₦airaland Forum

totit:
Yes that's what await you soon if you don't repent Sonofhell
Eyah

SonOfEl:
oh.....oluwole mode activated again? ***laughs**

chuna1985:
I see 7 Igbo chairmen n 7 Yoruba chairmen ............ So wat r u trying to say

totit:
Ok. You chose to thread this path. I know you are quite a kid/naive, and on NL. It's ok. Don't say I didn't warned you sha.

SonOfEl:
so much for awo free education ***still laughing*"** .....the oluwole syndrome.

scholes0:
Edited.

splashbaby:
You quoted me and still manage to spew this nonsense Smh!

splashbaby:
14. UBA
Tony Elumelu
Region : SS Delta Oselukwu
Edited: Region : Igbo/Edo (Anioma) I hope this won't cause problem.



16. Zenith Bank
Jim Ovia
Region : SS Agbor
Edited : I[b]ka (Igbo/Edo) [/b]

sunnyb0b0:
Don't mind that idiot with a face like he was attacked by a tiger.

after1:
Yeebhoes and there foolishness. What a worthless and useless tribe.

after1:
Yeebhoes and there foolishness. What a worthless and useless tribe.

badnature:
igbo people started life from zero in 1971 with just £20 there land was devastated,schools were destroyed,hospitals are out of action,market were wiped out hungry and destitution every where 40years down the line the have the best middle class bar none,the most educated,most enterprising,ambitious and achievers.if the can survive the policy of strangulation imposed on them(federal character ,indiginisation policy,catchment areas,quota system)etc etc and still out compete those people that Nigeria was handed over to them on a plater of gold,out smart em,out tinkem out perform em,why won't the whole country jealous them? today for us to be part of the system our standard is too high,just for being igbo by vature of birth you have to score higher than any other person just to be a participant but that will not keep us down it only bring the best out of us.you make everything easy for other Nigerians the gang up like hyenas against igbo people but the still maintain strong resolve let me end with this word of wisdom"the beginner is not the owner but the finisher and we have come to finish it

SonOfEl:
to construct a simple sentence is difficult for you....see your life?

you inferior ngbatis no dey tire? abi you see Igbo masquerade for dream?

thewarrior72:
Barbarian, I thought it was ur head that was used to bury that una useless OBA?

after1:
Read the trash you wrote again. Your smelly mom waste all her ashewo business savings on you. Pathetic.

ibedun:
There is absolutely nothing special about this. The Japanese did it, the Vietnamese did it, the southern states of America did it, the Germans did it. Most people or nations who are defeated at war pull together and find the extra strength when confronted with survival. The Igbos had to survive and the Yorubas opened the enabling environment to do so. The Yorubas can destroy the Igbos in less than 1 day if necessary. All your livelihood and assets are trapped in Yorubaland.

SonOfEl:
you and empty accusations are like Siamese twins. take correction and go back to elementary school.

as for insulting my elderly mom, do you feel better now? it only goes to show how inferior you are.

after1:
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Your wh.orish mother refused to train you well, tell her to go end her miserable life cos she is a failure. Your username should be son of a wh.ore.

SonOfEl:
so much for a well trained boy....like I stated earlier, it goes to show your thinking and IQ is inferior.

ibedun:
There is absolutely nothing special about this. The Japanese did it, the Vietnamese did it, the southern states of America did it, the Germans did it. Most people or nations who are defeated at war pull together and find the extra strength when confronted with survival. The Igbos had to survive and the Yorubas opened the enabling environment to do so. The Yorubas can destroy the Igbos in less than 1 day if necessary. All your livelihood and assets are trapped in Yorubaland.

splashbaby:
Below are the list of Banks Chairmen and the region they hail from. This should put an end to the fact that the South East are not the most prosperous region in Nigeria.

Honestly there are many Igbos with outstanding talent backed with excellent achievement that the Nigerian state will forever be proud of...however other tribes are equally blessed with exceptional individuals, especially the Yorubas.

Igbos supporting Biafra have been promoting ethnic superiority, distorting history and falsifying the present. They have told us all manners of lies that we need to start debunking many of them with facts, because
Future historians may depend on the Internet for facts.

