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Cleopatra4:
Gabriel na woman?
I don't Understand..

Lol... Not at all. Gabriel is often depicted as a female in most literary works but that is not to say it is true.

Efewestern:
Believe me the itsekiris don't see themselves as Yoruba.. yes they speak similar language with you, bear similar names with you.. but hey that doesn't make them Yoruba. Itsekiri is itsekiri, Yoruba is Yoruba. and I think itsekiri are more connected with ondo (Ilaje) than those from Lagos.

Wow I love the comments here, glad you guys love and respect minorities, Good to know.

cc: onuwaje
frathermathy
Sanchez01
wirinet

I wouldn't have said it better. Truth is, you would find thread as this with more intellectual contents than insults as opposed to the other people. The Itsekiris, though have their origin deeply rooted in the South West, do not share cultural similarities with the Yorubas. The guys here are intelligent, believe me.

Mynd44:
*chuckles*

Human beings and their petty silliness.

Well, this is a test of strenght of the Pope. The Devil is trying to test you and he is using none other than your own priests; what will you do?

I can imagine the Pope is the Managing Director of a multinational corporation and the directors of a particular country are turning down a National MD that was sent there. Na to hand out sack letters like chin chin

Politics has always been the problem of the Catholic Church. Besides, the core motive behind the Rejection is well embedded in the post.

When asked if Okpalaeke was not qualified to be consecrated as Bishop of Ahiara Catholic Diocese, Ekechukwu answered affirmatively, adding that he speaks a different Igbo dialect that would be incomprehensible to the rural dwellers in Mbaise.

You can imagine this. Tribalism crept into religion and these ones would pray to God and expect answered prayers.

menxer:
@bolded, you cracked me up.... Lols

Back to post, so Judaism and Islam pray the same way?

Judaism and Islam are more or less the same but with different core languages. While Islam is Arabic, Judaism's language of worship is Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic. The pray almost the same way and both have their doctrines, though not all, strictly from the Old Testament.

Afam4eva:
Oga, point out my supposed hate or keep quiet. You may deny it all you want but i'm one of the liberal Igbos on here and i stood for the likes of Americana Igbos such as Ogugua when they were getting the heat from extremists, so i don't understand what you're saying. You can choose to believe whatever you like.

Afam, I laughed seeing that you are one of the very few who has woken up to smell the coffee. I recall your assertions on some threads and can't help but marvel at the fact that you are denying bigotry. Not like it would kill even if you did, but we all know. So what gives?

And truth is, not everyone who speaks against Biafra hate Igbos. Far from it. Unfortunately, you exhibit that same belief just as many.

How would anyone in his right frame of mind compare Ebonyi to Ogun? This is laughable and suicidal.

plaetton:
Actually, the Igbos that I know do not put faith on anyone in order to thrive.
And we don't give a rat's bottom about the opinions of little minions like you , or what you think or feel about our struggles.

The Biafran struggle was just in 1967.
The Biafran struggle is just and even more imperative in 2017,..and will always be.

It just befuddles us that people with whom we share a history of genetic and cultural ties would rather remain feudal serfs in their own land , and prefer to continuously get fuxxd in the axx by uncircumcised Northern feudal cabals, than to forge common goals with Igbos, out of irrational fear and paranoia of domination, an acute inferiority complex.

You have my pity.

Cry like a sissy from now to the end of the earth, it does not take away the fact that your quest is a solo quest. If there would be a need for the Delta to secede, then Biafra would be the last consideration. Our struggle was made known before your genocide in 1967, meaning we have been there before you. Fall back to the history books to nourish your crafty reasoning.

The only serfs and minions I see here are those screaming to 'control his destiny'. Refrain from the identity blackmail, biko. Genetically, we are not related, neither are we tied by culture, believe me. We are not from Israel and we are no Jew. The so-called irrational fear and paranoia of domination is carefully arrived at, and until an Ebonyi man would be seen as equal to a man from Anambra, and the Osu-caste system which many claim to have been fully abolished, while an Ngwa fellow would not be despised by his own, we would always relate to your kind and people with paranoia.

