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Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Jagaban2012: 7:21pm On May 22, 2024
Osoboshi:
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Where are we today as Igbos? It's all about quality of life. How many people in Nigeria can boast of having a better quality of life than the Igbo man? slaving in another man's land is quality of life,😅😅😅😅. economic migrant don drop quote,hope u don wash the nyansh's today
Quality of life on ill-gotten wealth ..don't forget ..most of your brothers are in Bangkok , Thailand , Dubai, South africa prison for drug -related offences...the only tribe that drug pushers , Kidney-harvest , baby factory , and harlotry embedded in their norms ,morals ,culture and values...nothing is bad about....

Show me 10 richest men in Yiibo land ....and i will tell you the ten men who has using shady deals to to cash ....and this is why the rich men in Ibo land is not name among Forbes magazine ...because their sources of wealth might be questionable
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by gidgiddy: 7:54pm On May 22, 2024
T9ksy:
Oga chill a minute! Your Ironsi sets the ball rolling. If he hadn't started this unitary nonsense, Gowon and by extension, his kingmakers would have nothing to capitalised on.

These guys are laughable. First they claim that a civil service decree is what destroyed Nigeria

Then they clapped and cheered Gowon on as he scrapped the 4 Region's Nigeria had, created 12 states, and removed resource control.

They watched as subsequent leaders cut Nigeria up into 36 states and turned Nigeria into world poverty capital and 8th most insecure country on earth

But their biggest problem is a civil service decree. grin grin grin
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by DMerciful(m): 9:16pm On May 22, 2024
You're afraid of the North? Where we together before 1914? Everybody go back to default!

If you say they couldn't do anything because the god Ironsi willed it, then why was he killed?

When Gowon was dividing the regions from 4 to 12, only Igbos resisted him. Yorubas supported him if not he wouldn't have succeeded. The Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas ganged up against the Igbos to balkanise the regions and then turn around to say Igbos destroy the regions. Whatever Ironsi did would have been reversible if Gowon with the support of Awolowo did not create states.

From 4 regions to 36 states plus FCT, not a single one was created by Igbos...they were all created by Northern and Yoruba military head of states and these heads of states were illegitimate governments because they were not voted for.

As far as the 1963 constitution is concerned,
we still have 4 regions, Gowon govt is illegitimate and as such null and void.

My only challenge with you guys is that you prefer to do nothing even though you're alive but complain about one dead ironsi.

If you feel we cannot restructure now, so what are we doing in Nigeria? Why can't we break the godamn union?
T9ksy:
this is a matter of blame game, but as a matter of fact, Ironsi shouldn't have proposed yhe changing of political system without our consent.

Now, who is going to "bell the cat"? The North will never agree to restructuring or referendum as that will mean the loss of their advantageous position. They will rather burn the whole flippin country than lose their vantage take position in the country.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by nonhuman(m): 9:43pm On May 22, 2024
Jagaban2012:
Aguyi Ironsi , the man who used his greed to destroy regional government . Now , everybody is groaning because of his yeye selfish policy ....
if what he did is not good who is stopping of from changing it
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Jagaban2012: 1:57am On May 23, 2024
Bridget95:
What stops Jagaban from using same executive powers to revert the nation to regional government.
Your question reveals your innate ignorance...

Lemme give you an assignment
.tear a sheet of paper and write it down .

Question 1: What will he take Tinubu government to change the country Political system from this present unitary -democracy system of government to a regional government ....
pls make sure you do this assignment because This is one.of the ways you can educate yourself
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Tranquill: 3:50am On May 23, 2024
princepee:
cool huh That's life,
Good friends today worst of enemies tomorrow.
And the general was killed by low ranking officers.
Were they friends?
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Bridget95(f): 6:55am On May 23, 2024
Jagaban2012:
Your question reveals your innate ignorance...

Lemme give you an assignment
.tear a sheet of paper and write it down .

Question 1: What will he take Tinubu government to change the country Political system from this present unitary -democracy system of government to a regional government ....
pls make sure you do this assignment because This is one.of the ways you can educate yourself
The answer is that jagaban was not elected but put as president by those who don't want regionalism but unitary government . Jagaban isn't himself
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by 2elliot: 8:48am On May 23, 2024
Jagaban2012:
Aguyi Ironsi , the man who used his greed to destroy regional government . Now , everybody is groaning because of his yeye selfish policy ....
And you lack the balls go undo what he did?
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by dododawa1: 9:20am On May 23, 2024
INSIDE LIFE
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Jagaban2012: 9:32am On May 23, 2024
Bridget95:
The answer is that jagaban was not elected but put as president by those who don't want regionalism but unitary government . Jagaban isn't himself
I even thought i'm conversing with a human being ....



