₦airaland Forum

Congrats to the new service chief. I hope they make the country proud.

Gbawe: Mumu stalker, why don't you show the "mediocrities" Tinubu supported? You just scored an own goal. Olodo. This is why many on the forum continue to mock you because of your intellectual 'deficits'. Olodo. The latest is Ondo. Who is the ACN candidate silly fool? Adedibu reincarnated or a military authoritarian as OBJ would have backed? M.o.r.on.

I don't have the time for your rants now. Besides having watch Desola b1tchslapped you severally, exposing your hypocrisy, I consider you quite effeminate. Like I said, not now. Some other time old gay!

Gbawe: My brother, I am a traveller throughout Africa - especially West Africa. I keep an eye on local politics everywhere I go. Many nations are improving because they are embracing the concept of "only proven performers, with a historically verifiable record, need apply". Instead, in Nigeria we keep letting the Tinubu's, OBJ's and Anehih's of the world package their mediocre stooges for us as "most fiscally responsible Governor" (Yar Adua), "fresh air" (GEJ), and clueless Aregbesola, only because a rotten system wants to keep skeletons buried and continue with "business as usual".

Fixed!

Eko Atlantic#:
What nonsense is that?

That nonsense is called 'power behind the throne!'

Meanwhile, those guys up there in the picture clutching ugly looking brooms, are they er, er, clowns?

At least he wasn't armed with bombs, just enough foreign currencies to make the Saudi's Tourism HolyLand Authority's eyes pop out their sockets.

#free Bro Joseph#

Aigbofa: Nonsense, start chi.t and it will be the end of ibos finally. We will pursue you to the border of Cameroon.

Guy, If considering and voting PDP as a credible alternative to draconian AC.N is considered as starting sh1t, so be it. In 2015, we Igbos will not be voting for the rascals called AC.N. Simple as that!

Aigbofa: All you have to do is field an ibo candidate in Lagos and get the PDP to rig him in. Voila!

Not necessary to field any Igbo candidate. We'll simply punish the draconian AC.N by voting PDP or Labour Party in a single block vote!

Dudu_Negro: It wont be the first time govt turn boots loose on Lagos, neither will it be the first time stability of Lagos is rocked.......but it will be the first time ibo get a direct taste of Yoruba viciousness across the West.

Guy, give it a rest. Igbo are joint partner to peace, progress, and prosperity of Lagos. And we would not go quietly into the night. And if we decide to vote against AC.N for political reason (as should every Igbo man), so be it!

If any malformed yoruba such as you start sh!t in Lagos, be assured there are equally many malformed Igbo ready to up the ante! We are very capable of taking care of ourselves anywhere. Yoruba viciousness in West will certainly be matched with Igbos heartlessness in the same West! Violence cannot be monopolised! So guy, quit you stupid.ity and empty threat!

sheyguy: Well PointB, unlike you i haven't made up my mind on candidates i don't know yet talkless of a party whom i am not sure they will eventually present a candidate.

I still don't get what you are blabbing about? Is Labour Party, APGA or PDP a candidate? Or how does saying vote out draconian AC.N equate to choosing a candidate? Or are you having problem with comprehension?

sheyguy: So who is your candidate if not ACN candidate? You 've already made up your mind to vote in someone you don't know yet because of your hate for ACN . . .
On a closer look i don't really think this is an ACN thing as Tinubu did not oversee any of such activity when he ruled . . . So far, from accusations flying around, it has been a Lagos state government thing.

What are you yapping about sheguy,
Who is the AC.N candidate for 2015 that you have made up you mind to vote for? And when are you going to understand that AC.N is a political party, and dislike for their policy is akin to dislike for PDP's policy. If it's a Lagos government, why is Fashola denying it. In anycase are you trying to dissociate Lagos state government from AC.N? Is that not the more reason the sloppy parties AC.N should be given the boot?

Guy, free yourself from ignorance.

I don't care about Elechi, National Assembly or GEJ, I just want Bakassi back to Nigeria. Those responsible must act or I will give my support to Bakassi people's threat to make Nigeria ungovernable.

This injustice must not stand!

My position on this matter is very clear. If ACN/Tinubu/Fashola make draconian laws, and implement such, I don't see any reason why they should be rewarded in the next poll.

From Tax Laws, to Toll gates, to Tinubu stealing, and now sloppy deportation of Nigerians, clearly AC.N does not deserve non-indigenes votes in the next election.

AC.N therefore must be voted out in Lagos. Lagos is to big and too important to be left in the hands of rascals, liars, drug barons, and more importantly an emperor. There are alternative parties that can do a better job. Labour Party is certainly one of such, and perhaps APGA, and the ever ubiquitous PDP. Change must come to Lagos state. A better change with human face!

