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oneeast:
Has Abia state gone anywhere outside Nigeria to represent Nigeria before?


Jubilation is the word in the Executive chambers of the Government house today when the Anambra Debate Team that participated in the Junior School Mock Debate in Singapore last week as part of the build up to the World School Debate Championship billed for Germany in July this year has returned with the trophy it won after defeating the Debate Team of Katong Convent School, Singapore.
The Debate Team is made up of five students drawn from different public secondary schools across the state including Ugochukwu Chineke, a fourteen-year-old student Army Day Secondary School, Onitsha, Oluchukwu Godfrey, an eleven-year-old pupil of Modebe Memorial Primary School, Onitsha, Favour Mmesoma Nwankwo, an eleven-year-old student of capital City Secondary School, Awka, Endurance Peter, a thirteen-year-old student of Comprehensive Secondary School, Nawfia and Chinecherem Precious Oli, a fourteen-year-old student of Metu Memorial Secondary School, Onitsha.

The Debate Team stormed the chambers of the Anambra State Executive Council with the trophy and was roundly applauded by the Council Members for flying the flag of the state high and doing Nigeria proud at the Mock Debate.
Receiving the trophy, the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano praised the team for putting up a sterling performance in Singapore and doing the state proud.
Governor Obiano expressed happiness that the huge investments that the state had made in education had started yielding heart-warming results and assured that his administration had singled out education as a top priority because of its overall importance to human capital development.
Noting that Anambra approaches education in three broad categories including Teachers Welfare, Infrastructural Development and Pupils/Students Development, Governor Obiano observed that gradually the state was inching closer to realising its objective of becoming one of the Top-3 states with the highest literacy rates in the country.
He commended the triumphant Debate Team and assured that the state would write a Special Commendation Letter for each of the debater that would serve as a memento.
He also commended teachers in the state for responding massively to the efforts of his administration to reposition education in the state pointing out that Anambra teachers had swiftly risen to the demands of the times.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Education, Professor Kate Omenugha revealed that Anambra, Kaduna and Niger States were originally billed to participate in the Mock Debate in Singapore in preparation for the World Championship in July but only Anambra and Niger State eventually made the trip.
Thanking Governor Obiano for assuming the role of the Pillar of Education in the state, Professor Omenugha observed that under him, Anambra had become an exemplary state in education in the country.
According to her, the essence of the Mock Debate in Singapore was to expose the children to global best practices in debating and prepare them for the World Championship coming up in Germany in July this year.
Professor Omenugha further observed that the Singapore trip provided a veritable learning platform for the children who sat under the tutelage of world class debate coaches and imbibed some crucial skills that would aid their performance at the World Championship.
Sharing their experience on the trip, Master Ugochukwu Chukwuneke from Army day Secondary School Onitsha who won the Best Speaker at the Mock Debate and Oluchukwu Godfrey from Modebe Memorial Primary School who also put up a sterling performance revealed that the tour had opened their eyes to a higher standard in debating.
They thanked Governor Obiano for providing them the opportunity to improve on their persuasive speaking skills and assured the state that they would not let Nigeria down in the World Championship .


http://www.odogwublog.com/2016/01/breaking-newsobiano-in-jubilation-with.html

Chai, whoever cursed this guy should pls recant the curse. Nwa nkea efuola....

So now you want to reduce this thread to dick measuring? Chai....

oneeast:
Be patriotic to your ABIA STATE. You have to love your state first and not the other way round.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFl1XnM4xAU&t=23s

Are you done?

oneeast:
Chika, I am not here to talk rubbish. What I am posting is the reality on ground in your Abia state. Post whatever you have so far as it is recent so we can compare notes. Useless people

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFl1XnM4xAU&t=23s

Clap for yourself, you took effort to trace my name.....Lol....anyway it is easy to do.

Why are you derailing this thread? Are you anambra state? Was the word "anambra" even mentioned? Are you from Onitsha? Or nnewi? Or awka? If yes, how does this thread affect you?

oneeast:
Stop fooling around..

What I posted was published 2 days ago. Did your useless gov pay the arrears yesterday? That was why I said you should be more focused on your state.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/257338-nut-threatens-embark-strike-non-payment-teachers-salary-arrears.html

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/osun-nasarawa-kogi-benue-top-list-of-states-owing-teachers.html

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Abia is ahead of you academically despite our challenges, but this isn't what this thread is all about. Its a shame you are trying to derail it.

oneeast:
I am waiting for your fangs, that is why I am here to tell you the bitter truth--ABIA STATE IS DEAD


Be patriotic and push for good governance your state for once.

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Are you done?

oneeast:
Stop fooling around..

