₦airaland Forum

Logan23:
U dunno why Okrika pple like patience Jonathan and Cee Cee BBNaija speak igbo abi?

I know why an Igbo Logan23 speaks English and I know why a Fulani like Buhari speaks Hausa.

Cee Cee BBN is not from Okrika. When did Enugu become part of Okrika?

Ade3131:
Just to correct you sir, I'm not a northerner.

Back to the topic of discuss. If you cannot manage 13% derivative judiciously, how on earth will your governors manage quadruple of it?

It's not always about quantity, you need quality administrator managing the affairs of your state. Akwa Ibom remains the pace setter state in this country. Just one visionary leader and boom! Things will begin to change for good.

I never said you are a Northerner, it even makes it worse if you are not a Northerner!

Have you asked yourself how well Nigeria used the 87 percent of our resources?

You talk as if Nigeria has had visionary leaders in abundance. The issue is NOT if it was well used, the issue is about what is RIGHTFULLY OURS.

What stops Nigeria from changing the law for derivation to go directly to the LGAs?

We want at least 50 percent, that is what others got and it is unjust to change the regulations when it was our turn.

It just tells me you Nigerians are ethnic and religious BIGOTS

Logan23:
which place are u talking about?

Didn't you see the places that were listed?

Logan23:
Andoni is not ijaw and they dont even speak ur langauge

Where is the current Ijaw Youth Council from?

You just display your stupidity and ignorance everywhere!

Logan23:
"'largest Ijaw clan is in Rivers""

Afonjja Pls list those local govts/clans/villages in rivers state that is Ijaw.

It is not my responsibility to educate you!
You can carry on with the stupidity that cost your fathers Biafra in the 60s.

If you will not learn to live peacefully and respectfully with the Ijaw people history will keep on repeating itself.

Logan23:
There is no way any Anioma clan will be discussing about being absorbed by binis, pls this is a stupid talk, delete it.

Ijaws are sparsely populated in nigeria. Even Bayelsa which represent the largest ijaw block numbers 1.6 million and Hundreds of thousands of them are Isoko and urhobo communities. So if ijaw is less than 2 million in nigeria, how can they absorb Rivers state igbos who are more than 4 million?


Ikwerre owns Porthacourt city, This isn't being argued anywhere

Ikwerre don't own Port Harcourt. They don't feature anywhere in the history of Port Harcourt. Their claim to Port Harcourt was made possible by Ijaw people. The treaty on Port Harcourt with Britain was between Ijaw people and Britain. Ijaw people also recieved more compensation than the Ikwerre.

The largest Ijaw clan is in Rivers. The thing with you Igbo fools is that you talk down Ijaw population thinking it will benefit you, when it matters it is the North or Yoruba your greed, shortsighted attitude and foolishness will benefit. Close to half of the LGAs in Rivers state are Ijaw.

Ebitimi44:
I'm not talking about Biafra, I don't want to be part of Biafra, but I want Igbos as friends and Allies of the Ijaw Nation, I would have loved Niger Delta Republic but if you exclude Igbos from Niger Delta then the map is crazy, Akwa/Cross is closer to the Igbos than they can ever be to the rest of the Niger Delta, that's my concern, If Akwa/Cross is in Niger Delta Republic, Igbo influences in the republic will be massive, they have same agenda with Igbos.

Ijaw nation is large enough to be on her own. Should Nigeria divide that remains the most preferred option for us.

There would be nothing "crazy" about the map. Ijawland covers much of the coast from Arogbo in Ondo to Andoni in Akwa Ibom and Rivers.

Logan23:
From my observation :

Okrika is mixed.

Opobo is mixed...(mostly igbos).

Bonny is mixed...(mostly igbos).

We are NOT mixed, we are IJAW!
I wonder why it is difficult for that to sink into your skulls.

Ebitimi44:
From the looks of things, we Ijaws had been the first tribe to officially reject Nigeria, I think amongst the three major tribes, the Igbos had been fair enough.

Igbos Eastern Region Cited the Refinery in PH, a city that would have served all most tribes of Niger Delta, Igbos had been in the forefront of Nigeria independence, so it could have been fair that Capital of Eastern region be in Enugu or Igboland, all the three major tribes had their regions capital in their major cities so why do we expect that the capital of the East will not be in Igboland...

Most people think it is the destiny of the Ijaws to see the Igbos as rivals, well I may not see them as brothers but they are our good neighbours, if Igbos wanted they could have used our oil as bargaining chip during the war but they did not go that part, from the look of things, Igbos listen more than the three major tribes, within the whole declaration, Adakar borrow lived when Igbos was in charge but few moments of romance with non eastern tribes and he disappeared, even our oil wells are not hijacked by the Igbos.

