₦airaland Forum

ChimaAdeoye:
I have indeed observed Ikwerre behavior.

It is a fact that they want to ride on the back of Igbos to grab national positions zoned to Ndigbo, while at the same time hatefully despise the Igbo. Ikwerre is NOT Igbo. It must be stated as a fact and let us stop the wishful thinking that Ikwerre will somehow accept that they are Igbo.

I have been pro-Igbo untiy, however as somebody stated, have focused too much on external enemies and allowed the enemy within to operate unchallenged. We must carefully watch the Ikwerre moves and alliances they are entering across Nigeria to steal from Igbos what is rightfully Igbo.

Good a thing more and more of our people are beginning to understand.
Please, help us disseminate this information, as much and as far as you can.

The task of emancipating Igboland, is a sacred task, every single Igbo man must accept and accomplish.
A problem known is a problem half solved.

onuebonyi:
LOL..you are poor a man, probably a jobless man. it is better you go back to your village. Abuja is not for the poor smelling people like you. My brother lives in a 2 bedroom apartment at Gwarimpa, and you are older than him.

Your brother is still a tenant.

It is better to be a tenant in Gwarimpa than to live in one obscure village somewhere in Niger state where there is neither road nor light. Village life is common to you people anyways. That your dwelling village in Niger state will not allow you to see the big picture of what good living should be but someone at Gwarimpa will have a feel of good things and work hard to own a house there. That is levels for you.

basilo101:
Your brother is still a tenant.

onuebonyi:
It is better to be a tenant in Gwarimpa than to live in one obscure village somewhere in Niger state where there is neither road nor light. Village life is common to you people anyways. That your dwelling village in Niger state will not allow you to see the big picture of what good living should be but someone at Gwarimpa will have a feel of good things and work hard to own a house there. That is levels for you.

You don't know abuja so shut up.

Shut up useless villager. Keep suffering in the bush.

basilo101:
You don't know abuja so shut up.

pazienza:
The Ikwerres are not working their way back to anything.
They are simply repositioning themselves for 2023, when they would seek to grab and hijack the Igbo presidency campaign.
Don't be too foolish to fall for their gimmicks.
Those people are incapable of remorse. They are set in their Igbophobic ways, there is no remedying the situation.
You should be wise enough to know when someone is being manipulative to exploit you. After 2019, expect Wike to feature more on Igbo gatherings, including more public proclamations of being Igbo. Expect Ogbakor Ikwerre to mellow down on their Igbophobia campaign and speeches.
It's calculative. But we are one step ahead of them. Ikwerre is not Igbo. If they want to be Igbo, fine, let them prove it by joining hands to help us campaign for AIIA airport, which would be a purely Igbo airport, and not an Igbo( this is me assuming Ikwerres are now Igbo) - Ijaw Airport.
Wike should also help campaign vigorously for an Igbo presidential candidate from SE, and finance such.
Let their claim to Igbo be put through altruistic balance and see how it fails immediately.

Onye aghogbu ka agba.

Gbam at the bolded!

They should help build one Pro-Igbo airport inside the SE for every Igbo.

Not always thinking how to steal what has been achieved in Igboland and divert it away to Port Harcourt airport or Lagos airport to suit enemies of Ndigbo that nothing tangible can be found anywhere inside the SE region.

Ikwerre should help by diverting PH airport traffic to Enugu, the way they are plotting to divert Enugu intl. airport traffic to Port Harcourt.

onuebonyi:
It is better to be a tenant in Gwarimpa than to live in one obscure village somewhere in Niger state where there is neither road nor light. Village life is common to you people anyways. That your dwelling village in Niger state will not allow you to see the big picture of what good living should be but someone at Gwarimpa will have a feel of good things and work hard to own a house there. That is levels for you.

Squatting inside boys quarter in gwarimpa. No no. When your brother makes money let him come snd buy a house at our estate

Our regional airport for the SE and SS is set to open for business. hehehehehehe

OMANBALA1:
I am saying that as long as the South East is divided into states AIIA will not thrive, Enugu is not a business hub. That airport should be made local, its logical. You can scream Enugu is the capital of Igbo land all you want but it wont change the design of the town. Most of these people championing and,pushing Enugu down our throats are those born or school there. People like myself, Obiano ,Okoye brothers(Psquare), Mikel Obi has no affinity to Enugu. I love Plateau state where I was born and raised more than Enugu. I dont want to fly to Enugu, it doesnt appeal to me.

You cant divert all the traffics to AIIA because it doesn't offer the same options. Be reasonable for a second, the business hub in the East favors PH airport for obvious reasons ,but what is the attraction to Enugu. The only airport that will compete with PH is Umuleri

What economic options does Ph offer? Ph whose economy is controlled by Aba business men. Other than oil sector many of who have their headquarters and personels in Lagos, what else does Ph offer? The business in Ph is all linked to the oil sector which can only employ only a small portion of the populace, add the youthful restiveness of the area, and you have a future economic dead zone.

