₦airaland Forum

Dotherightthing:
It is what it is. The yeast is not conducive.

Mrexcell:
Who else made it unconducive apart from the nigerian state that has deliberately used all kinds of systematic evil policies to slow down the growth of the south east?

SeeWahala:
It's simply to collect money

We come there to do the jobs your people are too lazy to do and pack all the money 🤗

So when next you see an omo nna in your area, just tuale! 🫡 Because he's about to buy your land and become a landlord

Remember, he came with only nylon bag oo 😏

SeeWahala:
It's simply to collect money

We come there to do the jobs your people are too lazy to do and pack all the money 🤗

So when next you see an omo nna in your area, just tuale! 🫡 Because he's about to buy your land and become a landlord

Remember, he came with only nylon bag oo 😏

Putinofrussia:
This is stale.
You are in millions in Yorubaland especially Lagos and just a tiny few of you have lands which still belong to the owners anytime they want to take them back except you can carry them to your village.
A lot of your people are begging for alms in Yorubaland and some are living under the bridges and some are picking items and dirts from refuse dumps.

All other tribes are also buying lands from Yoruba but the truth is that:
Yorubas are just cashing out from anybody who buys land from them,it is a lucrative business because they know that they still own the land after a few years because they seldom give C of O that will enable the buyer use it for 99 years.


For the epistle about development,everyone knows that only Ibadan is more developed than the entire SE Igboland infrastructurally and the most developed,progressive and richest region in Nigeria is SW.

LagosOrigin:
Learn from the write up and stop asking silly questions as if there are no yoruba people living outside of Yoruba region.

izombie:
Op, they will come for you. Already, one is above complaining already. To answer his question, igbos stay in lagos to make money and develop our villages.

mightyhazel:
get to the nearest mill where they crack empty nuts... A cracked empty head is sure cure for envy

T8ksy:
Envy ke? Why would anybody be envious of economic migrants in their own space? If you do anyhow, you get anyhow.
Na everyone dey envy economic migrants- from s.africa to ghana, from china to malaysia and all over europe, they envy you.
The joke is on you, mate..

Dotherightthing:
It is what it is. The yeast is not conducive.

Iceberg3:
Go and pay ya nba landlord his rent......

Pigidi looouneee 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dotherightthing:
Who told you all lands belong to any Oba Where did Oba get power to renew such agreement

Dey play!!!

ariesbull:
Across Nigeria, regional development has taken varied forms, shaped by culture, history, and governance. In recent years, the South East region has stood out for its visible infrastructural renewal and the strong involvement of citizens in local development. From Enugu to Anambra, Abia to Imo, and Ebonyi, governors are building roads, schools, hospitals, and urban projects that reflect a shared vision for progress.

In contrast, the South West region, despite its rich history and intellectual leadership, appears to have slowed in regional development outside Lagos. States such as Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti are lagging behind in visible infrastructural growth, while many Yoruba people concentrate their attention on Lagos, often abandoning their ancestral towns and villages.

This imbalance calls for reflection — and a reawakening of the Yoruba spirit of collective progress.

1. The Igbo Model: Community as the Engine of Growth

The Igbo experience is a remarkable story of self-help, resilience, and communal investment. Decades of neglect from the federal center after the civil war birthed a deep culture of local empowerment. Through town unions, age grades, and diasporan associations, Igbo communities mobilize funds to:

Build rural roads, schools, and hospitals

Electrify villages and provide water projects

Sponsor scholarships and youth empowerment programs


This grassroots model has created a network of empowered localities, complementing the efforts of progressive governors like Charles Soludo (Anambra), Peter Mbah (Enugu), and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi, during his tenure).

The result is a balanced development pattern, where no single city dominates the region — every community is alive with visible evidence of progress.



2. The Yoruba Reality: Urban Concentration and Rural Neglect

Historically, the Yoruba region was a pioneer in organized governance and education. Under Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Western Region built the first television station in Africa, the Cocoa House, and a strong public education system. However, after the fragmentation of the region into smaller states and decades of federal dependence, that collective vision weakened.

Today, Lagos has become the overwhelming focus of Yoruba identity and investment. While the city thrives as Nigeria’s commercial hub, other states languish.

