Cromagnon:
how
He was merely a governor in his state. Was he supposed to employ other tribes?

Abdul05:
if this man chief awo had successfully taken the reins of power in the 60s..

I don't think dis country will look like this..
messed up in a big way...


By now...we should be comparing ourself with the western contrees ..


But ..greed and corruption are being
rife and Nepotism is still the order of the day ..

Cromagnon:




He was premier of south west
South east and north rigged him From central
How was he supposed to use south west money for other regions or do Y'all think before uttering this statement?

Dude in what way did the Northern and Eastern region rig him out. stop showing stupidity in HD

Please explain this in summary

phemmyfour:
That was the same period most African countries are requesting for theirs.

Besides, 1960 - 1914 = 46years

That's not too early

SlyDev:
Greediness of Igbos and Fulani cost this innocent man his life

"the only thing that bring Northern region and Eastern religion together is their hatred for the third region, western region"

kingjis:



Awolowo the mr rat poison

Started greed and nepotism

seunayantokun:


I like your view, you've reasoned well.

But let me add that he was right to have shown his total love for his people: if he had not developed the old western Region, from which Mid West was later carved out, how could he have been acceptable to the whole country? All over the developed world, your allegiance or loyalty to your country starts with your love and loyalty to your nation or state. How can you love the United Kingdom if you don't love England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland as the case may be?

That was a man who first stated that Nigeria would not develop if the problem of the north was not first solved - illiteracy and general backwardness among the poor masses of the people if the Northern Region. That some elements in the north were against. Olooto ilu oun ni ika ilu where wickedness is bound in the hearts of men.

He believed so much in his socio-political philosophy - A sound mind in a sound body - which would have helped Nigeria a lot. It is pathetic today that those who claim to belong to his socio-political school today are rogues, thieves, generational pests, etc. They have destroyed everything the man stood for and represented.

legba1:



These are history that those dunces are never told or probably claiming ignorance of same.... Their forbears were in cahoots with the Hausa/fulanis from the world go while Awolowo played opposition....
Now they want to hold every other person responsible for their woes

27Pushing30:


1. We are backward because of the north … they did not want independence, the south did this from the beginning we were incompatible .

2. After enahoro moved the motion for independence in 1953… there were riots in the north with many southerners killed —- this was the first indicator that they (the north) were committed to being under British rule - Awolowo recognized this and moved for a secession clause to be included in the new constitution BUT Nnamdi Azikiwe rejected it and even reported Awolowo to the British as a saboteur - infact he personally wrote section 86 which makes any move for secession a treasonable offense!
https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/04/27/flashback-why-i-opposed-awolowo-on-secession-zik/?amp=1

Funny how Azikiwe later realized his ignorance during the civil war but it was too late.

I’m telling you that based on section 86 Nigeria can never break up unless the ENTIRE south wants it and are willing to shed blood for it… not SE , SS or SW individually but the whole SOUTH as an entity .

So NO we did not request independence too early … we only had one visionary leader- Awolowo - the others were ignorant

Cromagnon:




He was premier of south west
South east and north rigged him From central
How was he supposed to use south west money for other regions or do Y'all think before uttering this statement?

Please explain this in summary

Cromagnon:
how did he die? Do you think cowards can taKe their own life? Or you think he couldn't run away? Why do you think ojukwu couldn't win a single election in his lifetime?

Cromagnon:
how did he die? Do you think cowards can taKe their own life? Or you think he couldn't run away? Why do you think ojukwu couldn't win a single election in his lifetime?

GeneralPula:

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Abdul05:
if this man chief awo had successfully taken the reins of power in the 60s..

I don't think dis country will look like this..
messed up in a big way...


By now...we should be comparing ourself with the western contrees ..


But ..greed and corruption are being
rife and Nepotism is still the order of the day ..

Conrod:
Na them buy the poison for him ?

Nosayer:


Colonialism started in 1861 when Lagos was made a British colony. Nigeria was officially united administratively (North and South protectorates) in 1914 and christened by that name.

So no, colonialism isn't 46 years, it way more than that.

SlyDev:
Greediness of Igbos and Fulani cost this innocent man his life

"the only thing that bring Northern region and Eastern religion together is their hatred for the third region, western region"

Abdul05:
if this man chief awo had successfully taken the reins of power in the 60s..

I don't think dis country will look like this..
messed up in a big way...


By now...we should be comparing ourself with the western contrees ..


But ..greed and corruption are being
rife and Nepotism is still the order of the day ..

yemmit90:


Exactly, he was the only visionary leader Nigeria has ever produced. He would've been successful if not for his too much love for south west and regional politics.

This is what differentiates him and Tinubu. Unlike Tinubu flexible/accommodating style, Awo political ideology is too rigid, conservative, and meritocratic for the then corrupt military government to have confidence in.

Christistruth00:



Awolowo and Azikiwe requested for independence at least 20 years too early

But they meant well
Ahmadu Bello was more realistic when he admitted that the North was not ready for independence

With hindsight even the South was not ready for independence at the time

CanadaOrBust:


Myopic. If UK had found oil in Nigeria u think they would have ever left? Leave trillions of dollars and go home? No way

Christistruth00:



[s]Awolowo and Azikiwe requested for independence at least 20 years too early

But they meant well
Ahmadu Bello was more realistic when he admitted that the North was not ready for independence

With hindsight even the South was not ready for independence at the time[/s]

SlyDev:
Greediness of Igbos and Fulani cost this innocent man his life

"the only thing that bring Northern region and Eastern religion together is their hatred for the third region, western region"

Totilopussylick:
Don't forget he was the one that sold Nigeria to the British empire.

And the results is what we are seeing today

Nigeria is divided into 3 region because of what this man did

alpharoyalty:
If only there was no northern Nigeria.
They came, they messed up everything.
Half illiterate and tribalistic people

OgunkeelAllMod:
I gotta say I have respect for chief Awo, the sage,a pure and true pan- africanist , erudite educationist, politician par excellence, no lie .this was a man tiffnubu model his political career after ,even copying and adopting Awo trademark round lens glasses..thereby enabling the criminal to Hoodwinked most part of yorrobanza South Wasted land, riding on Awo legacies to fool those Amala and ewedu guzzling morons to office twice.i Stil remember seeing his (TIFFNUBU)massive billboard around ikeja along , sporting an image of him and Awo side by side with the caption:Great Mind Thinks Alike .. little did they know tiffnubu had no such nobility in him, little did they know he was just a common thief ,an opportunist and betrayal of trust .the like of mko learned in a hard way though.my only issue with is that he should have man up and stayed the fukk outta the Biafran crisis then and at least remained neutral instead of working along with the useless, brainless, violent oligarch north.even he himself regretted his involvement to his dying day .and not that he took poison whatever pls .he realized two major things.his yorrobanza cowards people are born betrayal and not really worth defending.he lost the bid for presidency.third he finally realized that the zoo he's trying to be it leader is really NO COUNTRY but a fraud , skewed to favor a certain region over the rest,hence,his famous quote describing Nigeria as mere geographical expression ,failed Britain experiment,a complete disaster , filled with the most useless, backward, retrogressive animals known anywhere on planet Earth.He knew for a certainty..that the country will NEVER work

GeneralPula:


What a mysterious being you’re..

Spiiit..

Una no fit divide North/west, you should take that to the bank..