omcnka:
All those Yoruba agberos chasing vehicles up and down in Lagos, why aren't they winning medals in athletics for us?

chemicalDisease:
Mo, pls kindly tell Cassandra this
so that he can foolishly stop searching for
oil in lake Chad.
Ndi Ara!

x12345678x:
Wen will op realise dat living off ijaw oil for 56 years isn't the only thing in life. Show some fucking respect to the ppl dats been feeding us since the beginning of this nation.

modath:
Why is there not a single Ijaw competing in aquatics at the olympics? Each and everytime, we are inundated with tales of how superhuman Ijaws are when it comes to anything that has to do with water, why are we not seeing it being showcased to the world..

There are 6 different events, Swimming, Diving, Sychronised Swimming, Synchronized diving, Rowing and Open water swimming.. There is rowing, and water polo as well with over 50 gold medals up for grabs..50 opportunities for grace and GLORY.. Not one taker!!

Despite the natural talent the good Lord bestowed on the Ijaws, not one is harnessing it..Not a single soul is driven by passion or a desire to see his/her emblazoned on the world stage... Not one is driven to test him/herself against the world..

Excuse No 1... You have oil underneath the soil of the land you call home and yours but so does Iran,Saudi, Qatar, Angola, UAE and they are at the olympics, even if you get 100% resource control, will everyone have access to it?

Excuse No 2, Government nor dey support anybody..
True but it is only at the beggining.. As horrible as this country is , when they see medal potential, they are revved up from their lethargy, No one can say Blessing Okagbare is having a picnic with the sports ministry but she's letting her work and drive make a way for her...

Coco Ukogu has qualified for the 1/4 finals of rowing, she is not even a Nigerian in the real sense but the country is fronting her because she is a medal hopeful.. Even if she doesn't medal, it will raise her profile and create other opportunities for her

Excuse No 3: The Nigerian nation is not nice to the ND, Lie, we had an Ijaw president (who ought to know better and be passionate about aquatic sports) during London 2012 & the two Ijaws that made attempts were withdrawn by the irresponsible suits at the NSC because they were wild card entries and and he didn't move a muscle..... Wild card because they weren't fantastic but if they were so good, nothing would have held them back..

Excuse no 4.. Don't bother , there are scholarships from even ivy league schools for prolific swimmers.... If you are so good, compete in trials, opportunity will come...

Izonpikin, Tonyebarcanista, Dearpreye, why is this so?

P.S... This is not Ijaw bashing, just a call to action.. Peace.

omcnka:
All those Yoruba agberos chasing vehicles up and down in Lagos, why aren't they winning medals in athletics for us?

BeClever:
When you realize that Lagos is actually one of the states in Nigeria and not own by anyone or any tribe..

And start re-adjusting your brains to the fact that Lagos is a NO man's land!!

modath:



You are missing the point, I'm talking specifically about AQUATIC sports that Ijaws should by nature/ adaptation be well versed in...

As for the oil producing angle, don't Saudi, UAE, Venezuela,Angola, Iran etc also have oil? Why are they at the games?
And how many of these countries u'v mentioned (not forgetting dat ijaw is just a tribe) r participating in swimming as we speak?. Thank u

swagaholic:
Used to respect mo even as I know she's a ZOMBIE, buh after these thread she just lost my respect.... if OIL ain't everything why is nigeria killing for it??

DickDastardly:
Picture Modath with Megaphone preaching this on the streets of Bayelsa

"I, i, i just say make the niger delta youths dem comot mind for oil .... then i woke up in emergency ward"

Legitbaba:
Ijaw this, Ijaw that...are Ijaws the only riverine tribe?? How many medals the ilaje people don win??

On a serious note, yes it's a great advantage to us, buh again the Nigerian factor comes in...no facilities, poor orientation, neglection etc...

BTW, Ijaws not swimming in Olympic has nothing to do with oil

modath:


Awwwhh, thx but nevermind about the respect, it won't make any difference, and you all should stop pretending, not one of you missed my point... it's well outlined and very obvious, no room for misunderstanding.

Even if they have 100% resource control, will it stop the IJAWS not harnessing their natural, God given aquatic skills?

Oil or no oil, they should be swimming, diving or water anything available on the world stage!! That is my point but you can all mischievously continue to derail and play devil's advocate..

Oasis007:
Minister of Education must re-introduce and make HISTORY a compulsory Subject at all levels!

I think it's gonna help the younger Folks to learn how the Revenues generated from the exportation and sales of Cocoa from the West, Groundnuts from North and the Palm Nuts/Oil from the East were used to develop their Region before the discovery of OYEL!

I remembered a time our Teacher asked us to write an Essay on; Is Crude Oil Discovery in Nigeria a Blessing or a Curse?!

If I am asked the same Question now; I would definitely write an excellent Essay on it..... in Summary, it's a CURSE!

seunny4lif:

Food don land
Ijaw people are not afraid of River but are Afraid of Swimming pool
Since Swimming pool no get fishes or Pipelines to blow up dem no like am

CyberWolf:
you people should stop all this lies.. During the discovery of oil, the country was practicing True Federalism so a kobo from cocoa or whatever wasnt invested in Oil.. The IOCs invested there funds in the development of oil..

modath:



You are missing the point, I'm talking specifically about AQUATIC sports that Ijaws should by nature/ adaptation be well versed in...

As for the oil producing angle, don't Saudi, UAE, Venezuela,Angola, Iran etc also have oil? Why are they at the games?