₦airaland Forum

as usual my brothers are emotionally firing from all cylinders while ,missing the obvious point of the article

CaptainOjemba:
I get annoyed seeing people write as is Igbos don't know their right. Why must everybody support them? What have the so called progressives done to get Igbo vote, is it just blackmail? As for black mail it won't work, they better marshall out plans on how to sell their manifesto to the Igbo nation.

the bolded is funny. even if buhari builds the 2nd niger bridge BEFORE 2015,IGBOS WILL STILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM.

berem:
There's nothing new about this article na! Na today?
If Buhari becomes the next president,the gullible and brainwashed people who are not Ijaws will still turn around to support Buhari. Am sorry to say this but that's just the bitter truth.

NNE many igbos are living in denial.
we must keep drumming it in.
the best road in the SE today was not done by an Igbo or I jaw man.

as long as we remain in nigeria ,alliances IN OUR BEST INTEREST must be made. QED!

update: ive uploaded the first part of this article to continue into the second one to make one full article. please reread it. thanks

the following post is from a friend on facebook and is directed at our kinsmen,the igbos! enjoy!!!
N/B: i highlighted some important points


I will start this write-up with the analogy of the broken down clock for the sole reason that I do not intend this post to be an avenue for stereo-typing the igbos, but as an avenue for we from the South East region to tell ourselves some home-truth (like every race or ethnic group does from time to time) and stop what seems to be an exercise in self ridicule. Now, to the analogy of the broken down clock:

A broken down clock we all know cannot be relied on for telling the time of the day, especially for those who know its state of function. But regardless of that state of function, we all know it has its fingers pointing at some random time, which is usually the time at which it broke down. Lets just say for the sake of this write-up, our clock broke down at exactly 4 o' clock.

A stranger who comes into the house at time of say 3.55 (am or pm), 4.00 (am or pm), 4.05 (am or pm) would see the clock as still correct, or even accurate if he came in at exactly 4.00 (am or pm), but the owner of the house knows the true state of the clock, and the stranger would need to stay longer to know the clock is truly broken down. But the truth is, as a time piece, I was correct twice for the day. At every other time, it was on the WRONG side of time.

In Nigeria, we have many people who analyse like broken down clocks. They seem to be correct not because they possess sterling analytical power, but because the situation which serves their myopic view speaks for itself. Once their position is on the wrong side of the argument, they cannot be fixed. We have them all over Nigeria, from those who rightly presently demand GEJ to be sacked at the polls in 2015 (but for some reason, supported a moribound Umaru Musa Yar Adua to rule Nigeria from his death bed), to those who called for GEJ's impeachment (but threatened the coporate existence of Nigeria should OBJ be impeached, remember OPC's famous "impeach OBJ, impeach Nigeria declaration). Yes, I know, many of them are "making sense" now, and are "gbaming", mass "liking", and high fiving each others' write-ups, but we who live in the house know their "broken down" antecedents, and I know they will be the new problem should an APC leadership begin to derail, should they take over in 2015. But for now, the broken down time piece is telling the correct time, and I hope the clocks that are working correctly will be there to tell the time when real time goes past the hour. It is these people that will eventually save the nation from itself.

But, lets leave those alone for now, its time to address those who seem to be on the wrong side of time.........
Now, we are all aware that GEJ has the most ardent support from the South East. On the surface, that is not a bad thing, everybody has a right to support a candidate of his own choice, and GEJ has the constitutional right to contest, but the reason behind such quickly betrays a sense of hatred, fear and insecurity around such support. The strong emotion with which they respond to their fellow south-easterners who try to be different betrays the ultimate fact that they are really neo-phytes when it comes to reading the political terrain.

These people are so locked in 1966, they forget they are falling into the same mistake of the Northern avengers of 1966, who thought they were doing justice to alleged Igbo domination, but ended up ruining Nigeria and the North even more. These people were seriously calling for devolution of powers and resource control, but do not realise that 2 southern Presidents (one from the Niger Delta) have failed to bring about a satisfactory form of federalism, now they seek to dominate that centre which they alleged to hate so much, when they had ample time to pursue their legitimate interest.

