₦airaland Forum

Indeed, there need to be an aoverhaul.

Massiveglory:
Muyiwa adejobi shame on you.
Shame on the Nigeria police.
Nemesis will catch up with you guys one way or the other.

This was the kind of joke that damaged the eye and face of this lady during the presidential elections in lagos.

PODATTI has a lot of work to do on these rotten institutions once they get their mandate. There needs to be an overhaul.

Are you for real? Tell me that you are joking. Please tell me you indeed joking with this asinine post?

N3TRAL:
Mc Oluomo is not untouchable.

He didn't commit any crime by the way. His comment was manipulated by fake news experts and he clarified it.

He is Iya chukwudi's biggest customer. MC Oluomo should be praised as a Yoruba man who patronizes Igbo traders to the extent of throwing friendly banters. That's the Nigeria we must build for our children and children children.

God bless MC Oluomo for promoting the Unity of Nigeria.

Btw, Ekong and Emeka can now rest. Their letter has no effect.

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I'll like to add that I'll be staying at home tomorrow because I don't want to vote PDP in Rivers State Guys, let's stay at home pleaseeee 😂. If I were in Lagos, I'd stay at home or vote APC.

Why should he seek approval to establish an institution in hos domain?

Ebubu2:
JUST IN: GOVERNOR DAVID UMAHI OF EBONYI STATE WRITES MR. PRESIDENT, REQUEST STATUS CHANGE OF AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC TO AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Read the full letter below:

His Excellency
President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Presidential Villa
Aso Rock
Abuja

RE: REQUEST TO CHANGE THE STATUS OF AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC TO AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Ebonyi state Government will forever remain grateful to the Federal Government for immortalizing His Excellency, Late Dr. Akanu lbiam who was the Governor of the Old Eastern States by naming a Federal Polytechnic after him.

2. Mr. President is invited to note that the world is fast moving to the era of full technology automation. It is in the light of this knowledge that I seek the kind approval of Mr. President to approve that the Polytechnic be converted to Federal University of Science and Technology

3. This conversion will enable the Institution to focus on modern science and technology courses and research to drive our modern day needs in South East and Nigeria.

4. PRAYER:

That Mr. President do kindly approve:

a. That the Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic in Ebonyi State be converted to Akanu lbiam Federal University of Science and Technology.

b. That Mr. President do kindly direct the Hon. Minister of Education to effect this conversion.

Please, accept as always, the assurances of my highest regards.

Engr. David Nweze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE, CON
Governor, Ebonyi State
14-03- 2023

APC had the numbers in the National Assembly, presidency and state governors. So why didn't they restructure Nigeria which was their party manifesto and election campaign promise?

budaatum:
Even a President Obi will not restructure Nigeria since he wouldn't have the votes in the House and Senate, but those with eyes will understand that the outside comes from the inside, and many Nigerians have definitely been restructured Peterised and become Obidient, which is the greatest restructuring Nigeria needs and from which all other restructures will follow.

Great times are ahead of our hard labours.
Tarry not now!

Where would the state have money to build seaports when the seaports in the domain that should provide the IGR to build private seaports are neglected and starved of infrastructure? Lagos have enjoyed monopoly of seaports over the last 50 years and only built a port in 2022 which even not functional yet.

MetaPhysical:
Lagos State just built a FTZ complete with seaport and an upcoming airport.

What's wrong with your state governments building their own ports, and stop waiting on FG?

Off point!

2mch:
Take Sunday Igboho first and make him Governor of Anambra before we decide if that IPOB miscreant GRV is good enough for Lagos.

OLODO RABATA! Abuja is not Hausa-Fulani land.

SHIVA001:
A Yoruba man can rotate south west, it's still in territory the same way ab Igbo man can rotate south east. It's still it's territory not a man from south east coming to South west to claim it. And tagged it a no mans land. You can't call abuja a no mans land it's north. It's an Hausa fulani speaking land. Don't claim what is not that is the whole issue. Nobody is telling the igbos not to do business. But know the truth that this is south west.. and be respectful. You can go to imo and start calling it a no mans land. People just hide under the shadow of it being a formal Federal govt capital.

You are engaging low-information, low-intelligence and low-comprehension ignoramus who indolently and uncritically regurgitate ethnic-massaging half-truths and falsehoods. I totally agree with your take on Zik, Awo and Bello. Zik is the #1 tragedy of Igbo nation

mancoconut:
Ironsi didn't truncate true federalism, what you half-wits don't realize is that after Ironsi's death, the regional governments still EXISTED... it was Gowon that took over and actually abrogated the existing regional government structure by further creating more states in the build up to the Nigerian civil war; thus completely destroying true federalism. Ironsi was only made a scape goat because he was accused of promoting "Igbo domination", which was the fear of the North following Ironsi's refusal to deal with the January 15 coup plotters...Gowon met the regional governments still intact when he took over, and he was the one that unilaterally dissolved it, yet every history revisionist seems to be develop selective amnesia on this one.


