₦airaland Forum

collynzo2: Dirtiest city in Nigeria, a disgrace to us igbo people. Abia state as a whole is a slum.

o boy e dey pain u? Igbo history and prowness is incomplete without abia state. Iberibe.

give enugu airport a few years with proper funding, and it will outclass MMA or Port harcourt airport.

deb: These weed(Igbo) boys must have thought that we are stupid and we don't know their attitude of wanting to take 12 steps where they are allowed only one. Fashola well done o jare! Put them where they belong. Left for them they don't mind putting market on every roof in Lagos to sell market. Bunch of uncultured people naturally not fit into the center of excellence dream

really? Then why is an igbo man appointed to be the lagos state commisioner for budgeting and planning? Bushman.

osaiworld: Those who care about Nigeria.
check the article its about facts and not sentiments.

which fact? From sahara reporters? ERROR!!!! They are bigot-infested! No matter how you try to discredit NOI, you ignorance and foolery will always find you out.

nnaji's power company is liasing with the abia govt to make constant power supply in aba and other areas a reality. Pls give TA orji a break and be unbiased for once. Orji is no saint, but he is working. Please ngwa people, stop politicising this power project. Whether or not, orji is the one hosting nnaji.

in this life 4 wives are okay, in islam's heaven, 7 angelic babes awaits every jihadist matyr in their heavenly jacuzzi. Are these not enough for sanusi? He goes bedding another man's wife. Shameless Womanizer.

T8ksy: Thank you for your civil response. Now can you tell me how Achebe drew us nigerians closer together, please.

it is true that achebe once supported biafra secession(for genuine reasons though), but after biafra was reabsorbed into nigeria, he became nigerian again, hoping that nigeria would heal and the leaders would be just and accountable, he even became an executive member of aminu kano's PRP. But yet again, nigeria's increasing corrupt leadership dissappointed him and the good people of nigeria. Then he wrote 'the problem with nigeria', thus, becoming a voice to the voiceless nigerians. Finally nigerians from all ethnicity can agree on one thing- nigeria has a leadership problem, not ethnicity nor religion.
Achebe also founded the asso of nig authours ANA, thereby, bringing literary minds from the entire federation together.

Ola Johnson: For not coming to the knowledge of the truth after much explanation, may your head be flatter than it already is.

are you this immature and unteachable? My God...ola, you are a waste.

django1: There shouldn't be a problem when we call him an unrepentant tribalist then, cos that's exactly who he was.

shurrup and make yourself useful elsewhere, 'cos on this thread you are useless.

Ola Johnson: Nice question. The FG didn't even send a powerful delegation to receive his corpse in the Abuja airport. This is unlike the case of Wole Soyinka, inspite of his criticism of IBB, had a Nigerian delegation in a presidential boeing ariline jet to grace his winning the Nobel Prize in 1986.

shameless bigots. A heartless and corrupt leader receives WS in lavishing grandeur and you feel special about it. Very typical of your type. By the way, Achebe's family refused the FG to take credit and advantage of achebes burial, do you read the news at all? Gordimer honoured achebe, you ran mad, mandela honoured achebe, you had a heart attack. Now obama and his wife has honoured achebe and you want to pull your hair off. Jealous worm...pls die if you must.

T8ksy: Meanwhile, back at the ranch, no one has been able to explain how exactly achebe drew his own country

closer? That's the 64 thousand dollar question o.

lets just assume you don't know, and that you are willing and sincere to know.
Achebe brought a clear, original and unbiased understanding of africa to the world. He drew africa closer to the world. Africans have a rich culture, trade and commerce, defence, corrective and judiciary system, enduring system of govt, calendar system, religion, and values. Africans have strengths and flaws. Africans, like other races of humans, are simply and unapologetically human.

mandarin: its disheartening that a topic of this magnitude could degenerate to ethnic bashings and e-rivalries. Rivalry between two southern Nigeria major ethnic groups(Yoruba&Igbo) is to the advantage of the Hausa people or the North and this will persist until there is a realization of this by leaders and youths of Southern ethnic groups.
To the original question of this thread, permit me to say that all of Nigeria will suffer to a certain degree if there is separation because Nigeria has inter dependent economic dynamics across its regions and present stability is achieved because regional groups see a common enemies.
The Niger Delta has abundant oil but also environmental challenges, violence and militancy.This may not abate and the chance of all the ethnic groups forming a country is very meager! There will be obvious tussling of power and fear of land claims destined for civil strife.it will probably be the most volatile region or country? may be there will be up to five countries there because Ijaw may have an ambition to drive a massive dominance. it will also face challenges from the Igbo who may want to forcefully claim the Ikwerre hence Porthacourt and Yoruba possibly looking at incorporation of Itsekiri and Edo in a confederacy that may even bring in other Delta groups who may likely foresee economic growth and stability with the west(it may not be as well). Emerging countries around the middle belt region will be so volatile and there may be decades of unending strife between Hausa in Kaduna and Plateau, Gombe and Bauchi, places around Nasarawa, ownership of FCT, and so on.The Hausa/Fulani will have an agro based economy and expect the country not to fare too badly although it may emerge as a world of the rich and poor in a wide gap but expect them to do better than say Niger or Chad.
Igbos may face a land problem if a whole lots of them chose to emigrate to their home land. Most igbos are traders and they need buyers to succeed and this may pose an initial decade long challenge which is the primary reason for their emigration today.But trust them to survive and make a country that will be middle income but with myriads of political and environmental challenges. This country will definitely need others to pick up and prosper more than all others. Any mass exodus of the Igbos out of the present Nigeria will set them back by decades and i trust many not to migrate.
The west or Yoruba has natural land area that is favorable for a country and a stream of educated and upwardly mobile population.With Lagos falling within their geographical region is a great plus while the availability of some crude oil can back the economy to pick up as soon as it starts and with its political advancement, it may be the country to quickly accelerate. Its population will still include plenty of Igbos that will stay put to do business and lots of Middle Beltans and Hausa that will migrate en masse into the new country.
So the question of who will suffer? The north will immediately face dried oil money and capital to fund their mass population, it will be very challenging. The East will face an equal problem though its oil will also flow but how to organize themselves will be a huge huge challenge but land and foods prices will skyrocket and can stiffen its economy except government do something about it but expect lots of civil strife on land and in area of politics.

