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Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by AlexBells(m): 8:05am On Nov 28, 2020
I'm a full blooded Igbo but sometimes I feel like Nigeria is the most unjust creation in this world. The Majority Tribes always think that Nigeria is meant for them forgetting that all tribes and Kingdoms of Nigeria should be equal.

As an Igbo man, I find it shameful when my people call for Igbo presidency and even go as far as making threats for it, do I blame them no, I won't blame them because we were never a country, if we were a country, a Yoruba man won't be proudly saying that Igbos will never rule Nigeria, some Hausa/Fulani won't be prouding themselves as born to rule.

I literally cried the other day when someone who claims to be from a Niger Delta tribe refused to mention his tribe and made Nigeria look like a chess game between the Igbos and the Fulanis and I ask myself, is this how much we had made some of these less populated tribes loose faith in themselves, we are breeding inferiority complex in them.

If we live in a sane society, Igbos wouldn't be this naive, I do really feel ashamed that whenever issues of representation is being called in Nigeria, it is either Hausa/Fulani, Igbo or Yoruba that gets considered and treated as a priority, what about the Esan man, what about the Ibibio man, what about the Tiv/Idoma man.

We always make Igbos feel victimized to the destruction of the psychology of the minority tribes, why do we majority tribes feel so important, why do we make Igbos feel so entitled, Igbos have five state governors, and 7 state capitals if we Include Asaba and some part of PH, in fact any state the Igbos are up to 500000 in population, the Igbo area becomes the capital some tribes does not even have a constituency, why is it always about the first 10 biggest tribes.

How many times do we hear Igbo Amaka, Hausa/Fulani Amaka, Yoruba Amaka, here on nairaland etc, have you ever heard Esan Amaka, Igbira Amaka, etc, do we really want those tribes to disappear.

Igbos have many representatives in the Senate, many representatives in the hause of Assembly but people still find it profitable to abuse Igbos about their political irrelevance in Nigeria, do we think at all, some tribes does not even have their tribes person as a councillor in their own constituency.

What is wrong with Nigeria, a very selfish country, if South East presidency is the thing, I will encourage any Igala in the South East state of Anambra or an Ette man in the South East State of Enugu, or other minority tribes within any South East state to come out and contest for president, I will not just vote for such person but I will campaign for him or her.

Igbos should quite being naive, Igbo presidency is not a do or die affair, with our influence in Nigeria, we are more powerful than the presidency, let's not allow them to play on our collective psychology, when ever anyone tells you there had not been Igbo president for a long time, please do remind them that there had not been an Igbira president also, 7 state capitals in Igboland what more political influence do they want to see.

Let the majority tribes stop building inferiority complex in the minority, does an Igbira man ever dream of rulling Nigeria someday, does Nigeria not belong to all of us, let's carry everyone along, that's the only way this country is going to work.

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Yenefer(f): 8:08am On Nov 28, 2020
Sorry baby u cried over what I guess Goodluck is Fulani

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Lajet: 8:09am On Nov 28, 2020
Get out from here Mr impostor . All the time I’m full blooded Igbo man. Who asked you where you are from Mr impostor? why are you feeling so important? Are you jobless that you don’t have anything important to do with your time?

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Ikillbrokehoes(m): 8:10am On Nov 28, 2020
I see
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Ufedo2019(f): 8:10am On Nov 28, 2020
This is beautiful, but maybe we won't see, #MinorityTribesMatter

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Nobody: 8:13am On Nov 28, 2020
I don't think anyone that is not a FULANI or YORUBA can become Nigerian president again because other tribes do not have the number. Otherwise by divine arrangements. Religion and tribe are the only two factors that determines who win election in Nigeria. This does not favour Igbo and other minor tribes.
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by AlexBells(m): 8:16am On Nov 28, 2020
DamZik:
I don't think anyone that is not a FULANI or YORUBA can become Nigerian president again because other tribes do not have the number. Otherwise by divine arrangements. Religion and tribe are the only two factors that determines who win election in Nigeria. This does not favour Igbo and other minor tribes.
I don't agree with you, if you go by number Fulani is a minority, so why not even Say Hausa, as far as you attribute that value to Fulani, I'm even happy you are raising the hopes of minorities
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Nobody: 8:17am On Nov 28, 2020
[s]
Yenefer:
Sorry baby u cried over what I guess Goodluck is Fulani
[/s]Why is it so difficult and impossible for you here to contribute intelligently? Must you curse, abuse and attack people all the time? I understand that you are being paid by APC for this nonsense but you can still apply little sense. Happy weekend.
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by flokii: 8:17am On Nov 28, 2020
Your forefathers caused it out of greed to dominate all other tribes in Nigeria.. the likes of Azikiwe that opposed the secession clause, Ironsi with decree 34, Nwabueze, Ekwueme and others. They colluded with North to separate Mid West from Western region to reduce influence of West but want the Niger deltans to remain under them in Eastern region. Thanks to Gowon that rectified the blunder with zones.

