Workch:
is it only north that has solid mineral?
What are you saying na?

Solid mineral is not even a major source of revenue, Government is not interested in that yet.

Chimighty007:
Igbos Are Not Being Cheated Or Marginalized- Sen. Ndume Says as he Slams Biafra

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, who is also representing the Borno South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Ndume has dismissed the agitations by some groups for Nigeria to break up, saying that the country is better as united entity.[/b]

The Senator also said that whatever grievances that people have can be solved within the constitutional framework that presently exist and if there is need for reforms it can also be addressed amicably without any recourse to violence or threats.

Speaking in a recent interview with Punch, [b]Ndume noted that the cry of marginalization by the South East was unnecessary because they do not contribute much to country’s wealth.

He noted that 90 percent of Nigeria’s revenue comes from the South-South, yet that region has not been crying about marginalization or about being cheated. He added that the only demand that the South-South is making is for the oil derivation that accrues to them be reviewed upward from 13 percent.

“When you talk about oil, 90 per cent of the resources we depend on to survive in Nigeria is coming from the South-South geopolitical zone, yet the people there are not talking about dividing the country. They are also not worried about who is spending the money realised from oil sales.”

“In the South-East, it is only Abia State that has an oil producing area. So, where did you get that idea that the Igbo are being cheated or marginalized,” he queried adding that only the South-South have a reason to cry about marginalization or being cheated.

The senator was speaking in the context of the claim by some leaders and groups in the South East that the region has been marginalized politically and economically, especially since the end of the civil war.

Some of the evidences of the marginalization according to proponents of the marginalization theory is the refusal of the Federal government to build the second Niger Bridge and the lack of a sea port to allow for free movement of people and goods in and out of the South East. They are also frustrated that no Igbo man has been elected Nigeria’s President.

This sentiment is what gave birth to secession groups like MASSOB and Indigenous People of Biafra who are agitating for an independent state for the Igbos called Biafra. Another ground for their agitations is that the north is liability on the other parts of the country, hence their insistence on a united Nigeria.

But Senator Ndume says such sentiment is unfounded and baseless, adding that the Northern Nigerian is blessed with tremendous amount of natural resources and even large deposits of oil and gas. According to him crude oil has been found in Sokoto, but what is left is for exploration activities to commence.

He also pointed to the presence of oil and gas in Borno, Bauchi as well as the Chad and Gongola basins adding that very soon, some Northern states will be counted as part of the oil producing states. The senator also disclosed that Zamfara has a large deposit of gold.

The Senator who says he feels disgusted by the idea that the north is a liability on Nigeria, opined that while the Southerners freely move up north to get juicy government jobs, the same cannot be said of the northerners who only go to the south to provide services that are needed.

- The Punch

jumobi1:
If someone in my group brings nothing to the table but wants to leave the group, I’ll let them leave. It’ll only make my group stronger.

AfonjaConehead:

I was at NIMASA in Lagos with some sailors who went to lay a complaint at a particular office in charge of certain complaints and it was a woman that was in charge. We got there and we were directed to her office by a group of about four Hausa staff to her office. From the look on their faces,one would know immediately that they were very angry that a woman,a Southern woman held that position. But the good was that,the said woman is a daughter of past president Obasanjo and there was nothing they could do about it.
Go to the whole NIMASA in the entire Lagos and even the entire south and you will be shocked to see them,hajia,'halji,mallams even Hausa kilisi/suya sellers has better access to the premises than sailors without whom,NIMASA is dead!!
But the sad thing is,the yorubas know all these but do or say absolutely nothing...but instead their focus is on the Igbos!!!!

LegendHero:
I don’t know if everything else he said is true but the below is 100% true!

The SE as a zone contribute very little to the national purse.

ahiboilandgas:
you are changing tone cause you lies are busted. U said they don't contribute anything .I listed some then u change mouths again .Nassarawa state has about 24 solid Minirals. All those trucks and cars driven by northern people In the north cleared in Lagos port didnt pay customs duty .or the over 600 rice mill ,ground oil mills and imported textile in the north didn't pay duty to customs. Or all the cargo plane that land in Kano airport form China with textile duty are not paid on them .....werey ..if u don't know kano is the next in duty collection after Lagos and ogun .doest that mean all duty paid in Kano is by hausas .

mrvitalis:

Then why not just grant igbos referendum let us go and suffer I don't get

mrvitalis:

During Jonathan which post did south east occupy please me them

Workch:
You obviously a product of northern quota system education.
You can’t analyze data

Workch:
I am eager to know what the northern states bring to the table

Rossiminku:


But the north is not talking about breaking up the country. You are.

So what do you bring to the table to say we should break up Nigeria?

Who are you?

That is the man's question.

Truth is, the south-east actually contributes the LEAST to the national purse.

sirp9898:
With GOD very soon power will change hand

igbos contribute nothing to the national treasure but allow them go in peace niger delta is there for u people

we beg u all

#allowigbostogotheirowninpeace#

Miracle1991:
secretary to the federal government, minister of finance, chief of army staff, etc

ahiboilandgas:
ogorgoro data is when u wake up and go to alaba ,And computer village and assume by ogogoro that it the only facts

Coldie:
This alone shows how foolish these people from that side are, so the yard stick in Nigeria fo asking for your rights is by what you controibute to the country.

if its like this the north has no business with aso rock.

it has been tested and confirmed tha imo, abia and anambra has oil with exploration going on. bit these people from that side keep claiming, we are about to, we are about to, very soon, very soon. evem the oil nnpc told us they discovered in taraba state they they publicized all over the news, we havent heard anything ever since then.

southerners need to be wise, for Ali Ndume to make this statement, that south east has no reson to shout marginalization cause they produce nothing, that alone tells u that these people dont rate us. if all these oil wells were in the north, sea ports in the north, them for show us pepper.

Cptflint:
Terrorist speaking..

LegendHero:
I don’t know if everything else he said is true but the below is 100% true!

The SE as a zone contribute very little to the national purse.

jumobi1:
If someone in my group brings nothing to the table but wants to leave the group, I’ll let them leave. It’ll only make my group stronger.