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Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by rlauncher(m): 5:52pm On Oct 16, 2017 |
This write-up is in response to the interview granted by the highly respected leader of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Pa Unongo that the late sage, nationalist and former premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria ,Chief Obafemi Awolowo was responsible for the introduction of tribal politics in Nigeria. I wish to unequivocally state here that this is further from the truth. This is not to say that the elderstateman is a liar, as I believe he sincerely spoke based on the information available to him. We in the southwest who have a good sense of our national history have always known that the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was never the nationalist many people had always wanted us to believe he was because of the many things he did in the then Western Nigeria which were unknown to many people. But we always tried to keep quiet about these things in order not to malign the memory of our great men and for the sake of peace and national unity. However, when a voice like that of the respected statesman comes casting us, the Yoruba people in bad light as a people responsible for tribal politics in Nigeria, we are left with no choice than to defend our name and integrity and set the record straight. First, Awolowo did not start tribal politics in Nigeria, Azikiwe actually did. It all started after Herbert Macaulay , a Yorubaman handed over the reins of the leadership of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC), Nigeria's first nationalist political party to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igboman without rancour. No tribalism. No sooner had Azikiwe took over the rein of the political party than he started filling all the strategic posts in the party with people from the Eastern region especially people of Igbo extraction. This essentially transform a once national party into an Eastern or Igbo party. In the process, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his followers were forced out of a political party founded by a Yorubaman by an Igbo man . This was when the seed of tribal politics was sown by no other person but Azikiwe himself. T he Action Group(AG) was founded by Awolowo as a result. Apart from the above incidence, Azikiwe also inflicted the scourge of nepotism on Yoruba people on their own soil by using his powerful political influence to ensure that practically almost every vacancy in the civil service especially in the Western region was snapped up by easterners especially the people of Igbo extraction. They often claimed that it was because they were more qualified. But this was at a time when Yoruba people could conveniently field 4 for every 1 qualified personnel the Igbo people could muster. By the way, this was Yorubaland, not Igboland. A case in point was when some 107 lecturalship position came up in the newly formed University of Ibadan, and Azikiwe also used his power and political influence to help easterners snap up 94 out of the 104 positions. This actually happened in Ibadan, the capital of Western region in Yorubaland. This unfortunate nepotism pushed Awolowo to expedite action on the establishment of the University of Ife in a desperate bid to prevent Igbos from marginalizing and dominating us in our own land. Also Awolowo established so many industrial estates all over the Western region as answer to Igbos nepotism in the civil service to provide jobs for Yoruba graduates who could not secure employment in the civil service due to Igbo nepotism and marginalization of Yoruba people in their own land. This and many other covert actions or sins of Azikiwe cost him the Western region premiership as the Yoruba people came to the realisation before it was too late that Azikiwe could not be trusted . 5 Likes |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by FisifunKododada: 6:13pm On Oct 16, 2017 |
Azikwe was the first TRIBALIST of the federal republic. 3 Likes |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by ettybaba(m): 6:32pm On Oct 16, 2017 |
Azikiwe was a shortsighted and greedy human being. He was against secession clause in the constitution. That is why the army were right by baptising his descendants that want to break away in potopoto. 6 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by TheKingdom: 7:20pm On Oct 16, 2017 |
Azikiwe, the reason for Biafra then and now....Too bad |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by rlauncher(m): 8:33am On Oct 17, 2017 |
FisifunKododada: We Yorubas have avoided getting ourselves enmeshed in tribal politics. Other regions have always accused us of tribal politics based on revisionist history. I urge on every Yoruba person to always rise up to debunk lies often told about us to malign our dignity on nairaland. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 4:12pm On Oct 26, 2017 |
The West voted Zik in, before Awo changed everything in the night. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Rotimik: 9:48pm On Oct 26, 2017 |
igbodefender: Zip was voted by his Lagos constituency to represent them at the western region parliament. That does not make him the premier. He lacks the support of the rest of the region. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Opakangallant: 11:22pm On Oct 26, 2017 |
igbodefender: You can cry from now till you grow old and die.. It won't change or undo the past. Yorubas are in charge in SW now. The earlier it sinks into your skull the better for you. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Opakangallant: 11:27pm On Oct 26, 2017 |
God bless pa Awo for that move.. Yorubas escaped a major hit of slavery from Azikiwe and his people. Things have changed forever and ever. Forward ever for Yorubas now, backward never |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by loveth360(f): 11:51pm On Oct 26, 2017 |
