ikechu1278:


There are three movie industry in Nigeria. Yollywood made by yoruba. Kannywood made by north and Nollywood made by Igbo's.

Yes una are attache by force. Unlike the north thstcare actually proud of their kannywood and not desperate to force themselves on Nollywood, yoloba on the other hand, as usual, due yo you ppl inability to develop your yolywood to something worth anything, you loser inferior tribe decided to attach by force to Nollywood. Pathetic disgraceful ppl

ikechu1278:


Because dimwit igbo producers and directors stopped making Igbo movies in igbo language and focused predominately in English movies due to their movie increasing popularity and they wanted to make it more global as oppose to remain in the level yorubad were hence majority of Nollywood is Igbo directed and produced. Igbo movies made in igbo language rebegan about few years ago. In fact, it Regan when yaradua was president aka highest 7 years ago.

Aareonakakanfo:

tonychristopher:

This piece was prompted by what I saw as benign ignorance amongst some of our Ibo folks and because such ignorance is music to the ears of some other people and Yoruba in particular. In more than one occasion my friends and other Ibo have advanced the argument that if Ibo was that smart, how come Yorubas dominated the commerce industry in Nigeria? What they meant were the domination of Yoruba in the banking, insurance industries, Coco Cola and some other surviving industries. In one particular occasion a friend revealed to me that he recently discovered that the reason why some Yoruba are so wealthy is because they were smart enough to invest their money in corporate stocks and bonds (not realizing that Yoruba actually stolen those corporations) while Ibo is busy engaging in buying and selling. The Yoruba will like people to continue to believe that story, that it was because they were smart that they were able to do all these great investments in the commerce industry. One relevant question that I always managed to ask my interlocutors is whether they were aware of the indigenization decree of 1972, master minded by Awolowo and the Yoruba and the ramifications of that policy, as will be expected, the answer ranged from, I have heard of it but does not understand what it actually meant to I have not heard of the policy. Listening to this ignorance induced perspective from my friends made my heart to skip a beat, realizing that the task of bridging this information gap is not going to be a child’s play. What is disconcerting is that some in their benign induced ignorance believe that the effect of indigenization is inconsequential at this time because it happened about forty years ago. This piece is therefore for those that are educable and for those that have the capacity to appreciate the magnitude and most importantly for those that can relate that gigantic economic event that reshaped the economic foundation on which Nigerian economy settled on after the British/Biafran war and as well as relate our present economic malaise to that economic foundation engendered by indigenization.

Isuata:


wow @tonychristopher

i liked this piece alot, ofcos you will nitice from my moniker that iam Yoruba but i love the piece and would like to contribute my thoughts to it. i especially like it becos i have always wondered why on NL theres alot of anomosity between the Yorubas and Igbos. I have always believed the two tribes were economically compatible until i resumed NL to see that its not so.

SUMMARY OF YOUR POST

in one swoop, i would like to think what you explained in detail here is that AWO [the yoruba] did an ITALIAN JOB/OCEAN 14 type of heist that raped Nigeria economically and ofcos the Igbo just out of a war (civil war) felt it more, this was hatched and executed by AWO who was a Pro- Western regionalist at the time to economically empower the western region people, he raped the British inclusive who wrecked colonialism on us and as most Biafran proponents would say-created this zoo contraption we call Nigeria. This is the source of Yoruba economic dominance in summary

My contribution

First of, i think your assertions (since you started by saying "story goes" are wrong about the Igbo's domination of wealth in Nigeria at the time before the war- i dont have my Time subscription i could have sent you a link to the Time report of Wealthiest Africans at the time (i wont gloat here but facts show that there were sw's in the list) Here's a publication that details the story: http://businessdayonline.com/2014/03/wealthy-nigerians/#.VcyCkbKqqko [img][/img]
theres also a chart they drew up to represent the wealthy ones in 1965 and 2014 (a comparison of sort). You would see the list in comparison has not really changed except for the North and SS entrants into the list- What do you make of this?

