engrchykae:
and the capitalist western imperialists hated the sage because of his people oriented policies,mko would suffer a similar fate some years after.we have a common enemy.the anglo american imperialists.

Was that because MKO was also not a capitalist working for/with western imperialists?

tifany89:

And what about the governors u v in the west are they any better? Aregberascal n Co, thought it's a yoruba school dat has been on strike for months only for the governor to say the students don't respect constituted authorities huh? Next time comment with sense.

Name one SE governor that has been better than Tinubu and Fashola since 99?? Shey Nigerians are holding ipob down?? Name one SE governor that has performed as well as those guys?
Why aren't you talking about Rochas that owned pensioners for how long and forced them to a deal forfeiting part of their pensions.

Jetleeee:


What stops you from doing your research and collating these facts. Una go dey wait for person to do something so una go hail am.

That's something I've observed with most of you Yorubas here.

I have come to realise that silence is golden
You could have kept quiet instead of spitting out thrash from your gutter look alike mouth
Somebody has done something remarkable hence the commendation
But your stupid self just had to put in some form of tribal colouration...

You accuse the Yorubas of sitting down,hailing Somebody who has done something commendable.
Are u so dull that this guy who put up a nice piece is a Yoruba boy? Well hate won't allow u see that..... u this tribalistic nonentity

Nwakaumu:
Yes. Awo gave us Brown Roofs.

Yes we love that brown roof because it remains us that as at time those roof was constructed some tribe ancestors are still living on the tree

zxcvb:


I have come to realise that silence is golden
You could have kept quiet instead of spitting out thrash from your gutter look alike mouth
Somebody has done something remarkable hence the commendation
But your stupid self just had to put in some form of tribal colouration...

You accuse the Yorubas of sitting down,hailing Somebody who has done something commendable.
Are u so dull that this guy who put up a nice piece is a Yoruba boy? Well hate won't allow u see that..... u this tribalistic nonentity

No be you I go take chop ban

I called you out for your bullchitt and I still stand by it. I'm sure most Yorubas here agree with me. You sabi curse like this yet dem go dey abuse your ancestors for here, you no go fit defend your people. Collate your facts and stop waiting for someone else to do it.

Now 4++koff!!!

Baba Awo a man that deal with Osus and their father zik osu seniour son.

pazienza:
Lest lies become passed as the truth, cumulatively over the past 15 years 2001-2016, SE and not the SW still leads in the JAMB enrollment figures, I had since done justice to that thread of falsehood, till now, the Yorubas are yet to provide rebuttal to my analysis of the JAMB stats.you can see my post on that here https://www.nairaland.com/3709501/see-jamb-applications-geopolitical-regions/12

Euromonitor statistics was about consumer expenditure of cities in Africa and not about city development, the resilent City challenge stat is a better measurement of city over all development and livability and Enugu was the first Nigerian city to make the cut in 2014,http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/enugu-makes-history-joins-worlds-100-resilient-cities/
Lagos was only able to make the list 2years later and no other Nigerian city made the list.
I had also done justice to this Euromonitor stat ish here :
https://www.nairaland.com/3294626/abuja-ibadan-port-harcourt-make-euromonitor/5

On the vibrancy of the economy, we just need to follow the money trail, and if we do that, SE beats SW once again. https://www.nairaland.com/3088004/southeast-one-richest-region-after

This thread does justice to what the Eastern cities, towns and villages look like :https://www.nairaland.com/2576371/eastern-neighbourhoods-streets-made

Just setting things straight.

Clap for yourself. Your little Kingdom has won the race against another little Kingdom.

Only people who grew up in an Army barrack, Naval or Airforce Base are somewhat free from this oozing ethnic consciousness that means so much to other Nigerians.

ODVanguard:


LMAO. You are the one TRYING SO HARD to convince me that you're 'developed', when I actually don't give a flipping fvck. You guys bleat, shout, and make deafening noises daily about how developed you are than everybody else in the world, yet your people are moving en-masse to Ogun, Oyo, and other parts in increasing numbers to seek economic sustenance, to live under our 'brown roofs'. Una leave una 'Rondon' for our brown-roofs. Like seriously? Shyt don't make no sense.

don't forget that we Bleep their sisters en masses for 500 naira in southwest brothel.

