₦airaland Forum

ChinemeOkpan:
Fully Endorsed!

all4naija:
Crawl back into that dark forest you came from, primitive man!

janus05:
You have spoken the heart of millions! Ask contractors working in Rivers what they go through even in education projects. These ikwere ppl collect huge sums b4 allowing a project that will benefit their own people to go on. I say that this tribe is the worst in Nigeria. Upon all the money they are cornering, they can't boast of a single entrepreneur

all4naija:
Who said you can keep a business running without money? Please, quote where I said that or remain silent like a zombie! You lack comprehension though. He needs to innovate to secure the business because it is not ALL about money. You really don't know a thing about what I am saying. It is not ALL about money and stop talking about profit if you don't know what it means. Learn to different money from profit for once. Profit at time is not even in monetary value, it could be in forms of bond, etc. One is generally a means to the other but through some processes. You are a daft person, dude!

sonnel:
What about mad men n women that patrol the environment without the above mentioned,does it mean they will freeze to death beofre morning?

emmysoftyou:
dokunbo neva claimed igbo,read again,he only quote amaechi according to what he said..

iluvpomo:
Ha ha .... why you never rule Nigeria is because you eat each other before you eat other tribes.
Anyway, I don't care about tribes ... I care for one Nigeria. Look at the super Eagles, they have won trophies when they play as a one Nigeria team ..... #sayNoToTribalism

internetpirate:
How did you come up with the assumption that he is not innovating? Do you truly know what innovation is? Have you read his business plan? Do you know what his projections are? Have you conducted a true market analysis to find out if there is a misalignment in his strategy? Do you know his market penetration strategy? What are his short-term, mid-term and long term plans? Bros, if you cant answer these questions. eat humble pie and zip that mouth! The only thing allowed right now is praise for the guy...criticism should be based on information!! Correct me if I am right!! Lol

all4naija:
Who said you can keep a business running without money? Please, quote where I said that or remain silent like a zombie! You lack comprehension though. He needs to innovate to secure the business because it is not ALL about money. You really don't know a thing about what I am saying. It is not ALL about money and stop talking about profit if you don't know what it means. Learn to different money from profit for once. Profit at time is not even in monetary value, it could be in forms of bond, etc. One is generally a means to the other but through some processes. You are a daft person, dude!

omonuan:
2015: Ikwerre Man has no Business in Rivers Government House, Asari Dares Patience Jonathan

ARTICLE | APRIL 11, 2014 - 6:13AM
Alhaji Mujahedeen Asari Dokubo
The leader of outlawed Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force Alhaji Mujahedeen Asari Dokubo said next governor of Rivers State will not be determined by First Lady Patience Jonathan.

According to him, an attempt to make supervising minister of education Nyesom Wike the next governor of the state, Dokubo warned, would not only affect the political fortune of President Goodluck Jonathan but also the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

He said the plan by the first lady to impose Wike on the people was morally wrong in the light of the dominance of the political landscape of the state by the Ikwerre group, to which Wike belongs, in the past 16 years.

“To make Wike a governor in Rivers State in 2015 is not morally right. All the fellows endorsing him for whatever reason should know that it will injure PDP, it will injure Goodluck Jonathan. If Goodluck’s name is brought into it, that he is in support of the perpetuation of an Ikwerre hegemony in Rivers State, which is not right by population, which is not right under any calculation, it will injure him and PDP,” Dokubo stated in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP friday yesterday.

Mrs Jonathan had ignited a controversy over the governorship ticket of the PDP in the next election in Rivers State on Tuesday when she said Wike enjoyed her backing in his gubernatorial ambition.

The first lady, in a statement issued in a reaction to a report that she had dumped Wike for a candidate from the riverside area of the state, preferably one from her Okirika stock, in the countdown to 2015, said she was solidly behind the minister in his bid to occupy the Brick House, Port Harcourt.

She said, in a statement issued by her media aide, Mr Ayo Adewuyi: “In the case of Rivers State, the First Lady wishes to state categorically that the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, is the leader of PDP in Rivers State and he enjoys the followership of the people of the State. The First Lady is solidly behind Chief Wike.

“The people of Rivers State are also solidly behind Chief Wike and are prepared to follow him. It is therefore mischievous to insinuate that Mrs Jonathan is working to ensure that the governorship candidate comes from one of the riverine areas of Rivers State which may not be where the people are going.

“It is also imperative to state that the First Lady is always with the people and will continue to go with the wish and expectations of the people. Mrs Jonathan has not withdrawn her support for Chief Wike at any time and will always work for the interest and the good of Rivers people. As far as the First Lady is concerned, there is NO SHAKING in Rivers State.”

In yesterday’s interview, Dokubo insisted that Wike could not become the next governor of the state in view of the interests of the three ethnic clusters in the state.

He said an Ikwerre man had no business in Rivers Government House in 2015, adding that it would amount to political suicide for PDP to field Wike in the next election.

Dokubo said the Ogoni should be supported to produce the next governor in the interest of justice and fair play, adding that it is only the Ogoni cluster that has not produced the governor of the state.

“As far as we all know, there are three ethnic clusters in Rivers State: the Ijaws, the Igbos (Ikwerre is part of the Igbo cluster) and the Ogonis. After Bayelsa was excised from Rivers State, the Igbos have ruled for many years. Odili was an Idoni Igbo; he ruled for eight years. Omehia/Amaechi, who is also Ikwerres, by 2015 would have ruled for more than eight years, making over 16 years,” he explained.

