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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by awesomeb1783(m): 5:50pm On Jan 07, 2016
Your ignorance is laughable. Prof Sagay a quack?maybe you don't know the meaning of the word quack.
drss2:
how did dis mosqito who calls himself prof sagay became a SAN is dat quack lawyer aware dat d right to self determination is enshrine in d united nations chatter on human rights of which d zoo is signatory of d way some pipul talk will one wonder weda some pipul were born with half brain.
how will dis prof feel if he moves in to his uncle's house but began to be treated like a second class member of d family how will he feel if members of d family keep giving him crumps n is made to work day n night like a slave will he like to continue living in dat house when every member of his uncle family treat him like a slave no amount of propaganda will stop d Nnamdi Kanu n ipod from achieving their goals. if Nelson Mandela was treated like an ANC criminal n was listed on america's terrorist list, yet came out bigger than he went to prison, what more of Nnamdi Kanu.
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by chuose: 5:54pm On Jan 07, 2016
Nawa4nl:

Your divide and rule ways are no more working. angry
We have woken up to the fact that we have nothing in common with the south-west! angry
So una dey fear, una suppose fear grin grin

Na true talk oh!

The Yoruba people dey fear well well, the North dey Sh*t for them pant.

We dont speak yoruba in the Niger Delta.
Many of us speak Igbo and intermarry with them.

We feel at home with the igbos and regret our mistake of the civil war.


Our soups are similar, they dont siphon our oil.

We own the land where the oil is, but the Fulanis own the oil blocks.
why we no go vex ?

Igbo people make no mistake many of us from the South-South stand with you.
The Yoruba;s stand with North, Please allow us to stand with the South-East.

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by advocates: 5:59pm On Jan 07, 2016
crestedaguiyi:
another fool on rampage.

You should be thankful to Nnamdi Kanu who asked Igbo youths no to go out and vote and that clearly manifested in the number of accredited voters in the whole of south east.

if the south east had voted in their numbers like they used to do, would you be here today talking trash.

the vote cast in the whole of the south east was not up to those of some boko haram ravaged states in the north yet you say they rigged the election, did they rig the election for Jonathan in the north or west.

was there snatching of ballot boxes or violence in the south east during the presidential elections, Just thank Nnamdi Kanu and enjoy the benfit of his instructions while it last.

stupid parasite

It's obvious you are pained. The secession protest is simply a fall out of PMB victory. They Inbox demonstrated how politically immature they were to have unreservably thrown their weight behind Good luck without calculation, now they want to use IPod to renegotiate through the back door.

Even if all the igbos in the world voted for Good luck, he would have still be floored. And so, your argument is baseless.

One thing I forsee is that, this miscalculation will continue to hunt the igbos for a long time as regard politics at the centre. Now, their action is plain to every Nigerian where the interest of the igbos lies. Lies and deceit cannot get them anywhere, the earlier they start building bridges, the better.

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by BushidoBlue(m): 6:04pm On Jan 07, 2016
obayaya:
Prof. Sagay is just blabbing to please his paymasters..

South East was rigged for PDP? That's the height of it.. when Abia gave PDP less than 400k votes despite voter population of 1.3 m

Anambra gave PDP 600k votes despite voter population of 1.9 m

Enugu gave PDP 500k votes despite voter population of 1.3 m

Ebonyi gave PDP 300k votes despite voter population of 1 m

Imo gave PDP 500k votes despite voter population of 1.7 m.

Does this look like rigged figures?

Prof. Sagay has affirmed John W. Gardner's statement that "The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."

Nigeria is such a society Gardner was talking about.. and Sagay is one of the shoddy philosophers.

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by Buhari4dullard: 6:11pm On Jan 07, 2016
DEAR YORUBA AND HAUSA PEOPLE!

YOU ALWAYS CLASSIFY US AS IBO PEOPLE FROM TIME.

MAJOR KADUNA NZEOGWU WHO LED THE FIRST COUP WAS FROM DELTA STATE , YET HE WAS CALLED IBO.

ROTIMI AMAECHI CHIBUIKE'S NAMES AMAECHI & CHIBUIKE ARE IBO

GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKWE JONATHAN NAMES EBELE & AZIKWE ARE IBO

PETER ODILI NAMES ODILI IS IBO

MANY OF US IN THE NIGER DELTA SPEAK IBO!

THE CHAIRMAN OF NNPC KAICHUKWU IS DELTA YET HE IS CALLED IBO

WE HAVE MARRIED MANY IBO GIRLS.

