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hotwax: you are a fool. Fidelity bank? Diamond bank? They are foreign investments. Next time come and tell us how igbo own firstbank. You always own good thing. Why can't you value you own business okirika, spare parT, ladipo market. Next time igbo will own apple inc.

Lol You are an ignoramus
Diamond Bank and Fidelity are 100% Igbo-owned. First Bank is 100% Nigerian Bank with strong Igbo shareholding.

UBA is 100 Nigerian and Tony Elumelu an Igbo man is the majority shareholder.

Check who is the MD of Floor mills Nig PLC, one of the biggest companies in Nigeria

hotwax: What is Lagos and igbo? Trillions? Can anyone name a company owned by igbo in Lagos apart from sparepart and okirika business? How don't know igbo (weed) business runs up to 600trillion? How much is the whole lagos? Oya start naming igbo companies? These are big investments in Nigeria. 1. Guiness 1. AIICO insurance 3. Mansard 4 GtB 5. Glo 6. Dangote 7. Etisalat 8. Glo 9. Total 10 Hp 11 samsung 12 cadbury 13 sony 14 honda 15 toyota 16 unilevers and counting thousands. This post is for illiterates and non-lagosian. I am yet to see any igbo investment except spare tires. You sell spare parts in ladipo yoruba sell cars. Majority of car dealers are yorubas. Which one is more lucrative. Igbo loud mouthing as usual crap.

Xenox
Emzor
Fidelity Bank
Diamond Bank
Linkserve
Coscharis
Capital Oil
Range of companies owned by Kalu


Igbos own huge shares in just about any company you can think of in Lagos, including those you mentioned, except conc Yoruba ones like Wema Bank
These few just came to my mind

ilugunboy: This OP is talking rubbish and shamelessly lying to cover his unjust accusation.



If not for official transfer from offices.....the number of non Igbos living in the Igbo speaking states will be countable in fingers and toes...just to show how intolerant these ingrates can be.

Yeah!! These are office workers. Shameless liars

YORUBA TRADO – MEDICS TAKEOVER IMO STATE.

http://www.imotrumpeta.com/?p=2018

Obi donates land to Hausa, Yoruba communities
http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/07/obi-donates-land-to-hausa-yoruba-communities/

At least Obi did this. What free land has been given to Igbos in any SW or Northern State?

Abia govt also gave land and buildings to Northern cattle merchants.

History Of The Market
According to Mrs. Veronica Nwoga, an indigene of Enugu state, the cattle market was first located in Umuahia in an area popularly called Gariki, but was relocated to Okigwe on May 15, 1994, following complaints by residents that it was not proper to site such a market in a state capital, which Umuahia had become by then following the creation of Abia state in 1991.

According to Mrs. Nwoga, who started selling items used by butchers at the Gariki cattle market, Umuahia, the then government of Abia state, first built a cattle market at Ubakala in the outskirts of Umuahia, but the Northern traders rejected the location of the market. They preferred a place close to the Expressway, preferably the Enugu - Port-Harcourt Expressway.

While the Abia state government prevaricated on meeting the request of the cattle dealers, the then government of Imo state, moved in and secured a land at Okigwe junction for the relocation of the cattle market. In doing that the Imo state government, appreciated the economic importance of the cattle market. “This market will increase the internally generated revenue of the state” a senior government official reportedly said then.

But for inexplicable reasons, the Imo state government resolved to push the cattle market to another location, a move that rankled the traders. And as the traders were thinking of going back to the North, the former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu, invited their leaders for talks, and at the end of the day, the Abia state government provided a large expanse of land at Umuchieze in Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state, for the cattle traders to stay and ply their business.

According to Alhaji Bishara, most of the cattle traders are from the Northern parts of the country, and have lived all their lives in Abia state. Indeed, most of them are descendants of Hausa/ Fulani cattle traders who had settled in Umuahia long before the country gained independence from the British colonial masters on October 1, 1960.

“We do not see ourselves as traders alone, but as residents and citizens of Abia state who are working and trading for the development of the economy of the state, and that is why we are agitating for a special political ward to enable us elect somebody who will represent our interests in the local government council.

“Actually the Abia state government had in the past, extended political appointments including a special advisory position to some of us. This goes to show how close we are to the government of Abia state. But we are asking for one of us to be appointed a commissioner to represent our interests in the Abia state executive council, whenever governor Theodore Orji decides to dissolve the existing state executive, and appoint a new one.

“I must say that this community enjoys a good relationship with the administration of Governor Theodore Orji as well as that of the Umunne ochi local government council. The relationship with the council is so cordial, and even when we quarrel with indigenous farmers in the area over the grazing of our cattle in their farmland, the successive council chairmen had invited us for amicable settlement of the matter instead of engaging in violent clashes with our hosts.