Jetleeee:




No be you I go take chop ban

I called you out for your bullchitt and I still stand by it. I'm sure most Yoruba here agree with me. You sabi curse like this yet dem go dey abuse your ancestors for here, you no go fit defend your people. Collate your facts and stop waiting for someone else to do it.

Now 4++koff!!!

Dude get a life... and don't b jobless.... I keep stopping my work over here intermittently just to reply u...
if u need a job just send me ur CV so I could help u secure a place here in my place of Work

#GOD BLESS YOU
#GOD BLESS THE YORUBA RACE
#GOD BLESS NIGERIA

evilyoruba:

I just want to let you all know that Igbos are still living after the evil your awo and his people meted on Igbo because of one Nigeria.... And yoruba land is not much better than Igbo land....neither are the hausa fulanis any better, except that they have more richer people,

Chest-beating!

As if people have not toured across te whole region!


In sane English language, The East is under developed


The least in whole Nigeria


And u will be bragging as if we don't go there?


Outside Enugu an Imo, which other sane place is in the East?

Nwakaumu:
Yes. Awo gave us Brown Roofs.

yes, and we keep fucking yah sisters for 500 naira under our brown roof brothels

ariesbull:


Can you tell me any place in Yoruba land that is better than east


Don't call Lagos....Because Oba of Lagos the custodian of Lagos has made it clear that Lagos isn't Yoruba land

Start from Ogun to ondo

your region is develop and yah sisters keep coming to southwest for prostitution.
U better keep mute.

bestpunterever:
your region is develop and yah sisters keep coming to southwest for prostitution.
U better keep mute.

On point

edi879:

Name one SE governor that has been better than Tinubu and Fashola since 99?? Shey Nigerians are holding ipob down?? Name one SE governor that has performed as well as those guys?
Why aren't you talking about Rochas that owned pensioners for how long and forced them to a deal forfeiting part of their pensions.

The onus is on u to prove coz I wasn't the one dat started with the comparisons but u know what? Quoting you was a big mistake seriously coz this ur comment now just goes to show how far from intelligent you are . Why did u use Lagos as a case study? Why not OYO or Osun or Ekiti? Coz you know those states are glorified villages. Do u know how much Lagos receives from the federal coffers in a month coupled with her internally generated revenue? Lagos naturally has an edge over every other states in Nigeria coz of its status as a former capital coupled with the amount of businesses, companies, and all dat are sited dere and dey are all taxable. So by your standards Tinubu and Fashola are exemplary governors? Stop celebrating mediocrity, No wonder we are were we are coz a people deserves the kind of leader they get. Ever head of Peter Obi? Despite limited resources go to Anambra and see how well he tried. Aren't you even ashamed that u r comparing a region that fought a war amidst heavy bombardment with a region dat has enjoyed relative peace except for pockets of violence due to civil disobedience? So what kept the west from developing to enviable standards all this while? Even awolowo failed in that regard. Seriously am ashamed for you people. How would it feel that in 20 years time I will now be comparing Borno and Ebonyi after all these Boko haram menace? Wouldn't dat be an indictment on us as a people? Just see your life outside, and am sure when u were commenting dat rubbish u thought u were making sense. Let me laugh in Chinese. Compare the five Eastern states with the 5 western states apart from Lagos without bias, let them stand toe to toe and see which ones are much more developed . Adieu

edi879:

Name one SE governor that has been better than Tinubu and Fashola since 99?? Shey Nigerians are holding ipob down?? Name one SE governor that has performed as well as those guys?
Why aren't you talking about Rochas that owned pensioners for how long and forced them to a deal forfeiting part of their pensions.