Don't blame us that the world is wary of you.

jboi81:
Nigeria cant stay peacefully together again, that's the fact, too much hatred and tribalism, restructuring will work, regardless of who presides over it, but the best is for this nation to allow anyone that wants to have their own country do so, simple,that will automatically end tribalism which is the root of all Nigeria's problem.

The only people who have spread much hate are the Igbos, courtsey of the IPOB. The Arewa Youths felt insulted and clearly had enough of the hatred and insults peddled by the IPOB.

Seccession would not end tribalism, believe me. Have you ever cared to listen to what oozes out of the averge IPOB's mouth towards the Yorubas and Hausas? If anyone wants to seceede, let them do and not lump the Delta into their quest.

plaetton:
Look at this one

What tendencies other than the usual inferiority complex ?
So strong is that complex that you would prefer a Northerner to exploit you, rather than work with your southeast brethren.
What has that earned you so far ?

The FARCE is strong strong with you.

When you're done clowning, you'll wake up to smell the coffee. There is no 'working' with the Igbos. The Biafran ideology is born out of greed and selfishness.

I still don't take you lots serious though because you are apparently not ready for the craze you call struggle. If you are, you would stop worrying about thinking of 'working' with people who don't regard you and move on without them.

Nne5:
[ quote].You must be very ignorant if you think you can ask anyone to relocate when division proccesses have not been concluded.
Besides,how will moving out of the north gives Igbos Biafra? You lot should stop being mischievous.


If the northerners are serious about breaking up Nigeria, then they should stop hiding behind quit notices.Referendum is very simple.


This is the reason "This is even as Ohanaeze Youths Council, OYC, said it would reject any restructuring of Nigeria carried out by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it would not reflect equity and fairness."


Nonsense!
Stop being mischievous.

As much as the youth arm of Ohaneze is not fully enlightened, I believe you should not htink in their direction. A restructured Nigeria, regardless of who does, would benefit the very people within a geographical location while bringing about drastic changes cum modifications to the defining background of the country, in this case, the operations of the governments, state, federal and local.

It makes no single sense why they would reject a restructuring under Buhari when the same likely formation would take place under another.

bigtt76:
Well.... where did you meet her first before you guys got married?

The one million Dollar question! Funny no one asked this.

Angelyna:
Hi Mr, firstly I think you don't love or trust your wife a bit,
actually you thought you did... A marriage of just 18months? I fear your home will have enough ups and downs. See go and write today's day down, you will be sorry you ever doubted your wife, if I were the wife, I swear I'll make life miserable for you after the confirmation of the paternity... Some of you men are still boys but you jump into marriage. Fine! You saw your wife chat with another guy but to me it doesn't call for doubting the paternity. Those people advising you to chase her out, they're still mama's boy so what advice can they give.... In short I'm vexing right now... Enough said sha... You guys still have a long way to go and more work to do

My dear, you're not well one bit. His wife cheated, albeit emotionally, and you see nothing wrong with it and you have the strength to say 'some of you men'. God knows I am a very calm person but this comment of yours has no iota of sense in it. Why is a married woman keeping a male best friend when there seems to be no issue in her home? What on God's is a wife keeping a male friend for to the extent that pregnancy related issues would be discussed? How about we talk about the possibility of adultery here beyond cheating emotionally? 'You saw your wife chat with another guy but to me it doesn't call for doubting the paternity.' This clearly makes no sense. So a cheat is to be overlooked now, particularly when it revolves around the same paternity at hand?

The problem with most of you is that you prolly never had a good marriage counsellor before getting married or that you are just girls whose attributes sprang way faster like you chewed raw fertiliser. Most ladies of these have no moral value.

Amberon11:
Hmmm. Honestly, the issue of Nigeria is exasperating. The political class up north will always oppose resource control and will continue to drag the entire nation backwards. That's why I felt secession would be better.

Replied.

I understand you totally. I have tonnes of problem with the North myself and I would prefer that we cut off ties with them since they seem to be the bane of the country. However, a decentralized Federal Government would not see that Peter is robbed to pay Paul.

Responded.

