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Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by Bammydele83: 4:59pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
There is no doubt at all that there is a strand in contemporary Igbo behaviour that can offend; by its noisy exhibitionism and disregard for humility and quietness" .............Chinua Achebe. Most Igbos says they are the people that developed Lagos and made Lagos what it is today. They say without Igbos, Lagos is finished. And I keep wondering, how has Igbos helped in shaping and developing Lagos. Lets get the fact right, Igbos didn't develop Lagos rather, it was Lagos that shaped and made the Igbos what they are today. Without igbos in Lagos, Lagos will remain Lagos and without Lagos, most Igbos may likely be nothing. Reason for my assertion is that most giant and top companies that attracts millions of people across the country to Lagos are not owned by the Igbos so, how has Igbos shaped and developed Lagos? These are the achievements and economic advancement Igbos gave Lagos and Lagosians; Tokunbo and Fake Spare Parts at Ladipo Market, China Electronics and pirated CDs at Alaba market, bend-down select cloths at Idumota and yaba and kotangowa market, Chinese and Tokunbo computers accessories and phones at Computer village Ikeja are Igbos economical achievement and contribution to Lagos. In fact, most Igbos are causing nuisance in Lagos. A visit to these markets will tell you the amount of nuisance that Most Igbos has caused in Lagos. The environmental pollution caused by waste of all sorts, they are dirty, stinking, rough, erection of illegal shops on road, on pipeline and railway lines are encouraged in this market places that causes traffic gridlock and other dangerous acts and when Lagos state government dismantle this illegal shops, they get angry, if Lagos state government close their shops for environmental violation, they pick offence. How then has the Igbos developed Lagos? My take is this, PZ, COCA-COLA, 7UP, CADBURY, MTN, ZAIN, GLO, ETISALAT, DANGOTE, SHOP-RITES, GOLDEN PENNY, FLOUR MILL, INDOMIE, UNILEVER, P&G, CHI LIMITED, GUINNESS, NIGERIA BREWERIES, OANDO, CONOIL, TOTAL, MOBIL, CHEVRON, SHELL, AQUADANA, KFC, EKO HOTEL, INTER CONTINENTAL HOTEL, PROTEA HOTEL, JULIUS BERGER, RCC CONSTRUCTION, NESTLE, KPMG, GSK, FRISLAND FOOD, WAMCO, BRITISH AMERICA TOBACCO, FLOUR MILL, SCHLUBEGER, AIT, SILVERBIRD TV, CHANNELS TV, LARFARGE, etc. are not own by the Igbos. These companies are what attracts millions of people to Lagos. Igbos shouldn't lay claim that they develop a place by becoming nuisance. Most of the top churches in Lagos are not also owned by Igbos. House on the Rock, Redeem, Christ Embassy, Deeper life, living faith, MFM, etc are not owned by Igbos, the church that are own by an Igbo are TREM and The Lord Chosen church. Records shows that 75% of robbery cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 85% of ritual cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 60% of drug cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 70% of fraud cases in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 90% of pirated CDs in Lagos are carried out by Igbos, 60% of fake and Adulterated drugs in Lagos that has kill thousands of Lagosians are carried out by Igbos, in fact, most of the crimes in Lagos are link to the Igbos so how has Igbos developed Lagos when they can't get their hands off crimes. The truth is that Igbos should be grateful that the Yorubas accommodate them in Lagos peacefully, they shouldn't take the Meekness and kindness of the Yorubas for granted. Igbos didn't make Lagos but its Lagos that made Igbos. 19 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by kolomax(m): 5:07pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Op hmmm the ban that await you no go be here 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by Allen97(m): 5:08pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
lol its asiv u hate igbo's... wel its nt my business critize wif conscience abeg... no tribe is perfct 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by 60xtr99r: 5:19pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Igbos In Lagos State: My Experience, By Senator Adeseye ogunlewe Lagos State belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Idoma, Urhobo, Itshekiri, Edo, and so on who live in it, pay tax, identify with it, and settle in it. That compact was made the moment Nigeria became a single nation, and a successor power to the old principalities who were subdued and who ceded their sovereignty for the new commonwealth of Nigeria . It was pragmatic. The Igbo had the skill and the industry, and Lagos was the seat of the Federal Government of Nigeria and its major port. The Igbo have lived in Lagos since the 15th century when the Aro and other Igbo first settled in good number in a place we nowcall “Oyingbo” in the era of Benin and the Portuguese trade. The arrival of Dr. Namdi Azikiwe to Lagos in 1937 from Accra after his studies in the United States, stimulated the political and cultural environment of Lagos as no other has before or after him. Zik literally resurrected the wizard of Kirsten hall from political death. Zik represented Lagos in the western house. The NCNC was the power in Lagos , and not the Action Group. The Igbo were prominent in the governance of Lagos in the Lagos City Hall. The institutional development of Lagos – the railways, the ports andship yards; the education and research facilities; the Banking and Commodities Exchange, the development of towns like Yaba, Surulere, Ebutta-Metta, Festac Town, Victoria Island, and now increasing the Ajah-Lekki axis, and of course, the ghettoes along the Orile-Badagry axis, have profound Igbo imprimatur. The circulation of the image of Lagos is to date best reflected in the cosmopolitan Igbo imagination of one of the greatest African writers of the 20th century, Cyprian Ekwensi, a thorough Lagosian if there was any. Igbo have built industries in Lagos and have been drivers of commerce and exchange. Interestingly, I was born at plot number 8, Okoya Street , Idumagbo- Lagos, while the Ojukwu families were residing at number one to three on the same street. I grew up to know the father of Odumegwu Ojukwu. Chimbizie and Azuka grew up withus on the same street. Even the Chibeze small parking space at the end of Okoya Street is called Ojukwu. I later attended St. Patrick Primary School , Idumagbo, where I had very amiable classmates of Igbo origin in the persons of Azubike Ezenwa and Damian, Ihekuna, both now professors and doctors of today. They were brilliant, resourceful and friendly. When we were playing bamboo and Tene Felele at Orikoriko at Onola playing ground, the Igbo participated actively. In the area of sports, school football and athletes, Igbo were dominant at Kings College, St. Gregory school, St. Finbars, Akoka, Igbobi College and Ahmadiyya