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My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Amarabae(f): 1:08pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
The social media is bubbling over a new law passed by the Lagos State house of assembly that made it compulsory for anyone seeking admission into Lagos State University to have a credit or pass in Yoruba language and also for the teaching of Yoruba language in all primary and secondary schools. Ndi Igbo ibem, what is wrong with the law? Why the noise? The yorubas have shown the country again that they are proud of their identity and Lagos belongs to them which I agree, Lagos is a Yoruba state, argue with your shadow. This is a time for us to think, Igbos, We should be promoting our own identity like language, music, arts, movies ,attire etc We should be more Igbotic everytime, It pains me to see some Igbo youths busy trying to be more Jewish than Igbo, To them, being Jewish is better to them than being Igbo, Odinani is fading away and some are sweating to promote Judaism whereas the Israeli government are maltreating African immigrants in their country. We are promoting Judaism while allowing Igbo identity to be fading away. What a shock! It pains me to see some Igbo youths busy online arguing and fascinating about how the minorities (ijaws, itsekiris, ogonis etc) will join Biafra. How will they respect Igbo nation when you have painted yourself as beggars before them, You hate the word homogeneous Igbo nation, you are only interested in teaching your children how how Phillip effiong was ojukwu vice therefore the whole of South south is Biafra yet if I ask your kids who Flora nwamkpa or mbonu ojike is, they will not know because you didn't bother to teach them. Instead of talking about Igbo land issue, you are busy arguing on why south south is not in map or geography. Who did this to us . I love my Igbo ethnic nation and I am proudly Igbotic by nature, we need to be more ethnocentric as Igbos, enough of being politically correct as Igbo. Love yourself. Be proud of your Igbo identity Showcase it. Drop the defeatist mentality. I have sworn that my little baby boy will learn from me how to speak fluent Igbo from small age, not just Igbo but his fathers Anambra dialect. . Kudos to Lagos government. Let the Igbo governors follow suit. And finally, Lagos is Yoruba land no matter the amount of investment owned by non indigenes just like Enugu is Igbo land. There is an Igbo adage that says "O biara ije nwe ula " Keep your branch anywhere but move your headquarters to Igbo land. Return your investment home, Use your brain. Igbo land is bigger than Rwanda ,Singapore and Israel in size yet these are countries, Return your investment home. The people you are buying their lands, paying taxes to and investing in their land don't appreciate nor like you. Aku ruo uno, Biko o. Igbo ga adi. Amii Self preservation is the first law of Nature . Ndewo 133 Likes 19 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by zakim(m): 1:09pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
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Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Afam4eva(m): 1:09pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
When i saw the news, i just didn't bother. Maybe if we continue like this, Nigeria will just implode and explode on it's own. if this was done in a northern state, everyone will open their dirty mouth and call it Islamization. 57 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Nobody: 1:09pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Amarabae:Fashola knows that Igbo a.m.a.k.a ![]() 15 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Kenzico(m): 1:11pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Amarabae: Ezigbo nwa afo Igbo....One plate of nkwobi for u.... Too much sense you've made 39 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Cyynthialove(f): 1:11pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Afam4eva:Uncle dey book space too. 1 Like |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by anibirelawal(m): 1:19pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
TELL THEM !!! Let them know, And They should also stop their Mentality of Inferiority Complex. @OP, Just put it this way : Tell them to stop beign Obsessed with the Yorubas doing, for thee to have peace & rest of mind. OUR LANGUAGE, OUR PRIDE! ELEDUMARE WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS YORUBAS AND SHOW US THE RIGHT PATH TO GREATNESS ! (ASE). 43 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by chairman00100: 1:24pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
l love the way Yoruba appreciate their language unlike our people who Will always encourage their kids to start with the English language. more than 90% of igbo parents keep speaking English language with their little children even at their homes. very sad 39 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by zynzyn(m): 1:28pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
not an intelligent law by lagos. Did they consider repercussions? and op i agree on the jewish matter!! 4 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Efewestern: 1:42pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Afam4eva: Very silly move by the state government. I read a thread here were some lagosians were complaining about the current air pollution in the state, especially how dirty are being littered everywhere, due to the new policy of the state governor , instead of them to address this issue and other issues bothering the state the only thing they could think of is this law, what a pity. Like we all know Lagos belongs to Yoruba, what's the essence of the law?, what are they trying to proof?. For those using IMO and anambra law to justify this, how many non Indigene are in those state compared to lagos, infact Lagos is home to all hence laws such as this should not see the light of the day. 11 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Nobody: 1:53pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
The OP is one of the intelligent Igbos we have here in Nigeria. I love this writeups! If you don't know how to promote your own cultural heritage, why teach and fight others for doing otherwise? The Igbos should rise up to this challenge and begin to value and exalt what's theirs. Make the south east state better than what we have in Lagos. Secret Revealed: How FG can equate 1 NGN = 1USD, www.nairaland.com/4349453/secret-revealed-1-ngn-equate 37 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Amarabae(f): 1:59pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Efewestern: There is nothing silly about the move. The law is made to ascertain their ownership of Lagos. I can't drag ownership of a city when I am a non indigene there, it's stupidity. 69 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Amarabae(f): 1:59pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