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plaetton:
AN OPEN LETTER TO MY BRETHREN IN THE "SOUTH-SOUTH"
By Donald Ekpo, Akwa Ibom State

"For as long as the Old Eastern region remain in disarray and not united, self-determination of the region will remain impossible." ~ An anonymous retired Nigerian Army Chief

The word “South-South,” even though it may sound absurd, is a name we have come to accept as a people. We can’t say exactly how we came about to be identified with the name neither can we say exactly when we were given the name, but we just know it is our name. While growing up back in the days, geography taught us about “the North,” “the South,” “The East” and “The West.” For proper definition of locations, we were also told about “The Northwest, NorthEast, Southwest and SouthEast” I can’t remember anything like the “NorthNorth”, “SouthSouth”, “EastEast” or Westwest , but here I am today, writing a letter to my South-South brethren. That is what happens to a people that are not in control of their Cultural Development or the Political and Economic Future.

That is what happens to a people that are just there for their numbers, that is what happens to people that are just kept for their services, that is what happens to people that are just custodians of wealth for a supposedly superior people, and finally, that is what happens to peoples that are slaves. Any name is suitable for them, they can only get whatever is given to them even if it is originally theirs. If in doubt, please remind me of the meaning of KUNTA KINTE.

I write this letter not because it is frustrating to see how we allowed a defrauded propaganda to position our people as the pawns in the Political Chess called Nigeria, but rather, I write this letter in an effort to request that we free ourselves from these propaganda that has lingered for too long. If our grandfathers and fathers did not ask questions, is there any divine law that says we cannot ask? We know we all belonged to the old Eastern Region of Nigeria before the Northern Protectorate took back their power after the gruesome murder of General Aguiyi Ironsi.

Just for the records, let me do us a bit of history here; Major General Ironsi as Head of State was cornered and arrested somewhere in western Nigeria on July 29th of 1966, his hands and feet were tied together, then tied to a Land Rover with a little space in between, and driven on a tarred road, face down for several kilometers. The then highest ranking Northern officer, an acting (Unconfirmed) Lieutenant Colonel was chosen to be the next Head of State ahead of serving Brigadiers, Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels of the Southern Nigeria, followed by the dreadful killings of officers and soldiers of Eastern Nigeria including our so called South South soldiers and officers.

The genocide that followed is what is recorded as the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 – 1970. As if that was not enough, the Eastern region was broken apart with the sudden creation of the then South Eastern State (today’s Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom), Rivers State (Today’s Rivers State and Bayelsa). It was during that war that propagandas were designed, created and generated to separate us from the old Eastern Region and make the average Igbo man our potential enemy in an effort to reduce their own presumed enemies. In as much as it is a bitter history, but I find it necessary to do you this preamble.

I write this letter to remind us that our region, known as the South-South today was a creation of the North for the sake of creating the disunity we face today. And moreso, it was not just for the disunity for them to win the war, but to also take away our resources, our manpower and our economic future. In 2014 when President Jonathan, a son of the so called South-South decided to re-contest the 2015 elections, Sheik Junaid Mohammed in an engagement on behalf the Northern Protectorate, reminded us that the so called South-South was a creation of the North for effective management of the Northern interest in Eastern Nigeria. How bad could this be? Can we imagine that? So while we are busy reminding ourselves that we are a different people or that the Igbos are wicked and are trying to kill us, the North is joyously taking over and owning 85% of our oil wells while the West takes over the left overs.

And what do we get? Noise! Even the supposedly football legend, Sunday Okechukwu Oliseh is busy telling us he is not Igbo as if it is a curse to be Igbo. One wonders if the name Okechukwu is of Hausa or Yoruba origin. When you speak Igbo as a language and yet claim you are not Igbo, is that not the saddest thing that can happen to any people of identical culture? Even Major Kaduna Nzeogwu that led the first coup that was said to be an Igbo coup is from Okpanam village in today’s Delta State. Could he have come out to say today like Sunday Oliseh said that he was not Igbo? If the Abakaliki or Nsukka indigene that has a more distant dialect of Igbo is Igbo, how come the Anioma or Okrika indigene that is easily understood is not Igbo? How did a people of the same culture get so separated these far?

I write these letter to speak to those of us regarded as "minority tribes." How can we be minority when in essences we are known to be about 35 million of the said 180 million of the said Nigerian population? How can we be a minority in our own lands if we were not treated as such, or if we did not accept to be such? If those from the alliance that separated us from the West are said to be about 50 million in population, and our brethren in the East are said to be about 40 million, how can we accept we are a minority? Our compatriots from the alleged minorities of the North are said to be another 30 million, who then is the minority? Having run through these figures, we know who the real minorities are.

