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Kingray10:
You don't have an idea of what we are talking about here.
If you have been to forcados in delta state, you will have an idea

No matter what, there's no swampy area in forcados that can't be filled up

The places that can't be filled up, a bridge will be built over it

Racoon:
After the same Tinubu endlessly blamed the previous government ?

Show evidence Tinubu blamed Buhari

DMerciful:
Whats your business in the matter?

https://www.nairaland.com/7851445/take-igbo-day-out-port/1

Take Igbo celebration out of Port harcourt, port harcourt is Ikwerre land not Igbo land, go and celebrate Igbo day in the south east. NO b me talk am, nah Ikwerres talk am

DMerciful:
Your divide and rule tactics will not work

Dey play

https://www.nairaland.com/7851445/take-igbo-day-out-port/1

Ikwerres are not igbos, that's why they rejected the celebration of Igbo day in port harcourt

richie240:
End of story.

I'm neither igbo nor ikwerre, but those who know, know that ikwerre and and igbos are like '6 and half a dozen'.

Its just like an ekiti man or ijeshaman or aworiman saying he's not yoruba. Very ludicrous



Alright sir!



Ok sir!

https://www.nairaland.com/7851445/take-igbo-day-out-port/1

Ikwerres are not igbos

DMerciful:
So why are you interested in the story? Why are Yorubas more interested at pushing the Ikwerres are not Igbos narrative than any other group?

https://www.nairaland.com/7851445/take-igbo-day-out-port/1

Ikwerres are not igbos

hammer567:
DUDE, IGBO, IKWERRE ARE ONE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN ONE GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE, INTERMARRY SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.


YORUBA DONT SHARE BORDER WITH US.


BRITAIN BROUGHT YOU TO NIGERIA AS LAGOS COLONY.


YOUR BROTHERS ARE IN BENIN REPB AND TOGO.


AGAIN, WHAT IS YOUR OWN IN THIS IGBO FAMILY AFFAIR AS A YORUBA MAN?

Igbos and Ikwerres are not one people.

That's why this Ikwerre group dey clear you igbos.

https://www.nairaland.com/7851445/take-igbo-day-out-port/1

When igbos wanted to hold an Igbo program in PH, the ikwerres stopped your people from holding the program on Ikwerre land because Ikwerres are not igbos.

richie240:
Ex-gov Amaechi does not deny his igno heritage; Comedian sabinus hugs his 'igbohood' like teddy bear.

He said it for political reasons.
When he was the governor, he said he's not an Igbo man but an Ikwerre man

hammer567:
AS A YORUBA MAN, WHAT IS YOUR OWN HERE?

My own is for you an Igbo man to stop speaking on behalf of Ikwerres on a thread I create

ahaz:
My friend shut up, am from Ikwere, we are Igbos actually and we know that derp down our hearts, we only deny that for some reasons but in actuality we are Igbos.
I can not be besting Emeka and my surname Eke and I cliam am not Igbo, when I travel to the north, my closest brothers I relate with are Igbos and not Yorubas
So Yorubas should learn to mind your businesses and face what faces you hatefull and envious souls.

You're an igbo man, you can't speak on behalf of the ikwerres

hammer567:
IKWERRE ARE NOT SAYING THEY ARE NOT IGBOS.

SOME IKWERRE CLAIM THEY ARE NOT IGBOS, OTHERS IDENTIFY AS IGBOS.


SABINUS CLAIMS IGBO.

DUCAN MIGHTY CLAIMS IGBO.


AS A YORUBA MAN, WHAT IS YOUR OWN HERE?

They are both saying it not to lose their fan base

Ikwerres are not igbos

richie240:
Hehehehehe.....tgis is the contradiction i was telling paraman: in one brearh you are saying 90% ikwerres know they are igbo and (by inference) the remaining 10% are only playing the ostrich (ie lying), In the same breath u are telling me your village ppl that u can choose when to claim igbos and whrn to deny ur 'igbohood'.

Paraman, over to u!

No ikwerre man will ever claim to be an Igbo man

richie240:
Do not join them in this Foolishness abeg.
The simplest way to rubbish this claims is when an ijumu man of kogi (senator smart adeyemi/Dino melaye) or an omu-aran man of kwara (bishop david oyedepo) reject their 'yorubahood' just bcus of geographic location.