Rural areas in Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, and Ogun suffer from poor infrastructure.

Young people migrate to Lagos or abroad, leaving villages depopulated.

Communal participation in development is minimal compared to the Igbo model.


This Lagos-centric mentality has produced a false sense of progress — where success is measured by how close one is to the city, not how strong one’s community is.


3. Why the Yoruba Must Learn from the Igbo

If the Yoruba region is to reclaim its place as a model of progress in Nigeria, it must relearn community-driven development. There are several lessons to take from the Igbo model:

1. Rebuild Communal Pride:
The Yoruba must reawaken the pride of their towns and villages. Development should not end at Lagos or Ibadan — it should reach Ilesa, Ogbomoso, Ijebu, Ikare, Ado-Ekiti, and every ancestral home.


2. Promote Town-Based Investment:
Wealthy Yoruba sons and daughters should emulate the Igbo elite who build schools, hospitals, and industries in their hometowns. A Yoruba billionaire’s worth should also be seen in what they bring back home.


3. Governors Should Compete in Infrastructure:
South East governors have shown that visible infrastructure strengthens public confidence. Yoruba governors must rise above political rhetoric and deliver tangible projects — roads, industrial parks, and modern educational institutions.


4. Revive Regional Cooperation:
The old Western Region thrived on coordinated planning. The South West Governors’ Forum must move beyond talk to real joint economic planning, like shared rail systems, agricultural zones, and power projects.



4. Reclaiming the Yoruba Development Ethos

The Yoruba have historically been visionaries — from Awolowo’s welfare state to Wole Soyinka’s intellectualism. But vision must translate into physical development.

To remain competitive in a rapidly changing Nigeria, the region must balance urban success with rural revival, echoing the communal strength the Igbo have long embodied.

If every Yoruba town had a small industrial cluster, a quality public school, a primary health center, and decent roads, the region’s migration pressure on Lagos would ease, and the Yoruba economy would expand exponentially.

The South East has demonstrated that development is not solely the duty of government — it is a shared responsibility rooted in community pride.
The Yoruba, once the pacesetters of regional progress, must rekindle that same spirit of collective advancement. The future of the South West depends not just on Lagos’s skyline, but on the strength, beauty, and functionality of every Yoruba village.

If the Yoruba people combine their famed intellect, organization, and resources with the Igbo spirit of communal development, the region will once again lead Nigeria in innovation, culture, and progress.


Mary Efiot

Konquest:
What is the original source of this suspicious article and who is this so-called Mary EFIOT? There's NO such name as EFIOT in the Yoruba language. I would have expected that a credible source and the real names of the writer are cited to remove any suspicion of of ethnic baiting here despite a few positives in the post.

NOW, contrary to what that post ABOVE largely suggests, I know full well that Yorubas such as the Ijebus of Lagos and Ogun States, Ondos of Ondo City, Ijesas of Osun State, even in parts of Ekiti State (where wealthy indigenes come from) and more lift one another up via communal ways of living, and the wealthy multimillionaires and billionaires among the Yoruba businessmen and businesswomen including other wealthy professionals ALWAYS give back to their individual communities instead of concentrating on living and investing in just Lagos, Abeokuta and Ibadan.

Moreover, Yorubas aren't the ONLY ones who migrated to Lagos, Ibadan, PH, and the FCT for a BETTER life but young people from other ethnicities have been doing that for decades even before the oil boom of the early 1970s where Lagos is seen as a mini-London of sorts.


Last but NOT least, NO doubt, Point #4 is already being worked upon by all the Governors of the Western Nigeria States but it would make far more meaning for deeper economic and regional integration if a quick referendum is done to bring ALL the Yoruba communities (Okuns) in Kogi State and the Yorubas in the 12 Yoruba LGAs out of the 16 LGAs of Kwara State (2 LGAs are Nupe while 2 LGAs belong to the United States-basef academic Farooq Kperogi's Bariba ethnic group). The Nupes in parts of Northern Kwara State can be merged with their Nupe kins across the river Niger in Niger State where the current Governor Bago is a Nupe guy (or create a new Nupe State for them). Same for other States where ethnic groups scattered in multiple multi-ethnic States can be merged together with their ethnic kins to prevent marginalization and for better harmony.