1. Access Bank Chairman
Aigboje AIG-Imokhuede
Region : SS Edo

2. Diamond Bank
Hebert wigwe
Region: SE Igbo

3.Ecobank Nigeria
Sonny Folorunsho Kuku
Region : SW Yoruba

4. Fidelity Bank
Christopher Ezeh
Region : SE Igbo

5. First Bank
Prince Ajibola Afonja
Region: NC Yoruba
Edited : Yoruba/Hausa (I hope that boy is happy now)

6. First city monument
Ladi Balogun
Region : SW Yoruba

7. Guaranty Trust Bank
Segun Agbaje
Region : SW Yoruba

8. Heritage Bank
Akinsola Akinfemiwa
Region : SW Yoruba

9. Keystone bank
Jacobs Moyo Ajekigbe
Region : SW Yoruba

10. Skye Bank
John Olatunde Ayeni
Region : SW Yoruba

11. Stanbic IBTC
Atedo Peterside
Region : SS Ikwere

12. Sterling Bank
Asue Ighodalo
Region : SS Delta

13. Union Bank
Udo Udoma
Region : SS Ibibio

14. UBA
Tony Elumelu
Region : SS Delta Oselukwu
Edited: Region : Igbo/Edo (Anioma) I hope this won't cause problem.

15. Wema Bank
Adeyinka Asekun
Region : SW Yoruba

16. Zenith Bank
Jim Ovia
Region : SS Agbor
Edited : Ika (Igbo/Edo)

17. Unity Bank
Lamis Shehu
Region : NW Hausa

18. FinBank
Theo Chike Osanakpo
Region : SE Igbo

19. Enterprise Bank
Sir Ogala Osoka
Region : SE Igbo

20. Mainstreet Bank
Alhaji Ahmed Gambo
Region : NW Hausa

21. Standard chartered Bank
Sir Festus Oluremi Omotosho
Region : SW Yoruba

Please you can add the rest

tobtap:
hmmmm..well the igbos/south-east are the 2nd most succesful people in nigeria after the yorubas... the ibos control trade (retail/distribution) of goods in nigeria and they are entrenched in the banking sector as well.. but the yorubas owns most of the indigenous manufacturing/industries and are the main stay of the oil/gas sector of nigeria..the yorubas also lead in education investments as well... the south-west is home to more industrial production/output than the rest of NIGERIA (remaining 5 regions).. the igbos have caught up to the yorubas in almost all sectors and human endeavor BUT the yorubas are more RESOURCEFUL overtime..
we can argue till 2moro but in all possible index of comparison be it EDUCATION/REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ENTERTAINMENT/POLITICS/INDUSTRY /CULTURE AND INFLUENCE within and outside nigeria...then the YORUBAS wins in most...
cheers

SomebodyLovesMe:
While I agree that this is a very sensitive issue, it must be said that Igbo people are constantly shooting themselves in the foot. They do not tell themselves the truth. You seem reasonable enough, but most other Igbos don't.

I watched in amazement in the months leading up to the last elections, how Igbos openly showed and boasted about their 'mass' lack of support for Buhari. They are the only tribe in Nigeria that made so much noise and made it clear that their decision at the polls would be based purely on tribe. How many Yorubas or Hausas did you hear boasting or making threats? Wisdom should tell you that since there is a chance that Buhari might win, you should not burn bridges. You would notice that Hausas never openly opposed GEJ, even though we all know where their loyalties lay.

Unfortunately, most (not all) Igbos are not politically sophisticated. Political sophistication means ensuring that you do not create permanent enemies for yourselves, by being tactful and strategic in your political moves and utterances. e.g. how can you go to another man's land and claim that it's no man's land? That is the height of political stupidity, as such comments simply attract negative reactions and negative attention. I can't think of any other tribe in Nigeria that would be so unwise as to say such things.

There is a quote that says: In politics, there are no permanent friends or enemies , but there are permanent interests. Unfortunately, Igbos have created permanent enemies for themselves through their lack of diplomacy, and that is why things are the way they are.

Which media did Igbos use to make noise, stating that their votes in the polls would be based purely on tribe - Punch, PremiumTimes, Leadership, Osundefender, TheNation, LindaIkeji, TVC SaharaReporters or which one

What do you call 'political sophistication'? Peddling lies and propaganda in every available media in order to tarnish and paint other people black so as to make some undue political gains that are bound to boomerang? 

