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In protest of the state of emergency that was declared in Rivers State which the NBA has criticized as unconstitutional, the body has changed its Annual Conference that was billed to hold in Rivers State to Enugu State.

We seem to finally have an NBA chairman who doesn’t take instructions from Aso Rock.

The last NBA chairman was a disgrace.

Fergie001

DMerciful:
Some people want their own country within a country but that's not how a country works.

If you want exclusivity, be courageous enough to form your own country.

The reason Yorubas embrace tribalism is because they cannot compete individually with Igbos who are built to excel individually.

Nigeria abandoned meritocracy and embraced quota system because of the Igbos. If you put merit based systems today, Igbos will dominate everywhere!

It is what it is!

True 💯

helinues:
Why should Azikwe want to become premier of Western region when he was from Eastern region? Reason it logically should incase you never bother to

As for Kemi Bajinatu, I have told you severally to stop making false allegations against me which are always bursted but you no dey get shame.

Have you ever seen on any of the thread related to the UK Kemi? We don't play petty politics like you lots

Do you know who the first mayor of Enugu was? A Fulani, voted by Ndi Enugu. This was pre-independence era.

But you have issues with Azikiwe wanting to be Premier of Western Region. Didn’t the voters know that Azikiwe would be Premier when they were voting his party to form majority?

Babinski:
1. NCNC was founded by Herbert Macaulay, a Yoruba man, and it is a testament to the accommodating nature of the Yorubas that Azikiwe not only became a member of the NCNC but also rose to its leadership.

2. It is evidence not ronly of Azikiwe's disdain for the Yoruba but also of his pipe dream of subjugating them that he couldn't find any Yoruba NCNC leader to be Premier of the Western Region except himself, a South Easterner.

3. It is on record that no sooner had Azikiwe taken over leadership of NCNC that he began filling the key positions with Easterners and in particular people from his Igbo ethnic group. By his actions, he directly or indirectly transformed NCNC from a national party into an Igbo or Eastern party.

4. By the benefit of hindsight, it would have been a disastrous mistake if Azikiwe had been made Premier of Western Region instead of Awolowo. We all know that Azikiwe's leadership and legacy in the Eastern Region is far beneath what Awolowo's legacy and contributions to the development of the Western Region.

5. A careful examination of Zikism and the Zikist Movement reveals their death as a result of the fact that Azikiwe was unwilling to make the required personal sacrifices unlike Mathma Ghandi. Hence it was only Awolowo that was able to found and lead a party based on ideology in the entire country. It is little wonder that NCNC became a party synonymous with corruption with flag bearers like Mbadiwe and Okotie-Eboh. Even Azikiwe was marred in corruption scandal keeping Government Funds in African Continental Bank, a bank founded by him and in which he still held shares while being Premier of Easteen Region.

6. It is no wonder that when corruption was rife in the First Republic with NCNC politicians and Azikiwe associates like Mbadiwe and Okotie-Eboh as poster children of corruption, the First Military Coup by Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna sought to free Awolowo from prison and hand the reigns of national leadership to him to change the course of the nation.

It was a well known fact even by that time that it was only Awolowo as Premier of the Western Region that had demonstrated exceptional develomental leadership not marred by corruption.

7. I am often surprised when some uninformed people, primarily of Igbo extraction, claim that Awolowo introduced tribalism into Nigerian Politics, when it is a clear historical fact that Azikiwe was one of the earliest champions of tribalism. Azikiwe saw no wrong with nepotism and tribalism and even gave a public lecture on the benefits of tribalism in forging national unity in the Princess Alexandra Auditorium at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1964 after he became President of Nigeria.

You mean Yoruba people saw all these and still went ahead to vote for Azikiwe’s party in majority?

There are two things involved here:- it’s either you are lying through your teeth and distorting facts or you are saying the Yoruba populace of then were dumb.

And where are the facts to back all these claims of yours?

Goodnewsforlife:
let me ask u a question

There are 3 people on ground n there are 3 things available to b shared among the 3 of them, one person wanted to take 2 without caring if the other person have any.


The person that stop the greedy one is to b blamed right?

So u don't see any big deal with the guy that wanted to take 2?

So u support the idea that someone should take 2 n the other shouldn't have any?

Your analogy does not hold water here.

In Azikiwe Vs Awolowo case, they didn’t choose. They went through an electioneering campaign, sold their manifesto to the electorates; and by the end of the election, Western Region voted for Azikiwe’s NCNC in majority.

How was that Azikiwe’s choosing?

