₦airaland Forum

shogz89:
you get less because you produce less and probably because you are financing a debt,, and not the other way round
1) please give link where the 60 per cent are ibos
2 and 3 are true even though your share in 2 is reducing judging from the movies that rake in awards for the past couple of years
4) is a general problem, we need prayers to stop corruption
5) i cant say about industrilization, but i studied in anambra and i know a lot of potentials lies in onitsha if properly utilised, i get my wares from there when i was there
6) i need fact onthat as well.. how will you say ibos are the least employed
7) no comment here
and there is a diffrence between "what does the SE as a region contribte and what does the ibo tribe contribute" which one are you talking about here
peace bro

I like the fact that you are mature with your choice of words.
You asked what East brings to the table, Human resources even natural resources example Oil in Ukwuta is daily taken.

omonnakoda:
open any Eboe brain and this is all you will find Ibo Ojukwu Akpu Biafra Ibo Ojukwu Akpu Biafra

How intelligent are you, ever taken an iq test?.. have you learnt anything self taught?...well I Can guess the answer... provide facts or just read and enjoy the tread....do not derail this tread pls

new2020:
I tell people that SE economy including Anioma is beyond fail. Even if every other thing fails, the billions of dollars remitted back by those in Diaspora is enough to keep the economy going. At least one person in every igbo family is in overseas. In most family all male children are in overseas. Likewise with Israeli economy is based largely on monies remitted by jews in other countries.

10 dollars from every igbo abroad can turn our place to dubai.that is why we wanna leave the zoo

shogz89:
you get less because you produce less and probably because you are financing a debt,, and not the other way round
1) please give link where the 60 per cent are ibos
2 and 3 are true even though your share in 2 is reducing judging from the movies that rake in awards for the past couple of years
4) is a general problem, we need prayers to stop corruption
5) i cant say about industrilization, but i studied in anambra and i know a lot of potentials lies in onitsha if properly utilised, i get my wares from there when i was there
6) i need fact onthat as well.. how will you say ibos are the least employed
7) no comment here
and there is a diffrence between "what does the SE as a region contribte and what does the ibo tribe contribute" which one are you talking about here
peace bro

I like the fact that you are mature with your choice of words.
You asked what East brings to the table, Human resources even natural resources example Oil in Ukwuta is daily taken.

shogz89:
you get less because you produce less and probably because you are financing a debt,, and not the other way round
1) please give link where the 60 per cent are ibos
2 and 3 are true even though your share in 2 is reducing judging from the movies that rake in awards for the past couple of years
4) is a general problem, we need prayers to stop corruption
5) i cant say about industrilization, but i studied in anambra and i know a lot of potentials lies in onitsha if properly utilised, i get my wares from there when i was there
6) i need fact onthat as well.. how will you say ibos are the least employed
7) no comment here
and there is a diffrence between "what does the SE as a region contribte and what does the ibo tribe contribute" which one are you talking about here
peace bro

I love your maturity, pls let it stay that way.. lets discuss this issue once and for all

hakeem4:
Has it remove erosion from the SE

We will give you another Wardrobe Allowance to feed your brothers.

The only thing slowing down Igbo nation is dumbass termed Nigeria. Imagine where Ndiigbo control their seaports and airports including other economic infrastructures, the sky shall be their limit. I am working very hard to see the disintegration of the zoo called Nigeria.

Duru1:
The only thing slowing down Igbo nation is dumbass termed Nigeria. Imagine where Ndiigbo control their seaports and airports including other economic infrastructures, the sky shall be their limit. I am working very hard to see the disintegration of the zoo called Nigeria.

Seaport ? Without sea? HOW

Dende you better call them to come and change your Pampers

omonnakoda:
Seaport ? Without sea? HOW

Dende you better call them to come and change your Pampers

Anybody called Dayo in Yari.ba land is a prodigal dumbass.

Francis5:
Re: Contribution of the SE (and Igbo) to Nigeria’s Economy

This argument keeps rearing its ugly head, pushed on by SW irredentists. But the first thing we need to remember is that the SE gets less from the national coffers, so it is expected to contribute less.

