PROUDIGBO:


^^^I suspect a large part of the arrogant and insulting opposition to Biafra and rights to self-determination is sponsored or coming from those northern oligarchs who have -through the military and their closeness to the corridors of power- commandeered the juiciest business opportunities in the Niger Delta: most profitable oyel blocs, ports, leadership of NPA and CUSTOMS! You think they'll stand back and let a 'little' matter like self-determination put sand in their garri!?

All those bastards pretending to be Igbo, those efulefu Igbo who support 'one Nigeria' and hate Nnamdi Kanu with passion, the haters from across the Niger who hate Igbos but want 'one Nigeria' to go on regardless......all these 5th columnists and two-faced twerps are their agents!

Tex42:
The port won't be xclusively for importation. Like u said, we would produce locally and these products can't be consumed only in the Eastern region, and that is where the port would come in even more handy... Exportation of local products.

Which ever way u look at it, we still need a sea port, more so when the East is not industrialized.

investnow2013:
Do we have to depend on importation alone in other to survive?..... Why not do mass production of some basic home items that can be sold within Nigeria or even exports to other country!. Movie & creative arts can be developed in the East & export to other areas!

investnow2013:
The money that will be levied to all Town Unions outside Eastern region should not be used in building churches or non economic stuffs!.... It should be purely for economic emancipation of our people!.

ChimaAdeoye:


If our people in other places begin to think along the lines of this initiative then we have redeemed our years of silliness.

I don't know if Calabar port is working, but at least, those into importation can route through ONNE port and have their head office in PH, Aba, Enugu, onitsha or Uyo. Those into manufacturing can route through ONNE port and have their corporate headquarters anywhere in the zone. if our people begin to relocate into the zone, more international flights will land in both Enugu and port harcourt due to increased volume of business. Eventually more Intl. airports in the zone will begin functioning by having enough passengers to sustain operations if our people use facilities their zone.

If Akwa Ibom Ibaka port is functional, they can also begin to use it. In time, our people will have been able to relocate their businesses to the safety of their region.

The sad thing is that none of our people like to think sensibly nor act proactively unless it is already too late, in an emergency, or they are already in a crisis and losing half or all of their investments in those hostile places. So i don't expect them to see the wisdom of using the facilities in the SE and SS and relocate NOW, until their businesses are being burnt or taxed disproportionately by hostile folks in the north and southwest.

alfred5:
BAD NEWS:

If he had spent a whopping sum of 46.8billion naira in 2015 and there is nothing practically to show for it, that this 30billion naira budgeted this year for works and infrastructure will be a pint of drop into an ocean.

From this budget, it clearly shows that Anambra state is starved financially, however Obiano can do more by blocking leakages under his administration, reducing the number of Irrelevant Ministries and everyday appointment of SA's (356 Aides total) in his administration, creating better strategy to improve IGR without increasing taxation. The fact is that over 60 % of Anambarians do not pay tax because Government is on locus. Also, all the MOU's on investment mostly in the areas of Agriculture should come down and start yielding dividend come 2016.

Bishop42:
Any smart SouthEast governor should be linking Abuja,Lagos,Portharcourt with high speed Railways with the shortest route possible.

The return investestment is hugh

cnario:
I was chilling at the very coded garden of Ben Enweonwu Gallery in Ikoyi, when I overheard two guys discussing. What caught my attention was that one is an Awka guy, while the other one is from 'ikwu nne m', Alor. Apparently, the Awka guy has just built a massive house somewhere on the island, cos the Alor guy wanted to know if the Awka guy would build a 'basillica' in Awka, since he built a 'cathedral' in Lagos. But the Awka guy's response broke my heart to pieces. To cut the long story short, the last time the Awka guy stepped foot in the east was almost 10yrs ago, when his dad was buried, and his elder brother was kidnapped at his father's burial. He thinks Awka, and by extension the entire east, is a primitive village full of savages. He said a lot of silly things that got me boiling on the inside, since this was coming from a supoosed 'Nwa afo', and not 'Onye ofe'.

Anyway, I politely introduced myself, and within minutes we were all chatting like old friends. I tried to make him understand that things are not what they used to be, but he just wasn't buying any of it. In other to convince him, I remebered this thread, and got him to open it on his iPad, but this guy hates the word 'Nairaland'; said it's full of jobless bigoted kids. When this thread finally loaded, the few pages at the beginning weren't too impressive, so we had to jump several pages. But sadly, he landed on a page where my man chino and his sworn enemy from our sister state were doing their thing, which left a very bad taste in the mouth.

This encounter reminded me of the fact that the good things that have been happening in Anambra has no serious media coverage. Yes, that issue has been over-flogged here on this thread. But what if Ibeto doesn't invest in the media? what if Chief Mike Nonso Ajegbo continues to allow MINAJ rot away? Are we just going to keep wishing that someone will rise and do it? The guys on this thread have really been doing a wonderful job, but is it really enough? Is it giving Amabra the necessary Media coverage?

