Develpeast:
If we can be patient and vote just APGA in all the different southeastern states both state house and federal house and national assembly. We will be able to infiltrate the political ranks through this medium. If we take over the political powers of the east, we are getting close towards getting what we want.

aniomafirstson:


A central igbo leader whom we all respect and Cherish

NOI excellently fits that position but she made it clear she is no longer interested in Nigerian politics

Apart from her I don't see another igbo person who is more respected worldwide.

hammer6F:


Will the rigging allow APGA win all the states in South East?

Do you think Okorocha won his second term?

APGA was a gift from Ojukwu to Ndiigbo but lacking in vision we dont know wat to do with it.

I find it funny the way Abuja can play with Igbo political elite as if they were children and intimidate them.

By now, I expect the entire east to be APGA and very organised.

hammer6F:
If Lebaran Maku from Nasarawa and a former Minister can take APGA membership this seriously, how much more Ndiigbo?

I think our problem is misseducation and we really need reorientation.

The mind appears lost without origin or destination.

We either sit up or continue to fall victim to those we are better than.

nnamdijonathan:
The problem I have with most of you here is that you guys always blame other tribes for our misfortune. With the way we complain, one would think that Igboland is the worst part of Nigeria and unfortunately, many Nigerians already believe that Igboland is not conducive for living. As of 2015, 90% of the federal roads in the country were not motorable but due to our excessive blame game and complains, other Nigerians now believe that the South east has the worst roads in the country. You all claim that the government built infrastructure and created many employment opportunities in other parts of the country and neglected the SE, I want you people to please mention those industries you claim FG built in the SW and the North to create employment. Another nonsense thing you guys say is that the federal government built the infrastructure in Lagos. This is another lie. If you go to Victoria Island, the federal buildings there make up less than 1% of the total skyscrapers there, from Union bank tower to UBA tower to Nestoil tower etc are all private investments, even the major roads that make the area beautiful were built by the state's government. Ikoyi, Lekki, Banana island etc were all done by the state's government not FG so why do we keep associating the progress of Lagos to the FG? FG failed to fix federal roads in Abia but the state roads are also in sorry states but we send all the blame to the federal government. Was the federal government that stopped Ebonyi state from improving on its poverty level? Was the federal government that made Abia state not to have motorable state and local government roads? Was it the FG that prevented Igbos from locating their factories in Igboland? We claim the unavailability of working seaports in the east is the major cause of our problems but you guys have also forgotten that landlocked Kano state generates as much IGR as the entire SE also without a seaport. Johannesburg in South Africa is the richest city in Africa and it is landlocked so what is stopping the SE from generating the highest IGR in Nigeria? Even as I am writing this, Film house cinemas, a cinema owned by an Igbo man, is opening more branches in lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Akure and Abuja but does not even have one branch in the SE, is the FG also the cause of this?
All of you here should desist from insulting and blaming other tribes because the underdevelopment you all brought upon yourselves. Since the end of the civil war, Igbos have gotten all the federal positions in Nigeria except the Presidential position but Igbo land has not witnessed any reasonable progress and we all come here and foolishly blame Buhari for our decades of visionless leaders we brought upon ourselves. The north is the poorest region in Nigeria today with the less infrastructure but we continue to claim that the FG is against us in the east. Awolowo never ruled Nigeria but when got a ministerial position, he grew the agricultural sector of Yoruba land, introduced free education in Yoruba land, built the first skyscraper in Nigeria in Ibadan, contributed to the creation of NTA TV and located it in Yoruba land etc while the Igbo leaders in power were busy fooling themselves. An Igbo man, out of greed introduced unitary system of government in Nigeria in 1966 and today, we are all suffering it. We planned to break out of Nigeria but our greed also prevented us from breaking out, the likes of Azikiwe and others greedily contributed to our loss. From 1999-2003 Nigeria changed senate president more than twice and all of them were Igbos yet, we did not get any development. Under GEJ, we got many appointments yet, no development. Let me make it clear that all of you should stop this your shameful attitude of blaming other tribes for our problems because we are the people who brought underdevelopment upon ourselves. You all must remain unbiased on the trend and stop this stupid blame game.

selemempe:
noi is good...but wat of prof. Pat utomi? He has said that p.h is igboland b4 and he is very well respected. There are many people.

Pat utomi for instance can show seriousness by contesting for presidency under apga...or going to senate

Develpeast:


We seem not to understand the way the west fought for power that they are enjoying at the moment, even though they made a mistake in making the northerner president but their ability to change the scores is really a thing to admire.

