superstar1:


Is PH Airport not an international airport? I flew BA to London 3ce from there.

I thought there was fanfare and celebration when ''our stealing daughter -- Stealer Oduah'' upgraded Akanu Ibiam?

Please kindly open this link to view another statistics that will shock you, statistics from Nigeria aviation authority
http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/pages/download/316
Stop hinding under Lagos, Lagos was former Nigeria colony developed by all Nigerians. southwestern states are retrogressing,

menabadoo:
hehehehehe, abject poverty and yoruba are like bread and butter.

It's difficult making a sentence with abject poverty without including yoruba.

Please, don't make me pee

Major pointers to abject poverty are:

1. Crime Level.

2. Migration level

3. Investment level.

Measure the cursed land of gully erosion on all those indices against the blessed land of SW.

Y1bos are synonmous with crime, migration from their cursed land and no investment in the gully eroded land. You seee, your abject poverty is legendary.

scholes0:


Te figures are VERY suspect, I am telling you.

Ogun, Oyo and Imo are all ridiculously low.

very suspect? i dont understand! English please?

Consequently, as a concerned Nigerian, I want to question the role(s) of Yoruba youths in the current fight against unemployment, starvation and poverty in Nigeria. This question was necessitated by my discovery through indirect observations that Yoruba youths are the most lazy, perfidious and egoistic youths in Nigeria as at today.

I discovered that the pride of an average Yoruba youth has overshadowed his intellectual judiciousness, level-headedness and sagacity. Today, among ten Nigerians submitting their resumes to multinational corporations eight would be Yorubas. Folks from my generation in the Western Nigeria are too lazy to tap from the abundant opportunities that litter the streets of, say, Lagos, for primitive accumulation of wealth.

The Igbos, and, by extension, the Niger-Deltans and the Northerners have indirectly taken over the control of economy of Lagos, Nigeria’s indisputable number one centre of success, excellence and opportunities.

The Apapa wharf in Lagos has virtually been taken over by the Easterners. The data that I got from the Nigerian custom services divulges that 63% of those licensed to transact businesses in Apapa Wharf are Igbos.

More so, data collected from licensing office reveals that owners of 56% of commercial motorcycles in Lagos are Northerners and Easterners. The lucrative transport business has been hijacked from the Yorubas.

Today, the major work of average Yoruba youths on the streets of Lagos is to collect royalty, due and charges from the Hausas and Igbos, using their motorcycles to make cool cash from their land. Ninety-five percent of transport, travel and tour firms operating in Lagos are owned by the enterprising and hardworking Easterners.

superstar1:




Major pointers to abject poverty are:

1. Crime Level.

2. Migration level

3. Investment level.

Measure the cursed land of gully erosion on all those indices against the blessed land of SW.

Y1bos are synonmous with crime, migration from their cursed land and no investment in the gully eroded land. You seee, your abject poverty is legendary.

oh I see, investment level is quite high is yolobaland with lots of head being invested in rituals. Crime level is quite low, people only rape their daughters in yoloba land. That's all

The yolobas selling agbo in Asaba and onitsha fell from heaven, they didn't migrate at all. I think yolobas should start paying more attention to education and try avoiding excessive garri ijebu consumption, it will help you reason appropriately.

islandmoon:



very suspect? i dont understand! English please?

Go and call your teacher. you are too inconsequential.

The Yorubas stay at various intersections harassing hardworking people transacting their legal businesses in the name of collecting charges and dues for the local government. I also discovered that majority of the few Yorubas riding commercial motorcycles in Lagos are locally-trained automobile engineers that have abandoned their workshops.

Furthermore, the popular Ladipo and Owode motor spare parts markets in Lagos are now solidly in the hands of Igbos. As usual, the Yoruba youths are in the market collecting dues for their local government chairmen and the Iyaloja General of Lagos. Yaba, Oyigbo, Sabo, Oshodi, Agege, Alaba, Idumota, etc. markets have been taken over by the Easterners and Northerners who are predominantly youths.

Let me also assert unequivocally that the Igbo youths are now becoming more prosperous in the entertainment industry than the Yoruba youths. Today, the Yorubas hardly tune their DSTVs to the Yoruba movie channel of the satellite television; rather, they watch some other movie channel that show English movies with actors and actresses of Igbo extraction. Why? Because most Yoruba movies are short of creativity.

