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Its pertinent to point out that prejudice, fear of the unknown and a deliberate refusal to question/challenge established boundaries are the greatest inhibitors of scientific advancement.

Those that dare to try , may succeed, but those that do not, CANNOT succeed

Akolawole:

Did Yoruba needs the Central government to survive in the 50's/60's. NO!
We are the best in Nigeria in terms of everything.

At best, this is disgusting and reeks of a delusion made in hell.

Good question.
Both the container and the contents are part and parcel of the problem.
I'll elaborate soon.

I insist that shell or any company for that matter is 'not' the Niger Delta's problem.
Nigerians are the problem. Shell and others have only keyed into the situation to inflict maximum damage and reap maximum profit.
History (and God, I dare say) will place all the actors/supporters, in this deprivation tragedy, where they belong.

@demmy:
The gas masterplan that has just be completed is in the books, go and read about it.
Now citing of gas facilities is to be done so as to reflect 'national character' because of the obvious benefits. When it was being flared, it is only the Niger Delta that bore the brunt.
If that is not tribalism/regionalism etc, then nothing else it. Have you not heard of OK LNG?

I'm afraid you need to know more about Nigeria Oil industry and the day-to day happenings and intrigues before you comment on things like this.

Mazino, you are welcome. What our eyes have read ehn,

@Demmy
Anything that is in the books is considered to be lost by most people.
Try to ensure that you don't fall into that group.
Books will help you even if they say what you don't like.

Please try and understand the posts before you comment. Your personality may be at stake.

Its cetain that Basil Omiyi is not a tribalist

demmy:

For sure his party took the Western Region away from Azikwe pre-independent 1956 election but weren't they political opponents? Was Awolowo obliged to assist Azikwe win? And was a Yoruba elected as premier in other regions?

This question takes the wind out of your argument, you may want to rephrase / represent it.

Indeed that action, maybe indavertently, became the chief springboard for the practise of tribalism in that region and other areas.

And the Federal Government should do more for carrying away over 90% of the regions revenue and installing stooges/cronies to steal the peanuts that is allocated to the region.

There should at least be somethng in the region to show for the trillions taken from there to develop other areas

The hapening is the Niger Delta do indeed state everything contrary to his allegations.

The central Government by virtue of its unjust/ immoral laws and practices has arrogated all the regions resources to itself and then used same to set up stooges (much like the divide and rule tactics of the colonial masters) at every level. They are not interested in who governs ifelodun or Yewa North LGA. but go and see the contest when Obio Akpor or Warri Local Gov. election is holding. You will know the powers at work.

We know those that are representing the people. Ask informed Indigenes of Rivers State (for instance) if you want to know who won the State Governorship election in 1999.
So when Non Deltans talk about "our politicians", we know those they are referring to.

On the other hand, there is an obvoius misconception of how leadership(abi governorship) is viewed as or what it represents in the ND.
Your governor may be considered as next -to- God, in terms of respect etc. But its definitely not so in the ND.
You just need to take a look at a quasi socio-political body like the SSPA (South South Peoples Assembly). No Governors word is taken as bond, for instance
To be very clear, we do not have any Oba, Olu, Alaafin or kabyiesi whose words are sacrosanct and the ideas and words of political leaders are not laws. In addition our kings, princes, lords etc live among us and feel the things that hurt us.
One of the Delta's problems is the current attempt to shrug off the imposition of an alien way of viewing rulership on the phsyche of the people.

Therefore, when outsiders impose 'political office holders' on our system, and the stooge goes ahead to separate himself out of the fold in the name of politics, little do the imposters know that the soul of the society is very far from the grasp of their stooges. Therefore while they label the 'politicians' as being corrupt (which may be correct/wrong), Niger Deltans sees far beyond the politician to the imposter and attempt, in their own way, to deal with the root of the problem.

In any case, those whose masters are domiciled in Abuja know that thier days are numbered.

Welcome jag[b]war[/b]. You would do yourself a world of good if you read the previous posts on this thread and other similar threads.

So, after you get to know about what is happening to your "fellow" country-men from CNN, you deem it fit to accuse, judge and sentence them to death. Keep it up.

By your reckoning, the explosion of the last one year is more dangerous than the expoitation of the last 40 years. what a 'truism'??

Long live Yoruba Politicians (the likes of Obj, Bode George, Sarumi, Adedibu, Tinubu, Ogunlewe, Ladoja, Sunday Afolabi) who would not have allowed that kind of thing - I can see how Ibadan, Lagos and Oshogbo have become an abode of angels because its next to paradise.

The purpose(s) of the trip are well set out.
Unfortunately, giving you the money will not help to accomplish these aims.

We humbly decline this request .

The invitation is still open, though

May Okewole live long and may his prayer in that post be answered a million times

National Association Of OBJ Apologists (NAOA) members are here and they are defending their good master. More grease to their elbows.

However, it takes being willingly ignorant of history and past Nigerian Administrations for anyone to declare this current government a success in any regard.

Can we agree that the ND can stay on its own if necessary? So will the other groups.
Therefore it is not relevant for anyone to insinuate that one group or the other has a greater ability to stay on its own.

For centuries we had existed without this contraption called Nigeria. We can and will continue to exist in spite of it.

This thread is about getting the real issues that the ND question brings to the fore, an these distractions (secession, war etc) are just a replica of what many non Deltans do on ND issues. They look for ways to show that the region is incapable of existing, yet they feed fat on its men, women, children and resources with reckless abandon. The rulers practice this and its not surprising that we are witnessing the same thing here.
The questions posed by my earlier post and the topic of this thread remain unanswered and may not be for this reason.

