₦airaland Forum

The major problem with Igbos is MEDIA.
The East has no formidable home grown media outfit that can speak for them, change narratives and sell the zone to the world.
East have allowed outsiders to Tell their stories: Both print and electronic media.

Imagine during Anambra election, Arise Tv anchored the debate. It used to be Channels and AIT. What a shame!
No media outfit from South East is on DSTV or big media platforms like that.
No one to Tell our stories.
You see our politicians coming to lagos just to meet Ruben Abati or Seun.

What people understand about us is what the media say about us. And you can't rule out sentiments in media.
Imagine the Anambra Airport not getting the much needed attention. In all the states of the federation, which governor can be compared to Dave Umahi?
Which governor could start a massive project like airport and finished it within 15 months? These are governors of South East.
But why we complain of marginalization, some people will say our governors are not working. But our governors are better than their governors. Just that the media don't cover our governors but theirs are enjoying media coverage.
You noticed how media have made every crime committed in the East an IPOB thing.
You have they continued to call 1966 coup as Igbo coup.
This is evil the media commit. But it's their business.
This media coverage translate into national politics. The people with more media coverage tend to be called on the high tables.
No wonder Dr Fayemi of Ekiti state is ranked higher than Umahi and Obiano.
When in actual sense, Enugu governor beats every governor in South West hands down: including Lagos governor.
The Abia state governor that has become an object of ridicule can stand with Ondo governor in terms of performance. Oh yes. These are places I've been to.
The insecurity in Imo state is exaggerated by the media but do you know that Osun and Oyo state have more security issues to worry about? I've been to these areas and seen how Chinese miners pay to Nigerians to be killing themselves. Armies wasting people's lives.

Northerners are not left out. Why it appears northerners are not reckoned is because they have their rating system; BBC Hausa Radio.
It is only the likes of El Rufai and Tambuwal that tend to listen to southern media. And that media don't usually rate on conventional things.
Once the governor is good with prominent Islamic and traditional leaders; then good relationship with UK representatives, he is fine.
So I encourage Igbos to invest in media and not mushroom media houses but heavyweights. It is untapped potential in the East because the market is there.
Ask Brila FM Onitsha how the business is going.
You will not regret it.

Anambra is changing that.
All attention is now on media investment.

Sit tight, the next decade will be a long nightmare for igbo haters.

headSmasher:
What wrong with the igbos is the loads of SIN and guilt, they committed the greatest atrocities by the robbing and killing of Yoruba and northern leadersz they made a terrible blunder, and they are incorrigible and impenitent.

are u alright?

Ipob Radio has spent 6 years giving their People Wrong Information and insulting everybody else including the British who made them a Nation

A new media outfit may be the same

Arda1000:
are u alright?

I doubt it .

SW is the powerhouse of media. They are industrialists in nature. Before ibos catch up with them, chicken would grow teeth. ibos are traders, your forte is buying and selling. face your hustle and leave media industry to people with the brains & capacities.



- erase the dot

duro4chang:
I doubt it .

ah swae