We need to start tabling these issues across the town unions of the several ethnic groups in Lagos. AC.N MUST GO! They are ruining Lagos, aside from stealing it blind!

Pukkah: Unfortunately, the reason you stated against the call for regionalism is the same reason why 'balancing' would not be achieved through the creation of additional states. The constitution has made it so hard to create additional states in any part of the country.

Should the SE (or anywhere in the South for that matter) get an additional state, you can be rest assured that the North will also use the strength you mentioned to also get additional state(s)in its regions which would take the 'balancing' issue back to square one.

It looks like a catch 22 situation.

Your analysis is not entirely correct. From every indication it will take more than an additional state in the South (East) to eliminate the political advantage the North have over the South. I doubt if two additional states would. It can only reduce it. Hence, I think it would be easy for the Northern political strategist to accede to additional state in the SE, but not two. In any case, these are all mere postulations. Real politics are more complex. Somehow, I think it's easier though for SE to get additional state than for Nigeria to go regional on the basis of the 6 zones.

Pukkah: Unfortunately, the reason you stated against the call for regionalism is the same reason why 'balancing' would not be achieved through the creation of additional states. The constitution has made it so hard to create additional states in any part of the country.

Should the SE (or anywhere in the South for that matter) get an additional state, you can be rest assured that the North will also use the strength you mentioned to also get additional state(s)in its regions which would take the 'balancing' issue back to square one.

It looks like a catch 22 situation.

Your analysis is not entirely correct. From every indication it will take more than an additional state in the South (East) to eliminate the political advantage the North have over the South. I doubt if two additional states would. It can only reduce it. Hence, I think it would be easy for the Northern political strategist to accede to additional state in the SE, but not two. In any case, these are all mere postulations. Real politics are more complex. Somehow, I think it's easier though for SE to get additional state than for Nigeria to go regional on the basis of the 6 zones.

Sky Blue: Not necessarily. The argument of lopsided representation has its logic to it, but I don't see why we can't have LESS states, and some more reps and senatorial districs from the south to balance things out (if that is what the clamour is about). On a serious note we need to start merging some states and using the saved resources to develop some of the cities we have. Any part of the country that wants 100 states can have it, at the end of the day it WILL NOT bring development.

Less states and more reps will probably serve the same purpose of politically balancing the region. But it won't address the problem of ethnic nationalities cries of marginalisation in other spheres. Merging states in regional blocks is actually one of the most widely supported view in the south. I doubt the North will accede to this, again, their political numeric advantage comes to play here.

The problem with regionalism is getting every part of the country on board. The (core) North will not agree to it and they will use their numeric advantage in the NA, bestowed upon them by successive military regime, to block such move. The only counter-measure to this is get some of the North Central states on board such plans. Additional states in the South (East) is also crucial in balancing the political odds necessary to achieve regionalism.

Broadly speaking, Ekueme is very much on point here.

Ekwueme: Additional State in S’East, A National Imperative

30 Sep 2012


By Vincent Obia and Christopher Isiguzo

Citing recent agreements by national political stakeholders, former Vice President Alex Ekwueme has added his voice to the quest for an additional state in the South-east.

In an extraordinary interview with THISDAY at the weekend in Enugu, Ekwueme said creating an additional state in the South-east geopolitical zone was necessary for national stability.

He said those standing in the way of the creation of another state in the South-east were merely engaging in a prevarication that would not help the course of national unity.

The Second Republic Vice-President and one of the main founders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also said historical facts “so incontrovertible” put the zone on a most favoured position to produce the next president of Nigeria, declaring, however, that the decision to run for another term was up to President Goodluck Jonathan.

“We must go back to the political conference which was held under President Olusegun Obasanjo and there it was agreed without any contradiction by all the delegates unanimously that an additional state should be created in the South-east zone,” Ekwueme told THISDAY.

The former vice president regretted that the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who was a member of the National Political Reform Conference of 2005, which took far-reaching decisions on national issues, including the creation of an additional state in the South-east, was now leading a campaign to try to prevent the achievement of the South-east dream.

Of late, Kwankwaso has made comments that seem to disparage the proposition for an additional state in the South-east.

He said the South-east population would not justify the creation of another state in the zone, stressing in fact that if there is a place that needs to be split into states, it is Kano.

Relying on the results of the 2006 population census, Kwankwaso had said the population of the North-west alone is 35,786,944 compared to the 37,396, 384 combined population of the South-east and South-south.

