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[quote author=tpia@]if you're really taking this thing serious, then you need a mission statement and quantifiable goals (I'd have said agenda but that has a negative connotation in the general nigerian context).

quantifiable goals meaning something that is achievable in the long term and which you dont have to risk too much investment in before you get a measurable return (doesnt necessarily have to be material issues per se).

just my two cents.

you may also want to tread carefully should you decide to go official, since there are many stumbling blocks along the way. Dont expect it to be easy.

lastly, it goes without saying- there's absolutely no need to make things tribal and by that I mean meetings or gatherings dont have to turn into a slugfest about whichever tribe you dont like, in the absence of direct aggravation.



I still remember checking out an Igbo site on facebook, and to my greatest surprise, what did I see but someone asking for help with abusing one "yoruba f.ool" somewhere. Of course s/he received lots of eager suggestions!

Meanwhile, to the best of my knowledge, it was an exclusively igbo forum with no yoruba present? Of course maybe the offended person had a right to feel that way, but it still looked somehow.


if you must fight because you feel bored when you dont do so, then why not fight tree cutters or something. Take up a widespread cause like global warming.
just saying o.[/quote]Dear tpia,

Thanks for your suggestions and opinion concerning our (Igbo)body here on Nairaland. Your good intentions are well noted.
I don't know when you started following our activities here, but the first thing I did when I assumed "office" as Eze Ndigbo Nairaland was to declare a mission statement/goal. It is encapsulated in two Igbo maxims:

Igwe bu Ike

Umunna bu ike

Both simply means UNITY IS STRENGTH.

I trust that you know Ndigbo very well, and know the value of unity to us a people in Nigeria, especially these days.
It is not a tangible thing, but it is very much responsible for our progress or failure whether inside or outside the Nigerian nation. I personally chose that goal, bearing in mind that it is herculean. Nevertheless, I chose it, because this is not a personal mission. It is a COLLECTIVE mission to create a sane society for Ndigbo and hopefully other Nigerians can copy that and make the country a sane country. There is no way to get unity when everybody is busy stealing and wanting to appropriate lucre to SELF. We have the wrong sets of values imposed on us by armed people and we've had to live with it and even imbibe most of it, leading to some of the most alien and evil practices (kidnapping for instance ) finding their homes in Igboland. My constant message to my council members is that "Anyi adighi agba ka anyi wee data ego" -meaning, "we are not in this for monetary or ANY personal gains. None of us will personally benefit from any of our actions, this website for example. We chose to do things this way because GREED and AVARICE have become the two most dangerous evils holding Nigeria hostage today. So we are determined to set a different value system in Igboland and hopefully Nigeria.

I laugh sometimes when people get scared and think that we are some evil merchants and die hard secessionists.
THAT IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH. We are people who are tired of unbridled greed in our corner of Nigeria and want to change the agenda to what our ancestors would be happy about.

Eze Ndigbo Nairaland is a yearly office. I have just clocked six months in office, and I will ensure that whoever succeeds me is NOT someone with the same mindset as those we are trying to remove from Igboland and Nigeria. HE MUST BE A SELFLESS PERSON. When that time comes, I will do my best to make this happen.

Because Nigeria is a highly tribalistic country, our members are temporarily drawn from Igbo land only. We will certainly expand it with time to invite ANY Nigerian who believes in accountability, justice and peace.

If we have these in Nigeria, there is no need for Biafra. FACT.

So wish us good luck.

Umu Igbo, bikonu jisienu ike debanye aha unu na imeelu unu na ebe ahu, ka anyi wee nwee ike izigara unu ozi ma oburu na ozi daputa.
Ana m ekele Onowu [/b]umu Igbo Nairaland ([b]Odumchi)na ndi ime-obi maka nnukwu mbo ha gbara maka webusaiti a.
Odighi nfe ma ncha.
Jisie ike Odumchi.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]First time I've agreed with you in months.

It must be the egusi soup I've been feeding ya.[/quote]I never knew you can cook egusi soup.
Don't let Mrs Onlytruth catch you there.

Someone is already mentioning David Mark and Pius Anyim as the possible next PDP presidential materials and VP candidates. Pray what progressive agenda has these folks championed since being in government?