Abagworo:


Even Igbos that grew up in Igboland can't speak Igbo early nowadays. The reason is because of working parents and early schooling from creche to Primary where English is used in communication. They can only hear Igbo when you communicate with your wife at home but most of their daily life activities are in English. The Imo State girl that learnt Yoruba instead of Igbo is from association or she probably lives in a Yoruba neighborhood and had her education in Yoruba community school not in Urban area.

Handsomegod:
I don't even know where to start addressing this mess you vomited up there. You implicated yourself all through. You stated that the North's exclusive long hold on power did not and have not helped them as they are being ravaged by poverty and turned around to blame Igbos who held appointments in the past for not developing Igboland. What da Bleep are you blabbing about Oga? You wasted a whole space yapping without even addressing the very cause of Nigerian crisis which is the structure. Sad to say. Again,the discussions here so far was never centred on blaming anyone for Igbo woes but strictly on optimising our human and material resources. And sir,there is systemic marginalisation of Igbos in Nigeria. It is not only shrouded in the extant laws but also a matter of covert federal policy.We still manage to overcome these odds nevertheless. Your infantile rants and denial of this obvious fact that even the so called northerners you appeal to have acknowledged clearly gave your rants away as another smoky noise. Do you want me to start giving you federal projects cited in other regions without an equivalent in Igboland? Let's start with the recent Railway masterplan which saw Igboland completely exempted. What about the recent concessions of selected international airports in the country with Akanu ibiam Airport exempted too? Infact Akanu Ibiam Airport was not even gazetted as an international airport for starters and oga,Mr alanlyser,it does not strike you as odd and premeditated? Attention should also be given to your silly analysis of Lagos! Have never heard or seen such blank ignorance and misfiring analysis on rampage! Please note: Lagos is Federal government and Federal government is Lagos! All the governors have been doing are window dressing. To even consider Lagos developed by any stretch of indices showed some of you really need to travel out and see what development truly is. Kualar Lumpur,New Delhi,Mumbai,Seoul,Karachi etc are all contemporaries of Lagos but your so called centre of excellence can't even hold a torch for those other cities today on any index of advancement bar none! For you to even compare the dynamics of Lagos to any other state,much less South Eastern states further gave you away. Please stick to the spirit of this thread(not trend.take note).

nnamdijonathan:


Even if things get done the way u have put them, getting Biafra now is the worst thing that can ever happen to us and our land. If we break out now, we will be cut out of the national power grid thereby leaving our land in total darkness, we don't have a functional seaport, many Igbo people will lose their businesses located outside igboland in Nigeria, there will be mass relocation of over 10 million Igbos back to Igboland which will stretch our little infrastructure, we will lack food because we are currently not sufficient in any food crop we consume etc. Many things have to be addressed before we even think about breaking out of Nigeria.

nnamdijonathan:


Is it all about voting for APGA or voting for the right and most credible candidate irrespective of political party

hammer6F:


Wat we need in Igboland is a well structured, funded and managed APGA.

Secondly, we need a militia(cult) to eliminate those Igbo people that will be used to destabilize Ala Igbo.

Igbo are money crazy and with the right amount of money, some will stop reasoning and only see the Dollar sign, so u can actually buy them to Bleep up the progress in their region.

We need a militia to take care of those.

Thirdly, we need to understand that our money is our power and that we dont need no permission from anybody to start setting up vital infrastructure required on our land.

The land is ours and the money is ours, so wat are we waiting for and whose permission are we waiting for.

Forthly, Igbo need to stop displeasing themselves to please others, we have to see things for what they really are. Me, Myself and I first all the time.

I doubt my people are ready for this preliminary stages that i noted.

hammer6F:
They tell you APGA is a regional party and you believe them, not knowing that they fear APGA and Igbo land not being under their dictate and control.

Rather than build a formidable alternative, everybody want to join APC and PDP with a very bad record of office.

If you dont have faith in your own product, who do u expect will buy it?

They have created AAC and very soon Igbos will leave APGA to go and join Sowore and Tinubu?

Wen APGA is there.

Xander85:


Yes! It's all about voting APGA!

I've just been watching you with corner-eye....it's easy to spot what your intentions are on this thread!

selemempe:
the thing is that concensus is hard to get in igboland because igbos dont have a leader.
The west takes tinubu as leader...the core north (ne & nw) takes buhari as leader. These 2 groups are our biggest enemies in nigeria. But they can easily take a common stance. We dont have that central, rallying figure. Nnamdi kanu could have become that person if he didnt fall for buhari's trap.