Or do you have record that Azikiwe rigged that election?

helinues:
This op and tribal jingoistic are like 5&6

Azikiwe from far east want to become premier of Western Region, perhaps he should have been allowed.

Una political pettiness is legendary. It was this petty politics that made Saudana of Sokoto make that threat back then

You have a problem with the fact that Azikiwe dared to become Premier of Western Region through an election he won free and fair?

But you sit here and cheer Kemi Badenoch on while she labours to become Prime Minister of UK, right?

I’m sure you see nothing wrong in that. Do you?

A Nairalander, Dougad, wrote this on my post and I agree with him because I had personally researched the two men myself.

About a year ago, I took my time to research on the two men (Awolowo and Azikiwe) and even though I’m Igbo, I couldn’t help but accept that Awolowo was smarter and more intelligent than Azikiwe.

Awolowo was trained in UK while Azikiwe was American trained.

I read their speeches and saw Awolowo’s visions were clear and lucid. But I found out he was an idealist. Azikiwe, influenced by American culture, was a pragmatist. Providing realistic solution to what is instead of grumbling about what ought to be.

But like you summed up, between the two of them, Azikiwe’s heart was purer.

Awolowo damaged Nigeria forever.

Among the three ardent fighters for Nigeria's independence in the '50s, Awo was indisputably the smartest. There is no room for contention in that regard as every student of Nigerian history will attest to its veracity. What, however, cannot be circumvented is the fact that Awo, as brilliant as he was, spearheaded the fibre of the contemporary unbridled tribalism that has become so intricately woven in every fabric of the Nigerian society, be it religion, politics, or even business.

His deliberate misrepresentation of the Western Premiership election as an ethnic battle rather than a clash of political ideals, where the contestant with the best ideal-constituent fit wins betrayed his highly coveted western education, portraying him as a man not at all dissimilar to thugs-turned-politicians ever so ready to fight dirty to achieve a political goal. His nefarious strategy worked so well that decades down the line, the average Nigerian still fails at placing policy as the highest priority when casting their vote. Our so-called founding fathers were blessed to occupy the unique position of steering the path of a soon-to-be Independent country to greatness, eschewing the backward tenets of tribalism that left them the biggest failures in the globe, but ultimately chose the sinister path that leads to doom like their fathers before them. Awo, being the smartest, surprised me even more by adorning a XXL clown costume.

Perhaps his failures to achieve his lofty political goals, evidenced by his constant adulation of George Washington and Winston Churchill, was a karmic response to the active role he played in ensuring that the future of his countrymen centuries down the line amounted to nothing.

Dougad:
Among the three ardent fighters for Nigeria's independence in the '50s, Awo was indisputably the smartest. There is no room for contention in that regard as every student of Nigerian history will attest to its veracity. What, however, cannot be circumvented is the fact that Awo, as brilliant as he was, spearheaded the fibre of the contemporary unbridled tribalism that has become so intricately woven in every fabric of the Nigerian society, be it religion, politics, or even business.

His deliberate misrepresentation of the Western Premiership election as an ethnic battle rather than a clash of political ideals, where the contestant with the best ideal-constituent fit wins betrayed his highly coveted western education, portraying him as a man not at all dissimilar to thugs-turned-politicians ever so ready to fight dirty to achieve a political goal. His nefarious strategy worked so well that decades down the line, the average Nigerian still fails at placing policy as the highest priority when casting their vote. Our so-called founding fathers were blessed to occupy the unique position of steering the path of a soon-to-be Independent country to greatness, eschewing the backward tenets of tribalism that left them the biggest failures in the globe, but ultimately chose the sinister path that leads to doom like their fathers before them. Awo, being the smartest, surprised me even more by adorning a XXL clown costume.

Perhaps his failures to achieve his lofty political goals, evidenced by his constant adulation of George Washington and Winston Churchill, was a karmic response to the active role he played in ensuring that the future of his countrymen centuries down the line amounted to nothing.

You are right.

About a year ago, I took my time to research on the two men (Awolowo and Azikiwe) and even though I’m Igbo, I couldn’t help but accept that Awolowo was smarter and more intelligent than Azikiwe.

Awolowo was trained in UK while Azikiwe was American trained.

I read their speeches and saw Awolowo’s visions were clear and lucid. But I found out he was an idealist. Azikiwe, influenced by American culture, was a pragmatist. Providing realistic solution to what is instead of grumbling about what ought to be.

But like you summed up, between the two of them, Azikiwe’s heart was purer.

