₦airaland Forum

I have often times wondered why we from the south have always remained politically inferior to our northern politician counterparts. I have just discovered that the reasons are not far fetched. The following are some of the immediate reasons:-

1. A typical Southerner is too attached to benefits that accrue directly to himself. This is why the Northerner will take what belongs to you and use it to buy your conscience to work against your brothers. Take Amaechi for example.

2. We lack a collective political ego that we can use to intimidate other regions. Instead we relish when we oppress our own just to settle personal differences. Do you think you will find anybody in the north who will play the same role Amaechi did in the south against GEJ who is from the same region with him? NOT POSSIBLE! No matter what personal differences they might have had.

3. Our attention is too focused on the wealth in the south so much that we have lost sight of the vultures from the north who come to control our wealth through political manoeuvres.

4. We have become too educated and civilized for our own political good. When all that drove the northerners to the polls was one agenda to get their own in power, we on the other hand are busy exploiting the frontiers of ideals to serve as parameters to get our own out. What is worse is that they applaud you for reasoning this way while they go back with a mischievous grin and call you fools "Arne" . Agreed that in all honesty that you voted Buhari because you honestly believed he was a better man for the job. If at anytime it becomes obvious that he was a wrong choice for the job do you think the north will sail the waters of ideals to analyse and criticize their own? That is the time you will know that you are mumu.

5. Most importantly we lack unity. We spend all our efforts dividing ourselves down to infinidecimal components informed by our ethnic differences. The north has different tribes too But they have been able to move beyond that through Islam. We in south have Christianity but in the light of our separatist tendencies have chosen to have different churches with different names to align with our differences.

The truth is bitter but we in South have to wake up.... The early the better.

Truth unfold...

With the likes of GEJ, ORUBEBE, DOKUBO, TOMPOLO AND CO am sorry.

OP you have only listed five reason to prove your judgement is very poor

Futureleader201:
1. A typical Southerner is too attached to benefits that accrue directly to himself. This is why the Northerner will take what belongs to you and use it to buy your conscience to work against your brothers. Take Amaechi for example.

2. We lack a collective political ego that we can use to intimidate other regions. Instead we relish when we oppress our own just to settle personal differences. Do you think you will find anybody in the north who will play the same role Amaechi did in the south against GEJ who is from the same region with him? NOT POSSIBLE! No matter what personal differences they might have had.

Ans to both 1 N 2 - What do you call Jonathan campaign director Haliru Mohammed, Bamanga Tukur and Tanko Yakassi n co that were lynched because of Jonathan ?

Futureleader201:
3. Our attention is too focused on the wealth in the south so much that we have lost sight of the vultures from the north who come to control our wealth through political manoeuvres.

Both leaders North n South are guilty of this so its not peculiar to the south alone. My solution the federal govt should invest as much as they did into the oil sector into other sectors n regions to relief the Nigerdelta/ crude oil.

Futureleader201:
4. We have become too educated and civilized for our own political good. When all that drove the northerners to the polls was one agenda to get their own in power, we on the other hand are busy exploiting the frontiers of ideals to serve as parameters to get our own out. What is worse is that they applaud you for reasoning this way while they go back with a mischievous grin and call you fools "Arne" . Agreed that in all honesty that you voted Buhari because you honestly believed he was a better man for the job. If at anytime it becomes obvious that he was a wrong choice for the job do you think the north will sail the waters of ideals to analyse and criticize their own? That is the time you will know that you are mumu.

Pathetic conclusion, the three major tribe as proven convincingly they can rise above sentiment if the candidate is worth it. The North did it by not voting Tofa against MKO, the East did it against Ojukwu n Obasanjo. The west did it with Buhari n Jonathan

Futureleader201:
5. Most importantly we lack unity. We spend all our efforts dividing ourselves down to infinidecimal components informed by our ethnic differences. The north has different tribes too But they have been able to move beyond that through Islam. We in south have Christianity but in the light of our separatist tendencies have chosen to have different churches with different names to align with our differences. The truth is bitter but we in South have to wake up.... The early the better.

You are wrong in all your submission, there are various Muslim sect in the north just like there are division in the south. If East n West want power from the north the have a willing ally in the middlebelt always willing to spite the north n they have the numbers too.

All the south need do is show serious purpose. For me so long the East think they can rubbish the West because they are Jews let us all suffer the consequences of the north always being the president.

I remember how Obasanjo involved the Easterner Soludo Okonjo Ezekwesili n co in his govt. I remember vividly how it took Jonathan few months to election to remember he needs to fix Lagos Ibadan express while he fixed Benin Ore n stopped in Edo. I can go on n on but its of no use.

If the Igbo believe they deserve to be president in Nigeria their candidate should build bridges to actualise that like every Nigeria president. Meet with Tinubu n other leaders in the West make they see reason, you have built one in the South south already then work tirelessly to build a solid bridge in the middlebelt and you have your presidency. The NW n NE will never earn you vote whether it's Okorocha or not.

The Vultures from the North......!

The only phrase that caught my attention!!

that's ur view though........