omoharry:
Definitely...I understood what human resources was and made sure his people have access to free education and books in his time..
Tinubu, aside from rewarding his loyalist with political positions and power, he is a very greedy man without thinking of how to live a good legacy for his people when is no more.
People still talk about Awolowo's legacy. decade after his demise due to the legacy he left behind..Now, What is Tinubu's Legacy?

CAT Woman do you even know anything about southern west politics.

PoloG:
I don't see any yoruba giving a damn about what some inconsequential miscreant says about them

Irony: you just gave a damn.

Let them say!!!!!

Juliusmalema:
Awolowo thought he could poke nature without consequences, of course he died shamelessly by taking rat poison ( Personal and inflicted suicide) regretting his actions...

Not only did he introduced ethnic politics, he also introduced the use of sniper as a sharp way to ending ones life...

anyone that knows this one should please as a matter urgency take him to the nearby rehab centre pls.

Terorislam:
That may be true, But Awolowo was far a better person than Bola Tinubu , today in history the SW is the number one region for drug pushing and comsumtion courtesy of Bola Tinubu

get behind you this bigot.

Juliusmalema:
Awolowo thought he could poke nature without consequences, of course he died shamelessly by taking rat poison ( Personal and inflicted suicide) regretting his actions...

Not only did he introduced ethnic politics, he also introduced the use of sniper as a sharp way to ending ones life...

How did your hero Ojukwu die?

He died a miserable man and dejected down the grave. FFK killed him by banging his wife in his presence and the coward as usual cannot do anything. This caused him serious HBP issues, he died fanning FFK banging his wife even in his bedroom, what a way to die? Ojukwu died shamelessly like an eedioot he is!!

saintmm:

that's the beauty of awoism, right to self determination. you people saw the reason to leave, a referendum was conducted and your decision respected. the reason there's no bad blood between the West and mid West.
he created a legacy worth emulating though!

And he was against self determination by the Igbos? Go and research about the politics played by Midwest politicians. Awolowo was against it. It was a sound political exercise by Midwest leaders. And after the referendum, you guys drove the midwesterners out of Ibadan and that is respect for self determination? You all can lick his ass but you see mudwesterners, they don't even talk about him.

chamboy:
CAT Woman do you even know anything about southern west politics.

Cat woman?? you nor serious oo!!

Neoteny:


Irony: you just gave a damn.

na bro.. i am just telling you ypu to stop living in lala land.. nobody gives a damn here in the SW

Sirjamo:
What useless tribal politics is this one talking about?


Regionalism means every region should govern itself, why would a Igbo man leaves his region and want to be premiere in another? Must be greediness and longer throat.



That single act of kicking Azikiwe back to Nnewi was the best thing Awolowo did in his life time. Igbo of today would have been mocking us, telling us that their forefathers colonized our ancestors on our own land. God rest your soul Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo.






I AM DONE TALKING

love the way you construct your words and at the same time pass your message without offending anyone, it shows maturity, if only other members of this forum will follow suit.

PoloG:
na bro.. i am just telling you ypu to stop living in lala land.. nobody gives a damn here in the SW

And yet another damn given. A puny, pathetic damn, but a damn nonetheless.

PoloG:
urhobo miscreant on the loose .. lmao

The miscreant? Go and read how Obaseki and Irikefe dealt with Awolowo on 2/3 majority supreme Court decision which later madean Urhoboman the CJN

Yebosola:




That greediness has never left their DNA, same trait they are displaying over Lagos.

Lagos belong to the Aworis and Eguns... Stop attaching by force to Lagos..

IgweOfNnewi:
That is true, he planned a coup in 1966 and kill all responsible people in Igbo land

You wicked, no be small.

that's not the issue. the issue is the lie that Awolowo was tribalistic

chamboy:
CAT Woman do you even know anything about southern west politics.

Monogamy:
This bitter small boy again

So Awolowo should have allowed ZIK to rule Yoruba by being premier of Western region?

This people really transferred hatred to their unborn pikin

Awon Eleribu as if Awo was the one that killed the leaders of other regions first

Juliusmalema:
Awolowo thought he could poke nature without consequences, of course he died shamelessly by taking rat poison ( Personal and inflicted suicide) regretting his actions...

Not only did he introduced ethnic politics, he also introduced the use of sniper as a sharp way to ending ones life...

I have even forgotten how that man died' did he commit suicide?

Neoteny:


And yet another damn given. A puny, pathetic damn, but a damn nonetheless.

you are sick

Oghene1st:


The miscreant? Go and read how Obaseki and Irikefe dealt with Awolowo on 2/3 majority supreme Court decision which later madean Urhoboman the CJN

i dont read useless stories

bolaayenimo:
ishi ewu...Was this one born when Awolowo was premier of Western region?

Awo’s political descendants, Doyin Okupe and Reuben Abati use the media to propagate Awo’s ethnic bigotry.

bolaayenimo:
that's not the issue. the issue is the lie that Awolowo was tribalistic

Baba you know, these chestbeaters will always come up with anything against a yoruba chieftain.

what does this idiot know about Awo?. Some igbo commentators with their consistent wild accusations against the person of the late Awo.

