tempusfugit:
AHAHHAHA JOKE OF THE DAY

What’s joke about that?
Fear of Biafra leaving Nigeria and leave parasites remain in Nigeria - that fear is unsettling for some people. Such people go to any length to manufacture blackmails and divide and rule attacks against proponents of Biafra restoration.

Thor3399:
Tell me how the north remained one? When they divided it into three

South always insists on the artificial division into SE, SW and SS. When it comes to North, u often hear of one North/Arewa and their Governors meet regularly as one North. The first time Southern Governors ever agreed to seat together as a bloc was the last meeting held in Asaba where they banned open grazing in the South.

eldoradoxx:
South always insists on the artificial division into SE, SW and SS. When it comes to North, u often hear of one North/Arewa and their Governors meet regularly as one North. The first time Southern Governors ever agreed to seat together as a bloc was the last meeting held in Asaba where they banned open grazing in the South.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I want to correct one impression, the last meeting at Asaba was not the first time that southern governors have met together.

The Southern Governors Forum was created sometime between 1999 and 2001 to fight the on-shore and off-shore dichotomy issue. They had many meetings between 1999 and 2007.

naptu2:
The Southern Governors Forum helped to coordinate the lawsuits against the Federal Government during the onshore and offshore dichotomy disagreement of the early 2000s. They met regularly at that time.

However, in recent times the Southern Governors' Wives Forum has been more active than the Governors Forum.

A few previous meetings of the Southern Governors Forum.

naptu2:
Southern Governors Forum meeting, October 2000.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200101150174.html


Southern Governors Forum meeting, Enugu, January 2001.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200101150174.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Benin, March 2001.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200103190380.html

7th Southern Governors Forum meeting, Akure, July 2002.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207120292.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, February 2004
http://allafrica.com/stories/200402060556.html

Udenwa makes case for southern governors forum. March 2005.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503020368.html

Southern Governors Forum To Meet In Lagos 12 Years After Last Meeting (2017)
https://www.nairaland.com/4130625/southern-governors-forum-meet-lagos

rottennaija:


Who is backstabbing you? When people resist your devilish idea, it's no backstabbing, it's an appropriate protest. If you want Biafra, go with your 5 states and stop disturbing people who have no interest in it. Is that too hard?

But me from rivers and my people want to join said Biafra so who are you to speak for the whole south? That's the whole reason a referendum is needed because believe it or not, the igboid groups of South South (except a select few) will join Biafra so let the referendum show the people's opinions, anyone who's against a referendum is all for silencing the people, if the people don't want Biafra let them LOUDLY say no with their votes.

chrisvic007:


The problems of southern unity was kindled by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1959/1960. Hence the south east has always voted against Yoruba interest. Yoruba are not interested in any political alignment with the south east.

However, if it becomes expedient, we may agree with the south east. An example is the issue of ban on open grazing.

The challenge is for this current generation to realize that the circumstances and realities of 1960 do no longer hold, hence the past must not be allowed to become tomorrow rather we should aspire to find a common ground for working together. As it is today if Southern Nigeria can come together and work with any of the cracked north, say, North Central, then the Hausa Fulani domination is gone forever.

Kzinne:
thieves want to unite with the south south because of oil but are refusing to unite with the north

Isn't this one stupidity?
They refuse to unite with the north? Cause Google every igboid group in South South and Google how many are in the north, then ask if we're not trying to ask all of them if they simply want to join or not?
You people are acting like they'll storm your land and kick you out when they're just asking you to say your stance officially, what are you guys so afraid of? You know the igboid ethnic groups will last last join if referendum takes place so you against it with every fiber of your being.
Which state are you from sef? Say it instead cause my rivers is Biafra wike is a fool is not today we know but don't tell me you're from one of the states where the governors told buhari they're part of the dot which is the Biafra you hate so much?:

Jake420:

But me from rivers and my people want to join said Biafra so who are you to speak for the whole south? That's the whole reason a referendum is needed because believe it or not, the igboid groups of South South (except a select few) will join Biafra so let the referendum show the people's opinions, anyone who's against a referendum is all for silencing the people, if the people don't want Biafra let them LOUDLY say no with their votes.