Awolowo damaged Nigeria forever.

Christistruth02:
UU


What Azikiwe did was bigotry

Northerners can rule themselves
Easterners can rule themselves
But westerners shouldn't rule themselves


Why?!!!


If Azikiwe didn't want the British Ruling his own Homeland what makes him think the West didn't want to rule their own Homeland according to their Culture and beliefs themselves too?

Why didn't Azikiwe first work to put a Westerner as the Premier of the East if he wanted to be premier of the west so nobody is taking undue advantage of the other side?

The first ever elected mayor of Enugu was a northerner.

We are not bigots.

They want to take away the airport from us for 80 whole years.

Now the question is, who dafuk owns Aero Alliance Consortium?

Hope it’s not one Igbo hating Agbado?

AndroBlaze:
The guy is just a fool, of all the stories he could use this Friday to attack Yoruba... it is this one which only shows again how accommodating we are.

My grandmother (of blessed memory) could not speak English and was a typical core Yoruba landlord who always preferred to rent her flats to people she felt had good manners. She was from Ife, so she mostly preferred people from her place in particular.

When I stayed with her for a while, I saw the easiest way to confuse her was to pretend to have manners, bring your personal problems to her to solve and so on. So many of her Yoruba tennants did this before still eventually falling out with her as she was a shrewd woman.

One day she wanted to do a general renovation of her property ...all the tenants as usual started to bring in their contractors with silly quotes since they knew Mama cannot go to the market to verify anything. I was getting angry until she told me she already had a plan. She told me she would call one of the best tennants she ever had ( who happened to sell building materials) that would never cheat her.

So one fateful day I came back from work, saw a strange car in front of the compound and I guessed she had a visitor. When I got to the parlour I saw her laughing with someone who was clearly struggling to speak Yoruba but understood what she was saying. In short, it was a typical Igbo businessman who in a million years I would have never expected to be the tennant she had praised so much as being honest and industrious.

He was clearly a big man and one could see this job was too small for a big man like him to come all the way down. The quote he gave was almost half what the others had proposed and far more extensive than all I had seen. My grandmother did not even look at it....it was like her main aim of calling him over was to gist and reminisce. His boys started the work the next day and this was one of the few times my grandmother did not have any complaint or anxiety. The renovation stands till today.

Everyone has biases and prejudices, but in my experience most Yorubas don't allow that to stop them from knowing people should be ultimately judged individually for their unique personalities. Which is still what Osibanjo and his landlord actually did.

I stay in Surulere now and I can tell you that a lot of Surulere landlords that happen to be Igbo still prefer not to rent their flats to fellow Igbos.

Prejudice is part of life, its if you allow them to rule and control your life, that's what ultimately matters.

I will ignore the insult and recognize that you made valid points.

But unfortunately the present generation of your tribesmen, especially those on this platform, seem to lump Igbos together and judge them without looking at individual characters.

That’s what irks some of us who would have ordinarily wanted to be decent.

Nomercie:
@bold, you must be mad if you don't see anything bad in Zik becoming premier of Southwest

After winning majority in free and fair election?

DesChyko:
And they are not stopping anytime soon. Now Civic Education textbooks by their kinsmen are spreading tales to school kids that Igbos invaded, kidnapped, and sold Yorubas into slavery prompting the intervention of Moremi of Ife. No historical records backs this proof; just tales from dark hearts.

Igbo hate cannot be what will be used to advance Yoruba nation as a united front. Just like our hustle, this has now become our business. And we must speak against such lies whenever we see it. Look for other common goals to advance your unity.

Can you imagine?

Just so you all know that the bigotry and Igbo hate didn’t start today.

It started since Awolowo planted it on the night of the inauguration of Western Regional Assembly when he convinced Yorubas that were elected on the platform of NCNC to defect to AG so that AG can become majority and he (Awolowo) and not Azikiwe, can become Premier of Western Region.

Since then, that region has not recovered from Igbophobia and bigotry. With some exceptions of course.

Tor

If not that Nigeria, especially that side, has undiscerning illiterates in large numbers, why would Buhari be a character to be visited?

But unfortunately, the lifeless buffoon has a lot of illiterates that still sheepishly follows his command and there seem to be nothing we can do about that.

The person that will save Nigeria must first of all educate the North.