THEY TOO HAVE MARRIED MANY IKWERRE, CALABAR ETC TO NAME A FEW GIRLS

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ONE PEOPLE WITH IGBO PEOPLE!



WE FEEL DIFFERENT FROM THE YORUBA MAN THAT IS SO TRIBILIST
WE DONT LIKE THE HAUSAMAN WHO COMES WITH A PIECE OF PAPER TO SAY HE OWNS WHAT IS IN OUR OWN ANCESTORS LAND!

SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE IBOS THEY ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH US

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by SoNature(m): 6:11pm On Jan 07, 2016
tuale4u:
I agree with sagay completely.

thank God Prof Itse sagay is from delta state and south south.\
This further proof South South are not willing to be part of crazy Biafra.
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Igbo Marginalisation is a Big Fat Lie. It is Just a Propaganda
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There has been a lot of shout of marginalisation by South East part of Nigeria since after May 29th, 2015. This is a lie that have been said too long which is now looking like true because others have refused to come out and correct this big lie. I will like to address most of the points use in spreading this lie. What we have in Nigeria is tribal competition and not Marginalisation.

1. They Claim Igbo need to score like 70% while the North need to score 5% to gain admission to Federal govt Secondary School

This point is highly flawed. First of all, the requirement of high cut off mark for admission in Federal govt Secondary School is not limited to South East. South west (Yoruba) and South South also require high cut off to gain same admission. This in itself is not marginalization. This in itself is an inclusion policy in order to ensure the educational weak North still have access to Federal govt College. Despite the cut off differences, South east, south west and south south still dominate the federal govt colleges admission. I believe it would have been marginalisation if we subject the north to the the same cut off as us in the south. Because they would not have been able to compete because they are weak in educational capacity. Policy of inclusion and diversity is a global practice. Multinationals companies are compelled to include people of all race, disability, religion, sexual orientation and gender in their workforce. This is a United Nation mandate. This means there is a minimum percentage of a group of people that must be in the workforce even if there are more capable people in another group to fill up the space. A society that have no space for the weak is not a fair and just society.

2. The North dominate Federal Civil Service due to quota system

This is another big lie. It has been proven than Imo State has the highest number of federal civil servant followed by kogi and Ogun state in Nigeria. By geopolitical zone, south west has the highest, followed by North central, south south third, south east fourth, North west and north east are the last two. The south is 61% of the total Nigeria federal civil servant while the north is 39%. The only thing I may agree with is that some northerners may have risen faster than some of their southern colleagues. However this has been highly corrected in the last 16 years of Democracy. In the last 16years the South has been in Position of President for 13years and the North 3years. As at May 29th, 2015 there were more permanent secretaries of southern origin than northerners. Currently the head of civil service is a southern woman from Cross river State.

3. Federal road in South east are bad because of marginalization.

This is another lie. Marginalization is not responsible for bad state of south east federal road. Two factors are responsible. Soil type and corruption. In the last 16years almost all the ministers of work have been from south south. From Tony Anenih, to odion Ugbesia to Mike Onolimemhen. Who among this people will want to marginalised south east? To bring my point home on the issue of soil type and corruption, Onitsha -Owerri road was completed less than 8years ago, today the road is already dilapidated. if you spend the same money used for that road in a northern road, it will last 20years or more. Instead of the contractors to do the road by putting the soil type into consideration, because of corruption the roads are poorly done and money are pocketed. If you go and find out who the contractors are you will discover that there are a lot of southerners involve in sharing the money.

4. South east is marginalized because of Unemployment and poverty
This is another twisted statement. I believe there are more poverty and unemployment in the North than in the South. The truth is that unemployment in Nigeria is a national problem. There is poverty everywhere in Nigeria. Unemployed youth are all over the country.