This is the fallacy of the whole talk about Biafra, you want referendum, but a referendum is the outcome of political process that Pro-Biafrans do not want to be part of, so how do you get the job done? The easiest way would have been ability to vote pro-referendum representatives into government, then I can't take them serious. As it is now the only way is through arms struggles and that's a dooms way, a no way

Oh my God!!..this is very very insightful and helpful, I have been confronted with this issue on several occasions by the children of unnecessary hate who love shifting blames and always looking for others to take responsibility for their own actions that failed to backup their current material for hate against others.
First it was the issue of construction of a railway from Nigeria to Niger Republic, the music coming out from the east was that, Buhari conceived and gave birth to the idea, but it was letter reveled that it was Good luck Jonathan's concept after all!'
Another issue that is still lingering is that of accusations against the people of Benue state on massacre of Igbos on river Benue bridge during the civil war when it was actually the Nigerian army who was at war with them that commited the act..this same people will never mention their own deadly activities against the minority tribes in the south during the war e.g "go-Niger" "gaa Naja" a festival in Kalahari Kingdom to remember one of the atrocities by the Igbo soldiers against them during the war.

Note:I am not an Hausa/fulani or a Yoruba..

Definitely you won't be an Igbo too which literally means that you're just a FOOL

I spit a big phlegm on igbos

I like the way you create thread, naptu!!
Well detailed!! Unlike that anambra hypeman that pollute threads with repeated pictures.

naptu2:
Basically this was the idea of Dr Alex Ekwueme and it was accepted by General Abacha and then accepted by the National Assembly (which has included it in several acts).

You told half of the story..
The fact that you conviniently overlooked was that Abacha went ahead to create more states and in the process caliberated a spurious boundary arrangements between the socalled South East and South South that made sure the SE was helmed in and totally encircled. Essentially, it's not the creation of the new regional blocs that made the SE "landlocked" (if I should borrow their words here), it's the corrupt demarcation of the boundaries..

It's also very poignant to remember that one vindictive Buhari was a big member of that Abachas government as the PTF head. While I agree with most of what you wrote about the hapless views of a placid Ekwueme, it's important to note that this fact you ignored is at the center of the problems going on as it regards the make up of these areas. No one is upset with the regions, what folks are perturbed about is the mindless utilization of these fake boundaries to allienate and devide "border communities" and steal their resources as is the case in places like Egbema and Obigbo...

These are the ones worthy to be called elder statesmen, giving viable solutions to societal issues from their multitude of wisdoms. Not some "agbayas" we have parading different parts of the nation today.

Well those governors or north central and stupid and have been bought. I’m from kogi and I hate the fact that they join us with people from the north. I don’t have anything in common with those guys, I’m sure people from benue too don’t like those guys and have nothing in common with them . So they should stop calling us arewa.

eldoradoxx:
South always insists on the artificial division into SE, SW and SS. When it comes to North, u often hear of one North/Arewa and their Governors meet regularly as one North. The first time Southern Governors ever agreed to seat together as a bloc was the last meeting held in Asaba where they banned open grazing in the South.

Jake420:

But me from rivers and my people want to join said Biafra so who are you to speak for the whole south? That's the whole reason a referendum is needed because believe it or not, the igboid groups of South South (except a select few) will join Biafra so let the referendum show the people's opinions, anyone who's against a referendum is all for silencing the people, if the people don't want Biafra let them LOUDLY say no with their votes.

Which part of Rivers are you from?

This is a very misleading headline. What else do we call fake news?

No where in the article was it started that Ekwueme introduced the siuth-south nomenclature...even in the interview he granted.

What Ekwueme proposed was six geopolitical zones to cushion the situation whereby the big-for-nothing northern region will not dominate the rest of the country "forever"

The op has always been a hateful e-diot

naptu2:
States in the 6 geopolitical zones.


