₦airaland Forum

MosquitoLaps:
Dude, all regions are bound to have their internal problems
We're talking national cohesion here, man. How far have the ethnic nationalities united for a common cause?

emaculate99:
yeah, the country gives no room for state religion but is that the position in real life? it is just a provision of the constitution which is not practicalised fully. Most people in the Northern states believe that the religion in the North is Islam.

If I am to follow your logic, then an Igbo can contest for the post of Lagos state governor. Why? Because Nigerian constitution provided that a man will qualify to contest for the position of the state governor if he is not in aberration with Section 182 of the 1999 constitution

horlapelumi:
Not at all, I only interpreted your write up and was not sure of what i was reading which was what necessitated the question. As it stand that is the nearest interpretation for that write up

Umennajiego:
the possibility for such was thwarted by chief obafemi awolowo in the western house of assembly when I canvassed and bribe some ncnc members to cross carpet... This not only stamp ethnic politic but also introduced cross carpeting in Nigerian politics

Timidelaw:
Thanks for giving me a supportive statement. that exactly is what we are saying. So why call Nigeria Internal problem a mistake of Amalgamation?

If just a unit of the Nation cannot live without these internal problems then why expect Nigeria.

Umennajiego:
the possibility for such was thwarted by chief obafemi awolowo in the western house of assembly when I canvassed and bribe some ncnc members to cross carpet... This not only stamp ethnic politic but also introduced cross carpeting in Nigerian politics

emaculate99:
Ok, what was written there is that the amalgamation is done arbitrarily without recourse for people's interest. I gave a premise to support that, that if Benin Republic is part of the portion given to Britain, Benin Republic would have been amalgamated with Nigeria because it is a portion of Britain. My conclusion in that write up is that Britain did the amalgamation process without any recourse for people's interest. They did it arbitrarily. The arbitrariness necessitated the appellation, "mistake" given to it.

horlapelumi:
I then asked if you would have preferred the French to colonise us instead and not merge us like they did not merge Benin Republic.

Be that as it may, Implied consent is consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather implicitly granted by a person's actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation (or in some cases, by a person's silence or inaction). Applying to this instance, there was consent arising from the actions of our people to the proclamation as there was Zero disapproval. Who knows if there has been such, the British government would have had a rethink then

Mordecai:
In the recent cases of girl abductions, where an under-aged girl eloped with her mature lover, would you call her actions consent?

emaculate99:
Although, this allegation is enough to introduce cross carpeting in Nigerian politics, it is not enough to introduce ethnic politics. The mindset of the people is what brought about ethnic politics. Just like an Igbo cannot contest in the west, he cannot contest in the north. This applies to all other regions.

horlapelumi:
I then asked if you would have preferred the French to colonise us instead and not merge us like they did not merge Benin Republic.

Be that as it may, Implied consent is consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather implicitly granted by a person's actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation (or in some cases, by a person's silence or inaction). Applying to this instance, there was consent arising from the actions of our people to the proclamation as there was Zero disapproval. Who knows if there has been such, the British government would have had a rethink then

Fynestboi:
Debaters make sure you answer a questions...



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Seylad2009:
@ Team OAU and Team LASU,kudos to you.
However,(supporting team)you didn't really suggest a way(solution) to stay together and d benefit ahead if we're together or (opposing team) the steps to take in case some people(region) want to pull out of the marriage(amalgamation)
Thank u.

OAUTemitayo:
My conclusion is that the amalgamation was done without the consent of the people and should be reexamined. Their should be a referendum to be monitored by United Nations where everybody will decide how they want to live their life

OAUTemitayo:
My conclusion is that the amalgamation was done without the consent of the people and should be reexamined. Their should be a referendum to be monitored by United Nations where everybody will decide how they want to live their life

horlapelumi:
I humbly submit that the amalgamation of 1914 was not a mistake nor a forceful joining of entity
Even the former President Jonathan in his speech on the celebration of our Centenary agreed with my position when he said in quote ' I have often expressed the conviction that our amalgamation was not a mistake. While our Union may have been inspired by considerations external to our people; I have no doubt that we are destined by God Almighty to live together as one big nation, united in diversity'.

Thank you all

horlapelumi:
I humbly submit that the amalgamation of 1914 was not a mistake nor a forceful joining of entity
Even the former President Jonathan in his speech on the celebration of our Centenary agreed with my position when he said in quote ' I have often expressed the conviction that our amalgamation was not a mistake. While our Union may have been inspired by considerations external to our people; I have no doubt that we are destined by God Almighty to live together as one big nation, united in diversity'.

Thank you all

Obinoscopy: Timidelaw did great in his main article but was very poor in his rebuttals

Emaculate99 needs to get his facts right. Lots of historical errors in his main article

" Historically, the amalgamation of Nigeria stemmed out from the 1984/85 scramble of Africa which took no recourse for the interest of the people in the communities that were being shared."

"Moreover, the mistake of the 1914 amalgamation has been expressed by eminent personalities like Obafemi Awolowo, Tafawa Balewa and a host of others and have been put into action by the Biafrans in 1963 and recently

Fynestboi:
Here are Emaculate99 errors:

Was the amalgamation carried in 1984/85?

The Biafra declaration was in 1967, not 1963






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