₦airaland Forum

The Igbo elite called it marginalization. Other Nigerians countered by saying no part of Nigeria was getting enough. Marginalization was universal. But they forgot something. The Igbo cry of marginalization was official policy. It was expected. It was programmed. And occasionally, key government officials let it slip that Igbos should not complain. After all, they fought a war with Nigeria. Talk about No Victor, No Vanquished. There was a Victor alright. And they were reminded of that at every turn. Every appointment. Every national project. Nigeria was only pretending. Igbos were licking their wounds and complaining and the rest of Nigeria was too busy to notice.

Go to the South-East today. Since the 70s and the oil boom. Nigeria has invested in commercial industries across the country. None has been sited in the South east. None. Refineries, Steel Plants, Cement Firms. Any Industry. The South East was systematically de-industrialized. Even when it was the best location for any industry, there was always a reason why it should not be sited there. What this means was that any Igbo man that wanted to work in a commercial federal establishment had to leave the east. Add this to the indigenization policy of the early 70s that pushed the Igbos out of private companies. It meant that international companies also avoided expansion into the south east. The Nigerian Breweries, the Dunlop and other such firms sited their plants outside the East and only set up distribution centers to sell in the region. This is one of the main reasons the exodus of Igbos from the zone accelerated after the war and continues to this day despite the hostility they face in certain parts of Nigeria. And why most became traders and commercial business men. Because access to organized work either in the government, government commercial institutions and even commercial institutions were limited.

The only industrial enterprise in the east are built by easterners; Nnewi, Aba, Onitsha. These are Igbo indigenous industrial cities.

This has been the practice since the end of the war.
In addition to this, the Federal Government has systematically made it difficult for Easterners to do commercial business even in the East. The Federal Roads in the East are some of the worst in Nigeria. The Eastern Sea ports have been made ineffective. It was a war to get the Enugu Airport upgraded to an International Airport. The former Finance Minister shed tears on the day the first International Flight landed in Enugu. Yes, Okonjo Iwealla cried! Recently, it was only the South East that was conspicuously missing in the New Railway Plan of the Federal Government. Nigeria has 6 regions. And one was missing in a national railway plan. Incidentally, Igbos who reside here are the most itinerant in the country and would benefit most from a national transport plan. ------------to be continued in part 3

Valid irrefutable facts

When kidnapping , murder and rape became the order of the day , Robbery , maiming and killings became hobbies in the east, who will cite their industries there ? Ordinary Shell corp can testify to the fact that they lost several millions and workers to the aforementioned ordeal


Shall we shift to the part where you have state government, LG chairmen ,e.t.c. and even had the son of the soil at the helm of affairs recently , he shouldn't have marginalized y'all


Despite that SE,SS,ND and Yeeboland / East receives at least 4 times allocation of Osun, but with less landmass compared to Osun, where is the money Amnesty people still collect at least 150k salary from FG any month , apart from the ones trained outside the country for underwater welding , and other businesses



Hiding behind marginalization is a farce

Ask and ye shalt receive!

Yannnmmirri usual victim card, a people founded on wailing and gnashing of teeth.

What do you guys want sef?

Thank you.

Even in a house filled with kids. Every childs wants to be cared for, every child yearns to get equal attention from the parents. No child wants to be left behind... Where you have children that ain't receiving equal attention from their parents there tends to be conflict, anger, bitterness and squabbles... Reason for the current agitators in the region (MASSOB)

What am I saying?
It's high time the FG did the needful in the SE region. Indeed, our region is the least developed. We've been cheated for long in terms of infrastructure, industries etc. Reason why we have so much of our pple migrating to other parts of the country in droves. Nobody wants to remain in an undeveloped region. Kudos to Innosson,Stanel and co who have come home to develop in their own capacity.(Daalu nu o).
Lastly, SEners + OHANEZE need to come together, speak with one voice and demand for true governance in the region .

