₦airaland Forum

MzDarkSkin:
^^you and a few other BAFOONS on this thread and site, sick me to my stomach!

One clown mentioned ganja, another asked "why Jamo gal?" and now you are saying our only importance in essence is reggae. Let me inform you that Jamaica is amongst the top 5 most known and influential nations, as TINY AS WE ARE, in the world. We have contributed to the the world non-stop as we are trend setters. Also reggae is only a fraction of who we are and I am MORE THAN POSITIVE you not only listen to reggae but talk slang that has roots on my island. Hip hop for CHRIST SAKES has roots in Jamaica, ok? Our vibe and culture is what draws people from all over to us not just sandy beaches and rum. If white sand and tropical paradise was the only reason Trinidad, Barbados and those other island would surpass our tourism rates and they def. do not. CRIME IS CRIME and can be found EVERY WHERE on the blasted globe. It's only because we Jamaicans captivate a lot of the world and has gained so much interest that everything we do, be it good or bad, is over sensationalized but we are no worse, different or better than the next man.

Furthermore you have NOT met all Jamaicans nor do you know this lady the OP is talking about in particular. Maybe her internet connection is weak, maybe she has passed away, perhaps she is just not interested or the poster himself is suffering from an inferiority complex, we do not know. But what is clear is the level of hypocrisy I am seeing. "Don't judge us for 419 we are decent Nigerians, but you Jamaicans all smoke ganja and commit crimes!" Come on! Give me a break!

I am Jamo, proud and will represent till the day I die and i DO NOT smoke weed. We Jamaicans LOVE Africa, and on our island Africa is referred to as "home", so while I CANNOT speak for SOME of the ignorant Jamaicans in the UK, I can say that the ones I know in the states and back a Yard (Jamaica) do not see us as being different people, yes some of us do have a grudge against Africans for slavery or even cultural differences, but not all. Some Africans do not like Akatas/Jamos for no other reason but that we are not African born so are they not ignorant too? I am a testament of this. I get hated on here and told to go to a Jamaican site and called all sorts of "foul Jamo" names but I still remain because I know not all Naijas are ignorant so don't come on here with that "ganja, why jamo, only reggae" bull. Unu renk an feisty.

OvieE:
Atiku boys.

OAM4J:
What difference does it make, whether he was standing or kneeling, whether it was in a room or at the alter? To kneel is an act of humility and the one he was kneeling for was not Adeboye but God. And if you read Jonathan's prayer request, it was not directed only to Adeboye, but to the entire church which Adeboye was only privileged to lead.

OAM4J:
Even Obama was prayed for

asamuel:
@spearman, Did you say touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm? I laugh in greek. Then I tell you that "Many shall come saying we have cast out devils, prayed for GEJ, performed miracles, established many churches in your name and Iwill tell them, depart from me, I never know you, you co-looters of Nigerian treasury."

asamuel:
Adeboye is a rogue. He is only investing in the presidency now. More jets after 2011.

jamace:
Those who are supposed to chased those baldhead out of town have gone in the night, like Nichodemus, to collect their own share. If you say NLC, you are not wrong.

The problems in the Niger Delta people have again resonated in the United States with a former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, saying the people of the region are now under ‘internal colonialism.’

Campbell and Amaechi, who spoke at the 2nd annual Chinua Achebe Colloquium in Rhode Island, United States, on Friday, described other parts of the country and oil companies operating in the region as the ‘imperialists.’

A US-based Nigerian news portal, Empowered Newswire, reported on Monday that the ex-envoy and the governor made the remark during a panel discussion titled, “The Niger Delta crisis: The political, economic and environmental conundrum.”

Making very provoking declarations about Nigeria since he ended his diplomatic assignment in the country in 2007, Campbell asked, “Is the Niger Delta a colony of Abuja and the oil companies, the junior partners?”

He, however, did not wait for an answer from the other members of the panel of discussants as he went on to add, “To me, the Niger Delta should be viewed as a colony while the imperialists are the other parts of Nigeria and not some foreign countries.”


Campbell, who had earlier said that China and India had become a haven for looted public funds from Nigeria, argued that the violence in the oil rich region could be described as ”an insurrection.”



The insurrection, according to him, is beyond poverty and criminality.



“Too many people in the Niger Delta actively supported the insurrection because they are alienated from their government and excluded from the political process,” he said.



Campbell added that the Niger Delta, as a ‘colony’, was producing the profit from oil and gas distributed by Abuja to other parts .



“There is no accountability at local or state government level and so the Niger Delta people have little or no role in who is governing them and how,” he submitted.



On how to end the Niger Delta insurgency, the former ambassador advocated the conduct of credible elections in the area, which would make the political leaders accountable to the people.



According to him, ”disarmament and pay-off without a political process will not work. It will be a long process, but not unrealistic that credible elections in Niger Delta could indeed start the process.”



In his contribution, Amaechi drew a similar analogy from the colonial rule experience in the area before Nigeria‘s independence. He opined that ”what has changed in the region is the nature of the commodity.”



The governor noted that during the era of palm oil and palm produce trade in Niger Delta, monopoly trading rights were granted to the British National Africa Company, thereby wiping out African traders and middlemen in the industry.



According to him with the indigenes of the area sidelined then, ”they were left with little option than to resort to piracy and kidnapping European oil traders.”



“In place of palm oil, we now have crude oil and gas. In place of the British monopoly, we now have oil multi-nationals. In place of the British colonial power, you now have the Nigerian state,” he added.



The governor observed that the people of the region had now found themselves in the same position of marginalisation from the resources of their land as they were during the colonial era.



”They are in the same role of spectators in the major economic activity that continues to devastate their land and destroy their livelihood. They have been compelled to resort to violence and kidnapping either as a means of livelihood or as a lucrative criminal undertaking,” he said.



He said the Nigerian political elite ”have related to the nation and its resources as an extractive colony.”



”Like the colonialists before them, successive administrations take what they can and leave the nation bare only for the next generation to continue the tradition of mindless but seemingly authorised expropriation, ”the governor lamented



But he added that this colonial analogy was no excuse for violent crimes in the Niger Delta.



The panel of discussants included Dr. Judith Asuni, who was once detained for suspected espionage activities in Nigeria; a US scholar, Peter Lewis; the panel moderator, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, as well as Niger Delta activists, Annkio Briggs and Isidore Udoh.

TewMuch:
Sharrap there! Pull him down my nonsense.There have been so many frauds in the US and once they discover the person they assasinate his character and he is unable to go anywhere and have integrity.That is how Nigeria is supposed to be.Nigeria is a nation of fraud enablers.No wonder we have senators robbing us and politicians stealing our future.We enable them.We have illiterates ruling us with fake certificates, if we complain it is this same silly "pull him down" nonsense that daft people will say.Nigeria is changing so all the fraud enabler's should continue, they and their Godfather's shall be exposed.Including GEJ,