0lumide: So now it's no longer Nigerians that are persecuting igbos, it is now SA? Ok.. I think nigeria needs to let Igbo people form their own nation!

manny4life:

Amen o, I wish they will let us go... At least my brothers and sisters will find their way back home and build their home.

99cent:

If igbos really want to leave Nigeria, they would have by now.
We are no longer under millitary rule, all igbos need to do is appeal to their governors to lead the cause.
The biggest threat to Biafra is actually Igbo governors, not Nigeria.

If igbos can vote for MASSOB representatives as their next governors, then I will believe that they are serious about leaving. Until then, this whole "let us go" talk is just rubbish.

manny4life:

Please save your rhetoric abeg... How about the whole Nigeria lead the cause and not Igbos only? After all as much as we want our own country, hypothetically, everyone is tired of us, so it shouldn't be about us, but ALL. If you're tired of us, DO SOMETHING. Make no mistake, Igbos want their own country, but def not all cost...One Nigeria is not working but we can still benefit while it last.

99cent:

You dey craze. you are very clearly high on drugs. I personally as a yoruba person if I am tired of you and want you to leave Nigeria, I will ask the govt to round you up and throw you into cameroon if it were up to me. duh that way, the goal of Igbos leaving Nigeria will be accomplished
why should "nigeria" lead the cause for biafra. does that even make any sense to you?
another igbo who doesn't know what he wants.

better go and find a way to vote a MASSOB sympathizer into power in SE government. that is pretty much the only way Biafra can be realized. If you will recall, even Ojukwu was governor of eastern states in his time. back then we were under millitary rule. today, i'm sure a referendum will be used. Sudan is an example. keep in mind the South Sudanese did the work for themselves. they clearly wanted independence badly.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has described as erroneous attempts to grant legal recognition to six geo-political zones and autonomy to local councils under the on-going review of the 1999 Constitution

He had support from former Information Minister and the National Leader of the Ijaw people, Chief Edwin Clark.

Clark said: “We need a national conference to discuss. Our constitution is a military instrument given to us by the military. I disagree with the Lagos State governor on the constitution amendment. We need a document that would make Nigerians equal. The six zones suggested by Alex Ekwueme should be the federating zones of this country. No region should hold another region down

Meanwhile, the strains increase. Tempers are frayed. The violence in the north has set off calls for Nigeria to split into a looser confederation of ethnic regions, an idea that the “detribalised” Mr Obasanjo finds abhorrent. “One of the things that makes Nigeria important today in the world is its diversity. Although this diversity has a number of problems associated with it, its advantages far outweigh its disadvantages,” he preached to a crowd in the south-west last month.

manny4life:
Like I said, we're not pressed for Biafra yet, not until we've gained and benefitted from "ONE NIGERIA"

He, therefore, recommended that the items on the exclusive list be substantially reduced “to reflect the principles of appropriateness and state autonomy. The state legislature should have or share jurisdiction such subjects as police, criminal records, prisons, establishment of air and seaports, electric power generation and distribution and the taxation of incomes, profits and capital gains.”

He also opposed the inclusion of geo-political zones in the constitution, explaining that recognition of a body in a constitution “presupposes that it will have a definite purpose or responsibility and its composition, leadership and administrative structure will have to be defined.

“Since the geo-political zones are not intended to be regional governments, their inclusion in the constitution may cause needless confusion as to their status or significance. Section 14(3)is comprehensive enough to reflect the federal character of the country and the need to promote national unity,” he said.

99cent: @kittykin, Fashola wants state power. not regional zones. He will only support regional zones IF such zones become autonomous governments rather than a mere way to consolidate states and reduce individual state power. His words are very clear. Geo-political zones do not have any definite or defined responsibility, leadership and administrative structure. It is insignificant as he sees it and meant to confuse us. He is a lawyer by training afterall. he knows his legal stuff.

41. (1) Every citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof, and no citizen of Nigeria shall be expelled from Nigeria or refused entry thereby or exit therefrom

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall invalidate any law that is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society-

(a) imposing restrictions on the residence or movement of any person who has committed or is reasonably suspected to have committed a criminal offence in order to prevent him from leaving Nigeria; or

(b) providing for the removal of any person from Nigeria to any other country to:-

(i) be tried outside Nigeria for any criminal offence, or

(ii) undergo imprisonment outside Nigeria in execution of the sentence of a court of law in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty:

Provided that there is reciprocal agreement between Nigeria and such other country in relation to such matter.