Be it as it appears, the truth is that our region was broken into two so as to weaken our original strength given that at a combined population strength of 35 million and 40 million people, our economic and entrepreneurial strength put together would be something the alliance will be worried about. So why should we ever think that it is logical to claim we are two different people when in essence, we have always been one and the same people for over 400 years before the arrival of the white man. If what the white man did to us was not bad enough, is it not ridiculous that we allowed a certain minority immigrants to assume control of our economic and political future?

I write these letter to ask my brethren in the South-South these pertinent question; Let us assume the very worst situation in this fracas between us and our Igbo brothers, why are we worried about the Igbos taking over our “natural resources” (assuming they don’t have theirs), ARE WE PRESENTLY IN CONTROL OF OUR “NATURAL RESOURCES”? Does it make more sense that our natural resources is being controlled by some strange people from over 700 miles away? People that kill us at will at a single provocation of their religion? People that even kill us in our land? People that challenge us to the ownership of these our resources? People that show absolute disregard of who we are? People that think it is a privilege for us to be in any position of authority? And finally, people that do not in any way have the kind of entrepreneurial skills that we have?

Why would we allow our imaginary quarrel or fights with our brothers translate to the decision of one of the women in King Solomon’s Judgment that insisted that since she couldn’t have the child, the other woman should not. So are we in essence saying it is better for none of us brethren to own our resources simply because we don’t trust our brothers, yet we do nothing about the stranger that has ripped us apart? Are we logically correct in these senseless quarrel?

Even while we are senselessly worried about how the Igbos will colonize our people because that is what we were told, and that is what some of these alliance are still trying to tell us; can we sincerely tell ourselves that the Igbos are that evil? Evil enough to leave their Natural resources in Abia, Imo, Anambra and Enugu states to come and take ownership of our resources? How will they do that? How possible will it be for a people that barely kill by the sword compared to our present oppressors? Do we honestly see that as a possibility? How and why did we allow these propaganda to go these far? Is these not what the alliance has used to rule us through the divide and rule scheme? Sheik Jumiad Mohammed said it clearly that our separation was a creation of the North for the effective management of our resources while we keep fighting an imaginary enemy.

I write this letter to remind us that we and our Igbo brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers have cultural identities, we uphold the sanctity of life, we do not kill a man like a chicken, we worship the same God, and we have identical looks and reasoning capabilities. Education is a respected virtue to both of us, entrepreneurism is a common love between us. We both respect constituted authorities. Even-though we both have the cultural odds that cannot, and should not be used to castigate an entire people. So how come the Igbo man suddenly became evil shortly before the war if the castigation was not a propaganda tool of the war?

How did we accept that our Igbo brothers were evil while we were saints? How are we saints? Is there any evil that is the monopoly of the Igbos that we are totally clean of? That we don’t have a single man/woman that does same if positioned in the same situation? How did we allow a distant people determine how we leave our lives? If we think we are different and as such we are treated better than the Igbos; have we noticed that the fate of the Onitsha Port is the same fate that befell the Ports in Calabar and Port Harcourt? We from the East are all forced to go to Lagos to pay taxes to those ports. How have we been treated differently by these alliances if we were different from the Igbos? Are we not facing the same fate as our Eastern brethren? How do you think we will fare if we were the only ones to receive these treatment given a circumstance where the Igbos are no more in this contraption called Nigeria?

I write this letter to our brethren to remind us that without a unified stand of the entire region, the self-determination process will be a farce. We need each other in all difficulties. We are the Eastern Region; we are the region of the Lower Niger; we are a common people; we are not different from each other. Starting from the Hills of Ogoja to the rocky soils of Ebonyi, down to the temperate region of Anambra down to the enclaves of Ishekiri and Isoko, we all look alike.

The Akwa Ibom man and the Abia State man are the same people simply divided by boundaries. The Calabar man and the Arochukwu man have identical ancestral masquerades. The Ikwerre man is just an Igbo man that was separated by the North to act as a different people. A British woman, camped somewhere in Kaduna decided to add the “R” consonant to the “U” vowel to totally break the identities of the Igbos in today’s Rivers State. The Ijaws, Kalabaris, Oron, Efik are practically the same people positioned in different locations possibly during the settlement centuries ago. We are all interrelated in the region and as such must not be divided.

