₦airaland Forum

onomeasike: they speak different languages and the interesting thing is that they are so small in population! !Okoroma is just few minutes from Nembe. Agrissaba is a tiny settlement which is in same local government with okoroba (another small community,yet they speak different languages! ! And they have serious boundary issues.

na wa o! I didnt know that.i thought that apart from ogbias, the others were homogenous language wise.wow.

HNosegbe: How will the automotive policy check smuggling?

I see some Cotonou peeps licking their lips at this.

i even forgot about that.

the ogbias seem to relate more with obua/ahoada people.they should have been in rivers state

onomeasike: You will be misleading people by that generalization because even those being regarded as Ijaws have used historical evidence to proof that they are not ijaws
http://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpremiumtimesng.com%2Farts-entertainment%2F150197-book-review-history-okoroma-people-julius-bokoru.html&ei=tUmsUvqlA8a1hAfduIHYDw&usg=AFQjCNFMfZ2XLZlLZ6xjQFm7G5mzOYLyLQ&sig2=K35UhgRl4KoD2Kd86jRDyw

interesting link.but apart from the ogbias, do the other four tribes understand themselves? I.e dont they all speak dialects of ijaw?

hardywaltz: Rivers State has had only 2 substansive Governors since 1999 so it can not be determined.
In my opinion the better question should have been?
Since 1999 why is Bayelsa State cursed with criminals as Governor.

(considering they have had 4 criminals as Governor)

this is a more sensible question.

obamartins: Yet they fought the Nigerian Army to a standstill, thereby crippling the Economy of Nigeria and forcing Oil prices to skyrocket in the Global Market, forcing Obj and Yardua to call for a truce. You know nothing about the IZONS.

we are talking of a true war situation where all the stops are pulled out.

onomeasike: ^^Asari claims to be a direct descendant of the Amayanabo of an Ijaw clan.Even if thé population is now diluted, the royal clan will be ijaw.or do you think differently?

dont get me wrong.they are all ijaws, but some are more ijaw than others.this includes their traditional leaders.nobody goes to check your ijawness before you are made a ruler.

i agree with other points

@op....the ijaws in bayelsa and delta are the true ijaws.asari and the kalabaris are hybrids (about 70 percent ijaw) unlike bonny/opobo who are 40 to 50 percent ijaw.

shymexx: I was just observing the thread to see if a few Igbo posters would surprise me and post intelligent comments while discussing the unique problems Igbo's are facing, in the Nigerian quagmire. However, it's just the same utter nonsense and, simplistic and crude finger pointing everywhere - with mouthing-off about non-achievements. Then I saw your stupid post!

Get my handle out of that crap before I unleash an e-phantom 36hit combos on you. You know what that means, right? Different hits coming from all angles but you won't see them coming till you start to feel the pain - ghostmode-esque!

*Back to my Malcolm-X video*

shymexx: I was just observing the thread to see if a few Igbo posters would surprise me and post intelligent comments while discussing the unique problems Igbo's are facing, in the Nigerian quagmire. However, it's just the same utter nonsense and, simplistic and crude finger pointing everywhere - with mouthing-off about non-achievements. Then I saw your stupid post!

Get my handle out of that crap before I unleash an e-phantom 36hit combos on you. You know what that means, right? Different hits coming from all angles but you won't see them coming till you start to feel the pain - ghostmode-esque!

*Back to my Malcolm-X video*

see what the cat dragged in!

mike404: NWANNE NWATA NWANYI AFU AMUBEGI NWA OBUNA. AKWUNA KA ONO NA LAGOS AGBA.IKWESIRI IMA IHE UMU NWANYI ALA IMO NA ARU NA LAGOS... IBU ZI UMU AKA

i take exception to this rubbish post.it is posts like this that make the idea of an igbo nation unappealing to some of us.put a lid on your God complex.be warned!

Sincere 9gerian: If the brewery industry can boom in spite of epileptic power, then why not the automative industry? Nonetheless, with the privatisation of power done, we should expect significant stability in power supply in the next 2-3 years.

Meanwhile, power or no power, Nissan is already up and running. That means more jobs for Nigerians like you and I.

thinking of getting a car of about 1.3mill but will end up paying close to 2Mill.is it not better to just get a brand new kia? Na wa o!

[quote author=IGBO-SON]^^^At bolded: Utter rubbish!

If the South West are less dependent on the centre than the South East, and could have built the 2nd Niger Bridge on their own if it was in their region.......if this is the case, then why didn't they rebuild the Lagos-Ibadan highway?; why didn't they offer to finance the planned Lagos-Ibadan high speed rail line?; why was MMIA left to rot until this administration started refurbishing it, and awarded contract for a brand new terminal?

