₦airaland Forum

hmuhammad:
*Igbos due North - An Informal Census*

An *informal Census* was conducted by an Igbo Organization.

The Group discovered that there are *Twenty Million Igbos living in Northern Nigeria*, out of which Sixteen Million are permanently resident and Four Million are Economic Migrants moving on seasonal basis.

In addition, they found out that *there are Four Million Northerners living in Igbo Land,* out of which Two Million are permanent residents and the remaining Two Million are Economic Migrants switching on seasonal basis.

What is intriguing was that _*the entire Four Million Northerners living in Igbo land are uneducated menial laborers and petty traders*_: viz watchmen, Cattle attendants in abattoirs, Cobblers etc.

Consternatingly, there was *a single account of a Tiv Man*, a Christian, from Benue *who built a Petrol Station along Enugu bye-pass in Enugu State*, however, on the day of commissioning the indigenes discovered that the Station belonged to a Northerner and insisted vehemently by interdicting its operations , *that the said Station must be sold to an Igbo Indigene before it would be allowed to operate*.

Today, throughout Nigeria, *it is only in Igbo Land that no other Nigerian is allowed to gain admission into their Universities*, Employment or Political appointments in their domains.

Yet, in the North and the South West *there are States that have appointed Igbos* as Commissioners and Advisers eg Lagos, Kano, Yobe, Borno etc.
As big as *the Onitsha International Market, no other tribe is allowed from Yoruba land or the North to have even a corner shop, yet they are in all Markets across the North and South West without any hinderance.

Anyim Pius Anyim, is the only SGF in Nigerian History that has *100% Igbos as support Staff* in his Office. Is he an SGF for Nigeria or Biafra?

Igbos should learn to tolerate others* !!!

*One Love Nigeria*

Did you pull out all these conjectures from your ass?
I mean, what makes you think in these days of information readily accessible by anyone who cares to, you can wake up and compose this garbage? You must really think you are addressing your ilks.

First all, what igbo group carried out the census, and at what time?

20 million Igbos residing in the north?
So, how many are left in the SE if a whopping 20million live in the north?
In other words, what is the total population of the igbos? If there are 20million of them in northern Nigeria, then the total population of Igbos should easily be up to 100 million.

Its people with very limited or non existing intelligence that would concoct such mind buggling lies and expect no one to raise an eyebrow over it.

As for the other excrement you spewed in your post about no other tribes being allowed to do business at Onitsha market, I need not respond to that. If you had ever set foot in any major market in the east before now, even you would find it hard to swallow your tribalist vomit.

Get a life.

elmagnifo:
Where did we got it wrong? I'm a northerner but am currently listening to phyno's fada-fada song even though I don't even understand ibo language. What is wrong with us as a people? Why can't we give peace a chance and learn to live in it's harmony.

Back then in school, my best friend was Emeka, we virtually do everything together. I could vividly remember how we were running with a pot of soup for about 1mile, a soup we took from our lodge-mates.

Nigerians should shun hate and tribalism for pete's sake. It doesn't help anyone but rather it brings you down

Great. Since you are a northerner, kindly preach the message of peace to your people.
Every Nigerian will agree that Igbos are the most detribalized group of people in the country. They are the ones who traverse the lenght and breadth of the country and mingle with every tribe, take time to acquire landed properties and develop those areas.
Igbos largely detest living in slums, and they have no second thoughts about making their surroundings look decent. That has been their weakness, which ought to have been seen as strength if the country is truly one and united.

Your people will never do that. Instead, they seek for a piece of land in the south given to them freely where they do business. What they call their "Garki". Lands they would erect shacks that are eyesores. They will never buy properties or add value to the place.

Yet, they are brazen enough to refer to Igbos as "guests" in the north.
Yet, they are quick to preach "one Nigeria" when it suits them.
Yet, they own the most oil blocks in the oil rich south, but will not site companies there.
Yet, they traverse the south with their herdsmen, destroying lives, properties and farmlands of helpless folks.

Tell me, is there a single tribe in this country who has done more to keep us together more than the Igbos?