I've heard several/different people talk about developing websites that focus on showcasing the developments and good things happening in Anambra, but I'm yet to see any of them. So I've finally decided to take the bull by the horn. I don't just want to talk, but instead act and contribute my own quota.

I wish to develop a website that will focus on the beautiful things and developmental projects going on in Anambra. I have a lot of ideas on how I'd like it to function, like properly tagging pictures, grouping projects according to location, showing industries, schools, showing the wholistic developments going on in Anambra. We'll have a dedicated ideas/suggesion page where 'umu omambala', from across the world, can contribute their ideas. There's a whole lot I can't type here now.

I'm not talking about a project that'll be forgotten after this post, rather a project that should be fully live in about 2weeks time. I know that with the support of all the guys on this thread we can make it happen. Frank's pictures will definitely go a very long way.

What do you guys think?

Cnario, I was trying to send an email the last time we chatted via e
mail. What you faced is the same thing with what i faced when i sent some men email on the trending events in the east and the need for people to start investing home. They thought I'm a fraudster.

the truth is that so many do not know that things are happening in the east and the need to be educated on the recent happenings and they shouldnt be left in limbo

patrick89:
my brother do not relent! No matter the provocation! That's how we can correct the wrongs of the past! Just like the so called anambra media award that was held in lagos today! They level of their reasoning is so low! It leaves a lot!

investnow2013:
You are right!..... We need to market our Cities/State better!. (Pix) Emeka Offor Plaza Onitsha!

nwanlecha:
@vickjames, I love your submission on unity among ndị Igbo. You just spoke my mind. Kudos!
Secondly, just like you, it breaks my heart whenever I see ndị Igbo investing in Nigeria, but I've come to understand that when the chips are down, they will be the ones to bear the brunt of their foolishness, not me. Ndị Igbo na-atụ n'ilu si: ekwuo ma ntị anughị, e bere isi, ntị anụ. What most of them went through in the North is just a tip of the ice berg.
Don't give up though on your effort to get our stubborn brothers to think home. Chukwu gbaa gị ume!

asha80:
owns erisco foods manufacturing tomato paste and others in Lagos..but does he have any outfit in anambra state? I doubt

investnow2013:
Airport & Riverport will help to make Onitsha competitive!

asha80:
Eric umeofia

investnow2013:
Onitsha is expanding in rapid speed!.........Odekpe ,Akwaukwu,Oba,Umuoji,Ogidi,Umunya,Nteje,Nwelle,Nzugbe are experiencing massive investments in Housing & Industries!. Just look at the area of Rojeny Oba below!

AnamCity:


As much we need to link Onitsha to Anamcity but I believe that the city of Onitsha is fast expanding beyond Trans-Nkisi and FGC. Below is part of area after Trans-Nkisi which was posted here by Frankie. And they aree actually doing decent low density structures by those rich people in the society

Cjrane2:



Na dem sabi.
Save your breath bro.
Let them take their risks and bear the full consequence of their foolery.

I will only add that we need to impress on key Igbo cities on the need to open up new areas.
Sometimes it is sooooooooo hard to find new areas in Igbo cities EXCEPT Enugu and to a small extent Owerri.
Our people just want Onitsha, Aba to remain in the same exact place they have been since 1900

Cjrane2:



Yes, Igbos are very very stubborn and the least strategic group in Nigeria. The Igboman does not learn from things around him, until he personally experience the bitter experience. Then he is twice cautious.
Igbos are very hardworking, and therefore have no time to consider politics or intrigues. They base every decision on business, which is indeed childishly tragic. What sense does it make to build a multi-million dollar groundnut process industry in kano simply because it will cost less to transport the raw materials to the factory, then you lose the entire factory to arson by an irate group of almajiris demonstrating against the cartooning of Prophet Mohammed in Denmark?

Sometimes, it takes tragic things like Boko haram to get the average Igboman to reason clearly. That is why i stopped grieving when they suffer those huge losses elsewhere in Nigeria because they require such tragic experience in order to reason properly.

FKO81:

Your mum is right bro, Anambra state is fast developing

Cjrane2:


Our people should leave the north and never return there.
What has baffled me much is that many of them don't even have good businesses, so why go to the north to do manual labour?
You can very well do it, work on a rice farm or ride keke in our own land. Why must you go so far as the north to sell vegetables?

Our Governors and town planning people should build those little bridges over those streams in order to open up new layouts. It is shocking when you see a tiny stream separating a virgin territory from an over congested place. Just because nobody wants to sacrifice any penny of his for the general good, by building the culvert over the stream for public use.

Eddygourdo:
let's assume you are the leader of this great nation, buy you intend to secede with your people, tell me how you would go about it, strategically, peacefully and economically in order to achieve your objectives with minimal or no bloodshed