You love Plateau? Who cares, what are you doing here then? Go create a Plateau thread or go to the Anambra thread only. Here is for those of us who are pan Igbo in outlook. Zik was born in Zungeru Niger, yet he was pan Igbo, he wasn't myopic in outlook or thought only of Onitsha. Micheal Okpara was from Abia, yet he accepted Enugu as our capital and worked to lift the City. You can't be more Anambra than Ojukwu who lived in Enugu all his life. Victor Umeh,APGA chieftain lives in Enugu.
If you are going to survive in a pan Igbo agenda, then you must get use to Enugu as our capital or go open your Plateau thread.

Common sense dictates that an Igboman from Anambra flying from China, London, etc to his hometown in the SE, is better off stopping straight at AIIA, and driving 1:45 at most to all parts of Anambra. Than stopping at Lagos and pass through the stress of gruelling hours of journey through Ore-Bini road, or at PH and passing through entire Imo state to get to Anambra.

Telling Igbos to use Ph airport, is not even economically pragmatic and fair to Igbo travellers . And then there is the issue of Igbo national pride.

Umuleri doesn't have to compete with Ph for Igbo traffic. They are not in the same economic zone.
Ph should go and compete with Calabar, Bini, Uyo for SS traffick.
The idea of AIIA competing with Umuleri for Igbo traffic in the future is well acceptable by me. But until that future comes, AIIA is the only Igbo inter national airport, and will not be replaced by an Ikwerre-Ijaw airport. It can only be replaced in the future by another Igbo airport, or it would rather share the traffic with such Igbo airports.

Shut up useless villager. My younger brothers stays in 2 bedroom flat at Gwarimpa, he is getting married in December. Get out from that village you are living so that you shall start reasoning like a normal humanbeing.

basilo101:
Squatting inside boys quarter in gwarimpa. No no. When your brother makes money let him come snd buy a house at our estate

Our SE and SS regional airport is set. hehehehehehe

I just saw this thread after 3 months I read through, and its really interesting to interact here not minding insults flying around here.
I just want to share a little reason why I thinkit seems Ebonyi people don't want regionalism, but rather prefer states as federating units and would even prefer state autonomy to Regional autonomy. My write-up is shouldn't be misunderstood as accusation but here is the simple fact.
1)In regionalism the centre has the lion share of infrastructure and development and this is primarily why it seems a city like Enugu has more infrastructure than any other SE state capital, a state like Ebonyi actually didn't have any infrastructure going to the place of any sort but under the state of its own is able to have some roads, water , hospitals and have its people more employed which was not previously obtainable(not saying Ebonyi has arrived, far from it but gradually on the roadmap)

2)Employment is usually more to the people at the centre, take for instance the workers in regional owned institutions like the Akanu Ibiam Airport, the eastern hotels and many other regional investments had more of the people at the centre of the capital benefit more leaving those afar to wallow in their penury,

3)the taunting nature of the Igbo group.you all can bear witness how easy it is for igbos from more developed areas to cast aspersion on those without much infrastructure, things like there is no single flyover in your place and no single airport in your side.these things bring insults and people wouldn't be comfortable with it, same reason I don't buy into the idea of those saying the Enugu airport should serve igbos when tomorrow SB from Enugu begins to cast aspersion that your own state have no airport,

last but not the least, since Nigeria capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja , then why can't the regional capital now be in a place like Ebonyi since we want regionalism, it must not have to remain where it was before


mind you I'm from [b]Afikpo-south, LGA of Ebonyi state ..

kindly bring in your opinion , I won't respond to insults though, just want a decent discussion within the forum and I'm in no way castigating any eastern state.

These are the only international airports in Nigeria..Lagos, Abuja, PH and Kano. hehehehe



The federal government has concluded arrangements to open the new terminals of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) by the end of October this year.

Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this recently during the Grand opening of the Legend Hotel Lagos Airport Curio Collection by Hilton located within the premises of private terminal facility of Quits Aviation at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

Sirika , who informed that the federal government would spend huge sum of money in improving infrastructures at the airports especially the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos also informed that the two other international airports in Lagos and Kano would follow suit.

https://leadership.ng/2018/10/11/fg-set-to-open-abuja-port-harcourt-airport-terminals/

Ufere, I support you on this. I hate regionalism too. Thank goodness it has been abolished. Let all man be on its own and develop on their own pace. Now Ebonyi is building an international airport that will in no time serve Enugu and Ebonyi state, something that would not have been possible if it were in a regional government.