What I posted was published 2 days ago. Did your useless gov pay the arrears yesterday? That was why I said you should be more focused on your state.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/257338-nut-threatens-embark-strike-non-payment-teachers-salary-arrears.html

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/osun-nasarawa-kogi-benue-top-list-of-states-owing-teachers.html

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I refused to be provoked by your madness. I refuse to post dirty and repugnant pictures of ANAMBRA state. Thank God not all anambarians are like you.

oneeast:
I bu ezigbo i.diot.

What I am saying is very simple. Be more focused on your dead Abia state. Everyday you will open thread but instead discussing the rot and mess in Abia state, you will find a way to drag others into it. Be focused on your Abia state and leave Anambra out of your useless posts because we are doing very well in all indices of development ahead of the pack and do not need your useless validation or whatever.


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Are you done? You are too small for my fangs.

oneeast:
Fool, look at this news report and tell me when it was published.

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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Thursday threatened to embark on strike if defaulting state governors failed to clear salary arrears of its members.

The national president of the union, Michael Olukoya, said this in Abuja on Thursday, at the solemn assembly organised by the union.

Mr. Olukoya listed the states owing salary arrears to include Abia, Bayelsa, Benue, Ekiti, Kwara, Ondo, Taraba, Delta, Kaduna, Osun, Nasarawa, Oyo and Kogi.

“The leadership of the NUT wishes to again express our displeasure over continued nonpayment of salaries and allowances of primary and secondary school teachers in several states across the country.

“In spite of our earlier call on all defaulting states to pay up the backlogs of salaries and allowances owed teachers to galvanise effective academic activities in our schools.

“We shall embark on strike on two things and on two occasions, one is on non-payment of salaries and two is the decay in the laboratories in schools.

“Abia owes five months for primary and seven months for secondary, Bayelsa owes seven and half months for primary and three months for secondary schools.

“Benue primary schools 12 months, Ekiti: primary nine months, secondary five months, Kwara: primary two months, Ondo: primary four months, Taraba: primary six months and Kogi: primary owed 25 months.

“Delta primary owes two months, Kaduna: primary and secondary five months, Osun: primary and secondary owed 28 months (half salaries).

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/257338-nut-threatens-embark-strike-non-payment-teachers-salary-arrears.html

Lol..... Stop disgracing yourself.... Has the arrears been paid or not? By the way, let this not kill you of envy yet -

https://www.google.com/url?q=http://punchng.com/oyo-osun-tumble-as-abia-tops-wassce-state-performance/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjnwuqkmozZAhUMQMAKHcdFDKYQFjABegQIFBAB&usg=AOvVaw3zdF4W9qt8-qolS6BQ4iEE

We still lead nationally in senior certificate exams. So stop misinforming people.

oneeast:
What is this otondo yapping.

ABIA STATE is the worst state in the entire southern Nigeria. There is nothing like ''moving forward'' in Abia state. Have you watched this video? Heheheheheh


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFl1XnM4xAU&t=23s

Ke ihe mba ndi abia mere gi?

Ke udi ogbaahara ine tinye na okwu gbasara ndi Igbo?

oneeast:
Look at this, the only state in the SE that is owing salaries. This is another reason you should focus on your dead state for once.


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/osun-nasarawa-kogi-benue-top-list-of-states-owing-teachers.html

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/02/03/abia-among-top-six-states-that-dont-owe-salaries/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjJ46i-kozZAhWlC8AKHb8VAsoQqQIIFCgAMAM&usg=AOvVaw38zjr917fbYyO_49tZZ_Lx

This is yesterdays news, stop reading stale news.

oneeast:
It is because you have to be more concerned about your dead Abia state. Abia state is the worst state in the southern Nigeria. Be patriotic to your state. Open thread to discuss about the rot and mess in your Abia state. That is what you should be doing right now. Inugo

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Academically, Abia state is moving up. We have topped secondary education 3 TIMES in a row. We have a Federal Univ of Agriculture, State University, UNN Aba Campus and a state polytechnic and a private owned university.

Commercially, we are still the MSME Capital of Nigeria. Our Made-in-Aba still trends.

Infrastructurally, we are hoping the leaders put things in place. I know we shall get there one day.

We don't DISCRIMINATE others just like you lots. IMO, EBONYI, ENUGU and of course are our brothers.

Pls stop derailing this thread. Or else you will later know why I was banned for about a year.

oneeast:
I am more concerned with Abia state because it is your state. Learn to love your state first before you love another state. As an Abia indigene what should dominate your mind is how Abia can catch up with other SE states.

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I see.... Now I know why you attack abia so much.... ENVY.

DEAL WITH IT.

The reasonable anambarians here will not stoop this low....

oneeast:
Useless Aba pig. You want me to go elsewhere..why did put Anambra in your useless write-up? Why not remove it and see if I care about you pig and your write-up. Useless envious people that think we don't know what they are up to

There is nothing moving forward in Abia state. Abia state is a cursed dead state. You better start facing this reality on time.