The PDP is NOT interested in any progressive agenda. In a way the party is like an escrow agency which holds in trust money that MUST BE SHARED to OWNERS of Nigeria.

A progressive (accountable and pan citizen ) president can never come out of PDP.
That is my opinion on that.
How can armed robbers produce the best IG of the police?

Gbawe: My brother, you "overheard" nothing You are only stating your own opinion - and quite an intelligent one also. Alas, your thinking has one major flaw - it does not tally with the 'mentality' of the PDP. [size=16pt]At the Presidential Level, the PDP is not willing to support any "credible and progressive" candidate who will tamper with what the Party is solely about i.e the central control, through the FG, of Nigeria's wealth for disbursement to members of the "owners of Nigeria" club.[/size]

Yes the PDP might support a popular candidate but certainly not a progressive one and direct history bears this out with how the likes of Donald Duke could not even be considered VP to Yar Adua while others who are mediocrity personified were chosen. Watch and you will see.

[b]Gbawe [/b]while conducting his ramblings occasionally hits the sweet spot of TRUTH.
Lo and behold the CORE reason why I hate PDP with a STRONG PASSION.
Good one Gbawe.

It is good that our convo was in Igbo so that others who may have malicious motives would not be able to read my comments easily.
UmuIgbo, o buru na anyi choro oganihu, anyi ga akwusiriri ihu ego na anya, ma kwusikwa imegbu umunne anyi.
Gini mere anyi ji egosikari ike anyi n'ebe umunne anyi no?
O buru n'ebe ndi ozo no, egwu atuba anyi!

Ihe a ga akwusiriri!

This is my response to the guy.

Onlytruth:
Ka m suo na Igbo izugbe.

Umunna, unu ahula nke bu eziokwu maka ihe ndi MASSOB na eme na Onicha. Bikonu, o bu otu a ka ha ga esi wee nye anyi Biafra? Ihe ndi di otu a mere na umu Igbo achoghi ikwado ha ma ncha.
Ihe nke a jogburu onwe ya. Kedu ihe mere na anyi bu umu Igbo na egosi ike anyi soso na ebe umunne anyi no?
Otu akuko ahu kwa ka anyi na anu maka ndi nto (kidnappers)juputara na ala Igbo ugbua. Kama ndi be anyi ga na agba mbo iwetara anyi oganihu, ya na mmepe, ha ana acho soso ego na uzo obula. Ihe nke a jogburu onwe ya! O na erikwa m nri na ahu oge nile.
Ya diba. Aga m ekwu maka ya na politics section, ka o wee do onye obula anya.
O bu nnukwu ihe nwute.

Ana m ekele gi nwanne. Biko achoro ka i na agwa m ihe na eme na Onicha maka na anyi kwesiri ima nke bu eziokwu ka anyi we duo umu Igbo odu ga abara ha uru.
Biko detara m ozi imeelu na ezendigbo_nl@hushmail.com
Jisie ike nwanne.

So, since when did MASSOB's mission change to extortion and oppression of innocent Igbo folks?
Is extortion and oppression of fellow Igbo in Igboland the way to actualization of Biafra?

I'll be back with what I said about it in the culture section.

I don't know how I missed this thread earlier, but thank God I can still comment on it.

Ok, here is my take.

Recent conversation I had with one of our brothers who lives and conducts his business at Onitsha basically confirmed what the OP is saying. So, lets not be in a hurry to throw "her" under the bus.

Here is the convo I had with one of our brothers in the culture section:

Onlytruth:
Mazi i bi na onicha ado? Biko kedu ka obodo di ebe ahu? Unu ndi no na uno kwesiri idi na ewetalu anyi akoko maka ife na eme na uno.
Anuru m na ndi MASSOB na ndi uwe ojii nwere obele ogba aghara. Kedu nke bu eziokwu?
Ekene kwa m gi.

ZUBY77:
Nke bu eziokwu bu na ndi Massob na emezi ihe masiri ha na Onicha. Mgbe ufodu, ha na anara umu Igbo ngwa ahia ha . Oge gara aga, ha biara buru ngwa ahia enyi m nwoke na enweghi ihe omere ha. anyi tinyere ego buru ibu tupu anyi gbaputa ya. Anukwara m na ha gbagburu onye uwe ojii na oge gara aga nke butere nsogbu na etiti ha na ndi uwe ojii ala naijiria. Onwe ihe ichoro imata maka onicha, mee ka m mara. Ndewo.

