So yang nnam nso

xcommando:
May be because of the believe that akwa ibom speaks calabar language,

See another one. There is no language like "calabar language". A part of Cross River speaks Efik, while Akwa Ibom speaks Ibibio, Annang and Oron dialect.
Take Note.

gentlegenius:

There's nothing like Calabar language. Calabar people speaks Efik language while Akwa Ibom people speak Ibibio language. But because of the similarities between the two languages, people in other parts of the country always refer to Akwa Ibom language(Ibibio) as Calabar languagTeand Akwa Ibom people as Calabar people. This is seriously annoying.

That is just one out of many wrong knowledge of the Nigerian society by majority of Nigerians. As far as I am concerned, the reason for this could not be unconnected with the fact that our country is a very complex one, failure of the relevant govt agencies like National Orientation Agency in carrying out their responsibilities and most importantly the bad

Enoquin:
Imagine, such an error from NTA. Shame!
But OP, Cross Riverians do not speak just Efik, there are various languages in that state. The town's (calabar) lingua franca is Efik but it is also erroneous to think Efik is used for the whole of cross river.

#ntoakwaibom
#ayenannang

Adada, song idem o

A certain Nigerian artist sang:� I go Calabar, I see Godswill Akpabio... He added to the mixup with his song. It is only recently that Akwaibomites have become proud of their state though.

That is what should be expected when political nonsense is being considered in employing people. The station that has lost its relevance

Blue3k:


This comment is stupid. Are people in cross river not allowed to work in Akwa ibom? It's like saying people that live in New Jersey shouldn't work in New York. Telling people to get the geography right ofends only idiots. I'm not sure what you mean by claiming who claiming Calabar.

There are many Akwa Ibomites in the CRSCS claiming to be cross riverians. take that hash tag and type it on Facebook or twitter and see the nonsense Akwa ibomites are saying about CRS.

Eastside046:
Diz Akwa Ibom people na tribal bigots


we see una as de same so make una no dey differentiate



See as dem dey chest beat dey call useless people as great people


Akwa Ibom as a whole cannot compete with my Town Ogidi in Anambra state wen it comes to great people..

Afonja coward. You hide behind Igbo username and spit rubbish.
Your silly propaganda won't work.

UDIOK:
Bros Isong is the first it is because of politics they put mai borno who is the second along side isong on 1000 naira note just like when they want to name the police house they wanted to slide the first I.G who was Louis edet to put the northern man who was the second....Akwa ibom has always been on the fore front of events....the first Nig. Army commision officer is an akwa ibomite but today barracks in abuja is named after number 4 because he was from north....is well o

like seriously?

Aspireahead:

There are many Akwa Ibomites in the CRSCS claiming to be cross riverians. take that hash tag and type it on Facebook or twitter and see the nonsense Akwa ibomites are saying about CRS.

Lol like the dumb this you say on nairaland. I can imagine idiots are abundant on Internet. Sounds contradictory claiming them and talking down on them.

Aspireahead:

Start your campaign by telling your numerous brothers in the cross river civil service to resign from their jobs.

Thoniameek:

That's how you'll open your mouth to spit nonsense
Why do biafrans want the akwa ibom people then? If y'all are so great
You Igbos just like to feel superior and that's your problem

If you believe that guy it's Igbo, you'll believe anything. An Afonja coward is behind that moniker.

omoelerin1:
That's why they are having problem in Nigeria. Their ultimate goal in the 60s was to dominate the country. When this could not be realized, they resorted to secession. It is their egocentrism that is responsible for their political plight in the country till today.

Shut your dirty mouth! Why don't you attack the guy as a person rather than bringing a whole ethnic group into your stupid conversation.

Igbo matter go kill una!

Blue3k:


Lol like the dumb this you say on nairaland. I can imagine idiots are abundant on Internet. Sounds contradictory claiming them and talking down on them.

the ones running everyday to Mary Slessor everyday get "Cross River Certified" are benefiting from it, and the INTERNET haters are just pained. Cross river State losses from the action of both

xcommando:
May be because of the believe that akwa ibom speaks calabar language,

Man Calabar is not a language

Pchidexy:
Shut your dirty mouth! Why don't you attack the guy as a person rather than bringing a whole ethnic group into your stupid conversation.