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Are you anambra state? Why is your brain this smoked up? Why derailing such an innocent thread?

oneeast:
ABIA STATE is a dead state, there is no amount of propaganda and lying that can save you. Go home and push your people to develop your state. This video below tells the whole truth without bias.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFl1XnM4xAU&t=23s

For the umpteenth time, stop derailing this thread. Why does abia give you nightmare? This thread is not about abia. It is about alaigbo as a whole.

oneeast:
Saving Abia state from the curse of under development and backwardness should be the focus of every good patriotic person.

I know you want to derail this thread. I really don't know your age or experience (not that I care though), but I know ndigbo will never move forward with people like you. If you hate abia state that much then quit talking about abia state. If it hurts you that other Igbo (in this your case, abians) are moving forward, then that's your problem. Quit derailing this thread. Take your "anambra complex" elsewhere.

Cooly100:
Who would develop those 4 world class cities..?

That's a good question.

Cooly100:


Shut up pained vulture who is diseased...

My dear, ignore him. He is only showing signs of inferiority complex, or perhaps, wants to bring up the abia vs anambra nonsense. He wants to derail this thread.

Let's just move on with our concise inputs.

oneeast:
Anambra and it's cities of Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi are doing perfectly well in all indices of infrastructure and development. Instead of you to focus more on your filthy, dilapidated and most backward Abia state but you are busy thinking about the East.

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Thank you. You have been noticed.

Igbo have made their mark economically in Lagos, Kano and most parts of the country. What about alaigbo specifically?

Late Michael Okpara, the premier of the former eastern region oversaw the rapid growth of the region then adjudged by international economic observers as Africa's fastest growing region economically.

Enugu and Owerri were the major Administrative centers while Aba, Onitsha and Portharcourt were the commercial centers. Today things have changed. Things fall apart.

But can the goals of our fathers still be realised? YES!

- Enugu city is still the first class administrative center we have. All we need to do is to involve in urban expansion. Enugu is "bae".

- Owerri, if worked on, can still be the crown beauty of the east if we sustain a high level of maintenance culture and urban renewal. It can also be a major holiday destination center.

- Aba is in dire need of infrastructure to catch up with the rest of the economic cities. These deficiency has led to some degree of environmental degradation. The human and financial resources are already there. Aba urban renewal can help sustain Uyo (an Ibibio town), whose economy is still largely oil dependent.

- Onitsha is relatively stable and sound, but its polluted air being the most affected as adjudged by international analysts calls for rapid environmental policies. If well attended to, its economy can expand to Asaba, an Igbo town and the capital of present day delta state.

- Port Harcourt is stable. But to survive as an economic center, it needs to diversify its economy from being too oil dependent. Oil is losing its value internationally.

Towns like:

- Nnewi, is quickly becoming an industrial center. Thanks to companies like Juhel, innoson, orange drugs, etc.The government needs to fix infrastructures befitting of a modern town there.

- Abiriba, also dubbed "small London" by the late zik can be upgraded into a major administrative center. Abiriba is a quiet beautiful residential town. It has the potential of being a holiday or exotic place of destination.

- Umuahia (a former biafran capital) can be a major agricultural center. It once was. With the presence of a University of Agriculture and Arable land, It can be the major center for industrial research in agriculture.

- Awka if well monitored and nurtured can rival Enugu as a major administrative center in the east. The infrastructures are currently rusty and outdated. But with a little effort, it can roar back to its rightful place as a major administrative center.

- Abakaliki can rival Umuahia as an agricultural center if well nurtured. It has arable land and enough workforce to man the fields.

What's your take?


OAM4J

Eastlink:
Leadership is not given, it is earned. Zik and Ojukwu for instance earned their leadership in time past while Ekwueme was just a sitting duck with the ineffectual tag 'Igbo leader'. Please nobody should mention Nnamdi Kanu here. He is simply a chalartan and con-man that got exposed. Kanu singlehandedly killed the Biafran Ideology and don't ask me how he did it.

Here is my list of people who fit to fill the role of Igbo leader based on natural ascendency and service in general to the Igbo nation.

Col Achuzie (rtd) Former Biafran warlord and pan-Igboist.

Obi Chike Edozien Obi of Asaba and foremost Igbo traditional leader.

KANU is a separatist and freedom fighter. He has clout and strong diasporic followership despite his disappearance. However he isn't pro Nigerian.

Achuzie is pro biafran and so does not fit into the Nigerian Igbo discourse.

Ojukwu, if not for dropping Biafra and embracing Nigeria, would have been within the likes of achuzie and KANU.

Chike Edozien is indeed great but has little political clout.

CaptainJeffry:
Let's tell ourselves the truth, Alex Ekwueme neither had influence on the Igbos nor speak for them at the federal level as you put it.

