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Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 4:42pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo:Always for mouth. Yet nothing to show. No wonder IBB said when he hears yolobas are calling for war he will just go to sleep 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Uyomeyouyo: 4:43pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: But the details were clear enough in the thread and open to verification. You have started losing steam with tua tua rants... 2 Likes |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 4:45pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo: Writing for Naij.com from Magodo, Lagos, Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye says the Yoruba youths are no longer making their valuable contributions to the political and cultural life in Nigeria. What can the Yoruba people do to restore lost influence? Lateef Raji, a public policy analyst, in an article titled “Dwindling Oil Revenue: What Next for Nigeria?” posited that today, despite the pitiful state of unemployment in Nigeria, ironically, the nation is still rated as the third destination of investors and one of the fastest-growing economy in the world. Raji noted that Nigeria is a golden land of numerous opportunities for those who are resourceful, ingenious, creative, innovative, inventive, groundbreaking, enterprising, hardworking, focused, visionary and, most significantly, disciplined. Consequently, as a concerned Nigerian, I want to question the role(s) of Yoruba youths in the current fight against unemployment, starvation and poverty in Nigeria. This question was necessitated by my discovery through indirect observations that Yoruba youths are the most lazy, perfidious and egoistic youths in Nigeria as at today. I discovered that the pride of an average Yoruba youth has overshadowed his intellectual judiciousness, level-headedness and sagacity. Today, among ten Nigerians submitting their resumes to multinational corporations eight would be Yorubas. Folks from my generation in the Western Nigeria are too lazy to tap from the abundant opportunities that litter the streets of, say, Lagos, for primitive accumulation of wealth. The Igbos, and, by extension, the Niger-Deltans and the Northerners have indirectly taken over the control of economy of Lagos, Nigeria’s indisputable number one centre of success, excellence and opportunities. The Apapa wharf in Lagos has virtually been taken over by the Easterners. The data that I got from the Nigerian custom services divulges that 63% of those licensed to transact businesses in Apapa Wharf are Igbos. More so, data collected from licensing office reveals that owners of 56% of commercial motorcycles in Lagos are Northerners and Easterners. The lucrative transport business has been hijacked from the Yorubas. Today, the major work of average Yoruba youths on the streets of Lagos is to collect royalty, due and charges from the Hausas and Igbos, using their motorcycles to make cool cash from their land. Ninety-five percent of transport, travel and tour firms operating in Lagos are owned by the enterprising and hardworking Easterners. The Yorubas stay at various intersections harassing hardworking people transacting their legal businesses in the name of collecting charges and dues for the local government. I also discovered that majority of the few Yorubas riding commercial motorcycles in Lagos are locally-trained automobile engineers that have abandoned their workshops. Furthermore, the popular Ladipo and Owode motor spare parts markets in Lagos are now solidly in the hands of Igbos. As usual, the Yoruba youths are in the market collecting dues for their local government chairmen and the Iyaloja General of Lagos. Yaba, Oyigbo, Sabo, Oshodi, Agege, Alaba, Idumota, etc. markets have been taken over by the Easterners and Northerners who are predominantly youths. Let me also assert unequivocally that the Igbo youths are now becoming more prosperous in the entertainment industry than the Yoruba youths. Today, the Yorubas hardly tune their DSTVs to the Yoruba movie channel of the satellite television; rather, they watch some other movie channel that show English movies with actors and actresses of Igbo extraction. Why? Because most Yoruba movies are short of creativity. I can also articulate that 85% of the CEOs and executive directors of commercial banks operating in Nigeria today are Igbos and Hausas under the age of 50. They are very talented in boardroom politics, unlike their Yoruba counterparts, and they assist each other with an amazing ease. Educationally, the Yorubas are no longer in the top-three. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), Anambra, Imo and Enugu have the highest number of professors and doctorate degree holders in Nigeria. Ekiti and Ondo states that used to top the list have been demoted to number four and six respectively. In 2014, the reports of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) revealed that the Yorubas have been upturned by the Easterners in terms of academic performance. Ekiti, a state known as fountain of knowledge, was number 34 in 2013. The Yorubas are also missing in the sports sector. The Golden Eaglets, Flying Eagles, Super Eagles, Flamingoes, Falconets, Super Falcons, D’Tigers, other national teams are dominated by the Igbos and Hausas. The team that won the African Cup of Nations for Nigeria in 2013 was tagged Biafran national team by some columnists and social commentators, including myself. Politically, the Igbos and Hausas are more united than the Yorubas. The result of the 2015 presidential election is a point of reference. The Hausas voted massively for General Buhari of the APC, while the Igbos extraordinarily voted for Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP. Sadly, the Yorubas had no bearing during the election. Jonathan’s inner circle members are currently blaming the Yorubas for their son’s expected defeat. Victorious Buhari’s teammates are reportedly saying that the Yorubas contributed little or nothing to the success of their kinsman. In conclusion, I want to impel my generation in the Western part of Nigeria to wake up and begin to act. The nation of Nigeria that I am seeing today is hemorrhaging. I suggest we put ourselves in strategic positions. The bitter truth is that our leaders only think for themselves and their children. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Uyomeyouyo: 4:47pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: This is just somebody's opinion. He's a nobody. Could even be a pigggiiiddiot using a Yoruba name to beat empty chest like a chimp as usual... Pathetic! 4 Likes |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Rumxy(m): 4:47pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
