morscino:

Do not fool yourself, let igbos leave lagos, they shall be replaced by togolese n beninoise...u ppl are naturally filled with hatred, that is why no one would invest in ur land.a man from owerri cannot buy a land in abia, let alone a non-igbo, he would have to buy it with the name of a native of the host town, who would easily claim it one day.
I have once stayed in d east so I know what I'm saying, Imo is the only hospitable state in d east.
The west has always been leading and we would always lead, we were not clothed by d british like u ppl.

we had aso-oke,buba,sokoto-kembe,fila abeti-aja,etc(all of which has no english name,because they were not brought by d british)...name one igbo clothing that is not from the SW and has no english name..

God bless you sir. On one of my rare e-fight thread. I told the person I was replying that the only way I responded civilly to his barrage of insults was because I served in Owerri and from my experience, they are a special breed of Igbos. They are friendly and civil......I was thinking they are pretending but seeing how their kins from Abia and Anambra et al despise them, I know they are naturally good and kind-hearted.

TheArchangel:
you don't understand a thing and you refuse to even understand.

When the industries imports their raw materials where is it coming from?
Most traders that troop to Lagos daily where is there wares coming from.? Do you think that if there is a port in Onne, calabar, Onitsha, Lokoja that the numbers will remain same? Get an education boy.

I ain't envious of SW, not at all. I am just having a conversation. Damn it.

so,no port in Onne?


....orisirisi ni nairaland.

Blue3k:



The fact people people like maturity isn't the op's fault. The should grow up. This thread is interesting economic discussion but fact is most people don't have mental capacity for it. They are emotional tribalist.

ah koda ola gbara gan
they don't even think to abuse northern for not contributed to the IG instead na fight among themselves olagbara gan!!!!

Princedapace:


What made u think I am a bigort? Was my comment bigotry?

Someone agitating for his own nation is not a bigort..

You have the right to agitate peacefully. Do it without hating on anyone and pls always ignore the bigots here. That you want Biafra doesn't make me your enemy! Cheers

Funkybabee:



ah koda ola gbara gan
they don't even think to abuse northern for not contributed to the IG instead na fight among themselves olagbara gan!!!!

The already get abused all the time being referred to as backward north. They are also called poor illiterate suicide bombers. Next two northern zones generate more. Only North east lags behind.

People from south east refer to other regions as unity begging parasites. This backlash is to be expected.

Mazeltovscotty:
The whole south east region is just a little bit richer than Davido with 19billion. Davido has 30billion in his account while south east has 49billion
Lolzzzzzzzzz

Hahahaha bro you wicked oooh
Shaiiiii hahahahahha

Funkybabee:
who created these thread and which mod move it to FP? shey both of u don't know it will cause tribal war ,Yoruba's and Igbo's are great hens they like to fight too much.no one want to bow for others that is why this fight will keep continues until one gree for others, there is no such thing like one Nigeria

but one thing certain I know is that if we splits now southwest will not suffer because we are blessed from the beginning.


Op see wat u caused

Don't you know that this is a strategy by the mods to have more traffic on threads that involves the two ethnic groups.

reptile1:


Your brain dey shake? U no sabi ur brothers again with their scratched faces? In osun state u have IDP camp. How is that an Igbo mans biz? Oya gerrout before I slap your wooden face

So you do not know the dracula face of your people again.If you see 4 mad people in Yorubaland,3 are Igbos.

Blue3k:


The already get abused all the time being referred to as backward north. They are also called poor illiterate suicide bombers. Next two northern zones generate more. Only North east lags behind.

I just don't know what their real problems is

they have a richest man in Africa still the same thing

TheArchangel:
And the revenues generated from businesses established cos of the proximity to the ports goes to who I think you are the stark illiterate here

Corporation tax paid by companies goes to the federation account and not state government.

This thread shouldn't have caused e-fight. This thread should involve brainstorming which will bring about solutions on how states can improve on their IGRs and the standard of living of their citizens.

This has nothing to do with standard of living.

This stat will only favor those that pay tax accurately especially worker on PAYE.

An average Igbo man has his own business and with that u can't actually estimate how much tax he will pay.

In market,all the govt can do is to say each shop should pay say 1000 monthly as levy.


But he will not be able to estimate how much goods is in each persons shop.


Igbos don't actually pay tax but using igr to judge standard of living is not correct.

Kikikiki. Igbos will not like this. We are the ONE. They're the OTHERS.

QUESTION::


Lagos as Nigeria's industrial capital and what it is today didn't happen by accident.

The industrial estates responsible for Nigeria's industrial and service output in Lagos state today were in the western region, built by the government of the western region led Awolowo, not by the FG.

Lagos as an industrial state was made possible by Awolowo for having foresight and vision to create industrial estates from Ikeja industrial to Apapa, Matori, Mushin, Ilupeju and Oluyole industrial estates in the western region

The question the Igbos in SE are not asking themselves remains why their leaders, specifically ZIK as the premiere of the Eastern region during regional administration when Awolowo was also the premier of the western region did and why he did not create industrial estates in the SE under his control.