5. There are more northerners in NNPC than Southerners
This is another big lie. There are no more northerners in NNPC. Actually there are slightly more southerners in NNPC. NNPC usually recruit many of their staffs by quota system. Today we have 19 northern states and 17 southern state. This will make it appear you will have slighty more northerners. This may be true before 1999. But since Gaus Obaseki from Edo state became NNPC GMD, he changed the recruitment structure. While about 60% of recruitment are still base on quota system, about 40% are base on merit. This has greatly changed the statistics of NNPC staffs. And also in general in the Oil and gas industries, more than 70% of the staffs are southerners. Yoruba and Igbo dominate the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Those of us from south south even feel marginalized by Yoruba and Igbo when it come to oil and gas Job

6. South east is marginalised because they have five(5) states while others have six (6) states.
This is more of political competition than marginalization. About 13 Northern states each are bigger in size than all the South East states combined. Kogi state is the 13th biggest state in Nigeria. Kogi State size is 29833km sq. If you add up the size of all the south east state it is 29095km sq. Thus the whole south east combined is approximately the same size with Oyo State, the 14th biggest state in Nigeria. The whole of south east is one-third of South south. The argument mostly put forward by Igbo on this topic is that state should be shared by population only and size should not be considered. With the small size of south east in relative to other region, south east is suppose to have maximum of 3 states. It is the consideration of the population and their political strength that makes it 5 states. I believe the population has been strongly considered.

7. Igbo Presidency
This is another area where you hear plenty lie on marginalization propanganda. In other to fully discuss this issue we need to look at Nigeria history briefly. In the beginning of Independence in 1960, Nigeria politics was dominated by Igbo and Hausa/Fulani. The Yoruba were the one who were playing Opposition. From 1960 to 1966 before the first coup, Nigeria federal govt was more Hausa and Igbo government at the centre. While Tafawa balewa was prime minister , Nnamdi Azikiwe was President (though ceremonial but he was number one citizen of the country). Then came the first coup which made Igbo man the First Military head of State of Nigeria. After that, it became from one coup to another which was dominated by the North. This in itself was not marginalization. It was simply dog eat dog affair and purely military affair and power struggle. Then came democracy in 1979 to 1983, this again became Hausa and Igbo government. Yoruba was now the opposition. after that came coup. Yes the military govt became northern dominated. but I cant call it marginalization because this were simply power struggle among opportunist. Then came 1999 and democracy. There was a kind of gentleman agreement or understanding of power sharing from south to North. We must understand that the power sharing was not by geopolitical zone but by region. Obasanjo who is from south did 8 years, the govt moved to North in the name of Yar adua. from North it came to south through Jonathan who did approximately 6 years. From Jonathan it went to the North through Buhari. If Buhari do his 8 years it will come to the South again in 2023. This in itself have been very fair and just. Nigeria democracy from 1999 has been fair to both North and South. By 2023, South East need to play the right politics for them to get presidency in 2023. Because 2023 presidency is for the south not for the south east. As far as the Northern part of Nigeria is concern, 2023 should be southern presidency. The truth is that South East, South West and South South will compete for it. Nobody will just give you the presidency just like that without you playing the right politics. If Igbo continue to make almost every other part of Nigeria their enemy, south south or south west will get 2023 presidency. Should South west or South South win 2023 presidency nobody can call it marginalization. It is the same Igbo that are claiming marginalization who are Supporting Wike an Ikwrere man in Rivers state. From Omehia, to Amaechi to Wike are all Ikwerre. Ikwerre and upland have been ruling rivers state for 17 years now (Since 1999). Yet the greatest supporters of Wike (an Ikwerre and upland) are Igbo in rivers state. This is one big hippocracy. You claim you are politically marginalised yet you are promoting exactly the same thing in rivers state. Just as I said, losing in a political competition is not marginalization. Wike (upland) winning dakuku (riverine) is not marginalization but political competition.


In summary, there is only one form of marginalization in Nigeria. That is the marginalization of the masses by the political class. Where the political class eat fat while the masses are left to die in squalor.

Who has your time? I bu aturu!

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by rabbaba: 6:12pm On Jan 07, 2016
It shall never be well with u sagay as ur name sound like gay so u are may u never see good in ur life. May ur right b taken from u. Is it by force to b a nigeria? May God kill u b4 ur time. Idiot fool

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by Nobody: 6:14pm On Jan 07, 2016
ify2016:
You don mean it?

Myopic brain

50% indeed. Liars

Federal appointments go far beyond ministers.

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by NOETHNICITY(m): 6:14pm On Jan 07, 2016
drss2:

how will dis prof feel if he moves in to his uncle's house but began to be treated like a second class member of d family how will he feel if members of d family keep giving him crumps n is made to work day n night like a slave will he like to continue living in dat house when every member of his uncle family treat him like a slave?
Exactly how and who is being treated like a 2nd class citizen?
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by ElCapone(m): 6:14pm On Jan 07, 2016
crestedaguiyi:
another fool on rampage.