If an Ijumu man or an omu aran man claim they are not Yorubas, there's nothing I can do about it


Ikwerres are saying they are not igbos, you can nor decide on their behalf

michlins:
that was what was initially agreed until FG frontend the contractor 1trn.

Wetin you dey talk? Explain

hammer567:
THAT IS YOUR OPINION AND NOT FACT.

THE FACT THAT REMAIN UNDISPUTED TILL TOMORROW IS THAT WHEN YOU GOOGLE IKWERRE, IGBO IS INCLUDED.


IF U DOUBT ME NOW, GO AND GOOGLE IKWERRE.

Ikwerres are already saying it. I don't need to make a research about it because an Igbo man like you is telling me to do so.

I will rather believe Ikwerres like Wike rather than believing you

hammer567:
I DONT MIND BANTERING WITH YOU, LEARN TO SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS BUT U NEED TO STOP BANNING MY MONIKER, I REALLY DO NOT APPRECIATE IT.

THAT IS WHY, I'M STARTING TO BE RELUCTANT TO ENGAGE U.

I don't care if you engage me or not. Ikwerre is not Igbo.

michlins:
from where exactly is the money coming from?


Borrowed or revenue?

FG and the private sector.

DMerciful:
I knew a Yoruba man will like be the Op and not someone from Ikwerre

I'm not part of the ikwerre group

hammer567:
MUST U QUOTE ME?

Must you spread propaganda on the thread I created? Go and spread your propaganda somewhere else

hammer567:
I DONT HAVE TIME FOR YOUR FOOLERY AND IDIOCY.


EVERYDAY MISBEHAVING. THREAD PUSHER!


WITHOUT DUMBING DOWN CIVIL DISCUSSION, PEOPLE WILL STILL COMMENT AND MAKE VALID CONTRIBUTION.

VERY SOON, U WILL TURN IT TO IGBO VERSUS YORUBA.

SHAMELESS AMOEBA!

Ikwerre is an ethnic group in Nigeria just like Igbo

hammer567:
NIGERIA IS A NATION BUILT ON LIES.


FOR NIGERIA TO PRGRESS, THEY MUST EMBRASS TRUTH AND ONLY THE TRUTH SHALL SET THEM FREE.


THEY SAY THEY HAVE WELL OVER 200 LANGUAGES IN NIGERIA, THAT IS A LIE.



EVERY LANGUAGE BELONG TO A LANGUAGE FAMILY, NO NEED TO CLASSIFY THEM AS DIFFERENT LANGUAGE WHEN YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THEIR LANGUAGE FAMILY.

Ikwerre is an ethnic group just like the Igbos in Nigeria

kingsways:
If there’s an eagle that’s misguided and is claiming to be a chicken, that doesn’t mean the eagle is a chicken.


Ikwerres are Igbos, QED.

Ikwerres are not Igbo

Ikwerre is one of the ethnic group in Nigeria

An Ikwerre socio-cultural group, the Iwhnurohna Progressive Organisation has faulted claims by the Ohaneze Ndigbo and its President, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, that Ikwerre is part of Igbo.

The IPO said it was careless and insensitive for Iwuanyanwu to be associated with such a claim that the Ikwerre people in Rivers State were Igbo, describing it as false and unfounded.

The IPO President, Dr Okachikwu Dibia, stated this at a news briefing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Friday.

Recall that the President General of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Iwuanyanwu, at a media briefing in Port Harcourt a fortnight ago, said the Ikwerre people were Igbo, saying the position of the Ikwerre nation that they were not Igbo, was a lie.

Iwuanyanwu said, “One major factor to know the ethnicity of a people is language. Everybody identified to be Igbo and called Igbo, they spoke Igbo. They could have had some little differences, but it doesn’t stop the truth.

“For example, the word first son, in Owerri and Umuahia, we call it “Okpara”, in Onitsha it’s called “Okpala”, and in Ikwerre it is called “Epara”.

“It’s not me or my parents who say that Ikwerre are Igbo. For the Ikwerre people to say that they are not Igbo, it is not correct because their language shows that they are Igbo.