The western region and specifically Awolow was responsible industrial Lagos, not the FG.

I lav you. Dope. Doper. Dopest.

Mazeltovscotty:
If we are to hold the view that Lagos state economy is being dictated by the igbos, then we must remove lagos state out of the stat, which then brings souht west down to an equal level with south east ( 5 - 5 states).
However, if we are to deduct lagos state's N302,425,091,969 from the total south west IGR N414,847,500,567 then we will be having roughly about N110...,...,..., which still EXCEEDS the total south east IGR N49,934,646,220.
My point is: even without lagos state, south west still beats south east in terms of IGR.
I fink it is high time my igbo brothers acknowledge the fact that Performane and noise making are two parallel lines
i stand to be corrected in my calculation.

ProWalker:


You guys should be nice, it is this sort of below the belt jab that makes Igbos always avoid any IGR related thread on NL

I visit nairaland to enjoy the ncan parody, the memes, etc.
Truly, I enjoy all of that and don't take it too serious. In as much as my people (Igbos) are beginning to lead in international crimes unlike before.
However, I read stuffs like in this thread and I pass away but for your comment, i'll drop my take:
Nigeria's GDP in Africa is about the highest (see: http://statisticstimes.com/economy/african-countries-by-gdp.php)
Nigeria=493, while South Africa =314
But is NIGERIA the country with the best per capita income?
NO!
it is not how large an economy is but it's distribution.
It amazes me as well to see people argue that a parasitic state is one with the lowest igr.
This is flawed because the ND would have been the highest being that NIGERIA feeds from it MAJORLY.
to my Igbo folks, stop aligning with all of the SS for about 70% if not more are non-Igbos but I wonder why people would allude the 1966 coup as an Igbo coup whereas over 50% of those Igbos who participated in that coup, esp KD Nzeogwu were from the SS.
again, in as much as I still prefer one NIGERIA if not for the recent wickedness of our leaders, Biafra can and will be self sustainable as against these projections.
After 52yrs with £2 (with all politeness) and shelling, the region can be proud enough to say "WE CAN".
No region except the NE has gone through what we got through and yet today the Igbos can stand above board.
Meanwhile, all these my brothers in Malaysia giving the Igbos bad name and feeding nairaland ncan (lol) may GOD visit you all. Come home or face it hot

And Davido is Afonja. Haha-ha. You wicked. But I like am like that.

Mazeltovscotty:
The whole south east region is just a little bit richer than Davido with 19billion. Davido has 30billion in his account while south east has 49billion
Lolzzzzzzzzz

Horllamideh:

God bless you sir. On one of my rare e-fight thread. I told the person I was replying that the only way I was civil is because I served in Owerri and from my experience, they are a special breed of Igbos. They are friendly and civil......I was thinking they are pretending but seeing how their kins from Abia and Anambra et al despise them, I know they are naturally good and kind-hearted.

God bless u too brother, during my stay in d east, I moved around a lot, that was how I could sample them well.
The ppl of imo are just too welcoming,I sometimes feel they have yoruba traits in them, you would be shocked to know that they are hated by other eastern states for this reason.
The ikweres and eches in rivers who are clearing igbo speaking tribes would tell u they are not igbos, because of the negativity attached to the igbo brand and in reflection of how they are treated by the core igbos...

SilentHaulers. My guy. U don dey squash dem again.

SilentHaulers:
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That port was existing before Nigeria, why didnt you cry to GEJ when he was the President for 6 years. You all like crying and wailing unnecessarily. First its Lagos is no mans land, now its rubbish port. What has Port got to do with IGR? Ogun is the most industralized state (after Lagos). Keep blaming others for your misfortune while they progress. Mschew

Finish her. Kill her. I'm late to the party.

Super1Star:


Is PH only Rivers. Do you know how far Bonny is to PH. I repeat Rivers Is farther away from Lagos than Enugu.

Stating Kano is in a desert is a figurative expression to show it is in the far North, you slow poke.

You were arguing on distance to Lagos and I was showing your argument does not have any basis.

Zirah:
SilentHaulers. My guy. U don dey squash dem again.

I loyal boss

Mazeltovscotty:
If we are to hold the view that Lagos state economy is being dictated by the igbos, then we must remove lagos state out of the stat, which then brings souht west down to an equal level with south east ( 5 - 5 states).
However, if we are to deduct lagos state's N302,425,091,969 from the total south west IGR N414,847,500,567 then we will be having roughly about N110...,...,..., which still EXCEEDS the total south east IGR N49,934,646,220.
My point is: even without lagos state, south west still beats south east in terms of IGR.
I fink it is high time my igbo brothers acknowledge the fact that Performane and noise making are two parallel lines
i stand to be corrected in my calculation.

stop taking it tribal.
Ogun state is enjoying from lagos spill over, many companies are buying land in ogun simply because lagos is filled.

