I'm very tired right now, but I need to say this with a very heavy heart.
Earlier today, I read a report containing the names of all 136 Nigerian prison inmates involved in the Nigerian-Ethiopian Prisoner Transfer Agreement facilitated by the Honourable Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ma'am Bianca Ojukwu, and every single one of them is Igbo. I mean, every single one of them.
Is it just me, or is this extremely alarming? Does it mean that Igbos are the only Nigerians in Ethiopia?
Does it mean it is only Igbos that were in Ethiopian prisons? Were there no Yorubas, Hausas, Ijaws, Tivs, Efiks, Ibibios or people from other parts of Nigeria there?
How did we end up making up the entire list? What exactly are our young people doing in Ethiopia in such numbers that 136 names returned and all of them are from one ethnic group?
What does this say about us as a people? What are we not talking about? And why are we not having this difficult conversation in AlaIgbo?
It is definitely deliberate that successful organisations are drawn to Lagos. Lagos has maintained a single, rolling development plan since 1999. How many states have this alignment where every successor is building on the last?
Lagos generates the vast majority of its budget internally unlike other states relying on FAAC. So whose value are they extracting?
โItโs also not by accident that insecurity is trafficked everywhere else before it get to Lagos. It is deliberate.โ
Lagos is literally at the edge of the sea, surrounded by Ogun state, insecurity will get there last, this is basic geography.
Lagos is literally crumbling under the weight of the failure of other states, its infrastructure canโt cater to the huge population for such a small state. Yet people are so determined to make Lagos the boogeyman for failure of other states.
Hold your leaders accountable!
The lady chained in Abuja,for over one year, by her brother, one could guess her brothers tribe.
@instablog9ja refused to state his name when the news broke.
FCT police just revealing his name now.
Very inhumane! Heartbreaking, scary..what they are capable of..
@EkitiOracle British have T factor, Scottish have G factor , the French have R factor , Arabs have B factor
Many are educated but not really intelligent and not exposed .
Inferiority complex wan kill a lot of ya
Names of 136 Nigerian inmates involved in the Nigerian-Ethiopian Prisoner Transfer Agreement facilitated by Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mrs Bianca Ojukwu.
Politics apart, jokes apart. I love Nigeria and it's people, irrespective of where they come from. So, I'll say this without fear of contradiction and also, from a genuine patriotic standpoint; it is alarming and concerning that about 99% of the inmates are from one particular ethnicity. This speaks volumes about that ethnicity, and I think the leaders from that region should pause to reflect more on the current state of affairs in Igboland. Something fundamental has shifted in Igboland; so I'm quoting Chinua Achebe's three great textbooks to buttress my opinion. "Things Have fallen Apart, The Center can no Longer Hold, and The Land is no Longer at Ease". The Ethiopian inmates list is not an isolated one; you can go to Malaysia, China, South Africa or any random destination Nigerians love to visit, you'll find more individuals from that same ethnicity as prison inmates in all those countries. As Chimamada Ngozi Adichie rightly pointed out, "this is not who we are." I also know that Ndigbo have not always been like this. They were largely, and till today, still a people who believes in the dignity of honesty, integrity and hardwork. Therefore, my appeal to Ndigbo leaders of thoughts, elders and young adults with conscience is to do something urgently to address this growing menace before it becomes too late and irredeemable. This post is not political, it is not to mock or ridicule Igbo people. Certainly, other ethnicities have their own fair share of criminals. However, when it comes to international crime, it is not an understatement to say that the southeast region dwarfs other region on a scale. My overall message is that we as a nation must address and confront this dark malaise (local and international crimes) frankly, truthfully, objectively, with love and understanding. To underscore this final point, permit me to end this short right-up with this famous Bible qoute "Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."
May God bless Nigeria.
You donโt even know your lord and savior.
He was never a Bank director, he was a bank Chairman. One requires banking knowledge and experience, the other requires a vote by shareholders. For all but one of the banks he was a Chairman of, they are all dead. The only surviving one is Fidelity, and he was more of a Snake that walked on that mountain, he left no mark.
He doesnโt have Ivy League grad school degrees, he attended Ivy League executives training which requires no form of serious qualifications to get into.
He was not a SEC Director, he was a SEC Chairman. It was a political appointment he was obviously not qualified for seeing as he doesnโt have any training or experience in securities, we know why Jonathan gave it to him.
During his 2 terms as Governor, he didnโt make any remarkable or worthy of note POLICIES to the improvement of the financial position of the state.
We have heard your lord and savior talk enough to know that he doesnโt know jack about finance, however, I do commend his knowledge of trading and prudence.