Ekwueme faulted Kwankwaso’s argument, saying population has never been the major criteria for state creation in Nigeria. If population is the main consideration, he said, Lagos should have been the major subject of any state creation discussion.

“These population figures have never been the main criteria for creation of regions or states. And if we follow that to a logical conclusion, the population of Lagos State, to all independent observers, is well in excess of the population of Kano and if they had been about the same some years back, after Jigawa State was created out of Kano, it would be surprising that the population figures are still about the same,” Ekwueme said.

“I think we should be careful how we bandy figures; we should try to work with facts and figures that should enhance our unity of purpose and togetherness rather than bring up figures that tend to bring up more division among us.”

On the agitation by the people of the South-east that one of their own should succeed President Jonathan, Ekwueme agreed that the position was valid because the region had had the least opportunity to lead the country.

He said: “It’s clear that every region has had a shot at the topmost position in the country. By the time Jonathan finishes his first term, the South-south, which had never had the opportunity until Jonathan came, would have had five years plus; North-central would have had 18 years; North-east, five years and three months; South-west, about 12 years; North-west, about 10 years, while South-east has had it for only six months plus few days.

“So, if we are thinking in terms of equity, and out of the assumption that every geopolitical zone is capable of producing a president who will not be a president for that zone but a president of the entire country and would serve the interest of all Nigerians, then the South-east would be justified in their quest to be given the first chance to produce a president at the next dispensation.”

But Ekwueme said the decision to quit in 2015 or seek another term was President Jonathan’s to make.

“Constitutionally, I have no doubt at all that the President is qualified to seek for a second term if he so desires. He has no bar ceiling his second term, but it would be on what he thinks is in the best interest of the country.

“The most important thing is that seeking for political office should be based on one’s desire to deliver service above oneself, as we say in Rotary. For him to contemplate whether his second term will be for the good of Nigerians or whether it would reduce the chance of Nigeria’s growth, stability and development, is entirely his decision to take and I can’t take it for him, and I can’t influence him in any way.

“But if he decides to seek my advice, I will give it to him privately; it’s not for me to put it before the public.”


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ekwueme-additional-state-in-s-east-a-national-imperative/126419/

If he doesn't invest, other will. Nigeria is too big to be ignored!

Let me also add that without a democratic nigerian president of Igbo extraction ascending the extolled seat, peace will not reign in the country, and there will never be agreement on simple matter, everything we say or do with be subjected to ethnic prism and mutual suspicion. How do you make progress under such condition? We are watching...

Let me lend my voice to the monogamy and polygamy dichotomy debate as it relates to birth rate and by extension population growth.

Studies have shown that women in polygamous union on the average fewer number of offspring than those in monogamous union.

For instance average offspring for women in polygamous home is three-four children per woman. While average offspring for similar woman in monogamous marriage is in the region of 5-7 per woman. So whatever advantage gain by larger family in polygamous home, is often offset by less productivity (birth per woman).

Migration is also rampant in the North. Unless we are being economical with the truth. Or how do we explain the well touted 12 million cattle herders, who are 'dedicated' to their cows. Or the thousands of 'aboki' Okada riders and gatemen/kiosk-men of Northern extraction, many who don't even keep family? Clearly, the northern population advantage is a myth. It is not anywhere close to reality! It should be debunked.

I stand generally with Ezeife on the cogent issues he raised! Nigeria is heading nowhere fast at the rate it's going. A change of structure, plan, and direction is need, and quick. Else we will soon compose and sing a dirge for a potentially great fellow of comity of nation - Nigeria!

HammedSodiqq: The idea of having the NASS to Pass a budget 5months into a new year is absolutely wrong. And that's what Gej is trying to correct. Present the budget now, have it passed, and prepare for full implimentation. But these people in the NASS that behave like student unionists will always move for that which favors them. How can Reps expect 100% implimentation of 2012 budget by september when d budget was passed in april/may? They've never gotten their record straight. Mtscheeeew

My guy, na so we see am. Those bunch of clown just like playing cowboy, they are too rascally!

The headline is misleading. I cannot find anywhere (barring the heading) in the report Iwuanyanwu dismissed Igbo presidency.

On the contrary, I thinks he identified some of the problems militating against the country, and was spot-on regarding some of the solution he proffers. I think Punch, being a SW media, is simply being mischievous.

