUSA IN YORUBA LAND, I DONT KNOW WHO IS MORE. THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE MAKING MONEY UP TO HAUSAS IN YORUBA LAND IF YOU CHECK, ALWAYS REMIND IGBOS OF THAT. THEN THEY SHOULD CHECK WHAT OTHERS LIKE YORUBA, HAUSAS ETC ARE MAKING IN THE SE. IF YOU HAVE LAND, THANK GOD FOR THAT LAND, THEN GO AND DEVELOP IT!.

Guy, you and omonnakoda don't disturb yourself. Thank God that we now have other reliable sources of data that can atleast give a ballpark estimate of the true population distribution in this country. According to NBS data on number of registered phones and internet subscribers and lines, the SW trumps the SE by more than double sef.

Oyo and Ogun subscriber numbers alone (16,074,479) swallowed up the entire five states in the SE (15,275,981), according to the data therein. That doesn't even include Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, or Kwara/Kogi o. Not to even mention Lagos at all. That explains why the SW attracts the most FDI and attention from smart investors coz we have the population/market/spending power. Even the SS is a more viable region than the SE. They are just good at making useless noises.

www.nairaland.com/3114368/nigerian-states-number-registered-phone

Active Voice Lines
Breakdown By States and Regions

1* LAGOS - 19,046,657
2* OGUN - 8,535,893
3* KANO - 7,811,290
4* OYO - 7,538,586
5* KADUNA - 6,787,117

6* F.C.T - 6,034,907
7* RIVERS - 5,849,535
8* NIGER - 5,137,400
9* DELTA - 4,934,551
10* EDO - 4,744,110

11* ANAMBRA - 4,249,792
12* BENUE - 3,812,334
13* OSUN - 3,708,809
14* ONDO - 3,473,437
15* KATSINA - 3,449,189

16* KWARA - 3,334,543
17* IMO - 3,315,208
18* NASSARAWA - 3,261,964
19* ABIA - 3,177,965
20* AKWA IBOM - 3,116,758

21* ENUGU - 3,096,071
22* PLATEAU - 3,026,409
23* KOGI - 3,004,325
24* BAUCHI - 2,747,326
25* ADAMAWA - 2,723,955

26* BORNO - 2,406,151
27* SOKOTO - 2,248,306
28* CROSS RIVER - 2,198,942
29* KEBBI - 2,050,089
30* TARABA - 2,021,112

31* JIGAWA - 1,820,249
32* GOMBE - 1,815,166
33* ZAMFARA - 1,678,476
34* EBONYI - 1,436,945
35* EKITI - 1,425,945
36* YOBE - 1,402,357

** OTHERS (UNIDENTIFIED) - 1,213,511
37* BAYELSA - 1,110,084

Total Nigerian Active Voice Lines: 148,745,464

REGIONS:
South West = 43,729,327 Active Voice Lines (29.40%)
South South = 21,953,980 Active Voice Lines (14.76%)
South East = 15,275,981 Active Voice Lines (10.27%)

North West = 25,844,716 Active Voice Lines (17.37%)
North Central = 21,576,975 Active Voice Lines (14.50%)
North East = 13,116,067 Active Voice Lines (8.80%)

F.C.T = 6,034,907 Active Voice Lines (4.05%)

onatisi:
You still don't get it.
He lost the senate president seat to the atiku faction
He lost the house speakership tussle to the atiku faction
He lost kogi governorship to the atiku faction
He has now lost the ondo governorship within his domain and region to the buhari faction

And yet you cant see clearly the handwriting on the wall??
Na wa ooo

Either you are a poor student of history or your blind hatred for Tinubu has got you all messed up. By 2003 OBJ/PDP had Tinubu encircled as the lone AD governor in the region, yet he was able to deploy uncommon sagacity and strategy in recovering each of those SW states (including Ondo after he went out of his way to assist Mimiko in recovering his mandate).