You should be thankful to Nnamdi Kanu who asked Igbo youths no to go out and vote and that clearly manifested in the number of accredited voters in the whole of south east.

if the south east had voted in their numbers like they used to do, would you be here today talking trash.

the vote cast in the whole of the south east was not up to those of some boko haram ravaged states in the north yet you say they rigged the election, did they rig the election for Jonathan in the north or west.

was there snatching of ballot boxes or violence in the south east during the presidential elections, Just thank Nnamdi Kanu and enjoy the benfit of his instructions while it last.

stupid parasite

Yhu just listen to ur self, yhu refused to vote and still wanted jonathan to win abi. Abeg go and sit down, he was foolish to have adviced yhu nt to vote cos buhari wld never allow u guys to even secceed self.
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by silibaba: 6:17pm On Jan 07, 2016
Nossa:
the Sagay of a man is a scumbag

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by Eluwilussit(m): 6:21pm On Jan 07, 2016
abduljabbar4:


You should understand that its not about proving Igbos wrong or right but about MERITS. Since he began by appointing Northerners? Why didnt the South westerners and the south southerners complain? Dont forget that you gave him only 5% and you are expecting him to give you 90% ?

You need to understand that we are in the 21st century. Freedom can be achieved without a single drop of blood. Just follow the right procedure and fiam! Freedom will be granted. If you think Namdi Kanu's way will give you freedom then you are only decieving yourselves. Sit down, call all your relatives in other parts of Nigeria and have a referendum and fiam! Biafra is here

PMB can't even give the north 95%. Nobody is asking for 95%. As for those agitating for Biafra, they alone know what their reasons are. You and I may think that they are deceiving themselves but don't forget that that's exactly how sharia started in th north. Then Boko Haram followed.

Some enemies, you ignore. Some you bribe with gold. Some you convert through logic and stronger argument. Yet others you may need to exterminate. Choosing your battles and knowing your enemies are two key ways to victory. Don't fight a battle that is not necessary. War is not always an option, even for a seasoned general.

Right now, going the way of late Madiba would seem to be the right thing. This isn't the time for blames and war. This is reconciliation time. A time to build a United Nigeria. A time to pull together.

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by back2sender: 6:26pm On Jan 07, 2016
byteHead:



Constitutional lawyer and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) on Thursday came down hard on proponents of the agitation of Biafra Republic, saying they are doing so for selfish reasons.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent on why the agitation for Biafra became so serious after former president Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure, Sagay said those clamouring for Biafra are doing so in order to intimidate President Muhammadu Buhari into giving the Igbos positions they don’t deserve having rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration.

Describing the Igbos as die-hard loyalists of Jonathan, he said the Igbos who occupied 50 percent of federal positions in the country under the Jonathan administration resorted to rigging for the PDP in the last general elections.

According to him, having lost out due to their lack of principle, opportunism and rigging, the Igbos decided to resurrect Biafra as a ploy to negotiate with the federal government for appointments they don’t deserve.

“I have been studying elections very closely in this country since 2007. The Igbos were committed to Goodluck Jonathan. But they didn’t leave it at that just convince people to vote for him”.

“They decided to rig for PDP and Jonathan. They did that yet, the party still lost out at the federal level. So, they lost out”.

“If you look at Jonathan’s government, the Igbos were in almost 50 percent of positions in this country. But they lost out because of their rigging and opportunism and lack of principle”.

“And now they want to take it out on Buhari by resurrecting Biafra. They want to intimidate Buhari so much. They will now want to negotiate with them and start giving them things and positions they don’t deserve. That is intimidation and threat for no just cause”

“In summary, they rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration and they are not prepared to accept the consequence of their own actions” he said.



http://dailyindependentnig.com/2016/01/igbo-intimidating-buhari-biafra-get-appointments-sagay/
What did they do with the 50%? Looting without any development in Biafra undertaken. Now they are coming for, Godd punish una papa
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by chiedu7: 6:28pm On Jan 07, 2016
Buhari4dullard:
DEAR YORUBA AND HAUSA PEOPLE!

YOU ALWAYS CLASSIFY US AS IBO PEOPLE FROM TIME.

MAJOR KADUNA NZEOGWU WHO LED THE FIRST COUP WAS FROM DELTA STATE , YET HE WAS CALLED IBO.

