Christistruth00:


There have always been large scale migration from the East due to overpopulation pressure it was one of the reasons the missionaries described the South East as the most densely populated part of black Africa.

wirinet:

Believe me nobody is restless about igbos going. Igbos (I mean igboland) contribute very little into the national purse, so their going would not make much difference to the national purse. The problem is most of the "igbo want to go" strategy had been nothing other than emotional rants and insulting others tribes. If the igbos truly want to go, they should take physical practical steps.

For the records it's the greed and struggle for power of the political elites, especially the WaZoBia group that ruined the country.

kingzizzy:


The unification decree did not tamper with resource control, it did not change the revenue allocation formular, it did not remove fiscal federalism, it recognised the 4 Region's

So how did this decree introduce unitary rule?

The only thing this decree did was unify the public service workers

wirinet:

Why should he change the decree? If na you nko, will you change the decree?

joeyfire:


The mass migration started after the war. The facts are out there. The missionaries called the East over-populated? When did this happen? I doubt your claim.

imhotep:

No wahala.
So stop blaming Ironsi for that decree.

Cc lzaa metaphysical

Pimpmaride:


Shut up.... Ironsi shud have left the regional govt the way it was...

He shud nt av issued a unitary decree...

He made a mistake accept it.... Everyone does mistake.


Ironsi made a big error by declaring unitary govt of which the northern govt capitalize on..


He snudnt av done it

wirinet:


No matter how many times and how loud you scream it, you cannot change a truth to a lie - IT WAS GENERAL IRONSI THAT TOOK AWAY FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL AUTONOMY FROM THE REGIONS. General Gowon only took advantage of the situation created by General Ironsi.

How can Lagos State smell the N400 Billion revenue collected from Apapa port in 2019, when General Ironsi unified and federalised the customs in January 1966?

Christistruth00:



Eastern Nigeria's was already densely populated before the War. Why do you think they would return to Northern NIgeria in droves immediately the War ended?

DMerciful:
Nigerians are restless about Biafrans going and this is an absolute truth. You can live in denial!

joeyfire:


I am seeing migration to Abuja in these screenshots. We are talking about before the war. You said missionaries said the East was overpopulated from colonial times and encouraged Igbos to migrate. Dense population and overpopulation are two different things

Ojiofor:


Yoruba love to kick a man who is already on the ground and in this case a dead man.
Once Gowon is late, Yoruba will find their voice and remember he was the one who actually abolished both regional government and resource control and not Ironsi ,They will never try it not now that he is still alive and what about IBB and June 12?They dare not point a finger at a living general until he dies just like Abacha then he become game for all manners of ridicule from Yoruba men that gossip like market women..
Btw,Gen Ironsi did what he did and paid with his life,what else do you want?A man that died 54 years ago is the reason why Nigeria remain backward without light Or is he the reason why you are not able to feed your family?. Get a life and face your present and future which is in the hands Buhari and his Fulani cabal.

wirinet:

Why do you think the general Nigerian masses would be restless about Biafra going? Is it due to landmass, access to sea, wealth, GDP or investments in Igboland?

PHIPEX:
The amount of lies that have been propagated in this country will take another century to clear out.
How does unification of civil service mean removal of regions when there were still regional governors including Ojukwu who could challenge the Federal govt?
Watch how these false propagator are always silent about Gowon that took away their resources because as usual they know who they believe is their easy targets so they pour their frustrations on Aguiyi.

To imagine I believed this all these while makes me feel stupid right now.

wirinet:

When you unify customs, immigration, police, radio and TV broadcast stations, and then insist on appointing the regional governors, what does that mean? Before the unification decree, each region ran it's own marketing board to market and sell it's own agricultural exports. After the unification of all the civil service and the federal government took over the marketing boards, agriculture died a natural death.

LegendHero:


lol. You igbos are always trying to be clever by half and it always show in your responses to situation.

How else should Yoruba call out Babangida? Do you know how many number of times we’ve all condemned Babangida, both elite and the common man for the issue of June 12th?

Should we rather go to his house in Minna and severe his head off from his body before we can be contented?

On the issue of Ironsi and the unification decree, it’s none of my business and Ironsi already got what greedy people like him deserved. He gave the framework for the unification decree, merged civil services to give room for the current system where the North were able to exploit all with their population. He created provinces within region there modifying working structure that he inherited and that was what Gowon later modified to create states too.

So Igbos have not been kicking a dead man in the name of Awolowo by lying daily that he caused their misfortune or betrayed them because the shameless Ojukwu lied to his people that he secured Awo release from detention.