You claim GEJ has done a lot for the igbos more than any President. Well, in terms of appointments, he may have, and there is a psychological feeling about occupying a post whose elusion is thought to be a conspiracy of some sorts, but that is where it ends. It doesn't put food on the table of the average Igbo man more than it does for the Igala man or Jukun woman. And the Airport? [b]Thanks, but apart from that, what else? PTF did much more when oil was less than $20 a barrel. Much more for the common man, the 90% who probably will never use an airport. Roads in the South East remain deplorable, and the Second Niger Bridge is now so notorious a project, any Leader who wants to do the igbos "longer-throat" just needs to say "second Niger Bridge" and he will get our ears. [/b]Remember GEJ said he either completes the Second Niger Bridge by 2015 or he goes to exile. Does it look like all the sand and run down facilities in that area will suddenly become a bridge in 2015? And must it always be about roads and bridges? Dem born us born cement and concrete? What has he done for health that the igbos can shout alleluyah in particular? What about electricity? Does the East have more power supply than the rest of Nigeria? Are Igbo business-men selling more goods more than ever before? Are we buying agricultural produce cheaper than the rest of the country? Is Abakaliki rice more plentiful now than before? Why are our expectations so shallow?

You argue that he is one of us, that he is Igbo. I have never seen any argument betraying more confusion than this. GEJ is not Igbo. He is not even IJAW. He is an OGBIA man, an ethnic group of about 250,000. He has no Igbo name given to him from birth. AZIKIWE is a PET NAME given to him by his mother, because he smiled like the then famous Nnamdi Azikiwe. I had a school mate of COMPLETE Igbo blood in my days in UNEC whose nick-name was ABACHA simply because of his mannerisms. His birth certificate had no Abacha written on it. Meanwhile, it may interest you to know GEJ never took the AZIKIWE name seriously even while he was Governor of Bayelsa and Acting President, but I guess because of people like you, his sudden adoption of the name yielded dividends, and is about to yield further dividends because you cannot see beyond your nose.

Then the second name EBELE. Some un-informed people have called it EBELE-CHUKWU in the past. Well, that is wrong. It is actually EBELEMI, a full nomenclature in OGBIA language. So before you campaign, at least get your facts right.

Another argument, is that we the igbos need to be at peace with our neighbours. I say, it is fine to be at peace, but not to the point of black-mail. Peace without Justice is peace of the grave-yard. [b]Yes, we have a right to support our neighbours, but some of us can also remember that those our neighbours who we desperately want to be at peace with, actually had a voting pattern in the past which was automatically against any candidate who came from the South East. Go and check your records of voting patterns from 1979 elections to 2011. I wont go into the various avenues at which we were sabotaged during the unfortunate civil war. And the abandoned properties nko? Have they given us back? Even the Late Ken Saro-Wiwa, an Ogoni man (our neighbours) "occupied" a house "abandoned" by an Igbo-man when the civil war started. So, how exactly do you define living in genuine peace? Only when it benefits one person? Yes, by-gones should be by-gones, but my common sense still remains. If you want to dig up the role of the Hausas in that event, then let us complete the whole process, then the Efiks and Ibibios will also remind us (the Igbos) of the atrocities we committed against them as well.[/b]

It would have been different if it was a Murtala Mohammed contesting (the man who was responsible for the execution of almost 2,000 unarmed civillians in Asaba during the civil war), or if Buhari had any specific war crime to his name. But that is not the case. In politics, the duration of friendship or enmity is not permanent. What is permanent is INTEREST.

My arch-enemy of yesterday can become my friend today if I rightly identify my interest. Its for this same reason:

1. The Germans and the Jews (Isrealis) are friends and vital business partners today, despite the fact that the Germans gassed 6 million jews to death, with the intention of wiping them off the planet.

2. The Americans fought a bitter war of independence with the imperial British. Today, their alliance is one of the closest and most reliable on the planet.

3. England and France fought a war that lasted 100 years (yes 100). Yet today, one of the most technologically advanced tunnels connects both countries.

I can go on and on and on about how enmities of yesterday have become formidable alliances today based on common sense and identification of objective, legitimate interest. So don't go about calling an Igbo man using his common sense an EFULEFU. You are the one who is lost in the past.

chidoo4luv:
house I need link or site to download the new series marco polo

there you go.......enjoy!
PS:i hope youve got IDM

marco polo

.....and they wonder why people call him clueless. this nation and its problems are too big for this man.QED

this should be on the frontpage not a thread about some clown showing off 100 naira bills on instagram

Agriculture- amaechi/rivers( if you doubt it,visit songhai,tai banana plantation,buguma fish farms)
Infrastructure-amaechi/rivers(infrastructure is not just roads. shcools and hospitals are infrastructure)
Education-amaechi/rivers
Health-amaechi/rivers
Security-fashola/lagos
regional and rural development (development outside the state capital)
Job creation/Human Capital Development-amaechi/rivers
Resource Prudence/management-fashola/lagos

childish!

atlwireles:
You want OPEC to cut 2.5Mbbls for what?