Insisting that it is impossible for an Ikwerre man to emerge as successor of the incumbent governor Rotimi Amaechi, he said: “It is morally wrong for any anybody to say that Igbo cluster should produce the next governor in 2015. I am an Igbo man also, by virtue of my origin, and so I am not against the Ikwerre people or against the Igbo. I repeat, I am an Igbo man; I can narrow it down: I have Ikwerre blood flowing in my veins.

“Having said that, the next cluster are the Ijaws, made up of the Kalabaris, the Obolo and Ibani people, the Wakrike; Okirika is just one town in Wakrike, Ukoro and others. These people have produced a governor. In terms of local government spread, they are in 11 local government areas out of the 23 local government areas; the Igbos are spread in eight and the Ogonis in four local government areas.

“In terms of population, when you remove the cosmopolitan population of Port Harcourt and Obiakpor, which is about 80 per cent of the population, is non-indigenous of those local governments. That is old non-Rivers indigenes and Rivers indigenes, who are not indigenes of Port Harcourt and Obiakpor local governments. If you remove those populations, the Ijaws are the majority as a single block.

“When you look at that, for somebody to say another Ikwerre man should become governor is wrong. Yes, constitutionally, he has a right to aspire, everybody is free to aspire, but it is not moral, it is not right. Something can be legally right but it might not be morally right.”

Making a case for the Ogoni, Dokubo said the age-long domination and oppression of the Ogoni people must end in 2015.

According to him, it would be unjust and unfair to continue to exclude the Ogoni in the scheming for the highest political office in the state. The Ogonis are the only people who have never produced governor because the whole Bayelsa that left were Ijaw people, he stated.

“So if we are saying there should be justice in Rivers State… if we are crying against domination by others, we should not also oppress other people. The people that morally should be allowed to produce the next governor of Rivers State is the Ogoni cluster made up of the Ogonis proper and the Eleme people.”

Dokubo expressed surprise that Patience Jonathan feigned ignorance of the homogenous nature and political reality in the state by openly identifying with the minister to clinch the top job in the state in 2015.

“The first lady need not to be told that it is morally and politically wrong for her to support another Ikwerre man by 2015, after the Igbo bloc would have spent over 16 years. She has every right to support who she wants but that must be done in a morally and politically correct direction and manner.”

Debunking the claim of his Ijaw kinsmen to the coveted seat in 2015, he said: “The arguments of the Ijaws are weaker. That an Ijaw governor should come in 2015 is weaker because Ada George and Melford Okilo have been elected governor; they can say it was old Rivers State — even in old Rivers State, the Ogonis should be in the right position to contest for the governorship. Yes, I will prefer an Ijaw man to become governor any day, anytime but when you are fighting oppression, you should fight it anywhere you see it. When you fight discrimination, you should fight it anywhere you see it.

“And in Rivers State, I believe the people who have the moral authority to produce the next governor of Rivers State are the Ogonis.”

Dokubo, however, expressed optimism that the contentious issue would be amicably resolved by the relevant stakeholders at the appropriate time and “wiser counsel will prevail”.

Some elders of the PDP in Rivers State had, last week, warned against ethnicising the party’s governorship ticket.

http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/2015-ikwerre-man-has-no-business-rivers-government-house-asari-dares-patience-jonathan

iluvpomo:
If I quote, wetin you go do? Gather your killers??
All tribes have successfull business-men so stop claiming "Igbo-power". This is why Nigeria is far behind because you continue to think along tribe anytime you see a thread on NL .... or in life.

2sExy1:
That man never understand what you mean by innovation.

Tell him what if the dolls could talk and sing or be pre-programmed to call the owner's name and wake her up in the morning... what if the dolls could dance... or even teach basic kindergarten lessons, recite poems for kids etc ? Dude isn't seeing what you are seeing but temporal money...*the I don hammer syndrome*

all4naija:
You are the dumb person here. It is not all about money when you can't innovate to keep the business running. Money alone doesn't make the business which is different from profit(that is old capitalist idea) while leaving out of factors which influence the profit like demand, taste, innovations(which can affect the two former factors), etc. You are still talking about profit yet forget about economics 101. Please, you aren't talking about real world phenomenon! You are only running around what you read from the 10th grade economics book!

all4naija:
I don't think you get it. the reason why he is making the money is for the theme which is limited and if he doesn't innovate that money to pay for running cost won't come. Make use of your brain for once, bro!

2sExy1:
lol... this dude is one hell of a pained ass... wetin I talk wey dey pepper u?

all4naija:
Oh, please! To maximize profit doesn't necessarily mean it is all about money. A process most come into play before that money will continue to flow. Now, go back to that dark corner you crawl out of, bro!

all4naija:
That is coming from a Nigerian who limits himself to local territory because he thinks money is what business is all about! You are just not the type of person I admire. So burger off!

2sExy1:
I am experiencing same though currently typing from my pc. But I think I need to revert back to my qwerty phone for easy typing.

iluvpomo:
The same tribe where there is the highest number of kidnappings, armed robberies etc ??
I don't hate .... I believe in 1 Nigeria. What has Biafra propaganda achieved? Join hands in making 1 Nigeria greater for everyone

2sExy1:
Okay bro... but your smartphone is messing up your writeup... type slowly.

all4naija:
That is one of the reasons why some businesses don't last long. Another person with good innovative mind might take the stage and outdone him. The earlier he takes to innovative ideas for his toy business the better for him to secure it. It is not always about the money but about the future of the business.