ROTIMI AMAECHI CHIBUIKE'S NAMES AMAECHI & CHIBUIKE ARE IBO

GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKWE JONATHAN NAMES EBELE & AZIKWE ARE IBO

PETER ODILI NAMES ODILI IS IBO

MANY OF US IN THE NIGER DELTA SPEAK IBO!

THE CHAIRMAN OF NNPC KAICHUKWU IS DELTA YET HE IS CALLED IBO

WE HAVE MARRIED MANY IBO GIRLS.

THEY TOO HAVE MARRIED MANY IKWERRE, CALABAR ETC TO NAME A FEW GIRLS

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ONE PEOPLE WITH IGBO PEOPLE!



WE FEEL DIFFERENT FROM THE YORUBA MAN THAT IS SO TRIBILIST
WE DONT LIKE THE HAUSAMAN WHO COMES WITH A PIECE OF PAPER TO SAY HE OWNS WHAT IS IN OUR OWN ANCESTORS LAND!

SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE IBOS THEY ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH US
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Fellow Nigerians the bane of the south-south pain is the following
"WE DONT LIKE THE HAUSAMAN WHO COMES WITH A PIECE OF PAPER TO SAY HE OWNS WHAT IS IN OUR OWN ANCESTORS LAND!"

Can anybody blame them?[/size]

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by Lumiere91: 6:30pm On Jan 07, 2016
[fool,so you let other people do you thinking for abi,akpa amu=]another fool on rampage.

You should be thankful to Nnamdi Kanu who asked Igbo youths no to go out and vote and that clearly manifested in the number of accredited voters in the whole of south east.

if the south east had voted in their numbers like they used to do, would you be here today talking trash.

the vote cast in the whole of the south east was not up to those of some boko haram ravaged states in the north yet you say they rigged the election, did they rig the election for Jonathan in the north or west.

was there snatching of ballot boxes or violence in the south east during the presidential elections, Just thank Nnamdi Kanu and enjoy the benfit of his instructions while it last.

stupid parasite

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by Justicealh3(m): 6:33pm On Jan 07, 2016
End Time Igboans Kwonpheshun.
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by osimataylor(m): 6:47pm On Jan 07, 2016
tuale4u:
I agree with sagay completely.

thank God Prof Itse sagay is from delta state and south south.\
This further proof South South are not willing to be part of crazy Biafra.
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Igbo Marginalisation is a Big Fat Lie. It is Just a Propaganda
[/size]

There has been a lot of shout of marginalisation by South East part of Nigeria since after May 29th, 2015. This is a lie that have been said too long which is now looking like true because others have refused to come out and correct this big lie. I will like to address most of the points use in spreading this lie. What we have in Nigeria is tribal competition and not Marginalisation.

1. They Claim Igbo need to score like 70% while the North need to score 5% to gain admission to Federal govt Secondary School

This point is highly flawed. First of all, the requirement of high cut off mark for admission in Federal govt Secondary School is not limited to South East. South west (Yoruba) and South South also require high cut off to gain same admission. This in itself is not marginalization. This in itself is an inclusion policy in order to ensure the educational weak North still have access to Federal govt College. Despite the cut off differences, South east, south west and south south still dominate the federal govt colleges admission. I believe it would have been marginalisation if we subject the north to the the same cut off as us in the south. Because they would not have been able to compete because they are weak in educational capacity. Policy of inclusion and diversity is a global practice. Multinationals companies are compelled to include people of all race, disability, religion, sexual orientation and gender in their workforce. This is a United Nation mandate. This means there is a minimum percentage of a group of people that must be in the workforce even if there are more capable people in another group to fill up the space. A society that have no space for the weak is not a fair and just society.

2. The North dominate Federal Civil Service due to quota system

This is another big lie. It has been proven than Imo State has the highest number of federal civil servant followed by kogi and Ogun state in Nigeria. By geopolitical zone, south west has the highest, followed by North central, south south third, south east fourth, North west and north east are the last two. The south is 61% of the total Nigeria federal civil servant while the north is 39%. The only thing I may agree with is that some northerners may have risen faster than some of their southern colleagues. However this has been highly corrected in the last 16 years of Democracy. In the last 16years the South has been in Position of President for 13years and the North 3years. As at May 29th, 2015 there were more permanent secretaries of southern origin than northerners. Currently the head of civil service is a southern woman from Cross river State.