The onus is on u to prove coz I wasn't the one dat started with the comparisons but u know what? Quoting you was a big mistake seriously coz this ur comment now just goes to show how far from intelligent you are . Why did u use Lagos as a case study? Why not OYO or Osun or Ekiti? Coz you know those states are glorified villages. Do u know how much Lagos receives from the federal coffers in a month coupled with her internally generated revenue? Lagos naturally has an edge over every other states in Nigeria coz of its status as a former capital coupled with the amount of businesses, companies, and all dat are sited dere and dey are all taxable. So by your standards Tinubu and Fashola are exemplary governors? Stop celebrating mediocrity, No wonder we are were we are coz a people deserves the kind of leader they get. Ever head of Peter Obi? Despite limited resources go to Anambra and see how well he tried. Aren't you even ashamed that u r comparing a region that fought a war amidst heavy bombardment with a region dat has enjoyed relative peace except for pockets of violence due to civil disobedience? So what kept the west from developing to enviable standards all this while? Even awolowo failed in that regard. Seriously am ashamed for you people. How would it feel that in 20 years time I will now be comparing Borno and Ebonyi after all these Boko haram menace? Wouldn't dat be an indictment on us as a people? Just see your life outside, and am sure when u were commenting dat rubbish u thought u were making sense. Let me laugh in Chinese. Compare the five Eastern states with the 5 western states apart from Lagos without bias, let them stand toe to toe and see which ones are much more developed . Adieu

Majesticniyi:
The most sensible conclusion I can arrive at is that Awolowo made the most terrible mistake of leadership....he had nobody to succeed him (forget all the sweet talks).

... Good Talk....

tifany89:

The onus is on u to prove coz I wasn't the one dat started with the comparisons but u know what? Quoting you was a big mistake seriously coz this ur comment now just goes to show how far from intelligent you are . Why did u use Lagos as a case study? Why not OYO or Osun or Ekiti? Coz you know those states are glorified villages. Do u know how much Lagos receives from the federal coffers in a month coupled with her internally generated revenue? Lagos naturally has an edge over every other states in Nigeria coz of its status as a former capital coupled with the amount of businesses, companies, and all dat are sited dere and dey are all taxable. So by your standards Tinubu and Fashola are exemplary governors? Stop celebrating mediocrity, No wonder we are were we are coz a people deserves the kind of leader they get. Ever head of Peter Obi? Despite limited resources go to Anambra and see how well he tried. Aren't you even ashamed that u r comparing a region that fought a war amidst heavy bombardment with a region dat has enjoyed relative peace except for pockets of violence due to civil disobedience? So what kept the west from developing to enviable standards all this while? Even awolowo failed in that regard. Seriously am ashamed for you people. How would it feel that in 20 years time I will now be comparing Borno and Ebonyi after all these Boko haram menace? Wouldn't dat be an indictment on us as a people? Just see your life outside, and am sure when u were commenting dat rubbish u thought u were making sense. Let me laugh in Chinese. Compare the five Eastern states with the 5 western states apart from Lagos without bias, let them stand toe to toe and see which ones are much more developed . Adieu

Why should we exclude Lagos? Aren't they part of the West? What about Ogun? Ibadan? Why are most of our ibo brothers running to the place they hate so much. Let's develop SE instead of developing other people's places for them. The truth hurts. SW have been performing better than SE for a while now. Fact.

Interesting and insightful read.

One of these thieving Yoruba politicians need to sponsor a well written/directed documentary about the man's life/achievements and take it to the big screen for the youths to learn about the great man.

A black man using the black mind to proffer solutions to peculiar problems affecting black people ought to be a blueprint for others to follow. That might be a catalyst for a change cos all I can see right now is utter failure piling up on future failures.

Rest in power to the great/enigmatic one...just had to pay homage cos they don't breed folks like him anymore. The new wave are a bunch of owanbe dancing amala eaters with no sense of purpose/direction smh.