Igbo matter go kill una!

truth is but bitter. I have said my own.

toyota3:
baba am currently serving in cross rivers and i must say u just lied though i haven't been to akwa ibom... apart from calabar every other local govt in cross rivers is dominated with mud houses.. i mean mud houses!!! wtf .it's quite sad

Mr corper, where did I lie? you never waka for akwa ibom and u dey follow me dey drag. Calm down and use your head.

toyota3:
baba am currently serving in cross rivers and i must say u just lied though i haven't been to akwa ibom... apart from calabar every other local govt in cross rivers is dominated with mud houses.. i mean mud houses!!! wtf .it's quite sad

so you have been to all the local government areas. Are you serving as a bus conductor?

steppins:

If you believe that guy it's Igbo, you'll believe anything.
An Afonja coward is behind that moniker.

How is Afonja a coward? Call him anything you like, but he was never a coward. The General was assassinated in 1824 by the Fulani paying back his treachery with treachery. The question is: when this man was commanding a standing army of the Yorubas in the early 19th century where were your ancestors? You don't need to answer. But I put it to you that you had no war histories because you are cowards, hiding in caves!

Common sense should tell them the difference between the two states.

steppins:

If you believe that guy it's Igbo, you'll believe anything.
An Afonja coward is behind that moniker.

Let me educate you, free of charge. General Afonja was a pre-colonial Yoruba warrior. He was in charge of the Oyo empire army stationed in Ilorin. He died a treacherous death in 1824 when the Fulani he trusted in rebellion against the Oyo empire murdered him. He remained undefeated until death. How is this man a coward? Do you even know what coward means?

Akwa Ibom, great state, good and hospitable people

Edipee:
Adada, song idem o

Ooh ooh Ette ufok.

oseiwe:
Ibompr is just vexing for nothing. Akwa ibom people like being called calabar, but calabar takes it as an insult to be referred as akwa ibom. The thing is that akwa ibom is still undeveloped with teeming illiterates and backward people, this is 2017 and they still erect mud houses in d state.

I've seen stupid comments but yours is the most stupid. Shut up when you don't know what to say, it helps.

mooregan:


I've seen stupid comments but yours is the most stupid. Shut up when you don't know what to say, it helps.

The truth is really bitter. It's safe to say most akwa ibom boys in rivers state are drycleaners and househelps.
Don't get mad, it's in your people's blood.

xcommando:
May be because of the believe that akwa ibom speaks calabar language,

We don't speak calabar language. We understand their language

IbomPR:
On September 1st, 2017, a rather interesting match was played at the Nest of Champions, Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions. Fortunately, Nigeria thrashed the Lions with a four goals to nil score line. The country has since been in high spirits. However, the immediate hosts of the match, the good people of Akwa Ibom state, are hurting.

The match, like all events of such magnitude, was reported on National TV. NTA however, had it that the match was played in Calabar, Cross River State – a rather egregious error for a national TV station. And this little mistake is the reason why Akwa Ibomites are hurting: the fact that Uyo was elided for Calabar, or that Uyo was subsumed under Calabar.

This obvious mistake seems quite a trifle for an entire people to pine over, and it’s definitely something that can be overlooked. But it seems that it has become a norm; at least it has become so commonplace as to be carried on national TV! Since Akwa Ibom was created from Cross River state thirty years ago, and given the relative cultural uniformity of both states, it seems that in the minds of people, Akwa Ibom is yet to exist. So, a lot of people just say Calabar (the capital city of Cross River), when they mean to say Uyo (the capital city of Akwa Ibom). An NTA scrollbar advert during yesterday’s news even said that the match was played in Calabar. But IT’S UYO, NOT CALABAR; IT’S AKWA IBOM, NOT CROSS RIVER.



Even though the people of Akwa Ibom very readily identify with those of Cross River, it is outrageous to see Akwa Ibom through the eyes of Cross River, to put it that way. It’s a slight on the pride of Akwa Ibomites as a socio-political unit.

A state that is 30 years old is not a small state. And even if age doesn’t count, solid personal achievements cannot be ignored.
Akwa Ibom has recorded the following achievements and must be given her pride of place amongst other states:

· The 1914 Amalgamation Declaration was done in the present-day Ikot Abasi Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State. Nigeria began to exist as a single, even if incoherent, political entity from Akwa Ibom. We have Sir Fredrick Lord Lugard’s residence here, which should have, by now, become a national tourist attraction.