In 2011, SW supported GEJ from Bayelsa to become President even though the North objected to it. Seeing the strong force behind GEJ, they had no choice than to allow GEJ rule. Fast forward to months later, feather weights in politics hijacked his government and filled themselves into every juicy position in government completely sidelining Yorubas, a major tribe in the scheme of tthings.
The same caucus have gathered with their rants and blackmail for presidency in 2023. No intelligent Yoruba will support them not with the level of attrocities they committed against the Yoruba race under Goodluck Jonathan.

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by blackpanda: 8:17am On Nov 28, 2020
Ok this rant is long and somewhat confusing. But bottom line is, Nigeria is a country of over 200 tribes so it will be madness to recognise all as being supreme at the same time. Even the 3 major ones we have are having a hard time managing each other let alone 250.
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by AlexBells(m): 8:19am On Nov 28, 2020
blackpanda:
Ok this rant is long and somewhat confusing. But bottom line is, Nigeria is a country of over 200 tribes so it will be madness to recognise all as being supreme at the same time. Even the 3 major ones we have are having a hard time managing each other let alone 250.
You don't need to recognize them as being supreme but you need to recognize their supremacy as a people, that way we are not pushing them into complete disappearance
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by mightyhazel: 8:19am On Nov 28, 2020
For me ,let it not go to any of the major tribes anymore.. their impunity too much abeg. U see how jonathan even with his flaws tried to respond to ppls demand.. Compare that to how buhari carries on as if nigeria is his fiefdom.. becos he feel say with hausafulani and their loyal minions, nothing go happen
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Nobody: 8:21am On Nov 28, 2020
AlexBells:

I don't agree with you, if you go by number Fulani is a minority, so why not even Say Hausa, as far as you attribute that value to Fulani, I'm even happy you are raising the hopes of minorities
Well, I don't really know the difference between Fulani and Hausa. I see both as one and same. The reason why I said there is no hope for the minority tribe again is because religious and tribal sentiment is rising day by day. In Nigeria, it is religion first, tribe next. We are not interested in the mental capacity of the contestants.
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by helinues: 8:23am On Nov 28, 2020
sad

Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by AlexBells(m): 8:24am On Nov 28, 2020
flokii:
Your forefathers caused it out of greed to dominate all other tribes in Nigeria.. the likes of Azikiwe that opposed the secession clause, Ironsi with decree 34, Nwabueze, Ekwueme and others. They colluded with North to separate Mid West from Western region to reduce influence of West but want the Niger deltans to remain under them in Eastern region. Thanks to Gowon that rectified the blunder with zones.

In 2011, SW supported GEJ from Bayelsa to become President even though the North objected to it. Seeing the strong force behind GEJ, they had no choice than to allow GEJ rule. Fast forward to months later, feather weights in politics hijacked his government and filled themselves into every juicy position in government completely sidelining Yorubas, a major tribe in the scheme of tthings.
The same caucus have gathered with their rants and blackmail for presidency in 2023. No intelligent Yoruba will support them not with the level of attrocities they committed against the Yoruba race under Goodluck Jonathan.
Please for the sake of anything sensible, can you forget the part about abolishing the region, because the last time I checked the regions did not treat minorities any better.

This is the problem we are talking, it unfair if the Yorubas were sidelined but please can you mention a single Igbira person in Jonathan, government, that's what I keep saying does the Igbira not have enough right to protest over that, why always Igbos, Hausa, Fulani but the Nigerian civil war was fought mainly by these minorities in Middle Belt, your Yorubas and Fulanis were only Commandos, why is it so
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by helinues: 8:24am On Nov 28, 2020
DamZik:
I don't think anyone that is not a FULANI or YORUBA can become Nigerian president again because other tribes do not have the number. Otherwise by divine arrangements. Religion and tribe are the only two factors that determines who win election in Nigeria. This does not favour Igbo and other minor tribes.

GEJ is a Kanuri man now.

Eish!
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by helinues: 8:25am On Nov 28, 2020
DamZik:
[s][/s]Why is it so difficult and impossible for you here to contribute intelligently? Must you curse, abuse and attack people all the time? I understand that you are being paid by APC for this nonsense but you can still apply little sense. Happy weekend.

What moral justification do you have to question others on NL?

Is it not you and your colleagues that have been copying and pasting the attached trash below to derail threads.

Hypocrisy stinks

Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by AlexBells(m): 8:26am On Nov 28, 2020
helinues:


GEJ is a Kanuri man now.

