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ican2020:Mumu you have forgotten that the policy the past CBN executed affected both his kinsmen. Merit would always seek justice when denied, it wouldn't care of tribe. Federal government is a general government, whether you want to call it inclusivity or not that's your concern buh I would advise we the masses apply our personal interests too if the politician does same and goes free. The only way we the masses could get justice is by promotin Merit |
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Who Owns Lagos, a Useless Question Without Answers Pots of ink have been wasted posing and trying to find out who owns Lagos. Some of the answers have been: Nobody owns Lagos; Lagos is owned by the Yoruba; The Igbo own Lagos, The Benin Kingdom and therefore the Beni own Lagos; all Nigerians own Lagos; etc. And recently two “Lagosians” held court on the ownership of Lagos. They are Alhaji Olufemi Okunnu and Chief Layi Ajayi Bembe at Punch Newspapers. Each had his own views. The question is useless because there are no possible answers. The ownership of Lagos would require additional sentences/clauses before it can be determined. Such additional sentences could be “who are the original owners of Lagos; who owned Lagos from 1960-1999; who owns Lagos now etc.” The answers will vary with each additional sentence. To make clear what this author is saying. Let’s assume that Obi was the original owner of an estate. Obi sold the land to Benji. There are two possible answers Obi and Benji, depending on how the question is posed. If currently the answer is Benji and if it is the original owner, the answer is Obi. When Obi sold the property to Benji he ceased to own the property. Now let’s come back to Lagos. We begin by pointing out that landownership initially belonged to individuals and then moved on to kings who appropriated individual lands by treachery, purchases and or by force. And letter lands belonged to government which acquired the land by decrees, by laws or by use of the law of eminent domain. Secondly, let’s point out that the subject is not clear to all. What is Lagos? When I lived in Surulere in the 60’s we used to say “I am going to Lagos if we were going to Lagos Island.” We acknowledged that the mainland was not Lagos. The Oba lived/lives on the island and that was Lagos. Even though in the 60’s there was a municipal government which recognized Lagos as both the island and the mainland. Today there is no more municipal government for the city but local governments that have carved the old Lagos into smaller municipalities. Meanwhile “Lagos” which was limited to Ikeja/Palm Grove now extends to Ikorodu. So which Lagos are we talking about? If I own Ajegunle and you own all the rest of “Lagos” who owns Lagos? This is another reason why the question is useless and have no definite answers. What if Ola owns Yaba, Obi owns Ajegunle and Ishaka ownes Ikeja, and Bola owns the Island, assuming each bought their pieces in a fair trade? Who owns Lagos? Most often when people talk of the ownership of Lagos what they actually mean is what the history of Lagos is. Even here there seems to be two different stories. One says that the first settlers on Lagos were the Yoruba from the hinterland. And another posits that the first settlers were the Bini Kingdom as it expanded westwards. I am not sure which story has dominance now. While this is important from getting the history right perspective, we can do this while doing the next important thing which is how do we make Lagos better. Making Lagos better will benefit all the residents of the city no matter who ownership belongs to. All people born in Lagos, all people who live in Lagos, all people who do business in Lagos, etc. have stake in the city and should contribute their resources to make Lagos better for all. It is not just the Yoruba. By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba. If you own land in Lagos, you too own Lagos. Lagos is a Land of settlers from different nations. Indigenous people of this geographical entity called Lagos originally don't speak Yoruba or French. 1 Like
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UrPapa: Hahaha una dey funny So because of the few oil that was discovered yesterday in North you think they're now your friend � Even if SW is a parasitic region it's better to stay with them than to stay with the north. Besides SW is blessed with Enough Oil, limestone, Gold, graphite etc It's hard to say there's no oil in Ogun when Lagos, Ondo, Edo etc that are on that axis got. 1 Like |
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He is already working with Baba the grand master of the new Nigeria. Baba would teach him how to use politics and develop a country while he would tell Baba how he converted his enemies to friends and unified the country. Peter Obi is the future, the hope and the way. God bless Peter Obi God bless Obasanjo God bless you that's also reading christistruth01: |
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Except population which othe way is Kano greater than imo State, By population they're half of the entire southeast By land mass same but when it comes to achievement they forget there usual slogan ''south East is less than a local government in Kaduna" So they want to start comparing a state and a local government right? Ok. *IMO states GDP is greater than that of Kano *Anambra HDI is the highest in the entire Nigeria *Southeast has the lowest poverty rate in amongst other region *Only a small town in Anambra has more billionaires than the entire NW and the town is Nnewi What now do you call development? obynzo: |
