mmsen:


Why are the South East senators the most imbecilic when it is the north that languishes in poverty?

Why should I not talk about the north east? Money that is not being generated in the north east is being wasted in the north east because of destruction caused by people of the north east. But you think it is wrong for people in the South East to request compensation to damage caused in their region by external forces?

Ebenstyles:


[b]SOURCE: http://www.thekalabaris.com/2017/04/22/nigerias-breakup-is-inevitable-senator-okurounmu/

Allann:


Enahoro moved for independence, and the north resisted because they felt they were educationally disadvantaged and might be oppressed. So Nigeria had to wait for 4years to address that concern.

Then based on this and other anticidents, Awolowo also felt that it would be dangerous to leave the north as a region(since politics is the game of number and the north had been unduly favoured by the British), despite the fact that they were not homogeneous in anyWay. He saw the danger of domination. Your people were too arrogant to see any danger. Rather they formed an alliance and blackmailed Awo into submission. Six years was too late for your people to wake up, and somebody was talking of One Ojukwu waking up in the morning to see what Awo didn't see.

Go and read history with open mind bros .

godquality:
If only those calling for breakup knows the full implication of that. Imagine the country breaks up, tell me, into how many parts? Is there a part or tribe that gets along? Or does the Igbos think for a minute that the Ijaws will let then dictate to them and vice versa. Or the Fulanis get along with Hausas? We can go on and on. So people should think before clamouring for secession. Because it's not mutually exclusive to anyone and it will only lead to upheaval, violence and more upheaval.

successmatters:
What Ojukwu saw early in the morning, Awolowo couldn't see in the afternoon.

What Nnamdi Kanu saw in the evening, some people from the south west are still arguing it till this night!

helinues:
Okunrounmu should go and sit down somewhere. He was a senator during Osoba's first term. He lost woefully to unknown person cos he didn't perform.

drss2:
nations ar formed by pipul of similar culture n background coming togeda into a union like wat happend in america. not like d fake one forced fully joined togeda by federick lugard.
nobody in america need to sing "one america" every day like d case in dis cess-pit cos every american feel he/she is part of america. their patriotism to america as citizens was not by force, it came naturally. why will america not develop like it is today u can't force patriotism on pipul who do not see demselves as nijeriyans.
americans live as a united nation, free to practice their religion in peace, unlike northern nijeriya were christians ar persecuted n massacred daily cos of their faith. Americans have a sense of nationhood wia every american matters whether d pesin is from alaska or hawaii. thus every american is proud to be an american. dis is how nations ar formed. can d same be said for nijeriya definately not.
compare d rise of nations from europe to america n u will see nijeriya's problem. dat some pipul have to beg nijeriyans to live as "one nijeria" every single day for d past 50 years goes to show dat d con3 itself is not one.
d massacres currently going on all ova d con3 especially middle belt by terrorist who feel d con3 belongs to dem is by far enough reason for d con3 to break. who will want to live with unrepetant murderers as one nijeriya God forbid!
nijeriya's disintegration is inevitable. as it was in former yugoslavia, USSR n sudan, so shall it be in nijeria.

godquality:
If only those calling for breakup knows the full implication of that. Imagine the country breaks up, tell me, into how many parts? Is there a part or tribe that gets along? Or does the Igbos think for a minute that the Ijaws will let then dictate to them and vice versa. Or the Fulanis get along with Hausas? We can go on and on. So people should think before clamouring for secession. Because it's not mutually exclusive to anyone and it will only lead to upheaval, violence and more upheaval.

Abagworo:
There can't be break up without war and there will never be peace after the war and subsequent wars upon wars. The issue at hand is the paradigm shift in 2015 which has brought an end to the old order and they are using every means possible to create chaos under different guises from cattle rustlers to Fulani herdsmen to IPOB to pipeline vandalism. Their finances will soon be strangulated completely as they are presently gasping for breath.

successmatters:


What Ojukwu saw early in the morning, Awolowo couldn't see in the afternoon.

What Nnamdi Kanu saw in the evening, some people from the south west are still arguing it till this night!

5DMindset:


This, your perspective is accurate but you are analyzing the problems within the box, you are in the box and the politicians are in the box, that is why they do not see the clear picture. To fix a system, you MUST first of all, step outside the system and look at it it from OUTSIDE of the Box.

Corruption is a fancy name for stealing of public funds in the public sphere. Yet Stealing means stealing among the masses. You MUST remember or know, that you can only steal funds when there is no planning and a framework to build the blueprint on the framework on. There are no structures, Yes, I make bold to challenge Nigerians, to proof One Single Structure in our country.

We use Political Parties to gain our Personal Aim as well as vested interest of an elite few, then the next minute you dump the party when it is no longer serving your interest, ...underline the word...YOUR INTEREST. And there is no structural regulation that says, YOU CAN NOT DECAMP, You must stay in that Party to build a structure, make sure that Party exist in the consciousness of the people. And if that party has erroneous constitution, then the Excos of that party holds a referendum and FIX that problem. That is one.

Two; The Institution of Security you call the Police are just bribe collecting outfits, making returns to DPO, Commissioner of Police and IG. There is no training what so ever, and the Police men are so poor and wretched and depend on superiors, bribes and even the corrupt FG for survival. It is NOT supposed to be so. Police Funds are supposed to be on black budgets not regulated by Politicians, because they use the budgetary allocations to corrupt the entire force and the personnel, making them work on their commands. This is wrong.