Ekiti and Osun States NOT Southeast are the most marginalized States in Nigeria

RevenGeMission:
When kidnapping , murder and rape became the order of the day , Robbery , maiming and killings became hobbies in the east, who will cite their industries there ? Ordinary Shell corp can testify to the fact that they lost several millions and workers to the aforementioned ordeal


Shall we shift to the part where you have state government, LG chairmen ,e.t.c. and even had the son of the soil at the helm of affairs recently , he shouldn't have marginalized y'all


Despite that SE,SS,ND and Yeeboland / East receives at least 4 times allocation of Osun, but with less landmass compared to Osun, where is the money Amnesty people still collect at least 150k salary from FG any month , apart from the ones trained outside the country for underwater welding , and other businesses



Hiding behind marginalization is a farce

Is just a matter of time, the Igbos you see today, you will see no more and then you will learn through the hard way that a little humility & kindness in victory can go a long way in helping you secure your victory.

Lastly, SE governors and her leaders need to do better instead of amassing wealth for themselves and family..monies accrued to the region should be judiciously used instead of careless spending. They should also propagate development in the region instead of waiting for the Government or crying foul all the time. God bless Nigeria and the SE.

Mtchewww Trash

RevenGeMission:
When kidnapping , murder and rape became the order of the day , Robbery , maiming and killings became hobbies in the east, who will cite their industries there ? Ordinary Shell corp can testify to the fact that they lost several millions and workers to the aforementioned ordeal


Shall we shift to the part where you have state government, LG chairmen ,e.t.c. and even had the son of the soil at the helm of affairs recently , he shouldn't have marginalized y'all


Despite that SE,SS,ND and Yeeboland / East receives at least 4 times allocation of Osun, but with less landmass compared to Osun, where is the money Amnesty people still collect at least 150k salary from FG any month , apart from the ones trained outside the country for underwater welding , and other businesses



Hiding behind marginalization is a farce

Meanwhile, in lagos people are kidnap every day by one chance using people for rituals with their skull being sold in Ibadan.
Banks are being robbed every year in the south-west by hungry looking afonjas.

There would be no peace in this country until everyone is tied

Southwest isnt creating writeups about marginalization

My point was anything you feel there is a result of what you've been doing

temptnow:
Meanwhile, in lagos people are kidnap every day by one chance using people for rituals with their skull being sold in Ibadan.
Banks are being robbed every year in the south-west by hungry looking afonjas.

There would be no peace in this country until everyone is tied

every sane being should be tired of Nigeria already.

Lol

nzeobi:
every sane being should be tired of Nigeria already.

You want to say every Ipob terrorist should be tired of Nigeria.

RevenGeMission:
When kidnapping , murder and rape became the order of the day , Robbery , maiming and killings became hobbies in the east, who will cite their industries there ? Ordinary Shell corp can testify to the fact that they lost several millions and workers to the aforementioned ordeal


Shall we shift to the part where you have state government, LG chairmen ,e.t.c. and even had the son of the soil at the helm of affairs recently , he shouldn't have marginalized y'all


Despite that SE,SS,ND and Yeeboland / East receives at least 4 times allocation of Osun, but with less landmass compared to Osun, where is the money Amnesty people still collect at least 150k salary from FG any month , apart from the ones trained outside the country for underwater welding , and other businesses



Hiding behind marginalization is a farce

land mass of osun state=9,251kmsquare,
land mass of enugu State =7121kmsquare. how is osun bigger than the whole east. Mr liar

Marginalisation aside, it is the right of Igbos to seek a separate country from the colonial makeup of the British called Nigeria

As an Igbo man, I think that Igbos are long over due for their own country. The online unity beggars who come up with every reason they can as to why Igbos should remain in Nigeria make me laugh.

