OKorowanta:


Sorry about dat.
Some people from oda tribes don oppress in those days too.
The truth it's not about d tribe,its about bad individuals with poisoned minds.

Goodboiyy:


Hey bro don't say trash about my people.

How many itsekiri av u met ? They re all Accommodating

erico2k2:

Thats my point, do not make any assumption until you are entirely sure,I'm an urhobo from a family of 7,I am a mechanical Engineer in the Uk our last born is in Uni and would soon grad as a pharmacist, My dad and my immediate brother are chartered accountants, my Mum is an head mistress,two of my sisters are lecturers,I come from teh family of the highest chattered accountants in the world, 7 in total,you can google it,the record is in the guinness book of records.SO If you don't know about certain ethnic group, do not assume from hearsay or waht you just see within your circle.It will be good to migrate out of your immediate comfort and experience life in a different region only then you can make comparison.

erico2k2:

nah you are getting it wrong, I said the first minister of finance in 9ja was Okotie eboh however DOD is an accountant, so i was relating him to you saying you are a chartered acct. so thats where you are misinformed,Im saying if you are urhobo and a chat acct as you said then you should know who D.O.D is .
PS.I dont need to proof read waht I type, in as much as my mesage gets accross its all good.as saying I cant spell chartered acct None of my siblin can change their brake pads but I can cos Im an Engineer.If i go by your analogy then cos they have a brother who is an Engineer they should know how to change their Oil filters right?

Favolly:

I got qualified after may diet, I havent attended the induction ceremony as the last one was held in May So I don't know who D.O.D is, neither do I care TBH

I'm still Urhobo

And yea, I'm still a chartered accountant

Also, WRONG analogy up there....
Requiring them to know how to change their brake pads or oil filters or whatever is asking for too much, I mean it's not like you can prepare bank reconciliation statements or anything.

Nah, let's just stick to the original matter and use the exact 'analogy'. Therefore let's assume that they can spell the words 'mechanical' and 'engineer'

Have a lovely night rest

erico2k2:

You would care read about D.O Dafinone, then Im sure you will swallow your own words.

Aminat508:
Oya check

Favolly:

I just checked him out, I still don't care.
I don't think you'ld care so much if he weren't Urhobo.
Except of course, he's your dad or family member or something. Which explains why you've been trying to force him down my throat

EagleNest:


Why did you force them in Nigeria then?

pbs4real:
nyc pix but I wna see the bck view

Aminat508:
Wait till Next week

erico2k2:

force ke,Y would I?Im jst sharing info nothing more nothing less.The issue of if he is my Dad or not is irrelevant.I'm very quick to celebrate my people when they achieve at that level, if you ever find yourself in London and in teh gathering of UPU I will surely be there, I encourage up coming professionals in teh urhobo kingdom.

Favolly:

So you're going to deny the fact that you were questioning my roots and the fact that I'm a chartered accountant because I didn't know your dad?
Saying I would swallow my words when I finally read about him. What's all that?

Let me not type what is really on my mind sef, make dem no talk say I dey hate

All hail the Dafinones! *inserts sarcastic smiley* Just in case you think I'm actually hailing.
Lol! Y'all need to get off your high horses abeg

pbs4real:
make it this nite nah

erico2k2:

U dey form jackie chan here abi

pbs4real:
hahaha wetin man go do?

erico2k2:

I finished sec school 1992, and Im a first born, guess his age you can figure out if he is my Dad or not,about questioning your roots or your discipline yes you where correct however I was only trying to put you in front of saying stuff without facts, I was in a bar in soho wen I was typing to you, my friend another urhobo guy a a psychologist was laughing at the %50 you pegged our education at,Now, what do you really mean By not educated? no school at all or you mean basic schooling ie just read and write cos the more i think of it the more funny it sounds tbh

Favolly:

So you have all the facts? Speaking live from a Soho bar? Lol! you've been abroad for God knows how long. Yet you think you know all that's happening with the Urhobo race. Please wake up and smell the coffee!
Anyway, there's something called the 'blind-privileged' syndrome. I will just attribute it to that.
I don't even know why you're taking it personal. We've established the fact that you are educated. Well, so am I. But your clan and mine put together aren't even up to 5% of the Urhobo populace. Maybe you need to go to your village and see for yourself.
Also, you just had to tell me you're in Soho. I mean, it was so pointless but you just had to.
PS; Ain't nobody got time to calculate ya age. Tomorrow is Monday, I need my sleep. Some of us not in 'Soho' still have to hussle, you know