Lagos is the nations centre of commerce and industry, and has been the cosmopolitan melting pot for ALL Nigeria for decades now, and hence has been able over the years to have a comparatively much better financial position than other states in the country; everything has been skewed in its favour for years, and it's only with this present administration that other regions/states are getting a look in! So don't yarn rubbish![/quote]they would rather die than admit to that.

berem: what language? Because I said "phuck"? Stop being a hypocrite! You need to start getting ready for your suicidal note. I will be using that word often as possible. You'll be reading more of it from my comments. If you're not happy with it,get your account deactivated or you dive into Imo River.

fair enough! But please do not take offence when you are grouped as one of nairalands dregs(eko ile,desola,chino,wily wily,shymex and bluetooth) cos i cant see the difference in attitude between you and the aforementioned.

we buy them guns, they turn around and shoot us with them.na wa o!

berem: You are very stoopid for making that comment! Don't ask me why. Call me whatever you like, I don't give a phuck!!

you are seriously uncultured.look at the type of language a 'lady' is using on an online forum.pity! The true character of a person is the way he or she behaves when no one is watching.you have a right to your opinions but you dont put them across with civility and diplomacy.think about it.

Sincere 9gerian: Your picture or you'r not a human being.

@op...will this work when we dont even have power?

Rare Diamond: ONYE AHANNA NWANNE YA!!!!!!. YOUR PICTURE WOULD BE USED BY NDI OFE AGAINST NDI IGBO, FOR HOW LONG WOULD CONTINUE DEFAME YOURSELF AND BROTHERS. THE FACT IS ROCHAS AND APC PARTY WON'T WIN ANY ELECTION IN IMO STATE COME 2015. NO IMO CHILD HAVE DEGRADED ANAMBRA INSTEAD THEY PROMOTE AND DEFEND IT FROM BIGOT. I DONT SEE WHY YOU SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THIS YOUR INSENSITIVE AND SENSELESS POST AGAINST NDI IMO

i dont agree with you.we should be able to criticize OBJECTIVELY our leaders in igbo land not minding where the person comes from.but people like the op have no iota of objectivity at all.

Sincere 9gerian: Lets highlight some of FG interventions in the region in the last 2-3 years.

1. Completion of Onitsha River Port. Of all the River Ports being constructed by the FG (Baro, Lokoja,etc) Onitsha Port was the first to be completed. It is now being concessioned. Unfortunately, the concessioning process is taken too long. Yes, the Onitsha Port may not have gone commercial but the equipments being used by Julius Berger for initial works on Second Niger Bridge were delivered through the Port.

2. Construction of Oguta River Port in Imo State. That will be completed before the end of this year and concessioned too.

3. Anambra STATE University was among the 12 universities nationwide that received special impact funds in 2012. It got about N3billion.

4. FG is building a new N2.5billion federal secretariat in Anambra. None existed before now.

5. FG has completed the Onitsha-Owerri road

6. FG has expanded the Bridge-Head to Upper-Iweka section of the Enugu-Onitsha road to 10-lane. The whole stretch of the Enugu-Onitsha road is scheduled to be completed next year. The road is covered by SURE-P.

7. The FG just awarded re-construction of Section I and II of Enugu-PH road at N90billion.

8. The Enugu International Airport is now open to business with the outside world with commencement of international flight operations.

9. The N13billion New international terminal is under construction at Enugu International Airport. It is the FIRST out of the 5 planned new international terminals to be built in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and PH.

9. Ebonyi now has a brand new teaching hospital. Thus, 5 DECADES after, the southeast now has 2 federal teaching hospital- University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu and Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA) EBONYI.

10. Ebonyi now has a brand new federal university. It is called Federal University, Ndufu-Alike,Ebonyi State.

11. Contract for the N100billion 6-lane 12.4km Second Niger bridge has been awarded to Julius Berger. Julius started preliminary work around July and should have been completed by now. Hopefully, son the President will flag off actual construction work.