However, this is not the case in reality, as I equate the SE with Igbo, in some instances.
Here is how Igbos, even though they get less from the national purse, actually contribute most.

1. There are give and take 17 million Nigerians abroad; 60% of those are Igbos. We know that Nigerians abroad remit billions of dollars to Nigeria annually. Therefore, 60% of the billions of remittances are from Igbos who are mainly of SE origin. The Nigerian Feds have confirmed that the remittances contribute significantly to the economy.

2. Nollywood brings in billions of Naira to Nigeria. We all know that the Nollywood in question is Igbo-dominated.

3. Igbos constitute the bulk of foreign business people who import things into the Nigerian market. We know that importation goes along with payment of import duties, taxes and other levies.

4. The SE, by taking less out of the federal purse, contribute most in keeping some savings for Nigeria. Unfortunately the savings are swallowed by the crooks from all parts of Nigeria.

5. Three SE cities are among the 6-most industrialized cities/towns in Nigeria. Lagos, followed by Port Harcourt (Rivers) Agbara (Ogun), Aba (Abia), Onitsha (Anambra) and Nnewi (Anambra) are undoubtedly the most industrialized places in Nigeria. This means employment and tax payments to the national purse coming from these industries.

6. SEners/Igbos are the least employed by the federal government. This means they not only take less out of the system by way of salaries and benefits, but also by way of having less opportunity of stealing from the government. Stealing from the govt. is what the SW and North know how best to do.

7. Igbos, by migrating out of Nigeria in more numbers than other groups, contribute less in putting undue strain on the overstretched infrastructure of Nigeria. Most of the strain received by the infrastructure in Nigeria comes from the North. If all Nigerians were to stay back home, we all know how crazy it would get.

8. Most of the sports people in Nigeria are Igbos. That is a contribution that is probably not so easy to quantify monetarily.

9. Moreover, 70% of the investments in Abuja are Igbo-owned and about 30-40% of those in Lagos are also Igbos owned. These investors pay taxes to the governments.

Could you please back up these aba made stats with facts and figures?


Tank u

Francis5:
Moreover, 70% of the investments in Abuja are Igbo-owned and about 30-40% of those in Lagos are also Igbos owned. These investors pay taxes to the governments

This is not true. Igbo owns 99 percent of the investments in lagos and 87 percent in Abuja

Here we go!!!

60% of Nigerian abroad are igbos .
Really ?
Maybe in South Africa and China abroad.
Definitely not in the UK ,Canada ,Australia,the Americas
Just like when these guys conjured a story of how most black American were igbos taken during the slave trade when in actual fact , their numbers do not even register at all . Insignificant.
In fact , majority are Yorubas .
From below the link below

The ancestors of current-day Yoruba people from West Africa - which is one of the largest African ethnic groups - provided the largest contribution of genes from Africa to all current-day American populations


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3009647/America-s-melting-pot-revealed-Scientists-map-genetic-fingerprint-colonisation-make-surprising-discoveries.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/05/genetic-variation-among-african-americans/#.Vck0x4p4WJI

oduastates:
60% of Nigerian abroad are igbos .
Really ?
Maybe in South Africa and China abroad.
Definitely not in the UK ,Canada ,Australia,the Americas
Just like when these guys conjured a story of how most black American were igbos taken during the slave trade when in actual fact , their numbers do not even register at all . Insignificant.
In fact , majority are Yorubas .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3009647/America-s-melting-pot-revealed-Scientists-map-genetic-fingerprint-colonisation-make-surprising-discoveries.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/05/genetic-variation-among-african-americans/#.Vck0x4p4WJI

Pls, if you were referring to uk, yh we all agree, but usa mbanu , it is well known that African americans are mostly of igbo stock... thats why they look igbo... example... martin luther King- aguyi ironsi.