LegendHer0: Chinua Achebe is the greatest African author of all time. Achebe was the author of the first African novel to be taken seriously by anglophone critics and to be influential outside Africa; and thus to demonstrate to his contemporaries that the thing could be done. That's no mean achievement in itself, and worth any number of prizes. African literature does not need the Nobel prize to be validated. Moreover, there were numerous arguments that Achebe was denied a Nobel during his lifetime because of his anticolonialist stance but that's story for another day. That Ronaldo and Messi won many ballond'or doesn't make them greater than Pele that never won in the same vein that Wole Soyinka won the Nobel prize doesn't make him greater than Chinua Achebe. 2 Likes |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 4:49pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo:Yet the opinion came from your fellow Afonja who has decided to see things in a different way other than u being blinded by hate!!! U think it is nairaland where u guys change your moniker anyhow to deceive people with your hate!!! |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Pigsandidiots: 4:50pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Rumxy:Tell that to Nobel Laurette awardee 2 Likes |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by mercyville: 4:54pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: lol I have read throughand I saw nothing close to not even 1/50 of Yoruba achievements and that is why I am reminding you that you should be thankful that you can converse with Yoruba people.... one of the greatest tribes in Africa and the world.The empire builders,the best region in sub saharan Africa during regional system of govt,the only tribe with 2 Nobel Laureates in sub saharan Africa,the people who are the fourth economy in Africa,the people who gave you education through Ajayi Crowther by writing your first book and translating bible into Igbo language using his Igbo slave,your benefactor in many ways.. You are just full of mouths like Ojukwu that said Biafra had the best army in Africa. Answer these... Do you have grammy awards even 1? NO... Do you have any Nobel laureate? NO... And the list goes on... Nobody will jeer you with your inferiority to the Yorubas but your achievements. Thank God you have accepted that Ibadan city is more developed than the entire SE. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Rumxy(m): 4:55pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Pigsandidiots: Fifa still recognizes Pele as the GOAT today. That's also how the world sees Achebe as the GOAT in african literature. See all the articles posted previously on this thread as proof, simple. 2 Likes |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 4:56pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
mercyville: Hating your Igbo neighbour, envying every of his business success and being jealous of him and having an extremely bitter mind against him weigh you down and make you lazy. That is the current problem of the yoruba youth today. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Uyomeyouyo: 4:56pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: Anybody can claim to be Yoruba. I have seen similar BS on WhatsApp from a so-called Yoruba... They are all Igbos! The facts have presented in the Yoruba thread. A counter Igbo thread couldn't come close and it then became a contest of number of pages... 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 4:58pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo: Yorubas are lazy. They only like to present Mike Adenuga, Otedola and even Dangote and co (an Hausa mam) to us each time they want to boast of how well they are doing in business while we are talking about our numerous young igbos scattered across the country who are doing small scale, medium scale and large scale enterprises. Yoruba here are even happy that their youths are doing tout jobs of collecting kobo kobo from our traders. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by mercyville: 4:58pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: Maybe that is why he is always laughing at you on his wheelchair now.. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 4:59pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo:And i have also seen similar BS on Whatsapp from so called Igbo.... They are all Yoruba! 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:00pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
mercyville:Ok. Till Soyinka beat him as the Greatest African Author Of All Time 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Uyomeyouyo: 5:01pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: So let's take the Yoruba achievements thread as ultimate then since the facts showcased therein can easily be verified... 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by LegendHer0: 5:02pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: The top 5 richest male and female in Nigeria featured prominent Yorubas. The Forbes under 30 richest entrepreneurs are dominated by Yorubas. The IT sectors in Nigeria are dominated by Yorubas. The industrial mainstay of Nigeria is in Ogun state bar Lagos. The Insurance, banking, telecommunications, education institution are dominated by Yoruba players. SW region is the highest attractor of foreign investment in Nigeria. The Yorubas dominate startup companies in Nigeria. This is not a matter of bragging, this is known facts scattered online. I’m even tired of going around in circles 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Uyomeyouyo: 5:04pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: But the Yoruba thread says otherwise... Beside our Forbes billionaires, the likes of Seyi Makinde and co have no match on the Igbo side... 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Uyomeyouyo: 5:04pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