Berankis:
Peter Obi may do well economically but insecurity will still remain a problem. The reason being that, the Government has refused to deal with the sponsors of these bandits/terrorists/kidnappers.
The last time "the US submitted a list of Sponsors", the Nigerian government kept quiet about it. Which means they are not ready to tackle insecurity yet, until some of them and their children directly get killed, then they will make all the noise. Insecurity is not stopping anytime soon.
People should just brace up to protect themselves

With Obi as president, Nigeria will not be as insecure as it is.

How can Obi get the economy right if he doesn’t get the security right?

Investors will not come to invest where they are not sure that their heads will remain on their shoulders.

So, like Obi always says, the two most important intangible assets necessary to set Nigeria on the right path are security and rule of law.

So, trust me when I tell you that Obi would have done ruthlessly with insecurity. And the mafia knows. That’s why they don’t want him there.

ElevationD:
His only reason for leaving LP was the same Abure. That was his complain. Hopefully Abure, Apapa and Arabambi, can receive some sense and let the party have peace again.

We can’t fold our hands and think Abure, Apapa and Arabambi will just disappear.

We have to fight them off; especially now we are on the right side of the law.

Tinubu is doing well.

Tinubu till 2031!

Nigerians will learn had lessons until they will use their hands to beg Peter Obi to come and become president.

fergie001:
God will not let me die before my time.

Could you believe I’m here in a public place shouting like a mad man🤦

For the sake of heaven, what is Hojlund doing in Manchester United?

After, they will want 50:50 share of VAT on same alcohol.

Stupid jokers!

I wonder what is delaying that Tax Reform?

Everything taxable should be by derivation. If they want alcohol they should never benefit from its proceeds.

Bloody hypocrites!

alizma:
His decision may have much to do with the latest court ruling.

Obviously!

The problem with him is that he is so used to the regular Nigerian way of doing things that he was frustrated by Peter Obi’s patience and resort to due process while the party leadership crisis raged.

He wanted Peter Obi to act like Tinubu and lead a squad of Obidients, nay thugs, to go to LP Headquarters and chase Abure away. But that’s not Obi’s modus operandi.

Like Obi will always say, we can’t be talking of building a New Nigeria with new culture and still be resorting to the old ways.

But now he has seen that the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Obi’s camp, he came crawling back.

He’s welcome back.

We need everyone on the journey to new Nigeria.

We need his oratory and eloquence on National Televisions.

madridguy:


He want to come and do the thing again

Come and do what?

Be a mole?

Someone we know his house in Nsukka?

That would be suicide mission.

In a surprising twist, Kenneth Okonkwo who had previously stated that he had left Labour Party, was seen yesterday at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party.

Labour Party is about to be more formidable.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Fjbt5GSks?si=MQd97Fo_pz1wmZ4s

There are Obidients everywhere.

Even inside Aso Rock!

The Army

Airforce

Navy

DSS

NIA

You wonder how Peter Obi gets his intelligence.

Make Ronu vagabonds dey play

No need to be sorry.

Na 2027 everything go end.

Una go pack una load go house.

Bloody bigots!

Ndi ala!

MelesZanawi:
The same Ajaero that Obidients were insulting 3 months ago.
Now, he's got victory.

Once Obidients insult you, you will succeed. But once they support you, you're finished.

We supported Nenadi Usman, why did she succeed?

Lol! Same thing I wanted to point out.

Almost all appointments from Kwara and Kogi were handed to Yorubas from that state but cunningly counted as ‘northerners’.

And then talk about the appointments given to other regions and we will be talking about Special Assistant on River Basins. What is that?

You take all important and consequential appointments to Southwest and spread dust to other region and then try to rationalize rubbish.

Ndi ala!

Mynd44:
NLC has come for their peoperty

Hope you know NLC and Obi are in same page in having Nenadi Usman as Caretaker Chairperson?

In fact, they have representatives in the Caretaker Committee.

Just in case you are rejoicing that this is against Obi.😏

Now armed with the CTC of the Supreme Court judgment, there’s little to nothing that enemies of Labour Party can do now.

BREAKING: NLC president Ajaero mobilises NLC members to take over LP offices nationwide

https://x.com/nigeriastories/status/1909705438397882475?s=46&t=2AB_wrBea-oBYJf5ZCFV-A

regenerateman:
The governors very smart here. They were not specific to Rivers state. The governors asked the supreme court to only interpret section 305 of the constitution and they never mentioned Rivers state. If the governors mentioned Rivers state, the SC will say they are meddlesome interlopers.

I think you have a point.

Let’s see what the Supreme Court comes up with.

All this plenty story no concern me.

Shey INEC don comot Abure name put Nenadi Usman name?💁