African-americans Are Majorively Of Igbo Descent
http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/TNTGIHD5TE7O93KOU

Are the Igbo's of Nigeria MGM mixed like African-Americans & Carribeans
http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/T7MF9N4TULPIM2RIN

igbo's & black americans are the best looking
http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/TIQVU3DABQB0J8NQT

Igbos are widely discussed by African americans... another lie busted

Hahaha!!!! Lmao!!!! Jesus christ!!!! This useless Op is the most worthless Nigerian/Igbo/Biafran on earth. He said that 60% of Nigerian abroad are Igbos and went further to mention US and Europe where i have spent 20yrs of my life.

I used to live in US before we relocated back to UK few years ago and I have equally visited Republic of Ireland on several occasions. I can bet my whole life on the fact that Igbos are not up to 20% of total numbers of Yorubas in these following countries: UK, CANADA AND IRELAND. In US, story seems a little bit different cos there are more Igbos in US than what they have got in aforementioned countries. Having said this, Igbos are not up to 40% of Yorubas in US.

Go to Dublin, London and Atl etc and see how Yorubas language is being learnt by Asians and the Europeans. Even on the streets of these aforementioned countries...

Story. yoruba and lies, Chai!

GentleToks:
Hahaha!!!! Lmao!!!! Jesus christ!!!! This useless Op is the most worthless Nigerian/Igbo/Biafran on earth. He said that 60% of Nigerian abroad are Igbos and went further to mention US and Europe where i have spent 20yrs of my life.

I used to live in US before we relocated back to UK few years ago and I have equally visited Republic of Ireland on several occasions. I can bet my whole life on the fact that Igbos are not up to 20% of total numbers of Yorubas in these following countries: UK, CANADA AND IRELAND. In US, story seems a little bit different cos there are more Igbos in US than what they have got in aforementioned countries. Having said this, Igbos are not up to 40% of Yorubas in US.

Go to Dublin, London and Atl etc and see how Yorubas language is being learnt by Asians and the Europeans. Even on the streets of these aforementioned countries...

It's wrong to say that we get less 'cause we produce less. Do you at all know that 50% of the Oil that sustains your "one nigeria," comes from Igbo land? So, it is pure thievery that we get less from the federal coffers which is the reason why we want out so that the real parasites (the yorubas and the hausas) will be clearly seen for what they are. Also as for Nollywood being Igbo dominated, that is not about to change anytime soon 'cause it's our invention. hausas have their kannywood so yorubas had better channel their energy toward developing oduawood.

shogz89:
you get less because you produce less and probably because you are financing a debt,, and not the other way round
1) please give link where the 60 per cent are ibos
2 and 3 are true even though your share in 2 is reducing judging from the movies that rake in awards for the past couple of years
4) is a general problem, we need prayers to stop corruption
5) i cant say about industrilization, but i studied in anambra and i know a lot of potentials lies in onitsha if properly utilised, i get my wares from there when i was there
6) i need fact onthat as well.. how will you say ibos are the least employed
7) no comment here
and there is a diffrence between "what does the SE as a region contribte and what does the ibo tribe contribute" which one are you talking about here
peace bro

nwanlecha:
Story. yoruba and lies, Chai!

Please and please, answer my question, do you live in any of these countries i mentioned? It's only a wicked human being and a liar that would say that Igbos are up to half of Yorubas in those 4 countries: US, CANADA, UK, IRELAND.

If you claim that my info is nothing but lies, I challenge you to meet me at Elephant and Castle after work tomorrow around 5:30pm so as to take the population of Nigerians on the streets; Nigerians coming from work.

96% businesses in those aforementioned countries are owned and run by Yorubas. I actually expected Igbos to dominate this sector but totally failed. The following are the biggest Nigeria grocery stores in UK

Topmost yoruba
Ades- Yorubas
Bims- Yoruba.
etc

No single Igbo man in business sector apart from one single Igbo guy after Tasty restaurant in Woolwich

Francis5 "chopping" life in America

This is how Igbos roll in America

GentleToks:
Hahaha!!!! Lmao!!!! Jesus christ!!!! This useless Op is the most worthless Nigerian/Igbo/Biafran on earth. He said that 60% of Nigerian abroad are Igbos and went further to mention US and Europe where i have spent 20yrs of my life.