This same enigma again showed the stuff he is made of when he singlehandedly influenced Buhari's emergence as the APC flagbearer at the presidential primaries. I can understand that such dexterity and game-changing leadership acumen and pedigree has never been experienced in the part of the country you come from, therefore your fatalistic and fantastic projections concerning his political future can be understood and excused.

It's not the first time he's been written off. Your likes said the same and even worse about him after Fayemi (his preferred candidate) lost to Fayose, only for him to shock you all with his biggest victory yet -- the dethronement of a sitting incumbent for the first time in the history of Nigeria's Democratic experiment.

So you see, your likes will come and go, while the institution that is Ashiwaju will remain. That his name is still generating and commanding this much attention even without holding any public office is a clear enough testament to this truism and fact.

SillyMods:
It's wrong to think the outcome will be same.

OBJ/PDP used crude approach and forced lootocractic regimes on SW which eventually crashed as a result of people getting tired of misgorvernance offered by them.

This time, no crude or massive suppression of people's will which could make people rise against APC. The process that produced Akeredolu was freer, cleaner and more credible. As such, there can't be any sympathetic vote for Tinubu or any party he floats. If anything, SW is becoming tired of his godfatherism politics.

So, don't put your hope so high.

Eiya. Ok, I don hear. You are obviously praying for his downfall. You can be rest assured that you are not alone. Obanikoro, Agbaje, Gbenga Daniel, OBJ, etc sef dey your league. But you will be alive to witness him rebound and make his foes his footstool again, as usual. Can I get an Amen? You better say Amen as it is as sure as the setting and rising of the sun, with or without you. Not unless you will rather be dead by then.

ASL33:
How did Tinubu make Lagos? Lagos has been the center of attraction as far as Nigeria is concerned b4 1999 that Tinubu become governor. When did God anoint him? Or is it the same anointing Some of the pastors parade this days. Tinubu miscalculated simple and he know that was why he was quick to congratulate Akeredolu but it seems Akeredolu is still not happy with him. I believe also that Tinubu is still not happy with Akere and his camp. The congratulation is just a white wash which Akere and his gang know already.

Is the Lagos you see today the same way it was pre-Tinubu? How much was Lagos IGR pre-Tinubu? How many states can survive for as long as Tinubu was able to when OBJ withheld the allocation due to the state during his tenure? Why didnt the FG develop Lekki-Ajah or initiate Eko Atlantic and the Light-Rail pre-Tinubu?

Fact is, whether Aketi or his supporters accept his post-election congrats or not is really irrelevant because the prosperity of Ondo state should be their priority. They should start thinking of how to ensure that his victory wont end up as another APC 'change' scam like the rest of the country are experiencing from the centre. Even if the rest of the SW state fall out of his influence, it won't be the first time and if anything Jagaban is known for, it's his resilience and ability to reinvent himself. He ALWAYS outlives his political foes and detractors in relevance.

SillyMods:
Your claim that your belief is higher than my school of thought is laughable.

Anyway, time will tell if Tinubu has made a serious error of judgment or not. But I am sure his influence in APC and SW has largely been diminished with Akeredolu's win in Ondo.

Tinubu was in worse position when OBJ and PDP snatched and controlled 5 out of 6 SW states and was starving Lagos of the much needed monthly federal allocation by 2003. If he could weather those storms to become the Jagaban, then Aketi's current ego-trip ain't even worth a response. Aketi be like kpomo wey dey behave like beef, dem no be mate.

At this rate, Akeredolu may just end up as another Mimiko in waiting. Mimiko said worse things about Tinubu throughout his tenure. Infact, the average Ondo person's mind has been so poisoned by Mimiko and PDP in the state against the same Tinubu that they so much hate the guy, foolishly believing that his political interest in the state was to plunder it (which logically doesn't even make sense considering how poor Ondo is compared to Lagos), when in fact his interest was merely a part of his adventure to forge political cohesion in the region and nothing more.