Some of these reps behave like clowns, the way they like playing to the gallery. One would have thought that the Rep would have set up a budget implementation monitoring unit judging from that last percentage implementation saga. Now they need another gallivanting tour to ascertain this. Na wa o

Anyway here are some notable points for them to note:

While GEJ could be impeached, but they Reps can NEVER successfully removed him from office before the end of his tenure (as far as this country remains Nigeria). So what they ought to do is to accept the 2013 budget proposal which in itself will provide them with further information as per progress/continuity or otherwise of some of the on-going projects - especially capital intensive ones. This will help their oversight function even better. Besides, knowing the NA very well, the 2013 budget will not be passed this year even if submitted last month, so why not accept it and start deliberation on it before going on their next 'recess.' Delaying it will only create more problem than they intend to solve.

Awolowo answered that question correctly when he said "Nigeria is a mere geographical expression."

Case closed

Perhaps she would have gone to the stream in her natural glory, if not for the benevolent gift of PDP wrapper. Secondly, there is absolutely nothing wrong scooping water from that fresh looking stream, perhaps to wash some cloths or rags.

@op, come again!

afam4eva: OK, i apologise for spiting Peter Obi and Anambra...It's not my fault, when i was young my father told me to hate anything Anambra and i have held that advice close to my heart and i use any opportunity that presents itself to insult Anambra. I don't eat ONitsha bread or Yam , i don't date Anambra chicks. I was the person that hacked Innoson's website last month. I've killed at least 10 Anambra indigenes this year alone. I really apologise for all my wrong doing to Anambra. Pls forgive me.

On a more serious note, i apologise to anyone who thinks i'm just on a mission to deride anything Anambra...Ka udo di.

Guy, just focus on the topic. You don't have to break sweat listening to okija_harem. Isn't it obvious what his motives are?

Okija_juju: I found it rather shocking that Afams examples of performing eastern Governors had a Charlatan like Rochas on the list, yet somehow omitted Obi.. I guess this validates Nri Priests position.. Abia State does not need a Rochas.. I wont even Pray a Rochas on Ebonyi or even an Ugwu Hausa State.. If anything, Abia needs a Peter Obi, An Amaechi or better yet an Apkabio.. Its depressing to see a State like Abia with so much potential to be rotting away like that.. Now let me stir up the hornests nest a bit..

_{If all the Eastern States can get their sh[i]ts together, Anambra & Abia should stand in the fore-front as the Economic leader States.. Ebonyi in Third place with its agriculture, Enugu & Imo would then battle out the bottom Position using Tourism and their Coal & oil..}

My friend sharrap!
The only charlatan here is you. Go and sign in with your alj_harem user_id, and stop disturbing our peace. Clearly, you are not one of us!

NRI PRIEST: I dont mean to deviate from the topic but this shiit brain afam has being attacking Peter Obi eventhough he is the most achieving governor in the se. He is a bigot! Believe me when i said this....My convictions are usually correct.

I want to believe you. But the fact that Afam didn't even mention Obi in the post you reference makes it difficult for me. By the way, Afam, is among the numerous bright chaps representing us in this Nairaland jungle, and I would like the two of you to bury the hatchet in our overall interest.


Let's see how we can make Abia, as progressive as Anambra, Enugu, and Imo.

Mandelaguy: Wait o! Where is this clown writing from? Don't let me catch you,anu ohia! You open your decayed mouth to praise T.A Orji? May Amadioha visit your abode...idio.ta! So, you don't know when a city is being destroyed? Each time I come home(as a proud Abia son), I weep, I weep because a supposedly God's own state has been overrun by people from hell with devil as their principal. Mtcheeeeew!

Oga pls edit your post, and remove that 'rubbish' you quoted. You just succeed in elaborately emindu's inanity. Beside some folks browse with their phones, and would not like to waste bandwidth reading that nonsense posted by emindu twice. kindly oblige.

NRI PRIEST: Afam,what is wrong with? Did you just calll Rochas and Sullivan "vissionary leaders" ? Well,you are dead wrong ! Abia state need a "Peter Obi" who will bring a holistic approach in developiing Abia state. Abia doesnt need a governor that just want to plant flowers,build mall and just keeps it focue on the main city. How many industries have Rochas and Sullivan brought to Imo and Enugu,respectivelly,since they become governors ? How many jobs have they created? How many skills acquisition program have they openned ? How deep did they go in openning inner state towns in their states. Look,Chime and Rochas are like amature where Peter Obi is standing and they will never come close the his intimidating achievements in Anambra. Stop hating on Obi.

In which way did he hate on Obi? I don't understand why some of you make a mountain out of mole hill. Obi has done well for Anambra, so has Sullivan for Enugu, and Rochas, even though relatively new on the job, is doing quite well. Let's learn to keep some of our pettiness at home.

The focus here is Abia state, a Chime or Rochas in Abia, is a thousand time better than the current situation, I believe that's what Afam implied. Let's not derail the thread!

At least some one is having the correct dream!