It is sardonic that a Nigerian can ("témbélú " what Awolowo did for this nation. I'm a Yoruba guy but I'm not saying this in favour of my tribe. Awolowo is the greatest "leader" to rise in Nigeria. He was a man of vision that no one had at that time . Many of us today are advocating for disintegration of the country... (I'll talk on that but let me drive home a point). Africa as a continent was "raped" by the whites no doubt about that. In fact they (the white) were the ones that determined which part is this country which part is that country, that was back in 1885 when the European leaders met at the infamous Berlin Conference to divide Africa and arbitrarily draw up borders that exist to this day... May I tell you that problem caused implicitly lingered till today. There is a part of Benin -republic that are Yorubas, there is a part of Cameroon that is supposed to be of the east too, same in the north.. Every African nation has the scar and how to use this disadvantage as a point of strength was what Awolowo advocated for "one Nigeria " because breaking away from each other will result to future breaking( because we at first are people of different beliefs, cultural background, thought patterns etc. And aren't supposed to be together) but this will be a Continental tsunami if everyone is trying to segregate n divide to their respective nations. That was why the man that was interviewed said. "Nigeria is not a nation but a Country of nations" that phrase must be from Awolowo.
Awolowo saw that despite our differences uniting us(I mean staying united) as one even though it might not have happened until the whites did. Was better now than dividing after it already done... It will be a Continental tsunami that will forever leave a scar in the government of any daughter nation birthed from the division of one Nigeria.
Finally, then it will be a self fulfilling prophesy : if one nation breaks out of Nigeria, multiple nation from the daughter nation will advocate for their independence in a 100 years. You might think hundred years is too long to take serious but I hope some persons alive now will live to tell the story to then contemporary generation..

People should've listened to him. If Nigeria were a confederation of regions as he wanted, the country wouldn't be where it is today.

/* THE TRUTH */

By Ena Ofugara

I am not Igbo. I am proud of my Urhobo. However, as a student of history, I wish to show just what these great people came/come against and yet thrive.

Okay, the incessant killings in the north will be glossed over so as to make this article not overly long. The civil war will also not be discussed.

However, post-civil war, as I explained in my post “Minority report: the system is rigged against you”, the rich in Nigeria have major roots in the Indigenisation Decree of 1972 and 1977. I reminded people how the banks gave people of other tribes, predominantly Hausa and Yoruba, loans to buy up companies owned by foreigners. Now, imagine the federal government forced Chevron to sell 51% of its shares and Access Bank would give you loans to buy the shares. How rich would you be in a year? Five years? That is how many Yoruba and Hausa got to own UAC, all the Dunlop, Leventis, Cadbury etc shares.

Now while this was ongoing, Awolowo/Gowon told the Nigerian banks to give tops 20 pounds to any Igbo man that had money in the bank before the war. That is, if you had N5 before the war, you would be given the N5. But if you had N1million, you get just 20 pounds in full fulfilment of the bank’s duty to give you your money.

Ask yourself: why would the banks give the Igbo only 20 pounds? Did the banks collapse? So why pay less than you were given?

So while the banks were giving loans to Hausa and Yoruba to buy oyibo companies they did not build, the Igbo were being cheated out of their rightful moneys.

Now note also that these people lost houses and business across the land. It is safe to say that as at 1970/71, the richest Igbo had 20 pounds — that may be the equivalent of maybe one N1million.

Let us look at how Dangote made his money. He Dangote (a great man and pride to Nigeria) had an uncle called Dantata who owned huge chunks of the groundnut pyramids of the 1950’s and ’60’s. He gave Dangote a loan and Dangote paid it back in a record time. Clap! Clap! Then add that Dangote has had his “brothers” in government — from Shagari, Buhari, IBB, Abacha, Abdulsalami to Yar’Adua. When they now agreed to have democracy, he was rich enough to have funded Obasanjo, and so government policies enabled him to be the monopoly for rice, sugar, flour imports — and of course a large share of subsidy etc. – and ensured he is the wealthiest Nigerian. Note that many had same opportunity but did not use it. We kowtow to Dangote’s investment capabilities.

However, for the Igbo man, where would he see an uncle that would loan him money? The richest man in their family had how much as at then? So while Fani-Kayode could inherit the property of his father and grandfather and great-grandfather, a Chidi Kalu could not inherit anything from his grandfather who had business in Kano or even Port Harcourt. Neighbours had made his dad’s storey building theirs, and even someone as educated as Ken Saro-Wiwa lived in an Igbo war emigrant’s house as his. (A sore point of the Niger Delta and Igbo unity). WAEC building was Ojukwu’s dad’s building and, like that building, thousands and the lands with it — lands worth billions today were taken from the Igbo and each and every Igbo had tops 20 pounds, destroyed homeland, stolen and destroyed wealth away from the east. Also his brother is never president that will give him oil block or fuel lifting. Of 33, only one Igbo man and because he was in Obasanjo’s good graces.

