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the movie industry we founded is the second largest film industry in the world,the biggest market in Gambia,benin,Togo,Ghana,Ivory coast,Gabon,cameroon,Lagos,Anambra and Aba are owned or controlled by the Igbos.we are the biggest importers in Africa and first and only black nation to produce ammunitions that was used to fight internal and western oppressors.
And u say i should not beat my chest?

superstar1:
Your akpu filled brain did not tell you that, you ought to do that first.

What do you expect from an Ariara Market Tutored grad!!!!

most Ariaria market graduates are better than ur dependent graduates.they are self propelled individuals.they are not Osun workers

abagoro:
Real Igbos are those who believe in Igbo irrespective of State or region.

^^^ So how am i fake?

zuchyblink:
most Ariaria market graduates are better than ur dependent graduates.they are self propelled individuals.they are not Osun workers

Better indeed.

A classical example of an Ariara market grad is you. How will you know how to differentiate beer parlour gists from facts.

Primary school was attended under the mango tree.

Secondary school was attended inside traffic selling gala or with one slave master.

University -- Ariara Market.

SMH

superstar1:
Better indeed.

A classical example of an Ariara market grad is you. How will you know how to differentiate beer parlour gists from facts.

Primary school was attended under the mango tree.

Secondary school was attended inside traffic selling gala or with one slave master.

University -- Ariara Market.

SMH

A goat in Ariaria is more valuable than a civil servant in Oyo State

Vicotex:
A goat in Ariaria is more valuable than a civil servant in Oyo State

No wonder Aba and Onitsha are the twin gates of hell and hades.

abagoro:
Stop creating problem for real Igbos. The oil belongs to all Nigerians with particular reference to offshore. The one on people's land should be based on royalty.

There are igbo returnees from the bini kingdom, who went ahead to continue in there igbo tradition and naming there offsprings after there heritage.
Why will someone migrate to igboland then through away this language, tradition, culture, and name his land igbo names?? Mind you this is supposed to be an immigrant of a pressumed strong empire who should be proud of his heritage.

superstar1:
No wonder Aba and Onitsha are the twin gates of hell and hades.

thats too lame, i thought maybe you could come up with something reasonable.

Iykopee:
^^^ now i dont have to waste my time on u... The matter is ended. Next time sell ur lies to people who arent from Rivers state.

Same here...no point debating with an ingrained inability to accept the truth.....

Vicotex:
thats too lame, i thought maybe you could come up with something reasonable.

That is part of our culture that contributed to the world and that had turned to Tatoo of today.

Try harder flat.head.