But where is the same Mimiko today? Politically he has been practically retired from active politics and has remained a featherweight with his influence limited to Ondo town while the much maligned Tinubu commands more relevance and followership than he does politically even today. Aketi shouldn't get too carried away with his victory as Tinubu will bounce back, he's been down this road many a times. He should go and ask the likes of Gbenga Daniel and other retirees.

Lol. Yeah right. . I'm sure he was wrongly advised to avoid the debate due to his poor speaking abilities. But by copping out of such an important opportunity he has managed to do serious damage to whatever momentum he may have enjoyed prior to the debate. As it stands, Oke is clearly the people's choice as he has articulated and defended his vision to the people of Ondo and demonstrated that he is the most prepared of the lot for governance.

By early 2018, water go begin find im level. APC is on life support suffering from the very terminal illness that will kill it. No hope for the party.

This Jimoh guy seems very confused.

Upon all Oyegun's noise, he can't even use his own money to pay the party's bills. Smh

Lol. I guess that explains why they can't even pay common PHCN bill. So does that mean the other chieftains are unwilling to spend some small change on the party? What about the governors, national assembly members, Atiku, fashola, fayemi, amaechi and co them? The worst is Buhari himself, such a stingy s.o.g.

SamuelAnyawu:
To Bad El-Rufai is more Concerned with Shiites Protest

Just imagine? Abeg how many people Shiites don massacre or hack to death like those Fulani terrorists masking as herdsmen have been doing?? Talk about twisted priorities.

Chilling accounts such as those related above lead me to believe that there's more to these Fulani herdsmen massacres than meets the eye. I mean.. like seriously, from where do they get their effrontery?? So much so that they are terrorizing communities, maiming, hacking people to death, raping and inflicting so much misery and horror with impunity. I just don't get it. There seems to be a conspiracy of silence on the part of the authorities coz I mean what is stopping the government from treating these terrorists like Boko Haram insurgents? How many more lives must be lost to these beasts before we realize we're in a state of emergency against these set of animals in human skin??

iamhorny:
you sound pained

by the way, were you expecting me to refer to the doctored Nigerian population census starting from 1952-53 which was manipulated by britain to favour the hausa fulani in their quest for the control of power/resources through having more representative seat?.

read this if you care..http://saharareporters.com/2013/12/10/debunked-harold-smith-nigeria-census-lies

The 1920/1921 figures are the most accurate census we have had..as for lumping other etnic group with the igbo, the colonial masters are not as ignorant as you assume. they know each and every distinct ethnic group...

pix 1 is a map of igbo land in 1902, show me a part of it that is not an igbo area

pix 2/3(cont) is showing the igbo sub groupings, in 1920, also show me a part of the igbo tribes listed that are not igbo


This why i love nairaland,it has been a source of education for me, hence i was forced to register. i use to be an observer since 2011 and i have learnt alot from people here especially Nigeria's history

Lol. You had to go all the way back to the 1920s, why?? Because they fit into your jaundiced assertion. Igbos of the present day SE and part SS have the LEAST population in Nigeria TODAY of the 3 major tribes! Prove otherwise with verifiable data or forever shut tha fvck up. No sensible person is buying your bullcrap.

cktheluckyman:
Tinubu is no longer a force in APC.No one will consult him before joining APC

Yeah, Saraki your boss is the 'force' in APC that Ikimi should have consulted. lol. You are a trip.

iamhorny:
now check out the fulani population in 1921

Lol. Why are you trying to hard to misinform people?? You are even going as far as showing 1920s material as evidence, lumping other ethnic groups that are clearly not igbo as part of them. Biko what was the last official population of Igbos in Nigeria? Why don't you tell us if you get liver. Smh.

