I believe delta state would have been more developed than it is now.

They won't have been celebrating a con man like ibori and udughan,okowa would not have been elected and the best person for the position would have been picked.

The state would have been lobbying for senate or speaker position because of his population and landmass,i.e voting strength bigger than the entire south East.

The state would have easily been the most developed region surpassing even abuja with seaports working.

That's just my opinion though, no insults

No one would have noticed any difference.

OgogoroFreak:
No one would have noticed any difference.

as how?was Bendel not better than Edo and delta as of today?

Excaperx:
I believe delta state would have been more developed than it is now.

They won't have been celebrating a con man like ibori and udughan,okowa would not have been elected and the best person for the position would have been picked.

The state would have been lobbying for senate or speaker position because of his population and landmass,i.e voting strength bigger than the entire south East.

The state would have easily been the most developed region surpassing even abuja with seaports working.

That's just my opinion though, no insults

Why didn't that development come in all the years they were together as the old mid-western Region and later as Bendel state?

Such a big mistake the military administration government made then.However during the midwest still under the western influence they better off than now. During that period midwest have good leadership and they emulate the good leadership that baba Awolowo possessed.

Ethnic division will still come to play, Ijaws , urobo Benins, kwale people and others won't get along and get agitated when one tribe is seen to be dominant.

BuhariAdvocate:
Such a big mistake the military administration government made then.However during the midwest still under the western influence they better off than now. During that period midwest have good leadership and they emulate the good leadership that baba Awolowo possessed.

please stop this nonsense, who awolowo help. He might be loved by yoruba but not us, we despise him

Kalapizim:
Ethnic division will still come to play, Ijaws , urobo Benins, kwale people and others won't get along and get agitated when one tribe is seen to be dominant.

lies and it's not even possible to play ethnic card among us.

Do you know udughan mother is from Esan,edo state
Ogbemudia has ika root
The current chief of staff is urhobo but bear Benin names because urhobo-edo language are similar.

The problem of ethnic card might be ijaw but they are in minority

gidgiddy:


Why didn't that development come in all the years they were together as the old mid-western Region and later as Bendel state?

first of all there was no huge oil allocation as it was now.

The progress in development made then is still Better than the progress the two state are currently witnessing

Excaperx:
please stop this nonsense, who awolowo help. He might be loved by yoruba but not us, we despise him

You are despising a dead man just cos his absence is relevant than your presence.

Who are the we you are talking about. Just cos no one in your race can match him right

Westbestside:
You are despising a dead man just cos his absence is relevant than your presence.

Who are the we you are talking about. Just cos no one in your race can match him right

it's true no Benin man is so cowardly to drink rat poison.

This is about awolowo so please carry him wahala to people that worship him

Excaperx:
I believe delta state would have been more developed than it is now.

They won't have been celebrating a con man like ibori and udughan,okowa would not have been elected and the best person for the position would have been picked.

The state would have been lobbying for senate or speaker position because of his population and landmass,i.e voting strength bigger than the entire south East.

The state would have easily been the most developed region surpassing even abuja with seaports working.

That's just my opinion though, no insults

op nor be your fault. How many people dey edo and delta. dey you dey compare with S.E ?

lordkush:
op nor be your fault. How many people dey edo and delta. dey you dey compare with S.E ?

I'm talking about the size compare to south east

The problem is not leadership but the people that are being led. A governor didn't perform and he still won his re-election convincingly. He didn't win with a little margin but with a large margin.

So excuse me for not buying into your idea.

Yeye boy ipob flat head.

Excaperx post=77921239:
please stop this nonsense, who awolowo help. He might be loved by yoruba but not us, we despise him

Excaperx:
first of all there was no huge oil allocation as it was now.

The progress in development made then is still Better than the progress the two state are currently witnessing

That reasoning makes no sense. Having a larger population and landmass is what you think will bring development? If that were the case, Nigeria would have been developed. Nigeria has both large landmass and huge population and Is the 6th largest exporter of Oil in the world. Yet Nigeria is a third world country

Switzerland is not even up to size of Niger state, has a population of just 8 million people and has no oil. But Switzerlands GDP is bigger than that of Nigeria

It is not size or population or oil that will make anywhere develop, it is vision that makes a place develop

Excaperx:
lies and it's not even possible to play ethnic card among us.

Do you know udughan mother is from Esan,edo state
Ogbemudia has ika root
The current chief of staff is urhobo but bear Benin names because urhobo-edo language are similar.

The problem of ethnic card might be ijaw but they are in minority

The cat and dog relationship between Benin vs Ijaw is there for all to see, Isekiri and ijaws too.
Its a nice idea but this is my own reservation. I am Edo with an Ijaw mother and know what I see.

Kalapizim:
The cat and dog relationship between Benin vs Ijaw is there for all to see, Isekiri and ijaws too.
Its a nice idea but this is my own reservation. I am Edo with an Ijaw mother and know what I see.

you ijaw people has fought with every tribe in Edo and delta

Excaperx:
you ijaw people has fought with every tribe in Edo and delta

lolz so imagine everyone in one state with several interest at play BOOM !

Kalapizim:
lolz so imagine everyone in one state with several interest at play BOOM !

you are right, if only see we see what unite us

Excaperx:
it's true no Benin man is so cowardly to drink rat poison.

