Handsomegod:

The only thing i still struggle to cast off from my mind since was picture of open drainage in the sweet Awka roads. Infact,aside few MAJOR streets in Enugu,the rest have open drainage. Lack of sidewalks also betray the massive amount spent in constructing our roads.
I am inclined to believe either our leaders do not give a strict and elite mandate to the contractors or there is a complete lack of class somewhere.
I pass through the first picture daily. The other pictures are standards i wish we can adopt in our regeneration and beautifucation efforts. Trust me when i say they wont cost more than what we spend on the available roads. We shall get there someday.

nnamdijonathan:


Guy do you know that a Yoruba man owns a company called Proforce that specializes in manufacturing only Armoured vehicles which include Armoured cars, Armoured Personnel Carrier ( APC ), and Armoured Anti mine vehicles. Even with this, the federal government still patronizes Innoson vehicles (that specializes in manufacturing more of private and passenger vehicles) more than Proforce and I have not seen Yorubas coming to cry foul. Why didn't you complain when the FG purchased Innoson vehicles and Peugeot vehicles of which the innoson vehicles were more, the FG purchased about 20 innoson armoured cars in 2016 and after using them in Bornu state, they ordered for extra 100 innoson armoured cars. When you come to Ikeja Army cantonment in Lagos, most of the staff buses are innoson buses same with some of the buses used by the navy in Lagos, FRSC officials situated along the Ikorodu road ( Federal highway ) patrol around in Innoson pickups, I have seen Innoson SUVs come in and out of the Yaba Army Barracks in Yaba Lagos and you are here talking another thing. Apart from the Innoson vehicles, the Buhari lead administration is the first ever administration to order for 50,000 pairs of military boots from Aba shoe manufacturers and recently gave some Aba manufacturers the contract of manufacturing Made in Aba ballot boxes for the 2019 elections and yet you decided to ignore all these things and mislead other people. How many Innoson and Aba products did GEJ buy during his administration? mtcheeeew

pazienza:
Umunnaa, Nowenuse aburo onye Igbo, obu onye mba middle belt. Ya bu nwoke ahughi Ndiigbo na anya, otutu mgbe ka muna na ya gbagoro mgba na ihi akpom asi onwelu ebe ndi Igbo nor.

Ebea kwesili ibu ebe soso Ndiigbo na agbako. Anyi achoghi onye na abughi onye Igbo ebe.

Biko, ndi n'ime anyi na akpasa ya bu Nwoke nkata, gbaa mbo hu na ha kwusili ya.
Anyi achoghi uche ndi/onye mba ozo na abughi Igbo, ebea.


Igbo bu Igbo, ekene mu unu, kelekwa ihe na ejere unu Ozi.

superlightning:


Such lengthy piece of empty braggadocio.

You subtly projected ANAMBRA indigenes in the 'soup' of your analysis as if they were the only people who stood tall for ndigbo.

What about Michael Okpara, the premier who established the eastern region as the fastest growing economy in Africa? Every sincere Igbo knows okpara ran the eastern region better than zik (his predecessor) and ojukwu (his successor) yet you don't see abians making noise.

I don't intend making roll calls of abians, imolites, etc whose contributions to Igbo development was seminal. Let me not subtly project like you.
The biafran war was not ojukwus fault, yet ojukwu didn't handle the war properly...every pundit knows this, only that they won't want to desecrate the memory and spirited effort of the man.

We all know ANAMBRA is not the only state with FIRSTS so shove your superiority (subtle inferiority) complex.


What about other states who celebrates their own yet you and your likes downplay them?

The other day when abia celebrated their academic and economic clout despite many odds they are currently facing, your likes come down washing off any thing good about them

pazienza:


What braggadoccio do you speak of? I simply debunked his many allegations against Ndi Anambra.

Okpara was Zik henchman. Whatever peace he enjoyed in East,or leverage at the centre that ensured the East stayed on top of its game, it was Zik who afforded him that.
Okpara was a solid leader, but Zik was the overall leader who marshalled out aims and objectives of the NCNC party, go figure. Okpara was a member of Zikism movement. Let that sink in.

I didn't subtly project any thing. Zik was the Igbo leader in the era in discuss. He was the one with the plans. Without Zik, there wouldn't be an indigenous ran Eastern region for Okpara to even lead,to begin with.

Well, there wouldn't be a civil war, if Ironsi did the needful, he(Ironsi) failed to manage the immediate post Nzeogwu coup complications. Ojukwu was the man faced with the arduous task of cleaning up both Nzeogwu and Ironsi mess, he wasn't perfect, but he shouldn't be cleaning up any mess at all, if Ironsi wasn't so bad at leadership.
So, if you want to play the blame game, know for sure that it would backfire, because there is enough blame to go round.