FKO81:
You are really pained

Mike Adenuga is not the owner of Global com, they are fronting him, open the site to few the owner of Glo
http://usafricaonline.com/2010/11/10/looting-of-nigeria-babangida-presidency-or-nigeria-dies-in-2011-by-naiwu-osahon/

Talk another one you dis village champion. Na jealousy go kill you all of you mowfockas. Upon all una mouth, all your 'billionaires' can't even pull their resources together to purchase a Telecom license let alone own a coy the size of Glo while the Yorubas have Glo and the highest stakes in NTel (Nigeria's fifth mobile network). You say Adenuga is a front, yet he's still the second richest Nigerian while your village billionaires are still struggling to even match Otedola and Alakija sef. Shym3xx na im go treat una fvck up. I'm off to bed.

SuperS1Panther:
Whether you restructure or not, we careless.
SW is controlling every facets of your lives already....... your best port, airports, schools, industries, Financial capital, entertainment centre, real estate hub, commerce, etc 80% of all are in SW.

Not forgetting your bambi-Allah refugees from your backward NW and NE region. The Gideon Orkar coup clearly let us realised that the middle belt NC does not wish to be part o the backward North. Likewise the post independence agitation of Joseph Tarka from Middle Belt.

Your fear of restructuring will catch up with with you sooner or later. The Yorubas have told you in April of 1994 that the only forward is restructuring and over 20years later others (and even the ones that cancelled our previous regional system) have seen the light. It is only a matter of time, you will all see the light.

For now Yorubas will keep progressing in this contraption and further positioning herself for present and future opportunities when the inevitable will eventually happen.

TKO.

mytshirtriches:
We all can't see things the same way. If the truth must be told, this whole problem in Ondo could have been avoided if Tinubu and his agents allow a level playing field for all.

At least he didnt orchestrate the doctoring of the delegates list like your Aketi's sponsors did in their desperation to impose him on the party. Tell yourself the truth. That fraud is what is prompting the other candidates, including those initially against Tinubu prior to the primaries, to rally around him now. FACT. If you are against imposition, be against it through and through, which includes condemning Jegede and Aketi imposition. Anything short of that is hypocrisy.

mytshirtriches:
I didn't post anything to engage in a fight.Mind your language. I was referring to tinubu's pattern of making sure he retains power as God father he seems to be

Yinmu. Your opinion is just as damn good as mine here guy. Say your bit and i say mine. Calling you and the writer hypocrites isnt intended to be an insult but a statement of fact, in light of the subject under discussion. This is politics we are talking about here -- which is about power and interests.

mytshirtriches:
In my own opinion, this is a retain-power strategy. He endorses, gets you to play his scrippt. when u rebel, he already has an antidote for such actions. When he is done he goes to the next person.

Retain power by who exactly? Mimiko? Abuja/Buhari 2019? or Tinubu?? Guy, go and sit down abeg. Your hypocrisy is oozing like smelling sheet.

Why must the writer and the op bring God into a fraudulent enterprise, when it is now ckear to all that the process that brought in Aketi was an Abuja orchestrated 419? These people are trying to tell us that we must reject Tinubu and Mimiko imposition yet we should accept, support and endorse an Abuja/a.boki one? Look here op, Aketi's biggest problem is that he is an unpopular candidate even within the state chapter of his party. No amount of repackaging can save him. Abok.is will not be allowed to plant their stooges in Yorubaland. Kolewerk.

olaitoro:
I think Nigeria is not yet mature for restructuring into full regional resource control, the man is correct.

yorubas want to possess Nigerian FG asset like apapa seaport, mm airport etc at the expenses of other region in Nigeria, which is not possible.


any attempt by southwesterner to mess up by pushing for this selfish political restructuring will be met with higher and powerful resistance by good people of Nigeria.


Nigeria remains an indivisible entity, and no hanky panky by any group: yorubas or other can be traded for that unity.


God bless alaIgbo.
God bless Odualand.
God bless Nigeria.

Look at this confused Biafr.a.t. So you no want Biafruro again?? Even after seeing the paramount ruler of your region and a Fulani politician advocating for the same restructuring you are still here shouting Yoruba upandan. You better not commit suicide over Lagos and Yorubaland matter.