And...is there a tribe who has done more than the Hausas and Fulanis to wreck the country?

Preach the message of peace to your people. They need it most. No other tribe in the country is comfortable with sharing space with them anymore. We have been patient enough.

Even though I don't entirely believe this report about Igbos departing in "droves", that scenario may as well play out in the coming weeks.

Abagworo:
The most congested area in Owerri. Douglas road needs total demolition to meet up with other emerging and beautiful parts of Owerri.

So says your paymaster. What else is new?

Iamwrath:
What i am interested in is how the game spills money

Poor choice of words from the op. I think he meant to say "money spinning"

Other than the roof of this house, are you contracted for other aspects of the construction?

When will these bloody crooks recommend a cut in their pay as palliative measure to bring down the cost of running government?

These breed of politicians seemed to have made a deal with the devil to dispatch helpless citizens to their early graves.

Homeless and a mother at age 12.

I do hope and pray life has something positive in store for her.
Its difficult enough to be a single mom, much less a homeless one....and at age 12! Lord have mercy.

spyder880:
Starter columns are Y20 being used already, Decking reinforcements are Y16 and Y12, according to the structural design of the house.

Thanks.

spyder880:
Using the rods.............

Can you tell me please, what rod will you use for the starter columns and ground floor columns? Y20 or Y25?

What about the slabs (decking) reinforcements? Is Y12 suitable?

blackberlin:
Those who can't make it in Nigeria will never make it in a smaller Biafra,

At the end of the day, if Biafra is ever actualized, which I strongly doubt cos of the numerous Igbo mouths profiting from this one Nigeria, but if it happens, what will then happen to the Igbos and their investments and properties in Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Abuja? Will they not say they're being vicitmized and deny ever supporting Biafra?


The Yorubas, on the other hand, hardly invest outside the Southwest and as such are the real tribe who have nothing to lose if ever Nigeria breaks up. I dont know about the Hausas but the Yoruba nation is galant. So that mentality that some people are begging for unity is a totally mad fantasy on nairaland.

Typical.
Just say something different for once, and surprise us.

Igbos make it in whatever part of the country they migrate to. They are the real definition of hustling spirits that knows no boundary. So, if you're talking about people who couldn't make it in Nigeria, yet hoping to make it in a smaller Biafra, you are actually referring to your lilly livered people who are afraid of standing on their own. People who live in mortal fear of their Fulani superiors and are content to subsist on their master's leftovers.

As for your kind hearted concern over properties belonging to Igbos, well, thank you. Your fears and compassion is duely noted. But I must ask you, why do you bellyache over another mans property, built from his toil and sweat?

When Pa Awo implemented the seizure of their assets and handed them £20 instead, did it prick your conscience? Did you bellyache over such injustice? Yes, they lost a lot, but it didn't put them down. You can't hold a good man down! In the face of all that they lost, they rose from the ashes, just like the fabled phoenix. They rose and rebuilt.
Bitterness ought to hold them down, but they didn't let such negative emotion rule their life and limit how they can soar. If they lose all they have invested in outside the SE a second time, it still will not put them down. Life will surely go on.

Finally, your people hardly invest outside your geographical zone as you said. I don't see how that should be a thing of pride. It still affirms their being called lilly livered. For that alone, don't dare make comparisons between these two tribes based on its propensity to take risks, to dare, to call anyone's bluff, to go out of your comfort zone, to explore, to confront and conquer, and to vanquish every limitation.

You can't put a good man down!
History has shown that countless times.
There is nothing wrong with a man who decides to take his destiny in his own hands. Your people can learn and grow a set of balls and decide to forge their own destiny too. Your abusing another tribe who rebel against the status quo everyone agrees is unfair, yet can't man up to demand for yours isn't just hypocrisy, it is downright treachery.
Are you guys born with such cowardly DNA, that the word Biafra makes u pee your pants?
Hasn't it occurred to you that this same people you oppose are hoping the Yorubas will rise up and take charge of their own nation? Are you so blinded by fear to realize that the Yoruba nation holds the biggest potential to excel if the major tribes were to go their separate ways?

