An Open Letter To Igbos by sammy6(m): 4:08am On Apr 04, 2015 |
An Open Letter To Igbos By Rochas Okorocha
"A time of reflection for the Igbos?– Okorocha Speaks Again
Dear Igbo Compatriots:
One of the closest Igbo man to the President Elect is Dr Chris Ngige Onwa, a Senator who was defeated in the Senatorial Election.
See how bad Igbos are at strategizing? They couldn't override a pathological hatred for General Buhari to make a hedge bet and return this man to the Senate, to enhance his chances at Senate President, incase General Buhari wins, which he did.
Instead folks played tribal and religious politics to the tilt as drunken sailors, and failed the man and the chance to make history as Senate President.
That's what happens when emotions trips common sense and folks succumb to hustlers like Peter Obi and Arthur Eze, hustlers after their own interests instead of the masses they pretend to serve.
I urged caution, I pleaded that we were making a huge mistake to hitch our wagon on Jonathan who wasn't going to win. And predictably he lost, so also our chance in the new administration.
I hate to gloat.
But maybe, maybe, only maybe he gets a good ministerial appointment, but nothing beats being Senate President.
Igbos are very bad at politics.
Fifty years after independence, we are yet to produce a president when others have taken multiple turns. Our answer? Blame others! If you only Hausas didn't do this or Yorubas didn't do that, perhaps the god of politics will bless our lot.
And sadly it won't stop until we learn to coexist with others instead of our 'better than thou' attitude when dealing with the Hausas and Yorubas. We are not better than anyone, these folks we thumb our noses at, are God's creatures like us.
We don't like the Hausas and we don't like the Yorubas, yet we populate their States in search for our livelihood.
Our politics should mirror our economic aspirations, not the other way around. There is no wisdom in living in the North, earning a living, yet despise the Northerners. That's being ungrateful. The gods of politics don't like that.
How long can this collective amnesia insulate us from meaningfully seating at the table, making contributions to Nigeria's political evolution?
How long can this foolishness go on?
How long?
There is a miserable silence across the land today, because we are realizing that we were sold off for pennies by pimps who parade as Igbo leaders.
Where are they?
Anyone home?"
Hmmm ... I sincerely hope some people are listening. 4 Likes |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by sammy6(m): 4:09am On Apr 04, 2015 |
NOT IN MY NAME – TONY OKOROJI
I am a very proud Igbo man. I am also a Christian. But not for one minute did I buy the argument that because of ethnic or religious consideration, it was my duty to support a leadership that is not committed to any of the values that I hold.
The Igbo man is known for his inventiveness. We are incredibly hard working and can compete with anyone from anywhere as long as there is a level playing field. Our quarrel with the rest of Nigeria has been that now and again, we have been visited with hatred because of our inventiveness and hard work.
I am therefore pained that by the actions of some election contractors of Igbo extraction, every person from the South East of Nigeria may now be a suspect in the hideous enterprise of “vote swinging” and the repulsive attempt to manipulate the outcome of the current elections.
For the Igbos to have been seen as the main backers of government that has continuously stood good sense on its head and shown very little strategic intellect is a historic mistake. The destructive alliance that may have suggested that my people have willy-nilly supported the unsustainable financial corruption and value corruption that has recently gone on in Nigeria, has done the Igbo man a lot of harm.
The only thing we have achieved is to make ourselves irrelevant in the Nigerian political process. Can you imagine the Igbos, a critical part of the tripod on which Nigeria has stood, becoming a minority in Nigeria’s political market place?
Let it be known that the biggest loser in the current elections is not Goodluck Jonathan. It is the Igbo man. How could we not have seen that Nigerians have been desperately yearning for change and tap into that burning desire? 2.50% in Enugu; 2.64% in Anambra; 3.60% in Abia; 5.97% in Ebonyi! Apart from Imo, no state in the South East is recorded as having given up to 6% of its vote to the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Who set up this stupid rigging machine that has rigged the Igbos out of Nigerian politics? How did we become mere spectators in a game in which we have the ability to produce the center forward? What exactly did we get from the PDP to mortgage the future of our children? While the rest of the country was running away from the odium of that political party, we were kissing the PDP, cuddling the PDP and making love like crazy with the PDP. Can you imagine that we are now the owners of a terribly afflicted PDP? We even killed APGA to get what? What a tragedy!
