₦airaland Forum

obynzo:
You see why i say you are just full of shit and you don't know history let me give you a learning assignment go and read about the Aro Confederacy. The great igbo empire which in it's height was spread up to benue and up to Kwale. You see why I say you don't know history. You think it was just Oyo empire. Stupid Idiot. I feel sorry for your parents that sired you because you are a real disgrace to them

Deadlytruth:
Ironsi's broadcast to the nation - May 24, 1966.


"The Regions are Abolished': Ironsi's Broadcast to the Nation banning
Political Parties and introducing Decree No. 34, 24 May 1966.



Fellow Nigerians:
During the past two weeks I presided over meetings of the Supreme
Military council and the Central Executive Council at which many
important state matters were considered. . .
It is now three months since the Government of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria was handed over to the Armed Forces. Now that peace has
been restored in the troubled areas it is time that the Military
Government indicates clearly what it proposes to accomplish before
relinquishing power. The removal of one of the obstacles on the way
is provided for in the Constitution (Suspension and Modification)
Decree (No. 5) 1966 which was promulgated by me today and comes into
effect at once.
The provisions of the Decree are intended to remove the last
vestiges of the intense regionalism of the recent past, and to
produce that cohesion in the governmental structure which is so
necessary in achieving, and maintaining the paramount objective of
the National Military government, and indeed of every true Nigerian,
namely, national unity.
The highlights of this Decree are as follows:
The former regions are abolished, and Nigeria grouped into a number
of territorial areas called provinces
Nigeria ceases to be what has been described as a federation. It now becomes simply the Republic of Nigeria.
The former Federal Military government and the Central Executive
Council become respectively the National Military Government and the
executive Council. All the Military Governors are members of the
Executive Council. A Military Governor is assigned to a group of provinces over which and subject to the direction and control of the Head of the National
Military Government, he shall exercise executive power. In order to
avoid any major dislocation of the present administrative machinery,
the grouping of the provinces has been made to coincide with the
former regional boundaries. This is entirely a transitional measure
and must be understood as such. The present grouping of the
provinces is without prejudice to the Constitutional and
Administrative arrangements to be embodied in the New Constitution in
accordance with the wishes of the people of Nigeria.
The National Military Government assumes the exercise of all
legislative powers throughout the Republic subject to such
delegations to Military Governors as are considered necessary for
purposes of efficient administration.
The public services of the former federation and regions become
unified into one national public service under a National Public
Service Commission. There is a provincial Service Commission for
each group of provinces to which is delegated functions in respect of
public officers below a given rank. This rather drastic change will
probably involve a reconstitution of the existing commissions, and
the National Military Government reserves the right to do so in the
manner stipulated in the Decree. Until this is done, the present
Commissioners continue to act in their posts. Every civil servant is
now called upon to see his function in any part of Nigeria in which
he is serving in the context of the whole country. The orientation
should now be towards national unity and progress. I expect all
civil servants to co-operate and to consult at all levels, vertically
and horizontally, between groups of Provinces and between Provinces
and the Centre.
People are aware that Study Groups have been set up to look into
various aspects of governmental activity. One of them is concerned
with problem relating to the Constitution........Read More here:

https://www.dawodu.com/irons2.htm

imagrg:
Regional Government would have been the better alternative for Nigeria.

Self funded. That will bring about competitive economic development.

bigpicture001:
Mr. Blame,I ask you what is wrong with federalism.... Is regionalism not a bad thing..?

Deadlytruth:
If regionalism is a bad thing, then why are majority of your people complaining against the current structure of Nigeria?

Deadlytruth:
Per the bolded: So in precolonial times, despite how homogeneous you were as a people, you Igbos practised confederacy and it made you a great people, yet in a post colonial and very heterogeneous Nigeria you now became advocates of unitary system disguised as a call for one-Nigeria and national unity? It only means that deep down in your hearts you knew the right thing as far as how Nigeria would attain greatness within the shortest possible time was concerned but for your desire to dominate everybody (in Ahmadu Bello's words) you deliberately preferred the most dangerous and least promising system for Nigeria just because you hoped such alone guaranteed your becoming masters of all other tribes. I see.

Deadlytruth:
And you are still claiming that the role of an envoy wasn't an administrative one?

Anyway, the original poser still remains thus; why did Ojukwu give a role in a secession movement to a person who so much carried a baggage of anti-secession credentials and yet excepted Awolowo to be attracted to that secession movement in which such a role was given to the very person who had been sabotaging his own secession bids in the parliament prior to that time? This is the simple question you have been avoiding and you know you really can't answer it in all honesty.

obynzo:
Oga i repeat again stop playing smart. The same people like you are extolling Oyo Empire and Sokoto Caliphate and all of a sudden you want to twist the confederacy. Oga go and sit down you don't have any talk abeg. your desperation to spread hate against igbo has made you sound very stupid and childish. Once again you have refused to answer the question what was Zik's post in Biafra?

obynzo:
Oga stop playing smart if you check all my previous comments i told you the reason why Zik was made an envoy for Biafra, but again you chose to pretend not to see it. Oga i would not stop tormenting you until you answer the question what was Zik's post in Biafra according to your reaearch?

obynzo:
Oga i repeat again stop playing smart. The same people like you are extolling Oyo Empire and Sokoto Caliphate and all of a sudden you want to twist the confederacy. Oga go and sit down you don't have any talk abeg. your desperation to spread hate against igbo has made you sound very stupid and childish. Once again you have refused to answer the question what was Zik's post in Biafra?

bigpicture001:
Must everything politician do and say mean the best...?

Federalism is the best way toward for Nigeria........ppl will shut out their region completely from others if given the powers.......

Deadlytruth:
Is it the politicians that are agitating for federalism?

Deadlytruth:
If regionalism is a bad thing, then why are majority of your people complaining against the current structure of Nigeria?

obynzo:
You see why i say you are just full of shit and you don't know history let me give you a learning assignment go and read about the Aro Confederacy. The great igbo empire which in it's height was spread up to benue and up to Kwale. You see why I say you don't know history. You think it was just Oyo empire. Stupid Idiot. I feel sorry for your parents that sired you because you are a real disgrace to them

obynzo:
Senseless idiot and pathetic skull miner. Please have you mined enough skulls today?

Deadlytruth:
I disagree with you. The Independence Constitution was a we-the-people constitution produced entirely from inputs by the freely elected representatives from all federal constituencies to the 1957 London Constitutional conference. The British had no input in it at all. Here is a video of it. Note the British guys in the background who were only watching the proceedings in observer capacity. Happy watching:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_Q60YfVJ8

obynzo:
Oga If you must know the terms of reference for the talks at Lancaster House for independence was clearly spell out by the British, and it was that the borders of colonial Nigeria would never be redrawn or changed.

OROSUNBOLB:
What is great about kingdom of savages and known cannibals ? Aro what ? Lol ! Empire indeed ! There is no known account of any exemplary exploit or heroic achievement credited to your primitive progenitors. What is on record however, is that your forebears were known slaves of the great Ijaws.

Aro confederacy my foot ! No wonder,one has to search through the dustbin of history,where irrelevant leftovers are kept,to be able to locate your useless "Aro confederacy" ! We are talking about known,great and famous empires - Oyo, Benin,Sokoto,etc,the fool here is talking about one infamous enclaves of some primitive savages and known cannibals.

I would rather read about the interesting histories of the Yorubas,Binis,Ijaws,Kanuris,etc than to waste my time on some sour and tasteless history of some 'aros' - mentally deranged savages.

T9ksy:
In that case, am sure you will agree with the rest of us who opined and still continue to do so, that Zik ( in spite of his educational

attainments and command of the colonialist’s language which he utilised to great measures to bamboozle his gullible followers), had no business

running a kindergarten playground scheme, never mind deciding the future of millions of people, if he couldn’t discern the obvious writings on the

wall of Nigeria’s pseudo-unity that he would vehemently opposed the inclusion of a secession clause in the constitution of the new nation. This is

despite the killings of his people in 1945 and again in 1953. Unless, of course, he had other ulterior motives for his staunch support for One indivisible

Nigeria..

OROSUNBOLB:
Do you mine gold in the evil forest of Okija shrine ? It's certain your father's rotten head must be among the numerous dry and fresh skulls that litter the floor of that highly demonic forest.

Senseless mofo !

Deadlytruth:
And did the descendants of Oyo Empire and Sokoto Caliphate ever advocate unitary system for Nigeria the way you Aro Confederacy descendants did despite your empire attained greatness through confederacy?
Why do you always pretend to have comprehension problem?

Deadlytruth:
The bolded is a clear evidence that you are in torment. If not why couldn't you simply prove me wrong with superior arguments?
And may I ask you if Igbos love any other tribe? Which tribe have you people never insulted and called unprintable names just because they don't politically agree with you? Is it Hausafulani, Yoruba, Urhobo, Edo, Ijaw, etc? Which one? Your hitherto darling Wike has now become a bastard in your eyes just because he exercised his right to identify himself as he desired. So exactly which tribe do you love in this Nigeria?

Dedetwo:
Was Zik the final arbiter on which clause should be included in the constitution or not?

Deadlytruth:
If we are to buy your crap argument above, then why didn't Ojukwu send a detachment to Portharcourt and immediate environs since those were equally riverine areas indegenous to Ijaws?


Well, as at the earliest days of the war when the Biafran soldiers were thrusting westwards, there was yet no resistance from the riverine axis which Warri was part of. It was much later when Isaac Adaka Boro joined the Federal side against Biafra that the amphibious brigade arrived that axis.

Deadlytruth:
If regionalism is a bad thing, then why are majority of your people complaining against the current structure of Nigeria?

Deadlytruth:
I disagree with you. The Independence Constitution was a we-the-people constitution produced entirely from inputs by the freely elected representatives from all federal constituencies to the 1957 London Constitutional conference. The British had no input in it at all. Here is a video of it. Note the British guys in the background who were only watching the proceedings in observer capacity. Happy watching:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_Q60YfVJ8

johntolu:
Azikwe acted in the best interest of the Igbo Nation. He perfectly understood the risks and challenges inherent in his plans.
He was born in the North and grew up and worked in the West. He did everything he did for the economic emancipation and development of his people because of the opportunities they are likely to benefit from having a large field to operate in comparison to the high density enclave of Igbo land with limited opportunities.

obynzo:
Bros let us look at Ironsi's speech again. He abolished regions right but he still kept the Military governors and had them control a collection of provinces so technically he didn't even destroy regionalism. What i feel he wanted to do was to remove that overt power that the regional premiers had which was the cause of the problem, and the mistake was the unification of the civil service which though in good faith because he wanted a central command structure similar to the military, but was misunderstood to be an attempt at Igbo domination especially by the north because their civil servant could not compete with their counterparts from the south.

Christistruth00:
Nigeria came out of the Civil War as a Nation after the War had been won. You may not agree but that was what happened after people fought and died for it because of the Faith they had that it was the Nation that the Almighty had given them.

gidgiddy:
It is very unfortunate that Nigerian history is not taught in schools so people just talk nonsense.

Ironsi's decree 34 only standardised the civil service, it did not tamper with Regionalism or true federalism.

When Ironsi came to power, there were 4 Regions. He kept 4 Regions

When Ironsi came in, there was resource control and fiscal federalism. Ironsi kept resource control and fiscal federalism

But when Gowon cane in and used Decree 14 to abolish all 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 states, removed fiscal federalism and resource control

A lot of people have been sold the false narrative that Ironsi destroyed true federalism, it was actually Gowon that did that with decree 14