The Bayelsa where I live, there are more Igbos in Lagos than in Bayelsa, so let's bare our mind, what is our beef with the Igbos, if Nigeria divides, Biafra will also divide and Niger Delta will most likely also divide so at the end we will be left with our old neighbours the Igbos as tribal neighbours so what's our real beef with the Igbos.

I doubt you are Ijaw! If you are you would know that our fathers like Harold Dappa Biriye ( from Bonny in Rivers state) and Melford Okilo ( from Ogbia in Bayelsa state) were at the forefront in the battle to end Igbo political and economic domination in the now defunct eastern region. They tried through political means but it did not work. That was what motivated Boro to declare independence when an Igbo was head of state and another Igbo was governor of the now defunct eastern region.

The Igbo negotiated with Ijaw oil assets. They had a deal with France on that. It is no coincidence all of their major backers had strong French ties. Ivory coast, Gabon, Haiti etc.

The primary reason Ojukwu declared Biafra was because he lost control of Ijaw oil assets. He believed he could regain those assets for the Igbo through a war.

Ade3131:
Enough of all these curse words I beg. What have they used the so to say 'little' allocation they get for?

They gave them NDDC and we know what happened to that. Yes, North is draining the country without contributing much but at least we've all seen that allot can still be achieved with the little they get as Akwa Ibom has shown.

PH used to have one of the worst airports in Nigeria. Let's also point the accusing fingers at their leaders.

We never asked for 13 percent! We asked for the same derivation principles you enjoyed before 1970. Why is that too hard?

NDDC that is still controlled by your national assembly.
NDDC that still has board members from the South west and North.

Is it only Yoruba that are allowed to "divide" the South?

Abeg make we hear word jare!

What is visionary about Lagos?

The debt, the godfather, the toll gate or the tax collection company?

Nigeria as a whole needs a complete overhaul.

The last 21 years was largely uninspiring.

People who would not vote her to be president of Nigeria are the ones ranting!

Many of you won't vote her because she is Igbo, female, does not share the same faith with you, etc.

Indeed many Nigerians are hypocrites!

In 2015 APC looked very much like PDP. In 2023 APC will be PDP.

At this rate APC should 'acquire ' PDP and let their bromance be formal.

Happy birthday my politically naive brother. I think you and Pat Utomi are plain stupid when it comes to Nigerian politics.

authority2006:
Still the same affliction. No way to twist it.
13% derivation for the Niger Delta states only is almost equivalent to what all the states of the federation are sharing as allocation every month. 20 years multiply by 12 months is a lot of waste of resources

...and 70 years of Nigeria is what? A country that has no functional refinery shouldn't be talking about how best resources should be managed.

Your states don't suffer the environmental consequences so you don't deserve even 1 cent!

What you currently get is too much and your president and governors mismanage it

Next level!

They promised change and the change turned out to be negative. If they told you they would give you next level of that change it should have been obvious to all that the suffering will be further exacerbated.

OlayemiAshraf:
Stop lacking niggarrr .... This watch is fake... This shit Ain't 22k.. it's 1500

Fake, original or whatever... Her action is appreciated, it is people like you who make Nigerian women look stingy because they feel it won't be appreciated. Sometimes the most memorable and meaningful gifts do not cost much.

One of the gifts that I appreciate till date cost about 500 Naira in 2014. It meant the world to me because I knew what sacrifice the girl made to buy that for me.

greatiyk4u:
No sane person believe that story

There will be no oil boom again to impress Nigerians by opening the national treasure for your cohorts to devour and call it economic growth.....


Just hide your face and dont remind us of yesterday.


The impact of good leadership is felt more after the tenure of the leader and that is called legacy, but I cant remember any from you apart from accepting glaring defeat that have saved you open probe and sanctions as a result of your betrayal of the trust given to you by the Nugerian masses as one who truly once had no shoes and expect to be in reality with the suffering of the poor masses.

If you have fixed Nigeria, we shouldn't be suffering today as a result of crash of crude oil prices in the international market.

For instance, the dividend of democracy and legacy of infrastructure assets left behind by Sullivan the former Governor of Enugu is what is covering up for the poor performance of the current Governor........same will apply to the successor of Ebonyi Governor


"America has good roads not because America is rich but America is rich because America has good roads "

What legacy did you leave behind that can make Nigeria rich,?

The trash you wrote shows you are grossly ignorant! If you are a paid pipe your masters should ask you for a refund. You did a very poor job.

Tajbol4splend:
Did he tell you that or it's just your own conjecture?

If he told me what?

malcom1X:
South Korea is more of an ally to America than nigeria. They even do military training together, the US have a military base there.

True, sadly Nigerians don't research and they just make blanket statements.

Tajbol4splend:
Trump is a racist but our mumu brothers have slavery mentality, so it's Trump or no one

Do some of you even understand that word?

Is it important if he is racist or not?

If he is, why did he support a candidate of another race, the former South Korean trade expert?

For those who know, he felt Okonjo-Iweala would not be hard when it comes to China and that is true.