Agbero , go resume your work for garage ....
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by lexy2014: 10:08am On May 23, 2024
aariwa:
Aguiyi wasn’t smart, was only a brave soldier. Nzeogwu, Madiebo and Ojukwu were far smarter than him . The way he opened his mouth to that food for a man at his level in life then that doesn’t have any business eating or drinking outside tells me a lot about him
what has food and eating and drinking outside got to do with being smart or otherwise? is it the food he ate that killed him?
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by aywagze(m): 10:15am On May 23, 2024
These old bioz really enjoyed this country ..🤔
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Babangidapikin: 10:16am On May 23, 2024
That's 58 years ago ...hmmm thank God for life mercies ...
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by 99thEnemy(m): 10:18am On May 23, 2024
id4sho:
Turn by Turn
Life Anagaga cool
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by BuyMeBanger: 10:18am On May 23, 2024
Wow, I would not think that was 1966 despite it being in black & white.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by 99thEnemy(m): 10:21am On May 23, 2024
chucks185:
at least they ruled when they were young, not the aged great grand-fathers ruling now, see how he was ditching out his food, unlike those in power now
Age has nothing to do with ruling.

Age doesn’t determine one’s ability to rule effectively. Leadership is more about qualities such as wisdom, experience, vision, decision-making skills, and the ability to manage a nation. Young or old, a good leader is defined by their capabilities and actions, not their age.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by PHIPEX(m): 10:21am On May 23, 2024
Creamypie:
ogami. Ironsi, Ben nwabueze and others started everything by abolishing regional government and establishment of central or unitary government. It has nothing to do with creation of states by dividing eastern region. The purpose of the creation was for identity of the many minority tribes that make up southern Nigeria today, and creating Igbo states b4 d war, cos the oil in D south was seen by gowon as one of ojujwus reasons for Biafra creation.
One thing about hate is that is never takes you far, you are left stunted.

Do you know how many policies have been reversed in this country? But hateful cowards like you will continue to run with the usual hate argumemt.

Today, you claim there are no Igbos in Delta, tomorrow you claim there was Igbo coup even though a man from Delta led the coup. Shame on you and your likes, coward and hypocrites.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Tareq1105: 10:21am On May 23, 2024
Jagaban2012:
Aguyi Ironsi , the man who used his greed to destroy regional government . Now , everybody is groaning because of his yeye selfish policy ....
Nigeria was on true Federalism, each Region on their own and bring certain % of their revenue to Federal until General Aguyi Irosi came and turned Nigeria to a Unitary country where all revenue comes to the Federal first, then share to States.

Now his people are crying for true Federalism as if it was not their son that caused the problem.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Jodybarton: 10:22am On May 23, 2024
YorubaForum:
Illiteracy runs in your blood.

You actually know nothing about history, keep disgracing urself due to your hate for Igbos, this is why nothing is moving forward in your life, ode.
Keep suffering and be deceiving yourself that it's the people you insult here that are suffering, I only pity your mom cos hunger is really showing her pepper
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Nobody: 10:23am On May 23, 2024
PHIPEX:
One thing about hate is that is n3ver takes you far, you are left stunted.

Do you know how many policies have been reversed in this country? But hateful cowards like you will continue to run with the usual hate argumemt
explain how it means hate or point out even a word that is not true
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by MartinCorridon: 10:24am On May 23, 2024
Awolowo asked for a team up from Azikiwe.

Awo heard on radio that Azikiwe had ran up North to betray him.

The "over-smartness" of Zik turned him and his people into 3rd Class citizens.

Nzeogwu et al. Did 1966 coup and killed SW and Northern leaders while sparing the lives or Igbo leaders. Again those whose leaders were killed learnt a lesson and decide to teach the "over-smart" ones by making them 3rd Class citizens.

Ojukwu ruthlessly crushed secession of Niger-Delta because of greed for their oil resources. Same Ojukwu felt he was oversmart and still declared secession and wanted the same oil rich region.

Since 1999, Igbos preferred to slave for the North in PDP. They enjoyed Yorubas being minority and in opposition. After more than 23 years of slavery, some of you have learnt a lesson from oversmartness. Some haven't.

Don't blame Yoruba and the North for being your colonial masters. Trying to be oversmart and then being outsmarted is the fault of your ancestors. Blame them for their foolishness. grin

DMerciful:
You're afraid of the North? Where we together before 1914? Everybody go back to default!

If you say they couldn't do anything because the god Ironsi willed it, then why was he killed?

When Gowon was dividing the regions from 4 to 12, only Igbos resisted him. Yorubas supported him if not he wouldn't have succeeded. The Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas ganged up against the Igbos to balkanise the regions and then turn around to say Igbos destroy the regions. Whatever Ironsi did would have been reversible if Gowon with the support of Awolowo did not create states.