My Igbo nation is long over due for their own country, away from the disaster called Nigeria.

yazach:
You want to say every Ipob terrorist should be tired of Nigeria.

unity beggar everywhere.
You hate igbos but still want to be in the same country with them.

kasmilla:
land mass of osun state=9,251kmsquare,
land mass of enugu State =7121kmsquare. how is osun bigger than the whole east. Mr liar

I never said Osun is bigger than the whole east, I said Osun is bigger than most if not all the states in Ibo land, with larger workforce and stuffs but osun collects at least 1/4 of their allocation, Osun never complained of marginalization

RevenGeMission:
I never said Osun is bigger than the whole east, I said Osun is bigger than most if not all the states in Ibo land, with larger workforce and stuffs but osun collects at least 1/4 of their allocation, Osun never complained of marginalization

large work force ? prove it

Nigeria is a zoo.Nigeria is evil,Nizooria should be brought down at all cost.at 58years Nizooria still no get vision, Hausa/Fulani terrorist tribe and their Yoruba gossipers tribe are happy in this Nizooria because they don't have the will or vision to move forward. they want everybody to be like them.my fellow brothers and sisters from south south and south east,fear those Yoruba gossipers tribe, they are worst than the Hausa/Fulani terrorist tribe

goodnessme1:
unity beggar everywhere.

You hate igbos but still want to be in the same country with them.

No, I don't hate igbo, I only hate Ipob terrorist

Igbo is part of Nigeria

Nigeria own igbo

yazach:
No, I don't hate igbo, I only hate Ipob terrorist
Igbo is part of Nigeria
Nigeria own igbo

same way igbos hate nigeria terrorist.
Nigeria doesn't own igbo.



Ipob is igbo,igbo is ipob.just like afonja is yoruba and yoruba is afonja.

The FG muscle was designed after the civil to squeeze Igbos in every way possible, unfortunately for the designers and planners, they only focused on short term benefits, forgetting long term consequences in every situation.

1. Abolish universal free basic education==>Igbos benefited most by number==>Today, literacy across the nation has fallen as a whole
2. Degrade eastern sea ports, and make sure they all come through Lagos==>Igbos need to suffer more doing their commercial business==> Over crowding and road congestion were not anticipated.
3. Federalize every roads and institutions==>too many Igbos are benefiting from them==>That neglect has been extended into other states.
4. Reduce or remove qualified Igbos from the military==>so that they don't plot coups==>Today, that practice which was permitted on Igbos, are also permitted on 95% of other Nigerians, unless you're from Daura!

The list goes on, but remember, when a government maligns a group, they malign everybody.
Oh, don't forget the Igbo proverb: When you hold someone on the ground, you're also holding yourself on the ground.

goodnessme1:
same way igbos hate nigeria terrorist.

Nigeria doesn't own igbo.




Ipob is igbo,igbo is ipob.just like afonja is yoruba and yoruba is afonja.

No Ipob is a terrorist organization from Israeli Jews.

If you don't know history, I will teach you.

yazach:
No Ipob is a terrorist organization from Israeli Jews.
If you don't know history, I will teach you.

no nigeria is terrorist nation created by british.
If you dont know i will lecture you.

goodnessme1:
no nigeria is terrorist nation created by british.

If you dont know i will lecture you.

I have not seen anywhere Nigeria is proscribed as terrorist, but as for IPOB, na den be terrorist

gidgiddy:
Marginalisation aside, it is the right of Igbos to seek a separate country from the colonial makeup of the British called Nigeria

As an Igbo man, I think that Igbos are long over due for their own country. The online unity beggars who come up with every reason they can as to why Igbos should remain in Nigeria make me laugh.

My Igbo nation is long over due for their own country, away from the disaster called Nigeria.

How i wish Dear Nnamdi Kanu had tabled his mission to President Putin . how i wish he had aligned himself properly to powers that be in france and amongst the Nigerian diaspora.

To get Biafra, i must tell you brother, wont be by peaceful demonstrations and online vituperations. We need an engaged and sustained push in all fronts...even if it means offering Putin or the Chinese premier a military base for ten years in SE.

Anything to get off the back of this derelict country should be taking out of the silk purse , perused and let it catch the light at all angles.

goodnessme1:
no nigeria is terrorist nation created by british.

If you dont know i will lecture you.

come and lecture me babe so that I would use the opportunity to know u more and better and probably to toast u.