Please note that iam by no means trying to incite any form of tribal supremacy- just representing facts (i would be happy if you have better references as i am more than ever before interested in the Nigerian dynamics)

Here's the thing, i think you need to try and understand the situation and tempraments at that time you refer to in your post, if roles were switched what do you think Ojukwu or whoever the SE leader was- would have done? These regionalists who were all fighting for their regions and people. what you tern as a heist is the same thing that has happened in the western worlds and the resultant effects of wars (civil wars and world wars alike).

The INDIGENIZATION Policy you see as an evil, some economists see as the launching of the Nigerian economy - if you would be truthful and factual, if not for our greedy elites and leaders (who cuts accross all the major tribes and regions in Nigeria) its a policy all great economies adopt- ofcos it came at a time the SE bore the brunt more- its war and sentiments are not the preserve of leaders during and after war check out this book in ur free time (THE NIGERIAN INDIGENIZATION POLICY: NATIONALISM OR PRAGMATISM?
Afr Aff (Lond) (1983) 82 (327): 241-266). the question i keep asking is how come the claim that SW's 'heisted' all these foreign companies through the nationalization policy- what happened to the Northerners, Mid-westerners (assuming that SE ddnt have anything to bargain with)?
Besides you also know this was a country out of a civil war and regionalism was still entrenched (hell even till now regionalism the bane of the restructuirng the SNC is supposed to address) SW's took advantage of the policy and bought what they could buy- same happened in the soviet union, the USA also do it in-directly; besides what did you think would happen, companies shares being sold in the SW would at that time give preference to SW's (even now, in Lagos unknown t most pple who make noise on Nl, the Lagos govt unofficially sell lands based on tribe even amongst Yorubas- i rem some situation some years back where i cldnt get some choice areas becos i was from IKD and not central Lagos- thats between us Yorubas oh in this century, so imagine what would have happened at that time and i dare say- it was the same accross the country not just Lagos and SW)
Besides, on the surface Awolowo was not reported as the architect of the policy http://www.nai.uu.se/ecas-4/panels/61-80/panel-68/Chibuike-U-Uche-Full-paper.pdf
These guys were credited with being the architects - Allison Ayida (Finance), Phillip Asiodu (Mines and Power) and Ime Ebong (Economic
Development)
I dont think you can blame AWo (if your conspiracy theory is true) of self preservation of wealth for he's people its the hallmark of good leaders (leadership is not a holy position) 'to be a good leader you must be like the fox and the lion'-Niccolo Machiavelli. Somehow i think this history should guide the way this generation thread business lines in Nigeria but you will agree with me that it hasnt really. You know, i wouldnt call it a deliberate thing by some conspiracy but an insensitive oversight by Nigeria who did not consider the SE economical pockets during the nationalization.

Dont have so much time......but i like this side of the history and i even like your call of conspiracy cos i cant control perception of things, hence the freedom of thought and speech we all have.

But i salute the Igbo spirit to rise and become a force in the present day Nigeria, irrespective of our political and economic positions- i give kudo to the people[b] which is why i try as much as possible to learn their language.

i wish above all else that there is a new type of Nigerian youth who takes and use the mistakes of our history to correct, pacify and develop the country to a better clime

[b]our leaders (who are from SE SW SS NW NC NE) are the ones taking us for a ride, they are the evils we should collectively and systematically channel our rage towards

princdebola201:

Why re the igbos avoiding this thread like shit..
Is the question too hard to answer
I thought they said nigeria can't do without them
With all the chest beating ,ultimatums, and wailings on nairaland none of them could present a basic answer to the topic of the thread..

WhAT ARE THe CONTRIBUTIONS OF 5 STATES IN SOUTH EAST IN REGION TO FEDERATION ACCOUNT

AND AT WHAT PERCENTAGE..?