Never did I say that Anambra is the only state with firsts. If you don't celebrate your own firsts and Anambra chose to celebrate theirs, whose fault is it? Are we suppose to be apologetic to you for celebrating our heroes?
You are already downplaying the roles of Ndi Anambra, starting with Zik, so you are not so much different from those you chose to malign.

Handsomegod:

The only thing i still struggle to cast off from my mind since was picture of open drainage in the sweet Awka roads. Infact,aside few MAJOR streets in Enugu,the rest have open drainage. Lack of sidewalks also betray the massive amount spent in constructing our roads.
I am inclined to believe either our leaders do not give a strict and elite mandate to the contractors or there is a complete lack of class somewhere.
I pass through the first picture daily. The other pictures are standards i wish we can adopt in our regeneration and beautifucation efforts. Trust me when i say they wont cost more than what we spend on the available roads. We shall get there someday.

nnamdijonathan:


Most sidewalks are built by covering the drainage on the sides of the road, our governors know this but, they prefer to deliver substandard projects to us because, they know that there will be no criticism from the people.

OMANBALA1:
Pazienza is a walking encyclopedia! Nairaland have lost its bit and grit, when intelligent conversations were still holding here, this is around 2008 to 2014 I have watched Pazienza take on some of the most intelligent Yorubas and reduced them to rubble, singlehandedly. Dude is an intellectual giant, full stop. Ide Nnaa, Onlytruth, Odumchi, Obiagu, Ezeagu , and Chinenye are some of my mentors when I joined Nairaland in 2009. From Ide Nnaa writings I learned a big chunk of Igbo history and culture even about myself, hitherto I was just a man wandering man without a knowledge of my identity.

Somebody was accusing me of planting disunity among Igbo, well, I dont hate anybody including Igbo persons from Rivers, Enugu, Delta ,Imo, Ebonyi, and Abia but abum Nwa Omanbala firstly and I will enrich the mind and pocket of an Anambra person before anybody else and I think you should do the same for your people. In Idenmili our mothers used to sing a certain song and it goes like this " esi n'unor di, esi n'unor di, okwa esi n'unor di mma adilu puta ilo." However, I will not like to you guys, I believe we can develop a political agenda that will benefit all Igbo states like a business idea. We dont necessarily have to romance each other because I felt my culture is being tampered with. For instance, Igbo Izugbe is affecting the way we Anambra people speak and I am enraged about this. You kill Anambra culture you kill our spirit and pride and we will be reduced to the level of everybody else.

One thing as Ndigbo we can do to preserve our culture and identity is to trash the Igbo Izugbe and replace it with multiple regional dialects. Igbo Izugbe is a ffucking problem!!

OLISEBULUWA GOZIE OMANBALA,NDIGBO, NA UMU ISI OJII !

superlightning:
Ndi na-ebute nkewa na alaigbo ga-ahu "pioooor" na-abali a.

pazienza:


Igbo Izugbe has come to stay, Nwanne. There is nothing anyone can do about it. Fighting it would be like Okonkwo in Achebe's TFA who was fighting against the colonial influence in Umuofia. It's a furtile battle.

Igbo Izugbe is affecting all Igbo groups. It's a good thing. To find each other, we must lose a part of ourselves to accept a part of each other.
Take for instance in names. Most Igbos in Imo and Abia go by the name "Emeka", but this is not Imo/Abia dialect. The Imo/Abia equivalent of "Emeka" should be "Emela" hence instead of Chukwuemeka, it should be Chukwuemela. Yet you don't see Abia/Imo people complaining about this. It's generally accepted that "Emeka" sounds sweeter than "Emela" in names, yet when we sing in the church in Igboland, we say "Imela imela,imela okaka". And not "I meka I meka", simply because, Imela sounds sweeter in songs.
It's the beauty of Igbo language.

In Anambra, we all accept that "Chinyere" the Abia/Imo version of the name, sounds sweeter than "Chinyelu", so we give our children "Chinyere" as names and not "Chinyelu.
Other Abia/ Imo versions of names prefered are Chizaram(Chizalum), Chinaemerem( Chinaemelum),etc.

For Anambra versions accepted by all.
Ifeoma(Iheoma), Ifeanyi(Iheanyi), Chidera(Chideha), etc.


It's a good thing, and should be embraced by all, it unifies us more.