College, Agege. Such boys, Njokwu, George Amu, Stephen Keshi, Henry Nwosu, Patrick Noquapor, Peter Anieke and Sammy Opone were dominant on the field of football, while Asiodu, Empire Kanu were prominent on the field of athletics. Anytime we went to watch football match at Onikan stadium, my darling team, Stationery Stores and our adversary team I hated most was the E. C. N, where the centre forward, Paul Hamilton, the National Team, Fabian the captain who bit the dust. Our greatest captain was Duru, Oduah Onyenrekwa, Onyeador Onyeali and Opel, the greatest outside right Nigeria ever had, Cyril Azuluka. So, during my early life at primary school, the Igbo were always there and delightful to watch, both in athletes and on the football field. When I listened to radio at that time, both the commentary and drama series, the Igbo were there for you. The likes of Chris Ndaguba, Ernest Okwonkwo, Ralph Okpara ‘Alawo Sekiseki the traveler’. The episode will end with – The script was written by Ralph Okpara and edited by Yemi Lijadu. Anytime I visited where I was born today in Idumagbo at Lagos Island, the entire place is covered by Igbo traders in their thousands. They were never troublesome but decent and accommodating. They have virtually taken over all properties of the indigenes. They succeeded in developing all our properties, married to most of our children even from the royal families. There is no single house you will visit without an Igbo man selling wares there. So, who is saying something else? Only the strangers in our midst will not notice participation of economic development in our state by the Igbos. Most houses and shops in Lagos Island have been purchased, developed and occupied by the Igbos. The value of their investments in Lagos Island alone is in trillions of naira. Instead of deporting the Igbos, whose contributions to the development of Lagos state are immensurable, you must keep on praising and encouraging them to keep on developing Lagos State. •Senator Adeseye ogunlewe is a former Nigerian minister for Works and Housing. http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/143249-igbos-in-lagos-state-my-experience-by-senator-adeseye-ogunlewe.htm 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by akinszz: 5:25pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
True talk 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by attackgat: 5:26pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Yorubas have a thing for Igbos. They can't let the Igbos go but they can't let them stay either. Mmadu k'ana ya. 6 Likes |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by 60xtr99r: 5:27pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Yoruba Youths Have Lost Influence, Respect Of Nigerians... Maxwell A Adeleye -https://www.naij.com/441183-yoruba-youths-have-lost-influence-respect-of-nigerians.html |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by FlyoruB: 5:30pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
In summary, the OP is making us understand that igbo contribution to Lag starts and ends with trading bizness. Not far from the truth though. If all it took to build Lagos was trading, Aba and Onitsha would surpass Lagos and even Dubai today. Lol. 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by 60xtr99r: 5:33pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
History of Armed robbers, Company liquidators, Rapists and Notoriours official criminals in Nigeria 4 Likes |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by Movic1(m): 5:35pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by nepapole(m): 5:54pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Very soon, tribalism will be ranked as d highest cause of death/hbp/stroke/cardiac arrest in Nigeria. |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by lecther: 6:26pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
all yeebos do in Lagos is sell gala and fanyogo,and the very successful one will have a 2*2 shop. they are just a bunch of boisterous binhos 6 Likes |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by bakynes(m): 7:24pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Mods please close down this thread before it excalates into something else. Nairaland has gone past this phase of Yoruba vs Igbo E- war |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by Nobody: 7:25pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
lecther: If them pack fufu inside phone casing, omo, he go be like magic for ur eyes. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by lecther: 7:27pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
LARRYDKING:that's another way yeebos claim to contribute to the development and economy of lagos 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by yetunsbay(m): 7:56pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
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Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by coolitempa(f): 8:48pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
Bammydele83: So so true...the earlier they leave...the better....we cannot continue to tolerate criminality.... 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by Slikbae: 9:11pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
To the foolish O.P that started this thread, I weep at your folly. If indeed you were born in 1983,as your moniker suggests then you need spiritual cleansing. So at your age, this is the bullsh!t nonsense that you could come up with. There are thousands of subjects on history, politics, and educational threads you could have started that would've in turn enlightened many people here, but no, you'd rather promote tribalism and bigotry instead. 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by mrvitalis(m): 9:21pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
the only way we can prove he built Abuja and lagos is to come back to the east and replicate the same thing in Aba and onisha Any other thing is bullshit |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by PhilemonObende: 9:56pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
mrvitalis: my yoruba muslim brother, i know ibos cannot build anything. Don't mind them. |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by mrvitalis(m): 11:32pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
PhilemonObende:Stop calling me that |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by mrvitalis(m): 11:32pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
PhilemonObende:Stop calling me that Am pure and proud igbo |
Re: Igbos Role In The Making Of Lagos by PhilemonObende: 11:38pm On Jun 14, 2016 |
mrvitalis: My yoruba muslim brother, i understand you are trying conceal your identity. Anyway, let us support our muslim Buhari against the ipod/NDA/Biafrans. ibos must stay with fulani muslims by force! Insha Allahu! |
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