Zik couldn't have single-handedly inserted the clause that prevented secession, or are you trying to Imply that Zik wielded so much unquestionable power that the leaders from other regions just folded their hands as one man changed the cause of a whole nation's political destiny? Don't get me wrong Zik had his faults, and it can't be argued even among Igbos that he was too nationalistic for his own good (unlike Awo who was more pro-Western region and Balewa/Ahmadu Bellow both pro-North), it was only Zik who carried "One Nigeria" on his head to the detriment of even his own Igbo people. That's why till date, Igbos hold Ojukwu in far higher regard that Zik...

Noisemaking reloading!

bestdudes:
I like the way they are going about it to be candid. I just hope that this is not another move to garner supports and sell out after a while... it will be too costly

You are so proud in your ignorance. Why?

KGD10:
What nonsense! Ironsi truncated our only true federalism! Zik was the one who was going on merriment with the North at the detriment of the whole South! That's the fact! Abegi!

Stop comparing US system with Nigeria just to deodorize criminality. I live in the United States and have been voting in election, what happened on SaturdayFeb 25, 2023 can never happen in USA.

Second, are you Yoruba?

UncommonLogic:
The system is flawed because you lost. You are barking down the wrong tree.
Even the US system is not perfect after more than 200 years of trying. We have many losers in the US right now claiming that they won. Trump is their leader.

Igbo hatredwill destroy you as it destroyed Awo's lifetime ambition to rule Nigeria and Adekunle's life.

spearman:
A man who came 3rd in an election is inciting followers to stand behind his “mandate”. What should the man who came 2nd then do? It never takes long for a fake leader to unravel.



Photos of Nigerians Ibos Listening to Peter Obi's International Press Conference

I thought you folks respect your elders and only Igbos insult their elders?

IpobAntidote:
Idiotic fool.

This vindictive old hag will have an heart attack once Tinubu is declared the winner. Useless old fool.

Why are you seeking half measures? Just demand for Yoruba independence from Nigeria so that any non-Yoruba in Oduduwa Republic will know outright that he's a foreigner and not entitled to full rights like Yoruba citizens. As long as we remain "One Nigeria" , which Yorubas fought for and killed Igbos in the Biafra War, your desires are figment of imagination of a demented soul.

Yamiriflathead:

Although disappointing
Tinubu tried to hold Lagos with the figures he pulled so far. Lagos is the Capital of Southern Nigeria, so what were you expecting?
This was a fight between ibos+SS+woke yorubas against Tinubu supporters in Lagos who are mainly yorubas and maybe Hausas in Lagos.

I hope Tinubu and yorubas have learnt a bitter lesson from Lagos Elections not to befriend and feed a cub because it is homeless, hopeless, and dying. It will grow up and eat u up someday.

I'm happy yorubas can now sit down and ask qtns as to how they got everything wrong and redress it with BAT as President.

The take home from this defeat is..

Yorubas need to stop drafting non yorubas into the civil service and stop giving them prominent appointments. There are always technocrats who can always fit into any political office from the SW

Yorubas need to stop selling their lands to non yorubas in Lagos and SW

Yorubas need to stop giving out local government of origins to non yorubas in Lagos

Yorubas need to stop allowing non-yorubas contest for Elections in Lagos or SW

Yorubas need limit the numbers of voters registration of non yorubas going on in Lagos, they care so much about Lagos and don't care if their homes rot, Henceforth let them go home and vote. They can't come and dictate to you on how to govern urselves after creating an enabling environment for them to thrive.

Contain them politically, Period!

Congratulations to the incoming President of Nigeria BAT the ASIWAJU of Lagos for winning the most Free and fair Elections since our Nascent Democracy nothwitstanding

ABSOLUTELY! IGBOS WERE RIGJT.

Zuha:
I am not Igbo. I had to start like this before the very heavy tribalism in Nairaland creeps into this thread and attack me for what I am about to say.

I have been looking at the various events in Nigeria from the year of independence till today and it got me thinking. In the 60s when there was violence in the North with killings of southerners (mainly Igbos), the government of the day had the same attitude as GEJ's government today. In Nairaland and all across Nigeria, the echoes of break-up has been growing louder by the day.