Source: https://www.nairaland.com/934802/eze-ndi-igbo-nairaland-cultural/4

I was speaking with a past class mate in Nigeria, asking him about how Igbo members of the federal executive council are performing per federal projects in SE and Igboland. I specifically inquired about the Akanu Ibiam "International" Airport Enugu. The guy told me point blank that if Igbo wanted that airport, it would have SINCE been completed.
He lambasted Anyim Pius Anyim (the Secretary to the FG), calling him a f.ool. I told him those were harsh words, but he simply told me "oh boy, you are not in Nigeria", and stuck to his guns. For the record, I agreed with most of what he had to say (because I read more news about Nigeria than he can ever read in one day ) but I disagreed with his name callings. His points stand though, and that is that if our people in government REALLY want stuff done for us, it will happen. Why they are not doing it is food for thought to every Igbo with common sense.

I wonder what my brothers like Dede1 have to say about this. I personally believe that if we cannot zealously defend our interests while in government, then, we should basically shelf the idea of secession because it would not solve anything for us.

It all depends on how much the opposition TRULY wants to win. If the merger is to move power to areas that have ruled Nigeria before, then it will not work. Much as I want the best candidate for 2015 elections irrespective of the party, I would be a fool to expect peace in Nigeria if some sections feel that they are being deliberately kept out of power in Nigeria. Those who predict disintegration post 2015 find their strongest argument there.
Unfortunately, "the best" would have to come from Igboland. However, that is not to say that another cannot come from elsewhere. Politics and political evolution of a country is a very fluid thing. The metamorphosis is continuous and the measure of success is PEACE and PROGRESS; and you cannot have both without JUSTICE.
Somehow I suspect that majority of Nairalanders are too naive or too immature to understand me on this.

People like ndu_chucks [/b]who think that power must return to the North in 2015 frankly miss this point. These folks want Nigeria to remain one but they can't understand the "HOW" of it all.
Oh well.

I would repeat that the only easy way (that I can see) for the opposition to snag the 2015 presidential race is to field an Igbo man. However, PDP might beat the opposition to it. I still don't like the PDP, but like I said, nothing is chiseled on stone.
A wise man said, "[b]Show me a man who would not compromise, and I would show you a man with rocks for brains".

Nuff said.

The only easy way for the ACN-CPC merger to snatch Aso rock (even if Jonathan is contesting in 2015) is to field an Igbo candidate, somebody like Rivers state governor Chibuike Amaechi (if they can snag him from PDP) with a NW VP candidate. That way, the East will be thoroughly divided with the larger chunk supporting Amaechi.
Remember that Amaechi is also "Rotimi" (if that helps to get Yoruba votes).

If the merger can also get APGA, it will definitely kill PDP.
I personally want PDP killed.

ZUBY77: [b]Nke bu eziokwu bu na ndi Massob na emezi ihe masiri ha na Onicha. Mgbe ufodu, ha na anara umu Igbo ngwa ahia ha . Oge gara aga, ha biara buru ngwa ahia enyi m nwoke na enweghi ihe omere ha. anyi tinyere ego buru ibu tupu anyi gbaputa ya. [/b]Anukwara m na ha gbagburu onye uwe ojii na oge gara aga nke butere nsogbu na etiti ha na ndi uwe ojii ala naijiria. Onwe ihe ichoro imata maka onicha, mee ka m mara. Ndewo.

Ka m suo na Igbo izugbe.

Umunna, unu ahula nke bu eziokwu maka ihe ndi MASSOB na eme na Onicha. Bikonu, o bu otu a ka ha ga esi wee nye anyi Biafra? Ihe ndi di otu a mere na umu Igbo achoghi ikwado ha ma ncha.
Ihe nke a jogburu onwe ya. Kedu ihe mere na anyi bu umu Igbo na egosi ike anyi soso na ebe umunne anyi no?
Otu akuko ahu kwa ka anyi na anu maka ndi nto (kidnappers)juputara na ala Igbo ugbua. Kama ndi be anyi ga na agba mbo iwetara anyi oganihu, ya na mmepe, ha ana acho soso ego na uzo obula. Ihe nke a jogburu onwe ya! O na erikwa m nri na ahu oge nile.
Ya diba. Aga m ekwu maka ya na politics section, ka o wee do onye obula anya.
O bu nnukwu ihe nwute.

