₦airaland Forum

Nigerian minorities are the salt of Nigeria. Hate it or love it, Nigeria would not exist without the minority ethnic nations in the north and south. It is the minorities that are sustaining the economy of the country by sacrificing their lands, resources and future towards the development of Nigeria.

There is a need to celebrate them, appreciate them and grant them the justice they deserve. Unfortunately, most Nigerians do not know about even the most common minority ethnic groups in Nigeria like the Efiks and Ibibios, Ijaws, Urhobos, Idomas, Igala, Tivs etc.

Had it not been that an Ijaw man was president, many Nigerians especially from the west and north wouldn’t have known that there was an ethnic nation called Ijaw. If you ask Nigerians today what ethnicity is the former senate president, (David Mark) most people can’t tell because they have no idea.

We tend to brand any tribe in close proximity to the majority tribes as part of a majority tribe although they are culturally, linguistically and socially different. People in the west think the Ijaws are Igbos, the Igbos think the Tivs and some other minority tribes in the north are Hausa/Fulani and so on.

It is in the wake of this that I propose we have a minority’s day in Nigeria. We get to meet them, learn about them and appreciate them. They deserve it



Special shout out to the Urhobos, Ijaws, Ogonis and Binis.

You people are truly sacrificial....
But your sacrificial is out of cowardice will I say weakness.
You don't even have right over your resources nor your land...
And I didn't even remember when we ask you to sacrifice your own resources.
As someone in jigawa is claiming ownership of bayelsa oil resources..
So calling for a minorities day is kinda a big slap to some other citizen as no one is begging you guys as it is now to lay down your resources...
And I see it thrashed down by responsible citizens as this will only bring ethnic tension thereby heating the heated polity...

Stop asking for special treatment as No one begged you for your sacrificial resources. #fact.

I was with you until the near end. What did Igala people do wrong?

LoveMachine:
I was with you until the near end. What did Igala people do wrong?

It was a benign joke. Removed

YoundDoctor:
You people are truly sacrificial....
But your sacrificial is out of cowardice will I say weakness.
You don't even have right over your resources nor your land...
And I didn't even remember when we ask you to sacrifice your own resources.
As someone in jigawa is claiming ownership of bayelsa oil resources..
So calling for a minorities day is kinda a big slap to some other citizen as no one is begging you guys as it is now to lay down your resources...
And I see it thrashed down by responsible citizens as this will only bring ethnic tension thereby heating the heated polity...

Stop asking for special treatment as No one begged you for your sacrificial resources. #fact.

That is why they should be celebrated. Besides not all minorities have oil.

FG can keep the minority day to themselves. All we need is true federalism. With it, all others will fall in place..

TonyeBarcanista:
FG can keep the minority day to themselves. All we need is true federalism. With it, all others will fall in place..

This is beyond oil.