I can also articulate that 85% of the CEOs and executive directors of commercial banks operating in Nigeria today are Igbos and Hausas under the age of 50. They are very talented in boardroom politics, unlike their Yoruba counterparts, and they assist each other with an amazing ease.

Educationally, the Yorubas are no longer in the top-three. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), Anambra, Imo and Enugu have the highest number of professors and doctorate degree holders in Nigeria. Ekiti and Ondo states that used to top the list have been demoted to number four and six respectively.

In 2014, the reports of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) revealed that the Yorubas have been upturned by the Easterners in terms of academic performance. Ekiti, a state known as fountain of knowledge, was number 34 in 2013.

FKO81:
The Yorubas stay at various intersections harassing hardworking people transacting their legal businesses in the name of collecting charges and dues for the local government. I also discovered that majority of the few Yorubas riding commercial motorcycles in Lagos are locally-trained automobile engineers that have abandoned their workshops.

Furthermore, the popular Ladipo and Owode motor spare parts markets in Lagos are now solidly in the hands of Igbos. As usual, the Yoruba youths are in the market collecting dues for their local government chairmen and the Iyaloja General of Lagos. Yaba, Oyigbo, Sabo, Oshodi, Agege, Alaba, Idumota, etc. markets have been taken over by the Easterners and Northerners who are predominantly youths.

Let me also assert unequivocally that the Igbo youths are now becoming more prosperous in the entertainment industry than the Yoruba youths. Today, the Yorubas hardly tune their DSTVs to the Yoruba movie channel of the satellite television; rather, they watch some other movie channel that show English movies with actors and actresses of Igbo extraction. Why? Because most Yoruba movies are short of creativity.

I can also articulate that 85% of the CEOs and executive directors of commercial banks operating in Nigeria today are Igbos and Hausas under the age of 50. They are very talented in boardroom politics, unlike their Yoruba counterparts, and they assist each other with an amazing ease.

Educationally, the Yorubas are no longer in the top-three. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), Anambra, Imo and Enugu have the highest number of professors and doctorate degree holders in Nigeria. Ekiti and Ondo states that used to top the list have been demoted to number four and six respectively.

In 2014, the reports of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) revealed that the Yorubas have been upturned by the Easterners in terms of academic performance. Ekiti, a state known as fountain of knowledge, was number 34 in 2013 .

I want to pee, coupled with the fact that ekiti is the poorest in Nigeria.

FKO81:

Please kindly open this link to view another statistics that will shock you, statistics from Nigeria aviation authority
http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/pages/download/316
Stop hinding under Lagos, Lagos was former Nigeria colony developed by all Nigerians. southwestern states are retrogressing,

Is it that you cannot read or you can read but cannot comprehend.

Domestic Passenger Traffic by Airpost shows MMA remains the clear leader with 39% of the total flight, followed by Abuja airport with 33% of the total flight and PH coming 3rd.

For the International Passenger Traffic, MMA is responsible for 69% followed by Abuja, PH and Kano accordingly. Enugu experienced significan decline.

For Cargo, MMA is responsible for 86%.

So what exactly are you trying to point out.

Chitumu:
olodo

Calling one olodo without intellectually disproving the post is so lame and l will want to give you the benefit of doubt that your education is beyond that!

I think the main focus should be the north. What do they contribute? It's very glaring, what other regions contribute. There support for the Nigerian project is for convenience and benefits, nothing more.

menabadoo:
oh I see, investment level is quite high is yolobaland with lots of head being invested in rituals. Crime level is quite low, people only rape their daughters in yoloba land. That's all

The yolobas selling agbo in Asaba and onitsha fell from heaven, they didn't migrate at all. I think yolobas should start paying more attention to education and try avoiding excessive garri ijebu consumption, it will help you reason appropriately.

This is coming from a product of miracle centres that litter alaigbo

superstar1:





This is coming from a product of miracle centres that litter alaigbo

bros, go and sleep. You are so unlucky yo have engaged me tonight.

menabadoo:
bros, go and sleep. You are so unlucky yo have engaged me tonight.

you know you are my mumulicious mugu anytime anyday.

A mere target practise.

superstar1:


you know you are my mumulicious mugu anytime anyday.