Eish!
Was GEJ voted into the presidency from scratch, GEJ is a child of privilege and favour quite pretending like all is well
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by helinues: 8:29am On Nov 28, 2020
AlexBells:

Was GEJ voted into the presidency from scratch, GEJ is a child of privilege and favour quite pretending like all is well

Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by flokii: 8:30am On Nov 28, 2020
AlexBells:

Please for the sake of anything sensible, can you forget the part about abolishing the region, because the last time I checked the regions did not treat minorities any better.

This is the problem we are talking, it unfair if the Yorubas were sidelined but please can you mention a single Igbira person in Jonathan, government, that's what I keep saying does the Igbira not have enough right to protest over that, why always Igbos, Hausa, Fulani but the Nigerian civil war was fought mainly by these minorities in Middle Belt, your Yorubas and Fulanis were only Commandos, why is it so

The problem still boils down to Igbos.. they always want to corner everything not minding how others feel. It's the reason they are tagged "I before others" till date.

In the North for example, they have many ethnicities other than Hausas and Fulanis who are represented well in governance. The Zurus from Kebbi are prominent politicians in Nigeria, Yobe, Bauchi etc. too have their fair share in politics but look at GEJ's cabinet, Igbos everywhere that even Edwin Clark had to knock GEJ for his insensitivity.

Everyone knows Yorubas are far more liberal, reason our kiths in Kwara and Kogi want to merge with SW.
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Nobody: 8:32am On Nov 28, 2020
helinues:


GEJ is a Kanuri man now.

Eish!
Iwo lo mo. Maybe you didn't read where I used the word "again." I also said religious and tribal sentiments have beclouded the minds of Nigerians more than before and this is what determines who win elections.
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by Yebosola(m): 8:33am On Nov 28, 2020
flokii:
Your forefathers caused it out of greed to dominate all other tribes in Nigeria.. the likes of Azikiwe that opposed the secession clause, Ironsi with decree 34, Nwabueze, Ekwueme and others. They colluded with North to separate Mid West from Western region to reduce influence of West but want the Niger deltans to remain under them in Eastern region. Thanks to Gowon that rectified the blunder with zones.

In 2011, SW supported GEJ from Bayelsa to become President even though the North objected to it. Seeing the strong force behind GEJ, they had no choice than to allow GEJ rule. Fast forward to months later, feather weights in politics hijacked his government and filled themselves into every juicy position in government completely sidelining Yorubas, a major tribe in the scheme of tthings.
The same caucus have gathered with their rants and blackmail for presidency in 2023. No intelligent Yoruba will support them not with the level of attrocities they committed against the Yoruba race under Goodluck Jonathan.


Very Apt, if u tell them, they will b ranting Afonja, slaves up and down like headless chicken, this idiots are nowhere to b found when Save Nig group under Tunde Bakare spearheaded the enthronedment of GEJ, after getting there, what do u hear from the ungrateful man, "Igbos are the pillars of my Govt " 5%er that can't reelect him in 2015.

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by helinues: 8:34am On Nov 28, 2020
DamZik:
Iwo lo mo. Maybe you didn't read where I used the word "again." I also said religious and tribal sentiments have beclouded the minds of Nigerians more than before and this is what determines who win elections.

So GEJ minority from SS didn't win Buhari Fulani in 2011?
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by flokii: 8:36am On Nov 28, 2020
Yebosola:



Very Apt, if u tell them, they will b ranting Afonja, slaves up and down like headless chicken, this idiots are nowhere to b found when Save Nig group under Tunde Bakare spearheaded the enthronedment of GEJ, after getting there, what do u hear from the ungrateful man, "Igbos are the pillars of my Govt " 5%er that can't reelect him in 2015.

He got served, don't mind the mumu man.. his backbone that couldn't get him re-elected in 2015. They are now crying betrayers, backstabbers etc
everywhere.

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by EmekaA125(m): 8:36am On Nov 28, 2020
Yebosola:



Very Apt, if u tell them, they will b ranting Afonja, slaves up and down like headless chicken, this idiots are nowhere to b found when Save Nig group under Tunde Bakare spearheaded the enthronedment of GEJ, after getting there, what do u hear from the ungrateful man, "Igbos are the pillars of my Govt " 5%er that can't reelect him in 2015.
Nonsense
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by AlexBells(m): 8:36am On Nov 28, 2020
flokii:


The problem still boils down to Igbos.. they always want to corner everything not minding how others feel. It's the reason they are tagged "I before others" till date.

In the North for example, they have many ethnicities other than Hausas and Fulanis who are represented well in governance. The Zurus from Kebbi are prominent politicians in Nigeria, Yobe, Bauchi etc. too have their fair share in politics but look at GEJ's cabinet, Igbos everywhere that even Edwin Clark had to knock GEJ for his insensitivity.

