₦airaland Forum

udezue:
An Ibibio man as IG now that's good. Hope he outperforms Onovo. An Igbo appointed too? Well good job. As long as we remain part of that entity we all deserve any position if not then what are doing in Nigeria?

bk.babe97y:
Damn, son! I just fcked my mom yesterday even if she really dont know who my true father is!

RichyBlacK:
@ezeagu,

Excellent map!

How did you make the map? Will like to learn.

mens dept:
Zik was supposedly rigged in the West Region way back when, and again[b] in 1983 Anambra state, Then 1999 we heard massive riggin, then 2003 greater riggin, and 2007, the greatest riggin in World History.[/b]

2011, and yet no major concern or project to ensure a free, fair, and safe election. I'm sure most of the folks that are planning on going home this Christmas dont even know an election is taking place then, and will be surprised at the touts controlling their village movements

safariman:
Didn't Akala already declared himself the winner in Oyo state?

slap1:
Someone have asked few days ago what inspires you to write. So holding opposing views equals being uneducated? You need to check into a rehab if you start drawing analogies between our politics and America's at this point. Is it not still clear to you that we're still too far to be remotely near? But I better hurry off the thread for you and your 'educated' ilk. . .

PhysicsQED:
"Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no ‘Nigerians’ in the same sense as there are ‘English,’ ‘Welsh,’ or ‘French.’ The word ‘Nigerian’ is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.”- Obafemi Awolowo, Path to Nigerian Freedom

Reading all the back and forth about zoning on this forum got me thinking,

Is it not the case that the political foundations of Nigeria are INHERENTLY unstable, and that we will never reach a point where only merit will determine who governs this country? It should be obvious that if only the best from every region have a say, then mediocrity and inadequacy, incompetence, etc. will be severely reduced, but with the different sections of the country not being equally developed prior to independence and with no amount of oil money or any other industry being able to bring every part of the country to some high degree of prosperity (i.e. wealth without real work, like Saudi Arabia, or actual oil-rich countries) and level the playing field to allow those who were not able to compete in a merit based system to compete, what incentive will there ever be to adopt a purely merit based stance towards government and development?

slap1:
We should look at issues critically, we must not all agree with Mr. Ochereome. If you were in Jonathan's shoes would you have done the opposite? He is simply strategizing and campaigning with the tools at his disposal, just like every other aspirant. He is only luckier to be more equipped than the others, which is not all bad. Someone rightly cited what happened between Bush and Al Gore in the U.S of A. Now when John McCain and Sarah Palin where digging up all sorts of racist dirt against Obama's candidacy, what do you think they were doing? They were simply using the tools at their disposal to shorn the veneer of the opposition, about the same thing GEJ is allegedly doing. History have shown us that politics is not a game of saints, and we are to be pitied if we nurse the ambition of proving history wrong.

koruji:
It is not about being dumb. It is about having a choice between the devil & the deep blue sea. It is an incremental process right now. However, we will be happy to catch the thief any way we can - whether for political gain or not does not matter to me. If the EFCC can make a solid case of corruption, that is all that matters. As I said, the real defense is to say to EFCC "come on in, have a look around, take your time - we have nothing to hide".

EFCC is not an accounting firm that monitors expenses - they respond to corruption allegation & indicators.

TewMuch:
Wild guess. . Just try, you will be surprised by your intelligence. .

@ Tpiah, Which kain mix OBJ get? . Ijebu and Egba or what
was your post a mistake or were you trying to be sarcastic? I think you are tired.

TewMuch:
Guess? Dont tell me you dont know where have you been? Are you sure your not an alien?

tpiah:
i think a few nigerian presidents have been ethnically mixed.


eg obj, gej and ibb, if the rumours are anything to go by.

however, sometimes its also about the first lady as well. Not sure it matters if they are mixed or not though it would seem so. Look at jerry rawlings, obama, etc.

Omolulu:
this is really deja vu!! maybe Goodluck wud be more successful than Obj in intimidating opponents

MetalGong4:
The unfinished  _greatness kleptocracy of Awo, the late finance minister, continues in hell . . . . .

~Bluetooth:
Sounds like a calabar name to me . . .abi ?

"For example, the evolution of Port Harcourt, created in 1913, shows the arrival of Ibo settlers in 1937. The land was bought by the British from the Ikwerres. While the latter spent years trying unsuccessfully to reclaim their land from the government, while they never benefited from the city's phenomenal development, the Ibos became the major beneficiaries; by 1953, they constituted 80% of the population. In short, unlike other immigrant groups (Ogoni, Ibibio, Edo, Yoruba, Sierra-Leoneans), the Ibo took over control of the land, so much so that, in the 1949 Town Council elections, they won.
I should point out that I'm well aware that [/b]Ikwerres are really Igbos, whether they acknowledge it or not, but unlike some people (many Igbos) I know that historical competition like this between them and immigrant Igbos is one of the reasons they tried to distance themselves, so I'm not posting this quote to start any kind of pointless debate on whether they are really Igbos or whether Rivers is mostly Igbo, but to explain why it would be hard for people to fraternize with people who are dominating them[b], even if they are doing so through completely legitimate and innocent means.

I would like to define Igbos being referred to here as the nri-awka-isoma-aro coalition.

@ezeagu.if you observe igbos well you will notice the "us" versus "them" syndrome in igboland.who are "them"?examples are the onitsha and ngwa.they are minorities inside majority.they feel bad that everything has been grabbed and they now lack the ability to compete with the northern and eastern igbo coalition.ebonyi and enugu peoples are generally easy going and still have very large expanse of land, that is why they seem to take the dominance in good faith.

I am from Awka and I don't even understand what this silly fear of Anambra Igbo is all about. *hiss*
One minute I am defending the Aro and next I'm defending Awka-Anambra axis or whatever due to people and their unnecessary fear of other people's level of success.

Biko get like us or hush. One day another side of Igbo land will also rise and dominate more but I really don't get what the whole dominance thing is all about. Igbu wu Igbo to me so the success of the Nnewi is an Igbo success to me.

The 'Us vs Them' issue is very much real, especially in regards to the northern coalition (Anambra Igbo) vs everyone else. Anyone familiar would no doubt understand what is meant by the 'northerner complex'. They just seem to behave somehow, and people know what I mean by that. Then (although not so much pronounced) there is the southern sentiment toward northerners. The 'Us vs Them' mentality is also present between Aba/Old Bende districts. Not so much pronounced now, but still existent is the 'Us vs Them' mentality present in Ngwa in relation to general Igbo politics.

Establishing autonomous provinces and having a parliamentary system could help work against that, because it is much more in line with our nature, as opposed to the current arrangement that we have now.