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| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Csami(m): 1:43pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
When someone can't handle the after effect of weed, they create thread like this. "South south" brings nothing but Oil and that is enough to sustain Nigeria. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Nobody: 1:47pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
SeverusSnape:i never use d word Igbo in my post. For me, even though IPOB tout are Igbo, not all Igbo are IPOB tout. So i am very conscious of dat truth. I never use d word Igbo. Ezekwesili, Ngige, Eboyi state PDP Governor David Nweze Umahi are Igbo but they are not an IPOB tout. IPOB and Igbo race are different. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Nobody: 1:47pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
The South South Produces Cassava,fish,banana,plantain,paw Paw,pineapples,kolanuts,oil Palm,cucumber .e.t.c, agriculturally without oil S.S will survive.The South South Produces Cassava,fish,banana,plantain,paw Paw,pineapples,kolanuts,oil Palm,cucumber .e.t.c, agriculturally without oil S.S will survive. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by victorvezx(m): 1:59pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
cindybella101:lol, I am yet to hear or see any country who have pledge support for Ipob, or recognized it as a freedom fighting movement. Even the U.N that u guys keep boasting of does not even know ur group. All u guys do is to go to European cities to protest about biafra and disturb their cities, then ur propagandist will come out with some funny lies that that country support your baseless struggle. hahaha |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by coolitempa(f): 2:00pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
So hungrynigerian...even after tuale4u took time to list the many contributions of SS to Nigeria....you still refuse to acknowledge the truth ![]() |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by malton: 2:01pm On Apr 24, 2016*. Modified: 2:32pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
I see this as an attempt at being mischievous, but get this straight, The SS makes both human and resource contributions to the national coffers. Lots of technocrats of SS extraction have contributed their quota in getting the nation to this point in her storied journey. They are just as entrepreneurial as their Igbo counterparts. Delta state alone contributes a whole lot in this regard, not to mention the whole SS combined. They have lazy people, agreed, but what region doesn't? It may not mean much to you, but the generosity of the people alone is just as much a contribution as any. They do not think little of anyone because the nation draws from oils deposited in their backyard. It's a natural resource, fine, but how many of your folks will allow others take from that mango in their backyard? Should incase you think little of how much contributions oil alone makes to the Nigerian economy, check out these Swiss oil trading firms: Vitol and Trafigura. Vitol alone makes $270b in revenue per annum. Lots of factors in Nigeria contribute to not give us clearer picture of things. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by coolitempa(f): 2:01pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
victorvezx:iPod youths are touts and miscreants.....quote me anywhere... ![]() |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by ATERI(m): 2:39pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
What I have noticed since joining Nairaland is that, people have many reasons ( some of them hidden) for asking whatever question(s) they ask. Not impossible for someone that has just lost a well-paid job in the oil and gas sector to come here and say derogatory things about the Niger Delta. How else does one interpret a question like this by this OP? For generations, over 90% of our revenue in Nigeria have been coming from SS and whatever good we have done today as a nation is made possible by that fact. In fact, if Niger-Deltans have been Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa/Fulani, they would have separated from Nigeria long time ago. Every generation defines its own struggle, that is why the first and second generations of Niger Deltans did what they thought was the right thing to do: agitating peacefully for the betterment of their people. Nigerians murdered them! So the generation that followed decided to take up arms to fight for what rightly belong to them, they have been successful and have now moved on to relying on politics and the rule of law as a tool for channeling their grievances. OP has described himself as an hungryman; that should be a clue, shouldn`t it?. In the history of Nigeria, the Niger Deltans are the only people that have given the best accounts of themselves, which-ever way we slice it; they don`t just produce the first Ph.D President Nigeria ever had, but the first to respect the electoral process in a way no-one has ever respected it in the history of our country. What we need in our country today is unity and prosperity, we can only achieve that by taking intelligent political decisions. Nigeria should be providing leadership for Africa, but that won`t happen through tribal bashing. This thread is a mistake and I hope the OP can apologise for starting it. If not, then tell us which region of Nigeria you come from and what personal reason(s) you have for starting this insulting thread. Let`s see whether you can show some leadership! |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by hungrynigerian(op): 3:05pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