I used to live in US before we relocated back to UK few years ago and I have equally visited Republic of Ireland on several occasions. I can bet my whole life on the fact that Igbos are not up to 20% of total numbers of Yorubas in these following countries: UK, CANADA AND IRELAND. In US, story seems a little bit different cos there are more Igbos in US than what they have got in aforementioned countries. Having said this, Igbos are not up to 40% of Yorubas in US.

Go to Dublin, London and Atl etc and see how Yorubas language is being learnt by Asians and the Europeans. Even on the streets of these aforementioned countries...

Ibos r liars......

publisherz:
This is not true. Igbo owns 99 percent of the investments in lagos and 87 percent in Abuja

Ask El Rufai and Tinubu. They know better

If the Biafra war was to be fought today, the Igbos in the US alone will finance the war.

Nigerians In Diaspora Remit $1.7 billion Home Yearly
From Simeon Nwakaudu, Makurdi

NIGERIANS in the Diaspora remit over $1.7 billion yearly to family members and friends at home, an avenue of finance that can be exploited by the Federal Government for national development.

This disclosure was made by Prof. Toyin Falola of the University of Texas, Austin, United States (U.S.), during a public lecture he delivered at the Benue State University, Makurdi on Thursday.

Speaking on the topic "Citizens at Home, Citizens Abroad and the Globalisation of Knowledge," Falola declared that Nigerians in the Diaspora make huge remittances that could be translated to the good of the nation annually.

Falola, who was invested with the Julius Nyerere Professorial Chair of Modern African History by the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Paul Akase Sorkaa, on the same day, disclosed that during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, he suggested the introduction of a Diaspora Tax for Nigerians abroad, especially in the West, as their contribution to national development.

However, he stated that such a tax might be impracticable because of the challenges of corruption and the application of resources that may accrue there from.

He said: "If the Nigerian Civil War had taken place 20 years after the time it took place, it would have lasted more than three years because the Igbo in United States alone can finance the entire civil war."

Falola noted that several countries of the world have taken advantage of their large Diaspora communities to finance development back home, saying that Nigeria should do the same.

He stated that the State of Israel came into being and was nurtured into the technological giant it is today through the financial contributions of its Diaspora community in the U.S.

Falola also cited the Philippines as a country where highly qualified nurses are trained and sent out to work in other countries and pay Diaspora taxes to their home country for its growth.

He regretted that in Africa, the situation is such that highly qualified professionals were trained only for them to migrate to other developed nations, due to harsh economic realities, where they contribute to strengthen the economies of their host countries.

The don stated that Africa lost 13 million of its citizens to the developed world through slavery, while the harsh economic realities of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) drove another 15 million to Western countries in the 1980s.

Falola said: "I am proposing the practical and academic integration of Africa with its Diaspora citizens in many ways that ideas, goods and people can freely circulate for the upliftment of all so that we can move to the centre of world history."

In his remarks, Prof. Sorkaa said the university was moving towards collaborating with the Nigerian intelligentsia in the Diaspora to develop a stronger academic environment that would help the nation.
https://www.nairaland.com/369012/nigeria-beware-igbos-wealth-u.s

This guy is America and is still talking crap. With all the resources at hand , 24 / 7 electricity and Internet, universities , libraries ,books
SMH

Among Nigerians in the USA, Igbos are the predominant group

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPJnBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA647&lpg=PA647&dq=dollar+remittance+to+nigeria+and+Igbos&source=bl&ots=sniLNTDzlS&sig=3WtFrO7-gFelFj1Iv0-jJ1C6sa8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFcQ6AEwB2oVChMIstvF2rGfxwIVjFYeCh2qHgdD#v=onepage&q=dollar%20remittance%20to%20nigeria%20and%20Igbos&f=false

So you expect me to engage you in debating your concocted lies? No darling i a'int that bored.