A mere target practise.

sorry, its not my fault that I made you inferior, I'm only trying to be an Igbo

FKO81:
The Yorubas stay at various intersections harassing hardworking people transacting their legal businesses in the name of collecting charges and dues for the local government. I also discovered that majority of the few Yorubas riding commercial motorcycles in Lagos are locally-trained automobile engineers that have abandoned their workshops.
Furthermore, the popular Ladipo and Owode motor spare parts markets in Lagos are now solidly in the hands of Igbos. As usual, the Yoruba youths are in the market collecting dues for their local government chairmen and the Iyaloja General of Lagos. Yaba, Oyigbo, Sabo, Oshodi, Agege, Alaba, Idumota, etc. markets have been taken over by the Easterners and Northerners who are predominantly youths.
Let me also assert unequivocally that the Igbo youths are now becoming more prosperous in the entertainment industry than the Yoruba youths. Today, the Yorubas hardly tune their DSTVs to the Yoruba movie channel of the satellite television; rather, they watch some other movie channel that show English movies with actors and actresses of Igbo extraction. Why? Because most Yoruba movies are short of creativity.
I can also articulate that 85% of the CEOs and executive directors of commercial banks operating in Nigeria today are Igbos and Hausas under the age of 50. They are very talented in boardroom politics, unlike their Yoruba counterparts, and they assist each other with an amazing ease.
Educationally, the Yorubas are no longer in the top-three. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), Anambra, Imo and Enugu have the highest number of professors and doctorate degree holders in Nigeria. Ekiti and Ondo states that used to top the list have been demoted to number four and six respectively.
In 2014, the reports of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) revealed that the Yorubas have been upturned by the Easterners in terms of academic performance. Ekiti, a state known as fountain of knowledge, was number 34 in 2013.

This is quite funny and I guess if it makes igbos feel good, then good for you.

Igbos aren't hard working, they distribute fake products, drugs, and materials throughout the yoruba market, making us less competitive with international market.

Igbo touts that enter busy from alaigbo to yorubaland with no chicken change to survive are the nuisance in Lagos. you'll see them transporting hard drugs using Yoruba airports.

Igbo touts contribute kidnapping, prostitution, robbery, and drug dealing to the Lagos market. This is why Yorubas support the agitation of biafra, so we can go our separate ways.

menabadoo:
sorry, its not my fault that I made you inferior, I'm only trying to be an Igbo

Coming from an osu caste and 5th class citizen of the nation, 1st class citizen of the online Republic of Biafra.

[size=18pt]What igbos contribute to Nigeria[/size]






1. Ritual killers, kidnappers, cannibals and human parts merchants, baby factory operators, drug dealers, distributors of fake products, fake pharmaceutical owners. That's why Igbos land is the World Capital of Ritual-killers, baby factory workers and quite erosive.

2. Fetish Juju charmers

3. Deadly cultists - Arochukwu, Abia, Enugu igbos part of river state; Achebe

4. Child kidnappers aka baby factories and Infant RAPE- Fathers raping their little children, mothers raping their little children, brothers raping sisters

5. Human eating restaurant destination gateaway – Anambra famous restaurant

6. Barbaric Rapists

7. Experts in Incestuous relations – Ex- Gov Chine and likes

8. Notorious kidnappers/ robbers - obigbo,
Kidnapping a big business in igboland: https://www.nairaland.com/778170/kidnapping-big-business-south-east.

9. Igbo leaders run drug business – Eze Igbo of Australia

10. Treasury Looters – Stella Oduah, Allison Madueke, T. Orji, Ifeanyi Ubah, Ifeanyi Uguanyi, Nngozi Iweala, etc


11. International Credit card, international drug dealers, internation rapists (i.e in India, UK), International fake goods distributor (i.e in California). Igbo men are notorious for killing their wives (especially in Houstan and Dallas texas)

12. Company wreckers aka fake certificate holders

13. Certificates forgers/Scammers – Phillip Emegwali; Stella Oduah http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/152824-aviation-minister-stella-oduah-scrambles-cover-certificate-forgery-scandal.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcml1gxtCCM


14. Igbos are crabs in a bucket , no unity and violence anywhere they go– http://xclusive.ie/ezeigbo-title-tears-irelands-igbo-community-apart/

15. International drug peddlers – Igbo leader in Australia,

16. Political thugs aka politicians – Allison Madueke, Gov Chime, T. orji etc

17. Jobless touts aka IPOB Youths

18. Notorious Assassins and murderers – Cases in Houston, Dallas, and Igboland

19. Bloody Tribalists who rarely appreciate the good in other people – They hate anything Yoruba, Hausa, Fulanis, Ijaws etc

20. Notorious propagandists - Biafra local forum, Radio Biafra

21. Political liars and Supporters of Corrupt politicians- Cases of Allison Madueke, Saraki, elevating the political thief T. Orji from governor to Senator.

