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Aburi001:
How did we really get here?

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"Awolowo was 37 years,
Akintola 36,
Ahmadu Bello 36,
Balewa 34,
Okotie-Eboh 27
and Enahoro 27
And they led the struggle for Nigeria Independence after the death of Macaulay.
Only Zik was 42 at the time!

In 1966, the first military coup was led by Kaduna Nzeogwu who was 29 years and countered by M.Mohammed 28,
T. Danjuma 28,
I. Babangida 25,
J. Garba 23,
Sani Abacha 23,
and M. Yar'adua 23,
And brought into power
Y. Gowon 32,
Ojukwu 33,
Obasanjo 29,
And Buhari 24!

Most of the military governors who governed the states under the successive military regimes were
under 30 years.

Also, the brief democratic dispensation which interjected the military interregnums also saw some Senators and members of the House of Representatives, in particular, populated by persons under 30!
Under 30's were also not in short supply with
appointments - we have examples of
MT Mbu who became Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister at 23 and Pat Utomi who became a Federal Adviser at 27.

Why is it that this age bracket is today still
collecting pocket money from their parents?

Why is it that this age bracket is today still writing JAMB?

Why is it that this age bracket today still 'sagg' their trousers?

And busy insulting each others on Nairaland, Facebook etc.

If the North says "leave my land" please do.....IT'S LEAVE MY LAND, IT'S NOT LEAVE MY WORLD.

But the main question is 'How did we get here'?

Good talk. As to how we got here, most of those listed apart from Awolowo, Enahoro, M.T Mbu, Sardauna were only interested in tribal politics rather than national and regional progress and emancipation.
It was on record that Gowon once said that the problem of Nigeria was not money but how to spend it.
He had the opportunity to make Nigeria great by tapping from Awolowo's SW miracle but tribal inputs disallowed him because even the north failed to accord him full support because of his religion.
Thereafter, IBB and OBJ laid the foundation the destroyed the middle class and turned the youths into what they are today ? How ?
Through deliberate policies, the systematically killed public schools for private schools, public hospitals for private, government universities for private, public railway system for haulage and trailer owners in the north. They encouraged their fellow elites to establish these private outfits and inflate the cost in order to take it out of the reach of the poor.
They also used JAMB to systematically disorientate, discourage and retard academic ambitions of southerners and the children of the poor.
They collectively waged a sustained war against the university unions to put a final nail on the coffin of nigerian state universities. In how many government universities in Nigeria do the students enjoy full university experience ? Virtually none. How do you call institutions without hostels for students universities ? It is an aberration. The old Fed. universities that started with hostels can't maintain them properly.
The long and short story is, Nigeria is a failure and has failed its people.

basty:
Tell them that, Lagos is not their home.

Enough of Parasitic encroachments on the people of South-West they hate.

They know that, times have changed. SW is not a dustbin for waste products or rejects afterall yorubas won't relocate to the yeastern territory.

limeta:
Benin kingdom

Could you explain, please ?

I thank God for creating a child of Oduduwa.
Proudly Oodua.
The only region in Nigeria that scored many firsts in Africa to the envy of haters. That was the genesis of the conspiratorial gang-up by other regions against the great Awo and the West but to their own respective regret.
Oodua a gbe wa o.

Brendaniel:
Anytime i read things like this, i think of the east, everyone is just running his own government the way he likes. No unity whatsoever....

They say they are republican. Also they don't trust one another to do anything genuinely and right.
How can they co-operate when they don't even employ citizens from across their states for jobs.

iceylyn:
please my people, has anyone successfully submitted these required documents, because I have been trying to submit and I haven't gotten any successful prompt.

I did it even on my phone and it went through.
Click the email address and it will open the template for you.
You would better go to a cyber cafe to get it done. Good luck.

crestedaguiyi:
only a boy from his tribe can be this stupid publicly .

obviously, they are not only cowards but stupid as well

Those who profess gay rights in europe, etc, are wiser than your "leaders" who weep publicly and proclaim a fast when fulani herdsmen slaughter their men, rape their women and take over their property.
And considering the fact that such leaders are the best brains your tribe can boast of, it follows that your tribe is a write-off when intelligence is involved.
Another typical example of such leaders was one Aguiyi army general who abrograted regionalism at the altar of tribalism and boxed the country into a cul-de-sac ever since, a general who had clear intel of his imminent overthrow and slaughter but rather than take pro-active action, prefered to make himself a sitting, cheap target.
Some leaders !

How much, but too far from Ikorodu.