atbu1983:
HISTORY OF IKWERRE PEOPLE

Amadi-Nna (1993) added that: “The Ikwerres are a small
but distinct tribe. The Ikwerres have distinct linguistic,
social and cultural traits and formations that distinguish
them from other close neighbouring tribes like the Ijaws
and the Ibos. Majority of the Ikwerre settlements have their
roots traceable from the old Benin Empire.” Iwhnurọhna
people descended from the ancient Bini Kingdom. The
name of the grand ancestor is Akalaka. Their relations in
Rivers State are Ekpeye and Ogba people. The reigning Oba
of Benin when Akalaka, the ancestor of Ihruọha (later called
Iwhnurọhna) fled was Oba Ewuare (Ogwaro). Akalaka, a
member of the Benin royal family, fled in the 13 th century
on allegation of plotting assassination of the Oba. He died
in 1462. Iwhnurọhna his third son settled east of the
Sombrero River by 1538 AD, as detailed below.
Chief N.M.T. Solomon (2004), native of Ikodu Ubie in
Ekpeyeland, in his narrative draws heavily from the now
authenticated written historical records delivered by
various informed sources including “Eketu (Weber) of
Ubeta, assumed to have lived for over two hundred (200)
years as the oldest man in all Ekpeye, Ogba and
Iwhnurọ hna (or Ikwerre), at that time (and) was asked to
narrate the history and customs of Ekpeye people” as
unfolded in his lifetime. Here is what he said, which has
been validated by the accounts of the current generation
through responses to our questionnaires and direct
interviews thereby increasing our level of confidence on the
data:
Ekpeye, born in Benin, was the first of the three sons of
Akalaka. While in Ndoni, he married a second wife to gain
the love and favour of the people. The new wife gave
birth to a son, which he named Ogba. Akalaka was still in
Ndoni when his first wife, the mother of Ekpeye, gave
birth to his third son called Ihruoha (Ikwerre).
Similar historical fact by J.N. Olise (1971) averred that:
“Akalaka, a member of the Benin royal family, fled with his
wife from Benin to Ndoni, a community located close to the
River Niger, to save the life of his new born baby (Ekpeye)
… While at Ndoni, Akalaka took a second wife. … Akalaka
had two sons, Ekpeye – born to him by his Benin wife, and
Ogba – born to him by his Ndoni wife. According to F.E.
Otuwarikpo (1994): " After the death of Akalaka in 1462 AD,
his two sons, Ekpeye and Ogba had conflict, which
compelled Ogba, the younger son, to move northwards
where he founded Ohiakwo (Obigwe) and settled with his
family. Ekpeye who remained at Ula-Ubie had seven sons
– Ubie, Akoh, Upata, Igbuduya, Ekpe, Awala and Asa. The
last three sons – Ekpe, Awala and Asa – crossed to the
other side of Sombreiro River (present day Ikwerreland and
settled there since 1538 AD.” He added that: “Ekpe
migrated to present day Rumuekpe and spread through
Elele (Alimini), Ndele, Rumuji and part of Ibaa. Awala
migrated to present day Isiokpo …”
Amadi-Nna (1993) also said Akalaka migrated with his half
brother called Ochichi from the area of Benin Empire.
Ochichi sons were Ele (Omerele, now Elele), Elu (Elumuoha,
now Omerelu), Egbe (Egbeda) and Mini (Alimini, Isiokpo).
The crucial point here, which is of great importance in
tracing the joint origin of the ancestors of the Old Ahoada
Division (in the Governor Diete-Spiff administration), is the
mention of the number of children that Akalaka had, namely:
Ekpeye, Ogba and Ihru ọ ha (Ikwerre). It is noteworthy that
the pedigree and name of Ikwerre people, Iwhnurọhna,
obviously took its root from this original name – Ihruọha.
Chief Solomon therefore establishes a very vital historical
link, which has been missing in literature on Ikwerre origin
that would assume more significance in the discourses of
Ikwerre genealogy in the future – the fact that Akalaka was
the direct father of Ihru ọha (Ikwerre). Iwhnurọhna, in Ikwere
parlance, means the face of the community (town, city or
village).
Nigerian colonial history records that the name "Ikwerre"
was given by the colonial administration when they wanted
to acquire the Rebisi waterfront to build the wharf. Using an
Ibo interpreter to talk to the illiterate Rebisi (Port Harcourt)
chiefs, they asked them: Would you permit us to use the
waterfront to build the wharf for ships to berth? And they
answered: A KWERULEM , meaning - "We have agreed."
What the white-man was hearing was "Ikwerre," so he
recorded it in the official gazette that the IKWERRE PEOPLE
have agreed for the colonial administration to build the
wharf.

Akalaka, the Ikwerre ancestor means nothing in Bini Language...
Akalaka means "Destiny" in Igbo Language...

According to bini encyclopedia, The person or prince by the name Akalaka(Iwhuruoha) does not exist in the bini history neither was there any prince by the name....

superstar1:
Better indeed.

A classical example of an Ariara market grad is you. How will you know how to differentiate beer parlour gists from facts.

Primary school was attended under the mango tree.

Secondary school was attended inside traffic selling gala or with one slave master.

University -- Ariara Market.

SMH

Hahahahahahahahaha....can you blame them....education has failed d gala sellers..... ......they now see Yoruba everywhere......