Ana m ekele gi nwanne. Biko achoro ka i na agwa m ihe na eme na Onicha maka na anyi kwesiri ima nke bu eziokwu ka anyi we duo umu Igbo odu ga abara ha uru.
Biko detara m ozi imeelu na ezendigbo_nl@hushmail.com
Jisie ike nwanne.

[quote author=One_Naira]I know too many, it pains you people to actually see how Igbo view Lagos. Poor things. Yes I know alot actually, some are people I met in USA, others are friend while 7 are relative and one is actually my FATHER. The fact remains, people go to lagos and people come back from lagos when they aren't getting whatever they wish in lagos. The same way I've moved around east from Asaba to Ontisha to Rivers to Enugu. The only people chest-beating over an over-grown village is your people. To Igbos, lagos is lagos simple. I barely even see it as anything to write home to mother about especially being a man whose visited places like Nairobi, Casablanca, Johannesburg and Luanda.

As the Igbo and Ibibio marriage, this is what you said

You said the following words "the reason igbo men seek just igbo women in south-east is because the land is predominately igbo and they have to follow just the women blah blah" and I'll repeat again yet there are Igbo men married to Urhobo, Ijaw, Ibibio, etc and all reside in Igboland or within East and even outside of East. The fact is Igbo men and Ibibio women and Igbo women and Ibibio women marriage is actually the highest when concerning intermarriage relation among Igbo followed by Igbo women and Ijaw men relationship so forth and so on. No be una wey dey chest-beat over Igbo women and Yoruba men blah blah and the saddest sh1t is that relationship isn't even among the top 5 when concerning intermarriage relationship among Igbos even if you do Igbo women alone. Na only una chest-beat over something that you'll even make una look bad. Keep repeating whatever that'll make you feel better as long as it helps you sha.

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Some people take pride in being stupid and take no shame of it at all.

AGAIN WHERE IS THE POST TALKING ABOUT YORUBA WOMEN ATTRACTION of what you accused me off. You didnot accuse me of saying "Igbo men view Yoriuba women as unattractive". Nah I've admitted that multiple times, you accused me of Speaking on what Yoruba women find attractive on men, Yoruba women dating, etc. Don't just pull bullsh1t to suit nor change your line of accusation.



Now do me the favor and POINT OUT WHERE THE MAIN FOCUS WAS AND THE PEOPLE I'M TALKING ABOUT WAS ON YORUBA WOMEN AND HOW THEY VIEW IGBO MEN RATHER THAN IGBO MEN AND HOW THEY VIEW YORUBA WOMEN as you've accused me off.

Start pointing.[/quote]lol. Of course she can't point it out. I decided to allow her to save face (I learned that from one former Nairalander by the name of SapeleGuy). He always advised that folks allow others some room to save face.
That is why I am not emphasizing the "attraction" factor. Everybody knows who is cutest per capita in Nigeria.

ZUBY77: Leronard onah lives at ugwuagba obosi near old spare parts market where i market my goods from china. I know his house and i see him often.

Mazi i bi na onicha ado? Biko kedu ka obodo di ebe ahu? Unu ndi no na uno kwesiri idi na ewetalu anyi akoko maka ife na eme na uno.
Anuru m na ndi MASSOB na ndi uwe ojii nwere obele ogba aghara. Kedu nke bu eziokwu?
Ekene kwa m gi.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]This thing dey pain you ohhh.

aren't you the one that said you're off to bed? Anyone can guess that my post gave you a sleepness night. what time is it over there? 4:28 AM?