It must be said that there are many Igbos who did not buy into this abysmal gamble of our so called leaders. I want my grandchildren to know that I was not part of this madness. Let them be told that, like many Igbos, I stood firm with the time honoured values of the Igbo man and refused to sell my conscience for a mess of porridge. History must record it that whatever shenanigan has taken place has happened despite our protest.
We, the Igbos have brilliant men and women across the world. It is time for a new crop of leaders to emerge from Igboland, a leadership that has a good strategic understanding of the Nigerian political environment. We need a leadership that understands that having a lot of money does not necessarily mean having a lot of good sense. Every serious minded Igbo man and woman must seek this. It is very urgent! 3 Likes |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Chigold101(m): 4:16am On Apr 04, 2015 |
sammy6: An Open Letter To Igbos By Rochas Okorocha
"A time of reflection for the Igbos?– Okorocha Speaks Again
Dear Igbo Compatriots:
One of the closest Igbo man to the President Elect is Dr Chris Ngige Onwa, a Senator who was defeated in the Senatorial Election.
See how bad Igbos are at strategizing? They couldn't override a pathological hatred for General Buhari to make a hedge bet and return this man to the Senate, to enhance his chances at Senate President, incase General Buhari wins, which he did.
Instead folks played tribal and religious politics to the tilt as drunken sailors, and failed the man and the chance to make history as Senate President.
That's what happens when emotions trips common sense and folks succumb to hustlers like Peter Obi and Arthur Eze, hustlers after their own interests instead of the masses they pretend to serve.
I urged caution, I pleaded that we were making a huge mistake to hitch our wagon on Jonathan who wasn't going to win. And predictably he lost, so also our chance in the new administration.
I hate to gloat.
But maybe, maybe, only maybe he gets a good ministerial appointment, but nothing beats being Senate President.
Igbos are very bad at politics.
Fifty years after independence, we are yet to produce a president when others have taken multiple turns. Our answer? Blame others! If you only Hausas didn't do this or Yorubas didn't do that, perhaps the god of politics will bless our lot.
And sadly it won't stop until we learn to coexist with others instead of our 'better than thou' attitude when dealing with the Hausas and Yorubas. We are not better than anyone, these folks we thumb our noses at, are God's creatures like us.
We don't like the Hausas and we don't like the Yorubas, yet we populate their States in search for our livelihood.
Our politics should mirror our economic aspirations, not the other way around. There is no wisdom in living in the North, earning a living, yet despise the Northerners. That's being ungrateful. The gods of politics don't like that.
How long can this collective amnesia insulate us from meaningfully seating at the table, making contributions to Nigeria's political evolution?
How long can this foolishness go on?
How long?
There is a miserable silence across the land today, because we are realizing that we were sold off for pennies by pimps who parade as Igbo leaders.
Where are they?
Anyone home?"
Hmmm ... I sincerely hope some people are listening. Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG) beats Senate president. If APC loves Ngige, they should make him SFG. Rochas is the father of all liars and the greatest manipulator ever lived 2 Likes |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Nobody: 4:28am On Apr 04, 2015 |
hmmmm |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Areacode213: 4:44am On Apr 04, 2015 |
sammy6: NOT IN MY NAME – TONY OKOROJI
I am a very proud Igbo man. I am also a Christian. But not for one minute did I buy the argument that because of ethnic or religious consideration, it was my duty to support a leadership that is not committed to any of the values that I hold.
The Igbo man is known for his inventiveness. We are incredibly hard working and can compete with anyone from anywhere as long as there is a level playing field. Our quarrel with the rest of Nigeria has been that now and again, we have been visited with hatred because of our inventiveness and hard work.