GentleToks:
Please and please, answer my question, do you live in any of these countries i mentioned? It's only a wicked human being and a liar that would say that Igbos are up to half of Yorubas in those 4 countries: US, CANADA, UK, IRELAND.

If you claim that my info is nothing but lies, I challenge you to meet me at Elephant and Castle after work tomorrow around 5:30pm so as to take the population of Nigerians on the streets; Nigerians coming from work.

96% businesses in those aforementioned countries are owned and run by Yorubas. I actually expected Igbos to dominate this sector but totally failed. The following are the biggest Nigeria grocery stores in UK

Topmost yoruba
Ades- Yorubas
Bims- Yoruba.
etc

No single Igbo man in business sector apart from one single Igbo guy after Tasty restaurant in Woolwich

In some Igbo households in southeastern Nigeria,
foreign remittances constitute a significant source of
income. With a population estimated at 30 million,
it is projected that one-fifth of the Igbos of
southeastern Nigeria live outside the country.

http://businessperspectives.org/journals_free/ppm/2015/PPM_2015_01%20cont_Edoun.pdf

The Igbo Diaspora is a community of Igbo people
outside the country. In the majority, they generously
support their families and relatives in Nigeria with
recurrent transfers. The available evidence indicates
that the Igbos of Southeast Nigeria (and indeed most
Nigerians) overseas have strong links with each other
and with their communities of origin (Nwajiuba,
2005; Osili, 2007). The survey found that the
majority of Igbos in Diaspora maintained contact
with their relatives and had returned to Nigeria to
visit families and friends within the last one year of
the survey. It has also been observed that most Igbo
migrants send foreign remittances on a fairly regular
basis. The findings from the household consumer
survey in Southeast Nigeria show that that 75% of the
respondents receive foreign remittances.

http://businessperspectives.org/journals_free/ppm/2015/PPM_2015_01%20cont_Edoun.pdf

A study of Southeastern Nigeria
conducted by Nwajiuba (2005) reported that although
most respondents declined to reveal specific amounts,
all agreed that foreign remittances were an important
means of meeting family needs. He estimated that
about 20 to 65 percent of family needs were met
through foreign remittances. This is definitely a
significant contribution to Nigeria’s economy

.

http://businessperspectives.org/journals_free/ppm/2015/PPM_2015_01%20cont_Edoun.pdf

Even in the UK, I doubt there are more Yorubas than Igbos

Nigerian Diaspora Community
Approximately 90,000 Nigerians live in the UK. Over several decades of migration, they have
established a significant migrant community and regularly send remittances home.13 The
majority of those recorded live in Greater London and, of these, half live in inner London
(Shah 2005). Research indicates that this figure may be higher and does not include the
undocumented and UK citizens of Nigerian descent. Nigerian remittance senders include
those who are UK citizens, those who have a “right of abode” or permanent residence, those
who are in the UK on a temporary status such as a student or work visa, those who have illegal
status because their visas are expired, and those who are undocumented (Box 1).
Ethnic, religious, and regional differences existing in the Nigerian community in the
UK make this a very diverse group. Of the over 250 distinct ethnic groups who make up
Nigeria, two of the major groups—the Ibos from the Southeast and the Yoruba from the
Southwest—constitute a significant number of the migrant population (EIU 2005). Other
ethnic communities include the Edo and the Ogoni.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTAML/Resources/396511-1146581427871/UK-Nigeria_Remittance_Corridor.pdf

omonnakoda:
Seaport ? Without sea? HOW

Dende you better call them to come and change your Pampers

spiritual seaport ni

Recipients of remittances in Nigeria are located predominantly in the southeast and
southwest regions. There seems to be a link between regions and ethnic groups with
senders in sending countries. For example, the Ibo from the southeast and the Yoruba from
the southwest constitute the ethnic groups that migrated heavily to the UK.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTAML/Resources/396511-1146581427871/UK-Nigeria_Remittance_Corridor.pdf

This is about remmitances from the UK alone and Igbos are already winning; then add US, CHina, SA and the Euro zone. Hahahahah