₦airaland Forum

izzou:
Why shouldn't he speak Yoruba fluently?

People commit 2 years to learning German, French, etc. Since 2023, why can't he learn Yoruba once and for all?

Jamiuokolaa:
But as the biggot that you are not, you can support GRV who's got no track record, experience or pedigree whatsoever to even become LGA chairman..let alone govern a state like lagos.

Jokes on you mate

Spy360:
Should speaking a language come before competence and character?

Spare me this nonsense argument


Being eloquent is different from being unable to speak

I am not Yoruba but can speak a bit of it. I believe GRV can speak Yoruba just that he is not fluent

What you're demanding is being fluent. You cannot be fluent in 2 years when you're close to 40 years old

afrodoc2:
A tribe having presence in every locality does not mean that the tribe is liberal. It only means that the other tribes are liberal enough to accept you in their midst.

It is not the one who goes visiting that is liberal but the one who accepts all visitors with open arms.

izzou:
I wonder how that example even came out from Spy's head

China is liberal because they can be found in every village in Africa

izzou:
So how do you know he is competent and has character? Where has that been tested before?

Let's even skip that argument

If GRV didn't get enough support because he couldn't speak the language in 2023, what stops him from learning it in 3 years?

You want to be governor, and the people you want to rule says you should know the language. Why hasn't he learned it?

The guy may not be as serious as you take him

Spy360:
When you are faced with two poor options you decide which is less tolerable for you.

A Hamzat that is part of the criminal gang holding Lagos in bondage, sworn loyalty to Tinubu and allegiance to USA and

A GRV, young man from the new block, that the only thing you hold against him is his lack of fluency in local language

We should be smarter than this.

If GRV lacks enough competence to you, then go for Funsho Doherty who is even my best candidate for Lagos State.

But Hamzat is a no no

Roland17:
Dayo no na! Corruption is the reason why resources seem too little for our needs. Corruption is a massive problem in Nigeria. Infact corruption is a major requirement to becoming a leader or administrator in our public system.

CrystalTiger:
You wonder why Tompolo dey share Tinubu branded cars all over the country..
NNPLC report for 2025 says it spent #11.2trn on pipeline security lol..

Na you wey poor dey shout on your mandate, I dey laugh.. Just look at how we went from billions to trillions in just three years and we're still buying fuel at the current rate..

liveLongNprospa:
Corruption is why NNPC is paying 11trillion naira for security services 😂😂😂

liveLongNprospa:
Roland17 this here

Spy360:
If you're supporting Makinde, I don't mind. Infact I am even very much attracted to Prince Adewole Adebayo of SDP.

I don't mind if you insult me for not supporting him.

But if what you're fighting me for is Tinubu, make oyibo knack you kpako for head this week 😂

Spy360:
Makes sense. But it can still be both ways.

Like I said, Nigerians are generally liberal. It's just a few people especially politicians that make us fight eachother

Roland17:
Do you know the ironic part of all these? We are paying Tompolo 11 trillion to essentially perform the duties of our Navy and Army. Worsestill, we are paying them more than we are paying our actual military personnel.

Don’t get me wrong, I get it, it is part of keeping the Niger Delta at peace with little or no disruption of oil production, protect our oil infrastructure but it reeks of massive mismanagement of resources.

Roland17:
I saw that post and I wondered once again, is this a case of Nigeria is poor or we are poor at managing resources.

Theflint1:
And here is Donald Duke saying he won election in Cross Rivers even though he didn't speak Efik.

"I couldn't speak the local language..."

Donald Duke shares how he overcame a major language barrier while addressing traditional leaders as a young governorship aspirant in Cross River. pic.twitter.com/E0gWbpH22J

— The People's Paradise (@CRSX_HQ) October 2, 2026

Anybody telling you that you need to speak the local language to administer any of the states in Nigeria is serving you chilled bobo, whether it's Uche P. Okoye, or anybody for that matter.

And winning elections is not quite same thing as governing well, we're not lacking in politicians that can or are winning elections.

38 administrators speaking only Mandarin with English translators by their side will deliver better governance than what we're being served in Nigeria by our indigenous language speaking governors and president.

Spy360:
Nigerians generally are quite liberal.

No tribe cam beore liberal than the tribe that has presence in every locality in Nigeria.

It is said that anywhere you go and you didn't find an Igbo man, run away. In fact, the fastest dying language in Nigeria today is Igbo language and that's because even in Igboland people speak a lot of foreign languages.

The reason you will find more Igbo women in households across the country than any other tribe.

Igbos generally have never supported any Igbo man in presidential elections apart from Peter Obi in the last election. And that's because they are convinced about his competence and character.

Nigerians generally are very liberal

raumdeuter:
How can it be both ways

Is it the Arabs all.over Europe that are liberal or the Europeans who host them

TemporaryHansel:
I praised yorubas and you felt the need to bring Igbo hype to my mention. Don't quote me with this nonsense next time.

Igbos are liberal. Liberal in what sense? People that don't even allow their females inherit property? Can an imo state man become Anambra governor?
Bro, please.

izzou:
Una don start again!

izzou:
Using a councillor to make this decision holds little water.

If a ward is dominated by non indigenes, the councillor can easily be a non indigene. A ward dominated by Igbos in Ondo state will easily have an Igbo councillor

Let us see Ondo state give commissioners to an Ebira man, or give HOA tickets or Senate tickets to another tribe.

It's only Lagos you see these things easily.

TemporaryHansel:
Start what again?

monerozi5590:
Kaduna State. Kaduna has had an Igbo House of Assembly member

Kaduna has also had an Igbo blood House of Rep. Member.

Kaduna State has had/having non indegene special advisors to governors


Kaduna State has so many non indegene in its state civil service.

Kaduna State is truly a land of opportunities.

izzou:
You can say a daughter cannot inherit property in her father's place, and that's correct. The tradition has an explanation for it

But saying Women cannot inherit property is wrong. A married woman can inherit in her husband's place.

TemporaryHansel:
I praised yorubas and you felt the need to bring Igbo hype to my mention. Don't quote me with this nonsense next time.

Igbos are liberal. Liberal in what sense? People that don't even allow their females inherit property? Can an imo state man become Anambra governor?
Bro, please.

izzou:
You can say a daughter cannot inherit property in her father's place, and that's correct. The tradition has an explanation for it

But saying Women cannot inherit property is wrong. A married woman can inherit in her husband's place.

TemporaryHansel:
See mindset. A daughter cannot inherit her father's properties.

And the people practicing such want to claim liberal. It's like liberal have new meaning.

Spy needs to have his head planked for making such blas ph em ous stat em ent.

CrystalTiger:
So a man who has daughters as kids in Igbo land will give his properties to who exactly when he's gone?

izzou:
Let me explain it in the best possible way I can.

In the tradition, properties are non transferrable. This means the property of TemporaryHansel must remain with TemporaryHansel. It cannot go to another family

So the tradition believes that giving a female child inheritance automatically transfers that property to another family. So it isn't allowed.

Meanwhile the female child that gets married into a family is free to inherit because she is now part of that family.

My mum is Imo. She wasn't given any inheritance in Imo. She married in Anambra and got an inheritance. That's how it works

Like I said, it's the tradition. And I don't know how Spy sees Igbos as liberal