atbu1983:
HISTORY OF IKWERRE PEOPLE

Amadi-Nna (1993) added that: “The Ikwerres are a small
but distinct tribe. The Ikwerres have distinct linguistic,
social and cultural traits and formations that distinguish
them from other close neighbouring tribes like the Ijaws
and the Ibos. Majority of the Ikwerre settlements have their
roots traceable from the old Benin Empire.” Iwhnurọhna
people descended from the ancient Bini Kingdom. The
name of the grand ancestor is Akalaka. Their relations in
Rivers State are Ekpeye and Ogba people. The reigning Oba
of Benin when Akalaka, the ancestor of Ihruọha (later called
Iwhnurọhna) fled was Oba Ewuare (Ogwaro). Akalaka, a
member of the Benin royal family, fled in the 13 th century
on allegation of plotting assassination of the Oba. He died
in 1462. Iwhnurọhna his third son settled east of the
Sombrero River by 1538 AD, as detailed below.
Chief N.M.T. Solomon (2004), native of Ikodu Ubie in
Ekpeyeland, in his narrative draws heavily from the now
authenticated written historical records delivered by
various informed sources including “Eketu (Weber) of
Ubeta, assumed to have lived for over two hundred (200)
years as the oldest man in all Ekpeye, Ogba and
Iwhnurọ hna (or Ikwerre), at that time (and) was asked to
narrate the history and customs of Ekpeye people” as
unfolded in his lifetime. Here is what he said, which has
been validated by the accounts of the current generation
through responses to our questionnaires and direct
interviews thereby increasing our level of confidence on the
data:
Ekpeye, born in Benin, was the first of the three sons of
Akalaka. While in Ndoni, he married a second wife to gain
the love and favour of the people. The new wife gave
birth to a son, which he named Ogba. Akalaka was still in
Ndoni when his first wife, the mother of Ekpeye, gave
birth to his third son called Ihruoha (Ikwerre).
Similar historical fact by J.N. Olise (1971) averred that:
“Akalaka, a member of the Benin royal family, fled with his
wife from Benin to Ndoni, a community located close to the
River Niger, to save the life of his new born baby (Ekpeye)
… While at Ndoni, Akalaka took a second wife. … Akalaka
had two sons, Ekpeye – born to him by his Benin wife, and
Ogba – born to him by his Ndoni wife. According to F.E.
Otuwarikpo (1994): " After the death of Akalaka in 1462 AD,
his two sons, Ekpeye and Ogba had conflict, which
compelled Ogba, the younger son, to move northwards
where he founded Ohiakwo (Obigwe) and settled with his
family. Ekpeye who remained at Ula-Ubie had seven sons
– Ubie, Akoh, Upata, Igbuduya, Ekpe, Awala and Asa. The
last three sons – Ekpe, Awala and Asa – crossed to the
other side of Sombreiro River (present day Ikwerreland and
settled there since 1538 AD.” He added that: “Ekpe
migrated to present day Rumuekpe and spread through
Elele (Alimini), Ndele, Rumuji and part of Ibaa. Awala
migrated to present day Isiokpo …”
Amadi-Nna (1993) also said Akalaka migrated with his half
brother called Ochichi from the area of Benin Empire.
Ochichi sons were Ele (Omerele, now Elele), Elu (Elumuoha,
now Omerelu), Egbe (Egbeda) and Mini (Alimini, Isiokpo).
The crucial point here, which is of great importance in
tracing the joint origin of the ancestors of the Old Ahoada
Division (in the Governor Diete-Spiff administration), is the
mention of the number of children that Akalaka had, namely:
Ekpeye, Ogba and Ihru ọ ha (Ikwerre). It is noteworthy that
the pedigree and name of Ikwerre people, Iwhnurọhna,
obviously took its root from this original name – Ihruọha.
Chief Solomon therefore establishes a very vital historical
link, which has been missing in literature on Ikwerre origin
that would assume more significance in the discourses of
Ikwerre genealogy in the future – the fact that Akalaka was
the direct father of Ihru ọha (Ikwerre). Iwhnurọhna, in Ikwere
parlance, means the face of the community (town, city or
village).
Nigerian colonial history records that the name "Ikwerre"
was given by the colonial administration when they wanted
to acquire the Rebisi waterfront to build the wharf. Using an
Ibo interpreter to talk to the illiterate Rebisi (Port Harcourt)
chiefs, they asked them: Would you permit us to use the
waterfront to build the wharf for ships to berth? And they
answered: A KWERULEM , meaning - "We have agreed."
What the white-man was hearing was "Ikwerre," so he
recorded it in the official gazette that the IKWERRE PEOPLE
have agreed for the colonial administration to build the
wharf. And since it was the official record of government,
the name Ikwerre became the name of the Iwhnurohna
people in all official documentations till date.
Similar cases of Anglicization of native names in the Niger
Delta region by the colonial administration are Benin for
Bini, Okrika for Wakrike, Degema for Udekema, Abonnema
for Obonoma, Brass for Gbara sni, Bonny for Ibani, Pepple
for Perekule, Ahoada for Ehuda, etc
Even so, “… there were dissenting voices, … who believed
that Ikwerre origins lay outside Igbo land, … in the Benin
Kingdom of old. It is, therefore, obvious that the
interminable debate about Ikwerre origins and migrations
including the repudiation of the Igbo tradition is not a
phenomenon of the post-civil war period. The controversy,
as it were, is not necessarily the product of the present
political realities wherein groups which hitherto were seen
to have cultural affinities now find themselves in different
states or administrative systems.” -- K.O. Amadi (1993)
The Ogbakor Ikwerre Convention, a cultural organization of
Ikwerre people, in a paper presented to the Human Rights
Violation Commission headed by Rtd. Justice Chukwudifu
Oputa on 10 October 2001, said: “Ikwerre ethnic
nationality is not and has never been a sub-group of any
other tribe in Nigeria including Ndi-Igbo. There is no
doubt that the advent of the British and later
regionalization put Ndi-Igbo at the helm of affairs in
Eastern Nigeria. This brought Ndi-Igbo into Ikwerre land.
In course of time, the Igbo took advantage of their
position in the then Eastern Regional Government to grab
land in Ikwerre and occupy political positions such as the
mayor of Port Harcourt. In the process, Ikwerre along with
other minority groups were marginalized and driven to the
background.”
Professor Godwin Tasie noted that in 1913 the Rt Rev
Herbert Tugwell, the Anglican Bishop on the Niger,
undertook an experimentation tour of Ikwerre towns and
villages assumed to be Ibo-speaking to test the Union Ibo
Bible Nso being introduced in Iboland. "Tugwell discovered
from the tests he carried out that although the Ikwerre
were often regarded as Ibo… the Union Ibo Bible
translation, surprisingly, was not easily understood by the
Ikwere." This is obviously why Igbo vernacular was
compulsorily introduced and taught in all schools in
Ikwerreland before the Nigerian Civil War to the
assimilation (i.e. destruction) of the Ikwere language.
This also obviously led to the Rumuomasi Declaration in
1965. " … in their meeting at Rumuomasi in 1965 the
Ikwerre had, under the umbrella of a highly promising new
body that was to get the Ikwerre together as a people of
new and clearer vision, they had declared themselves as a
people of the distinct identity of Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality
- not Ibo, not Ijo, not anything else but Ikwerre,
Iwhnurọhna. This was the historic Rumuomasi Declaration
of 1965 (G.O.M. Tasie, 2000). The full implication is that
Ikwere people began to assert themselves forcefully as an
ethnic nationality of their own and not Ibos or Ijos, and
efforts were made to revert to the original Ikwere names for
families, villages, communities and landmarks. For
instance, there was the change from Umuola to Rumuola ,
Umuoro to Rumuoro , Umukrushi to Rumuokwurusi , just to
name a few.


CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
IWHNURỌHNA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Saturday, 5 February 2011
References:
Olise, J.N.
(1971)
The Peoples of Benin , Oxford University
Press
Amadi, K.O.
(1993)
Amadi-
Nna,S.O.L.
(1993)
Otuwarikpo
, F.E. (1994)
Studies in Ikwerre History and Culture , in
Nduka, O. (ed) (1993) Craft Publishing
Ltd
Studies in Ikwerre History and Culture , in
Nduka, O. (ed) (1993) Craft Publishing
Ltd
The Phonology of Ekpeye: A Descriptive
Analysis , unpublished MA Thesis,
University of Jos
Solomon,
N.M.T.
(2004)
A Short History of Ekpeye People (an
excerpt from an upcoming book entitled
“THE EKPEYE BOOK – A Comprehensive
Guide in the History and Culture of Ekpeye
People of the Niger Delta Region in
Nigeria” published by Usama Ekpeye
USA Inc,
Tasie, G.O.M. (2000) Chairman's Opening Remarks
at the Maiden Ikwerre Annual Thanksgiving Day, mimeo

A factual presentation of the great ikwerre people.......

coolitempa:
U r from the SE......ikwerre is not ibo.....

Do you realize that they have Nkwerre in IMO state?

superstar1:
In the lagoon of course.

If FG just decide to ban importation, their own don be be that.

Ha....they will simply turn to their favourite pastime ......cannibalism.......... ...remember okonkwo...hero of the tribalist chinua achebes things fall apart....he killed his son who called him father.......animals.....tufiakwa.......

superstar1:
That is part of our culture that contributed to the world and that had turned to Tatoo of today.

Try harder flat.head.

Implying that tatoo was originated from yoruba

atbu1983:
I am from Edo State. Many of my friends in delta (isoko, itsekiri, urhobo) share the same view with me.