murphyibiam15:
I just saw this thread after 3 months I read through, and its really interesting to interact here not minding insults flying around here.
I just want to share a little reason why I thinkit seems Ebonyi people don't want regionalism, but rather prefer states as federating units and would even prefer state autonomy to Regional autonomy. My write-up is shouldn't be misunderstood as accusation but here is the simple fact.
1)In regionalism the centre has the lion share of infrastructure and development and this is primarily why it seems a city like Enugu has more infrastructure than any other SE state capital, a state like Ebonyi actually didn't have any infrastructure going to the place of any sort but under the state of its own is able to have some roads, water , hospitals and have its people more employed which was not previously obtainable(not saying Ebonyi has arrived, far from it but gradually on the roadmap)

2)Employment is usually more to the people at the centre, take for instance the workers in regional owned institutions like the Akanu Ibiam Airport, the eastern hotels and many other regional investments had more of the people at the centre of the capital benefit more leaving those afar to wallow in their penury,

3)the taunting nature of the Igbo group.you all can bear witness how easy it is for igbos from more developed areas to cast aspersion on those without much infrastructure, things like there is no single flyover in your place and no single airport in your side.these things bring insults and people wouldn't be comfortable with it, same reason I don't buy into the idea of those saying the Enugu airport should serve igbos when tomorrow SB from Enugu begins to cast aspersion that your own state have no airport,

last but not the least, since Nigeria capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja , then why can't the regional capital now be in a place like Ebonyi since we want regionalism, it must not have to remain where it was before


mind you I'm from [b]Afikpo-south, LGA of Ebonyi state ..

kindly bring in your opinion , I won't respond to insults though, just want a decent discussion within the forum and I'm in no way castigating any eastern state.

onuebonyi:
Shut up useless villager. My younger brothers stays in 2 bedroom flat at Gwarimpa, he is getting married in December. Get out from that village you are living so that you shall start reasoning like a normal humanbeing.

He wants to marry and squat inside BQ with wife and children? Na wa oo

He stays in his comfortable 2 bedroom flat with a good job while you are busy joblessly wandering in the bush of Niger state. I spit on you.

basilo101:
He wants to marry and squat inside BQ with wife and children? Na wa oo

Make una read line by line, we are talking of viable states with viable international airports and not one village airport somewhere.


The federal government has concluded arrangements to open the new terminals of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) by the end of October this year.

Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this recently during the Grand opening of the Legend Hotel Lagos Airport Curio Collection by Hilton located within the premises of private terminal facility of Quits Aviation at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

Sirika , who informed that the federal government would spend huge sum of money in improving infrastructures at the airports especially the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos also informed that the two other international airports in Lagos and Kano would follow suit.

https://leadership.ng/2018/10/11/fg-set-to-open-abuja-port-harcourt-airport-terminals/

LLobiorah:
For the first time in NL, I see you making a sensible post! You need a huge pat!! However, AIIA before any other airport in southeast, develop it to full capacity, others can fall in place.

If this is a compliment then go ffuck a cow! I create the Anambric social order, the spiritual forces of Omanbala are with me. I have been trying to educate ffools here but they are too blind to see the light.
Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X are my inspirators. I can't be wrong, I embody what a black man should be. I have rehabilitated many black people in America and instil black pride in them and you are telling me I am making sense for this first time? Please, don't quote me again. I dont need anybodys validation.

onuebonyi:
Ufere, I support you on this. I hate regionalism too. Thank goodness it has been abolished. Let all man be on its own and develop on their own pace. Now Ebonyi is building an international airport that will in no time serve Enugu and Ebonyi state, something that would not have been possible if it were in a regional government.

thank God you agreed on this one

actually I'm beginning to see it that we wasted advancement during regionalism and only empowered the centre, I wonder how Ebonyi would have been if it had been created early( say in the 70s), that's why I feel we shouldn't be talking of regionalism, its cheating IMHO

Below is a conscise response of my dear friend,Dr Iheanyi,to a rabid Igbo hater on the backpage of one of the elite dailies. Read and be enlightened my people. Such wisdom should be our rear guard at all times:

"An apprenticeship system that ensures that the young are infused with the skills and ethics that ensure their survival in the crocodile-infested world of business. Children are also encouraged to go to school and get a formal education. The result is that the Igbo states are always top of the heap in all educational endeavours in Nigeria. Meanwhile among those who love themselves and are unselfish, 14 million of their children are out of school with most begging in the streets as an apprenticeship system. Girls rarely go to school and young men have no future and end up as killers-for -hire for their loving and unselfish elite.