YET LOOK HOW PROUD THEY STAND TODAY! Look what they have achieved for themselves…FIRST GENERATION WEALTH…top second generation. From being unable to send their first sons to school so he could help look after the shop, to producing first-class brains in all departments of modern learning.

So today, as you accuse the Igbo of wanting their Biafra or of baby factory, or liking money and ready to do anything for money, remember that just 40 years ago, while the banks were dashing your uncles loans to buy all the companies of Nigeria they stole from the Igbo. Know that appointments have not favoured them. Note that they remain persecuted and many speak such ill and hate towards a people forced by need to survive to be extra-aggressive towards their sustenance. Maybe if you took their history into consideration, you would not be so critical of them, but instead say “what a resilient people” and give God the glory.

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deomelo:



I guess you also agree with the same man that all ibo people should end up inside Lagos Lagoon right?

Yes Lagos was founded by the Edos while Benin was founded by the Yorubas, so who own Lagos?

edi287:
Awo would have been our best president ever if he had gotten the opportunity. Only a fool would discredit what he did for the west. I'd take a dead Awo over the dross we've had as governors in the east since 99.

Na lie!

When will this delusion with Awolowo ends?

evilyoruba:

I just want to let you all know that Igbos are still living after the evil your awo and his people meted on Igbo because of one Nigeria.... And yoruba land is not much better than Igbo land....neither are the hausa fulanis any better, except that they have more richer people,

if d igbos are still living,all that died during d civil war hav all reincarnated,Y all this hatred.japan has left d bitter WWII experience behind them.

Nwakaumu:
you dey mind yoruba's Lagos-ibadan express way junk journalism.telling us lie that yoruba were the only people in nigeria who felt white are not superior to them but in reality they are the first tribe who willingly allow white people to come and rule over them when british declared lagos british protectorate and appointed dosunmu as the new oba without resistance from yoruba.there are no anti-colonial movement in yoruba unlike what we have in igbo land as in Aro-British war. In fact yoruba were the first people to capitulate to foreign rule without putting up a fight,from dahomey women warriors to Arab Fulani conquest,Benin(Ado)domination of Eko and british colonialism.yoruba are used to servitude that's why they are afraid to be on their own,hence the hatred they show any time Biafra or Nnamdi kanu is mentioned.Yoruba history is one of servitude and subjugation,these lies are not selling, we are good students of history.so afonja stop distorting history.self-determination is not among yoruba's cultural values.

bro. the story is .......the portugese came to nigeria b4 d british. wen dey got to d east the eastern families were pushing their daughter to go and sleep wit the gods so dat dey can give birth to gods too

ODVanguard:


LMAO. You are the one TRYING SO HARD to convince me that you're 'developed', when I actually don't give a flipping fvck. You guys bleat, shout, and make deafening noises daily about how developed you are than everybody else in the world, yet your people are moving en-masse to Ogun, Oyo, and other parts in increasing numbers to seek economic sustenance, to live under our 'brown roofs'. Una leave una 'Rondon' for our brown-roofs. Like seriously? Shyt don't make no sense.

I wonder what makes you guys believe e that you are sophisticated when almost all of you reason like this.

When the Europeans were flooding Africa did it mean Africa was more developed than Europe? why don't you self imposed sophisticated people reason? When I see how you guys reason It makes me wanna denounce African .origin, damn!!!

obaaderemi:
You want him to travel to a place your own people are running away from?

Bros most of your kinsmen have come to the east and they could survive. A sheep can't can't survive where the lions thrive. Afonjas are lazy and can't survive in the east, simple.

ODVanguard:


Who are the 'we'? Guy, commot my mention right away. Your people are the ones moving en masse to our 'brown roof' cities for economic survival, coz obviously your supposed eldorados are nothing but hype, lack a big enough market, and are generally not economically viable. #Fact. Who wouldn't? Afterall, you lots only visit home during festivities, while spending the remainder of your time in our brown-roof region, which is home to the highest concentration of industries in the entire country (Lagos and Ogun especially: http://businessdayonline.com/2015/02/ogun-ikeja-top-manufacturers-investment-destinations-in-2014/ ).