From 4 regions to 36 states plus FCT, not a single one was created by Igbos...they were all created by Northern and Yoruba military head of states and these heads of states were illegitimate governments because they were not voted for.

As far as the 1963 constitution is concerned,
we still have 4 regions, Gowon govt is illegitimate and as such null and void.

My only challenge with you guys is that you prefer to do nothing even though you're alive but complain about one dead ironsi.

If you feel we cannot restructure now, so what are we doing in Nigeria? Why can't we break the godamn union?
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Jodybarton: 10:24am On May 23, 2024
gidgiddy:
Where are we today as Igbos? It's all about quality of life. How many people in Nigeria can boast of having a better quality of life than the Igbo man?
Lol foolishness rubs in your blood, illegality is what you brag about smh well now speak for yourself are you happy with your current life condition? Suffer no dey tire you
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by PHIPEX(m): 10:31am On May 23, 2024
Creamypie:
explain how it means hate or point out even a word that is not true
Hate and cowardice is why you have singled out Ironsi and Ben and excused Gowon. In your little mind, Gowon had no power to reverse the "bad policy" that was barely 2 months old before before Ironsi was assassinated. A 2 months old.policy was expanded on for the last 50yrs till date and cowards like you look for how to drive Igbo hate.

Do you know how many policy of the military era Obj reversed?

Obj sold refinery and Yaradua reversed it.

Buhari reversed Almajiri policy of Jonathan

Tinubu reversed new currency design of Buhari

You are full of hate and hypocrisy
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by gigabyte13: 10:35am On May 23, 2024
IBB enjoy life sha...
I just love the guy
E Sabi go low-key....
E no too like noise
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Tareq1105: 10:35am On May 23, 2024
nonhuman:
if what he did is not good who is stopping of from changing it
They like to taunt other tribes and when you now take them through History they want to waive it off.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by OnknownSoldier(m): 10:37am On May 23, 2024
Bridget95:
What stops Jagaban from using same executive powers to revert the nation to regional government.
Lol, you think he has that power? What about the input of the legislature?
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by AfonjaScud: 10:37am On May 23, 2024
Two of the devilish destroyers of nigeria.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by membranus:
Bridget95:
What stops Jagaban from using same executive powers to revert the nation to regional government.
Because there is nothing like executive powers under democratic system of government. Every government policies must pass through legislative processes, as you must have been taught in your government or civic classes in high school.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by Fuadx1(m): 10:43am On May 23, 2024
You made a valid point here
DMerciful:
This is a lame argument you people refused to recover from because you wanna push Igbo hate.

Firstly, he stayed in power for 5months and unify the civil service 45 days before he was assassinated. If Nigeria did not want that policy, who enforced it after he was killed? Why did the new government not repeal the decree?

Secondly, when Ironsi was killed, it was still 4 regions renamed as 4 states. Why did Gowon divide the 4 states to 12 states making it impossible to reverse?
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by AfonjaScud: 10:44am On May 23, 2024
DMerciful:
This is a lame argument you people refused to recover from because you wanna push Igbo hate.

Firstly, he stayed in power for 5months and unify the civil service 45 days before he was assassinated. If Nigeria did not want that policy, who enforced it after he was killed? Why did the new government not repeal the decree?

Secondly, when Ironsi was killed, it was still 4 regions renamed as 4 states. Why did Gowon divide the 4 states to 12 states making it impossible to reverse?
Truth is, he opened the gate of hell for Nigeria. Saying someone is pushing Ibo hate is trash because he acted specifically for the Ibo by placing Ibos in strategic positions for future ethnic agendam
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by AfonjaScud: 10:46am On May 23, 2024
chucks185:
at least they ruled when they were young, not the aged great grand-fathers ruling now, see how he was ditching out his food, unlike those in power now
Absolute trash.
Re: Throwback Photo Of Gen. Ironsi & IBB At An Occasion In 1966 by AfonjaScud: 10:48am On May 23, 2024
gidgiddy:
You guys are funny, you say that it was Ironsi that abolished Region's, but say it had nothing to dobwith state creation? Is that not laughable?

You guys love peddling that lie. But unfortunately, this is internet age. Anyone can Google and see that it was Gowon that used Decree 14 to abolish all 4 Region's Nigeria had, and replace them with 12 states.


Edit

If anyone tells you that Ironsi abolished Region's or introduced unitary rule, know that's its a big lie. It's not possible to have unitary rule where there is resource control, and it's not possible to abolish Region's without replacing it with something else. Ironsi never touched resource control, and the 4 Region's he met when he came in were still there the day he was killed. What Ironsi introduced was Military rule. The person who abolished the 4 Region's, and created 12 new states to replace them, was Gowon, with Decree 14. Gowon then introduced full blown unitary rule with Decree 15 that ended resource control. Below are Decree 14 and 15
You must be mentally sick.
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