₦airaland Forum

pozehnani:
Gongola state
Where is that state now though?

You must be an old woman to even remember this name easily.

Neddstark:
Almost all nations have people of different tribes. America the greatest, has all tribes but they are successful based on the orientation they give all their citizens, which we dont. Even in Spain, the Catalans are not Spainards. In France, the Corsicans are more of Italians than French. How about all over Africa that has more than 300 tribes but less than 60 countries? This is the 21st century. Only unity can move us forward not division.

You are saying the same thing.

Unity of people willing to stay together works well than forced unity of people unwilling to stay together.


If a referendum is conducted today, only the NW and NE will vote for continuation of NIgeria, the remaining four regions will vote for disintegration of Nigeria.

Neddstark:
Let me add more for you

1. There would be an exodus. Millions of Igbos back to their land, millions of Yorubas from the North back to their land, same with Hausas and other tribes
2. A lot of other tribes' investment and properties will be claimed as state property.
3. There would be more poverty. As in extreme poverty. We will all be starting from the scratch.
4. Immigration will be a big issue. Proud Nigerians suddenly turned to aliens will be a problem
5. No foreign investment in a while. The whole regions will be unstable and no sane country will want to invest knowing they might lose their investments in one flinch.
6. Tribal conflicts and more fightings. This is Africa. This is bound to continue.

Let us take a look at African nations who have tried to divide in the 20th/21st century. Eritrea and South Sudan. Are they better off? Libya that fought a war in the name a of democracy still has no democracy decades after. Anyone who wants a war for Nigeria to divide is a genocidal maniac and should not be given a voice.

Why the need for war?
Nigerians can come together and agree for the country to disintegrate. No need for war.

Redcrafton:
I talk am...you are not educated.

On paper Nigeria practices federal or presidential system of government, but in reality it practices unitary system.

Look at the blind man telling others to go to school...

You just want to show you can open a thread.

Please stop embarrassing yourself in public.

Either on paper or not, each state has enormous powers to develop itself,stop giving excuses because ;

1) Your State can build mini power stations (less than 1 MW) without involving the National Grid.

2) Your State can invest in Animal husbandry, producing 1million Litres of milk every week ,tonnes of wools and tonnes of leather every month for the manufacturing of shoe, belts and bags.

3) You don't need the FG to start producing large quantities of papers from grassses, banana leaves and wood pulp on a commercial scale and save the country from using Billions of Naira to import papers from S/Africa.

4) Start using the rocks in your State to produce glass and supply glass to at least 10 States.

5) Start large scale Pharmaceutical industries and start producing just anti-malarial drugs so that Nigeria won't be importing common anti-malarial from India and China.

6) There are countless numbers of old and damaged cars, motorcycles and other metal containing machines, so start large scale metal recycling plants in your State.

7) Go into large scale rice productions and earn Billions in profit.

At least 100 million Nigerians wear clothes daily, so let your State concentrate on Textiles and Garments production and your economy will be developed.

You can do all these and so many more without disturbances from other NIgerians, start now instead of giving unnecessary excuses.

Simplyleo:
Tinubu's comment is about Lagos.

But citizens of online country will soon start crying over Tinubu and ragos.

But in another news, I understand no water in Enugu, what are our blodas from that side doing about it?

Eewoh, so Tinubu has embezzled the funds for the provision of portable water in Enugu?

EmekaA125:
Desist from idiotic reasoning. Igbos in Lagos have right to criticize Tinubu and his activities because whatever happens there affect them as Lagosians or Lagos city residents.

Desist from idiotic responses to my posts.

YurFatHer:
not only in Enugu, it is the whole Nigeria that water is scarce

Continue to deceive yourself.

Beremx:
The last time I witnessed water scarcity was during my teenage years in early 90s. I can't believe Enugu doesn't have water. What happened to boreholes?

Tinubu has destroyed the water system of Enugu State since you left the place.

EzeNri:
Lol.

Making excuses for their fraud NBS.

NBS data don't always reflect reality. Its biased to favour the SW.

There is no way Ekiti will have fewer percentage of poor people than Anambra and Rivers. I have been to the three states and I know what I saw in Ekiti.

You can't compare a purely civil service state to a state like Anambra that is commerce-driven.

How many Ekiti people are in the civil service and how much is even their salary?