We have been used for decades, disregarded at every opportunity, our rights are perceived as privileges if not favors. We do not have control over our future as instructed by the late Ahmadu Bello when he instructed his people not to allow us have control of our future, and should be seen as a conquered territory. Are we a conquered people by some strange people that believe they are born to rule, conquer and kill? These are a people who do not hold as sacrosanct what we revere as one. How can we continue in this Union that was designed to enslave us? How can we allow the lies told by these strangers to pitch us against ourselves?

AN ADDENDUM TO MY IGBO BROTHERS

I write to you to remind you that you can only fight a lie that was imbedded into the hearts of my brethren by putting yourself in his shoes to know how best to respond. We cannot fight evil with evil. Like we know, they say two wrongs don’t make a right. It is your responsibility to subtly ask those accusing you some logical questions that may prick their hearts to realities. We are all in this mess called Nigeria together.

Our Son, Goodluck Jonathan, was treated the same way General Ironsi was treated, they were both rejected. They were both despised. Both of them wanted a united Nigeria that existed beyond tribes and religion, but what did we see? President Goodluck Jonathan was lucky to escape with his life, but the General was not that lucky; He was tied to a Land Rover and driven on the rocky tarred roads between Abeokuta and Ibadan till he died and was shredded to pieces. Based on the Alhaji and Kunle’s phone conversation I believe we all listened to, we know that it could as well have happened to President Jonathan if he was not wise enough to let go of their birthright. But can we continue like this?

Look at what they are doing to Nnamdi Kanu? These are the same people that organized 70 lawyers to represent the Boko Haram suspects that have raped, maimed and Killed Nigerians, yet the one they choose to lead us says Nnamdi is too dangerous to be released because he has dual citizenship. Is these the kind of place we will continue to belong to when we are likely going to be having malicious morons of this magnitude leading us?

I write to you my brothers to remind you that the Gambaris know for certainty that having broken a greater part of you into other states in the "South-South," it may be difficult to successfully secede knowing what we know today. So it is inappropriate for you to remind my own brothers that with or without us, that you will succeed.

We cannot allow the propaganda of these gambaris to keep us apart. We must reject it by all means and efforts. We stand a greater chance to succeed as one region. As the older one of the two broken parts of our region, it is your responsibility to expose the deception that was used to mislead my people. It is you that will tell my people you do not have any intentions to colonize them. We have to collectively put these alliance to shame by consciously keeping our relationship cordial in the region. My dear brethren, I write to request that you take it as a duty to remind us that we are all one people because in truth, WE ARE ONE!

THE LOWER NIGER CONGRESS will not succeed if we do not position ourselves for success. We cannot go to a referendum with a divided house. We have to all agreed that we cannot continue in this contraption called a United Nigeria that was not just built on lies and propaganda, but was designed to fail while it enslaves our people. We have been battered, raped, disregarded, maimed and killed at will for the past 50 years. I am talking about the entire Eastern region. While we are being raped and killed, we are busy seeing each other as our enemy, while the real enemies smiles at our folly. We cannot continue like this. We should all take the opportunity presented to us by the UNITED NATION CHARTER ARTICLES ON SELF-DETERMINATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

The Lower Niger Congress, has so far made presentations to the US Congress on the plight of our people, made a presentation to the United Nations, and have been able to secure a period by which the referendum will take place here in our region. But will we succeed during the electoral process if we are not united? Is it not time we put our swords into plowshare and see how we can take control of our political, economic future and Cultural development?

The Lower Niger Congress having met with traditional and titled leaders in all the corners of the Lower Niger Region believes the project will not be a success if we do not see ourselves as a united body. We cannot afford to go into a referendum that may be sabotaged by the propagandas of the alliance of the North. It is our duty to educate ourselves, educate our relatives, and educate our brethren. It is the best duty we can do for the generations unborn of our region.

This contraption called Nigeria was never designed to succeed, not with the present fraud of Constitution, not with the present mentality that only a section of the country were meant to rule, and finally, not with the present odds that accompany those that make it to the leadership position.