anibirelawal:Igbos have no inferiority complex. Far from that. Please 12 Likes |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Ereolamide: 2:00pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Efewestern:This is the first I feel I like clobbering you. ![]() Will non passage of the law automatically make Lagos cleaner, are you not aware of those that are boasting to render Lagos into a no man's land, what would you have done if that it was warri or ughelli? What makes Lagos home to all but not Anambra, so if Lagos is a home to all it should lose its cultural identity? Bros you reason am na. 51 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by EternalTruths: 2:02pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Igbos should not follow Yoruba footsteps in this direction. The wisest and most advanced nations on earth are those that allow other peaceful cultures to flourish in their midst. Don't strangulate other cultures so that we can learn and improve ours. In few years to come, Igbo society will be far advanced when compared with those who frustrated other peaceful cultures in their midst. 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Amarabae(f): 2:03pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Afam4eva:These people are telling us everyday that there is nothing like one Nigeria. How many dangote investment is in Igbo land? If we dont get it right as an ethnic nation, we may pay for it. 18 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by letusbepieces: 2:04pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Amarabae: We dont want the dirty afonja coming to beg wife in our house again. We can no longer tolerate that. Ohanaeze and Igbo Govs must take steps to proscribe Yoruba marriage to Igbos. Igbos are not dat much interested in marriage with Afonja. We were just tolerating them. 15 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Amarabae(f): 2:04pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
EternalTruths:Crap. Allow ur own culture to flourish first before allowing another person own to flourish. 25 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Afam4eva(m): 2:05pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Amarabae:Unfortunately, we found ourselves in the long side of history else we wouldn't leave our land in the first place to come to Lagos. 5 Likes |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by EternalTruths: 2:06pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Amarabae: Nonsense The culture you have today is European blend. If we apply Yoruba logic, we would have being backward today. Allow all peaceful cultures in our midst to strive and watch our civilization grow. 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by anibirelawal(m): 2:06pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
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Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by anibirelawal(m): 2:08pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Amarabae: If you say so, or should i just say they are so obsessed in everything about Yorubas. 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by theblessings: 2:08pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
amara thanks for the write-up, my problem is DAT they will nt listen, 5 Likes |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Amarabae(f): 2:09pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
EternalTruths:It is European blend due to colonization, Nobody colonized Ethiopians yet are they backward? How can you be interested in other cultures thriving except your own? 20 Likes |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by letusbepieces: 2:09pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
IF IGBO CAN DENY MARRIAGE TO FELLOW IGBO. WE CAN PROSCRIBE MARRIAGE TO YORUBAS AND ANY FAMILY THAT DARES, CONDEMN AS OSU. 11 Likes |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by theblessings: 2:10pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Afam4eva:Afam u right, painful BT tru |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by Efewestern: 2:13pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
Amarabae: Everything is silly about the move, If they limited the law to Primary and secondary school I wouldn't have complained, but they went too far, to the extent of Using Yoruba language as a major criteria for gaining admission into any of the state institution, something we haven't heard of since the history of this nation. This is another tribalist nonsense taken too far, In Lagos almost half the population understand and speaks Yoruba fluently, the language is not endangered, so the law is useless believe me, this is not what the state needs now. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by letusbepieces: 2:13pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
I have long hated yorubas marrying igbos and i never hide it even from dem. I will continue to speak up against it until it is ban. 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by letusbepieces: 2:13pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
anibirelawal: u are still chest beating about ur phantom discriminatoy yoruba only legislation. I am more interested in proscription of Yoruba from marrying Igbos. In Nigeria we all have our interest and dislike. Soon we will pressure Ohanaeze and South East Gov to declare anybody that marry Yoruba family Osu. As for SS oil companies they must surely now relocate to Warri, Port Harcourt and Uyo. Federal Gov must build deep seaport in Delta, Rivers and Akwa Ibom. Yoruba have done their own, we must surely do our own. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by shallysgirl: 2:14pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
chairman00100:Even yorubas are now speaking English to their children. I know many Yorubas whose children speak only English but strangely enough, the children understand yoruba but can't speak. Hausas are the best in language preservation. 14 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Message To Igbos Over The New Language Law In Lagos by sekxyqueen(f): 2:14pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
what baffles me is there obsession towards Lagos...is Lagos their father land.. I once created a thread on that and the mods deleted it.. Igbos should think home...... 25 Likes 3 Shares |
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