We still attract the bulk of the FDI that comes into the country: http://punchng.com/ogun-attracts-75-fdi-into-nigeria-uk-envoy/

Euromonitor rated Ibadan to be amongst the top 10 fastest growing cities in Africa: http://blog.euromonitor.com/2016/08/top-10-sub-saharan-cities-consumer-spending-growth-2030.html -- no single SE city featured on the list.

The same Ibadan is a more developed, versatile and complete city than any city in the entire SE. It has 3 Cinemaplexes at three separate locations, countless shopping malls and hotels (was adjuded by hotels coy Jovago as having the 3rd highest number of hotels in Nigeria, behind Lagos and Abuja, and fourth highest number of 5-star hotels in Nigeria, behind Lagos, Abuja, and PH), and a host of other renowned international brands like Dominos, ColdStone, KFC, (these can only be found in Lagos and ABJ), e.t.c. Till today, no single SE and SS hosts a skyscraper the height of Cocoa house. Up till today!

We are home to the highest number of and the most vibrant Higher institutions (both private and public) in the entire country. #Fact

Ogun is home to more ultra-modern architectures than anywhere in the entire SE, and is home to Africa's largest housing estate of 15,000 housing units at Canaan-city. #Fact



We still retain the highest enrollment figures AND acceptance rates for JAMB in the country (https://www.nairaland.com/3709501/see-jamb-applications-geopolitical-regions ). #Fact.

It's not our fault that your collective bitterness and inferiority complex as a people drives you to highlight the old settlement parts of some of our cities as a way of deluding yourselves into some false sense of superiority . But alas, it's not up to you to decide who's the more developed between our peoples, and you certainly won't achieve that by continually displaying pictures of brown-roofs every chance you get on these pages. The indices and factors (some of which I mentioned above) will be the judge of that, thank you. In a nutshell, we'll always be your bosses . The difference between us is just that it's not in our nature to toot our own horns. Besides, like they say, 'empty vessels make the loudest noise'.

Below are sample aerial shots YOU REFUSE TO SEE, of our own cities. This is not in anyway meant to counter your jaundiced and hateful propaganda about us and our cities (you're free to see and believe what you want), no, rather it's meant to buttress my earlier point that you are a dishonest and evil lot whose false propaganda to disparage us will always be dead on arrival in the face of facts. Now choke on that.

1. Aerial shots of Park Inn by Radisson Hotels Abeokuta and environs
2. An Abeokuta surburb
3. Aerial shot of another part of Ibadan
4. Another aerial shots of other parts of Ibadan

Be smart and reason like an economist and an educated person, Europeans came to Africa to exploit us, and easterners go to west to exploit them, use your cone-head na. You should be ashamed that you guys are busy doing owo mi da when reasonable people are taking the main dividend of development just as former leaders of Nigeria like awolowo were busy forming nationalist when the whites were exploiting Nigeria.

Reason, I beg of you.

Majesticniyi:
The most sensible conclusion I can arrive at is that Awolowo made the most terrible mistake of leadership....he had nobody to succeed him (forget all the sweet talks).

Accurate and perfect conclusion jare, my namesake.

sorry1:
I wonder what makes you guys believe e that you are sophisticated when almost all of you reason like this.

When the Europeans were flooding Africa did it mean Africa was more developed than Europe? why don't you self imposed sophisticated people reason? When I see how you guys reason It makes me wanna denounce African .origin, damn!!!

u must be a fool..
When the Europeans u claimed were flooding africa, were they in africa to hawk gala or their sisters Here to do prostitution?
Ur foolishness is incomparable.
I sorry for u as yah names claimed it.

ariesbull:


Says who ? Not even a lane was named after him in East and Niger Delta


So sir, how is he a legend or is he a local legend

Pls think b4 you talk. So because there is no place in your community or local government named after awolowo, you assume there no place named after him in the whole eastern Nigeria. SMH for you.