₦airaland Forum

mikeansy:
I don't think the North necessarily benefits from the oil in the Delta

Rather the Northern Elite has been the beneficiaries and as such have benefited even more than anybody from Oloibiri in the Bayelsa village where oil was first discovered.

I believe the greatest tragedy of the situation is that the South has been unable to isolate the Northern Elite from the ordinary Northerner.
The Northern Elite is nothing without the ordinary Northerner, and so long as the ordinary Northerner who suffers as much from poverty as those in the South do not realise that they are just being exploited by their own Elite Class, the Northern Elite will continue to hold the Nation hostage.

All we ask of the Elite Notherners is to Educate their own people and stop exploiting them.

KnowAll:
You cannot compare a language spoken by about 35%(Swahili ) of the african continuent with a Igbo a language spoken by less than 2% of the African continuent. Ugandas and Tanzanians that speak the language will recognised the great skill and mastery Ngugi wa Thiong has in presenting his prose in swahili so they can judge and recommend him for a Nobel price. Do you seriouly expect a yoruba man to recognised your eloquence and erudite igbo skill, neither can I nor 98% other Africans judge you. You will have to communicate in a more universal language for u to get that recognition.

oyinda.:
I'm surprised too. lol


@ Poster, how old are you? If ur above 60 yrs U might have a shot. do u have a first wife? having a first wife gives u bonus points as well

freed:
be proud? if thats how an english man or our professeurs spoke to us none of us here will be here today. Its all about communicating not big words.

ole Soyinka at a conference used so many supersized words that most people in the audience couldnt understand even a white man sitting next to me kept asking me what he was saying throughout.

C2H5OH:
sixteen-year-olds get deflowered all the time.

gestapo:
What are these naija boys in UK turning into

The other day it was one boy lying to girls that he is an heir to a kingdom in nigeria, just to get into their kingdom to mess it up, now another jobless boy claims he is governor of his room looking to be a gold digger

Its sad.

KnowAll:
@savannah

I did not say Anambra state will be illetrates. I said the state is breeding a new generation of English language illetrates there is a difference. I am an illetrate spanish speaker becos I can neither read nor understand spanish.

illetrate english speakers - That is the bone of contention. I said that Anambra state will breed a new generation of illetrate english speakers. I am not disputing that Anambra state might however produce distinguish scholars who are erudite and versed in Igbo language, but such feat as admirable as it might be pales into insignificance as the brilliance gets whittled down as any attempt to translate such literal work and knowledge into English might be lost in translation. However if the same scholar communicates in a language which 3/4 of the world speaks and understand with the same literal knowledge and mastery of the language not only does the profile of such individual enhances in a world stage they might also be a potential candidate for a Nobel price in literature(Wole Soyinka ) and the envy of the original owners of the language alas England and America.

ifyalways:
I thought it was compulsory in 9ja to sit for one language course in WAEC?The student gets to choose whichever lang he/she wants but it depends largely on the available teachers?My cousins in lagos then were forced to do Yourba in Waec cos they did not have Igbo teachers.
The bill is Ok but the fine seems ridiculous.doubt if anyone wud pay anything.
Aside the bill,If the senators want to achieve the said purpose,they shld pls go out to OUR schools and ban this very popular and dangerous grammer "Vernacular/igbo speaking is highly prohibited except during break time or igbo classes.
Those days in sch.,speaking igbo was a crime,the school prefects deal with u when they hear u speak igbo. . . .infact the class prefects where made to complile a list of offenders who get really dealt with for speaking igbo in school in an igbo speaking town . . .what a shame.

bawomolo:
language requirements depend on college major.

i didn't take a language class in college nor in high school.

Well i did take french in nigeria. bonjour osisi .

KnowAll:
North, most backward –Aliero


Looks like Anambra are in a competition with the north to see who can bee more backwards us or them. By adopting Igbo as the language of commerce u are only going to breed a generation of illetrate english speakers. When the whole world is learning how to speak english even spanish and french are dicting their own languages to learn english, Anambra is turning the clock back learning a language that is only spoken in small enclave in Nigeria. It would have done Anambra more good if they made Mandarin the language of choice in anambra state going by the volume of business transcation between Anambra state and china.

NINETOFIVE:
I will give you 15 naira if the current system in place takes you to the orbit.

na2day?:
really? then i fit ur bill 

love2008:
i have been dating an nigerian man  ,I truly do love him .he told me that he loved me also and he wanted to be honest with me .he told me that he was married and that he got married for citizenship but when it is all over with he wants to be with me should i believe him.

*Hauwa*:
careful what you stroke through. . . kwarikwata dey

biina:
I think that schools at primary and secondary level should teach at least 2 Nigerian languages, with one being indigenous to the state.

Also there should be relevant curriculum to teach the history, cultures and tradition of the various parts of the countries i.e a  renovated version of the social studies of old. A lot of Nigerians know little to nothing about people from other parts of the country, and this makes it more difficult to cooperate towards a common goal. If you do not know where one is coming from, it is difficult to appreciate where he is headed.

The misunderstanding is evident even on NL, where most discussions easily degenerate to tribal tantrums.

becomrich.:
Aloy I scored 70 in GNS in the university. and the reason iwent to ilorin was that my friend was in unilorin .

you are childish. y[b]ou are an ungrateful igboman. who should be grateful for what the yorubas have done for the Igbo,[/b] but you stay online 24 hrs insulting Yorubas go get job.

becomrich.:
aloy and myself , it have to do with tribe. read others in the past. he only comes online to abuse yorubas. and you igbos should know we take it personal. We dont go about insulting your people and you should not to us.

Tayo-D:
@savhana,

When you've backed yoursel up to a wall, the next thing is to start dancing around the issues. Perhaps you should tell liberals like Al Gore, Obama and the DNC as a whole to make up the giving to the poor.  The statistics I provided above already shows that we conservatives are by far doing more for the poor than the vocal liberals who can't spend their money.

debosky:
This is not really what this thread is about, but I can shed some light here. An experimental result will not be accorded much value unless it is reproducible. If other researchers attempt to reproduce the experiment under the same conditions and do not get the same results, then the initial findings will be questioned. Anyone who has engaged in research will be able to tell you this. Outliers cannot simply be removed without some valid justifications.

Scientific is not defined by one paper or publication, you need to look at the body of knowledge in the field before concluding.

Tayo-D:
@savanaha,

You guys are so twisted in your defences. Am I the one that made this about rich and poor or you? Aren't you the people claiming money is an issue in the killing of babies? I do not have that statistics but will appreciate you sharing them with me.