Fundamentalist:
Very lame argument. You think you can rewrite history

Fundamentalist:
Very lame argument. You think you can rewrite history

AbaLion:
You can never get away with this.

-Lion

AbaLion:
You can never get away with this.

-Lion

gidgiddy:


If anybody tells you that Ironsi abolished the Regions, ask that person why the Regions were still existing 8 months after Ironsi had died

Oliviaohms:

What a fake news
If he dissolved it on which capacity was ojukwu acting

AbaLion:

Ojukwu was a military governor appointed by Aguiyi Ironsi. Before Ironsi took over, we had Premiers elected by respective regions. Ironsi had no intention of returning us back to parliamentary democracy having banned all political parties and political activities.

-Lion

wordcat:


No one can rewrite history.
After the death of Ironsi, the regional governors according to HISTORY we're;

Eastern region- Lt. Colonel Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Western region- Lt. Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo

Mid Western region- Lt. Colonel David Ejoor

Northern region- Lt. Colonel Hassan Usman Kastina

AbaLion:
You can never get away with this.

-Lion

AbaLion:

You've been dealt with several times on this issue yet you keep pushing your lies.
The Regions only existed in names but Regionalism (the fundamentals, vestiges, and essentials of regions) was collapsed.

-Lion

AbaLion:

You've been dealt with several times on this issue yet you keep pushing your lies.
The Regions only existed in names but Regionalism (the fundamentals, vestiges, and essentials of regions) was collapsed.

Akwamkpuruamu:


If it was abolished, how come we still had the four regions, fully operational with military governors?

Oliviaohms:

Military governor of eastern region ?
The same regions you said ironsi abolished?

wordcat:


No one can rewrite history.
After the death of Ironsi, the regional governors according to HISTORY we're;

Eastern region- Lt. Colonel Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Western region- Lt. Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo

Mid Western region- Lt. Colonel David Ejoor

Northern region- Lt. Colonel Hassan Usman Kastina

gidgiddy:
I was in a zoom meeting recently where we were discussing Nigeria and where we got it wrong. Someone said in the meeting that Nigeria headed down the wrong lane when Major General Ironsi abolished Regionalism and introduced unitary rule.

This is completely false! Ironsi neither abolished the Regions nor did he introduce unitary rule.

The simple way anyone can know that Ironsi did not do these things is to check the date Ironsi died. Ironsi was killed on 29th of July 1966. The 4 Regions of the time, Western Region, Eastern Region, Northern Region and Midwest Region, were all existing on 29th July 1966, and all 4 of them had resource control and practiced the revenue sharing formular agreed at independence. In fact, all 4 Regions were existing even into 1967 when Gowon officially dissolved the 4 Regional structure and replaced them with 12 states, and took away resource control. The 12 states Gowon created were further subdivided by different military regimes until we arrived at the 36 we have today


So if the 4 Regions were existing and had resource control on the day Ironsi died, how is it possible that Ironsi was the one who dissolved the Regions and introduced unitary rule?

It would have required Ironsi rising up from the dead to have been the one who dissolved Regionalism

AbaLion:



Military governor of eastern region ?
The same regions you said ironsi abolished?


No one can rewrite history.
After the death of Ironsi, the regional governors according to HISTORY we're;

Eastern region- Lt. Colonel Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Western region- Lt. Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo

Mid Western region- Lt. Colonel David Ejoor

Northern region- Lt. Colonel Hassan Usman Kastina


The bold is very instructive.

-Lion

AbaLion:



Military governor of eastern region ?
The same regions you said ironsi abolished?


No one can rewrite history.
After the death of Ironsi, the regional governors according to HISTORY we're;

Eastern region- Lt. Colonel Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Western region- Lt. Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo

Mid Western region- Lt. Colonel David Ejoor

Northern region- Lt. Colonel Hassan Usman Kastina


The bold is very instructive.

-Lion

Akwamkpuruamu:


Give examples of those fundamentals that were collapsed

Oliviaohms:

Hahahhahaha
What a dumb response
Now is the region exist only by name no longer abolished
Mtchew

AbaLion:

Try understand the difference between region and Regionalism. Aguiyi abolished Regionalism. Through the promulgation, Nigeria ceased to be a Federation but a republic.

-Lion

AbaLion:

I'd rather advice you read through the decree. It's as clear as daylight.
The regions became weaker, the center was stronger such that the center was in total control of the structures of the Regions.

-Lion

Oliviaohms:

Hahahahahhahahahahha
Another lie
Nigeria became a republic in 1963
Hence it was called federal republic of Nigeria
Lie busted
Gowon dissolved regional government and create state
This was deliberately done to divide eastern region during the fracas of disagreement of igbo progrom
River state was created
Guess what you can’t rewrite history

AbaLion:

Try understand the difference between region and Regionalism. Aguiyi abolished Regionalism. Through the promulgation, Nigeria ceased to be a Federation but a republic.

-Lion