Still waiting for answer after 25 pages gone no Igbo can come out boldly to anwser the question with basic facts and Figures


SHAME TO ALL IGBOS ON NAIRALAND ..!!!!!

princdebola201:
It doesn't change the topic of the Thread

WhAT RE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 5 SOUTH EAST
STATES IN S.E REGION
INTO FEDERATION ACCOUNT AND AT WHAT
PERCENTAGE

Ritchiee:
I was very benevolent to even say that the Igbos do not have 1/10 but after seeing all the purported achievements of the Igbos,I was like rolling on the floor with laughter...I now know that they don't have 1/40 of the achievements of the Yorubas.
The only few achievements that I could point out:
Pius Okigbo-no pass,he was not the first PhD holder in Econs
Emeagwali-no pass,he is not a doctor talk less of being a Prof...he is widely known as Emeagwali the Fraud...no thesis,he could not even pass his exams.I love him before but when I got to know that he was a fraud...I detest fraud.
Now if you have about one million sergeants in your family and I have only one GENERAL,all your Sergeant s would surely chorus YES SIR for my one and only GENERAL... that is to say I have not seen anybody in the league of Teslim Elias-ICJ president ex, Prof Bola Ajibola-Head of UNO ex, etc.
Therefore in the world stage,you don't even have up to 1/1000000.In the biz sector,this had been variously trashed out and a neutral body like the Forbes list of billionaires says Yorubas are tops as usual with 6 and Igbos with a distant 4...lol.
Now, one sore point is this about Chinua Achebe, he lost to a Yoruba man as usual.Now don't come and tell me he sold more novels,got his book translated into Hebrew or whatever,even if his book is sold in Jupiter,he lost the most glorious Nobel Laureate honour which is the apex of achievement for any writer.I hope and pray Chimamanda wins it one day...
I could not see any other achievements except politicians that we have very successful ones more than the Igbos.So it is still obvious that the Igbo do not have up to 1/40 of these achievements...look properly,those people are technocrats who achieved those feats through hard work..ciao

Ritchiee:
I was very benevolent to even say that the Igbos do not have 1/10 but after seeing all the purported achievements of the Igbos,I was like rolling on the floor with laughter...I now know that they don't have 1/40 of the achievements of the Yorubas.
The only few achievements that I could point out:
Pius Okigbo-no pass,he was not the first PhD holder in Econs
Emeagwali-no pass,he is not a doctor talk less of being a Prof...he is widely known as Emeagwali the Fraud...no thesis,he could not even pass his exams.I love him before but when I got to know that he was a fraud...I detest fraud.
Now if you have about one million sergeants in your family and I have only one GENERAL,all your Sergeant s would surely chorus YES SIR for my one and only GENERAL... that is to say I have not seen anybody in the league of Teslim Elias-ICJ president ex, Prof Bola Ajibola-Head of UNO ex, etc.
Therefore in the world stage,you don't even have up to 1/1000000.In the biz sector,this had been variously trashed out and a neutral body like the Forbes list of billionaires says Yorubas are tops as usual with 6 and Igbos with a distant 4...lol.
Now, one sore point is this about Chinua Achebe, he lost to a Yoruba man as usual.Now don't come and tell me he sold more novels,got his book translated into Hebrew or whatever,even if his book is sold in Jupiter,he lost the most glorious Nobel Laureate honour which is the apex of achievement for any writer.I hope and pray Chimamanda wins it one day...
I could not see any other achievements except politicians that we have very successful ones more than the Igbos.So it is still obvious that the Igbo do not have up to 1/40 of these achievements...look properly,those people are technocrats who achieved those feats through hard work..ciao

azzima:
Why are you guys just CURSED WITH INCOHERENT RAMBLINGS? ?Products of semi-illiteracy. "Container!Container! " mentality

princdebola201:
Why can't these YEEB-HOES get sense for once
24 pages. Gone. none of them can provide basic facts and figures of the contributions of 5 states of south East region and percentages to federation account

Chai..!!! This flat head people from erosion ravaged Land of biafruad no dey shame at all
With all their chest beating and Noise making on nairaland None Can't even come out to defend their erosion Land with basic facts and figures
It is safe to agree on a consensus that the 5 south east states in south east region are the parasites

SonOfEl:


this is the 27th page and you Yoruba lots have succeeded on fooling yourselves, you are comparing a 'war torn' zone to an 'Eldorado'.

it's only low IQ morons like you still fail to grasp the message being passed to you by IGBOS in this thread, which is-

1. our ability to rise from the ashes of war and marginalization, and compete favourably with you bounty looters shows our ingenuity in commerce and trade, education and wealth.