12. The PH-Enugu-Maiduguri railway rehabilitation was scheduled to be completed this December.

13. The Southeast is well covered in the ongoing feasibility studies for modern railways across the country.

14. The Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri is one of the 11 Airports undergoing remodelling.

15. The N1.5billion Zik’s mausoleum and library being constructed in Onitsha. It is scheduled to be completed next year.

16. Completion of work on Obiozara-Uburu-Ishiagu road in Enugu and Ebonyi States.

17. Completion of work on Abakaliki-Mbok (Ogoja Junction) road in Ebonyi and Cross-River States.

18. Completion of work on Owerri-Aba Road in Imo and Abia States.

19. Completion of work on Okpala-Igwurita road in Imo State.

20. Completion and commissioning of the crucial second 330KV Onitsha-Benin transmission line.

21. Completion of 1×7.5MVA power injection sub station each in Orafite and Amichi in Anambra states

22. Completion of 2×2.5MVA Eke distribution injection sub station in Enugu.

23. Completion of 7.5MVA power distribution injection substation in Trade fair area of Enugu.

24. Completion of 7.5MVA power injection sub station in New Heaven, Enugu state.

25. Rehabilitation and reopening of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, depot at Aba, Abia State. The depot was closed for over 6 years.

These are the ones I could recall now.
In summary, suffice to say that the East has had some fair share of FG intervention within the period. In the next few months and years, it can only get better. And the people of the area will NOT stop demanding for more dividends of their support for GEJ.

you forgot NAUTH nnewi.the east needs one more federal teaching hospital in the imo/abia axis.

lygn19: All dz tales of negligence re propaganda, that's how in ph Amaechi was using dat the reason y he was fighting GEJ is because he had failed to deliver, and he was always using EastWest road as an excuse, dat d FG has abandoned it...
Ppl staying in ph wud be saying same too, but as at now the construction of that road has passed choba uniport, and its approaching nkpolu, so y wud sm1 use a project that's under construction to judge sm1, is it not when u ve looked and confirmed dat d road has been completely abandoned b4 saying things?

1.the drainage on that road is an embarrasment 2.the road is to narrow to be a trunk A federal highway

Abagworo: Berem I'm also a Rivers man and we felt same neglect as the Southeast which I'm from. Southwest also feels neglected. Only Abuja is receiving real attention from FG. So FG's failure is not peculiar to Igboland but cut across Nigeria. We should take our destiny in our hands by joining the rest of the country in condemning a wrong government and not play selfish politics.

best post here.thank you very much

ChinoElects:
Like as I said Imo state is presently in the hand of the 'devil'. I passed there yesterday I could hardly point to anything the clown has done for 3years with the loan of over 200billion.

Presently Imo state is worst state out of SE in all indices of development. Like as I said, I am opening a picture thread any moment from now to showcase to the world the rot going on in imo state.

Brace up..

useless thread! Your house is on fire and you are busy chasing rats.your state is in shambles but you prefer to criticise others.you are being ripped of by a bunch of griffters yet you are running around in other places like a headless chicken.go and criticise peter and his grossly inferior projects.

funny thread! A classic once again from one of nairalands resident dregs...

Impact456: guys I have uninterrupted power supply for over 2months in Elelenwo. To be honest, I'm surprise. I guess it will get to all axis soon

e don dey reach my side small small infact i hear we would have been enjoying it a lot earlier if not for the uprooting of PHCN poles to make way for the east west road.rumuagholu own bad pass..lol.dem dey off freezer for a while otherwise bottles go break finish.

nairaland truly has gone to the dogs.sad really.

chukel: @ OP. What do u stand to gain by peddling lies. Only 18 doctors were inducted cos others showed up late for their induction. Those present in d hall were asked to write down dia names on a list nd the swearing in commenced. The team from medical and dental council of nigeria had another event at absu uturu. Moreover, most consultants' children were also involved. The team said dy wud come back at 3pm to swear in d remaining. However I dnt k if dy came back. But indiscipline was d reason others were not sworn in

so the other 100 doctors all came late?

FreeGlobe: shattap, Amaechi will be impeached and nothing will happen

please dont disgrace yourself here, you are better than this.why are you allowing sentiments and emotions cloud your sense of reason/logic? Its illegal pure and simple!

olabukola: Is this promise from Jona or Amaechi.?

i think its the latter.i hear hes been aggressively building sub stations in many localities.its paying off.

it was supposed to be by december 2012 o! So they are one year late... but on a more serious note, power has improved in my side of ph remarkably(rumuagholu/eligbolo axis).16 hours a day these days.i dont know who is responsible,whether the state govt with its aggressive effort on power distribution or the federal govt.i am grateful to whoever it is and i hope it continues.

kai so that mad man is now the dean of medicine at UNEC? Thank god i left that place when coolheaded people were in charge....na wa o! Even late alloy aghaji and his senior brother were not this mean.

dBard: Upgraded..
5D tins now

dem don start una road? O boy no more visiting till they do that road