North Central:

Benue
Kogi
Kwara
Nasarawa
Niger
Plateau
Federal Capital Territory


North East:

Adamawa
Bauchi
Borno
Gombe
Taraba
Yobe


North West:

Jigawa
Kaduna
Kano
Katsina
Kebbi
Sokoto
Zamfara


South East:

Abia
Anambra
Ebonyi
Enugu
Imo


South South:

Akwa Ibom
Bayelsa
Cross River
Rivers
Delta
Edo


South West:

Ekiti
Lagos
Ogun
Ondo
Osun
Oyo

North alone was divided into 3
NW,NE,NC, hence SS balanced the equation

ScamHunter:

You're actually the devilish one here. How many Igbo sub-groups are in that SS you're claiming to love because of your greed for oil. If you Yoruba had one drop of oil or even the north, would anyone hear from your noise? In case you do not know. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Ifeanyi Okowa are both Igbo people. At least even with your hypocritical mindset, you know those are Igbo names. That your Nigeria placed Igbo in your imaginary SS doesn't mean we would leave them. Not one Igbo would be left in Nigeria for your wicked Fulani Janjaweeeed to slaughter. If I were you, I'd focus on what's about befalling you from your forests soon, instead of living for greed.

You first need to include referendum in the constitution before the conversation moves forward. And mind you, I'm not Yoruba, I understand that anyone who disagrees you is quickly tagged Yoruba, Fulani.

Kinzo0917:
.
Mumu. We south/south reject you south East. We don't need you greedy Igbos. God forbid we belong and be part of Igbos. Is better we stay on our own or believe in one Nigeria ��.

you clearly dont know your history. but well!

eldoradoxx:
If i may answer no.3, South South is still referred to as East because it emerged from the old Eastern region which was broken up during the war. At independence Eastern region was made up of today's States of Enugu, Anambra, IMO, Abia, Ebonyi, Cross River, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa. During the war it was broken up into States by the Northern military junta. It was similar treatment Old Western region got during the Awolowo-Akintola crisis that finally led to the first military coup. Old Western region was made up of today's Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Delta and Edo with Lagos being just like today's Abuja - Federal Capital Territory. Tafawa Balewa decided to split Awolowo's West by carving out a Edo and Delta into what he called Midwestern Region. All these while they insured that the North remained one bloc

In your moronic mind you forgot to tell us that the north was also being broken at the same time.

You igbos and stupid propaganda.

DenreleDave:
Thank God for the division if not, igbos would have stolen then resources of these people and turn dem to slaves in their own land..

Well it's better to be slaves to hausa- Fulani cowdung brains from the arid region right?
Divide-and-rule tactics nor dey work again

Jake420:

Isn't this one stupidity?
They refuse to unite with the north? Cause Google every igboid group in South South and Google how many are in the north, then ask if we're not trying to ask all of them if they simply want to join or not?
You people are acting like they'll storm your land and kick you out when they're just asking you to say your stance officially, what are you guys so afraid of? You know the igboid ethnic groups will last last join if referendum takes place so you against it with every fiber of your being.
Which state are you from sef? Say it instead cause my rivers is Biafra wike is a fool is not today we know but don't tell me you're from one of the states where the governors told buhari they're part of the dot which is the Biafra you hate so much?:

fuuuck u and ur biafran dot

melzabull:
This is a very misleading headline. What else do we call fake news?

No where in the article was it started that Ekwueme introduced the siuth-south nomenclature...even in the interview he granted.

What Ekwueme proposed was six geopolitical zones to cushion the situation whereby the big-for-nothing northern region will not dominate the rest of the country "forever"

The op has always been a hateful e-diot

So creating six zones does not create south south. You hateful igbos always accuse everyone of hate.

Perkins2018:


So creating six zones does not create south south. You hateful igbos always accuse everyone of hate.

another hateful soul

Where did Ekwueme mention south-south? Did he also create niger delta?

It's too early to be a dunce

rottennaija:


You first need to include referendum in the constitution before the conversation moves forward. And mind you, I'm not Yoruba, I understand that anyone who disagrees you is quickly tagged Yoruba, Fulani.

Who you are is of no essence since wickedness isn't tribe specific. I used Yoruba and Fulani as point of reference because their wicked agenda towards Igbo is clear enough. That's not precluding the fact that the network of evil against our progress doesn't cut across all Nigerians. In any case, thinking that Igbo would leave our kinsmen behind for your wickedness to fester on them is a pipe dream. The earlier you humbres reconcile that in your minds the better for all. All Igbo in Edo, Delta, Kogi, Rivers, CrossRivers, Akwaibom, Bayelsa and Benue must join any exit. Your ranting of referendum is inconsequential. Even your president's last comment should make you sensible to realize Igbo exit is non-negotiable. I'm glad you know it's a constitutional. The Nazis were tried not based on any law made by a country. So there's always a higher law such as articles the UN revert to when the time is right. After all, Nigeria won't be the one conducting it.