You said Igbo men don't find Yoruba women attractive. I said yoruba women don't find Igbo men attractive. Is that the reason why you came back with a long azz undecipherable epistle? For who? me? a simple "attractive yoruba woman"? [/quote]The bolded is part of the confusion people like you introduced to this thread, thereby muddling the waters and obfuscating facts. My direct brother (and many like him) dated Yoruba women for many years. They only didn't marry them. That's all.

lol, this thread was never about d!.ck contests or beauty contest.
Igbo men DATE every tribe in Nigeria. They just prefer to MARRY Igbo women. FACT.
Are there Igbo men married to Yoruba women or even Hausa? OF COURSE!
One Hausa woman married to my father's friend in my village even gave birth to 10 kids. Very fertile woman.
Are there Igbo women married to Yorubas (or even zulus)? HELL YEA OF COURSE.
Are the numbers significant to even worth mention? Nope.

Igbo folks date any women. They only take home and settle with WIVES.

ACM10: Umu nnem, biko me nu anya ka unu ahughi onye isi ngbaka dere ihe a

Ekwere m ka anyi gba ya nkiti, mana ihe nile o na ede kwesiri igosi anyi bu umu Igbo na ha kporo anyi asi rinne.
Nke a kwesiri igwa anyi ka anyi kwusi ichu soso ego taa, makwa guzo oto maka ogu chere anyi n'ihu. Oke ichu ego egbuola ndi Igbo!
O buru na anyi tinye anya na nsogbuu diri anyi na naijiriya, ihe nile ndi a agaghi na eme anyi.
Onye obula mara na agha di n'ihu. Nke a bu nke bu eziokwu!

ndu_chucks and Northsharp, I see that both of you are just here laughing your as.ses off while some idiot is ranting, and you say nothing (frankly I don't take any Yoruba id.iot seriously. lol). When some Igbo dude comes here to respond you wake up from the dead.
Let me tell you guys what you already know, if this killing happened (the details are not out yet, I personally doubt the story), it has added to Igbo resolve to leave Nigeria. It will simply drive the movement (or something more dangerous) underground and it will fester there to rise one day in devastating fashion.
The level of hate exhibited by some posters here is the fuel that will finally nail Nigeria's coffin.

The Igbo elite have not joined MASSOB because most of us are not convinced of their strategy. Some of us are not even convinced of the need to leave Nigeria, but with this type of killing, more and more of us are getting more convinced.
Nuff said.

Ok. Here is my take.

I have been shouting myself hoarse that MASSOB is not doing Igbo much good by their stratagems. I have been called all sorts of names by some of my brothers for that, but I still have to state the truth.

We Ndigbo are a peculiar tribe (let me not use "special" because of envy) in Nigeria. People envy us and covet us even for some of the most simple things. They plan to kill us at the slightest reason. Nigeria's history is replete with unnecessary shedding of Igbo blood for one stoopid reason or another. Therefore, we are not supposed to live our lives in ways that give our enemies ANY CHANCE WHATSOEVER to come into Igboland to kill us. Because of that, I have always thought that MASSOB's non-violence doctrine is stoopid. I did not say that it cannot work elsewhere o. All I'm saying is that it will not work for us Ndigbo because there are too many haters in Nigeria wanting to kill us. Therefore the time has come for Uwazuruike to either ship MASSOB out of Igboland, or go learn how to earn Nigerian respect.

It is irresponsible to be leading hordes who get killed willy nilly in Igboland. These are peoples brothers, husbands, fathers and sons.
I am also watching what the so called Igbo leaders both in and out of government will say about this (seemingly)unprovoked mass murder right in the heart of Igboland.

I would always advise Igbo folks to stay away from MASSOB until their Modus Operandi is sanitized enough else they will die for nothing.

Ekwugo kwa m nke m.

PointB: It's sad that the over-zealous, and poorly trained Nigerian soldiers have once again inflicted sorrows, tears, and blood on unarmed civilian, ostensibly for gathering illegally.

Let's us not forget in a hurry that one of the often touted excuses for the boko haram menace was that their leader was killed in cold blood by element of the Nigeria security personnel. The continual murdering of non-violent MASSOB members, may lead to another 'boko haram' incident. Or does Nigeria military, which is currently stretched thin, intend to open another front in the crisis they barely have a grasp of. One who have expected a professional minded body like the military to avoid provoking another front.