She would never be as hard as the South Korean woman. South Korea has a strained relationship with China.

ECHICHE:
Why must the South do only 4 years & handover power to northerner to do 8 years.

The south should not fall to this gimmick.

It is now clear that Buhari is afraid of what will happen to the north after his exit.

Forget it!

What makes it a gimmick?

It was not a gimmick in 2015 but it is now a gimmick in the build up to 2023?

In as much as I do not wish Jonathan takes their offer( I hope a Northerner cleans their mess or supersedes over Nigeria's demise in 2023) it is well within his right to take their offer. It is also within the right of any qualified citizen of Nigeria to contest. I believe that includes people like Tinubu, Zulum, Onu, etc

If the likes of Tinubu and Amaechi thought through in the build up to the 2015 polls Nigeria would have avoided this situation.

The North knows the South has no longer been together after 2015 polls.

Oshigun:
Spoken like a typical arrogant Northern elite. You lot think you are God yet your people are the most wretched in Nigeria and you are collectively only able to boast about your involvement in politics whereas, in every other aspect of life, you are at least 50 years behind the South.

If you think it is the right of you Northerners to determine who leads Nigeria then you will end up leading your own separate Arewa nation sooner than you think or are ready for.

How sure are you about Nigeria breaking up because of 2023 polls?

The SW broke the Southern ranks in 2015 and the North knows that! Let us not deceive ourselves.

The SW will be doing herself harm if she tries to contest. Her best bet will be to support the SE or SS.

Only through such a move will she be able to build bridges she burnt in 2015.

Please it should not be Orji Uzor Kalu, Rochas Okorocha, Dave Umahi, Rotimi Amaechi, Chris Ngige or Adams Oshimole.

Those ones won't fly!

Simplyleo:
Reports like this are just like swords straight to the jaundiced chest of ipob lunatics.

They will soon start crying and shedding tears uncontrollably.

How?

I doubt, I believe many of them would want the Nigerian army to do well in the North east because many of those in that theatre of war are their kinfolk.

Most Northerners are here in the South killing people at endsars protests, Orlu, protecting Fulani herders, protecting pipelines, killing unarmed civilians in oil producing communities, etc

Until private capital starts pouring into Nigeria, Nigeria remains a pariah.

Balkan:
This Northerners think we are fools down south.
They want to use weak GEJ for 4yrs and bring hell Rufi for another 8yrs. Knowing fully well that He'll Rufi is worse than Buhari in Fulani agenda to conquer Nigeria.

GEJ will be the most foolish person after Tunibu in the world to accept that offer. They Used Tinubu to drive their agenda, now they want to use GEJ. The southern politicians are fools.

Hell Rufi will be the president while GEJ will be there like mumu that he is. It's the likes of Lorenta onochie that are planning this.

Shame on all of you southern leaders

They know you Southerners are fools!

If you were not fools you wouldn't have pushed Jonathan out to replace him with a known dictator, ethnic bigot who never had a vision on how to move the country forward.

You undermined "Southern solidarity" in 2015.

More so you placed a Northern minority in office despite questions about his nationality and qualification to contest.

It seems she is into Yoruba guys. They seem to be the men she prefers.

authority2006:
Even with 13% derivation they had been collecting all these years, they could have made Niger Delta another Dubai of Nigeria but corruption and massive looting wouldn't allow that.

The over 87 percent Nigeria has been collecting since 1958, they could have been like New York and Paris.

13 percent only started after the governors took Obasanjo to court. It is about 20 years. The question you should ask yourself is what Nigeria did with all the money in about 70 years?

ezenwajosh:
what is the meaning of ebele(ebele is also mostly a female name in Igbo land)

Try and find out what is means for Jonathan's people. Instead of conclusions you guys should have been asking questions.

ezenwajosh:
Nawao but EBELE (ebelechukwu) is not Igbo

Its south south south....and upper Niger language

Goodluck Jonathan is from BAYELSA and bayelsans ancestors came from Bangladesh THEN SETTLED IN BINI SMALL BEFORE EATING FOOD COOKED BY IGBOS that's why they have Igbo name but they are not Igbo

THATS WHAT YOU GET WHEN NIGERIA WANTS TO TELL YOU YOUR HISTORY BUT BANNED HISTORY CLASSES IN SCHOOLS...THEN BRITIAN HAS TO HURRIEDLY MAKE ONE FOR YOU AFTER THE WAR

You are just making a fool of yourself!

Ebele in Jonathan's case is not an abbreviation of Ebelechukwu.

Yoruba bare Bode and Germans also bare Bode that doesn't make them related.

Same with Efik and Ibibio who bare Udo like the Germans .

Attempting to force an Igbo tag on Ijaw people will NEVER work! You guys should look for something else.

He should not be referred to as a Nigerian business mogul. He should be referred to as a suspected Nigerian fraudster.