Igbo man matter dey put zombies on a whole different paranoia

Focus on the current disastrous administration of your chief zombie.

naptu2:
It is always the case that people who cannot discuss issues (wo don't have the brain power and emotional fortitude to discuss issues) always resort to discussing personalities. They cannot engage with ideas so they resort to ad hominem attacks against people that discuss these issues.

Hate, bigotry, anger, fights, insults, those are the only things that they understand and it's the only thing that they can engage with. It's all they do and all they see in others. They cannot discuss issues.

You are a chief propagator of bigotry and hate.

Show me one thread you have ever started on NL to project Ndiigbo in good light or to promote Ndiigbo as a good people.

Perkins2018:


So creating six zones does not create south south. You hateful igbos always accuse everyone of hate.

Have hateful beings like yourself ever given Ndiigbo (Ekwueme) credits or respect or even gratitude for gifting you a region?

What have you children of hate ever done for Ndiigbo your whole lives?

Igboid:


You are a chief propagator of bigotry and hate.

Show me one thread you have ever started on NL to project Ndiigbo in good light or to promote Ndiigbo as a good people.

Mtcheew



https://www.nairaland.com/5828164/covid-19-abia-state-delivers-1

https://www.nairaland.com/6133818/pictures-made-aba-furniture

https://www.nairaland.com/5993712/opinion-igbo-women-very-lazy#91754653

https://www.nairaland.com/5989000/igbo-women-lazy-noble-igwe/1#91681056

https://www.nairaland.com/879921/name-barracks-after-ojukwu-former

https://www.nairaland.com/5312033/launching-desire-oparanozie-foundation-chioma

https://www.nairaland.com/6505489/google-celebrates-oliver-de-coque

I have absolutely nothing to prove to bigots who see bigotry in everything because they cannot address issues.

tempusfugit:
The truth is most of this tribes re more close to yorubas than igbos!!!

Historically, culturally, economically, sociopolitically, or how?

Are you well at all?

Ever8090:
and what sin did you commit against the Fulani' that they are paying you in Ebonyi state, Enugu, imo, Anambra and Abia?
Everyone is already aware and used to your normal chant of ", hatred" against Igbos no body cares about that again as it is considered and irrelevant emotional blackmail already, you will have to source for another tactics this particular one is no longer working on anyone again..
And how come you never commented on the atrocities of your people against the minority tribes in the south during the war?...or it doesn't matter because Igbos alone has the monopoly of violence against others!!?...yeye Dr smell....

I see, you just commented to extend your Fulani induced divide and rule between Igbo and the minorities? It's an old truck. You Yoruba and Fulani are aware that with Igbo and the minorities on one side that you won't cheat them out of their natural resources just as this OP shows - Igbo man working to give the minorities a voice by suggesting the SS. That unity is what you haters of Igbo are fighting with the hope that you'll keep cheating everyone since you guys haven't the oil its longthroat wants to kill you. Anyway, the game is nearly over for you. One day, the minorities will realize that they're better off with 100% than your wicked divide and conquer. About Fulani killing, whatever tribe you are, it's a matter of time before you drink the dregs of your evil. At least you know Igbo are no cowards and capable of defending themselves as they're doing. But can you? Can your tribe stand the Fulani onslaught? Of course they can't since I'm sure you're not Kanuri, Jukun or Langtang, the other three tribes capable of standing up to Fulani apart from Igbo. Na jealousy and wickedness go kill all of you Igbo haters.

Perkins2018:


So creating six zones does not create south south. You hateful igbos always accuse everyone of hate.

If Igbos were hateful and domineering like you rant about, why then did they create South South to foster political unity among the minorities and make them speak strongly in one voice?

Do you guys still have any atom of love in your dead brain cells?

jerryunit48:
Can someone take a Look at the map again and tell me how Cross River State is not part of East ….

It is not just Geography all major tribes formed a region each then the Southern Minorities and Northern Minorities had a region each plus the North East where the Kanuri were there biggest ethnic group


That way larger Ethnic groups were prevented from bullying or dominating Smaller groups because they were in different Regions