“We are enjoying reasonable security in the market, and that has allowed our business to thrive. We thank the Abia state government for approving the posting of soldiers and mobile police men here. The Abia state government has also provided us with nomadic school for our children, and we are requesting the government to also provide us with a health centre where our women can take treatment with ease rather than travelling long distances to access medical care,” said Alhaji Bishara in an interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY.

http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/44277/2013/01/06/umuchieze_cattle_market_unifying_point_northsouth.html?quicktabs_2=0&quicktabs_1=0&quicktabs_3=0

kunlekunle: what of those at traffic junctions (85% ibos)

In the traffic junction that you saw. In the ones I have seen Yorubas are 100%

99cent: so igbos feel its ok to persecute yorubas and hausas in their region. yet they complain if the same is being metted to them in other Nigerian states. hahahaaha joke of the century.

Persecuted by not giving them free land and unmerited hajj money I laugh in Pakistan language. Igbos are not muslims; Enugu sponsors pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Christian Yorubas in Enugu might benefit from that.

99cent: it's not a "yoruba pilgrim" it's a muslim pilgrim. just as there are christian pilgrims that igbos are a part of. YES sponsored in lagos state!
so because igbos don't believe in islam, they should not respect the nigerian muslims living within their midst?
and u complain when the muslims in d north do not respect your religion. abeg go and siddon.
na igbo treatment of foreigners worse pass.




In a statement issued after a well attended joint meeting of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the traditional council of Ndi-Eze and the title holders, held at the Ndigbo National secretariat in Lagos, they resolved that the era of disunity is over.


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they are asking for land to build a secretariat. Igbos have had one (or probably even more than one) for a LONG TIME.

Pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem are sponsored by states not fed. Each state is interested in sponsoring their own people in the preponderant religion, and owe no obligation to others. You need to show me one IGBO MAN sponsored to Jerusalem by SW or northern muslim states.

You claimed (lied) Yorubas in Igboland are few, yet those in Enugu alone are asking for land for a secretariat. What does one or two persons need a secretariat for then? Besides, why can't they buy land and build their secretariat. Igbos in Lagos bought land and built theirs with no support from Lag govt

ak4God: Heya!!!But how come no Igbo is ammong the top 10 in Nigeria,not to talk of AFRICA with this TRILLIONS?Abeg na question oooo.

We are talking of populations of people not a few individuals whose wealth are clearly questionable. We know that Dangote and the rest are fronting for IBB, OBJ and other top military guys who stole our money.

And who are the top ten richest Nigerians and what is your source of that information?

agbameta: Finally, don't now why it took forever to get rid of that trash..



Kudos. Eko o ni baje o

Guess who most okada and keke NAPEP operators in Lagos are

99cent: I read the thread. they weren't asking for "free land" they were asking for a community space. It was promised but never fulfilled.
they were also asking for what happened to federal allocation for Hajj. We know that there aren't many igbo muslims so what did Chime do with the Hajj money if he didn't give it to the yoruba/hausa community in his state?
Also, the article was written by an igbo person and very visibly biased.

Too bad there aren't many yorubas living in the east for there to be publicity about the marginaization going on by the self-righteous igbo brethren.

Hajj money is not fed money. It is State money. I dare you to prove me wrong. Why should Enugu sponsor hajj when they do not believe in Islam? Do muslim states sponsor Igbo pilgrims to Jerusalem? Why are they asking for what they cannot offer others?

Plus you claim land was promised them. Thank God you called it promise. How many land have SW govs promised Igbos?

YORUBA TRADO – MEDICS TAKEOVER IMO STATE.

http://www.imotrumpeta.com/?p=2018

Yoruba community in Imo

http://www.imostateblog.com/2012/04/02/yoruba-community-in-imo-state-drum-support-for-governor-okorocha/

99cent: besides tpiah brought up a good point. the said yoruba community in igboland claims to be marginalized. so igbos marginalize their non-igbo populations as well... nothing new there.

They were asking for free land in Enugu. Go and read the thread. The question was why must you ask for free land? They should buy land like Igbos buy in Lagos (no Igbo group is given free land anywhere in SW). They went to press crying marginalization. duh!!!

99cent: this still doesn't proove that you met thousands of yorubas in igboland.
if that's the entire yoruba community in Abia state and you met them all, that will be 90 people at most.

How can that be all Yoruba in Abia? That was a small group You need to go to the markets in Aba and the university an dresearch institute in Umuahia. They are there plentifully. MANY ARE ALSO TAXI DRIVERS and security officials (police custom, army etc)

Yoruba community in Anambra
https://www.google.com/search?q=Yoruba+community+in+Anambra&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

99cent: ok this one is clearly a big fat lie.
because I lived in lagos for many yrs and didn't meet thousands of igbos. Even on facebook I don't have that many friends. talkless of meeting thousands of yorubas in igboland to judge their igbo speaking skills.

I call u out as a liar on this one.

You can call me a liar but I stand by my statement. I have lived in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun, and in Abia, Imo and Enugu. I speak Yoruba like I speak Igbo. In the course of these times, I have come across millions of Yorubas in Yorubaland and 1000s of them In Igboland. I have not met any Yoruba in Igboland who speaks Igbo fluently. Of course people joke around with smattering of words such as ''nna'', ''kedu'', etc.

