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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on May 27, 2017 19:47:55 GMT
Osinbajo in his short time as AG Acting President, Has already started balancing appointments throughout every section of the country again. Just look at the list of his latest appointments www.newshelmng.com/2017/05/acting-president-osinbajo-makes-federal.html Our open mindedness will eventually come back to bite us. Jonathan was blatantly pro Igbo/East even while being non Igbo hmself... makes you imagine then how biased a full blown presidency would look like - you don't have to let your imagination wander too far away to see the answer to that. while Bubu is unapologetically pro North/Hausa-Fulani. What are Yorubas?
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Post by skebe on May 27, 2017 19:53:02 GMT
Osinbajo in his short time as AG Acting President, Has already started balancing appointments throughout every section of the country again. Just look at the list of his latest appointments www.newshelmng.com/2017/05/acting-president-osinbajo-makes-federal.html Our open mindedness will eventually come back to bite us. Jonathan was blatantly pro Igbo/East while Bubu is unapologetically pro North/Hausa-Fulani. What are Yorubas? That's the way it is has always been. Yorubas, we hardly trust ourselves, and rightly so, based on antecedents. Obasanjo surrounded himself with SS and SEners during his days. Besides, Osinbajo will need the support of everyone come 2019, when he is campaigning for the presidential post.
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Post by Short_Biscuit on May 27, 2017 19:55:00 GMT
Ogbeni Ogunnaike: I think it's clear that the FG had stopped developing even Lagos sef since it lost its FCT status, let alone an Ibadan or other areas. Had it been that the state had no Seaport, it would have been abandoned totally. And even those port infrastructures sef are not getting the needed attention. Abuja is the primary focus of the FG and that isn't about to change for as long as the country remains together. I am happy that the Lagos political elite have created a successful development formula that we can all witness. What I am beginning to think is gonna happen is that, just as Awo created the template and foundation for the success of the Lagos we see today (especially the parts that fell within the Western region back then), and the birth of its middle class as well as a thriving service industrial sector, via the promotion and fostering of industry in the state in those days, so also will the heavy industry we see taking root in Ogun also duplicate a strikingly similar pattern, which will definitely also spill over into Oyo via Ibadan. Ibadan is destined for greatness, it's only a matter of when not if. By the time Oyo gets the kind of leadership that it needs, nobody will prod the leaders of the state to either upgrade the current airport or build a new one like the Lagos State government is about to. The industrial development taking shape in parts of Ogun that are closer to Oyo than Lagos will also eventually spill over into Ibadan thanks to its market, cosmopolitan nature, and proximity. I think that by now it is beginning to sink in that the FG will not 'develop' any other state infrastructurally outside of fixing federal roads (they are slacking even in that area). What's currently happening between Lagos and Ogun may be a pointer to the kind of developmental template that will be replicated all across the region. Just check out the number of registered phonelines in Ogun (second only to that of its Lagos neighbour) . And such a dramatic increase was attained in probably less than a decade. In short, the future of our region looks very promising, without FG input, if our leadership sit-up and stay at the top of their game.
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on May 27, 2017 19:56:17 GMT
Osinbajo in his short time as AG Acting President, Has already started balancing appointments throughout every section of the country again. Just look at the list of his latest appointments www.newshelmng.com/2017/05/acting-president-osinbajo-makes-federal.html Our open mindedness will eventually come back to bite us. Jonathan was blatantly pro Igbo/East while Bubu is unapologetically pro North/Hausa-Fulani. What are Yorubas? That's the way it is has always been. Yorubas, we hardly trust ourselves, and rightly so, based on antecedents. Obasanjo surrounded himself with SS and SEners during his days. Besides, Osinbajo will need the support of everyone come 2019, when he is campaigning for the presidential post. Till then. But is this really about Yorubas not trusting Yorubas? This imo is not an issue of trust, but rather the natural Yoruba disposition as the hinging ethnic group of Nigeria. Hinge as in the connector between Core North and "deep south" hence Yorubas possess this truly national character that is all encompassing and would not favor an Hausa over an Igbo or vice versa. Heck won't even favor his own ethnic group.
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on May 27, 2017 20:04:50 GMT
To be fair, we are hardly marginalized when Northerners are in power, and currently naija is ruled by majorly two yorubas - Osinbajo and Fasola. I am not sure Saraki counts though You say whaaat? lol WHo cancelled the Lagos city rail in the pipelines about to be constructed back then? Northerners have been in power for most of Yoruba history. What have Yorubas gained? Who annulled the victory of MKOs election? Ati bē bē lo.