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There are may things the government can do if they want to. 1. Agreements can be reached with different companies to provide enough tractors for the Nigerian farmers.(according to him he said that Nigeria has less than 50 thousands tractors to compare to a state in India that has over 500,000 tractors. 2. Another effort can be made by establishing an accessible agricultural Banks that would provide young farmers with loans. (We have over 10,000 students graduating from faculties of agriculture yearly in Nigeria, how many them endsup in the agric sector?) 3. The ministry of agriculture can be reformed such that it would have it's own secretariat in all state, applying a mono agricultural farming in each state e.g plateau tea farm, benue rice estate etc There are many more to do and I'm not saying that this government is doing nothing but I can tell you authoritatively that they're not doing upto 20% of what they can do. Our next year's budget is close to 20 trillion naira. If 5 trillion can be allocated and managed well into the agric sector Nigeria would be the second largest Agric food economy in the would in a complete 8yrs of an uninterrupted progress. Being the *largest producer of eggs in Africa *Largest producer of coffee overtaking Ethiopia in Africa *Largest producer of fish in Africa by investing heavily on pond fish farming across the 36 states *Largest producer of rice, beans, tomato, corn, cassava etc With agriculture making upto 37% of our GDP of 5trillion dollars in the next 15- 17yrs. We can only start this race with Obi he's the only one that can set this roadmap for Nigeria. God bless Nigeria. christistruth01: |
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Keep deceiving yourself How can he develop something he has no control over. If we say power decentralisation so that regions can develop on there best, enemies of progress like you would still refuse. I just wish Peter Obi would be the head of government in the East. ATIKU in the North Then Tinubu in the West. shortIGBOman: |
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![]() Blackfire:this is not just about being landlocked |
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I'm Igbo and I know the kind of articles Igbo can write. That guy is just a fool and he's not Igbo. He just wants us to start abusing our selves here with harsh words. But thank God for education and wisdom giving to us, the southerners. Nationalpikin: |
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Ok compare that your Ijaw fully controlled state to akwaibom in any way. 666Advocate: |
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Well I don't know how you measure development, Are you talking about skyscrapers? None is in Nigeria in a whole but onitsha has the highest number of high-rised building in Nigeria. Are you talking about electricity? National problem Good water? Enugu drinks from spring which is the neatest, it's also a national problem. Let's talk about the once you would like to hear. GDP and HDI without federal presence Look at Anambra Look at Imo state, Abia state Let me just tell you something Nnewi and ABA is the manufacturing hub of Nigeria. All we need here is just federal presence like railways and opening of eastern seaports. Like they are in southwest. If the federal government can harness the opportunity innoson has Nigeria would be exporting cars and innoson has the potential of being the largest company in Nigeria instead of MTN Nigerian economy would boost and South East would be on the map. But the bigotry in Nigeria is too much. Igboland: |
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But you know he doesn't know you right? Why not use your own opportunity to bring up qualified people that would manage things that concerns you? If you have been emotionally attached to your tribe or religion to the extent that truth and justice becomes secondary consideration then your education is useless, your exposure is useless. If you cannot reason beyond Petty sentiments then you're a liability to mankind. Majesty2: |
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Igboland:Wretched man calling people wretched with a borrowed data. An Igbo of 15yrs have started counting his thousands, one of 25 is already controlling businesses worth millions at the verious markets in Nigeria. I didn't want to reply you because I know if you're not leaving in one those primitive or rural villages in SW then your landlord must be an Igbo man In Lagos. Lagos was carved in SW let's just say it's a SW territory tell me which part of its economy do Yoruba control?. Why is that Lagos that has a symbol of a no man's land which is just the fact the only place developing look at Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Oyo and Ondo even though Ondo is not purely Yoruba but let's just say yoruba majority what is there states of econom? Igboland: |
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Well God has already made an ibiobio woman the first lady. Many years after creation of ijaw which is 78%ijaw compare it with Akwa Ibom which is an Ibiobio state. 666Advocate: |
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GreatBoss:So Ifeanyi Okawa would be more of pro ijaw than pro Igbo abii. Confusion is a problem. No problem vote another Fulani northern for another 8 years your people would still complain more. IJAW just have Bayelsa to control not any other state. The wife of H.E is an Ibiobio woman ibiobio love themselves more than most illiterate Ijaws. |
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HomoSapiien: Sorry you never noticed that BUHARI is no longer contesting, it's now an indicted man with no acceptance nation wide if you have noticed. |
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spearman: Ok |
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ImperialYoruba:are you not a slave to North 1 Like |
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[quote author=helinues post=81996172] No major political party can hand their candidates to SE.. May be Vice ooo.. That's the real truth Mushroom party fit though.. [Let's put an end to tribalism |
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[quote author=OndoTrends pohe should be one of the best working gorvernors |
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