The military should make no mistake, Igbo have fought a war in the past to defend the live of it's people who were being cut down in similar by soldiers and civilians from other ethnic groups. If need be, Igbo shall not hesitate to defend our people from those who will rather see them bleed! Nigeria will not survive another frontier of the in going crisis. Incident like this, is all it takes to spark one! At this rate, an armed and militant MASSOB will be assured of my spiritual, material, and physical support!

Nigeria as a country is obtuse and cowardly. I have NEVER seen Nigeria act tough against REAL enemies; you can't check history. When Cameroun kept killing Nigerians and Nigerian solsdiers in Bakassi, guess what Nigeria did? Tuck tails between legs because they couldn't face them. And when the idea of letting the world court rule on it came along, Nigeria jumped at the idea! Today Boko Haram is killing hundreds and thousands of Nigerians, and the Nigerian government is killing UNARMED and NON-VIOLENT MASSOB.

That is Nigeria, a land of cold blooded murderers and cowards.

So, with such high number of unmarried Igbo women in Igboland, now, imagine an Igbo man marrying Yoruba for instance.
I'm laughing.
Anyway I'm out.
Peace.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]I think the main question is why Yoruba women do not marry Igbo men. Yoruba women also marry out of their tribe, yet they side step Igbo men. it's not a question of how Igbo men don't marry Yoruba women, because even Igbo women marry outside of Igboland (Yoruba, Deltans, Urhobo, etc) once they have seen better outside.

The other main question to ask is why many Nigerian women marry Yoruba men in large.

I noticed that a Igbo men tend to complain about Yoruba men and Igbo women, why is that? You all seem to be making up different excuses; either blaming Yoruba women or calling your igbo women outcasts. I'm suspecting that the poster is an Igbo man because her family story does not match up.[/quote]The thread question is "Why Do Yoruba Guys Marry Igbo Girls Than Vice Versa".
The emphasis here is on the GUYS. Please don't spin the topic off track with open lie.
You like to debate yourself most of the times. I am only interested in stating the facts as they are.

When it comes to a WIFE, Igbo man is THOROUGH and VERY SERIOUS in that search, because he marries for LIFE.
Divorce is LOW in Igboland and HIGH in Yorubaland. FACT. I don't want to go into areas that one might consider demeaning to the other side; or a subjective view of the issue. In ranking a woman for marrying, somehow Igbo man thinks that Igbo girl born and raised in Igboland is God's gift to the marriage institution.
I don't know whether they are right or wrong about that, but that is a FACT.

Another thing is that Igbo men are more interested in the wives they marry, than in who is marrying their sisters.
Which one concern us? lol
There are MANY single Igbo women in Igboland and the problem is escalating because Igbo are mainly monogamous.
So, the challenge for Igbo girls raised outside Igboland to find Igbo husbands is even made tougher by that fact alone.
We are more interested in finding them husbands.

Na wa o. I'm surprised that a lot of Igbo guys here are not saying the ultimate truth about why there are less Igbo men marrying Yoruba women.

I even saw Ileke-Idi claiming that it is because Yoruba women don't like Igbo men. lol
If I have never been to Yorubaland, I would not have known better.

The simple reason why there are more Yoruba men marrying Igbo women than Igbo men marrying Yoruba women is because Igbo men are HIGHLY Igbo (or Eastern Nigeria) focused while picking wives. A wife is a HUGE DEAL for an Igbo man. It is even hard to convince an Igbo man to marry a Bini sef talk less of marrying further westward. FACT.
Igbo men simply love Igbo women (especially the ones raised in Igboland). Period.
If they miss Igbo women, they go for Akwa/Cross river, or Rivers babes. Ultimate truth.
Several of my relations in Lagos dated Yoruba women for many years, but still headed back to Nnewi and environ to pick their wives. The poor Yoruba babes felt used and dumped.
The Igbo men even side step Igbo girls born and raised in Lagos. Yes it is like that!

Like Odenidgbo-Aroli said, the Igbo women marrying Yoruba men are the ones who were born and raised in Lagos or Yorubaland, and I would add that they are those who couldn't find Igbo husbands (those who were side- stepped by their tribes men). FACT.
An Igbo girl born and raised in Lagos who marries an Igbo man is VERY lucky(most of them want to, but can't find Igbo husbands) because it is rare. I have a few female relations (cousins) who were born and raised in Lagos, who are still single (in their mid thirties now). One out of desperation married a guy from kwara state( some 5 years ago), while her senior sister is still single even now.

