Morning beautiful people. Happy new week. I hope you have planned to do something productive this week. I had fun in Lagos last week. It's time for serious business now. Zero social activity, 100% project, studies and blogging. Of course, I'd create time to hang out with Ebere. That girl motivates and inspires me.
So, yesterday, I made jellof rice. It was really small sha. It was gone before I was able to say Gift! Today is school and my plan for this semester is that no fast food is going to see my break light. My gas and foodstuff must be useful. That was how I made spaghetti without fresh tomatoes or tomato paste last night. It actually turned out great. I'm not much of a cook, I can wash the toilet and bathroom all day and scrub the walls, but I cook. I cook because I love food. Shay I'm not a wife material? Who will marry a woman that doesn't love to cook? Do I care? No!
You are welcome to the Let's Talk segment of our blog. Today, we are going to talk about Biafra and the reason Biafra cannot or will not work. Ko le work! On my way back from Lagos, we had an argument in my bus. They were arguing that Amambra state is finer that Nsukka in Enugu state. Most of this people involved in this type of argument probably live in one remote part of the world. I honestly didn't get that argument. They also talked about different tribes and the way they behave. See, with this kind of mentality, Biafra will not work. There is no love in the Igbo land, you can take it to the bank. Most times, we do not even want to marry outside our states and local governments. We have something bad to say about other states and we claim to be from the same tribe. Ko le work!
I have this neighbour who hasn't paid his electricity bills for over a year now. His bill has amounted to over a hundred thousand naira. He's a strong advocate of Biafra. He will pay his electricity bills in Biafra. He believes that the Igbos are marginalised. I mean this is a man that doesn't even pay his workers their salaries. You have not fixed yourself and your freaking life, you are arguing about Biafra. If he goes to his dream country Biafra, will he pay his electricity bill? No!
We have governors in this Igbo land who comfortably owe their workers for months and they go about building roads or whatever! Aren't these governors going to be in Biafra? Of course. What exactly is the fuss about? Does it mean that they'd pay salaries when they move to Biafra? Most people agitating for Biafra didn't experience the war. When the country Biafra finally becomes reality, we'd start to argue. An Anambra man is supposed to rule Biafra, an Abia man is supposed to rule Biafra and so on.
Think about taking care of yourself and your family, leave Biafra alone. Oh, did I forget to mention that Igbo people can be found in Lagos state House of Assembly. How many Yorubas or Hausas will you find in any state house of assembly in the east? If we are not condemning Ebonyi people, we are condemning Abia or IMO people. Shay they said Abia people eat human beings? Why do you want them in your country?
Let go of negativity. Stay focused and positive. Be smart, be innovative, be creative, everything good will come. Biafra is not an freaking solution. Get your life together and do what is right. Leave a comment and have an awesome Monday.
So, yesterday, I made jellof rice. It was really small sha. It was gone before I was able to say Gift! Today is school and my plan for this semester is that no fast food is going to see my break light. My gas and foodstuff must be useful. That was how I made spaghetti without fresh tomatoes or tomato paste last night. It actually turned out great. I'm not much of a cook, I can wash the toilet and bathroom all day and scrub the walls, but I cook. I cook because I love food. Shay I'm not a wife material? Who will marry a woman that doesn't love to cook? Do I care? No!
You are welcome to the Let's Talk segment of our blog. Today, we are going to talk about Biafra and the reason Biafra cannot or will not work. Ko le work! On my way back from Lagos, we had an argument in my bus. They were arguing that Amambra state is finer that Nsukka in Enugu state. Most of this people involved in this type of argument probably live in one remote part of the world. I honestly didn't get that argument. They also talked about different tribes and the way they behave. See, with this kind of mentality, Biafra will not work. There is no love in the Igbo land, you can take it to the bank. Most times, we do not even want to marry outside our states and local governments. We have something bad to say about other states and we claim to be from the same tribe. Ko le work!
I have this neighbour who hasn't paid his electricity bills for over a year now. His bill has amounted to over a hundred thousand naira. He's a strong advocate of Biafra. He will pay his electricity bills in Biafra. He believes that the Igbos are marginalised. I mean this is a man that doesn't even pay his workers their salaries. You have not fixed yourself and your freaking life, you are arguing about Biafra. If he goes to his dream country Biafra, will he pay his electricity bill? No!
We have governors in this Igbo land who comfortably owe their workers for months and they go about building roads or whatever! Aren't these governors going to be in Biafra? Of course. What exactly is the fuss about? Does it mean that they'd pay salaries when they move to Biafra? Most people agitating for Biafra didn't experience the war. When the country Biafra finally becomes reality, we'd start to argue. An Anambra man is supposed to rule Biafra, an Abia man is supposed to rule Biafra and so on.
Think about taking care of yourself and your family, leave Biafra alone. Oh, did I forget to mention that Igbo people can be found in Lagos state House of Assembly. How many Yorubas or Hausas will you find in any state house of assembly in the east? If we are not condemning Ebonyi people, we are condemning Abia or IMO people. Shay they said Abia people eat human beings? Why do you want them in your country?
Let go of negativity. Stay focused and positive. Be smart, be innovative, be creative, everything good will come. Biafra is not an freaking solution. Get your life together and do what is right. Leave a comment and have an awesome Monday.
Comments
Even in the "perfect countries or tribes" there are discriminations, ethnic intolerances, black vs white Americans, Indian Americans, British Americans... and we can see the trend in other countries and tribes as well.
There are reasons many people from SE/SS think they need Biafra. They are reasons beyond our internal conflicts and internal discriminations.
About Igbo's presence in other states... I think in 2015 election Igbo won both Ojo and Amuwo Odofin LGA chairmanship?.... But why? How many Igbos are in Ojo and Amuwo Odofin or Lagos as a whole? Now, how many Yorubas are in Igboland? Why are they not here? Because Igbos are violent or not hospitable? Really? Find out why.
Why are there many Igbos in Lagos than there are Yorubas in any SE state? Have you ever wondered why? Does it mean Ndigbo hate their homeland? Is it difficult to figure it out that something keeps forcing Igbos out of their homeland?
And they will say to Ndigbo "go home and develop your states" but their own states should be developed by the federal govt.?
Do you develop a region by the wave of your hands? Perhaps you show us how since we are so dumb. Else, dig deep and find out why Igbos are scattered abroad.
Recently I have been following the railway projects saga.... I felt really bad. I felt my people are being sidelined. I've never cared much about this whole Biafran thing but I can't see those agitating for it as uninformed. There are so many more issues people raise everyday, just like the railway projects issue.
Also, the reasoning that Igbos should dismiss the idea of Biafra because those agitating for Biafra now were no part of the Biafran war doesn't really connect. I am trying to understand why people should remain mute and not fight for their right because they didn't witness the brutality and genocide, as some termed it, of the past war. Not logical enough.
Despite the discrimination among us, I think Igbos are the most sociable and most peaceful tribe in Nigeria.
We all have our opinions though but I think a stronger opinion than as expressed in this post is needed.
#Sorry if I used strong terms.
I'm not trying to dispute the Biafra idea, but I know that most people that actually experienced the war do not want that kind of experience again. We are not ready for Biafra. Most of us think that we'd find love and peace in Biafra, but I have a strong feeling that it's going to be the same thing. These stereotypes are not going to change anytime soon.
I think we should work on ourselves first. If we work hard on ourselves, we'd be better people and even if we are going to have a Biafra, we'd have a good country.