This is about awolowo so please carry him wahala to people that worship him

Lol, is there any bold bini man on earth? Lol. You do claimed to own every southern land but wonder how other group chased you all to one part, almighty bini people that were chased away from their so called clan .

Your emotional ranting can't stop awoo achievement.

Israel honored him even 30years after his death. Something no edo/bini man can achieve even alive .

Tell me, who can honor any of your family members alive

I hope you restrict that fancy Edo/Delta conjecture to only NON-IGBO speaking areas that are more than likely not going to tow along.

Westbestside:
Lol, is there any bold bini man on earth? Lol. You do claimed to own every southern land but wonder how other group chased you all to one part, almighty bini people that were chased away from their so called clan .

Your emotional ranting can't stop awoo achievement.

Israel honored him even 30years after his death. Something no edo/bini man can achieve even alive .

Tell me, who can honor any of your family members alive

what's Yoruba seff? Is awolowo even Yoruba or egun person?

Westbestside:
Lol, is there any bold bini man on earth? Lol. You do claimed to own every southern land but wonder how other group chased you all to one part, almighty bini people that were chased away from their so called clan .

Your emotional ranting can't stop awoo achievement.

Israel honored him even 30years after his death. Something no edo/bini man can achieve even alive .

Tell me, who can honor any of your family members alive

Stop this nonsense, you can't force people to love your hero, it's makes sense of course why Awo is deeply respected and loved by his Yoruba people, and that's fine.. but then it borders on sheer lunacy and delusion when you start to disparage other people (of different ethnic stocks) who might not share that same optimism. For all intents and purposes, Awo was hardly regaled among the other ethnic minority groups that make up the now defunct Midwest region, and that's why there was a plebiscite conjured by their (Midwestern) leaders to be excised from the Western region/Yoruba domination. My point is Awo was ONLY a hero to the yorubas, nobody outside the West gave two fuccks about him, much less his much vaunted legacy (respectable as it were)... you can't force people to love you, you have your hero.. I have my hero, you can't force me to love yours, much as I can't force you to love mine. Case closed.

Excaperx:
lies and it's not even possible to play ethnic card among us.

Do you know udughan mother is from Esan,edo state
Ogbemudia has ika root
The current chief of staff is urhobo but bear Benin names because urhobo-edo language are similar.

The problem of ethnic card might be ijaw but they are in minority

Ref: Kalapizm is right. Ethnicity and struggle for power is still relevant in those states. Edo has issues with Binis and Esan dominating power. Delta central especially the urhobos are always striving to move whatever it entitled to the state capital ( Asaba) to Warri/Effurun. Whereas Benin city is a full fleshed capital, Asaba isn't.

Westbestside:
Lol, is there any bold bini man on earth? Lol. You do claimed to own every southern land but wonder how other group chased you all to one part, almighty bini people that were chased away from their so called clan .

Your emotional ranting can't stop awoo achievement.

Israel honored him even 30years after his death. Something no edo/bini man can achieve even alive .

Tell me, who can honor any of your family members alive

The op is not Edo, he is an Igbo boy living in Benin.

Don't insult the good people of Edo state because of him

He uses Edodefender

Bininkinhdom amongst other well known monikers. Just ignore him!

BaaleOko:

Stop this nonsense, you can't force people to love your hero, it's makes sense of course why Awo is deeply respected and loved by his Yoruba people, and that's fine.. but then it borders on sheer lunacy and delusion when you start to disparage other people (of different ethnic stocks) who might not share that same optimism. For all intents and purposes, Awo was hardly regaled among the other ethnic minority groups that make up the now defunct Midwest region, and that's why there was a plebiscite conjured by their (Midwestern) leaders to be excised from the Western region/Yoruba domination. My point is Awo was ONLY a hero to the yorubas, nobody outside the West gave two fuccks about him, much less his much vaunted legacy (respectable as it were)... you can't force people to love you, you have your hero.. I have my hero, you can't force me to love yours, much as I can't force you to love mine. Case closed.

And Zik or Ojukwu were the heros of entire black race right ?

Excaperx:
what's Yoruba seff? Is awolowo even Yoruba or egun person?

No, awolowo is Zulu . So you don't have defense again?

Iamgrey5:
The op is not Edo, he is an Igbo boy living in Benin.

Don't insult the good people of Edo state because of him

He uses Edodefender

Bininkinhdom amongst other well known monikers. Just ignore him!

I am sorry jare

BaaleOko:

Stop this nonsense, you can't force people to love your hero, it's makes sense of course why Awo is deeply respected and loved by his Yoruba people, and that's fine.. but then it borders on sheer lunacy and delusion when you start to disparage other people (of different ethnic stocks) who might not share that same optimism. For all intents and purposes, Awo was hardly regaled among the other ethnic minority groups that make up the now defunct Midwest region, and that's why there was a plebiscite conjured by their (Midwestern) leaders to be excised from the Western region/Yoruba domination. My point is Awo was ONLY a hero to the yorubas, nobody outside the West gave two fuccks about him, much less his much vaunted legacy (respectable as it were)... you can't force people to love you, you have your hero.. I have my hero, you can't force me to love yours, much as I can't force you to love mine. Case closed.

I just tire. Can you believe the useless awolowo told our oba to take a course in Yoruba language? That's the height of disrespect.

He was a confirm ethnic bigot and if the Midwest didn't leave he would have forced nonsense Yoruba culture on us