Yoruba community in Abia
https://www.nairaland.com/718689/breaking-news-yoruba-community-abia

99cent: ^
clearly u can't recognize sarcasm when u see it.
the whole point is that the population of SWners in east is miniscule compared to the other way round. duh

While there are more Igbos in SW (mainly Lagos) than Yoruba in Igboland, the # of Yoruba in Igboland is stil significant. They are in all the states, even involving in local politics by supporting one Igbo politician against another.

[quote author=tpia@]you have not met any doesnt make it a lie?[/quote]Given how far and well I have traversed SE and SS, I have met at least 1000000 Yorubas in my life. I have meet 1000s living in Igboland and non could speak Igbo. Can you say same for Igbos in SW?

[quote author=tpia@]yes they do![/quote]This is a lie. I have not met any.

[quote author=tpia@]yes they do!





that's a silly question.

how can you live somewhere and not speak the language?

even in places with more than one official language, you at least speak one of the two, not none of the two.[/quote]Many Igbos in SW speak Yoruba unlike Yoruba who live in Igboland. This is a fact. In any case, are you justifying arresting Igbos in Lagos who could not speak Yoruba language?

looplat: How dumb can you be to be the 'actual' owners and not put your name on the C of O?

ibo pipu go kill pesin with laff

Old data. Bring current one.

Your PDFs contain 2005 t0 2007 data. What is the situation today?

looplat: You probably OD(ed) on ganja not to be able to see the names and their various tribes.

Read my post above, plus many of the properties are on company, many in English, not individual local tribal names. We know those who bear English names most in Nigeria.

manny4life: Unless if I smoked ganja tonight, your PDF files don't have ethnic distributions, or am I missing something? How did you arrive at your equal 20% distribution?

I saw that too. The guy is a joker. Plus, I read where El-rufai said most of Abuja land were allocated to Northerners but that actual ownership was Igbo. Apparently Northerners resold to Igbos, even if old official documents say otherwise.

The Minister in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai over the weekend declared that Igbos have acquired about 73 percent of landed property in Abuja.
The Minister, who was addressing a gathering of Southeast elected officials also revealed how the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmadu Ali abused him for demolishing his house in Asokoro District in Abuja.
Speaking on a lighter mood, el-Rufai called on the Igbos to take Abuja as the sixth state of the southeast in view of their dominance of the real estate sector of the FCT.
He pointed out that such dominance explains why the Igbos appear to have been the worst victims of the demolition exercise in the territory.
For instance, he said “68 percent of the land allocations in the FCT belongs to the 19 northern states, but in actual land ownership, 73 percent belongs to the Igbos with the most aggressive in land ownership belonging to the indigenes of Anambra state, while Ebonyi lags behind.”

https://www.nairaland.com/54751/el-rufai-igbos-own-73-abuja

[quote author=tpia@]why didnt he learn yoruba,[/quote]Why should he? IS THAT THE REQUIREMENT? DO THE YORUBAS LIVING IN ALAIGBO SPEAK IGBO?
If anything, Igbos in SW have tried to speak Yoruba, much more than Yorubas living in Igboland trying to speak Igbo.

Abagworo: Its only an 18 storey building and not a skyscraper. Once you drive into Abakaliki and turn left towards the township, the building stares you right at the face.

I have been hearing about this building. How come there is no photo of it?

PapaBrowne: Ah! A whole Ibadan.

I was at Shoprite in Enugu on a week day in the afternoon and it was filled up and brimming with shoppers.

As someone said, it all boils down to purchasing power. But I would rather say it boils down to disposable income.


Top Cities in Nigeria with quality disposable incomes.

Lagos
Abuja
Port Harcourt
Warri
Benin
Kano
Onitsha
Enugu
Kaduna
Aba
Uyo

Owerri and Nnewi also have a lot of disposable income

PapaBrowne: Dayo. That thread you keep referencing was very on point. I even provided a link but you refused to acknowledge.
I stated clearly, Accredited. And the list is still there as provided by the medical council of Nigeria.
Edo State still has the highest number of accredited Medical schools in Nigeria with three. Lagos is the second highest with two. Osun has recently joined Lagos with the accreditation of LAUTECH. The rest either have 1 or none.

Here is your link again.
http://www.mdcnigeria.org/MedSchools.htm


Me I am happy that the SW is finally having a renaissance of sorts. The rest of the South left the SW in the 90s. The death of Awo stopped all forms of development. The SW has been punching below its belt. The missing link is an entrepreneural spirit.

Check this fact:
The number of very functioning airports in the SW: None.
The number of very functioning Airports in the SS: PH, Calabar, Uyo, Warri, Benin, Asaba.

And it is not that there are no airports in the SW. Ibadan and Akure have airports. Thierr passenger numbers are too low.

Its about disposable income, you know!

On med schools, Enugu has two, Anambra has two as well (though one is listed as partial at at then), from your list

On airports, SE has two functional ones, Enugu and Owerri

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