Aburi001:
Why all the Edo State Governors are ugly?

Abi name curse?

From Igbinedion, to Oshiomole and now Obaseki

Meanwhile, many handsome men and beautiful women full Edo States.

Benin idols, maybe.

Softly, softly; dede mirawo, jejejeje.
We want biafra and not the presidency.

beamtopola:
Oh, na Yoruba Muslim, APC chieftain. Tinubu you are next in line so that the entire sw will have sense and start reasoning like humans.

You are one of the reasons people want abortion legalised - to prevent a toxic waste like you from poluting the environment. I dare say it's not hurray for your parents for bringing you into the world.
It was a regretable error.

Here is a man who forrgoes his people's interest for his personal inordinate ambition.
Here is another Azikiwe in the making who would pander to the north's whims and caprices in the name of national interest at the cost of his people.
A people that have such a man as a representative is heading for the rocks.
A nation that parades the likes of this man as a leader will forever remain comatose.
But this man is so dumb as to think he can ever have the backing of the north for the presidency. He resides in a fool's paradise.
The north will never forget that he was the first SE governor to ever ask northerners in his domain to be id'd. And that his people hailed him for that policy. They don't forget things like that.

Now i can see that igbos have no better leader than Nnamdi Kanu, notwithstanding his many flaws. They would do well to repose their hopes in him while they reorientate his person.

Hopeful20100:
Remove Orji Uzor Kalu from that list...he was already a billionaire at age 30 before becoming governor. Owned Slok before he became governor. Did he steal government money as Governor? Of course but he was already made and had income source. If he didn't become governor, no doubt he would have been like the Adenugas and Dangotes.

Barefaced lies.

Brownbarbie97:
You reek of so much cowardice it's nauseating!!!
The guy your quoting is a well known almajiri on this forum but instead of you to be a man and face him boldly after threatening your tribe with violence you're feigning ignorance and trying to pretend that he's Igbo.When they call you people cowards now you'll say it's an insult but your actions here prove it.Your mouth end for Igbo matter,when it comes to northerners you lots act subordinate like the slaves that you are .Toothless Bulldogs!

The lion does not lose any sleep over the opinion of domestic cats. Take the easiest route for you types - lagoon dive.

NwaAmaikpe:


This young lady has defied the odds and set herself apart as a global leader.

Nice one Malala

I heard Malala Yousafzai has been longing to meet with Nnamdi Kanu.
This will be a great opportunity for her now she's in Nigeria.

Osinbanjo looks so intimidated by the small girl.
Shame!

It's a taboo for her to meet with terrorists and local minions.

@Op, what you said is true. The ignorant may deride you but i advise you to take it in your stride.
Many of the people we meet outdoors, markets especially, are half-humans and demons. The woman at the shop was a senior in the coven of witches. This is why it is not advisable for pregnant women to go out or to the market at certain periods of the day or night. Only those with the spiritual abilities can see them.
It is even dangerous to let them know that you have seen their secret.

givbitcoin:
You reel off names from a conquered region and you ask me what?

azikiwe or bastard of ironsi were all from there. They will continue to pay for their misbehavior. Now our venom will be on you, the animals from west. You betrayed us in 2007 and you are here to do it again but this time, you will meet your doom.

The Unicorn does not loose sleep over the opinion of little ponies.
Your forefathers, led by Azikiwe, conspired against the yoruba from the mid-fifties to 1966 and payed the price for their treachery with millions of souls. Keep it up.
Every Napoleon has his waterloo. Yours may not be too far away.

Princesaha:
Wonders shall never cease!!! So a well known almajiri miscreant on this forum promised to give Yorubas bloody nose and even insulted your tribe by calling them the most treacherous tribe on earth and instead of you facing him squarely, you start talking of how Igbos are the ones that are treacherous by mentioning Azikiwe, Nwafor Orizu and others. Can I ask you one question? Who did this to you people? Were you people advised in your mosques never to disagree or insult Hausa/fulanis? I am asking all these because I am confused. There is something about you Yoruba Muslims that we do not know. You people should continue OK. I just pity the Christians among you people. Tufiakwa!!!

You are nothing but an incorrigible lout without culture, manners and decorum. The same attitude and more that make your generation become endangered species.
The evils committed by your forefathers are still in your pursuit.
One of you said your great forefathers suffered a pogrom in 1944. I don't know how far that is true but if so, you have more burden on you than to throw useless jabs around.
Beware the ides of Oct. 1.

A clownish money miss road.