Even when Anambra his own state was set on fire, he never intervened and truth is that even if he did, nobody would've listened to him. Ekwueme and Zik never had claws on Ndigbo the way Ojukwu did.

Ekwueme was a great man though and may he RIP.

How can you be so sure that he didn't intervene when his state was on fire? What makes you think he didn't act on the background?

Ojukwu was a soldier while Ekwueme was an architect. These two aren't in any way the same, so their approach to issues too would differ.

Ekwueme was the diplomatic type. Ojukwu really wasn't. Yet they played their roles.

Who wears the cap in our political journey?

Alex Ekwueme has been a stabilizing factor holding the fort for ndigbo at the national level due to his exposure and experience in the Nigerian political landscape. He was an accomplished Architect, a former Vice President and the founding chairman of PDP. Now that he is no more, who does the Igbo rally around for guidance and experience?

We had Zik, Michael Okpara, Akanu Ibiam, Ironsi, Ojukwu who played their bit at various dimensions in strengthening the political will of the igbo. We then had Alex, now it naturally behoves on the following statesmen to guide the current crop of Igbo politicians and speak the conscience of the Igbo nation:

1. Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (retd.)
The following puts him at the fore front in guiding Igbo politicians, Igbo sociocultural organizations and speaking for the Igbo people as far as Nigeria is concerned:

- An accomplished Naval Officer unrivaled in his time.
- Former Governor of former nations capital - Lagos.
- Former Governor of Niger State. Ukiwe Expressway in Minna is named after him.
- Former Chief of General Staff (De facto Vice President) during babangida government.

Ukiwe became a folk hero and a political martyr when he challenged babangida's move in making Nigeria (a secular state by constitution) an Islamic country by registering her into OIC. This confrontation by ukiwe cost him his office whereby he was forced to resign.

Ever since his exit from the corridors of power, he has been active and progressive in trade and industry. He unsuccessfully ran for presidency in 2003 and still plays his bit in nation building.

2. Chief Emeka Anyaoku
The following makes him an authority for political guidance and an igbo voice to the general polity at the national level:

- former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations
- An accomplished diplomat of the United Nations Organization

After retiring from active international diplomacy, Emeka remained active as a traditional ruler in his community. He has remained consistent in diplomacy towards achieving a better Nigeria.

So far, these are the two men I believe can guide and speak for the Igbo at the National level.

Any inputs or reservations? Feel free to share!


cc: OAM4J

NafeesaAA:
This where you will truly know whether some people have the fear of God or not. Justice should be indiscriminate. Looking at those gory pictures and names of commentators, I haven't seen CAN, chukwuemekas, Felicia's, Atinukes, Ogheneros, Basseys, Nkechis here. This is where we have issues. Can we blame our choices in an innocent leader who's trying hard to bring sanity to us yet some of us choose the other way round? In my publication Las week, I made it emphatically clear that yes, the Fulani are some how primitive, tough, but retaliatory. Mostly what we see is retaliatory, reaction to an action. Yes, they are brutal, yes some rob or kidnap now on high ways, but the conflict we are witnessing, most of them are reaction to action. Before now, they didn't have voice, if anything happens to them, they waited for a while then retaliate whenever they feel they can, but might be on a wrong target. We should fear God, we should be honest and just in our assessment and judgement on issues of national interest.
Both the Fulani and some so called host communities are guilty.

Do you know what may have transpired? Stop trying to pitch faults towards aggrieved people who are retaliating, not that I support violence. This is to show that the herdsmen do not have monopoly of violence

laprince:
Keshi is from Edo.

No, he is Esan, no....maybe Bini..... Envious leech. Have you not heard about Midwest/delta Igbos?

If its Nzeogwu, you will remember him as igbo. Your envy is inconsequential.

greenhulk:
You people just like to make a meal of everything. First Keshi is a Nigerian why must u bring tribalistic attitude into this. And secondly I don't see any bragging right about this.. its google.ng which is google Nigeria to celebrate everything Nigerian. Check the images below, the first one is google Nigeria while the second is google with US Ip... Oh so for ur mind now u think anyone that visits google allover the world will see the same keshi caption? lol.. abeg I no fit laff.

Its Google Africa o.... Stop trying to dilute the degree of spread the tribute has. Envious leech.

Philistine:
U mean Google Nigeria?

Actually, its Google Africa. Don't let envy kill you.

First it was FLORA NWAPA, then it was OLAUDAH EQUIANO, later it was CHINUA ACHEBE, now its STEPHEN KESHI!

Africa has names that proudly represents them and more keeps coming!

Nigeria is blessed with a nationality called NDIGBO. This isn't ethnicism, this is FACT. I mean no disrespect to my Yoruba, Ibibio, Efik, Urhobo and other ethnic nationalities making us proud. But if you feel jealous and cheated, go and meet Google for quota system.

SonOfEl is back!