ATERI:only clueless PhD president you mean? they are lazy you and I know that. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by enambobo(m): 3:45pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
hungrynigerian:And what has your genius president with his prof from the so-called brilliant tribe done so far for Nigeria? I gues you are not aware that a cup of garri sells for N50 or is it a cup of rice at N80? Infact the whole country is on a stand-still position, no project commissioned. I suggest you reason first before typing. chai!!! What a melancholy! |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by enlightenedmind: 4:16pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
hungrynigerian:Is this a rhetorical question or are u paid? Given that for the past 16 years ur economy has been 90% dependent on oil sales and over 95% of our annual GDP is from oil product sales found mostly in these regions at the time, it is safe to say the SS has been the single most important component of the Nigerian economy. the real question that no one wants to ask is killing me. THE SS BRING VALUABLE OIL THE SE ARE VERY PRODUCTIVE AND INDUSTRIOUS WEST HAVE ALWAYS CARRIED AND FOSTERD EDUCATION AND PROGRESS THE MBs HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FORE-FRONT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD. WHAT HAS THE NORTH BENEFITTED THIS COUNTRY? DENYING THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE. THAT THE NORTH IS A LEPER WITHOUT THE REST OF NIGERIA. IF WE SPLIT TODAY, ONLY THE NORTH WILL LOOSE. ALL OTHER STATES/GROUPS CAN STAND ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IS A NORTHERNER KINDLY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS THREAD AND TELL US. WE DO NOT WANT DENIAL ANYMORE. WE WANT TO HELP. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by hungrynigerian(op): 5:21pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
enlightenedmind:I am not a northerner but cattle rearing is also farming, don't you eat meat almost everyday? you listing the south-south as bringing oil is very shameful to them, are they making themselves productive in any way is the question. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by cheruv: 5:22pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
tuale4u:When someone does nothing but dream about Igbos ![]() |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Nobody: 5:37pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
What kind of question is this?
The Oil that Nigeria govt. has relied upon is coming from which region?
@OP, go and sleep. And what do NE and NW contribute to Nigeria? |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by hungrynigerian(op): 6:20pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
Adaure4ever:as you can see the relevance of oil is dropping everyday, the world is moving on gradually everyday. the south-south people are a lazy bunch who only drink ogogoro and say na our oyel. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by hungrynigerian(op): 6:26pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
enambobo:all this one you are saying na story, nobody is comparing the Presidents here, just tell me what the people of the south-south can confidently come out and say we are good in this or that (minus saying "na our oyel" ) |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by enambobo(m): 7:17pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
hungrynigerian:First, tell me one thing the south west and north can come out and boast of that has lifted the country. 60 years of rulership under the so-called brilliant and Agricultural mogul, still no fruit. Na brilliance you go chop? If it had not been for the south south, Nigeria would have been dead by now. See the child insulting the hand that fed it and is feeding it....i weep for this country. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by hungrynigerian(op): 7:48pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
enambobo:you still haven't answered the question here, oga nobody is talking about our leaders here, this is about the lame man on the street. we have mentioned what people of other regions are known for, just mention one thing we can attribute to the people of the south-south and u are here talking long story. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by TopHand: 7:56pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