MrSly:
Pensniper, A man who wail more than the bereaved.
Have you ever visited Anambra?

Oh, you mean the perpetually bereaved ones from 1967 to date ?
It's their divine portion. I understand it started in 1944, if true, and another is knocking at their door next independence day.
Accept my sympathy but its no more than your worth.

givbitcoin:
Yorubas are the most treacherous people on this planet but we will give them a bloody nose soon.

In what manner are yoruba treacherous ? Give an instant with facts or forever shut up.
Those reknown for treachery in Nigeria are, Azikiwe, betrayed biafra for FG, Kaduna Nzeagwu, betrayed Sadaunna who took him as a son, Ifeajuna, who betrayed his colleagues, Azikiwe and Nwafor Orizu who betrayed the constitution for igbos by handing over to Ironsi and finally Aguiyi Ironsi, the tortoise juju soldier who betrayed the concept of regionalism for unitary system with the aim of subjugating other regions.
Undeniable facts of history.
You and other descendants of Cain, the cursed vagabond, will get more than a bloody nose.

Truckpusher:
They aren't afraid of you , they are afraid of your treacherous nature. If you can't be trusted and predicted ,then you're at the top of the food chain in the game of politics in a country like Nigeria though such positions do come with a heavy price sometimes and the Yorubas gladly occupy that position for now.

In what manner are yoruba treacherous ? Give an instant with facts or forever shut up.
Those reknown for treachery in Nigeria are, Azikiwe, betrayed biafra for FG, Kaduna Nzeagwu, betrayed Sadaunna who took him as a son, Ifeajuna, who betrayed his colleagues, Azikiwe and Nwafor Orizu who betrayed the constitution for igbos by handing over to Ironsi and finally Aguiyi Ironsi, the tortoise juju soldier who betrayed the concept of regionalism for unitary system with the aim of subjugating other regions.
Undeniable facts of history.

FKO81:
Coneheads are not happy

Happy with the "achievements" of universally reknowned criminals ?
Never. Neither happy nor impressed.

Aimless exercise in self-delusion and a display of crass stupidity.

FKO81:
And Tinubu, Adenuga, Alakija, Jimoh Ibrahim are corruption free Dodomayana

No sane person is, and should, be impressed by an average ibo's wealth because they are usually mostly rooted in sordid crime.
Period.

ifraudiaa:
i don't dispute the enterprenural spirit of ibos the problem i have with your tribe is your insecurity and your disunity yoruba have one thread wherfe they showcase their achievements ibos have opened 20 threads since friday showcasing God knows what

Ibos are naturally educated illiterates. They have a warped way of reasoning that amazes a discerning mind.

NwaAmaikpe:


They've turned Islam to a Cannibalistic religion.

A fanatic kills other fanatics praying in a mosque.
Such an irony.

It has been cannibalistic, psychotic, sexually perverted from the days of their leader. Someone who married a lady for his adopted son, berged into her private room for a look-see, then took her from her young husband and said allah commanded it.
They would kill a supposed "infidel" that went near mosque, but will keep weapons in the same mosque, bomb and kill inside it.
Even some animals are more descent.
I watched the documentary of a lioness that rescued a baby weilderbeast from another animal and even protected her from other predators the other day.
Muhammedans will slit open a pregnant woman's tommy, remove the baby and cut her to shreds. And some people practice such religion with pride.
Its a wonder of wonders.

Let the senior terrorist send his revolutionary guards corps of savages to the north like he did in Yemen for a showdown between the shia and sunni savages - true followers of their psychopatic, perverted prophet.

drake2000x:
Israel pushing for Biafra, and now Iran Supreme Leader pushing for Shiite in Nigeria. It's over for Nigeria! Who is supporting Yorubaas?

Their slaves, Ipobians, are supporting them.
Canon-fodders are used by the wise as spring-boards to success.

Anambra failure talking about visionary leadership. A man without his own mind. A wheel-barrow - no use unless pushed. And he is their best candidate from bearfraud !

On the other hand, Ipobs are being driven by hunger and poverty and not for a statehood. Coming from a horse's mouth.

A flattino "soldier" ?

Nwakaumu:
Even if its last sixty years,the point is that yoruba people are diabolical.dont just try to divert the topic.

What about the cannibals in Abia and Enugu states ? Savages like hyenas who eat humans ? They are worse than ritualists though that is not saying either is good.
Bunch of hypocrites !
In many communities in iboland, any visitor that made the mistake of passing the night there will be roasted before dawn. Human parts are there delicacies.
Gosh !