[b]It's basically in Yorubaland that a man like Tinubu who embezzled Lagos State would call the shots and Yorubas would still sheepishly prostrate before him and follow him and his candidate blindly. Many Yorubas sheepishly follow criminals like they have no sense.

As big as Rochas Okorocha is, he was not sure of winning a second term as a governor of Imo State because his people were not satisfied with him. In Ebonyi State, the governor's candidates failed woefully. That's the Igbos for you. Nobody can hold Igbos down for too long; they will rise up against such political leader.
It's in Yoruba land that one person would perpetually control the people's resources and they will sheepishly follow him. If it were in the South East, Akinwumi Ambode will deny Tinubu publicly to stand a chance of winning the gubernatorial election just like Ikpeazu, Abia State PDP candidate, denied TA Orji to win some votes.

Igbo people believe no man was born to perpetually lord it over them.  

Observe that most of the people talked carelessly if not stupidly as regards 2015 elections, both in the ruling party and the opposition were Yorubas. Many  took things overboard,  threatening fire and brimstone - from Obj, Tinubu, Okupe, FFK, Lai Muhammed, Fayose, Fashola etc.

Even Yoruba people who cannot handle their families and fence-climbing thugs with no respect for the law or law enforcement called president GEJ unprintable names.

These unrepentant thieves, prostitutes and murderers of yesterday have used their giant loots to attempt to grow legitimacy and to corner the "highest-bidder-gains-it -all" political process.
They seem to feel they are born kings and queens and that attention is owed them. They do not consider anyone else's nature, but bulldoze over other people with self-righteous arrogance and supposed 'sophistication'.

For the records, Igbos supported Tinubu, and Fashola as governors of Lagos State for 16 years! That was why an Igbo man, Ben Akabueze, has been a major cabinet member in Lagos for both Tinubu and Fashola.[/b]

Facts are sacred...
Yoruba have proven beyond reasonable doubt to be chief tribalists in Nigeria and can NEVER vote anybody outside their tribe in elections. Otherwise can you compare Obasanjo’s 4 years and Jonathan's 4 years Yet Yorubas supported Obasanjo for 2nd term notwithstanding Buhari was contesting in 2003.

Yoruba has been voting along tribal line since independence (facts are sacred). Quit denigrating other tribes especially Igbos to cover your lies and ethnic bias.
The South-West zone had 14,296,163 registered voters, which represented 19.44% of the total number of voters nationwide. In terms of national electoral strength, the zone was number 2. Taking into account the electoral behaviour of the South-West since independence, the zone has proven itself, without exception, of incapable of voting anyone other than its own. 

In the 1st Republic, it voted mainly Action Group in favour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo with about 69% voters’ turnout.

In the 2nd Republic, it voted 78.75% of its total votes cast for UPN in favour of Chief Awolowo, with 70% voters’ turnout. 

In the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the pattern was repeated more or less the same, except that the total percentage of SDP’s votes in favour of Chief MKO Abiola rose up to 84.5% in the zone. 

In the 1999 presidential election, mainly because the only two candidates for the presidency were both from the South-West, the zone’s voters’ turnout was abysmally low (48.09%) with about 68% of the votes cast to APP in favour of Chief Olu Falaye. 2003 also recorded poor voters’ turnout with 71% of votes cast for Obasanjo’s PDP. 

In 2011, with no South-Western candidate fielded by any of the major parties, the South-West voted PDP when a functional alliance with the CPC failed to field in Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu or his nominee. Besides, with the vicious experience of Alliance for Democracy in 2003 when the PDP Federal Government uprooted AD government in five states of the zone, the South-West could not afford to risk having an opposition PDP government at the Federal level again; certainly not after the hard pains and toils of forming the APC. It is therefore existential for the South-West to vote APC at the presidential election.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/politics/50349-2015-presidential-election-how-and-why-pdp-will-lose

FKO81:
Yorubas and propaganda, since Igbo scholar replied Nigeria rabble rouser,propagandist and coward Fami Fan Kayode non of your scholars have replied him, Let me re post it may be some of you missed it. Please kindly endure to read this

basic Google-research will do you good here; check out the name, Equanoh OLAODAH. Further Femi claims that the Yoruba were the first lawyers and doctors in Nigeria. This is again a big falsehood. The first Nigeria doctor was an Effik man Silas G. Dove who obtained a medical degree from France and returned to practise medicine in 1840 in Calabar.[/color] This fact can also be verified from historical medical records in Paris.