I am therefore pained that by the actions of some election contractors of Igbo extraction, every person from the South East of Nigeria may now be a suspect in the hideous enterprise of “vote swinging” and the repulsive attempt to manipulate the outcome of the current elections.
For the Igbos to have been seen as the main backers of government that has continuously stood good sense on its head and shown very little strategic intellect is a historic mistake. The destructive alliance that may have suggested that my people have willy-nilly supported the unsustainable financial corruption and value corruption that has recently gone on in Nigeria, has done the Igbo man a lot of harm.
The only thing we have achieved is to make ourselves irrelevant in the Nigerian political process. Can you imagine the Igbos, a critical part of the tripod on which Nigeria has stood, becoming a minority in Nigeria’s political market place?
Let it be known that the biggest loser in the current elections is not Goodluck Jonathan. It is the Igbo man. How could we not have seen that Nigerians have been desperately yearning for change and tap into that burning desire? 2.50% in Enugu; 2.64% in Anambra; 3.60% in Abia; 5.97% in Ebonyi! Apart from Imo, no state in the South East is recorded as having given up to 6% of its vote to the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Who set up this stupid rigging machine that has rigged the Igbos out of Nigerian politics? How did we become mere spectators in a game in which we have the ability to produce the center forward? What exactly did we get from the PDP to mortgage the future of our children? While the rest of the country was running away from the odium of that political party, we were kissing the PDP, cuddling the PDP and making love like crazy with the PDP. Can you imagine that we are now the owners of a terribly afflicted PDP? We even killed APGA to get what? What a tragedy!
It must be said that there are many Igbos who did not buy into this abysmal gamble of our so called leaders. I want my grandchildren to know that I was not part of this madness. Let them be told that, like many Igbos, I stood firm with the time honoured values of the Igbo man and refused to sell my conscience for a mess of porridge. History must record it that whatever shenanigan has taken place has happened despite our protest.
We, the Igbos have brilliant men and women across the world. It is time for a new crop of leaders to emerge from Igboland, a leadership that has a good strategic understanding of the Nigerian political environment. We need a leadership that understands that having a lot of money does not necessarily mean having a lot of good sense. Every serious minded Igbo man and woman must seek this. It is very urgent! There! As bull-eyed as it gets. Packs so much heat i was compelled to quote. Pardon me.. |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Bamoha(m): 4:49am On Apr 04, 2015 |
Chigold101: Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG) beats Senate president. If APC loves Ngige, they should make him SFG.
Rochas is the father of all liars and the greatest manipulator ever lived wow did u do sec skl at all? wernt u ever told that senate president is d number 3 figure in the country? nawa fr u o 1 Like |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by nerodenero: 6:23am On Apr 04, 2015 |
For the next 4years,Igbos would just be a spectator in the Nigerian politics. This is the result you get for playing politics like running a personal business. In running a personal business, you take the decisions and fund the business but politics involves embracing everybody irrespective of tribe, party and religion. I hope they learn and return even better in 2019. 1 Like |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Godfullsam(m): 6:45am On Apr 04, 2015 |
I hate it when some Igbo fulks say other tribes hate them because they are hard working ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) Nigerians in general are hard working people irrespective of the tribe. Hard work is not peculiar to Ndigbos alone... Truth is , Ndigbos are their own enemies ![embarassed](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/embarassed.png) Dats all.... ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Welrez(m): 6:48am On Apr 04, 2015 |
It would be politically expedient on the part of the APC to bring the South East into their government. Alienating and marginalising the SE and the SS would have grave political implications in future. A word is enough for the wise. 1 Like |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by menix(m): 6:49am On Apr 04, 2015 |
OP thunder strike u for saying Rochas wrote this abt Ndigbo.. 1 Like |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by sammy6(m): 7:16am On Apr 04, 2015 |
menix: OP thunder strike u for saying Rochas wrote this abt Ndigbo.. Really, do I even need to reply you. |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by CyberWolf: 7:27am On Apr 04, 2015 |
OP shove the senate presidency up ur smelling anvs..ediot 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by AmucheJane(f): 7:31am On Apr 04, 2015 |
sammy6: An Open Letter To Igbos By Rochas Okorocha
"A time of reflection for the Igbos?– Okorocha Speaks Again
Dear Igbo Compatriots:
One of the closest Igbo man to the President Elect is Dr Chris Ngige Onwa, a Senator who was defeated in the Senatorial Election.