Favolly:

So you have all the facts? Speaking live from a Soho bar? Lol! you've been abroad for God knows how long. Yet you think you know all that's happening with the Urhobo race. Please wake up and smell the coffee!
Anyway, there's something called the 'blind-privileged' syndrome. I will just attribute it to that.
I don't even know why you're taking it personal. We've established the fact that you are educated. Well, so am I. But your clan and mine put together aren't even up to 5% of the Urhobo populace. Maybe you need to go to your village and see for yourself.
Also, you just had to tell me you're in Soho. I mean, it was so pointless but you just had to.
PS; Ain't nobody got time to calculate ya age. Tomorrow is Monday, I need my sleep. Some of us not in 'Soho' still have to hussle, you know

laudate:


I have gone through this thread with a lot of interest and honestly, am baffled at some of the generalisations that have been thrown up here.

I have just 2 questions:

Did anyone conduct a census on the number of educated Urhobo people, before they came to a conclusion that they constituted 5% or 50% of the entire Urhobo ethnic group?

Are your comments based on just your own personal observations, or the general stereotypes that keep floating out there?

Did you obserev a high level of illiterarcy among the Urhobo folks, living in either:
(a). the slums;
(b). the cities
(c). urban settlements?

The reason I ask, is because it is difficult to win an argument without verifiable data. If the level of education has been dropping among the Urhobo ethnic group in the slums, then it cannot be said to be representative of the entire Urhobo ethnic group as generally, literacy levels among slum dwellers are poor.

If the literacy level among Urhobo in the villages are also poor, then it means the state govt is not doing enough to invest in the education of the citizens of the state, irrespective of whether they are Urhobo, Ijaw or Itsekiri! More needs to be done at all levels! By all state govts!

If your sampling is done among Urhobo in different parts of Nigeria, and the observation still remains the same, then it would appear that somehow the Urhobos have been denied the benefit of, or access to a good education. Or it could be that they are not sufficiently motivated to seek education. But you would need a lot of proof to support this assertion.

There is a lot that can be said, but one needs to be careful about tossing remarks like this into the public domain, without adequate facts to back it up. Just my 2 cents.

laudate:


I have gone through this thread with a lot of interest and honestly, am baffled at some of the generalisations that have been thrown up here.

I have just 2 questions:

Did anyone conduct a census on the number of educated Urhobo people, before they came to a conclusion that they constituted 5% or 50% of the entire Urhobo ethnic group?

Are your comments based on just your own personal observations, or the general stereotypes that keep floating out there?

Did you obserev a high level of illiterarcy among the Urhobo folks, living in either:
(a). the slums;
(b). the cities
(c). urban settlements?

The reason I ask, is because it is difficult to win an argument without verifiable data. If the level of education has been dropping among the Urhobo ethnic group in the slums, then it cannot be said to be representative of the entire Urhobo ethnic group as generally, literacy levels among slum dwellers are poor.

If the literacy level among Urhobo in the villages are also poor, then it means the state govt is not doing enough to invest in the education of the citizens of the state, irrespective of whether they are Urhobo, Ijaw or Itsekiri! More needs to be done at all levels! By all state govts!

If your sampling is done among Urhobo in different parts of Nigeria, and the observation still remains the same, then it would appear that somehow the Urhobos have been denied the benefit of, or access to a good education. Or it could be that they are not sufficiently motivated to seek education. But you would need a lot of proof to support this assertion.

There is a lot that can be said, but one needs to be careful about tossing remarks like this into the public domain, without adequate facts to back it up. Just my 2 cents.

macof:
Apart from Warri, what other areas make up Itsekiri land? Am not talking settler communities but real Itsekiri

onuwaje:

Warri north, south and south-west

There r itsekiri settlements in uvwie, okpe(both in delta state), ondo and edo

macof:



So Itsekiri land is just warri

kotv:
as an izon, I have nothing in common with an itsekiri. op should stop trying to spin it like we do.

tpiander:
I really dont think you're Itsekiri.


99% of the time, anyone saying "we" this or that, is not who they say they are, but simply following an agenda.

onuwaje:

If I'm from delta state I would understand so I gerrara here men

erico2k2:
I think they Ijaw. Itsekiri and Urhobos are closely related in tradition.dress same.have same food.marry in same way.though language differ but same kinda people.