Why are you having headache? you guys are so deluded!!! you think everything good is yours!! you think you can re-write history with propaganda? we both agree that Nigeria should divide. let south south form his own nation/nations why you form yours. what is paining you? you Igbo are so arrogant? you are the one changing history. Before colonialisation, most of south south today were all part of Benin Empire. read your history books. You guys with ur greed you want to steal all of them as yours. if there was no oil in south south will you want to add them to Biafra at all cost? why are you not adding benue and igala who are also your neighbours too by all means? thieves!!! you think everybody is a fool. don't worry, let the time come when Nigeria will divide, you will be shocked how much south south nationalities want to be alone.
Biafra was created in 1967 and had terminal stroke in 1970. most of these south south nationalities are older than Biafra.

oh my gosh no one will be this stupid. For your info am an ikwere man ND can tel u that ikwere migrated from nkwere in imo state so keep your Toronto history to yourself. As for biafra, the igbos don't need we nija deltans to survive rather we need them. So you can go to hell with your cousins West ward and leave the igbos they re never ur problems

spanishkid:
now I know it's obvious you're a fool. After Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa ibom, Edo oil is next followed by Ondo.

Edo has no oil...
Rivers,
Delta,
Bayelsa,
Imo,
Abia,
Anambra,
Cross River,
Ondo,
Edo has no oil well..
Kogi state in Northern Nigeria has oil than Edo...

Vicotex:
Implying that tatoo was originated from yoruba

We did not.

But we are part of the early cultures in Africa that started it, unlike your lazy fore fathers that cannot even build an hamlet talk less of an empire.

They only delighted in fighting in your hut square for the hand of Adaobi in marriage and dancing round a pot of boiling human being.

People come here to say all kinds of rubbish insinuating how viable there region is but they keep opposing fiscal regionalism.
The SE has called for fiscal regionalism since the day of aburi accord. Was that move also to take Niger Delta oil?
The picture is clear to any sensible living thing, all region should manage there resources or balkanize the damn union.

My Dear Dearpreye I made it to the party late you and Barcanista are giving APChites sleepless nights Chai!!!!

atbu1983:
The Igbo claim to be one of us because some south south states were part of the old Eastern region.... some tribes speak Yoruba in edo and delta state. why is Yoruba not claiming edo and delta state the way Igbo is claiming rivers and delta states because some people speak ibo in those states?

atbu1983, your above statement is completely wrong and irrational. Igbo people constitute about 25% of the indigenous South-South population. All the South-South states contain indigenous Igbo population, but the bulk of the Igbo population is found in Delta State (Anioma) and Rivers state (upland Rivers including Bonny and Opobo). The important point here is "indigenous population", that is the Igbo population who are bonafide natives of the South-South states. Of course, there are very few Edo and Yoruba population in Anioma area of Igboland. We do not deny this fact. These very few Edo and Yoruba settlers (less than 1% of the Anioma Igbo population) came into Anioma Igbo area some centuries ago when there was an already established indigenous Anioma Igbo population. Moreover, the few Edo and Yoruba migrants have intermixed with the aboriginal Igbo natives of Anioma, and today they are all Igbo. Through boundary adjustment, all the Igbo areas of the South-South can be incorporated into the South-East. That is, an arrangement where the entire Igboland is grouped together in one region.

abagoro:
Stop creating problem for real Igbos. The oil belongs to all Nigerians with particular reference to offshore. The one on people's land should be based on royalty.

Which one is "real Igbos"? Do you mind explaining what you mean by that?

Udmaster:
mumu, Income made from Aba will feed your poor witchcraft state, Oil producing my foot! A backward state with a backward capital.

abia is not even as rich as edo. Are you trying to feel important or what? I'm not surprised. An average igbo man is a criminal.

Macelliot:
Edo has no oil...
Rivers,
Delta,
Bayelsa,
Imo,
Abia,
Anambra,
Cross River,
Ondo,
Edo has no oil well..
Kogi state in Northern Nigeria has oil than Edo...

I done talking to people of your kind. Ignorance is really your problem.

kernel501:
You are a genius...

Nnaa thanks. I was just trying to state the obvious, in an effort to let our people know that contrary to the vituperations of Ahmadu Bello, that actually OUR DESTINY IS FIRMLY IN OUR OWN HANDS, irrespective of what the fraudulent 1999 constitution is seemingly trying to make us believe.

I am a hardcore Igboman of Nri ancestry, the people that used to crown the obas of Bini in times gone by, the people that gave the Binis the four market days which they still use, the people who were written of, by Portuguese explorers when they went to Benin in the 1400 or thereabouts, referring to my ancestors as HIGHLY RESPECTED MEN FROM THE EAST WHO LECTURED THE OBA'S PALACE ON HE MYSTERIES OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES AND COUNTED THE DAYS FOR THEM.....E.T.C, the people that introduced the OBA title into the Nigerian lexicon, such that even Yoruba monarchs now bear that title.