Mark 9:47-48
And if your eyes causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where the worms that eat them do not die, [b]and the fire is not quenched
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For more food, read Revelations 20:10 and 15.

You know, just like you, I wish there's nothing like an eternal fire that would torment evil people after this earthly journey. I mean, being Nigerians, we have suffered enough already, haven't we?
I'm not here to argue with the OP. Just pointing out what the bible said concerning hell and its content.

Braden9:
I think the igbo are my least favorite African group. I think igbo land should be granted their landlocked biafra and severely punished.

I support igbo Republic. The rest of Africa will be merged to achieve my vision of 5 nations :Westland, Southland, Northland, Eastland, Midland. Igbo Republic will be encircled with 20 feet border WALL and blocked from Westland's airspace. No aid will be sent to igbo Republic. Nuisances!

Your heartbreak and demise is imminent. I mean, why such hate to a group or tribe who don't even know you exist?
Talking about the SE being landlocked, do you know that so many countries across planet earth are actually landlocked, yet they survive and thrive.
Nigeria has got so much resources, so much coastline, yet it grovels among its peers. What outstanding economic strides has it made with its access to the Atlantic ocean?
You'd think that the federal road leading to Apapa and Tin Can ports would have been made into a 10 lane mega highway by now, seeing how strategic it is, but we all know the disgusting state of that road since the past decades.
Will Nigerians ever see beyond ethnic sentiments? I mean, that you have a little education and yet choose to post such hate filled garbage here shows how little you have developed yourself in your beloved country.

Your vision of 5 African nations isn't just ridiculous, it is the product of hallucination.

Is there a single branch of diamond bank in the entire Mbaise?
Thought you would have mentioned what part of Mbaise this is.
Cool though.

eezeribe:
Nice post.Thanks Op.
Similar myths were debunked in 'Trump's Strategies on Real estate' and 'The real book on Real estate' by Robert Kiyosaki.
I also learnt a lot from my own experience,after we built a Lodge in one of the public Universities.

lalasticlala,Mynd44

Can you be kind enough to elaborate on this, pls?
We are here to glean wisdom from each others experiences.

TheLogicalMind:
O boy, for that number 2, if you know the excessive and indiscriminate compound interests that Nigerian banks charge on loans you will do everything within your power to avoid becoming indebted to them. That's why there are so many toxic debts in our banking system. I have seen occasions when a loan of just N6 million became N 80 million debt in just a few years because of 28%
interest rate.

Exactly! You'd have to be making crazy money to ever consider taking a loan from a Nigerian bank. Imagine taking a loan to buy a property, and the compounding interests on same loan happened to climb far above the value of the property within a few short years!

I don't advise anyone to go this route!

Been wondering for a long time: is there a reason why Lagos adopted plot sizes to be 60ftX120ft, while most other states has 50ftX100ft as standard for plot size? Considering that Lagos is even the smallest state by land mass.
I have also noted that most southwest states accept 60ftX120ft as standard plot size.

Meanwhile, there are places in parts of the southeast and south-south where plot sizes are measured at 100ftX100ft. For real. I got plots from such areas.

Ogalanyachieze:
All hope seemed lost, until biafra dispatched its favoured son. Enter kanu the destroyer of the zoo. Seems even seun is too tired of banning biafrans maybe he is regretting his actions too

I don't know about that part about him regretting his action, but I have also noted that he might have reluctantly admitted to himself that there could be a certain merit to the Biafra agitators. I may be wrong, though.

I mean, if you give a man a level playing field and he couldn't succeed, he has no choice than admit to himself that he wasn't good enough. On the other hand, when you deny a man that level field, and you use whatever resources at your disposal to deny him from creating his own field, then there's bound to be disputes and uproar.

That's exactly what the present situation is. If the government will be bold enough to take that step and restructure the country back to the six geopolitical zones, the clamor about succession will die naturally. Restructuring the country is not an overnight task. There are so many intricacies involved. If the process were to begin today, it would still take years to iron out the finer points. But beginning is the first and important step.

The creation of new states were mere destabilizing factors, and not really aimed at speedy developments. If anything, it merely created more avenues for recurrent expenditures to more state governments, more commissioners and other state governments parastatals.

