I'm a very proud Igbo man, however i don't believe biafra will be the solution to our problems. Our current underdevelopment would no doubt be chiefly pointed to biased government policies

eg refusal to dredge/ expand or designate warri/crossriver/ptown port to international thereby enabling international shipping operations to commerce on these ports; relieving eastern importers and marketers from excessive high toll on goods transported through very deplorable lagos -benin express way.

Failure of governement to maintain Eastern Federal Motor way, considering the Eastern are most reliant on roads ( north has railway. SWestern has lagos port at their doorstep )


Failure of federal government to redirect international flight operators to eastern airports ( Enugu was only recently made an international airport, and ptown airport was in such a shamble that defunt okada airline would shy away from it. )


Federal Government failure to support the big markets and the marketers. There is no soft loan facility to these marketers, no startup loan, whereas the major business of the northerners -Agriculture is highly subsidised, with loan , free fertiliser, govt back-back policies.


The federal universities in the Eastern including UNN and uniport are widely less developed than top federal universities in both SW and North. Considering the region was massively devastated during the war, with UNN purposely destroyed to rumbles, hence there should be a concretrated development effort to bring these facities to par with premier universities in the other regions (IFE, UNIBEN, ABU).

Same for sporting facilities.

However FG can't take all the blames.

Nothing stops our state government from initiating economic developmental policies either alone, joint with other states or in partnership with illustrous citizens and investors from around the world.

Ariria has been in state of massive structural detoriation and yet nothing is getting done to it, the state government could provide a new site, source loan from bank ( there are big eastern banks), ask for a shared ownership with the other states the market cater for; AK, Rivers, Imo, pool funds together and build a magnificient market that would put dubai mall to shame. (With the contract awarded to a reputated company with expertise of such)

Same goes for Onitsh main market.

Nothing stops Rivers from building similar "Eko Alantic" kind of financial district in portharcourt. (Again pulling funds together will expedite the development )

Housing,; state government shouldnt have to build houses for people esp with other competing issues, state government could easily issue tenders of estates.
As done abroad. So the government plans it, designs it and issue it out to developer to build and sell. Its a win win. No need to look up to FG for grants.


Then the issue of identity; Federal Governemt should expedite abolition of state of indigene, so as an igbo man born and breed in zamfara i can actively contest and identify with my state. Zamfara shd be my state. And not any igbo one i have no connection with. (i wasnt born in zamfara btw)

Weakening of state governement and more empowerment of local governement. Our states are designed in ways that put minorities at disadvantage. An Oron man cant never be a governor of AK without the acceptance of Annag people. This breeds antagonism and disenfranchises the minority, and hence calls for secessions etc.

If the local governement are given more powers, the average man will be empowered, as his opinion would be closer to seat of government. People will be more concerned with their local governement. With local governement taking blames for any maladministration or underdevelopement.
This would increase patronism of our country, the FG, even if that individual despises his ineffective Local government.

Freedom of relocation/Resettlement ; there should be mechanism to enable a Nigerian move states and become a member of that state , able to be vote and be voted for. This mechanism exists currently but the durationshoul further be reduce from the current 10-15 years to 5.

Eg An Edo man, should have the freedom to resettle in say Taraba and within 5 years intergrete into the state fabric. Claim any available state benefit etc.
Some one from kaduna could move to imo and after 5 years start to enjoy the free education available in the state.

More to come...

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I dont really think Nigeria mind the clamour for Biafra, so you can continue.

there is no alternative

Biafra must be restored. Nothing can stop Biafra

bolabolakemi:
Biafra must be restored. Nothing can stop Biafra

do you really think if Biafra is realized, the same problems of Nigeria wouldn't befall it ?

macjive01:


do you really think if Biafra is realized, the same problems of Nigeria wouldn't befall it ?

Well, if those same problems creep up in Biafra, heck.. Some folks would just look for another scape goat to blame, e.g, "sabos", minorities (if there exist any), or the easiest -- blame it on the Yorubas in neighboring Nigeria

Once the cry have started it cannot end.



The only way to end it is to give them Biafra.

The problem with Nigeria is institutional, when Nnaji was the power minister why on earth did he not focus to building a coal powered power station in Enugu , that would have revitalised the coal industry of Enugu and Kogi states. By the way he is from Enugu !!!!..

He was busy trying to sell the entity to himself.

No doubt, he is the best we have had so far in that ministry, that still didnt stop him from making decision for the state against state interest. And nothing to kicl start the eastern coal industry.

Of course if there is a biafra , people like him and his caliber would be expected to lead the government.

I WOULD REPEAT, HE IS THE BEST WE HAVE HAD SO FAR IN THE MINISTRY.