22. Loud, foul-mouthed Noise makers, chestbeaters, cowards, lazy, ill-gotten wealth from ransom money and distributing fake products.

23. Coward coup plotters – Ojukwu who ran to ivory coast while leaving 3 million of his people to die in a war he started.

Ojukwu- the greatest general in the history of Igbo peole- knelt, wept and begged Yoruba people to forgive the igbos for their senseless declaration of war, betrayed his people in the time they needed him the most.

24. Treacheerous Back-stabbers ( All igbos who disowned Biafra, Ojukwu, MASSOBs disowning the Biafran leader, Igbo people disowning GEJ after the election, Igbo ELDERS)

25. Over 95% of Nigerians who have been executed in India, Malaysians and Chinese governments FOR CRIMES RANGING FROM DRUG ABUSE TO DRUG MAFIA ARE IGBOS.

26. Igbos are the worst pirates sabotaging the hard labour of people round the world! They bootleg Yoruba-produced movies and sell it in the black markets. They’re petty traders who make fake products without giving credits to its owners. They sell fake pharmaceutical products to unsuspecting patients. Their movies are senseless and hardly being watched by Nigerians themselves.

One funny thing about the parasitic leeches called the igbo tribe is that many of their wealth are ill-gotten. While Yorubas focus on IT companies, Igbos focus on kidnapping rich victims to gain ransom money, sell drugs in the international market. Many of their greey leaders, like Allison Madueke, Stella Oduah and Ifeanyi Ubah get their wealth from unknown source. Look at Nngozi Iweala who siphoned millions from the Nigerian government so that her son can direct a movie in America. Or Madueke who tried to buy mansions in Hyde Park, UK with the money she stole during GEJ’s administration. Ask an Igbo man how he got his money and you’ll hear “drugs”, “oil block” and “political prostitution”.
That’s why Yorubas and Hausas control Nigeria’s political terrain. They’re smarter and more qualified. Igbos are too greedy to hold high positions, when they do, they usually go to court for corruption and fraudulent cases.

Igbo women are big time prostitutes – Biancar Ojukwu who dates FFK behind Ojukwu, Afrocandy, Cozzy Ojiokwor, anna Banner, etc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ2UzZrgwxg

The remaining lazy Igbanzas ingrates believe one cannot achieve success save by ritual-killings, kidnapping and selling drugs oversea. You will find them on Austria and American most wanted lists.


In the SE Okija is implemented in every local government and all SE States. Our gorvenors (i.e T. Orji) use the Okija to gain money and to win political campaigns. This is in addition to Inbreeding, child molestation, bank fraud, credit card scam, certificate forgery, internet fraudsters, fettishness/juju, terrorism, thuggery, kidnapping, IPOB touts, etc.

Igboland - The World Capital of Ritual-killings/Kidnapping/Drug mafia/Fake products/ Foggery/ Scame

So much for Igbo ‘businesses’, more like ‘messes’!

Igboland is indeed the undisputed Ritual/ drug dealing Capital of the Whole Wide World.
See the list of the Dark Spots operated by these ‘businessmen’ and bile-filled cretins operating in human forms. Even their cops/Inspector general of police are into kidnapping of innocent rich Yorubas to gain riches. They rape women and held them hostage in secret houses, then they sell their babies to make profit.

1. Enugu
2. Anambra
3. Imo state
4. Onitsha
5. Akwa-Ibom
6. Portharcourt
7. Oshodi
8. Akwa-ibom bridge
9. Abia dirty market
10, Igwurita, Muruokoro, Port Harcourt, Rivers state
11. Ilorin-Oro Road, Kwara state
12. Lokoja-Abuja Expressway, Kogi state
13. Kaduna Eastern By-Pass, Kaduna state
14.The Bank of River Kaduna, Kaduna state
15.Kaduna/Abuja Expressway, Kaduna state
16.Abuja Motor Park,Kaduna
17. Kawo Motor Park,Kaduna
18. The Railway tracks, Kaduna

These demons in human flesh are all over the place committing unspeakable crimes to gain riches.

