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Worried by poor delivery of the Distribution Companies (Discos) and the Generating Companies (Gencos), the Federal Government has pledged to review the privatisation of the power sector to improve generation, transmission and distribution.
The review will form part of the critical agenda of the second term of the administration, Vice President Yemi Osibajo said when he addressed workers on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday.
“As we are preparing for a second tenure in office, we shall be focussing on issues that will improve the lives of Nigerians and launch us into the path of progress. Focus will be on provision of infrastructure to grow the economy.”
He was specific that government would change the narrative in the power sector.
“We have reviewed the privatisation of the power sector and we must change the narrative by reworking the sector for optimum performance,” he assured.
This came as Organised labour renewed its call on government to revoke licences of GENCOS and DIscos over poor performance.
President of the United Labour Congress (ULC), Mr. Joe Ajaero, who addressed workers in Lagos, during the commemoration of the May Day, claimed the privatisation of electricity sector was riddled with corruption and has only produced more darkness and corruption. He demanded a review.
“It is important that the Federal Government informs Nigerians how much it has received from the GENCOSs and DISCOs as part of its 40 per cent ownership in these privatised entities,” he said.
Ajaero also said government has the right to revoke the licenses of the private operators as they have not been able to add anything significant to improve power in the country.
However,
Organised Private Sector (OPS) has been calling for review and revocation of the Gencos and Discos for failure to improve the power sector over five years after the privatisation of the sector.
The administration of Goodluck Jonathan had privatised the power sector by splitting it into three components namely- Discos, Gencos and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
The privatisation, observers said, has failed woefully to improve power supply and distribution, leading to outrage and widespread demands for its cancellation by consumers, while the companies trade blame on the worsening power supply nationwide.
SOURCE: SUN
My People Don’t Deserve Death in South Africa.
The killing going on in South Africa is a lesson to my people, think home, invest in Igbo land that is the only place you are home and safe.
There is more t this video exposition than the Xenophobic killing in South Africa
He pointed out the most important thing regarding the call to think home wherever you are as an Igbo person. Igbo’s can only be safe in Igbo land.
May 30 is a Day that occupies such a nodal point in the history of Alaigbo and her neighbours. It should be hoisted as A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE of the millions who died that we may be from; yes, who died in the cause of our struggle for self-determination and survival as a people.
Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF is aware that several Igbo organizations have often scheduled activities to mark May 30 as a Memorial Day in Igbo history. May 30 marks the day Biafra was declared and no patriotic Igbo son or daughter can pretend that Biafra is not part of the history and indeed the major water-shade in the history of the Igbo nation and the entire Igbo race and their Neighbors.
If anyone is in doubt let him recall what happened on May 30, 2017 and 2018, when our sons and daughters under the aegis of IPOB declared a SIT-AT-HOME, while MASSOB and other organisations organised various activities to commemorate that day as a historic day in the life of Ndigbo, and as well as their neighbours.
The total compliance of that call throughout the length and breadth of Alaigbo was not because IPOB or MASSB had become their supreme authority. No! That call evoked intense yearning in the innermost recesses of the heart and mind of our people. And, therefore, whoever provoked the observance was welcome.
BIAFRA evokes intense longing for freedom for our people. When someone asserted recently that Biafra is of the mind, he was right in this sense. But Biafra is more than a state of the mind. It is also a material force that moves our people.
Why will Biafra not be in their heart and mind; why will Biafra not symbolise their longing for freedom when their predicament since the Amalgamation in 1904 up to Biafra on May 30 1967and since Biafra has been a continuous state of estrangement, brutal and punitive measures against their economic, political and physical survival?
MAY 30 IS WORTHY TO BE OBSERVED BY THE IGBO RACE AS A REMEMEBERANCE DAY IN THEIR HISTORY!
Ndigbo don’t need any power to decree for or against it. What is needed is the law of their heart – BIAFRA AS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM.
THERE WAS ONCE AN IGBO DAY!!!
Igbo Day was established by our forebears and was meant to be celebrated world-wide as one of the symbols of Igbo National Solidarity and Unity. Under the leadership of Igbo State Union, Igbo National Day was celebrated annually during the first week of December. However, the authority that supervised it was THE IGBO STATE UNION.
