₦airaland Forum

Obi1kenobi:
At a time when everybody is crying "restructuring" without understanding that it should entail devolution of power from the centre and fiscal federalism, calling for creation of more states within the SE borders makes zero sense. The only way it makes sense is if you want to create the extra state so that the Federal government can give the SE more money. If true federalism is an objective, then given that most states in Nigeria are not economically viable, we should actually be merging states instead of creating more states. The truth is there is no good reason for the SE to get an extra state. We have the smallest regional population, and have by far the smallest landmass, and have by far the most ethnically homogenous region in the country. The agitation to create another SE state has never made any sense to me.

mrvitalis:
Where are those I'm from anioma and we are not Igbo

Your senator has spoken I don't want to hear jack from any of you anioma wanabe ever again
Case closed

Hankim:
Illiterate, south south is not a region but ordinary political zone, go and help your mother for kitchen this matter is above your level.

ggood:
South South indigen will not allow it

ottalo:
I guess your are the one that should do that so suddenly SS is no longer a zone. Oga that cant work

Diligence:
Seconded! Merge communities from Anambra & Delta States. Some families are in Anambra & they HV their cousins in Delta State!

mrvitalis:
There are Igbo but very very very small not even upto one ward.. But yes there are igbos

Kaiser20:
Ned should propose more wives for Men.
But the Tinubu Economy will not Permit

valicious1:
The only people that say Anioma is not Igbo are
1) The irrelevant and inconsequential ones
2) yorubas

People that matter eg Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Ned Nwoko, Pat Utomi etc have always proudly reiterated their Igboness anywhere and everywhere and always hammered on the need to be fully reintegrated with their siblings in the South East

Chekwume16:
Stop spewing rubbish. Which family in anioma has cousins in anambra. A senator that does not even know what his constituents wants. 90% on delta north does not want to join the south east. Stop dreaming cos it will never happen

KGBKremlin:
Creating Igbo state in Benin land are you people normal?

Chekwume16:
Stupid man. Who did he consult in delta north before coming up with this useless request. 90% of his constituent dont want to belong to the south east. Its dead on arrival

Diligence:
Caveat: This discourse is for Stakeholders Only!

CorrectionFLuid:
In every twelve there must be a Judas.

As it doesn't make economic sense to you, does it make political sense?

If you read the post, you'd have seen where the senator said it is to create equality in the Senate. Does it make sense to you now?

ElevationD:
Anioma comprises of Igbo speaking people who found themselves in the south south.

PaellaPaella:
How did you know he didn't consult other people?

pazienza:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/z2ms4X6huz1Mdc3v/?mibextid=oFDknk

Chekwume16:
Is he not my senator. Ask him what he has done for us. People are running from South east and he is thinking of bringing esn and ipob agitation to us. Very unfortunate person

Dpharisee:
You didn't add Governor Ifeanyi Okowa who says it all the time that he is a complete Igbo man

pazienza:
No disunity.
Orlu state proposal is good, but Anioma is better!
Orlu will have to take a back stage for a greater cause which Anioma represents.
Anioma reunification with SE has been on the front burner since 1939 when Bernard Burdillion the then British administrator of Nigeria divided the old Southern Protectorate into Western and Eastern region and ended up adding Western Igbo to Western region.
Western Igbo kings protested against this injustice and wrote Bernard Burdillion to return them to Eastern region with their kin and kiths, but the British didn't hearken to this call.
Since then the likes of Osadebey Dennis and other Western Igbo leaders have been working on this.
I'm glad Ned Nwoko has stepped up to take up the mantle of this noble and divine task (. ), Ndiigbo in SE must do our bit. We must do proper consultations with Ned Nwoko, get other voices in Anioma on the round table and make this dream a reality.
It's the dawn of a new era! Ife ga adi MMA!

Chekwume16:
Is he not my senator. Ask him what he has done for us. People are running from South east and he is thinking of bringing esn and ipob agitation to us. Very unfortunate person

gidgiddy:
It's with this thread that I have realised that 90% of Nigerians don't even know that the constitution does not recognise anything called SE or SS, so they do not really exist in the eyes of the law

horsepower102:
As an Anioma indigene, my dream has always been to join my kins in the south east.

The ekwumeku resistance was the beginning of the Balkanization of igbo land. The British added us to the then western region because the guerrilla warriors were traveling across the Niger to hide from the colonial British after they attack.

They British knew fully well that we are Igbos because they themselves added us to the 1903 map of Igboland.

That said any Anioma person that believes that they are Edo is free to travel there and live.

No inch of Igboland will go to outsiders.