See how bad Igbos are at strategizing? They couldn't override a pathological hatred for General Buhari to make a hedge bet and return this man to the Senate, to enhance his chances at Senate President, incase General Buhari wins, which he did.
Instead folks played tribal and religious politics to the tilt as drunken sailors, and failed the man and the chance to make history as Senate President.
That's what happens when emotions trips common sense and folks succumb to hustlers like Peter Obi and Arthur Eze, hustlers after their own interests instead of the masses they pretend to serve.
I urged caution, I pleaded that we were making a huge mistake to hitch our wagon on Jonathan who wasn't going to win. And predictably he lost, so also our chance in the new administration.
I hate to gloat.
But maybe, maybe, only maybe he gets a good ministerial appointment, but nothing beats being Senate President.
Igbos are very bad at politics.
Fifty years after independence, we are yet to produce a president when others have taken multiple turns. Our answer? Blame others! If you only Hausas didn't do this or Yorubas didn't do that, perhaps the god of politics will bless our lot.
And sadly it won't stop until we learn to coexist with others instead of our 'better than thou' attitude when dealing with the Hausas and Yorubas. We are not better than anyone, these folks we thumb our noses at, are God's creatures like us.
We don't like the Hausas and we don't like the Yorubas, yet we populate their States in search for our livelihood.
Our politics should mirror our economic aspirations, not the other way around. There is no wisdom in living in the North, earning a living, yet despise the Northerners. That's being ungrateful. The gods of politics don't like that.
How long can this collective amnesia insulate us from meaningfully seating at the table, making contributions to Nigeria's political evolution?
How long can this foolishness go on?
How long?
There is a miserable silence across the land today, because we are realizing that we were sold off for pennies by pimps who parade as Igbo leaders.
Where are they?
Anyone home?"
Hmmm ... I sincerely hope some people are listening. Trash. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by lionstone: 7:33am On Apr 04, 2015 |
OKOROCHA OR WHAT ARE THEY CALLING YOU, YOU BETTER MIND YOUR WORD AND FACE YOUR BUSINESS. I DON'T REGRET VOTING FOR JONATHAN AND I DON'T OWE ANYBODY AN APOLOGY. PLS, IS OKOROCHA A TRUE IGBO? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by LordCenturion(m): 8:05am On Apr 04, 2015 |
sammy6: NOT IN MY NAME – TONY OKOROJI
I am a very proud Igbo man. I am also a Christian. But not for one minute did I buy the argument that because of ethnic or religious consideration, it was my duty to support a leadership that is not committed to any of the values that I hold.
The Igbo man is known for his inventiveness. We are incredibly hard working and can compete with anyone from anywhere as long as there is a level playing field. Our quarrel with the rest of Nigeria has been that now and again, we have been visited with hatred because of our inventiveness and hard work.
I am therefore pained that by the actions of some election contractors of Igbo extraction, every person from the South East of Nigeria may now be a suspect in the hideous enterprise of “vote swinging” and the repulsive attempt to manipulate the outcome of the current elections.
For the Igbos to have been seen as the main backers of government that has continuously stood good sense on its head and shown very little strategic intellect is a historic mistake. The destructive alliance that may have suggested that my people have willy-nilly supported the unsustainable financial corruption and value corruption that has recently gone on in Nigeria, has done the Igbo man a lot of harm.
The only thing we have achieved is to make ourselves irrelevant in the Nigerian political process. Can you imagine the Igbos, a critical part of the tripod on which Nigeria has stood, becoming a minority in Nigeria’s political market place?