The military banned the Union after the Biafra war. After the war, one of our ancestors, the venerable Dr Akanu Ibiam and others created OHANAEZE NDIGBO, though under certain controversial political environment. For example, Chief Iheonunaka Mbakwe, Chief Jim Nwobodo and others were not active in the Ohanaeze describing it as an outfit of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN). The later was seen at that time as contesting for the control of Igbo political and cultural space against the NPP which had captured the heart and soul of Ndigbo.
In 2000, Ohanaeze Ndigbo reinstituted Igbo Day for May 29, but due to a controversy arising from the declaration of May 29 as Democracy Day in Nigeria by the Government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Igbo Day was shifted to September 29.
This action by Ohanaeze was, no doubt, an act of self-denial, reminiscent of defeated people noted for their lack of self-assertion and self-confidence.
It is to be noted in the first place, reflecting the same spirit of self-denial, the choice of May 29, was to run away from May 30, the day Biafra was declared. And when those leaders found out that May 29 had been taken away by the Obasanjo regime as Democracy Day, our leaders chickened out.
But instead of landing where they should logically land, namely, May 30, they landed on September 29 which turns out to be dead on arrival. Dead on arrival because except the speeches and modicum of cultural activities in the State capital where the event is held, not much is heard of IGBO DAY elsewhere, and what is more, because it virtually conflicts with Nigeria’s Independence celebrations. The closeness of September 29 to the Nigerian National Day – October1, – prevents many Igbo citizens, especially those in Government from effective participation in the activities of the Igbo National Day.
Today, there is a historically urgent need, in the search of the soul of the Igbo Nation to consider an alternative and historically most fitting day for IGBO DAY. We must adopt a day which strikes the innermost recesses of the Igbo soul. And that Day is May 30.
Events in Alaigbo on May 30, 2017 and 2018, clearly show that May 30 has become an official Igbo Remembrance Day not only in Alaigbo but throughout the entire world where Igbo citizens live.
In 2018 the BBC, Vanguard Newspaper and other notable media organs report of high-level compliance by Umuigbo to the call for SIT-AT-HOME by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
From London to Johannesburg, to several cities in Europe, Asia, America and Canada, the story was the same with various activities organized by Umuigbo and their friends to mark the occasion.
On May 30, 2017, the entire Alaigbo was shut down; markets, shops, schools and offices closed while streets were deserted to mark the Remembrance Day.
The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), therefore, propose to our people, Igbo leaders, the Governments in the seven Igbo-Speaking States, all pan-Igbo organizations including Ohanaeze Ndigbo that MAY 30 every year should be observed as IGBO REMEMBERANCE DAY and ipso facto as BIAFRA DAY.
It is a Day to remember our history, to review our successes and failures as a people, to remember those who have died fighting for the Igbo cause and also reflect on our future.
However, whether May 30 is declared as IGBO REMEMBRANCE DAY, IGBO NATIONAL DAY or not, most sons and daughters of the Igbo Race shall continue to observe MAY 30 in one form or the other as A SPECIAL DAY OF REMEMBERANCE IN IGBO HISTORY.
Compare our case with the Yoruba nation, a self-confident nation.
June 12 is the day Abiola’s electoral victory was annulled by the Ibrahim Babangida Government. For the Yoruba nation regarded that action as an afront on the Yoruba race, implying that they were second class citizens not fit to occupy the Presidency of Nigeria. June 12 has virtually become their main national day- called DEMOCRACY DAY. Several Yoruba Sates including Osu, Ogun and Ondo had declared June 12 as a Public Holiday within the Yoruba nation, Self-confident people. See?
They had fought to make it a federal event. Their legislators, political leaders and friends fought hard to get the Federal Government and the National Assembly to declare June 12 as the real DEMOCRACY DAY in Nigeria. Within the Yoruba nation, June 12 was celebrated as their own DEMOCRACY DAY
Today, the Government of General Buhari has finally adopted June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria. However. Ndigbo do not bother whether the Nigerian Federal Government allies itself or not with the yearning of the Igbo for May 30 as their National Day, otherwise called BIAFTA DAY. It is a call made entirely in the interest of our Regional Unity and Solidarity.
Ndigbo should adopt MAY 30 as our IGBO REMEMBRANCE DAY otherwise called BIAFRA DAY.
The mode of celebration will certainly be determined accordingly. Actvities such as free Sit-At-Home, holiday for workers, Public Lectures and Symposia, Rallies, Wearing of Black or Red Bands, etc, can be defined as forms of the Remembrance Day celebrations.