· The famous women’s riot of 1929 which lead to a micro-war against taxation in the entire south eastern region began in Ikot Abasi. The panel that sat thereafter to investigate the matter only did so in Aba. But till today, that riot is still fallaciously referred to as the Aba Women’s Riot.
· Akwa Ibom produced one of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor – Clement ISONG.

· Akwa Ibom produced one of Nigeria’s first legal luminaries – Justice Udo UDOMA, first Chief Justice of Kenya.

· Akwa Ibom produced Nigeria’s first Nigerian WWE Boxing Champion – Samuel OKON Peter.

· Akwa Ibom has produced the likes of INI Edo, IME Bishop, Emem ISONG, etc., who are contributing their quota to make Nigeria a country to reckon with in the global movie sphere.

· Akwa Ibom has one of the first Prelates of the Methodist Church – Bishop Sunday MBANG.

· In literature, Akwa Ibom has produced Uwem AKPAN, Anietie ISONG, etc., whose works have won laurels.

· And to add to all these, Akwa Ibom is also the number one producer of oil in the nation
And, for a lot of those who do not know, the Efik people of Calabar migrated from the now Uruan Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom.

Till today, whenever the Obong of Calabar dies, it is an Uruan man that crowns another. The Efik people as we know them today are ethnic children, more or less, of the Ibibio people of Akwa Ibom state.

The essence of this campaign is not to spread bile between these two sister tribes. It is just to set records straight. Indeed, as it is said, you bale the water while it is still at the knees. If such a scandalizing error can be made on national TV, the water has indeed come to the ankle. Every people have the right to self-assertion. Surely any well-meaning Nigerian can understand that, especially looking at our multi-lingual, multi-ethnic nation.

We want Nigerians and indeed the entire world to know that there is Uyo, just as there is Calabar, and that there is Akwa Ibom, just as there is Cross River. We are Akwa Ibomites, not Cross Riverians, and this needs to register in every mind!

We are of the opinion, that NTA should tender an apology to the Akwa Ibom people and we've gone ahead to create a petition to that regard. Sign the petition here, if you share in our opinion>

Join the campaign: #UyoNotCalabar; #AkwaIbomNotCrossRiver. It might not bother you today, but someday it might.

what do u expect from a nation her president calls Germany ''west Germany" and calls Cote de voir ''gold coast''

Eastside046:
Diz Akwa Ibom people na tribal bigots


we see una as de same so make una no dey differentiate



See as dem dey chest beat dey call useless people as great people


Akwa Ibom as a whole cannot compete with my Town Ogidi in Anambra state wen it comes to great people..

SHOT YOUR TRAP
BIAF-RAUD Igbo

Aspireahead:
but when it suits you guys you begin to claim Calabar. start your campaign by telling your numerous brothers in the cross river civil service to resign from their jobs.

Exactly, a large number of the civil servants in CRS are Akwaibomites. U see them trooping out of the state on Friday to AKS.

Eastside046:
Diz Akwa Ibom people na tribal bigots


we see una as de same so make una no dey differentiate



See as dem dey chest beat dey call useless people as great people


Akwa Ibom as a whole cannot compete with my Town Ogidi in Anambra state wen it comes to great people..

who the heck is this worthless illiterate yawning trash, do you even know what is called a state, a town and a city?

Who ever that was in charge, seriously shud be axed from the seat asap. But that wouldn't happen, it's �� Nigeria , a failed state.

oseiwe:

The truth is really bitter. It's safe to say most akwa ibom boys in rivers state are drycleaners and househelps.
Don't get mad, it's in your people's blood.

How does this relate to your post I quoted? You are obviously a myopic fellow and a bigot. BTW, your name looks Benin, say me well to your sisters who I heard have Ph.Ds in Prostitution. Don't get mad, it's in your peoples blood.

Eastside046:
Diz Akwa Ibom people na tribal bigots


we see una as de same so make una no dey differentiate



See as dem dey chest beat dey call useless people as great people


Akwa Ibom as a whole cannot compete with my Town Ogidi in Anambra state wen it comes to great people..

U are the definition of stupidity and clown of the highest order