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Post by skebe on May 27, 2017 20:10:19 GMT
That's the way it is has always been. Yorubas, we hardly trust ourselves, and rightly so, based on antecedents. Obasanjo surrounded himself with SS and SEners during his days. Besides, Osinbajo will need the support of everyone come 2019, when he is campaigning for the presidential post. Till then. But is this really about Yorubas not trusting Yorubas? This imo is not an issue of trust, but rather the natural Yoruba disposition as the hinging ethnic group of Nigeria. Hinge as in the connector between Core North and "deep south" hence Yorubas possess this truly national character that is all encompassing and would not favor an Hausa over an Igbo or vice versa. Heck won't even favor his own ethnic group. I understand, Yoruba is more like the bridge between between all major tribes in the country. It seems we have a large heart naturally, and it has its pros and cons, though the pros outweigh the cons. I am no politician, but we are all familiar with some histories Awo - Akintola OBJ - Bola Ige Oyinlola - (I can't remember his deputy's name again) Tinubu - Funso Williams Ladoja - Akala - Adedibu My brother was discussing about someone Aregbesola via Tinubu helped to get a place in the house of reps, a while ago, almost from ground zero in politics Because he was guarantied a loftier position by an opposing party, he sold his parties winning formular against them, which was utilized to get a win. It was after Aregbe saw him occupying a role alongside opposing party, that he knew whatsup. It happens among other tribes too, but Yorubas....
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Post by Honorebu on Aug 18, 2017 23:29:53 GMT
I think this pretty much explains why most Yorubas aren't interested in the breakup of Nigeria. This was posted by Odua states. Clear and simple
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Post by omohayek on Aug 19, 2017 6:26:36 GMT
I think this pretty much explains why most Yorubas aren't interested in the breakup of Nigeria. This was posted by Odua states. Clear and simple You have it exactly right. The crux of the problem is that they don't see just how bad they have it, and how inexcusable the governance failures they take for granted really are. That things are even worse in all other parts of the country makes it all that much easier for our people to accept the status quo as 'reasonable'.
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Post by Short_Biscuit on Aug 19, 2017 9:39:39 GMT
I think this pretty much explains why most Yorubas aren't interested in the breakup of Nigeria. This was posted by Odua states. Clear and simple You have it exactly right. The crux of the problem is that they don't see just how bad they have it, and how inexcusable the governance failures they take for granted really are. That things are even worse in all other parts of the country makes it all that much easier for our people to accept the status quo as 'reasonable'. To be honest, I really wish that the country can be split into different components so that every ethnicity will 'bear their father's name', but the more I think about it, the more discouraged I become about such prospects ever coming to pass. I just read an interesting report on Vanguard about why the NorthWestern part of the country remains obstinate about restructuring the country. Excerpts of the report reads: www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/northwest-designed-permanently-oppose-restructuring/Now tell me why the mallams up North would ever support the sort of restructuring (or at worst, disintegration) of the country that would fix such monumental imbalances? To be honest, I'm not optimistic at all.
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Post by omohayek on Aug 19, 2017 10:22:00 GMT
You have it exactly right. The crux of the problem is that they don't see just how bad they have it, and how inexcusable the governance failures they take for granted really are. That things are even worse in all other parts of the country makes it all that much easier for our people to accept the status quo as 'reasonable'. To be honest, I really wish that the country can be split into different components so that every ethnicity will 'bear their father's name', but the more I think about it, the more discouraged I become about such prospects ever coming to pass. I just read an interesting report on Vanguard about why the NorthWestern part of the country remains obstinate about restructuring the country. Excerpts of the report reads: www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/northwest-designed-permanently-oppose-restructuring/Now tell me why the mallams up North would ever support the sort of restructuring (or at worst, disintegration) of the country that would fix such monumental imbalances? To be honest, I'm not optimistic at all. Of course they won't support anything that threatens their grip on the country. For all their bluster, the northerners know that they lack the human and natural resources to do better than they are currently managing under the FG feeding-bottle arrangement, and they also know that as a landlocked country they'll be entirely at the mercy of their southern neighbors in the event of Nigeria's dissolution. The question is why we southerners don't seem to realize that this means we actually have the strategic advantage, and use this to press for a more equitable system: when push comes to shove, the northerners will still prefer the half-loaf of a more decentralized system to no loaf as the new "Republic of Southern Niger" that awaits them otherwise. This is where I think the Igbos (and the Niger-Deltans) have gone so wrong in their agitations: they could have sought to make cause with other southern (and even middle belt) groups to push for meaningful changes, right up to the insertion of the constitutional right to secession Awolowo demanded back in 1953, but instead the Igbo's envy and hatred of Yorubas, along with their palpable greed for ND oil, have driven them into a position of almost total isolation, even though none of the issues they have with the current system are unique to Igbos alone. These idiots don't seem to realize that today's enemies in politics are tomorrow's allies and vice versa, so they foolishly cling to false notions of "Yoruba betrayal" and "SE/SS brotherhood" that lead them nowhere, while allowing the north to consistently overrule the divided south. Igbos simply lack the level-headedness and restraint to be successful in politics.
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