Opakangallant:you escape the slavery of azikiwe and his people and trapped inside hausafulani slavery.what a run away from scorpion and run to snake. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Opakangallant: 11:58pm On Oct 26, 2017 |
loveth360: Yorubas are far more than igbos in population which makes us the second largest tribe after Hausas. You Igbos are in the distant fourth or fifth so you can never dominate Yorubas. Not in this life will such happen. You can try your sinister agenda with Niger delta people and maybe some part of middle belt. But Yorubas are way above you. That is why you will never produce president cos even if you try, Yorubas will never give consent. Who is the slave now ehn? FYI, After North 8 terms, a Yoruba man will take mantle of leadership. Maybe Fashola or Ambode or any other credible son of Odua. That's the agreement that gave birth to APC. 1 Like |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Secretgis: 11:59pm On Oct 26, 2017 |
nobody holy |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 7:04am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Opakangallant: Go wash your rude mouth! Nobody wants to take your region from you, but the truth remains the truth- take it or leave it! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 7:06am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Rotimik: We both know the West voted for Zik. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Ofemannnu: 8:52am On Oct 27, 2017 |
lol..na wah for NL.This thread don reach page 4 yesterday.Who took it back to Page 0? |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Rotimik: 9:35am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Opakangallant: In the 60's it was very difficult for a westerner to get a job in any organization headed by a Igboman, so the Yoruba people decided they were going to take their own destiny into their own hands. We built University of Ife, the best in physical infrastructure since that time till date. We built industrial estates in Iganmu, Ikeja, and over many other areas in the western region. Foreign and local companies started occupying the estates providing jobs for our highly qualified youths who were left behind in the scheme of things, just because we were not at the centre. 2 Likes |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Rotimik: 9:38am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Opakangallant: In the 60's it was very difficult for a westerner to get a job in any organization headed by a Igboman, so the Yoruba people decided they were going to take their own destiny into their own hands. We built University of Ife, the best in physical infrastructure since that time till date. We built industrial estates in Iganmu, Ikeja, and over many other areas in the western region. Foreign and local companies started occupying the estates providing jobs for our highly qualified youths who were left behind in the scheme of things, just because we were not at the centre. Imagine where we would be today had we made Zik premier. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by T9ksy(m): 9:43am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by rlauncher(m): 9:44am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Rotimik: Yorubas don't resort to violence to correct perceived injustice. We did not even protest. We took positive actions. Create jobs. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by rlauncher(m): 9:49am On Oct 27, 2017 |
igbodefender: It was not presidential system. It was parliamentary. Azikiwe came to the parliament as a representative of the Lagos constituency that voted for him. There was no law that said he must be premier. He lacks popularity and acceptance outside of his constituency. Igbos should stop crying foul. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by rlauncher(m): 9:52am On Oct 27, 2017 |
igbodefender: Your own truth not the real truth. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by rlauncher(m): 9:55am On Oct 27, 2017 |
loveth360: You call others slaves because you have a slave mentality 1 Like |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 10:01am On Oct 27, 2017 |
evablizin is the only igbo I like and respect because she's mannerly and not greedy all other ones hmmmm I no talk ooo potopoto oloripelebe 1 Like |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by kachi19: 10:28am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Opakangallant: You shouldn't be ashamed to ask God for sense. you-know... 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Rotimik: 10:34am On Oct 27, 2017 |
TheKingdom: Azikiwe with the help of Ahmadu Bello help rigged Akintola into power in the west. This resulted in 'operation wet e ' , then the coup, then the civil war. 1 Like |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 10:36am On Oct 27, 2017 |
rlauncher:Your own falacy, not the real falacy. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 10:40am On Oct 27, 2017 |
T9ksy:Everyone, including you, in the deepest receses of your intellectual realm. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Rotimik: 10:48am On Oct 27, 2017 |
igbodefender: These things happened here in the west. We live in the west. We experienced it. No whiteman or you can tell us our history. You have the right to believe the lies you were told. It's your own business, not ours. |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 10:56am On Oct 27, 2017 |
rlauncher: Nobody is crying foul. What's done is done. But we all know what happened, even though we sometimes pretend we don't-Zik won the 1951 Western Region elections. The carpet crossing denied him the mandate the Great Yoruba People gave him. And I shall always respect the Yoruba's for that, whatever you may say. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Azikiwe Many Sins And Why The Yorubas Dumped Him by Nobody: 11:00am On Oct 27, 2017 |
Rotimik: These things happened here in Nigeria- our country. You have the right to say one thing and believe another, even though it is morally questionable. |
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