BRB... |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:05pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo: Maybe when Fayose lambasted Ibadan as a dead city Then you will say he is not him that said it and u will claim its an igbo man that hide under him that said it. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:06pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo: Maybe when Fayose lambasted Ibadan as a dead city Then you will say he is not him that said it and u will claim its an igbo man that hide under him that said it. |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by LegendHer0: 5:06pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: What happened to Mike and Otedola? Someone that pioneered indigenous telecommunication company of billions in revenue is who you’re talking about? Mention any Igbo man dead or alive that can measure with Mike Adenuga in terms of entrepreneurship prowess. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:07pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Uyomeyouyo:To go and get your manupulated stories!!! |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:08pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
LegendHer0:Yet your people are filled on the streets, markets doing tout etc |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by myobjective: 5:08pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
IgANephropathy: Don't mind those hypocrites, |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Rumxy(m): 5:11pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Every time they talk about richest, they bring up Adenugas, Alakijas. Those are not who you are supposed to be talking about. An average Igbo man hustles far more than an average Yoruba man. Majority of yorubas do white collar jobs, those that receive salaries are comfortable and not multimillionaires. You can't compare them to their Igbo counterparts who are majorly businessmen. You don't rate them because you see them in small shops but majority of those guys are multi-millionaires with assets that will surprise you. Many make your monthly salaries in a few hours.Most Igbo businessmen don't show off their wealth for fear of government clampdown that is why many are not rated by Forbes. If you don't know Forbes is by choice, you need to open up to them before they can rate you. Igbo people buy properties everywhere in Nigeria even in your Lagos, they own many properties. On the average, Igbos are richer than yorubas. 2 Likes |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by LegendHer0: 5:11pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Makuos19: And what are the Aba tout doing. The last time I travelled along that axis we were told not to even get down from the bus to buy food in Aba market coz the touts will just move your money. Aba alone is a dangerous place where touts reigned Supreme. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by myobjective: 5:15pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
IgANephropathy: Don't mind those hypocrites, Igbos are the most greedy of the tribes in Nigeria, they always want what doesn't belongs to them. During the Obasanjo regime, my dad always criticise Obasanjo government for giving igbos too much power, he always emphasises the hatred Igbos have for Yoruba from the first republic to the third republic, I never believe in his assertion until I started meeting with them. We the younger Yoruba generation are very nationalistic in our outlook towards life, we will start chasing Igbos out of the southwest, we will revoke all the certificate of occupancy we gave them, we will not seed them an inch if our land starting from 2023. For the Igbos to continue to live and do business in south west thy mustn't be seen to be against our interest 3 Likes |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:15pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
LegendHer0: And who knows Aba tout |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by LegendHer0: 5:16pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
Rumxy: What are you talking about? Do you mean there ain’t Yorubas dealing in retail business ? Do you mean to say the main market Bodija, Ogunpa, Gate, Aleshinloye, etc in Ibadan for example are not consisted of rich traders? You guys problem is that you’re under the fixation that everybody is in competition with you and you just boast over irrelevances. An IT professional alone that is successful can generate millions of dollars in revenue in a short time, something a retailer might not be able to generate in their lifetime. Look at all those Lace, ankara, and Aso Ebi market, do you know how much all those people generate? You’re just an example of empty vessels make the loudest noise. The Yorubas practice a highly diversified economy, we have IT- Traders - industries- entrepreneurs- professionals -entertainers, etc. it’s not a must for everybody in a tribe to become traders coz that even showed your sub-level reasoning faculty. 1 Like |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:18pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
myobjective:I hope u are not including Lagos as yolobaland. Because the last i check, the Oba said lagos does not belong to yoloba!!! |
Re: 2023: Yoruba elders send message to Buhari over El-Rufai’s presidential ambition by Makuos19: 5:19pm On Oct 13, 2019 |
LegendHer0: Majority are lazy and constituting nuisance bro!! We are talking of majority and not all |
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