garykoeman:


I don't know the problem with u ibo people.

500 was given to west to sustain them yet western region started the first T.v and radio station in Africa, built the first university in Nigeria, started the first industrial estate in Nigeria.

Boy u are really drunk.

demmie1:


The level at which those things scream their ignorance and hate is mind blowing!

Honestly!!!

And they will be the first to shout "igbophobia".

Emekaonline:
Please look at the fund allocations by the Colonial Government in 1956.

The West that collected least then was the most developed region, kudos to the late sage Obafemi Awolowo. It is time for the South West to retrace its steps to those economic activities that brought development to the region without depending on the allocation from the colonial masters or the Federal Government. The Governors should now use our resources for the benefit of the people and overall development of the South West and leave other regions to pauperise their region as they wish

T9ksy:



Yeah.........and there was no Nnamdi Azikiwe, either.

vanbonattel:


They borrowed to buy the TV station. And built a few brown roofs.

Putinofrussia:

You should be worried about the massive brown roofs in Igboland with a tiny land mass.
Small land,massive underdevelopment.
Even till date,Ibadan is still more developed infrastructurally than the entire 5 SE states combined.

kettykin:


As at 1956 , there was no Awolowo

T9ksy:



Yeah.........and there was no Nnamdi Azikiwe, either.

EasternActivist:


How??
With brown roofs??

vanbonattel:
There must be reasons for the low allocation to the west but the OP may craftily remove that one and post the one most relevant to his bigotry objectives.

The West may have been an area with very little population, and probably produced or sent noting to the federal government. Maybe the 500 they were giving them is just to sustain them. We all knew that most of the resources came from the East and North, the West was just used as an export route to the sea, if not, there wouldn't have been rail tracks passing through the whole region.

The current federal sharing formula which aims to seize resources like gas and oil from the east and south to feed the West and north is favoring the west mainly. Notice how the west panicks each time the east or north talks about secession, they know that as soon as Nigeria end, the west will return to Benin Republic or Burkina Faso levels.

Putinofrussia:

Igbo voltron.

Anambra okpoko slum..

EasternActivist:


How??
With brown roofs??

ngwaIgbo223:


Remember Zik was governor general then ''who pass you pass you.

Putinofrussia:

Putinofrussia:

You should be worried about the massive brown roofs in Igboland with a tiny land mass.
Small land,massive underdevelopment.
Even till date,Ibadan is still more developed infrastructurally than the entire 5 SE states combined.

vanbonattel:
There must be reasons for the low allocation to the west but the OP may craftily remove that one and post the one most relevant to his bigotry objectives.

The West may have been an area with very little population, and probably produced or sent noting to the federal government. Maybe the 500 they were giving them is just to sustain them. We all knew that most of the resources came from the East and North, the West was just used as an export route to the sea, if not, there wouldn't have been rail tracks passing through the whole region.

The current federal sharing formula which aims to seize resources like gas and oil from the east and south to feed the West and north is favoring the west mainly. Notice how the west panicks each time the east or north talks about secession, they know that as soon as Nigeria end, the west will return to Benin Republic or Burkina Faso levels.

Putinofrussia:

The colonialists knew that SW was the most resourceful region and almost did not need handouts and palliatives like the other regions who rely heavily on handouts.




What year was this sir and what is your source i`ll like to learn more thank you sir.
Remember that the SW loaned Nigeria..Igbo and Hausa fulani....12 million pounds in order for them to survive then.

Racoon:
The colonial master were busy loading the northern region with excess resources because they find them easily controllable and receptive.

The East may have been as a result of more people from the region dominating the colonial government leading to the immediate post independence era when the skewed and defective quota system was introduced by the North to gain undue political advantage of others.

The abysmal allocated metted out to the South West may be due to the "wild wild west" radicalism of the people of the in refusing to be courted and subjugation by the colonial masters. Nevertheless, Lagos was already the capital city of Nigeria then.

vanbonattel:
There must be reasons for the low allocation to the west but the OP may craftily remove that one and post the one most relevant to his bigotry objectives.

The West may have been an area with very little population, and probably produced or sent noting to the federal government. Maybe the 500 they were giving them is just to sustain them. We all knew that most of the resources came from the East and North, the West was just used as an export route to the sea, if not, there wouldn't have been rail tracks passing through the whole region.

The current federal sharing formula which aims to seize resources like gas and oil from the east and south to feed the West and north is favoring the west mainly. Notice how the west panicks each time the east or north talks about secession, they know that as soon as Nigeria end, the west will return to Benin Republic or Burkina Faso levels.