3. Federal road in South east are bad because of marginalization.

This is another lie. Marginalization is not responsible for bad state of south east federal road. Two factors are responsible. Soil type and corruption. In the last 16years almost all the ministers of work have been from south south. From Tony Anenih, to odion Ugbesia to Mike Onolimemhen. Who among this people will want to marginalised south east? To bring my point home on the issue of soil type and corruption, Onitsha -Owerri road was completed less than 8years ago, today the road is already dilapidated. if you spend the same money used for that road in a northern road, it will last 20years or more. Instead of the contractors to do the road by putting the soil type into consideration, because of corruption the roads are poorly done and money are pocketed. If you go and find out who the contractors are you will discover that there are a lot of southerners involve in sharing the money.

4. South east is marginalized because of Unemployment and poverty
This is another twisted statement. I believe there are more poverty and unemployment in the North than in the South. The truth is that unemployment in Nigeria is a national problem. There is poverty everywhere in Nigeria. Unemployed youth are all over the country.

5. There are more northerners in NNPC than Southerners
This is another big lie. There are no more northerners in NNPC. Actually there are slightly more southerners in NNPC. NNPC usually recruit many of their staffs by quota system. Today we have 19 northern states and 17 southern state. This will make it appear you will have slighty more northerners. This may be true before 1999. But since Gaus Obaseki from Edo state became NNPC GMD, he changed the recruitment structure. While about 60% of recruitment are still base on quota system, about 40% are base on merit. This has greatly changed the statistics of NNPC staffs. And also in general in the Oil and gas industries, more than 70% of the staffs are southerners. Yoruba and Igbo dominate the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Those of us from south south even feel marginalized by Yoruba and Igbo when it come to oil and gas Job

6. South east is marginalised because they have five(5) states while others have six (6) states.
This is more of political competition than marginalization. About 13 Northern states each are bigger in size than all the South East states combined. Kogi state is the 13th biggest state in Nigeria. Kogi State size is 29833km sq. If you add up the size of all the south east state it is 29095km sq. Thus the whole south east combined is approximately the same size with Oyo State, the 14th biggest state in Nigeria. The whole of south east is one-third of South south. The argument mostly put forward by Igbo on this topic is that state should be shared by population only and size should not be considered. With the small size of south east in relative to other region, south east is suppose to have maximum of 3 states. It is the consideration of the population and their political strength that makes it 5 states. I believe the population has been strongly considered.

7. Igbo Presidency
This is another area where you hear plenty lie on marginalization propanganda. In other to fully discuss this issue we need to look at Nigeria history briefly. In the beginning of Independence in 1960, Nigeria politics was dominated by Igbo and Hausa/Fulani. The Yoruba were the one who were playing Opposition. From 1960 to 1966 before the first coup, Nigeria federal govt was more Hausa and Igbo government at the centre. While Tafawa balewa was prime minister , Nnamdi Azikiwe was President (though ceremonial but he was number one citizen of the country). Then came the first coup which made Igbo man the First Military head of State of Nigeria. After that, it became from one coup to another which was dominated by the North. This in itself was not marginalization. It was simply dog eat dog affair and purely military affair and power struggle. Then came democracy in 1979 to 1983, this again became Hausa and Igbo government. Yoruba was now the opposition. after that came coup. Yes the military govt became northern dominated. but I cant call it marginalization because this were simply power struggle among opportunist. Then came 1999 and democracy. There was a kind of gentleman agreement or understanding of power sharing from south to North. We must understand that the power sharing was not by geopolitical zone but by region. Obasanjo who is from south did 8 years, the govt moved to North in the name of Yar adua. from North it came to south through Jonathan who did approximately 6 years. From Jonathan it went to the North through Buhari. If Buhari do his 8 years it will come to the South again in 2023. This in itself have been very fair and just. Nigeria democracy from 1999 has been fair to both North and South. By 2023, South East need to play the right politics for them to get presidency in 2023. Because 2023 presidency is for the south not for the south east. As far as the Northern part of Nigeria is concern, 2023 should be southern presidency. The truth is that South East, South West and South South will compete for it. Nobody will just give you the presidency just like that without you playing the right politics. If Igbo continue to make almost every other part of Nigeria their enemy, south south or south west will get 2023 presidency. Should South west or South South win 2023 presidency nobody can call it marginalization. It is the same Igbo that are claiming marginalization who are Supporting Wike an Ikwrere man in Rivers state. From Omehia, to Amaechi to Wike are all Ikwerre. Ikwerre and upland have been ruling rivers state for 17 years now (Since 1999). Yet the greatest supporters of Wike (an Ikwerre and upland) are Igbo in rivers state. This is one big hippocracy. You claim you are politically marginalised yet you are promoting exactly the same thing in rivers state. Just as I said, losing in a political competition is not marginalization. Wike (upland) winning dakuku (riverine) is not marginalization but political competition.