I would also ask that you google the name BLYDEN – Edward Wilmot BLYDEN – an educated son of free Ibo slaves who by the mid-19th century had acquired sound theological education. He was born in Saint Thomas in 1832. He is one of the founding missionaries that established the Archbishop Vining church in Ikeja.[color=#990000] Before the next time you succumb to your long-running battle with logorrhoea, Femi please do some research.

What about the third president of a free Liberia – President J JRoyle – again, a man of Ibo descent[/color]. Please take some time to do some research so that we can discuss constructively. It is wrong to peddle lies to your people. It is academic fraud to knowingly misrepresent facts just to score cheap points with people who do not have the discipline to do research and accept anything you pour out simply because they say you are well educated. To again quote the great Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Joseph Stiglitz; Femi fits into the category of third rate students from first rate universities with an inflated sense of self-importance. Let’s go on!

Who was the first Nigerian Professor of Mathematics – an Ibo man – Professor Chike Obi – the man who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem. He was followed by another Ibo man, Professor James Ezeilo, Professor of Differentail Calculus and the founder of the Ezeilo Constant[color=#990000]. Please do some research on this great Ibo man. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and one of the founders of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Who was Nigeria’s first Professor of Histroy – Professor Kenneth Dike who published the first account of trade in Nigeria in pre-colonial times. He was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan[/color]. [b]Who was the first Professor of Microbiology – Professor Eni Njoku; he was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Anatomy and Physiology – Professor Chike Edozien is an Asaba man and current Obi of Asaba. Who was the first Professor of Anatomy at the University College Ibadan? Who was the first Professor of Physics? Professor Okoye, who became a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. He was followed by the likes of Professor Alexander Anumalu who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics three times for his research in Intermediate Quantum Physics. He was also a founding member of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Nuclear Physics and Chemistry – again another Ibo man – Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge Univesity in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early ’60s. This young Asaba man had made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s. First Professor of Statistics – Professor Adichie who’s research on Non-Parametric Statistics led to new areas in statistical research. What about the first Nigerian Professor of Medicine – Professor Kodilinye – he was appointed a Professor of Medicine at the University of London in 1952. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the war. What about Astronomy – again another Ibo man was the first Professor of Astronomy – please, look up Professor Ntukoju – he was the first to earn a double Ph.D in Astronomy and Mathematics.

Let’s go to the Social Sciences – Demography and statistical research into population studies – again another Ibo man – Professor Okonjo who set up the first Centre for Population Research in Ibadan in the early ’60s. A double Ph.D in Mathematics and Economics. Philosophy – Professor G D Okafor, who became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953. Economics – Dr. Pius Okigbo who became a visiting scholar and Professor of Economics at the University of London in 1954. He is also the first Nigerian Ph.D in Economics. Theology and theological research – Professor Njoku who became the first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Theology from Queens University Belfast in Ireland. He was appointed a Professor of Theology at the University College Zambia in 1952.[/b][color=#000099]

I am still conducting research in areas such as Geography where it seems a Yoruba man, Professor Mabogunje, was the first Professor. I also am conducting research into who was the first Nigerian Professor of English, Theatre Arts, Languages, Business and Education, Law and Engineering, Computer Technology, etc. Nigerians need to be told the truth and not let the lies that Femi Fani-Kayode has been selling to some ignorant Yoruba who feel that to be the first to see the white man and interact with him means that you are way ahead of other groups. The Ibo as The great Achebe said had within a span of 40 years bridged the gap and even surpassed the Yoruba in education by the ’60s. Many a Yoruba people perpetually indulge in self-deceit: that they were the first to go to school; to be exposed to Western education; that they are academically ahead of other Nigerian cultures of peoples. Another ignorant lie.[color=#770077][/color]

As far back as 1495 the Benin Empire maintained a diplomatic presence in Portugal. This strategic relationship did not just stop at a mere mission but extended to areas such as education. Scores of young Benin men were sent out to Portugal to study and lots of them came back with advanced degrees in Medicine, Law and Portuguese Language, to name a few.