Listen, I have no time to write cos I have a lot to do, if I want to write on Nigeria, you will either travel to Europe and move your entire family out, or you will relocate and build mansions in your village and live there like a country of your own. Invariably, you could decide that there is no hope, and take your life into your hands and create and manufacture everything a human being need to have happiness. The last, is what I decided to do, and I am not even aware of Nigeria news except on Nairaland here and I do not read the nonsese threads about BBN, cos you all are crazy celebrating absolute nonsense when your mates are busy inventing the next washing machine.

I am out of here men, Nigeria is sick.

Igboesika:

So Nigerians don't have mansions outside Nigeria ?. Having Biafra doesn't mean that everybody should carry his luggage and start running bck to Biafran land. It's optional , those that want to go wil go same with those that want to stay.

gberra:
I will put it in summary; How was the Northern senators were able to lobby for the creation of NEDC but the SE counterpart preoccupied with fat pockets. Olisa Agbakoba advocates for SEDC in his suit, raises the question about the docility & self-greed of their senators. Once more, IPob is Doomed.

helinues:
Okunrounmu should go and sit down somewhere. He was a senator during Osoba's first term. He lost woefully to unknown person cos he didn't perform.

Noneroone:
you just concured that awolowos party was the first to move self rule motion. They even went ahead to mock the north for not supporting the motion. What more nonsense are u talking? U think u can wake up and make unfounded claims.

Mrnairalandd:


[s][/s]It irritates and baffles me to see a scumbag with nothing upstairs except empty skull and his Kinsmen from the same wailing and erosion-ravaged region making all effort to change our national history so as to feel good about their repulsive past in our national history. Anyway, i am here to burst your bubbles by making sure that you and your fellow cunts are well fed with historical facts.

It's a shame to see Igbos being allowed by other Southerners to talk when it comes to Nigeria history... Why? 80% of our problems in Nigeria today was caused by your forefathers who lacked wisdom to see beyond their noses.

Shortly after independence, these saboteurs called Igbos went behind Southerners and formed political alliance with Hausas/Fulanis political Party and the result was what led to Tafawa Balewa and Nnamdi Azikiwe led government. At that point in time, Yorubas were left with nothing but regional governance.

Igbo coup of Jan 1966 was what followed. The coup was well planned and carried out by 98% Igbo officers. Ironically, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Okpara who were very active in the coalition government escaped untouched but opposition party which was Yoruba party was brutally dealt with. These leaders from the Nortn and West were brutally murdered in the presence of their families.

And what was Igbos' reactions in Kano and other parts of the country after this massacre? Joy. Total jubilation! These fools-your progenitors went to the streets and started celebrating this bloody massacre.

The next thing your selfish progenitors did after that horrible massacre was to destroy our flourishing regional system of government through their Igbo son called Aguiyi Ironsi who became the president after the coup. Despite all the pleas from the North and the West, he literally refused and went ahead and forced unitary system of government on us so as to control other regions. He was successfully overthrown and killed by Northern military officers in retaliation of the killing of Northern leaders.

Stupidly, Yorubas didn't retaliate and that remain a mystery to me till date.

Why are we blaming the North now instead of these greedy bastards? Hausa/Fulanis were cool with regional system of government until Igbos destroyed it and Northerners saw the opportunity and capitalised on it.

Shortly after all the above dramas, Ojukwu decided to take his dumb followers out of the country and expected Yorubas who are smarter to commit the same stupid suicide you all committed. Millions of your progenitors died as a result of that silly decision of Ojukwu.

Finally, after the civil war, guess who went ahead and formed another coalition government with heir masters again? Igbos. They formed another alliance with Hausa/Fulsnis political party which led to Shagari/Alex Ekwueme government. Who missed out again? Yorubas.

Igbos betrayed the rest of the South till early 80s. Yorubas only realised what Igbos were doing against the interest of Yorubas in early 80s and we decided to change the way we play our political games[s][/s]

chiedu7:
One thing I love about the North is that they dont care about Federal Character when it suits them.
And the south will keep quiet.

When it does not suit them, they scream Federal Character.

Let the South keep on being foolish, while the North uses our human resources to sustain their place,
which they call NYSC.
I call it cheap labour.

Let the South keep on being foolish while they take the oil from the south to develop the north,
while the south where they get the oil from languishes.


Let the South keep on being foolish while they use the money raised from the Ports in the South to furnish the North.

The one that cracks me up, is that most govt allocations go to the North,
but when it comes to taxing it starts in the south.
Please dont mention Abuja, that's the captial.
all the rest bar one are from the south.

It also directed that with effect from April 1, 2017:

Banks in the states where the cashless policy was already operating, Lagos, Ogun, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory, would begin to impose charges on deposits and withdrawals above N500,000.

My people in the south are so foolish that the North used the south(west) to get rid of another southerner(GEJ).
Now the same foolish southerners(east) are teaming up again with the North, yet the same north refuses to give you
fair share of Govt allocations.




I can only say that though we are educated in the south, yet we are still very foolish

Allann:


What exactly is your point? I don't seem to get you. Please don't be rude to me as I have not been rude to you. Let's address history.

My argument was not about who moved motion for independence first. Is it a bad thing for a people who is blessed with human and natural resources to demand for self rule /independence?

Agitation for self rule began shortly after the almagamation of 1914, and that was why the first political party (NCCNC) was formed. macaulay was the leader and Zik the deputy, because the entire south was a single protectorate. Then followed by series of conferences. All in the direction of self rule. In the same vain, 1946 Richard constitution broke the entire south into East and West. Macaulay died and Zik took over. What was their cause? As Richard constitution gave the signal that independence might come along ethnic /regional line, Action Group was floated in the West.

Why did they give self rule to the regions at diifferent times ?

So what is your point sir?