They keep spewing falsehoods passed down from the Biafra war about Awo down to their kids. They should look inwards more on the tribal politics of their past and present political leaders before pointing fingers at the usual scapegoats - the Yorubas.

You won't see an Igbo person without the usual falsehoods about Awo and what he stood for.

Ike Obosi, tell them. The lunatic introduced tribalism in Nigeria politics because of so much hate in his heart,the that eventually led to his death(Suicide).

Yeebos are pathetic. Seriously.

Nnamdi Azikiwe could have been the first Prime Minister of Nigeria while Awolowo had offered to be his sidekick even though the latter was more knowledgeable and brilliant as shown by the
difference in developmentt of their respective regions at the time.

But Azikiwe, an unforgiving, tribalistic and nepotistic person preferred to sell the entire Southern Nigeria to the North by being a sidekick to the Fulanis.

His people are now hiding in the bush trying to dislodge the Fulanis from their land. Poetic justice somebody?

The more the Igbos keep on showing their rhetoric of hate and bile towards the Yorubas, the more I feel we should deport all of them when we get Yoruba nation.

I mean, who would want to live with a rattlesnake in the same house?

They all seem to have the same hatred against the Yorubas, both the educated and the illiterate. The old and the young. Male and female. Same narrative day in, day out.


Always blaming the Yorubas for their woes.


If not for the late Sage Awolowo, I'm sure the Igbos will have come out of the civil war as a tiny and insignificant minority tribe in Nigeria, that is if any of them remained.


Awolowo was truly the saviour of the Igbos.


His starvation policy brought the war to a quick end, while the Igbo leader Ojukwu wanted to drag the war on till eternity. He deprived his people of the food brought into through the food corridor opened for them by Awolowo.


Ojukwu starved his people and fed himself and Igbo elites. He then took pictures of starving kids and mothers and tried to use them to garner pity from the international community.


Ask yourselves, when he saw his people starving, why didn't he surrender and end the war?


Because he purposely starved them to death.


Awolowo kept the revenue for the eastern region during the war and made sure they were given that revenue to rebuild their region. He was the finance minister after all. He had a quarrel with the North because of this singular act. All that, "we rebuilt our cities ourselves after the war without help..." is a big irresponsible lie.


This is the history that Igbo parents and grandparents won't tell the young ones.


All they do is fabricate lies and make sure the next generation if Igbos are steeped in hatred for the Yorubas.


Such a big shame.


Chidoka was a minister during the Jonathan era.


Ask him what he did for his Igbo people. But he will come and blame Awolowo for his own incompetence.


If you're igbo and you share this man's sentiments, shame on you for real.


Leave Papa Awolowo to rest in peace.


He's not your Imo state governor, nor your Anambra state governor. Hold your leaders responsible and quit the blame game.

kettykin:
This man is one of the smartest persons from the west

mumu

Na this expired view this one is still nursing in the year 2021,Awo died since March 1987 if I am not mistaken, I wonder how many of this new generation even hear or know about Awolowo, the problem of this country is this selfish, self centered politicians like this Chijoka, who always bring back the past of other leaders to propagate their own selfish political agenda,
Instead of preaching unity to the new generation, he is still talking about the past

Our land is being destroyed and people are being raped and killed as at today instead of us to be talking of the way forward you people are still complaining over what happened more than fourth year ago with most of the actors dead. When some of us were not even born.
Nigerians wake up! We can right most of the wrongs and leave a better Nigeria for our future generations. Let our reasoning not be clouded by past but be informed by current happenings and how we can make things right. Remember these politicians are just looking for ways to stir us up and use us to win and dump us later. Tell me who is Nigeria better for today. Who is enjoying Nigeria today? Is it the Yoruba, Ibo, middle belt, south south or common man in the North. Only the wicked, greedy polithiefcians. Think guys think!

FrLukas:

Nnamdi Kanu could have been the first Prime Minister of Nigeria

see what you wrote...

These Igbos can be annoying oo. You come to Yoruba platform to be hating on YorubaS. Olorun Seun is nice OOo. Koba je emi, I'd block all the ips from that redsand area and names with chi chi.

NIGHTMARE0O7:
He really introduced tribalism in Nigeria .
I'm sure where ever he is now the devil is roasting his scrotum and kidney.

Such a wicked man

What has your grandfather do in his family let alone a community.

Useless human being.

Juliusmalema:
Awolowo thought he could poke nature without consequences, of course he died shamelessly by taking rat poison ( Personal and inflicted suicide) regretting his actions...

Not only did he introduced ethnic politics, he also introduced the use of sniper as a sharp way to ending ones life...

No wonder your use of English can kill faster than sniper!!! Hope you have woken up your parents with slaps this morning?

festacman:
One thing is certain: Late Pa Obafemi Awolowo was sagacious, a bit puritanical, cerebral, resource-shrewd, strategic and forward-thinking. He wore signature circular eyeglasses that he made him stood out.

However, his ingenuity when it comes outwitting his fiercest political enemies can be best described as dark-hearted usually intended to leave them half-dead. Well, not anything much different from what happens in today's politics.

Of course, he never at any point in his life claimed to be an angel other than a human being he was.

May his soul continue to rest in peace.

I like your oracular eloquence