Op Pls do not think along narrow tribalistic and biased lines intellectual capability,business acumen and agricultural prowess runs in the DNA of most Nigerians, any student of history willl point out that the Nigeria today was formed from ancient kingdoms which were self reliant and prosperous in their own right, while it is true that Southern Delta of Nigeria lags behind the rest of the Nation let us not forget the important fact that most of the political leaders of the Niger Delta are among the worst most corrupt politicans of modern Nigeria, truly without doubt they lack compassion for their people, they seem to take no pride in developmental progress, and lack vision and foresight, while it is true that all politicans have skeletons in their cupboards, the Easterner/Northerner/Westerner politican takes pride and identifies with his land they have now become so smart and sophisticated that they enrich themselves thru developmental projects that benefit their people, on the other hand the Niger Delta leader collaborates with militancy, distributes weapons to its jobless youth, does nothing to curb insecurities, the resultant effect is that nobody wants to go there even wealthy people from the area do not want to invest their wealth in the area, it is a vicious circle. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by enlightenedmind: 8:33pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
tuale4u:This is the first true, honest non-white washed comment I have heard on Nairaland. Europe and America got their wealth from Imperialism. And more than half of the population in Europe is on welfare. Less of them are even educated these days and Oxford and Cambridge are just shadows of what they used to be. Even the Europeans themselves are running to Austrailia and New-Zealand. The people who actually keep Europe running are the Nigerian and Indian Nurses in the health sector, The indian, Chinese and Germans in the Tech sector. Less than 10% of Europeans themselves actually contribute to the society. All they do is hate non-white people and wait for benefits |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by hungrynigerian(op): 10:04pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
enlightenedmind:so is this comment meant to promote laziness or what? this has nothing to do with the stated topic. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by enlightenedmind: 10:42pm On Apr 24, 2016 |
hungrynigerian:No it is meant to get people to stop comparing Nigeria to the UK/EU |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by allycat: 8:22am On Apr 25, 2016 |
I am from the south south and while we are not known for anything apart from drinking ogogoro and being lazy according to the Op at least we are not the first tribe that comes to mind for drug pushing, yahoo yahoo, ritual murders, beggers, armed robbery and a whole lot of ills. We also have so many families where a BSc or BA is the least qualification. There is no field of practice in this country where you do not have South Southerners Medicine, law, engineering, literature, beauty pageantry sef we are represented. Population and size wise we are small but unfortunately the intellectuals have left politics and therefore rulership to those whose interest is their personal pockets and so we have not made progress as we should. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Hyperchi(m): 8:49am On Apr 25, 2016 |
tuale4u:Ur comment is just like you, wen someone creat a topic he become an ipob ,my guy u need Brian APP. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by hungrynigerian(op): 2:44pm On Apr 26, 2016 |
allycat:why didn't you add militancy and kidnapping when listing crimes initially. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by allycat: 5:30pm On Apr 26, 2016 |
hungrynigerian:Militancy is not a crime, check what it means. As for kidnapping,;Yes the militants kidnapped a lot of foreigners and locals , I will be lying if I denied that. But if you call someone a kidnapper, nobody's mind goes immediately to the Ijaws, actually now the herdsmen are competing in that respect, gbomogbomo is not an Ijaw word and I believe it refers to kidnappers. There are lazy men and women from all tribes, thieves, kidnappers, prostitutes, drug pushers whatever the vice every tribe is well represented. At the same time there is no tribe without highly educated, cerebral people. So insult the Ijaws and any other tribe that catches your fancy all you want, I guess it makes you feel superior. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by viscerion: 10:39am On Feb 11, 2019 |