IGBOS BABY FACTORIES EXPOSED

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/12/exposed-nigeria-s-notorious-baby-factories.html

http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/26/nigeria-army-busts-baby-factory-enugu

http://allafrica.com/stories/201306101203.html

http://www.informationng.com/2014/01/2500-pregnant-teenagers-rescued-from-baby-factories-in-south-east-in-2012-report.html

IGBOS HUMAN FLESH EATING RESTAURANT – No smoke without fire

http://pulse.ng/gist/in-anambra-restaurant-where-human-meat-is-sold-busted-id3767239.html

http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/12/nigeria-human-flesh-served-at-restaurant-in-anambra-4300735/

The kind of Ezes (kings) and leaders Igbos have:

http://globalpatriotnews.com/osuamadi-eze-ndigbo-in-australia-jailed-for-6yrs-for-drugs-offences-others/

http://thenet.kinsta.com/2015/04/igbo-leaders-are-greedy-selfish-etcetera/

http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/04/igbo-leaders-disgrace-etcetera-writes.html

http://saharareporters.com/2015/10/06/selfish-and-greedy-ohaneze-does-not-speak-ndigbo-lauretta-onochie


Igbo RITUALISTS

http://naijagists.com/confession-of-a-ritualist-in-ebonyi-state-i-killed-11-virgins-for-money-ritual/

http://anyaigbo.com/woman-confesses-to-selling-19-kids-to-ritualists/

http://www..com/talk/topic,116739.0.html

http://fashionclothes7..com/2013/07/igbo-ritualist-on-prawlas-police.html

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/africanworldforum/g2jU3knpFbQ

http://www.jakophite.com/209223&igbo-ritualist-don-come-again-oooo-smh.html


IGBO FRAUD, FAKE AND FOGGERY

https://www.facebook.com/Ndi.Igbo/posts/10152161174058409

http://allafrica.com/stories/200508020162.html

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/police-arrest-fake-doctor-in-ebonyi/

http://www.punchng.com/news/abia-varsity-withdraws-kalus-certificate/

http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/jul/25/0014.html

https://www.nairaland.com/48891/igbo-man-arrested-chicago-selling

https://www.nairaland.com/2586535/nafdac-arrest-man-fake-drugs

IGBOS CELEBRATE ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH : THE LAND OF RISING CRIME

https://www.nairaland.com/2556799/igbo-drug-dealers-thailand-celebrate

http://www.news24.com.ng/MyNews24/The-Igbo-false-dimensions-The-Igbo-I-hate-20130901

http://www.gamji.com/article9000/NEWS9177.htm
http://www.academia.edu/204796/_A_tribe_migrates_crime_to_cyber_space_Nigerian_Igbos_in_419_e-mail_scams._

http://saharareporters.com/2013/11/22/igbo-fallacy-fredrick-nwabufo




IGBO DRUG MAFIA

More Abia residents are consuming cocaine, heroin- NDLEA
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/120835-more-abia-residents-are-consuming-cocaine-heroin-ndlea.html


NDLEA names Anambra as den of drug trafficking
http://thenationonlineng.net/ndlea-names-anambra-as-den-of-drug-trafficking/

NDLEA worries over illicit drug trafficking in Anambra
http://www.news24.com.ng/National/News/NDLEA-worries-over-illicit-drug-trafficking-in-Anambra-20150802

Drug trafficking on the rise at Enugu airport, NDLEA says
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/180511-drug-trafficking-on-the-rise-at-enugu-airport-ndlea-says.html

http://www.bellanaija.com/2015/05/04/11-nigerians-currently-on-death-row-in-indonesia-on-drug-related-offences/

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/182216-indonesia-executes-4-nigerians-others-for-drug-convictions.html

http://www.punchng.com/news/five-nigerian-drug-traffickers-arrested-in-india-malaysia/


IGBOS HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST RECORDS OF HIV/AID IN NIGERIA

[img]http://1.bp..com/-X78Y4OGUijA/UueHrnyx3wI/AAAAAAAARe8/VoHVugqBiAU/s1600/Nigerian+states+with+highest+HIV+OR+AIDS.png[/img]

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2985069_1050454nigeriajpgd50bfceece3a4eb5d30b4f78cc8431e4_jpeg799ee8e264de186cde6e282ea32a43ce




I wonder what we shall say of Ojukwu who started a war, stayed in an enclosed chamber throughout the war and then ran to Ivory Coast when the soldiers came running. 