Everyone knows Yorubas are far more liberal, reason our kiths in Kwara and Kogi want to merge with SW.
If you blame it on the Igbos then you are being economical with the truth, you still do not get that that's the problem we are talking about, due to the Superiority complex in Nigeria, any minority tribe in power will like to please a majority tribe and as such GEJ chose the Igbos, that's the part I need to fix the part that Nigerians make it look like without siding with a majority, then you will have problems as a president, the truth is most Niger Delta tribes despite the outburst sees the Igbos as their brothers that's what you should get but that's not the situation we are dealing with here, the question is why didn't GEJ be confident enough to stand his ground without trying to please majorities, that was his downfall, he had to slow down on his fight against boko harambe just to appease the North
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by ThEGodFaThEr101(m): 8:40am On Nov 28, 2020
flokii:
Your forefathers caused it out of greed to dominate all other tribes in Nigeria.. the likes of Azikiwe that opposed the secession clause, Ironsi with decree 34, Nwabueze, Ekwueme and others. They colluded with North to separate Mid West from Western region to reduce influence of West but want the Niger deltans to remain under them in Eastern region. Thanks to Gowon that rectified the blunder with zones.

In 2011, SW supported GEJ from Bayelsa to become President even though the North objected to it. Seeing the strong force behind GEJ, they had no choice than to allow GEJ rule. Fast forward to months later, feather weights in politics hijacked his government and filled themselves into every juicy position in government completely sidelining Yorubas, a major tribe in the scheme of tthings.
The same caucus have gathered with their rants and blackmail for presidency in 2023. No intelligent Yoruba will support them not with the level of attrocities they committed against the Yoruba race under Goodluck Jonathan.
Mumu! Mumu!! Mumu!!!
You never cease to amaze me with your broad day lies. How will your children, if you have any or family members feel knowing that you're a mischievous fellow? Keep on hating on Igbos why they keep excelling, na you go tire. Come 2023 you'll be shocked and thus, embark on another sabbatical leave on NAIRALAND.

Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by sinkhole: 8:42am On Nov 28, 2020
Democracy is for the majority!
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by flokii: 8:42am On Nov 28, 2020
AlexBells:

If you blame it on the Igbos then you are being economical with the truth, you still do not get that that's the problem we are talking about, due to the Superiority complex in Nigeria, any minority tribe in power will like to please a majority tribe and as such GEJ chose the Igbos, that's the part I need to fix the part that Nigerians make it look like without siding with a majority, then you will have problems as a president, the truth is most Niger Delta tribes despite the outburst sees the Igbos as their brothers that's what you should get but that's not the situation we are dealing with here, the question is why didn't GEJ be confident enough to stand his ground without trying to please majorities, that was his downfall, he had to slow down on his fight against boko harambe just to appease the North

Even if you want to please a major ethnic group, you don't do it recklessly by completely sidelining other major tribes that fought on your behalf.

This is the more reason why minor tribes will keep finding it diffocult to attain any meaningful position at the centre.

The nepotism we are facing now actually started with GEJ where Yorubas suffered the most. I don't really thinks Northerners will allow that to happen again with igbo presidency in 2023.
Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by owobokiri(m): 8:44am On Nov 28, 2020
flokii:


Even if you want to please a major ethnic group, you don't do it recklessly by completely sidelining other major tribes that fought on your behalf.

This is the more reason why minor tribes will keep finding it diffocult to attain any meaningful position at the centre.

The nepotism we are facing now actually started with GEJ where Yorubas suffered the most. I don't really thinks Northerners will allow that to happen again with igbo presidency in 2023.
How did you suffer the most under Jonathan? Is there anything that was deu to you that was not given to you?

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by AlexBells(m): 8:46am On Nov 28, 2020
flokii:


Even if you want to please a major ethnic group, you don't do it recklessly by completely sidelining other major tribes that fought on your behalf.

This is the more reason why minor tribes will keep finding it diffocult to attain any meaningful position at the centre.

The nepotism we are facing now actually started with GEJ where Yorubas suffered the most. I don't really thinks Northerners will allow that to happen again with igbo presidency in 2023.
Have you ever been a minority tribe in Nigeria do you know what it feels like to say I'm from this tribe and no one knows your tribe, do you know the impact it has in those people's psychology, have you ever tried to get the nitice of the bigger boy in a group as a child, sometimes I remember when I buy something, I will give more than have to the bigger boy and will still give the others at the end I may still not eat what I bought with my money, I can't blame the Igbos for collecting position from Jonathan especially when such had been questioned in the past, I won't also blame Jonathan because he was a victim too,

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Re: Igbo President: Is Nigeria Only For Majority Tribes by flokii: 8:47am On Nov 28, 2020
owobokiri:

How did you suffer the most under Jonathan? Is there anything that was deu to you that was not given to you?

Go do your finding and you'd see.. it got to a point Yoruba elders had to complain openly of marginalization under GEJ presidency.

There is a thread on that here on Nairaland where easterners were rejoicing over Yoruba marginalization.

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