Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has called on the Lagos State Government to release 180 Ebonyi indigenes held in Lagos for hawking.

Umahi made the call on Thursday in Abakaliki, when he received a delegation of Ebonyi indigenes residing in Onitsha, Anambra, who visited him over the plight of some indigenes of the town.

Umahi, represented by his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, said the government was dismayed by the report from the Ebonyi Development Association in Lagos concerning incarcerated 180 indigenes.


“The 180 victims were accused of contravening a law of the Lagos State Government on street trading, but the intriguing aspect is that they had been incarcerated before the law was enacted.

“Most of them had spent over two years in incarceration before the law was enacted, but they were unfortunately charged under the same law.

“I will immediately consult and interact with my Lagos counterpart to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of the victims,” he said.


The governor said the days of treating Ebonyi citizens as second-class citizens in the country were over, saying the government would extend its empowerment schemes to its indigenes residing across the country.

“The government would immediately procure over 130 tricycles to enable hawkers of Ebonyi origin in Onitsha and environs to quit the trade and be gainfully employed.

“We would accommodate over 20 indigenes in Onitsha in our empowerment scheme, which would offer them a grant of N250,000 ea ch, to quit street trading and be gainfully employed.

The leader of the delegation and the governor’s Senior Technical Assistant, Onitsha Liaison Office, Mr Mathew Njoku, thanked the governor for the reception and pledged to contribute its quota to the state’s development.

“We thank you for graciously including Ebonyi indigenes in Onitsha and across the country in your empowerment schemes because it would help to eradicate the humiliating experiences they undergo while hawking and engaging in other menial jobs.”

“Ebonyi indigenes are ranked among the most successful exporters of goods in Onitsha and are willing to transfer such business acumen to enhance the state’s economy,” he said.

There's no doubt that ebonyi people are 2rd class igbos even in Nigeria at large. This is not news

[s]

ABlAstate:
There's no doubt that ebonyi people are 2rd class igbos even in Nigeria at large. This is not news

[/s]

You need to take your drugs.

In what ways are you better than an average Ebonyian?

Yorubas always looking for any opportunity to create disunity among igbos.
Then tomorrow, open another thread how igbos don't love themselves. But we know better now

Kingosytex:
[s][/s]

You need to take your drugs.

In what ways are you better than average Ebonyian?

I believe u already know the person u quoted is not igbo

Ebonyi state and its people are cursed, Obiano did well to ban okada in Anambra, this effectively removed ebonyi miscreants from all over Anambra. The ones that are remaining had to either get keke from their ebonyi gov or leave the state.

somalianprince:
Ebonyi state is cursed Obiano did well to ban okada in Anambra, this effectively removed ebonyi miscreants from all over Anambra.

The hunger in SW this period has shown the world how much the rich among them care about the poor.

Give it up to the Igbos. No other region showed love to their people more than igbos.

Now my yoruba brothers are worried about the show of love in igboland.
Instead of going to comment on threads that border on their welfare, they're rushing igbo threads lol

A "second class citizen" in a third world Nigeria Nope. You won't find oil where you're going.

.

Bitchlover:
A "second class citizen" in a third world Nigeria Nope. You won't find oil where you're going.

Hahahaha 3rd world is an upgrade. Who dash Nigeria 3rd world. We're just doing attache by force by claiming 3rd world.

They are everywhere in Imo state.

Cyberterror:
They are everywhere in Imo state.

Ebonyi people are the worst set of people I have seen in Nigeria, fulani herdsmen are even more acceptable than these miscreants from ebonyi state

God! Ebonyi deserved to be loved. They are scorned at by their ibo brothers but loved by Nigerians. We love you ebonyi.

Cyberterror:
They are everywhere in Imo state.

Keep quiet this is Apogbon in Lagos Island....

akinegba1:



Ebonyi people are the worst set of people I have seen in Nigeria, fulani herdsmen are even more acceptable than these miscreants from ebonyi state

These are the people that kill the innocent instead of the guilty.

Fulani killer is better than street hawker....You bahddddddd.

See poverty capitalists of the world calling fellow citizens 2nd class just to feel good.

Odiegwu...

MinorityOpinion:
God! Ebonyi deserved to be loved. They are scorned at by their ibo brothers but loved by Nigerians. We love you ebonyi.

We igbos knows ourselves. In all honesty ebonyi people are not igbos. It is easier to understand igbo spoken in Rivers and Delta states than the thing they speak in ebonyi state

ScotMisile:

These are the people that kill the innocent instead of the guilty.

Fulani killer is better than street hawker....You bahddddddd.

Fulanis are better humans than ebonyi people

akinegba1:



Fulanis are better humans than ebonyi people

Killers are better than hawkers...ok...I drop mic

[s]

MinorityOpinion:
God! Ebonyi deserved to be loved. They are scorned at by their ibo brothers but loved by Nigerians. We love you ebonyi.

[/s]
Divide and rule. If care is not taken you might be the notorious omenka.

ABlAstate:



We igbos knows ourselves. In all honesty ebonyi people are not igbos. It is easier to understand igbo spoken in Rivers and Delta states than the thing they speak in ebonyi state

Ebonyi are trying their best now. Is it their fault they can't speak the same igbo? Don't igbo know the meaning of dialect. Una dey disappoint person sometimes.

If we talk say igbo never mature to get biafra, Una go dey beat chest.

[s]

Cyberterror:
They are everywhere in Imo state.

[/s]
You are mocking people's condition which is totally wrong.

That's true Sha, But those are not Igbos

ABlAstate:



We igbos knows ourselves. In all honesty ebonyi people are not igbos. It is easier to understand igbo spoken in Rivers and Delta states than the thing they speak in ebonyi state

Yorubas una no dey tire

“The 180 victims were accused of contravening a law of the Lagos State Government on street trading, but the intriguing aspect is that they had been incarcerated before the law was enacted.

“Most of them had spent over two years in incarceration before the law was enacted, but they were unfortunately charged under the same law"



Just read the above, I just had pity for these Ebonyi people. Look at how they are being chased haunted and jailed like they are not even Nigerians.

ScotMisile:

Killers are better than hawkers...ok...I drop mic

Ebonyi people constitute more nuisance than fulani herdsmen

This is uncalled for, though Ebonyi is a backward state with some of the most uneducated Nigerians. Ebonyi needs our help

akinegba1:



Ebonyi people are the worst set of people I have seen in Nigeria, fulani herdsmen are even more acceptable than these miscreants from ebonyi state

I see Ebonyi people as Benue people. In Owerri, they don't even partake in Igbo meetings maybe because they are ashamed of their language.

ABlAstate:



We igbos knows ourselves. In all honesty ebonyi people are not igbos. It is easier to understand igbo spoken in Rivers and Delta states than the thing they speak in ebonyi state

Iti, it is NOT we Igbos knows

It is We Igbos know

Who made you the spokesman of Ndigbo

BYW, have you taken your drugs today?