dis thread is way old but i know someone will still dis. I get d op point, dat while oil from SS LANDS feeds d nation, d PEOPLE of SS dont contribute to the country in terms of human resources like d oda zones(or so he said) I'm 4rm akwa ibom, so let me clear out a few points -wen u say SS ve a particular character, remember dat SS ranges etsako in edo to iyala in crossriver, n also igbo lands in delta n rivers, r u saying all des pepo r lazy ogogoro drinkers?, be careful wit hw u group tinz now more important points -north does agriculture, east does business, west are known for education, the niger delta if you must know r known 4 entertainment n sports, check all d top entertainers n sportmen in Nigeria, dey r mostly SSners -like oda regions, SS used to be an agricultural n enterprenual place, also a tourism haven b4 oil discovery, so it's not dat d pepo r lazy but wen u ve a salary of 100m/mnth wil u still take u side provisions business seriously? - of cuz d population n minority status of the SS pepo makes pepo oblivious to their contributions, for instance, a yoruba man in lagos sees an hard working ogoni man but since he does not know d diff btw ogoni n igbo, he wil thinks it's anoda hard working igbo man I'm nt jus supportin my zone, i no y it may seem lyk all we do is shout our oyel, but neva judge witout lukin deeply at facts n u'll see the truth unless uve made up ur mind bout us den u r free to believe ur belief magicjack, edodefender, fero007, sinistami, scholes make una drop una own talk o |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Sinistami(m): 6:07pm On Feb 11, 2019 |
Well you can call us whatever you want, whether its lazy Ogogoro drinking fish eating people to Pipe line busting youth, just get this straight into your head Mr Op and the others supporting you, you would never know what it is to be a Niger-deltan. The Niger-deltans so far has been the the worst hit of the socioeconomic and Eco-Cultural problems we have here in Nigeria with the Middlle-Beltans and North easterners and South easterners being not so far on the line. Right fron the start of the advent of the White man on our Chores. As you know we have been the first to meet these white deceivers which I know some people who don't have sense might disagree with and want to claim it forgetting it also means our cultural Economic and Traditional values started detoriating at a very early stage compared to yours, imaging being first to come in contact with Guns and Hard drugs coupled with the white man's craftyness. Anyway because of lots of fall outs we had with the whites they conspired right from the start for power not to be in our hands so they could and would easily control our resources. read on King jaja of Opobo, King koko of Nembe, The Benin Empire, Nana of Itshekiri etc you would see why they did that, giving power to Northerners who were easier to control than to the Igbo or Yoruba or the Niger-deltan and also why we we didn't have a Geopolitical Zone of ours until recently. The Oil Boom was both a blessing and a curse to us, Oil destroyed our Farm lands our water ways and yet you're talking of farming. just have it to your head that if everything was good the Nigerian Government wasn't this bad I swear I'm not Tribakistic o!! but nobody would be able to stand up to us Niger-deltans. we have a whole designed against us blacks let's not let Tribalism make it worse. #Staywoke. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Sinistami(m): 8:41pm On Feb 11, 2019 |
viscerion:Thank you Bross. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Nwadiuto247: 9:55pm On Feb 11, 2019 |
hungrynigerian:Block head ipob let me help you refine your topic. The topic of this thread should be- What area of life endeavor is the Niger delta known for? You can then list Igbo, Yoruba Hausa etc and the areas they are known for. For me most of the people of Niger delta are very lazy folks. Their youths lazy about, drinking ogogoro, engaging in cultism and killing themselves, relying on politicians to dash them money, extorting money from business shops and offices illegally, extorting money from taxi/bus drivers illegally, blocking oil company/multi national companies gates from time to time and requesting for money, extorting money from contractors who are repairing/constructing the roads in their community, blowing of pipelines and engaging in oil theft, millitancy etc. count the Ndoki people of Rivers state out of the above mentioned, also count the Igbo speaking areas of Delta state out of this, they are hardworking. There may be other hardworking ones among the rest which i dont know. I dont think Akwa Ibom people are lazy. |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by GeorgeTheCoder: 10:13pm On Feb 11, 2019 |
OP stop being a dummy and try to take your medicine regularly |
| Re: What Do People Of The South-south Contribute To The Development Of This Country? by Fatherofdragons: 10:29pm On Feb 11, 2019 |
OP dis ur title is offensive. Is like saying Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE etc dont deserve thier wealth. We have been blessed to have crude oil in our land. And dis crude oil feed the whole nation. Even if we are drinking Ogogoro, we have contributed massively more than 80% of Nigeria economy.Typical yoruber man, in a bid not to sound like a tribal bigot you ended up still sounding like one. You could have made your point without including Ipob because you are not 100% sure that the op is Igbo but your unbridled hate couldn't stop you. You yorubers should be aware on how you unleash your hate at every slightest opportunity so as not to cry foul when it's served to you back. |
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