“For example, they answer ‘Amadi, Amaechi, Onyesoh or Nyesom’, these are pure Igbo names with definite meanings. Some of them here in Ikwerre say they are from Benin; there is nothing wrong with it.

“Someone can say I was originally an Igbo man, but now I have made up my mind to change to Benin. It’s normal and will be accepted. But for somebody to come and tell a blatant lie that an Ikwerre person is not an Igbo person, it can’t be possible, and it can’t be defended in any modern society, because your culture, habit and name; everything is Igbo,”


While noting that he was raised in Rivers State, Iwuanyanwu, said, “In those days, we didn’t have such controversies whether Ikwerre was Igbo or not. The truth remains that Ikwerre is Igbo.”

He therefore urged the Ikwerre people in Rivers State to participate in the programmes and activities of the organisation (Ohaneze Ndigbo) so as to maximise the impact and serve the purpose for its establishment.

But Dibia said features of appearance or similarities in language should not be used to determine where a person comes from, saying the Ikwerre people will no longer tolerated such ‘hate-claim’.

He stated, “To us at IPO, Ikwerre is Igbo means that all the ancestral communities in Ikwerre originated from Igbo. This is not true and can never be true, hence our reply to him (Iwuanyanwu) and indeed Ohaneze.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Ikwerre people are a distinct ethnic nation recognised in Nigeria and the United Nations. Ikwerre language is one of the recognised languages in Nigeria and the United Nations.


“Whoever is in doubt can contact the appropriate government authorities in Nigeria and the UN. While Ikwerre is our political name, Iwhnurohna is our native name, and both refer to the same people: Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality.

“We live and own the Emohua, Ikwerre, Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt City (in alphabetical order) local government areas in Rivers State, Niger Delta, South-South geo-political region of Nigeria”.

Citing the works of some renowned scholars like Prof. Otonti Nduka, Dibia used thematic headings of appearances, innate qualities and history to explain that the Ikwerre remained distinct from the Igbo despite similarities in their language.

He said: “Consequently, IPO’s reply to Iwuanyanwu is that language, name, dances, songs, dressing cannot be and should not be used as determinants of who Ikwerre is. IPO wishes to reply to Iwuanyanwu that who a man truly is, is more about his core innate character and behaviour than the physicals he sees.”

https://punchng.com/we-arent-igbo-rivers-clan-tells-ohanaeze/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

wetrlr:
liar!!

Construction is ongoing, it has not stop, I wander why you're calling it a scam


You must be an obidient from the south east

Pauldollars:
The APC led Federal Government know they will never be able to complete the Lagos-Calabar coastal Highway.

The coastal regions from Ondo, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa and Calabar will need tens of Third Mainland kind of bridges for such project to be complete due to the terrain of such environments.

After 4 years, the APC led government will use the completion of the Coastal Highway as a bait to the South-South States for re-election to complete it.

Wach and see

wetrlr:
They will need at least 100 of 3rd mainland bridges in those mangrove areas in Niger Delta. Many corn people supporting the project have never left Osogbo and Agege, they don't have any idea of what this is about.

Well, we will see who's right between the two of you and the APC

Construction is currently ongoing

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Believeintruth:
bros don't be a lousy prick here. Do you think designing that kind of bridge in that challenging area is beans? I guess you have not even been to the Niger delta that is why you can openly speak this kind of nonsense.

When they get to that point, you will see the way it will be done

Believeintruth:
what is the depth of that part of the atlantic that was sandfilled? do you know that the Niger delta has more than 13 river distributaries and 2 major distributary points (Forcados and Nun) and at the point of emptying into the Atlantic that is where the coastal road is going through and you think River currents and Ocean currents will affect whatever reclamation you will do.

The road is under construction, when they get to that point, you will see how it will be done.

michlins:
my question is simple, do we have the funds to pay?

Yes

Badgers14:
How about Nigeria investing less money to improve the electricity supply so we can enjoy 24hr power supply like the other countries of the world??

So the Siemens deal is not an investment in the power sector?

ArcSEMPECJ:
If I were you, I could have kept quiet and gained my integrity.

Tchewww