I don't have an opinion about whether it is right or wrong for people to be choosy in picking spouses.
We should only state facts so that people can find TRUE solutions to their problems.

nedu210: Ọha na Eze ekene'm.
Nwa naa okwu gị dị nma mana ihe'm a'wọtaghị bụ ebụ'm na uche gị, i'ji edeghari okwu ụfọdị na oyibo, ọbu na icheghi na umu igbo nọ ebea ga awota ihe ị'na ede.
Nwa nna biko adị na edegharị okwu gị na oyibo asụsụ igbo nwelu nwọta zuru oke. Dalu kwa.

hehe! nwanne aghotara ihe i na ekwu, mana o ga agba gi ghari ichoputa na otutu umu Igbo no na-ebe a agaghi aghota ihe o dere. O di mma otu o siri tugharia ihe ndi tara akpu na bekee ka o wee doo ndi na amaghi agu ya ofuma anya.
Nwayo nwayo ka anyi ga eji wee rachaa ofe di oku.
Ekele kwa m gi.

FACE: Umunne na umunna, ekele diri unu nile. O na amasi m na onye obula no ebe-a na agba mbo i-de Igbo. O bu kwa eziokwu na anyi kwesiri i-gba mbo n-akuziri umu anyi asusu anyi, maka na nwanne di na mba.

Gbasara i-de na Igbo izugbe; o ga ekwe nghota karia ma o-buru na anyi na ede ihe dika e si a supee (spell) ya na Igbo izugbe, karia i-de ya ka osi a-da na nti anyi. O buru na anyi dee ya otu-a, o ga ekwe nghota karia, ma obuladi (regardless) ma i ji olu ndi unu dee ya. Atumatu (example): anhu = ahu, hwe = ihe etc. O buru na anyi jisie ike dee ihe ndi obere-a ofuma, mgbe o gbadoro anyi, mee ka anyi dee ya ka osi ada anyi na nti (olu anyi), onye na-agu ya, ga-agu ya serere wererem (smoothly).

Ihe ozo di mkpa, bu rikom na kpom (punctuations). Rikom na kpom na-eme ka mmadu mara mgbe o kwesiri izu ike.O buru na i-dere gawa n'ihu ma i-tinyeghi rikom na kpom, o ga e-siri ndi ozo ike i-guta.

Ihe ozo anyi kwesiri i-ma bu na a, e, i,!, o , o(with dot) na aru oru onochiri mkpo aha (pronoun), mbu-uzo (prepositions)na enyemaka ngwa( helping verb).

O buru na i dee onochiri mkpo aha na mbu-uzo dika ha bu okwu nke onwe ha (separate from the verb or conjunction), o ga ekwe nghota karia. I nwere ike i-deko enyemaka ngwa onu ma o buru na i nwere okara elu na okara ala (accents) na computa gi; ma o-bu were okara etiti (hyphen -) jikoo ha onu.

Onye nwekwara ntuzi aka(corrections) na ihe ndi-a, tuzikwaraa anyi aka n'ihi na otu onye anaghi a-bu ama-ama amachaghi amacha.

Nwanne m FACE, ihe nile i dere mara mma nke ukwu! O teela nnukwu aka m huru Igbo edere ofuma, di kwa nfe na nguta.
Nna o di kwa ka i bu nnukwu onye nkuzi?
I makwa na o ruola afo iri abuo m huru Igbo a mara dee? Eziokwu! Nke bu ihe turu m na anya nke ukwu bu otu i siri mara ihe nile a na akpo akara edemede na Igbo. O dighi nfe ma ncha.

Biko, o buru na i nwee ohere, biko bia na ebe a na akuziri anyi Igbo edere ede. Igbo izugbe bu nke dikariri nfe na nghota na ogugu. Ana m agbasi mbo ike ka m mara ede ya kpom kwem.

Ana m ekele kwa gi ozo ezigbo nwa afo Igbo!

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Al Bashir, is technically correct and [size=14pt]he probably should add that most of the oil production is done by corporations wherein Northerners are the largest shareholders.[/size] Don't ask me why that is the case.