Let it be known that the biggest loser in the current elections is not Goodluck Jonathan. It is the Igbo man. How could we not have seen that Nigerians have been desperately yearning for change and tap into that burning desire? 2.50% in Enugu; 2.64% in Anambra; 3.60% in Abia; 5.97% in Ebonyi! Apart from Imo, no state in the South East is recorded as having given up to 6% of its vote to the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Who set up this stupid rigging machine that has rigged the Igbos out of Nigerian politics? How did we become mere spectators in a game in which we have the ability to produce the center forward? What exactly did we get from the PDP to mortgage the future of our children? While the rest of the country was running away from the odium of that political party, we were kissing the PDP, cuddling the PDP and making love like crazy with the PDP. Can you imagine that we are now the owners of a terribly afflicted PDP? We even killed APGA to get what? What a tragedy!
It must be said that there are many Igbos who did not buy into this abysmal gamble of our so called leaders. I want my grandchildren to know that I was not part of this madness. Let them be told that, like many Igbos, I stood firm with the time honoured values of the Igbo man and refused to sell my conscience for a mess of porridge. History must record it that whatever shenanigan has taken place has happened despite our protest.
We, the Igbos have brilliant men and women across the world. It is time for a new crop of leaders to emerge from Igboland, a leadership that has a good strategic understanding of the Nigerian political environment. We need a leadership that understands that having a lot of money does not necessarily mean having a lot of good sense. Every serious minded Igbo man and woman must seek this. It is very urgent! Ndigbo exchanging their children future with dollars since 1914,i feel for igbos, especially their children,I don't know Wat they achieve from PDP, they open their eyes while PDP rigging our their land, their children future..... Well sha, wen igbo man see money, especially dollars, they can sell their future, their birthright to other tribe 1 Like |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by SOUNDKING: 8:11am On Apr 04, 2015 |
This rochas will soon be given a niz run back to the north of his ancestors. |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Chigold101(m): 4:21pm On Apr 04, 2015 |
Bamoha: wow did u do sec skl at all? wernt u ever told that senate president is d number 3 figure in the country? nawa fr u o lolzzz SENATE president being number 3figure is only on paper sir. Let me expain before you abuse me again. VP can only go where the president sends him. Meaning that if the president doesnt send him anywhere, he will remain redundant though answering number 2 figure(to use ur word). Senate president can only activate his number 3figure if the president & vp are impeeched or both died at the same time. But if they are alive he will just remain a watchdog for the masses. SFG is the one “running“ day to day affairs of the country. Why? Because all the ministeries & parastetals report to him. SSGs (for states) & SFG (for federal government) are most powerful people after the governor or president. Incase you dont know, daily affairs of a country or state is conducted through ministries by ministers or commissioners, and these men are answerable to the SFG or SSG. The same way permanent secretaries are more powerful than ministers & commissioners. THANK YOU |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Bamoha(m): 1:53pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Chigold101: lolzzz SENATE president being number 3figure is only on paper sir. Let me expain before you abuse me again.
VP can only go where the president sends him. Meaning that if the president doesnt send him anywhere, he will remain redundant though answering number 2 figure(to use ur word).
Senate president can only activate his number 3figure if the president & vp are impeeched or both died at the same time. But if they are alive he will just remain a watchdog for the masses.
SFG is the one “running“ day to day affairs of the country. Why? Because all the ministeries & parastetals report to him. SSGs (for states) & SFG (for federal government) are most powerful people after the governor or president.
Incase you dont know, daily affairs of a country or state is conducted through ministries by ministers or commissioners, and these men are answerable to the SFG or SSG.
The same way permanent secretaries are more powerful than ministers & commissioners.
THANK YOU nw am much more enlightened... thank you fr answering in a "JEGA" manner nd sorry fr my orubebeish behaviour |
Re: An Open Letter To Igbos by Chigold101(m): 6:05pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Bamoha: nw am much more enlightened... thank you fr answering in a "JEGA" manner nd sorry fr my orubebeish behaviour lolzzzz |