Yungwizzzy: when Ghanaians wer in Nigeria were they treated fairly? now their country is better we'd d once facing challenges in other 'minute' countries. #Nigeria must go bags now selling in Kenya an SA

kettykin:

[b]The Federal system with states serving as the federating units has it limitations which include that everybody in the federation has the right to live/exist where ever he/she wants see below
However a return to a confederal or regional system of governance which Fashola is running away from can grant him the right to expel or deport people he deems not fit to exist in Lagos

oyb: The whole african, sorry world economy is at risk because of the vainglorious chest beaters.

I'm sure its ibos who drive the extractive industry in sa, and who own 70 percent of SA real estate

99cent:

Lagosians aren't complaining. we def don't want the ghanaians back
at least not in droves.

those bags are being sold to Igbo Nigerians. I wonder if a dearth of igbos in kenya and SA will destroy the kenyan and SA economy. lol

ilugunboy:


The whole truth is I will rather prefer these Ghanians back in place of the Ibos in Lagos.....there was a time in the 70's and early 80's when these Ghanians were here....many of them. Lovely ...hardworking and respectful people that don't go around beating the hairy chest of how they are the one running the economy ...unlike what we have now with Igbos.

99cent: Everyday in the news a Nigerian with Igbo sounding name is arrested, deported or killed in South Africa. What do you think will happen if SA starts to recognize Nigerian contribution to its economy and starts treating us with more respect and tender loving care that we deserve? Pick one:

a) South Africa's economy will grow and expand.
b) South Africa's Nigerian population will grow and expand.
c) both a and b.

methinks SA is trying to reduce/control its Nigerian population hence the hostility. But is it putting its economy at risk by doing so?

cjrane:
One day Nigeria will finally breakup so that Yoruba people will finally leave Igbo people alone and stop creating problems around the world and dragging the name Igbo in it.

99cent:

well now of course. if they were replacing igbos then sure definitely!! I'll welcome that.

CHIEF Tola Adeniyi, is a foremost journalist and former Managing Director of Daily Times. In this interview with Vanguard, stressed the need for restructuring of the polity into a confederal system as agreed at the Aburi, Ghana meeting of 1966 to address the myriad of problems facing the country .................


...............
Confederation
To prevent us from becoming another Somalia, the president must send a bill to the National Assembly to start a process of confederation. Let every region be semi-autonomous and develop at its own level. That was the Aburi agreement.
What was agreed on then was that there should be confederation. I am proposing that Nigeria should immediately go to six regions which Abacha created in 1995 and these regions should be semi autonomous. What will only bind us together will be defence, foreign policy and currency
What I am saying is that there is need for restructuring of the polity. We were forced into a marriage, the terms of which were never made known. They never consulted anybody and because we don’t have a nation, it also contributed a deal to the problems of Nigeria.
We must have a confederation, we must have a nation and that is why we need to talk. We must have a national conference, people must come together to talk. We cannot run away from it. We must sit down and decide how to live togther as a nation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/lets-return-to-aburi-accord-adeniyi/#sthash.S5nnQGFp.dpuf

kettykin:

Even igbos would support this ,

99cent:

clearly not. else they won't be complaining about fashola "deporting" them.
or complaining about being deported from South Africa and other foreign Africa countries

Why is it just taking yorubas 47 years to realize that they need no igbos in their Region.

kettykin:
What is stopping these yoruba people from dusting Aburi Accord or a similar Accord and fighting for its implementation.
What chances do these yoruba people have of stopping igbos without due recourse to Aburi or constitutional review[/b]

99cent:

Fashola will fight for state power to deport non-lagosians i'm sure. That's something that could be implemented to stem the flood of immigrants. I will be happy for such a clause to be written in the constitution.
Let igbos states also feel free to deport its non-indegenes if it wishes.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news-metro/128410-fasholas-aide-defends-deportation-of-67-to-anambra

Nomski0: Still dont know when this biafra mentality will be erased from our igbo brothers. One legacy that the late Ojukwu left behind that i dont appreciate is this Biafra mentality......that man single handly divided this country, even if we're still one(for now)Nigeria is definately 3 in one country.

kettykin:

Deporting non Lagosians and igbos and still be in the same country with them does not solve your problem it only solves a problem and creates another because you will still meet them in Abuja and other friendlier cities , but pushing for a break up or confederation solves your issues with no consequences