OmoAjowa7:
Laaaaaaaaaaaaal

And na we wear the one Nigeria wig for head pass

Maybe with statements like this, our people will start thinking

Don't you just wish?

So now the likes of Atiku and Obi of Onitsha that are also calling for restructuring are Yorubas too??

Something tells me that Atiku's next shot at the presidency will be based around the restructuring mantra he's been touting of late. And with that his chances might actually be as bright as ever.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/biafra-atiku-calls-restructuring-federation/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/obi-onitsha-advocates-restructuring-nigeria/

This Yakasai of a man sef. So now the likes of Atiku and Obi of Onitsha that are also calling for restructuring are Yorubas too??

Something tells me that Atiku's next shot at the presidency will be based around the restructuring mantra he's been touting of late. And with that his chances might actually be as bright as ever.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/biafra-atiku-calls-restructuring-federation/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/obi-onitsha-advocates-restructuring-nigeria/

By AbdulSalam Muhammad.

KANO – Elder Statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has revealed that the current agitation to restructure Nigeria was an age long ploy by the Yoruba speaking group of the south west to enabled her have a shot at power.

The second Republic politician who spoke with Vanguard in an exclusive chat in Kano explained that the desire was driven by envy and hate for the northern geopolitical zone. Yakasai said “from Action Group to UPN, to NADECO to PRONACO, the agitation for restructuring is concentrated among the south west people of southern Nigeria. The whole aggression originated form Action Group, and the intention was to deny the North the benefit of the population and land mass. It is therefore a gang up to deprived the north the benefits its is getting for been richly endowed.” He further said that “this agitation is not driven by patriotism, rather its driven by hate and envy and this campaign started with some politicians in the south west way back in 1959.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/restructuring-nigeria-yoruba-agenda-yakasai/


Mynd44, lalasticlala, OAM4J

Acecube:
Apc lost this election the moment Akerodolu was declared winner at the primary, the same SAN Mimiko schooled during a debate, I had to ask who was the lawyer and who was the doctor. He simply lacked charisma, talked as though he doesn't know what he was saying.

Guy, you just took me down memory lane with that 2012 debate mention. Mimiko really TKO'd and took him to the cleaners. I felt even Oke performed way better than Akeredolu in that debate. It really was a sorry sight watching him speak -- no charisma, no depth, was incoherent, not eloquent at all. I sincerely hope his public speaking abilities have improved since then, for his own good.

agabusta:
Does anyone have the voter registration figures for the 18 local governments of Ondo state. It's only the old census figures that I could get. If we have the figures, it will help in our analysis.

Ondo North
1. Akoko North-East
2. Akoko North-West
3. Akoko South-East
4. Akoko South-West
5. Owo
6. Ose

Ondo Central
1. Akure South
2. Akure North
3. Ondo East
4. Ondo West
5. Ifedore
6. Idanre

Ondo South
1. IleOluji/Oke Igbo
2. Odigbo
3. Irele
4. Ilaje
5. Okitipupa
6. Ese odo

I don't have the latest voters' registration figures but based on past elections, suffice it to say that ondo central has the largest number of voters, followed by ondo south and then the north comes third. In the entire state, akure south (located in ondo central) has the largest pool of voters in the state. If Aketi fails to pacify both Abraham and Boroffice, the APC will be out of contention because if APC can't have a clear and solid win in the northern zone, they should forget it. If Oke manages to win all the local governments in the south and does o.k in ondo central, he may just nick it. If he doesn't then Jegede will certainly get it. Whoever wins the highest number of local governments will win the election. At least on paper, for now the odds are in favour of Jegede and Oke as they can at least claim they will receive bloc votes from their senatorial zones. APC's poor performance at the federal level, coupled with the current crisis rocking the party is a devastating blow to the party's chances. It's not looking good at all for Aketi at this point. IMO.

Omo, you missed this: