₦airaland Forum

walemoney007:
the fact dat u are ibo doesn't mean all ibo pple reason lik u.

I don't remember directing that post to you except you're here with many monikers as usual

And to your point, not all Igbos reason like me but majority do

walemoney007:
what stop gej from restructurin Nigeria wen he was in power?

Cos he was trying to please the northerners. He was doing everything he could, to carry them along at the expense of his own people but no they didn't want him. they only want fellow northerners in power while milking SS oil dry
Imagine jonathan given only four years n power returned to north. Same north that made Nigeria ungovernable for him

And Yorubas see nothing wrong as long as they're vice president

skak:
There was a sharp contradiction between
The President-elect, Maj. Gen
Muhammadu Buhari and the outgoing
Goodluck Jonathan at the Aso Rock
Presidential villa few days ago in
connection with transition committee for
handing over.

According to source privy at the meeting,
the contrast set in when President
Goodluck allegedly asked for the list of
representatives of the President-Elects of
the All Progressives Congress and the
required remuneration, which was given to
the president. The source stated that
Buhari was surprised that President
Jonathan’s list and corresponding cost was
allegedly put at N3billion for a job
estimated to last only 2months.

On the contrary, Buhari list submitted to
President Goodluck Jonathan did not
contain any cost or remuneration for his
committee members. When the President
asked why Buhari’s list didn’t show
corresponding cost? The President-elect,
Buhari answered that his team was made
up of volunteers and their feeding would
be by individuals even if they have to
bring in leftover food from their homes.
No word has been heard from the
presidency since then. “This is the
beginning of purposeful leadership”,our
source stated.

http://www.newspunch.org/buhari-jonathan-in-shocking-contrast-in-aso-rock-over-transition/

Two weeks later, Buhari denies ever saying people volunteered to do anything

APC and lies

akthedream:
I am not into insulting people..go back and check your post..you threw the first insult and I felt that is the only language you understand like your fellow villager here..whenever you talk reasonably,I will..

U never answered my question and u don't know why u have no answer for me.

So pls do me a huge favor by accepting my apology for trying to engage u in d first place. I thought u had something to say but I see it's only insults u brought to the thread. So I apologise for thinking otherwise. Peace

akthedream:
thunder fire that mouth wey you take tell me park well..you south south pass me?..abi na because na village you don live all your life?...I pity you with this kind of reasoning...I mention north??...facking bigot..no open your head think like a civilised girl..abi na mumu you be?

All these endless insults you're Resorting to won't help you in anyway

I need facts

akthedream:
thunder fire that mouth wey you take tell me park well..you south south pass me?..abi na because na village you don live all your life?...I pity you with this kind of reasoning...I mention north??...facking bigot..no open your head think like a civilised girl..abi na mumu you be?

You haven't made any sense o

All I see is insults

akthedream:
who is talking about benefit here?..what have you benefited from your current governor?...why you reason like this is very difficult for me to know..open your eyes and shun bigotry...na girl you be so o...dey there dey reason like old people for village..na 2015 we dey if you no know..Pathertic.

Why all the insults na? U haven't answered my question
And why do u think northerners are against resource control? What do northerners bring to nigerian table that they believe Naija is their birthright(even when they're clearly not developing Nigeria) yet people like u refuse to open ur eyes. So sad

akthedream:
don't mind the old cargo..doing all they can to marry SS with SE..I am from Edo state..I will be mad at anybody that mistaken me for an Igbo..we are far different ..different culture and tradition.

I guess your culture matches that of the northerners

Can u tell me what one thing edo people have benefited from Nigeria: maybe I don't know

Anyway the fact that you're edo doesn't mean all edo people reason like u

akthedream:
stop this SE and SS false amalgamation...what are you trying to archieve from that?..I am from SS,does that make me an igbo?? Abi na by force?..pls use your brain na...I dey bow for you o

So with the way Nigeria is now, you're better off amalgamating with the north? Or are u one of those guys here claiming SS when they're not.


By d way I learnt op is not even Igbo but from SS if I'm not mistaken. So park well

Did Malawians check their tribes before evacuating their country people from SA

Imagine a region in Nigeria calling others immigrants,yet we're all stuck with green passports while traveling out.

What a country!

OneNaira6:
I'm still trying to fathom why this thread is deemed as a gang up against north and SW.
Are people seriously kidding me with that ish? Where or what in OP original post gave such suggestions. Are people f2king serious? Una are that afraid of a SS/SE unity seriously? Smh at the hypocrisy.

@topic.
I don't trust the OP one bit and based on his past utterances he's nothing but a hypocrite. But that does not mean, I do not agree that SS and SE need to work together if we actually ever going to achieve our desires. It was my best friend, an ibibio that opened my eyes in terms of all gang ups against SS and SE. For some una, it was this past election that cleared una eyes but there were some of us that was enlightened prior to the election. All the election did was prove my believes once more. I've always maintained SS and SE need eachother to achieve whatever they desire. If we stop pushing against eachother, stop fighting against eachother we can achieve greatness. I'll use my people for example. For years now, delta north have tried numerously to obtain the governorship of Delta and for years, our work has been in vain. It was a year or was it two years ago we allowed SE Igbos to put a voice in our fight. Though they didn't invade delta governorship, they spoke up multiple times about it and from what I heard, it was Peter Obi that pushed for a deltan northern to be PDP flag bearer. How accurate that is, I'm not sure. Just a rumor that my cousin told me. Anyway, in the short period of them getting involved, a task we sort for years has finally become a reality.

What did that teach? It thought one voice can never achieve anything. The more people you have in your circle pushing for the same agenda, the more likely it's going to become a reality. That is something north learned and worked on hence when MB where showing signs of breaking off from the "united north", they worked deliberately to appease them and bring them back in the fold.

We needed eachother to survive in that country and I laugh that both regions, SS and SE, allowed others to create a rift between eachother and continue pushing that rift till well this election cleared una eyes.
You allowed others to constantly narrate to you how both of una "hated" eachother, don't have the best interest for eachother, and trying to steal from eachother yet you all have lived next to eachother for centuries with barely any conflict, intermarried with eachother till the point many of your cultures are mixed yet you allowed outsiders to tell you about your own neighbors? Smh!!!.
Funny enough those same neighbors have no regards for una. They claim to save SS oil from the greedy SE Igbos yet ironically every oil plots in SS is not owned by a SS and likewise the same for SE except maybe 3 or 4 igbos. They told you SE Igbos they love you more that your SS neighbors and even your SS igbo brothers yet they kill you and even spread fiticious rumors about you in order to damage una names.
I swear, I'm shocked it took both of una this long to actually realize you have no friends in that country and the way your ancestors lived was the RIGHT F2king way.

If we actually serious about this whole unity thing then una need to start from within ourselves.
SS ethnic groups needs to stop attacking and killing eachother over little things. SE need to stop with the state vs. State mess. You all f2king igbo for Godsake. You would think it's the Igala in Anambra and idoma in enugu that'll be getting you all discrimination due to their tribal differences but No, you all are attacking your own selves based solely on states. In my opinion, fixing SS and SE indigenous mentality is first thing to do in this "unity" if you all are truly serious of advancing both regions into one of the most developed in Africa. Both region have the potential, it just when do you ppl plan on unlocking it is the question right now.

Well said. Yea this election has opened many eyes to face the realities on ground. It's not late to start the integration now.

And yes I agree with eastern governors and not SS n SE governors ish

How could SS be sold on 'Igbos want our oil' and they bought into it. Yet northerners 8000 miles away are holding on to the same oil since 1960. Yet made Nigeria ungovernable for SSner for four years
Who's deceiving who?

Obiagu1:
The best way to fully integrate the Eastern Region is to have a common master plan for development.
Ibaka seaport is crucial and centre to this; in fact it is the most important factor.
Relocation of oil companies headquarters back to the Region is very important too.

With Ibaka seaport and other smaller seaports and cargo ports/bays, our development will be in our own hands; we can dictate how we grow.

Plans are to be put in place to fully develop and utilized all our international airports. I don't need to fly back home from Abuja or Lagos.
One can easily travel by road to any Eastern town in 2/3 hours.

Politically, SE governors forum or her sister SS governors forum should be abolished. We should have Eastern governors forum instead.

Great suggestion

francizy:
True that. Igbos need basically an environment to do their hustle..

Nevertheless, I hope all we want is achieved whether in Nigeria or Biafra. We want a country where everybody matters. A country where there is no minority or majority. A country where religion doesn't matter. A detribalized country not that where some group are singled out as tribalists while others are regarded as fighting a good course even when it's obvious they tow a tribal line. A country where there is no religious or ethnic violence. A country where no one state or tribe is regarded as hosting another state or tribe. A country where one is free and safe living far away from home. And so much more.

Same here o
I want a country where state of origin is just for formality sake

ebamma:
Gej till 2019 rings a bell?,
dude people like u, who are sycophants and agents of a particular party are in no position to speak for the SS/SE, i bet if Gej had won, a thread like this couldn't have come up

Yes there may not have been a thread like this cos everyone should be given a fair share of the national cake. See northerners rejoicing that they used almajiri to vote out Jonathan. Imagine the way Jonathan is not even given 8years like others were given. What do the Hausas really bring to the table for them to think oil belongs to them as birthright

So this election has opened our eyes, no doubt. And it's not late to seek change

queensmith:
I feel the pain of people from these areas - because it genuinely seems as if they were being ganged up against this election.

Rather than take the matter personally, there is need to address the specific issues which led to Jonathan being voted out of power. His lack of control over his cabinet and blatant ineptitude.

Buhari is not the solution anybody wanted - but Nigerians rallied round and voted for change!

Times are changing and in the face of global economic development Nigerians refuse to continue suffering and smiling! Which is the sentiment those from the SS and SE continue to have.

It is not 'your turn' to govern for the sake of governing, it is 'your turn' to ensure that your interests are expressed and you are catered for as part of Nigeria!

I will say you should stop this ethnic and tribal nonsense that has brought about the likes of NGO, Madueke and Jonathan, and start demonstrating that you have the capability to lead from the front with competent Nigerians with the countries interests at heart.

Jonathan had the opportunity to do soo much for you and he didn't, why did you continue to support him?

What has the presidents before Jonathan done for Nigeria? Please enlighten me. What Nigeria (including Buhari)failed to achieve since 1960, they wanted uncle Jo to achieve in four years. And they acted their words by making Nigeria ungovernable for him

Jonathan was voted out for obvious reason. All of a sudden, all of you are clamoring for a united Nigeria. Nonsense

bakila:
It is very unfortunate that instead of educated Nigerians to concentrate on how to make the APC government deliver, the ethnic divide is yet again created. I expect Barcanista who has belong to both APC and PDP in the course of the elections to understand that divisive ethnic politics is what defeated GEJ.
Starting a thread on how to hold the PDP and APC accountable will be most appropriate.
Anyways, the Urhobo, Itsekiri, Isoko, Anioma, Afemai, Wanna Wepo Etc will still look at this thread with suspicion.

Now that Buhari is in power, you guys all of a sudden have remembered that a government needs support

Mogidi:
Nairaland is shamesly filled with impostors.

Especially once they see that SE and SS wanting to drink from the same cup

They've bn dividing and ruling us for too long. We need change biko.
The way they castigated n voted out Jonathan after four years speaks volume of the northern agenda on Nigeria
Right now, Yorubas don't see anything wrong wt it cos they're Vice President. So sad

Psychedelia:
What the hell are you talking about? I VOTED Jonathan. But my vote wasn't an endorsement of some "SE/SS Superfriends" nonsense, but for the prosperity of the private sector industry which I happen to be a part of.
Secondly, my culture, as an Igbo man, does not tolerate laziness; so I honestly find it hilarious that the same set of people who called us names like "attachee-by-force" and "oppressors" simply because of oil, are suddenly on our diiicks with their "SE/SS Unity" claptrap after realizing they've been left in the cold.

There are numerous posts made by this Barcanista fellow in the past where he said his people want nothing to do with the SE; so where is all the fake love coming from all of a sudden?

They should speak for themselves.

My dear I for one don't see what Barcanista is doing here as fake love o
Something makes u rethink atimes. This election is a big eye opener for lots of easterners walahi. How long are we going to remain like this. I don't see the north handing over power anytime soon yet SS will be crying 'igbos want our oil'? What does the Hausas want? Water?

I strongly believe those two regions(SS and SE) need to marry as a matter of urgency.
Atimes u change ur mind about who you didn't want to marry before. It doesn't make you a bad person. Change is constant

We need change

Mogidi:
The educated ones amongst us can see their game plan even before they hatch it. There's this guy (courage) who use to get 200-300 likes pretending to be from Bayelsa until I busted him.

Waoh!!!! Thanks for busting him. People like him are just here to cause division.

That's why I said earlier that most of the guys saying 'leave our oil' on this thread are not from SS
What have SS gained from the oil the northerners are feasting on daily, yet rubbing it in their faces?

francizy:
If we don't have equal opportunities at national level, then what is ONE about NIGERIA? It's only the wise that will reason pass "it's our oil" and fight for proper development of the masses. I must also say that our leaders are not helping matter. When given an opportunity to make the best out of their state, they embezzle the money.

One major problem we are going to have even if Nigeria splits is leadership. We must start from now to hold our leaders responsible for their failures and avoid sentiments like he's our son, therefore let's free him. I said this because the SS is filled with various tribes and it will be by the grace of the almighty that we will be able to overlook sentiments.

Yes leadership is the main reason I keep emphasizing on a well drafted constitution.
Left for me personally, SS can always produce the president of a united eastern region. Afterall the northerners have been president of Nigeria all these years and what has easterner gained from it? And believe or not, northerners are not going to let go of that power without bloodshed. Imagine how they formed BH to destabilize a president that come from an oil producing region(of all places) and yet feasting on their oil

Igbos can leave the president for SS to produce(for all I care). Let Igbos have a conducive business environment. The two regions have what it takes to compete with every other country in the world

francizy:
I supported GEJ not because he had oil, not because he was SS, not because he was a Christian but because I saw no good in the gang up of APC in their desperate attempt to take over by force. No good done by GEJ was good enough but any evil done by APC was either shoved aside with the senseless logic "PDP did it in the past" or regarded as irrelevant.

I love Nigeria but I will love a better Nigeria where a minority can rule and be placed at the same level as a majority. A country where a majority was allowed to rule 8 years with one of the worst leadership the world has ever seen wouldn't allow an Ijaw minority rule 8 years even though his leadership was better than that of the majority who has been ruling us since independence.

With all these and all that happened back then, the Igbos emerged to fight for this region. A region that fed Nigeria but was also relegated in leadership but yet someone is here screaming "leave our oil". It's so shameful of that guy. I just hope that I was actually discussing with someone above at least, 17 years of age.

Most of the guys shouting 'leave our oil' on this thread are not from SS o

They're just deliberately being mischievous to cause division here
No SSner will be happy the way their oil is being taken to the north and rubbing in their faces. The north has ruled Nigeria for so many years yet they couldn't allow Jonathan to do his own 8years like other presidents(despite their loopholes) have done. Imagine throwing jona out just to retain power n keep sharing oil blocs that belong to SS

So forget the 'leave our oil' crew. They're northerners trying to cause division on this thread.

Again Igbos have never survived on Naija oil and could care less about that

barcanista:
The issue of "they want our oil" is a ploy to maintain status quo. The Niger Deltans are now realising.

Real ploy to maintain the status quo
Afterall Nigeria wants the oil anyway and yet not developing the region at all

Or tell me what else Nigeria wants

If the easterners could sit in unity and draft a good constitution that protects everyone's interest, that will be the biggest blow of the century. Again Igbos care less about oil. Is it not the northerners that have been taking advantage of SS oil?

francizy:
I tell you. The Igbos live and die in business. Had it not been for the entrepreneurial mind God gave the Igbos, I bet you that we would have wasted in this country long time ago..

Sometimes it takes a tortured mind to develop an entrepreneurial spirit. A country with millions of jobs will leave people jumping from one job to another. But a country with problem of unemployment will have hundreds of thousands of youths thinking of how to set up their business empires.

There are several countries without oil but they are surviving..

No offense intended but Nigerians will begging for visa to travel to any country formed unitedly by easterners.

If you look at the Igbos in Nigeria, they re not even surviving on Nigeria oil yet successful in their businesses.

If such merger ever happens, SS can keep their oil but let Igbos a have conducive business environment. And watch that region turn to Dubai in a few years

Unfortunately, the beneficiaries of Naija oil at the top will do everything to ensure easterners remain divided into SS SE EE and ES just to make sure they never think of such merger.
While they continue to milk SS oil dry

Some places in SS are unbelievably undeveloped despite the oil they supply to Nigeria and it's very very unfortunate. Personally, it makes me sad

francizy:
Bro, I don't think the Igbos need your oils.. Igbos are too business minded and you will always depend on us to survive. At least we make sure cosmetics, spare parts, cloths, jewelries, food stuffs, etc, are there for you to purchase with your oil money.

Keep your oil to yourself...

This post is so true.
Igbos are not interested in oil money rather they have business ideas to make u buy their spare parts with your oil money.

So at the end, everybody is happy

Though not the reason for this thread, I think both regions will make a great country of their own if their constitution is well drafted

EUROBOMBER:
It can get us out of Nigeria if the situation becomes unbearable.

Yep

PassingShot:
You're wrong!

The votes in the north were shared in the ratio of about 70 to 30. This was the same region that gave GEJ about 55% of the votes in 2011.

The fact remains that Jonathan failed and you guys should stop making it look like it was a conspiracy.

Yes I agree he failed us but that's because he was doing everything to please the northerners forgetting that for northerners, it's either they're in power or your best is not good enough.
Why can't easterners have such one voice too?

Obiagelli:
The same Northerners that has 4 pdp states at the moment? How many apc state does the SE have? How many Apc Senators?

Did northerners vote Buhari because he's a northerner? Yes or no?

Anyway I honestly don't like replying people when I know for sure they're deliberately acting mischievous. It adds nothing but sucks my energy n time. So bye

Obiagelli:
The pdp and the Apc should be the only political blocs not regions. All these region things is the lazy man's tool is to play on people's emotions. Politics is about political parties not region.

Tell that to a northerner

atlwireles:
That has been their battle cry since they won the election, a "united Nigeria". Unfortunately their 2011-2015 playbook is out there for us to follow . Every man for himself, let see who survives in this free and democratic Nigeria.

Gbam

atlwireles:
The first tool we need is put our own media houses in place. This is the first line of action, the states of SE/SS need two or three broadcast media houses located in the zones. The news our people read and hear MUST not be the edited news from the other side. Let's keep it local across the regions.

Great suggestion

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
You are trying to enforce one party system. No way.

The Old Eastern bloc should be ready to give Nigerians a credible opposition that will make the Government at the centre responsible to all its citizens.

Those that were against GEJ including their media outfit will now change from their so-called social crusading to fanatics hence the two opposing camps should never merge.

The South-west championed the ridiculous hate campaign filled with diatribes and falsehood with the North denying every gesture of Mr President notwithstanding massive concentration of investments in their regions.

The only prayer you got to offer here is that their unity should be solely for political and mutual benefits as were the case of Southwest and Northern Nigeria.

The zone should be encouraged to build on the existing South-south/South-East economic master plan to develop the region to enviable modern day livable cities where citizens are served.

I agree
Despite the fact that Jonathan did everything possible to please the northerners, they still wanted him out at all cost.
Now that a northerner is taking over, they want a united Nigeria with no opposition.

Talk about hypocrisy

Obiagelli:
Unite for what reason exactly? Unite against others?

Why not SE and SW or SE and NE

If northerners are northerners and not NE and NW or NN, why should easterners become SE and SS and EE abi ES