Bashir is indirectly saying that the SS is really the Parasite here. In addition to Bashir's claims, most of the oil revenues is from off shore oil anyway, far away from the SS in Nigeria's waters.

If I were Edwin Clark and others, I wouldn't push this thing too hard, there may be more to lose than gain.[/quote]Perhaps we should try to find out why the bolded is the case in Nigeria. How exactly did these Northerners corner large shares in oil companies?
I laughed at this comment below:

He went on to say that ‘[size=14pt]he discovered that if you people close the two bridges in Benue and Jebba, you don’t need a gun to fight and I am not going to be surprised if you conquer the East with hunger.’[/size] We talked and laughed.

I laughed because all my life growing up in Eastern Nigeria where I stayed till adulthood, I only ate Yams from Anam and cassava from local Nnewi sources. I also ate rice from Abakaliki and Anaku, both in SE. The tomato he brags about is not an Igbo staple food. Igboman can live a whole like without eating tomato or onions (which BTW are easy to cultivate). So the comment is what I call pure hubris.

He made some other points that are true though.

Demdem: Senator Ekweremadu

Oh, he too?
SMH!

[quote author=ndu_chucks]nwanne FACE, kedu? It is most unwise to forfeit "your share" of federal government projects. In orser to achieve that, Ndigbo must understand the process which leads to the selection of which projects will be funded. The decisions are typically made by the Federal executive council.

Ndigbo needs to answer the following questions:

(1)Who are the Igbo members of that council?
(2)Are Igbos holding these Igbo members accountable?
(3)Are Igbo governors doing anything to demand that the projects important to Igbos are implemented?
(4)When are Igbo youths going to take their peaceful protests to Abuja to let their concerns be known?
(5)What were the pledges GEJ made to Ndigbo during his campaign?

If you all do not have answers to these questions, I'm afraid you will get nowhere.[/quote]I only highlighted very apt and relevant questions in your post.
Thanks for making a positive contribution to this debate.

Obiagu1: This sums it up. Thank you.
People should stop trying to shift blame and turn our people to culprits when the blame squarely lies with the President. Call a spade a spade! I hate spinning.
Common Secretary to the federal government has to be blamed for zero projects in Igboland and minister of finance too SMH

I wouldn't call it spinning that ALL our federal reps (most of whom are PDP members) don't care a hoot about SE. THAT IS FACT. It is very convenient to keep blaming a president from a minority tribe who cannot even get projects for his own state. How many has he attracted to Bayelsa state? It pays to actually think about situations in Nigeria before knowing who to blame. If you look carefully Jonathan is having Igbo around him because he wants to tap in and hide under our majority umbrella to rule Nigeria, because he can't rule Nigeria as Ijaw. Gowon did the same thing using Hausa/Fulani to rule. That is called political reality. My anger is that people from the majority tribe (our people) that he is using, are fearful and cowardly, behaving like minorities. What would happen to Okonjo Iweala or Anyim if they go to Ohanaeze or the media and lament our plight? If they do so, they will attract broader Igbo attention to the problem and scare off other groups who are opposed to more concession to Igboland. Instead they are expecting a minority president to take the political risk by confronting majority groups from other zones (Yoruba for example) to solve problems in Igboland. This is what a DORA AKUNYILI would have done if she is there. There is a time you look more inwards to seek solutions to your problem. The enemy is not always outside.
BTW the Secretary to the Fed Gov or the current Minister of Finance, are NOT "common" positions in Nigeria.
If you add the Chief of Army Staff, you would see that Ndigbo are not holding "common" positions in this government.
Let's stop picking easy targets to blame for our problems.
It is a type of cowardice.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Are we now seeing a GEJ who after seeming to have outsmarted Northern politicians and thieves, has now initiated his plans for the recapture of the SW by PDP? The whole thing seems accidental to be, but one thing seems certain, this man, GEJ, is one lucky fellow.[/quote]Never thought I'll see the day that ndu_chucks [/b]actually thinks that Jonathan is smart and powerful.
In fact the bolded words are making me to expect a sudden blinder from Jonathan soon; maybe a political move that would suck up to the North and stab his former supporters in the back.
This n[b]du_chucks' kite is making me restless.