Finally, brethren, I appeal to you all to join hands in actualizing our dream to build a new nation based on principles, agreed morals, agreed terms and absolute regional autonomy to provoke developmental competition. This is what the LOWER NIGER CONGRESS IS WILLING TO OFFER.

For more information about the Lower Niger congress visit www.lnc-usa.org

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Utter rubbish! We know people who disguise. You guys should understand that the tendencies we develop toward the Igbos is as a result of the large disunity and supremacist tendencies most of them exhibit. Biafra has nothing in common with a man from the Delta!

Opharhe:
Oniovo you're saying this based on what we have now since most states have not tapped into their potential for wealth creation. Even the Niger Delta is not really doing anything apart from oil. How much fish do we produce? In our own Delta State for example, how much have we maximized our water resources? There are a lot more.
Ebonyi not only has agriculture, it also has good minerals that can be explored. A very good example is limestone.

Again, restructuring Nigeria will not be an automatic death sentence for the less economically viable states because the terms, I believe, will be flexible and will allow for a gradual and progressive return to self sustainance for the federating units.

Also, many people are arguing for a regionally integrating system(State-Regional-Federal tiers) and this makes some good sense since some states may not be economically viable.

But if we're sticking strictly with the state system, some will have to merge. For example, Ebonyi can merge with Enugu.

Restructuring is about all facets of our national life and not just about the economic and fiscal structure which many who oppose it will want to limit it to for their convenience.

The 1999 constitution just has to be abandoned and replaced with a better one, a true constitution by the people, if we want to progress or this country will progressively derail until we can no longer save it. Something just has to give.

Wẹ kobiruo, oniọvo mẹ.

I perfectly share and align with your school of thought on this, oniovo.

A merger should happen among states to enable them cope perfectly, particularly for states with lesser chances of independent survival. Your points are weighty without a doubt. I believe everything will fall in place in due time.

Oghene vwiyo kevwe, oniovo.

Amberon11:
This time we are not for restructuring, we want secession.

Since when did you start the secession idea? The Delta would do well with restructuring. States that are heavily dependent should be merged. The USA is functioning as one unit because every state is independent. That should be our utmost goal and not secession.

What happend to your mail again, by the way?

ScotsReferendum:
Japan's economy is declining because the population of old people is increasing while that of young people is decreasing. in other words, Japan's population is aging

And what do you think is responsible? The same tool that projected them to the world, of course!

As it stands, it is considered a 'problem' for Japan as life expectancy keeps increasing annually. This here, is one of the pitfalls of the so-called science and technology.

reptile1:
I am not saying u don't need others to become great but first off, do what seems right. Nigeria today, with all the investor ain't notin to write about.. From the examples above, you would agree the Japanese neva neglected technology in the process of building a nation completely destroyed by war.

Nigeria has shown no will to replicate the Japanese. Today where are we? Ordinary toothpick u have to import one. is that the way to go and become an economic giant?

Let's make one thing clear. U will neva reach the promised land without showing massive interests in science and technology. That is where every visible human progress lies.

I challenge anybody to hand over Ebonyi state to the likes of America or Germany and see what becomes of it in 20 years ahead. But with Governor Umahi and his ilks, Ebonyi state will rely on federal allocation in 200 years to come judging by his mindset.

I think you are missing the point. Most Asian countries have been way ahead during the reign of Emperors and these countries were advanced before the wars. They didn't just start after the war.

Denmark prides herself in milk and pastry production and is one of the largest food force in the world. France boasts of her wineries and cuisines and remains the dream of food lovers all over the world. Science and technology is one aspect of the human life and does not necessarily account for the all-in-all development of man. It's like saying countries without oil would struggle as there would be no easy trade. The emboldened is crassly wrong. The same Japan you drool over is present experiencing stagnation and there are reports that her economy is shrinking. This is a country with great feats in the technology world. So what then is happening? Every facet of human growth and development has its strengths just as its weaknesses.

ScotsReferendum:
My idea is meant for Biafrans and not anti Biafrans.