My question hence is: Were the Igbos right in attempting to break up in the 60s? Are we all late risers by waiting more than 40years after the events in the 60s to realise that this unfortunate political experiment concorted by the British (and named by the girlfriend of a British Governor General over a cup of tea) called Nigeria, has been a farce ab initio?

SO TRUE!

ZombieSlayer1:
If this crime was committed by an Igbo man, this FP would've been filled with insults attacking the entire Igbo race.

A particular tribe has shown themselves to be the most tribalistic in this country but unfortunately for them, there are more than 200 other ethnic groups in this country and all of them are watching and learning

So you believe this crime is the reason why Nigeria's image is bad?

SmartPolician:
If you are a Nigerian living somewhere in Europe, North America or Australia reading this, you have no business getting into crime. For Nigerians relocating to other African countries, South America and Asia, I have yet to see the justification for choosing those parts of the world.

Wherever you are, I challenge all of you. Stop performing your life and start living. You don't owe anyone to impress them. You guys should stop giving Nigéria bad image abroad. This shame is becoming unbearable. You guys are destroying the Nigerian passport! You people shouldn't add to our woes; we are trying hard to deal with our corrupt politicians and their SENSELESS supporters from within.

"On paper at that time, Yoruba dont even need Nigeria , is there any region that is better than Yoruba?"

So why did he fight for the sustenance of One Nigeria since on paper at that time, Yoruba didn't even need Nigeria.

Akolawole:
@Ababoy1
I see
I have seen the undertones in your write-up.

You a very good friend, you knew how many times i have been labelled a tribalist e.g

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-7389.0.html

For your sake, this is my view;

Awolowo is a great leader, his thinking faculty towers above his peers. He is NOT a tribalist but he tried to showcase his God given wisdom in Yorbaland before marketing himselfin federal.

I have read all his books and have been previledge to be at Mapo during his campaign, i beg you need to hear him speak.

If he is a tribalist, why did he stop Biafra?.He would have been in Ibadan refocusing Yourbaland.

On paper at that time, Yoruba dont even need Nigeria , is there any region that is better than Yoruba?

He got to the federal house, all his contributions to the development of Nigeria is second to none.

Quotes

OJUKWU : The best president Nigeria never had.

IBB: He is the main issue in Nigeria politics, you are either for or against him.

It is fundamentally wrong to compare India and Nigeria. It is a case of FALSE COMPARISON. I ca. Explain if you open to learning.

N3TRAL:
An elite actress? Yes

My childhood crush? Yes

A deep thinker? No

I've always compared India to Nigeria although Indians are more disciplined than Nigerians.

Visit all the firms in a random boulevard at Silicon Valley, 8 out of 10 will be managed by Indians. Most heads of Fortune 500 companies are Indians. They dominate medical practice in many Western Countries. India's generation Z outperform Western students in STEM courses in IVY leagues.

An Indian is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and many Indians have prominent roles in US, UK and Canadian governments.

Visit Mumbai in India and all you see is a "dirtier Lagos" . The bulk of Indians live in poverty and cannot afford the basic necessities of life. Those in rural communities in India have it worse.

It isn't political corruption. India's Prime minister, Narendra Modi has no child. He is a divorcee for decades with only books and writings to his name. When he dies, he will be cremated and his ashes may be thrown into water. Atal Vajpayee had no biological child too. So the argument of stolen resources cannot be logically raised.

Like Nigeria, India is still buried in religious superstition.
Like Nigeria, India has a worse tribalistic and caste system.
Like Nigeria, half of India has not been penetrated by rational thinking.
Like Nigeria, the part of India near Pakistan is home to some of the most vicious islamists on the planet.

The best we can have are people with a Messiah complex who build cult followings during election periods in Nigeria. The very fact that millions of people believe that a messiah can make this system evolve in a couple of years is the very proof that we're still far from that Utopian society we envisage.

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium and UAE are heavens on Earth. However, they are not as powerful nor do they have more USD billionaires than India combined.

The richest black men in the Planet can only be Nigerians.

Nigeria is the India of Africa. Nigerians will always excel at home and abroad.

If you love yourself as a Nigerian , work diligently for a better life and you will lift your name, your family and Nigeria wherever you find yourself. That's what the intelligent Indians do. That's what the few intelligent Nigerians do.

We will only experience a beautiful environment with an amazing system when the bulk of Nigerians have more developed patterns of thinking than the early men.

There is OCEAN-SIZE difference between mental illness/racist-induxed violence and NIGERIAN TERRORISM. The former is instantly arrested while the latter go scot-free to strike again. What is your ethnic nationality?