Not a surprise. Its actually becoming a norm in the country where every institution has turned upside down.

This is not just morally wrong, it is also illegal. But of course, we don't expect any repercussion on the part of the police. Like I said, every institution (including the judiciary the helpless man could have run to) is upside down.

Following....

Diplomaticbeing:
It's obvious he's suffering from Guillian-Barre Syndrome.

When I saw your comment, first thing I did was to search online for this syndrome.
I must say the way the man's ailment was described is very similar to it. Pay no heed to those who mock you. They are all of the opinion that it is "jazz" at work.

You do yourself a disservice by responding to them. Never bring yourself to that level. NL is filled with airheads and idle mischief makers.

Diplomaticbeing:
It's obvious he's suffering from Guillian-Barre Syndrome.

At least one person here has something reasonable to contribute.

Customs officials have become more of a nuisance since Hamid the retired soldier has directed them to operate within the country's roads, as if they don't have enough to occupy them along the borders.

Every institution in the country has lost its value.

what's with y'all nd bashing? Can't u advise someone without insulting them? Then get the fvck out of here dude!

No problem.
Go snap a picture of your nekkid cousin and upload it online, then I can give you a sound advice afterwards.
Until then, go suck ur own balls.

FriendNG:
Common Synonym is giving some educated illiterate southerners headache. [FFK is the leader of the illiterates]

Buhari is coordinating the activities of the country and now he ask Osinbanjo to coordinate on his behalf.

The section of the constitution quoted is enough to tell you what the president meant. What is so hard 2 understand.

Do you know what's funny?

God forbid, but in the event that Mr president couldn't make it back to resume duty, a section of his cabinet will argue that the VP cannot take his place due to the wordings in this same letter.

You should understand that Nigeria is such a complex entity, and certain ambiguities should be avoided, if the intent wasn't to create mischief in the first place.
Bring two constitutional lawyers into a room and have them interpret a part of the constitution.....you are bound to get different views.

Seedworld:
Gdday all..

Gdday, bro.
I asked earlier if you have oil been seedlings. This is called "ugba" in Igbo.

Well, they are all politicians, aren't they?
They are in it for what they can get, not what they can give.

Like the saying goes, success has many fathers, many friends. Once there is a whiff of failure, watch the people jump ship as fast as they can.

eyeview:
Serves them right. What is customs doing in our inner city roads? What is customs doing mounting road blocks. They should be confined to boarder points and points of entry.

Well, in Nigeria, the abnormal has become the norm. Don't be surprised when you get pulled over by a naval officer at a road block, asking to see your insurance papers

Naija: land of the weird and ridiculous.

Pavore9:
Hope it will be maintained and don't look dilapidated in 5 years time. Trees should be planted within the premises.

Trees!

Seem like we forbid getting things properly done. See the forlorn and deserted look of the surroundings. Trees ought to have been planted as soon a, or even before the building foundation starts.

@Seedworld
Do you have hybrid oil bean tree seedlings?

You can do your part by shoving this so called prophecy deep into where it emanated from: your ass

Abagworo:
Just because Nairaland has given you a rare opportunity to interact with your superior should not warrant insult. This thread is not necessarily about Okorocha whom I admire and respect but about Imo State and the good news from there. Some of the pictures I post are individual investments and projects not related to Okorocha and everything I attribute to Okorocha is completely true. Since you claim to be from Imo State why can't you also post some good photos of your area to populate the thread? Then finally tell me your LGA and I will mentiin what I know Okorocha has built there.

And that superior happens to be who? You?

Well, Mr asslicker, granted you are superior to me in one aspect: you know how to lick ass like nobody else. For that, I doff my hat for you.
I see Rochas' feces all over your mouth from licking his ass. Keep at it.

Meanwhile, I don't have to mention my LGA before you can dream up a road in it your master constructed. You claimed he built roads in all the LGAs, not just some of them. So, start mentioning the roads.

If you couldn't, just own up right now that you have been posting a lot of bullish!t on behalf of your paymaster.