There are other forums to discuss it

Indeed. I just pray your thoughts and ideas would be strong enough to prevent the next batch of young school leavers in trooping to Lagos.

reptile1:
^^^^ Truly u suck @ economics no doubt. if I may ask, which foreign investor invested in Japan after world war 2? which foreign investor invested in South Korea after the Korean war? which foreign investor invested in Germany after world war 1 and 2? now its apparently obvious to any discernible mind u ain't different from the said governor and other blacks of ur kind, that u all think in one direction. keep waiting for investors before developing ur own technology and create needed wealth.

Another one... Now I would have to do with more than this. To answer your question;

Post-war reconstruction
Japan was thoroughly beaten and totally disgusted with war. They put in their constitution to effectively outlaw war and put all their energies in economy. US liked such a distraction as that would mean Japan would not become a major threat and also be its big trading partner in Asia, especially after China fell to the Communists in 1949. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was especially instrumental in this transformation. After the Korean war in 1950s and rise of cold war, Japan became US' principal ally in the Pacific - bringing more aid, more technology and more trade.

While the war left the infrastructure broken, it left a highly educated and motivated populace who could now rebuild the cities with the state of the art 20th century technology instead of saddled with old infrastructure.

Japanese government and its Ministry of International Trade and Industry on its part did a fantastic job pushing their corporations to dominate world trade. With rising education, falling fertility, Japan enjoyed a massive demographic dividend - with parents totally focusing on careers unimpeded by children [or so they thought that time.

https://www.quora.com/How-did-Japan-become-a-developed-nation

Several things to deduce from the above;
1. Japan channeled its strength towards its economy after the war (TRADE)
2. China's fall favoured Japan greatly. (OPPORTUNITY)
3. Korea's war with the U.S. also acted as a catalyst to Japan's greatness as the later shifted grounds and made Japan its ally, principally influencing and granting access via the Pacific, 'bringing more aid, more technology and more trade'. (FOREIGN AID+TRADE ROUTE ACCESS)
4. Japan is not landocked, rather an island.

Add their literacy leve to the case on ground and tell me why it would not be a country to be reckoned with. Japan did not just become a technology powerhouse overnight contrary to the views of many. You all think birthing technology is as easy shouting at the top of your lungs. Hardly would you see a developed country without support. As a matter of fact, I doubt you would see one.

ScotsReferendum:
You are talking to one who knows how to erect Technological Education in 8years.

It is just making up one's mind not to steal money but channel it into providing technological education

Why not share your blueprint as to how you would develop Ebonyi in 8 years, instead of claiming to understand how to erect 'Technological Education'.

ScotsReferendum:
See your words below


" .......The transformation and growth of a state largely depends on the number of foreign investors attracted to the state....." Sanchez


Let me ask you one question


Do you think Japan became a great nation by depending on foreign investors.?

Do you think Germany was rebuilt by depending on foreign investors.?


When you give your people quality technological education and create a platform for local people to invest into their innovations and inventions, industrial wealth will be created.


I repeat

You and the governor have similar brain, mind and reasoning.

I stared at your post for about thirty seconds as I couldn't believe someone would be so dull to bring Japan into the discourse. Japan is a country driven by technology. Besides that, it is a country with a staggering literacy rate of 99% as published by Knoema. Compare this to the South East whereby most males struggle to round off there secondary school education before boarding the next Peace Mass Transit bus to Lagos in search of a greener pasture.

Other than Dangote and Eleganza, no Nigerian manufacturing country has managed to think outside the box.

Please indulge me, mention one state in the South East wherein Technology Education is taught. Compare and contrast the literacy rate of Japan to the entire South East then consciously bring up the the total IGR of the South East and see how stùpid you sound. My dear, it is not by blowing hot.

ScotsReferendum:
You are disgracing yourself online

Are you saying if you are given Ebonyi to transform in 8years, you can't do so.


Africa lack leaders who are gifted in science engineering and technology to harness our resources

Thought as much. So you'd expect me to wield a magic wand and expect that development happens out of the blue?

The transformation and growth of a state largely depends on the number of foreign investors attracted to the state and not in commissioning bridges and flyovers! What is wrong with you people? What measures are on ground to assure investors that there would be a short term ROIs?

I hear this Africa leaders, science and technology bullshit from you guys yet we struggle as a country to produce pencils! Pencils!!! Our toothpicks are still being imported and last I checked, there is no single toothpick producing company in the South East and you are day dreaming science and technology and harnessing the power of the cosmos.