Also, i will say south west are blessed to be located at d entrance to nigeria and by d sea. Many developments from d outside world starts from lagos and ogun because of easy access and exit.

I know many oil companies dat prefer to locate their head quater in lagos instead of d south south where Dey operate due to ease of transport.

So the IGR is not about SW being d best or whatever but because virtually all oil companies and all major companies headquarters are in lagos and also d entire country is well represented in lagos.

Ogun in d next 20years may have dsame IGR with lagos due to spillage from lag.

morscino:

God bless u too brother, during my stay in d east, I moved around a lot, that was how I could sample them well.
The ppl of imo are just too welcoming,I sometimes feel they have yoruba traits in them, you would be shocked to know that they are hated by other eastern states for this reason.
The ikweres and eches in rivers who are clearing igbo speaking tribes would tell u they are not igbos, because of the negativity attached to the igbo brand and in reflection of how they are treated by the core igbos...

What you wrote is the Truth..... nothing but the truth.

Because they're animals. Because they hate themselves. Because they hate everything. Because. Just because.

ProWalker:


You are proud to write that gibberish? You just unwittingly agreed with what many people say here that the SE is very unwelcoming to visitors and investors. It also happens to be the most culturally and socially un-diverse part of Nigeria where you find the least of non-indigenous people. The question now is why do people avoid the Igbo part of Nigeria.?

Mazeltovscotty:
igbo alone? I doubt. I have a lot of folks from south west working is Awka, count me among. if we remove ogun state tell me how much balance do we still have in the account?

Come, you no dey shame ni? After removing Lagos state, the South West still beats your eroision-infested land hands down. Now, you want them to remove Ogun state again. Kukuma claim South west as part of 'Biafra'.

mercyville:

THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE CHILDREN OF YOUR PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE USUAL MENTAL PROBLEM POPULAR IN THE SOUTH EAST.
YOU MUST DRINK AGBO SO YOU DO NOT RUN MAD LIKE YOUR PEOPLE WEY POVERTY DON HAMMER... NA UNA MAD IGBOS DEY ESCAPE COME SOUTH WEST. NA WAH O.PEOPLE TOO DEY MAD FOR IGBOLAND O. THE MAD IGBOS DON FULL SOUTH WEST.
ONWUBIKO CONTINUES:This is worse than northern almajiri...



For instance, in the North East Zone, four out of 37 prisons had 20 mentally ill inmates. In the North West, they were 50, while in the South South they were 79. Also, in the South West, they were 121. Two hundred and eighty-nine were found in the South East zone, with Enugu having 136. Lunatics in Nigerian prisons are as follows; South South – 79; North East – 20; North Central – 44; South West – 121; North West – 45; and South East – 363; making a total of 672.
http://theeagleonline.com.ng/lunatics-in-nigerian-prisons-by-emmanuel-onwubiko/

..This is so cruel.

Anyway,they requested for it.

Yorubas will say...eni ti o so oko oro lo n fe oguluntu.

Nortwest makes more money than Biafra? How will thy survive on their own?

AbA!!!!!!!!!! Ogun state alone is richer than The whole of South East (5 states) or North East (6 States) or North Central (6 states) or North West ( 7 states)

kenex4ever:
stop taking it tribal.
Ogun state is enjoying from lagos spill over, many companies are buying land in ogun simply because lagos is filled.

Also, i will say south west are blessed to be located at d entrance to nigeria and by d sea. Many developments from d outside world starts from lagos and ogun because of easy access and exit.

I know many oil companies dat prefer to locate their head quater in lagos instead of d south south where Dey operate due to ease of transport.

So the IGR is not about SW being d best or whatever but because virtually all oil companies and all major companies headquarters are in lagos and also d entire country is well represented in lagos.

Ogun in d next 20years may have dsame IGR with lagos due to spillage from lag.

What about the regions in the North with higher IGR, zero ports, no oil and not anywhere close to entry into Nigeria?

You people are full of silly and bogus excuses.

TheArchangel:
Working in Awka generating revenues for the government You pay tax to Anambra state government, now do you You must be very funny.

Sorry to say this but the only People from the SW seen in Awka are selling AGBO which obviously isn't a revenue generating venture.

Lol, Na Wa For You Sister, You Wicked O. Lol

ProWalker:


The Insurance business is firmly in the hands of the Yoruba.
The real Estate sector is almost 95% of the SW is in their grip
The inter SW transport (including Lagos) is almost 99% in their hands.
The downstream oil trading ( petrol stations) is almost 100% their
The stocks of the bluest of the blue chip companies is in there own.
The most capitalized bank and best performing bank in Nigeria is own by them
The ICT business is firmly in their grip.
They operates more than 2/3 of the port Terminal and shipping companies.
The list is endless.
The problem is that the Yorubas don't make noise unlike Igbos.

Now, tell me apart from trading in imported items, tell me the commercial areas Igbos are better.

It's simple

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