Ekiti is not industrialized and the state is not even doing well in agriculture. The government is even owing salaries.

Yemi should tell us how placed Ekiti ahead of Anambra in the poverty index.

Going to a State is NOT the same thing as carrying out an academic study in a State.

Most of the commentators lack scholarstic capacity to critique a research work and will like to substitute personal opinions as research works

1) Explain to us, the criteria used in this NBS study.

2) How many tonnes of Cocoa, Kolanuts, Cassava, Timber, Palm oil, Eggs and other poultry products are produced in Ekiti every year?

EzeNri:
Buhari is displaying nepotism and all other staffremained mum?

NBS released a data that showed Ogun as the third largest producer of rice while Ebonyi didn't make the top 10.

When the National Extractive Industry released their data, Ebonyi made joint second position with Benue while Ogun took 15th.

NBS data always show that SW states have lowest poverty rate in country but when the government released number of vulnerable households, SW dominates in the South.

NBS always report bogus IGR for SW but BUDGIT data shows almost SW states are insolvent while only one state in the SE, Debt Office data shows SW is the most indebted region and SE the least

The problem with you is that you don't take time to study what each report really means and lack the scholarstic capacity to compare Statistics.

Most of what you are saying were measured using different 'yardsticks' and at times measure different but related things.

EzeNri:
NBS Yoruba DG had been caught numerous time falsifying data for SW.

The official poverty rate in US in 2019 pre-COVID was 11 percent.

So, Osun with zero industries and only yahoo boys has better poverty rate then US.

Poverty rate in the UK in 2020 was 22%. So, SW the region with the most vulnerable household in the South has better poverty rate than UK?

So Ekiti has better poverty rate than Anambra and Rivers?

So Ekiti has better poverty rate than Abia.

Travel from Abuja to Lagos through Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Ogun and see the kind of houses those that claim they have fewer percentage of poor people than US and UK are living in.

SW low poverty rate exists only in Yoruba media and Yoruba controlled NBS

How can the region with the higher number of vulnerable households (SW) have lesser poor people by a long shot than those with the fewest vulnerable households in the entire country.

How can the region with the lowest income inequality in the entire country have more poor people by a long shot than those with the highest income inequality in the South.

Yoriba Bureau of Stat can deceive themselves not us that drive through SW every week.

Yardsticks for measuring poverty in each country aren't necessarily the same.

Who is regareded as being poor in the USA may have better monetary resources than an average comfortable person in Nigeria, Ghana or many Sub-Saharan countries.

You need to understand the concept very well and not confuse low poverty rate as the same thing as wealth.

1Sharon:
I know but women these days feel that age range is far too young

Nowadays, a 26 year old lady will still be doin slay queen, jumping from dicks to dicks

1Sharon:
Most girls tend to consider marraige at the age of 27-30 and not in the prime age..

In the 1960-70s, many young ladies married between 20-23yrs.

sureboykris:
There's serious problem in this country.
I'm really worried these boko boys and bandits will come together and capture a major part of Nigeria

They can only capture their areas.

Amitez:
Northern graduates have no problems with government. 100% of them graduate and join Federal or State Civil service. Do you meet any Northern graduate at any corporate interview?
They cannot complain, it is only when Nigeria disintegrates that they will appreciate the goose that lays the golden eggs. They are not suffering under or unemployment. Even if they cannot write simple sentenses.

As someone who once lived in Yobe and Kano States, i know that this is a big fallacy sir.

Northern graduates also face unemployment and under employment.
There are also Northerners (in smaller numbers) working in MTN, Banks, Aviation sector, OANDO etc


Percentage of graduates in the North is smaller than in the South that's why you don't see them competing in large numbers with Southerners in the private sector.