Bros, just move on or better still,do some reading.
go and find out what effect cutting supply would have had on price action.

before you come on a discourse,try to at least be a bit knowledgeable in that field.

jpphilips:
This discussion is way beyond your pay grade, you will fare better at the Amaechi section or the romance section

epic!!!

........and JOHESU insists stubbornly on remaining on strike!

@OP.......I thank god for this honestly. maybe this will knock some sense into Nigerians.

definitely 9. the others are reflections.

definitely 9. the others are reflections.

definitely 9. the others are reflections.....

donhils:
I also think House of cards is overrated. I watched it and didn't see any of the fuss about it.

youve got to be kidding me......HOC is a masterpiece! the only show ill probably rate ahead of it is GOT.
with TV these days choked with shows like arrow,the originals and grimm, HOC is a breath of fresh air!!

epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chidoo4luv:
someone shld pls suggest any interesting series for me to download, and watch ,currently bored.

marco polo.......

one hand lies........while the other tells the truth......

johesu is unlucky. this strike came at a very very bad time!

they should read the signs.......oil is currently at $58/barrel and falling. our i.diotic leaders are busy looking for how to accomodate their looting into the $58 to guarantee their stay in power come 2015...
even the agreements FG made with NMA is unlikely to be kept.
JOHESU should diplomatically call of this strike IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. they should end the strike tactfully by giving a solid reason like sympathising with nigerians over falling oil prices then give another ultimatum in the new year(preferably march/april 2015).

If they insist on being stubborn,they must remember that this govt is currently looking for money anywhere they can find it including chopping workers salaries.
the FG recently released a circular to enforce NO WORK NO PAY. at this point in timewith the situation of things economically,this govt WILL implement it.

anonimi:
I know many of our dull fellow citizens like you would have missed out on this very important detail =>



The average in the 10 years $15.746 each year, which compared to the reported $7.92bn is an improvement.

Is the improvement not in sync with what Transparency International reported that our country's corruption index globally has also improved from 144th to 136th
Can this be a manifestation of the SYSTEMATIC fight against corruption by the federal administration of Jonathan/Sambo that follows Law & Order as in any CIVILISED society even though slow but produces LASTING results?

Perhaps if we had not fallen for the CHEAP scam stories by the "opposition" and the labour union leaders looters we would also have done away with another corruption channel- fuel subsidy almost three years ago and by now be reaping the rewards of increased investment in our refineries with more EMPLOYMENT and greater TAX revenue for the federal government as well as the state and LGAs where the new private refineries would have been located.
But no we were too foolish to realise we were been taken for a ride by the sweet-talking, nothing-doing opposition politicians!

A similar operation was done in the fertiliser sector and our agricultural sector is booming because a SYSTEMATIC approach is better than the Ad-hoc media-sensation arrests with light sentences that hardly change our ATTITUDES and BEHAVIOUR towards corruption.

are you for real?

OP.....you dey see go far. thread bookmarked!

so amaechi ended up deceiving most of you that he was interested in the VP slot? RFLMAO.
what is VP? in a country where the senate president wields greater influence?

even the APC has no idea where amaechi is headed.

redirected
predestination

just downloaded the first 5 episodes.....trying to dip my foot in the water. will come back with reviews but online critics are holding it up against the standard of game of thrones. compared to GOT,its not wonderful ESPECIALLY considering the massive budget.
well lets see how it fares....

marco polo.......

clendac filling station just before eliozu in PH is already selling at 105 naira.
I had to hurriedly fill my tank and a gallon for my gen.
everyone is expecting to see long queues in the coming weeks.

@Sloan.......what are you on about?

the kind of scary things one sees everyday in this country,can drive one insane.

what kind of country is this for Gods sake?

now this is getting interesting.

for those saying amaechi cannot pull votes from the SS/SE,you may just be surprised...
the greatest mistake PDP/GEJ will make would be to take 2015 for granted.

our mentality is changing gradually......people are beginning to realize that ethnic and religious politics have never gotten and will not get us anywhere as a nation.
competence is the thing!!!

The librarians

sound of music..... a classic any damn day! christopher plummer was devilishly handsome. if you see that man today,you go fear ageing.