BeanX:
American violence is worst than anything, someone can just go to a public place and start shooting people.

And the mad shooter will be arrested immeidately. Please what is your ethnic nationality?

nigeriancritic1:
But she can be shot by any mad shooter while she went shopping. Or her kids school by any disgruntled student whose parents have a gun.

That is even increasing. Wherever a man will live, his feet will take him there.

Totally agree with tou. So why is Tinubu against restructuring that would make Lagos become Dubai.

Ritchiee:
Olodo.There are quite a lot of things a state cannot do except in partnership with the FG.
A state cannot even take a foreign loan except with the volition of the FG so also is a free trade zone.
What Tinubu did was to think and do with the help of the FG.Yes,with a lot of push and push..
If it were not for the bureaucracy of the FG,Lagos would have been another Dubai with the midas touch of Tinubu and his team.
Tinubu is a genius.

Is that all you know about IGBO MARGIBALIZATION?

babasolution:
The cry of marginalisation is dead and buried for the Igbo without total support for Peter obi,if Peter obi doesn't atleast win 4 of the 5 Igbo states then it shows the Igbos abandoned him,they should never ever again complain of marginalisation anymore, never again

Why don't you join Igbo to fight for Biafra so that qe can testyour HYPOTHESIS.

QuotaSystem:
If Biafra was a real country, many countries especially in Asia would impose visa embargoes on the drug republic for the health and safety of their own citizens.

I am curious. Are youbYoruba?

ATLIEN2027:
As expected the IPOB zombidient terrorists are already blaming Tinubu
Their victimhood slave mentality is on another level. Even when their shit refuses to rise to satisfy their olosho women at the Aba baby factory, they will still blame Tinubu.
Go figure.

Why would Igbos sue Tinubu? Is only Igbos that are wailing that Tinubu is a drug dealer? Is the investigate journalist David Hundeyin that released a report on Tinubu drug-trafficking problem while in USA an gboman? You life is incomplete until you inject Ndigbo in every issue. Ndi Ara!

GeneralPula:
If only igbos are wise, they would have sue tinubu with all their twitter edited images, instead of everyday wailing..

Tinubu is a drug dealer right? Approach the court. Court will sack him and that would help Peter Obi..

Wetin concern Ojukwu?

ItsTutsi:
Ojukwu will be disappointed in this one, this is not what he fought the bia.fraud war for

YOU BE BIG OLODO RABATA!

JaffyJoe:
What do you mean what they discussed isn't his business? That stupid action by Zik led us to where we are today. He had a lot of influence at that time as the Igbos were in a lot of strategic and dominant positions. Refusing to assent to the inclusion of the secession clause is not a historical reality you can wish away. He simply thought his people would continue to be relevant in the scheme of things. He was a man that lacked foresight.

Nigeria has high unemployment and under-employment rate. The informal economy is the biggest employer of labor and includes street hawkers like the gala sellers you denigrated. Is it better to be self-employed with prospect to expand and diversify into structured business with employees or become an agbero or criminal. There is dignity in labor. That's why the average Igbo is the most economically empowered Nigerian. Igbo-hatred will kill you. Keep HATING while they progress.

lhordspy:
, My belle oo

No wonder we have lot of youth from the state today; selling gala in Lagos traffic or white-powder in India.


Anyways, Ondo is truly Batified.

U see why we want to live this zoo called Nigeria.

owobokiri:
At a point during the Lagos Ports congestion crises months back (before nairas free fall), it will take you almost 2 million naira to transport your 40ft container from Lagos State to Anambra State! That was almost the same amount it will take you to ferry the same container from China to Nigeria! There was no single government attempt to help! Traders bore the brunt without much ado, even as the federal government blamed them for all the evils in the country as if there is any any manufacturing alternatives in the first place. It has now become the favorite pastime of those in government at Abuja to rail against importers as if they're the cause of all Nigerias problems, when importers are only trying to eke out a living by filling a void created by government incompetence.

Yet, these are the people who pay the import duties that are shared every month end to the different States of the federation while providing basic goods that government failed policies have made impossible to be produced hetr. Buhari who's administration depends almost totally on these duties to stay afloat, was busy spending billions on RUGA for fulani herders from different parts of West Africa, who pay no single tax and are responsible for massive capital flight as they truck the dollars they made from their sales here to Niger, Chad, Mali, Guinea and Mauritania at Nigerias expense! Can anyone mention one single federal government project targeted at improving the work of Eastern traders since the inception of this country? Just one!