DCatt:
I'm not obsessed, I'm protective of my nation, Yoruba nation that is. It's so sad that some of you are so dumb, it's scary. Let me break it down for you since you are on a toddler's level. Northern 'graduates' loyalty is first and last to their people and their causes. Writing to them shows your weakness and ignorance of what is going on in Nigeria. The north is doing exactly what is expected of it, the region is not content with what it has because it sees the imbecilic SW as not deserving what it has, they are probably asking why God gave slaving monkeys resources when they don't know the value. Yoruba go to school but will use it all to serve under the north. Yoruba asked for the treatment they get from both the east and the north, the day Yoruba stand up and say NO, I mean real no, not the empty noise is when they will be free. You lose both battle and war the day your opponent knows you are all bark no bite. Yoruba are a joke right now and will remain for a long time if there's no earth shattering move to change the course. When all what you have is being dragged by others who have their own all to themselves, you are already dead and it's a matter of time before you lose even the clothes on your back. If you like get on your knees and beg the north, you will only be begging to surrender to them. The north wants one thing and one thing only, total suppression of Yoruba nation. They know Yoruba are weak minded and that's why they are relentless like vultures waiting around sick people in Darfur. Even British left Nigeria in 3 nations just like their own 4 in UK and the people go by English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish but in the big fraud Nigeria they scream unity while raping other tribes to death. Why are people scared of their God given nationality? God didn't create Nigeria, British did and it will never work.

How on God' Earth are all these related to the topic under discussion in this thread sir?

Wolfeye:
Huh? Places like Where exactly?

The following LGAs were rural areas with think forests and villages as at 1991:

Ajeromi-Ifelodun
Badagry
Ojoo
Ibeju-Lekki
Ikorodu
Epe
Some parts of Eti-Osa
Many parts of Kosofe.


In reality, only a small portion of the State consisting of four and a half LGAs (Eti-Osa,Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland ,Apapa and half of Surulere LGAs) were Federal Capital.

EMMY76:
Do u know the meaning of poor? Have you ever been to imo state before to conclude that they are actually poorer and wretched in life?

What's the Human Development Indices (HDI) of Imo State compared to Lagos, Osun or Delta?

anurd1991:
U just want to put Tinubu into your discuss. What's your problem with this man for God sake?
Is it because he supported PMB? He has the right to support whoever he wishes like you too. Pls, let the man be. Discuss the major matter in your own State nah.

If u like worship Okorocha or Uzodinma, nah Imolites will bear the consequences.

Good Day

RuudVanNisteroy believes everything wrong with Igbos are caused by Tinubu. His level of victim mentality is close to insanity.

RuudVanNisteroy:
There was a state judicial panel setup by Ihedioha and Uzodinma was only implementing the findings.

And how exactly does Lagos comes into this?

Wolfeye:
You want to compare a former capital to what exactly? “Developmental strides” is people’s houses on the island. If you don’t stfu.

If you aren't efficient with little, you won't be efficient with many.

Wolfeye:
It was the capital just 30 years ago.
It’s very easy to govern Lagos.
Easy to build on already established organization of a big “city”.
Just like if Abuja stopped being capital today in 30 years time somebody will be taking the glory for infrastructure.

Nigerian politicians are bonafide fools.

In 1991, many parts of Lagos were rural but today, they are more than urban areas.
As things becone more complex, they become more complicated

CocoaOla:
I'm half Awori half yeye Osun orissa omi I'm Yoruba I chose to live in reality and truth if we have visionary leaders who really care for the masses lagos should be the best city in Africa and in the world but here you are apc è rat licking your corrupt master butt because of peanut

Dubai before in 2003 and now 2020 did they have two heads best standard of living, strong currency, cheap houses

How can Lagos be the best city in Africa and the World?

1) Compare the Budgets of Lagos with the budget of Dubai in the Last 10yrs
2) Compare and constrast the population density of Lagos and Dubai

Asgard13:
POWER WILL NOT LEAVE NORTH 2023.

ALL THIS YORUBA PEOPLE SHOUTING POWER MUST RETURN TO SOUTH ARE ON A VERY LONG THING
YORUBA DISRUPTED THE SOUTHERNER IN POWER AND WENT TO BED WITH PATRON OF FULANI HERDSMEN
NOW THEIR MASTERD DON THROW THEM UNDER THE LORRY DEM DEY SHOUT POWER MUST COME TO SOUTH..

WHICH SOUTH?

THIS ONE SAYING TOP NORTHERS DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND POLITICS OF NORTH..

NA THIS PEOPLE GO MAKE TINUBU PRESIDENT? WEY DEM NEVER MAKE THEMSELVES

All we’re SAYING IS THAT TINUBU MUST CONTEST FOR PRIMARIES
OSIBANJO MUST CONTEST FOR PRIMARIES

NO EXCUSES
NO STEPPING DOWN
NO STORIES WHATEVER..