The entire South East contribution is only 6%, beating the NE by just 2%. Where would the bulk of the state's government come from in a state as Enugu where civil servants constitute almost 85%? How then do you transform Ebonyi in eight years without accruing debts while maintaining the balance?

I used to think I suck at Economics but the bulk of you on here are just crass dull.

ScotsReferendum:
Until you push a people into the cold, their best will always be in the form of potential


Guy, push every state into the cold so as to awaken them

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. For states, there are KPIs that trigger IGRs. Ebonyi is a very young state trying to find its feet and I doubt if the state is capable of fending for itself independently, just some old states around.

When it comes to revenues, economists as well as financial analysts would work with what is on ground and not on uncertainty. Therefore, it is only natural that the governor express concerns.

Honestly, it beats my imagination as to why these IPOB folks lose sleep over the Delta and what would remain of them. For the record, there is no way the Niger Delta would come close to the charade called Biafra for several reason.

1. All we call for is a restructured Nigeria and not secession. So how would it look like Biafra?

2. Yes, animosity abound over territories and lands but that is in no way a pointer that some are free born while others are slaves as it is a practice today in a region.

3. We are a monarchial people. Every part of the Delta is monarchial while elders are held in high esteem. How could this be compared to Biafra and the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo?

4. As mentioned by Amberon11, drug pushing, baby factory cartels and the must get rich by all means mentality is not a trait found in the Delta. So how then would it be like the phantom Biafra?

5. We are not a people that can be easily scammed by just one man in the name of lord and saviour. How are we related to Biafrans and Biafra then?

All you guys would do is continue to lose sleep over the Delta. We have nothing against anyone but the incessant Niger Delta noise lately points to the fact that Kanu and his minions are beginning to tow the path Ojukwu towed. If you want the oil, simply admit and let us know what your problem is, exactly.

Opharhe:
Umahi i strongly disagree with you on this. Ebonyi state has a lot of potential for wealth creation. There's no state in Nigeria that cannot generate wealth. We're just being lazy mostly mentally.
Whether you like it or not, Nigeria must be restructured or disintegration will become inevitable.

Oniovo, I'd be Frank with you, most states might not survive restructuring, contrary to the opinion of many. Ebonyi, though a state that prides itself in agriculture, would find it difficult to survive under a restructured Nigeria. The same goes for Enugu as coal won't be enough.

I would no doubt prefer a restructured Nigeria but the truth is that most states are not really ready. Some Northern states might not be able to survive on their own as well.

KratosCorp:
Well, it may be nonsense to you and many others.

But I do know that Nnamdi Kanu believes in the existence of cosmic powers. And to be honest, the rise of IPOB is nothing short of phenominal.

There is a very strong supernatural force behind IPOB. Only arrogant kids take the movement for granted and dismiss it as childish.

Grown ups know that you just don't wake up from nowhere and bocome so influential in no time flat.

This is what happens when a people are not only barely educated, but jobless as well.

Airforce1:
Wow

Cool ride.

"Hate" won't let our vision-less leaders invest heavily on this guys so they could be producing more of this cool motorcades.

I strongly believe you need to look up the meaning of the word 'motorcade'.

That is an ATV there, a custom ATV.

Ishilove:
And they are buying into the scam like China phones

My dear, the rate at which they buy into it is nerve wrecking. Just two nights back, one of my neighbours was asking if he could get the Torah on Playstore. I was stunned. The person in question is a family man o, a father of five at that! Some are just realising that they had been scammed from the outset. This one is beyond me, really.

Ishilove:
Nna you must be an afonja posing as an Igbo man. Don't you know emperor NK is the lord and saviour of the Igbo race?

You know, I was close to mentioning you on this thread before I saw.

The dude has scammed his own people.

ExInferis:
If these clowns are the kind of footsoldiers igboes are counting on to fight Nigeria for biafra..


....the civil war will be over in 2 days.

This is a very funny comment.

Ishilove:
Awkward... They married on social media and ultimately broke up on social media. I didn't even know bride price return can be publicised.

Tonto should better clear her foundation because what is following her is strong.

So you're here and I've been looking all over for you