Next time a Bini supremacist starts raising issues of this nature, ask him/her to interpret the meaning of UKU KPOLAKPO that is a part of the official title of every Oba of Benin.

standupguy:
Guy I have a few question, is South south a tribe?
Is ijaw the only tribe in South south. The last I checked they have Igbos, itsekiri, izon, ibibio, Efik, annang and urohobo. Biafra constituted of seven ethnic groups.
So when you say south south, as a country like it's comprized of one tribe I begin to wonder.

The south south nationalities can form a confederation with United Arab Emirate template, where seven different nationalities came together to form a confederation with each nationality having some form of autonomy.

HungerBAD:
The writer above me is the most mischievous writer on Nairaland so far.

The last 16 Years have seen those in the South hold sway over everything important In Nigeria, and yet your letter did not come up to 'ADVICE" them, but now that your Cousin has been rightly sent back to the Creek, he came from without Shoes, you have suddenly realized you are the Isaac Adaka Boro of 2015, and wants agitation for what is still not clear from your write up.

So what exactly is your write up about?you call us Slaves from the South, but don't offer any solution on how we can go about De-Slaving ourselves, you say the 1999 Constitution is a Fraud and has turned us to Slaves, but was clever not to add what can be added to it so as to stop us from being Slaves.

And you had to go low, by praising the Ibo's for their agitation for Biafra. In real life, you must be that guy that KISSES everybody's BU-TTOCKS in the office, so as to look good. Really? the ibo's are resilient?determined?really? and you ended the article with the way forward.

What is the way forward? you never mentioned any.

Now my advice to you.

You are small time, and so let us keep it that way. By the time you start writing inflammatory things, with a view to inciting people, simply means you want to go big time. There are consequences for inciting people against the Government.

You should learn where and how to draw the line, between constructive criticism and a call to Anarchy.

Why are you just realizing that the South people are Slaves since 1999?Okay the Clueless one lost, and its time to play the SLAVE CARD, with those from the South. Why? what do you mean to achieve with your write up?

Like a writer below me said.

Your write up is THRASH.

like its said...its never too late to fight for what is right..rather than keep quiet our kids kids should know that this country called nigeria is a fraud which should either be corrected by amending the constitution or by separation(secession) ..

atbu1983:
The south south nationalities can form a confederation with United Arab Emirate template, where seven different nationalities can together to confederation with each nationality having some form of autonomy.

What becomes the fate of the indigenous igbos of of south south location? Them go join your confederation or you will expell us from our lands?
So you are very sure the the remaining Six tribes are of an accord to form this confederation?

Flyoruboy:
Lol. Lagos is like New York of Africa, owned by Yorubas, situated in Yorubaland, governed/controlled by Yorubas, and land of opportunity for all Nigerians who are looking for prosperity. Yorubas are proud to be the hosts of your hungry kinsmen who see our land as a mini-London. People from all over Nigeria prefer our land just as they prefer London and NY to Aghanistan and SE Nigeria Your land is barren and cursed.

And Osun workers are better off than Imo state workers in spite of all the Imo oil money so shove your advice morafocka fla.tty

you forget it was still the same wayo played on the ijaws that brought about almost all oil companies being situated far away from where the raw material(crude oil) is located...without the collection of taxes from various companies located in that congested place how else can lagos add meaning to the accrual of monies into the federal coffers?...what else can lagos do to even be self sufficient...just like the bonny boys are bent on ensuring the ship yard project is moved from lagos to rivers state, soon all oil companies would find there way back to where they should be..

Lagos mini london my foot....

dearpreye:
Deeply within me, I'm more interested in fiscal federalism or regionalism more than even secession. We can still keep this nation united NOT with force or threat of the same, but by choice and deliberate agreement.

But will the parasites agree with it? They've used their lazy and wicked generals to create a self serving constitution. Will they be sensible and sincere?

Will they accept the injustice if the table were turned? Will the children of Uthman Dan Fodio agree to such dehumanising arrangement? I doubt it. They will deploy all their bows and arrows and guns to ensure they get what justly belongs to them. I know them to that extent.

the reason why the country is a trap is simply because they wont agree to true fiscal federalism...they are lazy and opportunists who want to gain so much from where they did not sow...if not which sane country wont practice true federalism to foster development of individual states...look at fools like aregbe cant pay salaries because he cant generate one naira from his state,but rather waiting for oil cash from the niger delta...