I say this because of the 30+ proposals of state creation u said iwuanyanwu came with in the 2014 confab. It really shows that we have no cordination as a people. At this point wat we should be fighting for is igbo unity. To remake the great igbo tribe. To rebirth it. Not looking to create selfish states that further divides us. I like nsukka people being in enugu...why do they want to divide themselves from us? We should come together and as for only one state_ anioma state. It shows us as a people who should be taken serious...who are up to something.

As for having non-performing govs, that is a nigerian factor...sometimes a state gets a bad leader...someother time a good leader comes along...its not an exclusive igbo thing.

We need a central igbo leader who is pro-igbo nationhood and who can play the nigerian politics without emotion like tinubu or buhari. And we need Anioma state.

Get these 2 things and biafra is closer than ever

hammer6F:
Whichever way you look at it, Ndiigbo need a Secret Army.

Nobody will take us seriously, unless we start pulling off some mission impossible stunts.

Not all this street protest and getting killed, raped or arrested by Afonja and Aboki.

We need to put the fear of God in everybody.

hammer6F:


Wat we need in Igboland is a well structured, funded and managed APGA.

Secondly, we need a militia(cult) to eliminate those Igbo people that will be used to destabilize Ala Igbo.

Igbo are money crazy and with the right amount of money, some will stop reasoning and only see the Dollar sign, so u can actually buy them to Bleep up the progress in their region.

We need a militia to take care of those.

Thirdly, we need to understand that our money is our power and that we dont need no permission from anybody to start setting up vital infrastructure required on our land.

The land is ours and the money is ours, so wat are we waiting for and whose permission are we waiting for.

Forthly, Igbo need to stop displeasing themselves to please others, we have to see things for what they really are. Me, Myself and I first all the time.

I doubt my people are ready for this preliminary stages that i noted.

Cjrane2:


Truly, Igbo should not have ANY alternative than APGA. Let Igbo vote for APGA massively and at least secure that their land is governed by a party headed by an Igbo person.

ONLY in Presidential elections should APGA abstain from presenting any Presidential aspirant, but can negotiate with one they can adopt from PDP or other parties.

nnamdijonathan:


Is it all about voting for APGA or voting for the right and most credible candidate irrespective of political party

Ofodirinwa:


The same APGA that left the bodies of IPOB and MASSOB men to rot in gutters? Stop saying nonsense.

Ofodirinwa:


The same APGA that left the bodies of IPOB and MASSOB men to rot in gutters? Stop saying nonsense.

selemempe:
i read ur 1st post and i read this one.

I know wat u mean.

Igbos are locating their factories outside igboland and our politicians have done little to develop igboland.

The truth is that people will start business where they will make more money...and many businesses differ. As many igbos are locating their business outside, many are also locating theirs inside igboland. We can only keep shouting and hope more igbos will locate their business in igboland.

As for biafra. I believe getting biafra now or weneva is very good. So long as we get igboland complete. If we do, then we are self sufficient. We have seaport in p.h. we have many power plants in igboland...one is located in oji river enugu..my state.

As for people losing their businesses...dont forget that globacom and many yoruba owned banks and businesses are in igboland. Do u think nigerian govt wont want to protect those businesses? It would be a quid pro quo something. As for 10 million igbos relocating..we dont know for sure that there are up to 10million igbos living outside igboland...forget naija statistics...but remember a large number of igbos in diaspora return every xmas. We havent run out of land to accomodate them yet. Biafra or igbo nationhood is still a good policy

Cjrane2:


Ndigbo don't need a secret army.At least not now. We might need a military wing of the struggle if Buhari type individuals continue their unprovoked killing of Ndigbo in Igboland calling it Python dance or whatever. But if we plan a military response through guerrilla means, we must dot thoroughly plan every inch of the struggle because we cannot afford to lose it. Right now, i still believe it is not necessary because Buhari simply wants to lure us in that direction too soon before we are ready by provocatively carrying out military operations in the zone even in peaceful periods.

All Igbo needs for now is think how to develop their region without begging the Federal Government. The minute you achieve the mental emancipation of knowing projects that will change lives of our people and figure how to raise the funds and implement them without much government interference, then you have truly overcome.

Ndigbo both in Nigeria and diaspora need to unite and begin to pool resources together for key projects. Our inability to mobilize & organize is hurting us badly. We still have Igbo stuck in the primitive ideology that they must be Chairman of every gathering. That is why the best way to mobilize is through town unions and kporakpo type organizations which are part of a greater umbrella Igbo organization. That way, the cravings of some people to be chairmen of their town unions or state kporakpo union will be achieved, while the national Igbo body still focus on its vision and mission of helping the Governments in the region prioritize and harness funding for key infrastructural projects.