Chef2000:

Gini ka ichokwara ime? biko hapu okwu a ka udo di

superlightning:


A good one from pazienza. Nice.

pazienza:


What braggadoccio do you speak of? I simply debunked his many allegations against Ndi Anambra.

Okpara was Zik henchman. Whatever peace he enjoyed in East,or leverage at the centre that ensured the East stayed on top of its game, it was Zik who afforded him that.
Okpara was a solid leader, but Zik was the overall leader who marshalled out aims and objectives of the NCNC party, go figure. Okpara was a member of Zikism movement. Let that sink in.

I didn't subtly project any thing. Zik was the Igbo leader in the era in discuss. He was the one with the plans. Without Zik, there wouldn't be an indigenous ran Eastern region for Okpara to even lead,to begin with.

Bede2u:
that is wat he should say more...

Even tho he started that post negatively by saying igbo ezue 'affects' all groups...as if it was a negative thing.

There is standardized english...but believe me...if u go to england, u will see the difference btw various clans in england.

We should standardize igbo and increase our vocabulary..

Omanabala1 is very divisive...and i hate divisive ppl with passion

Bede2u:
Michael okpara....the youngest premiere in Nigerian history. He turned eastern region into the fastest growing economy in Africa...even b4 oil became a factor.

Dude never owned a house. He joined eastern region house of assembly in 1950 and had a steady political career lasting 16 years....7 of which he spent as premiere.

Died at age 64

nnamdijonathan:


why is he dressed like a Yoruba man? How many Nigerians wear our own Igbo attires?

pazienza:


What braggadoccio do you speak of? I simply debunked his many allegations against Ndi Anambra.

Okpara was Zik henchman. Whatever peace he enjoyed in East,or leverage at the centre that ensured the East stayed on top of its game, it was Zik who afforded him that.
Okpara was a solid leader, but Zik was the overall leader who marshalled out aims and objectives of the NCNC party, go figure. Okpara was a member of Zikism movement. Let that sink in.

I didn't subtly project any thing. Zik was the Igbo leader in the era in discuss. He was the one with the plans. Without Zik, there wouldn't be an indigenous ran Eastern region for Okpara to even lead,to begin with.

Well, there wouldn't be a civil war, if Ironsi did the needful, he(Ironsi) failed to manage the immediate post Nzeogwu coup complications. Ojukwu was the man faced with the arduous task of cleaning up both Nzeogwu and Ironsi mess, he wasn't perfect, but he shouldn't be cleaning up any mess at all, if Ironsi wasn't so bad at leadership.
So, if you want to play the blame game, know for sure that it would backfire, because there is enough blame to go round.

Never did I say that Anambra is the only state with firsts. If you don't celebrate your own firsts and Anambra chose to celebrate theirs, whose fault is it? Are we suppose to be apologetic to you for celebrating our heroes?
You are already downplaying the roles of Ndi Anambra, starting with Zik, so you are not so much different from those you chose to malign.

Bede2u:
Michael okpara....the youngest premiere in Nigerian history. He turned eastern region into the fastest growing economy in Africa...even b4 oil became a factor.

Dude never owned a house. He joined eastern region house of assembly in 1950 and had a steady political career lasting 16 years....7 of which he spent as premiere.

Died at age 64

nnamdijonathan:


why is he dressed like a Yoruba man? How many Nigerians wear our own Igbo attires?

InyinyaAgbaOku:


I am not interested in the state politics going on here but I know that Zik is one non visionary person, even though he was intelligent . You are overhyping his roles. His positives ended in 1960, although, prior to that, his insistence on Nigeria not dividing didn't make any sense. He listed our problems in a certain speech and still went ahead to campaign for one Nigeria?
His counterparts in other regions were busy positioning their people for a post disaster Nigeria, but he was just behaving like he didn't know the Nigeria that he wanted to lead and it's tribal realities. Even went to contest in the Western region, when he had a region to develop.
I really wish he were like Ojukwu - protecting his people first.
His post 1960 actions were disastrous, how did he even help Igbos when they needed him most in the late 60s?
Abeg.

Don't get me wrong, Zik started out well, galvanizing Igbo people into a union(thats what I meant when I said Igbo as a political unit is recent, but some didn't get me), I learnt he helped some Igbos get strategic education abroad and all that , established UNN but he really ended badly. It kinda cancelled everything and we all started afresh.

Ojukwu had his own mistakes but he is more popular in Igboland cos even the elders understood that those mistakes of his were as a result of trying to protect his people. Other people who understood our realities were Akanu Ibiam, and my favorite, Michael Okpara. The latter is a genius .