The Igbo are always politically naive and come out in large numbers to compete for the same positions. For that reason , they shall not be supported for the Presidency. However, in the last PDP convention, up to 12 people from the same ethnic stock competed for the post of Presidential candidate and the Igbo helped choose one of them as the candidate. He promptly turned around to chose one of them as his VP without consulting the leaders of the group. When the leaders demurred , they were promptly accused of self-hate and ingratitude to the man they installed with their votes.
When these disunited Igbo people mange to cobble up some unity and vote for one of the “wise ones “en block, they are piloried for putting all their political eggs in one basket. So, they can never really win. The failures of Nigeria clothe themselves in contrived wisdom, in order to try to explain away their disastrous existence in this Zoo. They become the oracles who cannot see their own futures but are obsessed with reading the tealeaves of others. So ,please let the oracle be. For him , the ability to produce a President for the Zoo , is the greatest thing to happen to his people , even if they live no better than their starving cattle. And,by the way, in this poverty capital of the world , the Igbo are the least poor, while the more united ones are poorer than poverty itself.
Hope you are better educated now."

onuebonyi:
He stays in his comfortable 2 bedroom flat with a good job while you are busy joblessly wandering in the bush of Niger state. I spit on you.

He should make money and come buy a house at our estate and stop squatting ay gwarimpa BQ

This same clowns that want us to support enugu local airport will still be the ones to come here to insult us over our collective wealth. The same enugu airport was built during regional govt with our collective wealth. I hate regionalism, and I know that this generation will never ever accept it again. Let every state develop at their own pace. There should be nothing again like regional airport rubbish, every state should build their own. I am happy that Ebonyi is building its own airport already.

murphyibiam15:
thank God you agreed on this one

actually I'm beginning to see it that we wasted advancement during regionalism and only empowered the centre, I wonder how Ebonyi would have been if it had been created early( say in the 70s), that's why I feel we shouldn't be talking of regionalism, its cheating IMHO

You have a good understanding of the Nigerian State.

Ofodirinwa:
Government will never develop Igboland/Biafra

State, local, federal. Any plan that involves government action is no plan at all. If you yourself are not in the government, to think, plan and hope for the actions of government is an exercise in futility. The type of development that will work for us is one that is holistically private and profit led. Believe it or not, this is the type of development that built the great cities in America, and countless other developed countries. We have the most industrious culture and minds in the world, and this is no accident. We have everything it takes to develop our lands privately through contributions scalabled to each woman or man's capacity and ability.

My posts will highlight how this is possible. We should see government projects as generous add-ons, and not the foundation of our development because we have waiting for 50 years to no avail. Let the meal be severed with or without cake.

We were brought up to to live good. It is clear you were brought up with suffering and hardship. You can still live in Gwarimpa and still own a property of your own. So get out from that wild forest poor villager.

basilo101:
He should make money and come buy a house at our estate and stop squatting ay gwarimpa BQ

murphyibiam15:
thank God you agreed on this one

actually I'm beginning to see it that we wasted advancement during regionalism and only empowered the centre, I wonder how Ebonyi would have been if it had been created early( say in the 70s), that's why I feel we shouldn't be talking of regionalism, its cheating IMHO

Every village should become a state then

Poverty has beclouded you villager. His point is that never again shall we accept regionalism. I totally agree with him, it is a pure cheating more especially when the center does not bring anything to the table.

basilo101:
Every village should become a state then

onuebonyi:
We were brought up to to live good. It is clear you were brought up with suffering and hardship. You can still live in Gwarimpa and still own a property of your own. So get out from that wild forest poor villager.

You don't know abuja at all. Niger is part of abuja estate haven. Abuja civil servants and company buses pick workers here. The popular Zuma rock in abuja is actually in niger state. Tell your brother to contact me whenever he makes money

If I will ever accept regionalism, it will be with productive cities like PH as the administrative center, because they have something to offer.

PMB fails to learn from history and still strongly believes in Government domination of the economy.

Why not allow and encourage private investors to develop and manage these airports?

onuebonyi:
Make una read line by line, we are talking of viable states with viable international airports and not one village airport somewhere.


The federal government has concluded arrangements to open the new terminals of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) by the end of October this year.

Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this recently during the Grand opening of the Legend Hotel Lagos Airport Curio Collection by Hilton located within the premises of private terminal facility of Quits Aviation at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

Sirika , who informed that the federal government would spend huge sum of money in improving infrastructures at the airports especially the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos also informed that the two other international airports in Lagos and Kano would follow suit.

https://leadership.ng/2018/10/11/fg-set-to-open-abuja-port-harcourt-airport-terminals/

onuebonyi:
Poverty has beclouded you villager. His point is that never again shall we accept regionalism. I totally agree with him, it is a pure cheating more especially when the center does not bring anything to the table.

That won't be a problem if the centre is for everybody

LOL..keep suffering in the bush, anyways you are a poor clown. Village man, so the Zuma rock is what gives you hope that you are in Abuja. I spit on you and your up-side-down reason. You are in the bush and not Abuja.

basilo101:
You don't know abuja at all. Niger is part of abuja estate haven. Abuja civil servants and company buses pick workers here. The popular Zuma rock in abuja is actually in niger state. Tell your brother to contact me whenever he makes money