THIS YORUBA PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND..

See them discussing like .......

DEM THINK SAY NIGERIA POLITICS NA LAGOS POLITICS

IGNORANTLY SOPHISTICATING

The Daily Trust Newspaper which published this article is the foremost Northern Media powerhouse.
Where did Tinubu or Yorubas come in?

The presidential election involve some many factors and I don't know how you think it is solely about citizen Tinubu.

SilverNorGold:
Those SW hypocrites ranting that power MUST return to the South, ask them which part of the South, and they'll start speaking in tongues. Their meaning of "South" is "South West".

Bunch of hypocrites!

Power is coming to either the South East or the South South! South West and North are COMPLETELY OUT of the equation! I will never support injustice!

Nigeria must better.




My brother, I agree with you.. But South East guys are nice too, forget the nonsense we see online. Trust me, I never see tribe wey like Northerners like the Igbos. A lot of them are my friends here... Just that most of the ones who've never been to the North have been fed all manner of evil propaganda about Northerners. But we shouldn't blame them. We should rather prove our niceness to them through our actions. Igbos are everywhere doing business. Nobody do one Nigeria than them. They're tolerant. They're loyal and friendly. Na why I dey ignore these nairaland IPOB sympathizers wey dey attack Northerners. They don't represent Ndigbo.

But e go better.

Are you the Nigerian in-charge of Presidential Powers?

GeneralPula:
Them speaking Yoruba doesn’t make them Yoruba..

Even some French speaks Yoruba. You can take a trip to Cotonou

Spot the difference and learn..

When I went to Cotonou in 1999, I didn't even speak any French, I was just speaking my Yoruba language and they understood me well (though they have a funny Yoruba accent and some speak dialects of Yoruba that resemble that spoken in some remote parts of Oyo State)

geemd434:
If Yoruba make 65% while is a non yoruba ruling them. Lie lie people

Only about 20% of their population are ethnic Yoruba but almost half of the population speak Yoruba in addition to Fon and Ewe Languages.
The reasons are
1) Porto Novo ,the National Capital is a Yoruba Town
2) Cotonou, the largest and commercial City is very close to Lagos and most people there speak Yoruba as a language of business and entertainment.
Yoruba music and Yoruba Nollywood are the mainstream entertainment in Cotonou.

3) A Yoruba guy from Lagos or Ogun State doesn't need interpreters to communicate freely in most Cotonou and Port Novo.

jimi4us:
NO thank you. we dont even want hausa fulani talkless of french people.

On the contrary, it will help to dilute the stronghold of the Hausa-Fulani on Nigeria.

Benin Republic is closer to S/West in many aspects.

eagleu:
Northern Nigerian Nigerian Christians need to help themselves now.
For over 50 years, they joined Fulanis to fight Igbos who are Christians like themselves.
And the Fulani told them that religion was not a factor when they needed the miserable Middle belters to fight and kill Igbos for them.

Now, suddenly religion has become a factor. Good morning Tiv, good morning Zango Kataff, good morning Gbari.

This is NOT about Igbos but about Traditional stool of the Tangale Tribe of Gombe State

kufre2010:
Everytime Fulanis kill people in Venue, Why not buy those Benue indigens guns and fortify them with juju to go after the Fulani as well

Is it impossible for the victims to manufacture deadly weapons to attack these killer Herdsmen?

Kalashnikov invented AK-47 to defend his Homeland.

AmazingELixir:
Paddy man bail in court is like a bond...doesn't mean the person standing in as the surety is paying N100k...he only presents evidence of the availability of the said sum...he forfeits it if the charged person jumps bail or absconds.

Many of the #EndSARS people don't know this, as a matter of fact, many of them don't know anything on how the Nigerian Legal System operate or how Government runs and they can't debate issues intelligently.

They will just be throwing insults and abuses or introducing irrelevant childish tantrums and unnecessary emotional outbursts.

PrinceOfLagos:
News has been going round that Lagos Is not Tinubu's state of origin
That he comes from Osun state .

So why is an outsider from osun state controling the political affairs of Lagos state instead of osun where he originally comes from?

Are the real owners of Lagos dumb?

I am obviously not dumb and that's why I will never kiss the feet of a total stranger on my home soil Lagos .

So what exactly do you want to be done sir?