Indeed, some went with their Yoruba and Ibo slaves who served the sons of the Benin nobility while they studied in Portugal. These are facts that can be verified by the logs kept by ship owners in Portugal from 1494 to 1830. It is kept at the Portuguese Museum of Geographic History in Lisbon.

Why then would several Yoruba people peddle all these falsehoods to show that they are ahead educationally in Nigeria? The true facts from the Federal Office of Statistics on education tell otherwise, showing that 3 Ibo states for the past 12 years have constantly had the largest number of graduates in the country, producing more graduates than Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Oyo states. These eastern states are Imo, Anambra and Abia. Yet he calls Ibos traders. Indeed, the Igbos dominate because excellence dominates mediocrity – truth.[color=#990000][/color]

Let me enlighten this falsehood’s mouthpiece even further: before the civil war Ibos controlled and dominated all institutions in the formal sector in Nigeria from the universities to the police to the military to politics:

•The first Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan was an Ibo man

•The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos was an Ibo man

•The first Nigerian Rector of the then Yaba College of Technology was also an Ibo man

•The police was run by an Ibo IG

•The military as a professional institution was also run by elite-ilk Ibos.

Facts can never be hidden. To be first does not mean you would win the race; let us open up all our institutions and may the best man win. Let us not depend on handouts or privileges but on heard work. Let us compete and give the best positions to our brightest – be it Ibo, Yourba or Fulani, and then we shall see who is the most successful Nigerian.

I find it difficult not to respond to some of these long-held lies that are constantly being peddled by Yorubas. One is that the Yoruba have the largest number of professors in the country. I would again ask that we stick to facts and statistical records. T[b]he Nigerian Universities Commission has a record of the state with the largest number of professors on their records and as at 2010 that state is Imo State followed by Ondo State and then Anambra State; the next state is Ekiti and then Delta before Kwara State[/b]. I am sure you Yorubas are surprised. When you sit in the South-West do not think others are sleeping but I wish to address another historical fact and that is who were the first Nigerians to receive Western education. It is important that these issues be examined in their historical context and evidence through research be presented for all to examine.

I have continued my research for as the great sociologist and father of modern sociology – Emile Durkheim – put it, the definition of a situation is real in its consequence . What this simply means is that one must never allow a perceived falsehood to become one’s reality and by extension individuals who accept a defined position act as though the situation is real and apply themselves in that narrowly defined perspective.

Why is this important to state it is because for long the Yoruba have peddled lies that have almost become accepted as the truth by other Nigerians but it is important that we lay down the facts for others to examine and come to their own conclusion for facts are facts. Let’s go back to education. Historically, Western education resulted as a product of indigenous ethnic groups interacting with the whites through trade. The dominant groups sold slaves, ivory gold and a host of other products to their European counterparts in exchange for finished goods – wine, tobacco, mirrors, etc.

The Bini who were the dominant military force from the 15th to the 19th century raided and sold other ethnicities to the Europeans. Top on the list of those they sold were the Yoruba, Ibo and Igala. Various other ethnicities suffered as a result of the Bini military expansion. And the Benin Kingdom stretched from present-day Benin up to what is now geographically referred to as Republic of Togo. Indeed, the influence of the Benin Empire extended to the banks of the river Niger to present-day Onistha. There are huge Yoruba settlements in the Anioma part of Delta State who fled Yoruba land as a result of these attacks and constant raids. Yes, there are Yoruba people who are currently living with Ibos in the Ibo-speaking part of Delta and they are full citizens of the place no one refers to them as strangers and there is no talk about the Ibos being the host community like we hear from the Governor of Lagos State. But let me return to research. Slaves were moved from the hinterland to the coast and many were sold through Eko to the New World. These slaves were the first to encounter the Europeans and by extension their way of life – this included education in a Western sense. The Bini King had taken pains to establish a diplomatic presence in Portugal and the relationship developed into areas that extended beyond trade in the late 15th century and lasted well into the early 19th century. Scores of young Bpni youth were sent to Portugal and studied there, coming back with advanced degrees in various disciplines. The next set of people to receive Western education were the slaves themselves. Some of them managed to buy their freedom and develop themselves further.