In summary, there is only one form of marginalization in Nigeria. That is the marginalization of the masses by the political class. Where the political class eat fat while the masses are left to die in squalor.
Resident naira land Apc apologists. In the situation room doing the hatchet job for their pay masters. So easy to recognize them.
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by chuose: 6:50pm On Jan 07, 2016
[size=14pt]Yoruba people make me laugh!

They want ibo to leave Lagos but dont want them to leave Nigeria.

Then Ibo say people they are leaving Nigeria and we will join them
all the yoruba's get scared.
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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by SeanDada1(m): 6:50pm On Jan 07, 2016
byteHead:



Constitutional lawyer and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) on Thursday came down hard on proponents of the agitation of Biafra Republic, saying they are doing so for selfish reasons.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent on why the agitation for Biafra became so serious after former president Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure, Sagay said those clamouring for Biafra are doing so in order to intimidate President Muhammadu Buhari into giving the Igbos positions they don’t deserve having rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration.

Describing the Igbos as die-hard loyalists of Jonathan, he said the Igbos who occupied 50 percent of federal positions in the country under the Jonathan administration resorted to rigging for the PDP in the last general elections.

According to him, having lost out due to their lack of principle, opportunism and rigging, the Igbos decided to resurrect Biafra as a ploy to negotiate with the federal government for appointments they don’t deserve.

“I have been studying elections very closely in this country since 2007. The Igbos were committed to Goodluck Jonathan. But they didn’t leave it at that just convince people to vote for him”.

“They decided to rig for PDP and Jonathan. They did that yet, the party still lost out at the federal level. So, they lost out”.

“If you look at Jonathan’s government, the Igbos were in almost 50 percent of positions in this country. But they lost out because of their rigging and opportunism and lack of principle”.

“And now they want to take it out on Buhari by resurrecting Biafra. They want to intimidate Buhari so much. They will now want to negotiate with them and start giving them things and positions they don’t deserve. That is intimidation and threat for no just cause”

“In summary, they rigged themselves out of contention in the present administration and they are not prepared to accept the consequence of their own actions” he said.



http://dailyindependentnig.com/2016/01/igbo-intimidating-buhari-biafra-get-appointments-sagay/

A Cantankerous and lame statement from an Elder statesman! Hitting up the polity unjustly!!

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by tayejay(m): 6:57pm On Jan 07, 2016
ify2016:
You don mean it?

Myopic brain

50% indeed. Liars

Are ministerial appointments d only federal government appointments... I am sure u are not daft and most have deliberately hidden other facts.... how about heads of parastatals and agencies? Bring that on too

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by jmaine: 7:02pm On Jan 07, 2016
obayaya:
Prof. Sagay is just blabbing to please his paymasters..

South East was rigged for PDP? That's the height of it.. when Abia gave PDP less than 400k votes despite voter population of 1.3 m

Anambra gave PDP 600k votes despite voter population of 1.9 m

Enugu gave PDP 500k votes despite voter population of 1.3 m

Ebonyi gave PDP 300k votes despite voter population of 1 m

Imo gave PDP 500k votes despite voter population of 1.7 m.

Does this look like rigged figures?

Prof. Sagay has affirmed John W. Gardner's statement that "The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."

Nigeria is such a society Gardner was talking about.. and Sagay is one of the shoddy philosophers.

The Prof. is a complete disgrace . . .I now firmly believe he gave that interview he later disclaimed . . . . . . More like senility is taking a hold on him . . . . .

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by ify2016: 7:08pm On Jan 07, 2016
ChristStriker:


You Forgot to add Ibeh Kachikwu who is minister of State for Petroleum.
He is from South South slowpoke

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by BushidoBlue(m): 7:16pm On Jan 07, 2016
Eluwilussit:


PMB can't even give the north 95%. Nobody is asking for 95%. As for those agitating for Biafra, they alone know what their reasons are. You and I may think that they are deceiving themselves but don't forget that that's exactly how sharia started in th north. Then Boko Haram followed.

Some enemies, you ignore. Some you bribe with gold. Some you convert through logic and stronger argument. Yet others you may need to exterminate. Choosing your battles and knowing your enemies are two key ways to victory. Don't fight a battle that is not necessary. War is not always an option, even for a seasoned general.