Just like some Americans think that Africa is a big jungle, many (despite being educated with the region's money) have conjured up images of the delta as one barren, un-populated mass of swamps, creeks and crude oil that would have remained a jungle if they did not do it a favour by exploiting it. Its the very same mentallity that sustained colonial power against which we all fought. To be sure, Nigeria has done more harm to the Delta and its custodians than any other event, group of events or persons in the history of that socio-political entity


For the purpose of emphasy, the Niger Delta is not looking for sympathy, donation, handouts, allocation, percentage or whatever other name/adjective can be used to describe 'benevolence'. It is seeking, and legitimately so, to control, be in charge, steer, map-out and 'determine' the destiny of its generations (now and those yet unborn).

The Nigerian system is not designed its peoples and the Delta is worst hit despite paying all its bills.

Dear Administrator,
this invitation is still open.

Before Oil, ND did not starve neither were they annihilated.

So what makes you think they cannot live on their own without other parts of Nigeria?

If other people can survive then, certainly, the Niger Delta can.

It beats the imagination, that every other part of Nigeria wants the Niger Delta to remain a part of Nigeria, while at the same time claiming that they do not need the Delta to survive.
Then, to hell (abi heaven) with every other group.

If the Delta is not Nigeria's only source of survival then, let go of the Delta and lets see who will suffer

Try and contact the former Nigerian female football team player that did the operation recently. Iyabo Abade was the name as a female player but she is now James Johnson.

This government is the worst government that Nigeria has ever had.

This president is the responsible, directly for 25% (11/45) of all the problems, solutions, failures, victories, losses etc of this quasi-entity called Nigeria.

'Saint' Abacha would have done better under similar circumstances.

As an answer to a question by gigitte (echoed by axeprince) I reaffirm that Niger Deltans are not and will not be their own problem. It is the colonialists, imposters and rapists that are the source, cause and perpetrators of the problems in the region. All (ALL) of the regions problems have been foisted on it by these same people. Whoever knew Alams some years ago, understands what I mean.

On personnel, it takes gross ignorance of history and current realities in the ND to state that there are not enough qualified persons to populate any sphere of endeavour, including of the oil industry. If Edo, from where the current shell MD hails is not part of the ND then, geography has been dealt a great blow for making such a colossal 'mistake'. In any case, a quick check on the highest Nigerian in the SPDC for the last 40 years will tell the story. Those complaining about the absence of ND citizens that have the requisite skills should ask the current HR 'whoever'of that company why many of the SITP admission lists have had to be reworked over and over again due to obvious manipulations.
It is wholly untrue, and part of a wholesale lie, to state that there are no qualified  ND people for the jobs in the oil industry. .  You need details? I'm sure this page will not contain the info.

Furthermore, can the ND survive without Nigeria? YES,  A VERY BIG YES.
A region and people that have borne the brunt of Nigeria's survival in the last forty years can certainly take care of itself, what ever the odds. But will Nigeria survive without the ND? I DON'T KNOW. Most likely, it will not.
The feudal North and the mercantile east cannot stay on the same table, for long, when there is no large chunk of another person's money to share. Neither can the west survive the absence of federally allocated (ND money) revenue  (without being a net exporter of persons and a net importer of goods - all goods).

In conclusion, cogent and genuine answers to the following questions may help unravel the real problem of the Niger Delta
1. Why has the 'better' and 'greater' nigeria, with 'better' human resources, been unable to fashion out a better way (apart from draining the ND) of getting revenue to feed, cloth, house and transport itself?
2. Why does a country of over 100million people have millions of its best brains in Europe and America working under under-employment?
3.How has a clique been able to rule, manipulate and corner the leadership, resources and energies of Nigeria for last 45years tot he disadvantage of the vast majority?
4. Why must the status quo (reeking with the characteristics of hell) in every sphere of life (politics, economics, health, education etc) be allowed to remain unchallenged?
5. How long must a person be kept, pinned on the wall by oppresion, before he reacts to save his life?

Please lose your control and type the unpalatable words in defense of your master.

If Obj is not worse than Abacha, maybe no one will ever be.

Lady gigitte, may it be that you have not bitten more than you can chew. Please read many other similar threads on this forum where most of your concerns have been addressed and placed where they belong.

Your assertions and reference to where your father and his brother works betrays so many things. Be assured that some of the people that post here do not only work in these companies, but are also Niger Deltans, who are top of the range in their chosen profession.

Your declaration that there are no N. Deltans with the requisite skills to work in these organisations is laughable.
If so how come Akwa Ibom, Delta etc are classified as educationally advantaged and their wards consequently denied admission into universities across the country?

In any case to avoid any contradiction and to help you in your superiority complex
1. N. Deltans are not looking for work now (they did so twenty five years ago). They want to control what is theirs. Then, they will give work to as many as they want
2. N. Deltans are not seeking your sympathy, they want to be in a position to give sympathy and help the less privileged societies of the world.
3. N. Deltans know and believe that their destiny is more secured in their hands than in the hands of any other person.
4. N.Deltans believe that these issues need to be accomplished (addressed) now and not tomorrow

They want to control their money, resources, future, dreams, aspirations and destiny.

They don't want another person to administer it for them.

They are tired and sick of receiving their own money as an allocation in addition to insults.

They wish the larger Nigeria well but not at the expense of thier 'living' bread.

Hahahaha. Chief Jakumo.!!!

Seun does not believe in God. We will pray that the 'gods' do not teach him any 'lesson' while he is with us. The gods will certainly hear us.

I hope he understands that there might be visa restrictions in the near future.