Or the Igbo youths who kept mum when Fulanis killed one of their leaders.

Or igbo king who got flogged at a Yoruba palace, only to then beg the oba for forgiveness.

Or the igbos who did nada but chestbeat when they were deported from Lagos.

Or the igbos who still allow Fulanis to roam their land after boko haram attacks in the North.

Or the igbos who were too much of a coward to take back their lands/possessions from Ijaw clans after the war. 

Or the igbos who were too afraid to speak a government that gave pieces of their land to the SS. 

Let's be honest, Igbos are the true cowards. Unless YOU can face the Yorubas, you're not getting out of NIgeria. They're the true barrier.

Yes, these farmers are speaking out against corrupt kings in the land. What more have your people done to speak against your corrupt politicians and leaders. Keep forming brave online. lol

superstar1:


Is it that you cannot read or you can read but cannot comprehend.

Domestic Passenger Traffic by Airpost shows MMA remains the clear leader with 39% of the total flight, followed by Abuja airport with 33% of the total flight and PH coming 3rd.

For the International Passenger Traffic, MMA is responsible for 69% followed by Abuja, PH and Kano accordingly. Enugu experienced significan decline.

For Cargo, MMA is responsible for 86%.

So what exactly are you trying to point out.

Enugu airport was newly commissioned by GEJ how can you compare the airport to Kano or other international airports? How about domestic airports I hope you saw Imo and Enugu statistics? Then compare wif Ibadan and Akure airports

So igbo and north are the real parasites after all

Me even thoughT anambra and abia with al, their noises will beat the rest, would be higher....cheii ii

See expose

Liquid2Metal:
I think the main focus should be the north. What do they contribute? It's very glaring, what other regions contribute. There support for the Nigerian project is for convenience and benefits, nothing more.

The main focus is the North and the SE........ they're the two poorest regions in Nigeria.

FKO81:

Enugu airport was newly commissioned by GEJ how can you compare the airport to Kano or other international airports? How about domestic airports I hope you saw Imo and Enugu statistics? Then compare wif Ibadan and Akure airports

Enugu is an international airport.

One would think you guys would used an airport you so much made noise about.

IlekeHD:




The main focus is the North and the SE........ they're the two poorest regions in Nigeria.

No wonder stats showed that SW is the least poor region

Cheii oo

superstar1:


Coming from an osu caste and 5th class citizen of the nation, 1st class citizen of the online Republic of Biafra.

I know how it feels to be both a son and grandson to your father, all thanks to the tradition of the great sffersticated tribe

menabadoo:
haa, it's requires energy educating a yoruba dullard, but I'm glad I did.

you must be daft if you think a 40 million naira income has bearing on a 24 billion naira monthly IGR.

You can be civil and yet communicate your views,Akwa ibom was created out of Calabar in 1987, Enugu was created out of Anambra in 1991, I never knew each region in Nigeria ever had its own capital,differently from the federal captial.

AkwaIbomrep1:
u are a foooooool, how old is Akwa ibom meanwhile Enugu was the former capital of the then eastern region , though...in other news...''invest in Akwa ibom ''

totit:


No wonder stats showed that SW is the least poor region

Cheii oo

The SW is not the least poorest, it's the ONLY RICH region.

We still have room for growth tho. we shouldn't celebrate mediocrity.

chinchum:
you must be daft if you think a 40 million naira income has bearing on a 24 billion naira monthly IGR.

now its not my fault if you can't learn fast, I think ewedu is not good for you.

IlekeHD:


The SW is not the least poorest, it's the ONLY RICH region.

We still have room for growth tho. we shouldn't celebrate mediocrity.

I do agree with that as we can do better than these...sure!

Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food.

I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms.

Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony.

After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers.

The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money.

But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.

Progressive and sophisticated governors from southwest really need to think progressive not retrogressive,that's my own you can report me to mod, I have said my own, the first step is to identify problem and second best way to solve it, not hiding my post or illegally prohibit

menabadoo:
now its not my fault if you can't learn fast, I think ewedu is not good for you.

YOU ARE A TROLL, your nuisance value is high up here, i wont come down to your level any further