For the Ibo it does not matter who your father is; the question is: Who are you? Who was Obasanjo’s father? Was he the most educated Nigerian? I am sure the answer is no. Yet this Great Nigeria led this nation two times as a military Head of State and as a civilian President. What about GEJ? Who was his own father? Was he the first Nigerian to go to London? The answer is no. In fact, he had no shoes, yet he is fully in charge. So it does not matter if your father was the first Lawyer or first Doctor in Nigeria but rather what matters is what an individual does with the talents the Almighty has given to him. Let us open up Nigeria for competition. That is the solution to our problems. Those who want privileges keep reminding us that their fathers were the first to go to school in London. Every generation produces its own leaders and champions. Like Dangote who is the biggest employer of labour in Nigeria today and the richest man in Africa. Was his father the first to go to study in London? Yet he is the master of people whose parents gave them the best. My brothers, the answer to the Nigerian problem is that we should establish a merit-driven society. “I get am before” no be property.

kettykin:
Wema bank is a dead bank while Standard chattered bank is foreign owned.

Much as I appreciate your effort to enumerate the bank ownership structure, if you checked very well there is no tribe called igbo Edo. It is not even recognised by the constitution.
Also I just checked that owning a big bank is far much more better than owning severe struggling banks

Out of the 6 systemic banks in Nigeria's banking industry 4 are controlled by igbos ; zenith, UBA, access and diamond while GTB bank is wholly controlled by yorubas and first bank by hausa /yoruba.

The most surprising thing in this is that this is happening barely 40 years since igbo land suffered from a devastating civil war and economic hermorhage from the£20 policy .
If Nzeogwu whom you might as well refer to igbo/edo didn't strike igbos would have been a major economic block in the world having instead of the 7th biggest bank in Africa but the biggest bank.


But having banks is just a factor igbos control the banking industry with another igbo as the governor of the central bank and in the stock exchange where wealth exchange hands in form of shares.

FKO81:
How many of you know this man? paying for farbes list doesn't grantee to be one of the richest in Nigeria, most Igbo business men doesn't make much noise
Dr. Ernest Nnaemeka Azudialu-Obiejesi, B.Sc., DBA (HC) serves as the Group Managing Director of Nestoil Plc and its group of companies. Dr. Obiejesi serves as Member of the Board of Directors of WaterTown Energy Ltd., of B & O Dredging Ltd., of Energy Works Technology Ltd., of Royaloak Hydrocarbon Ltd., He has been a Director of Julius Berger Nigeria PLC since March 22, 2012.
http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=207073423&ticker=JBERGER:NL
The biggest Nigeria share holder in Julius Beger, his is the owner of century power, Smile network and control oil blocks

pazienza:
[b] Paul Anber's essay "Modernization and Political Disintegration: Nigeria and the Ibos" published in the journal of Modern African Studies vol. 5, No 2 (Sep, 1967) 163-179. See pp 171-172 for excerpt: " '' A system of Universal primary education was introduced in Eastern Nigeria in 1953, though the mission schools had already prospered in the Region long before then. Despite the fact that there was a requirement for limited contributory fees, education continued to be very much in demand. Even at the time when universal primary education was first introduced, the percentage of the population over seven years of age who were literate was higher in the East than in any other Region: East, 10.6 per cent; West 9.5 percent; North, 0.9 percent. Since 1959, the East has had more teachers and pupils than any other area of the country, with the heaviest emphasis on primary education. Figures for elementary and secondary education indicate that the approximate ratio of teachers to population in 1963 was 1 to every 1,500 in the East, 1 to every 2,500 in th West, and 1 for every 10,000 in the north. Other statistical data reveal how rapidly the standard of living rose among Ibos. The East had the most extensive hospital facilities in the country by 1965, the largest regional production of electricity in the country by 1954, and the greatest number of vehicle registrations by 1963. The economic orientation of the Ibos was also reflected through membership of credit associations:in 1963 the East had 68,220 individual members, the west 5,776, and the north a mere 2,407 ." ''... His source was the Annual Abstract of Statistics ( Federal Office of Statistics, Lagos, 1965) [/b]

There you go.