2. our zone, despite being 5 marginalized states over the years, can give your Yoruba 6 eldorado states a cold sweat in national development.

3. Lagos is a Nigerian colony, its not yorubas alone that contribute to Lagos in national development. economically, igbos have a BIG chunk of stakeholding there, from small to middle to Large scale Enterprise. in fact, politically, we IGBOS are gradually calling the shots there. so Lagos in southwest contribution to national economy is partly THANKS TO IGBOS AND OTHER TRIBES.

azzima:
ELITEFrom your 7 by 9 container. ....keep beating your chest.

SonOfEl:


this is the 27th page and you Yoruba lots have succeeded on fooling yourselves, you are comparing a 'war torn' zone to an 'Eldorado'.

it's only low IQ morons like you still fail to grasp the message being passed to you by IGBOS in this thread, which is-

1. our ability to rise from the ashes of war and marginalization, and compete favourably with you bounty looters shows our ingenuity in commerce and trade, education and wealth.

2. our zone, despite being 5 marginalized states over the years, can give your Yoruba 6 eldorado states a cold sweat in national development.

3. Lagos is a Nigerian colony, its not yorubas alone that contribute to Lagos in national development. economically, igbos have a BIG chunk of stakeholding there, from small to middle to Large scale Enterprise. in fact, politically, we IGBOS are gradually calling the shots there. so Lagos in southwest contribution to national economy is partly THANKS TO IGBOS AND OTHER TRIBES.

SonOfEl:



I think you have gone crazy. what exactly do you want to prove? why e-screaming like a madman?

IGBOS have nothing to prove to you okay? £20 pounds have taken IGBOS this far, AREN'T YOU ASHAMED OF YOURSELF?

WHAT HAVE SOUTHWEST CONTRIBUTED TO NIGERIA? AND IF YOU MENTION LAGOS (FORMER CAPITAL),:THEN YOU ARE INDEED A FOOL.....BECAUSE IGBOS STAND PRETTY TALL IN LAGOS.

princdebola201:

Illiterate who ask you this stupid analysis of yours
It is as good as a trash

THE QUESTION RE WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 5 STATES IN SOUTH EAST REGION AND WHAT PERCENTAGE TO FEDERATION ACCOUNT ..?

If u can't counter it with basic facts and figures pls don't qoute me again..?

princdebola201:


Igbos stand tall in Lagos

With 419 fraud business

Fake drugs business

Fake cd's and piracy business

Galla and lacasera selling business

Okirika and bend down select business

Drug peddling business

Arm robbery business

Kidnapping business

Expired goods business


Counterfeit goods business


With all these I can agree with you that your flat head brothers stand tall on lagos because of their crime business

Back to the topic of the thread


lliterate the question of the thread is what re the contributions of 5 states in south east region and at what percentage

If you have the basic facts and figures to counter the thread you can qoute me, if not
GET OUT..!!! And stop qouting me

totit:
Those kids are still here trying to recover from the wound we inflicted on them??

Na wo

SonOfEl:


now I know your IQ is a catastrophe. you are looking for our percentage contribution in federation account, wait very well for it....mumu

you have won a world prize for stupidity for asking for the contribution of southeast to the national coffers, because if all that has being posted on this thread to answer this ridiculous question (subtly of Yoruba-versus-Igbo agenda), and you are still blinking, then you are indeed the slowpoke of the decade.

SonOfEl:



a word is enough for the wise.

SonOfEl:


Toto or whatever you call your inferior self, your false sense of superiority is really get the best of you. who did you wound? I pity you....

princdebola201:
GET OUT..!! If u can't counter the thread with basic facts and figures

totit:


On the contrary.
But I know you'll be fine.

I know ibo and issues with emotion.

You really need to get over these. Work on you emotions. trust me.

SonOfEl:


I know you are feeling uneasy.....your secret agenda on this has being exposed, and your low IQ has been proven.

princdebola201:
GET OUT..!! If u can't counter the thread with basic facts and figures

willow0802:



Phyno and flavour stays at chevron also.

totit:


How please?

You are obviously not intelligent.

You are nothing but a spammer.

eww