England, switzerland, israel, luxembourg, etc have something in common, they are small in landmass but big in brain and cash. Their Secret? Economic cum technological ingenuity, and IGBOS have them in excess. Since the world will be watching us, we no go wan fall hand.
The west seems better in this stead and looks favored to be better organized but definitely all will experience serious challenges.

seems better...? Because of lagos and free edu? Lagos will be less of itself because of our mass exodus. Educated? We are too, if not more.

mandarin: its disheartening that a topic of this magnitude could degenerate to ethnic bashings and e-rivalries. Rivalry between two southern Nigeria major ethnic groups(Yoruba&Igbo) is to the advantage of the Hausa people or the North and this will persist until there is a realization of this by leaders and youths of Southern ethnic groups.
To the original question of this thread, permit me to say that all of Nigeria will suffer to a certain degree if there is separation because Nigeria has inter dependent economic dynamics across its regions and present stability is achieved because regional groups see a common enemies.
The Niger Delta has abundant oil but also environmental challenges, violence and militancy.This may not abate and the chance of all the ethnic groups forming a country is very meager! There will be obvious tussling of power and fear of land claims destined for civil strife.it will probably be the most volatile region or country? may be there will be up to five countries there because Ijaw may have an ambition to drive a massive dominance. it will also face challenges from the Igbo who may want to forcefully claim the Ikwerre hence Porthacourt and Yoruba possibly looking at incorporation of Itsekiri and Edo in a confederacy that may even bring in other Delta groups who may likely foresee economic growth and stability with the west(it may not be as well). Emerging countries around the middle belt region will be so volatile and there may be decades of unending strife between Hausa in Kaduna and Plateau, Gombe and Bauchi, places around Nasarawa, ownership of FCT, and so on.The Hausa/Fulani will have an agro based economy and expect the country not to fare too badly although it may emerge as a world of the rich and poor in a wide gap but expect them to do better than say Niger or Chad.
Igbos may face a land problem if a whole lots of them chose to emigrate to their home land. Most igbos are traders and they need buyers to succeed and this may pose an initial decade long challenge which is the primary reason for their emigration today.But trust them to survive and make a country that will be middle income but with myriads of political and environmental challenges. This country will definitely need others to pick up and prosper more than all others. Any mass exodus of the Igbos out of the present Nigeria will set them back by decades and i trust many not to migrate.
The west or Yoruba has natural land area that is favorable for a country and a stream of educated and upwardly mobile population.With Lagos falling within their geographical region is a great plus while the availability of some crude oil can back the economy to pick up as soon as it starts and with its political advancement, it may be the country to quickly accelerate. Its population will still include plenty of Igbos that will stay put to do business and lots of Middle Beltans and Hausa that will migrate en masse into the new country.
So the question of who will suffer? The north will immediately face dried oil money and capital to fund their mass population, it will be very challenging. The East will face an equal problem though its oil will also flow but how to organize themselves will be a huge huge challenge but land and foods prices will skyrocket and can stiffen its economy except government do something about it but expect lots of civil strife on land and in area of politics.

England, switzerland, israel, luxembourg, etc have something in common, they are small in landmass but big in brain and cash. Their Secret? Economic cum technological ingenuity, and IGBOS have them in excess. Since the world will be watching us, we no go wan fall hand.
The west seems better in this stead and looks favored to be better organized but definitely all will experience serious challenges.

seems better...? Because of lagos and free edu? Lagos will be less of itself because of our mass exodus. Educated? We are too, if not more.

Achebe greatness has only just begun.

revolt: yea a lot of ppl ddnt get what I said cos by now I shuld hve been crucified! I jes love deep posts!! Nwafors come in different shapes n sizes!

i know, i get your drift, the homo and hetero analogy. Guy, you are smooth. I salute.

django1: Hello Id!ot, i have been following her comments long before this thread, and I could sense her lack of self introspection over time, I know she feels her people are the victim here as well as other places, but she has failed to learn the meaning of cause and effect in human relation.

Don't jump into things you know nought about.

call me whatever you like, but what you are, you are- A FLUKE.

django1: I actually thought Nnena was a moderately sensible girl before.

No she's not, my unlearned friend, she is a highly sensible girl. So hater, deal with it.
NB: nnenna, to be sincere though, you sounded like you were with them at a point. Perhaps that made you sound ''moderately sensible'' before this Django of a fluke.