Ojiofor:


Obasanjo was there as head of state from 1976-79 why didn't he undo what Ironsi did,oh he has no balls to decree anything I guess.

freeborn02:


No, it did not recognise regions; it changed regions to provinces. Regionalism gives the regions control. But calling them provinves give the central power the control. It means the provinces will have to take permission from the central power and report to the central power. It means the central power can hire and fire as it deems fit.

So, that translates to a unitary rule.

anungangampu:
the man didn't live to do any of that.. The man that later carried it out Is still alive.. Why don't we blame him.

Subject to the provisions of this Decree, Nigeria shall on 24th May 1966 (in this decree referred to as ‘the appointed day’) cease to be a Federation and shall accordingly as from that day be a Republic, by the name of the Republic of Nigeria , consisting of the whole of the territory which immediately before that day was comprised in the Federation.

wirinet:

Is that so? So the unification decree unified the civil service only, but did not take control of the resources? How was the unified civil service to be funded then? You are now insinuating that a single civil service controlled from Lagos all will serve all 4 Regions. Who would then determine the policy of these 4 Regions or will the single civil service formulate 4 different policies for each of the regions?

LegendHero:


Why should Obasanjo reverse it when the structure favored the military and politicians?

Why should Obasanjo reverse the decree when Nigeria is already benefiting from the ND oil?

Ironsi is the architect of his people woes and Nigeria as a whole.

He made a very big mistake in promulgating that law and if he had lived long past the counter coup, he would have created states eventually coz he already set the template for states with the provinces.

Creating provinces will eventually make each province wary of the other (and more provincially conscious) and the issue of marginalization will eventually arise whereby leaders within each province can complain to the Supreme military government and can give room for a situation where Ironsi might give the provinces more autonomy from their Military governor of each corresponding provinces.

He already showed them that Provinces can be carved out from a region, the why not converting provinces to autonomous states? Gowon just banked on that and here we are today.

LegendHero:


Why should Obasanjo reverse it when the structure favored the military and politicians?

Why should Obasanjo reverse the decree when Nigeria is already benefiting from the ND oil?

Ironsi is the architect of his people woes and Nigeria as a whole.

He made a very big mistake in promulgating that law and if he had lived long past the counter coup, he would have created states eventually coz he already set the template for states with the provinces.

Creating provinces will eventually make each province wary of the other (and more provincially conscious) and the issue of marginalization will eventually arise whereby leaders within each province can complain to the Supreme military government and can give room for a situation where Ironsi might give the provinces more autonomy from their Military governor of each corresponding provinces.

He already showed them that Provinces can be carved out from a region, the why not converting provinces to autonomous states? Gowon just banked on that and here we are today.

Ojiofor:


So what he did was actually good for Nigeria,why are you guys still whinning about his decree?
Enjoy it and shut up!

kingzizzy:

I guess you have no idea that the Regions where always made up of provinces? The Regions where just a group of provinces just like states are just a group of local governments

LegendHero:


What he did was very bad for Nigeria but good for the military and politicians.

You should sit down and try to know the merit and demerit of such a promulgation in a country like Nigeria.

If we had remained as a regional structure, the politicians won’t have more incentive to steal and they will devise intelligent means to increase the revenue base and help their people.

But now, a Governor from Adamawa can chose to do nothing because he knows he will get free oil money as allocation at the end of the month. That means he can embezzle money and he doesn’t need to do much wahala to improve his state IGR or GDP because the money will surely come.

Hence this system favors the politicians but the common man is suffering from the unproductive system.

Well the past is prologue, so we should all move on and think of a way out. Coz brooding on the past won’t really won’t solve anything!

Now you are talking,face your prensent and future if you can.

kingzizzy:


You still dont get it. As long as each Region was controlling its resources and keeping the larger share of the proceeds from its lands and paying the government what was agreed as at independence, none of the above matters. Thats what obtained during Ironsi's time. As long as Ironsi did not tamper with resource control and the fiscal policy of the time, and he did not, he could not have been the one who introduced unitary rule

nku5:
See them denying, twisting, contorting into weird shapes just to pin Gowon's sins on a dead man. As if people cannot read What type of desperation is this. Shioor

LegendHero:


Yes I know, but they were administered differently. They are totally under the control of their respective regions before Ironsi came with the decree.

Now if you check the 2(d) of the Decree 34, Ironsi played a fast one with the law. Check the bolded part, the provinces are now subjected to the authority of Ironsi as head of National Military government as against when the Regions solely controlled them.

"For the purposes of administration each group of provinces shall subject to the authority of the Head of the National Military Government, be under the the general direction and control of a Military Governor appointed Head of the National Military Government"

Guestlander:


What type of logic is this? Even the provincial/ regional leaders were brought under his control you are talking of resource control! What resource?
What Ironsi created was no longer a federation where you can claim any resource. You and your resources were brought under the FG.