Right now, going the way of late Madiba would seem to be the right thing. This isn't the time for blames and war. This is reconciliation time. A time to build a United Nigeria. A time to pull together.

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by cckris: 7:18pm On Jan 07, 2016
jmaine:


The Prof. is a complete disgrace . . .I now firmly believe he gave that interview he later disclaimed . . . . . . More like senility is taking a hold on him . . . . .
The mad Prof said he doesn't believe in 'unModerated Democracy', meaning he wants General Buhari to become the Moderator of Nigeria. Just because of one junior appointment, by which he reports to lawyers that are his juniors by all counts. HungerBad no be small.
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by jmaine: 7:24pm On Jan 07, 2016
cckris:

The mad Prof said he doesn't believe in 'unModerated Democracy', meaning he wants General Buhari to become the Moderator of Nigeria. Just because of one junior appointment, by which he reports to lawyers that are his juniors by all counts. HungerBad no be small.

It was his accomplice Prof. Femi ODE - kunle who vomited that rubbish. Bunch of pathetic old men . . . . .
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by loomer: 7:26pm On Jan 07, 2016
Rather dan make una dey give these igbo people more reasons to wanna stay in nigeria una go dey use una comments dey cause division and enmity.

Catalonians dey hustle for independence but we no dey hear hate speeches from spain
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by ify2016: 7:28pm On Jan 07, 2016
tayejay:


Are ministerial appointments d only federal government appointments... I am sure u are not daft and most have deliberately hidden other facts.... how about heads of parastatals and agencies? Bring that on too

Who now is daft? Check it and score yourself. Fish skull like you.

Don't forget that Igbos were also left out in major federal appointments. They were all answerable to the ministers .

Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by cream1: 7:38pm On Jan 07, 2016
NgeneUkwenu:


Even the quoted above, Muhammadu Okechukwu EnyiKaNwanne Buhari has shown us magnanimity in Victory by appointing/Still appointing our Sons and Daughters into Strategic and Important posts in this administration.

Just Take A Look At The Ones Below:

Chris Ngige (Minister Of Labour): He is going take care of the teeming Jobless IPOB Youth residing On Nairaland, who still dwell on the fantasy Country of Nnamdi Kanu.

OkeChukwu Enelemahsad Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment): Now all the indigenous and local industries dotting the land of South East and beyond owned by the Igbos will receive the financial and technical supported needed to compete with their counterparts abroad.

Geoffrey Onyeama- (Minister of Foreign Affairs) This automatically put Ndigbo in the World map. At least we now have something to brag about.

Ogbonnaya Onu (Minister Of Science and Technology) All the craftsmen, local technicians, and all the local fabrication companies abound in ABA and Onitsha will be giving a lift courtesy of our son (ONU).

So I ask again just like Buhari: What else do the IPOB want?

U just showed how shall ur brain is. how is appointing ministers now a favor cause if he likes it or not constitutionally he must appoint ministers from each state. Why don't you ask, the appointments he made that was not constitutionally regulated in whose favourite did it go. It's obvious that Igbos are endangered species in Nigeria.

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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by plaetton: 7:38pm On Jan 07, 2016
obayaya:
Prof. Sagay is just blabbing to please his paymasters..

South East was rigged for PDP? That's the height of it.. when Abia gave PDP less than 400k votes despite voter population of 1.3 m

Anambra gave PDP 600k votes despite voter population of 1.9 m

Enugu gave PDP 500k votes despite voter population of 1.3 m

Ebonyi gave PDP 300k votes despite voter population of 1 m

Imo gave PDP 500k votes despite voter population of 1.7 m.

Does this look like rigged figures?

Prof. Sagay has affirmed John W. Gardner's statement that "The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."

Nigeria is such a society Gardner was talking about.. and Sagay is one of the shoddy philosophers.

The shoddiness our so-called intellectual class, from Soyinka to Tam David West , and now this drunken parrot, is a source of great embarrassment.
Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by Sonsquest: 7:43pm On Jan 07, 2016
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Re: Igbo Intimidating Buhari With Biafra To Get Appointments – Sagay by Nobody: 7:48pm On Jan 07, 2016
A look into Obasanjo and Jonathan's government as well and it becomes more glaring Ibo are not marginalized. Added to that is the fact that they have trod the path consciously chosen by them.

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