PROF. T. UZODINMA NWALA PROF NATH ANIEKWU
ADF PRESIDENT ADF SECRETARY
HON. ABIA ONYIKE
CHAIRMAN, ADF PUBLICITY BUREAU
| THERE is disquiet in Governor Willie Obiano’s community of Aguleri in Anambra East local government area of Anambra State after the recent demise of the traditional ruler of the area, Igwe Christopher Idigo as two persons are laying claim to the traditional stool.
Despite the fact that the state government had already recognized a member of the royal family, Dr Michael Idigo, as a successor to the late monarch and presented him with a certificate, another member of the royal family, Chief Chuka Idigo, has started laying claim to the throne. The development had brought a division in the community, forcing the state government to issue a stern warning to those supporting another person not recognized by the government. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Don Adinuba, the state government said it had noted with dismay the strange trend by some people to lay claim to the leadership of traditional institutions in some communities in utter violation of the customs and traditions of the communities and in total disregard of the laws governing the selection and recognition of traditional rulers in the state. According to the state government, there were laws protecting the dignity of the royal institution and those who occupy it, adding that government resolved long ago not to brook any act from any quarters which could bring the royal institution to odium or public ridicule and disgrace. The statement read: “It is intolerable that one Chuka Idigo has in the last few days been posting on the social media, pictures depicting him as a traditional ruler. The pictures were taken in his living room, making the action look like a comic relief. “Even if Chuka Idigo set out to attempt a comedy appropriate for the Nollywood industry, he has gone too far. The monarchy is too important and sacred an institution for any grown-up person to toy with.” Going down memory lane, the statement continued: “Following the passage of Igwe Christopher Nwabunwanne Idigo, the kingmakers and people of the ancient Kingdom of Aguleri nominated Dr Michael Idigo as their next Igwe, and he was subsequently presented to the Anambra State government which has since recognized him as the traditional ruler of Aguleri by giving him the appropriate certificate. “He was crowned at a ceremony which was attended and celebrated by hundreds of thousands of Aguleri people, their in-laws, friends and well wishers. “Chuka Idigo knows that there cannot be two traditional rulers in the same community at the same time. To pretend that there can be more than one traditional ruler in one community at the same is to show gross indiscipline and an unmistakable proclivity towards chaos and anarchy. “To pretend that a traditional ruler can emerge in a place without the endorsement of kingmakers is to exhibit the kind of thinking and conduct incompatible with the decorum expected of any person who aspires to be a traditional monarch. “To pretend that a traditional ruler can emerge without following due process and without recognition from the state government is to demonstrate crass ignorance of the 1976 law guiding the selection of traditional rulers in the country and the 1981 amended law in Anambra State dealing with the same subject. “Chuka Idigo and all pretenders to the throne of traditional leadership in Anambra State must come to terms with the fact that the state government will not condone any act of indiscipline and lawlessness from them because they will be made to feel the full weight of the law.” SOURCE : VANGUARD On a related note ,BVI Online contacted Chief Chuka Idigo to react to Anambra State position that he is an impostor .Chief Chuka told our Reporter that he was the person chosen by THE IDIGO ROYAL DYNASTY as the new Igwe.He referred BVI Online to the public statement issued by The Idigo Royal Dynasty .The Statement reads in full ; ‘ The attention of the Idigo Royal Dynasty has been drawn to the press release titled: WARNING TO ROYAL PRETENDERS IN ANAMBRA STATE by the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment circulated in the print and the social media. The press release is malicious, mischievious, malevolent, hateful and intended to denigrate and bring to ridicule the name and person of His Royal Highness, EZE GABRIEL CHUKA IDIGO V, (Ogalagidi-Ezedioramma), the Igwe of the ancient kingdom of Aguleri.
Ordinarily, the Idigo Royal Dynasty of Aguleri, and indeed the generality of Aguleri people would have totally ignored the said public statement in its entirety; but for the fact that the several gross misrepresentation of sacred facts and the fabricated mendacity about Aguleri traditional kingship over the more than a century old Idigo Royal Dynasty which may likely deceive the good people of Anambra State and the public in general were therein contained. This rejoinder statement by the Idigo Royal Dynasty of Aguleri is meant to correct and truly rectify these fabrications and deceitful inf ormation regrettably circulated by the officer of the Anambra State Government and provide an accurate account to the public.
The truth and sacred facts of the matter remains that upon the passage of the late Eze Christopher Nwabunwanne Idigo IV (Ogalagidi) Igwe of Aguleri kingdom unto eternity on January 11, 2019 and the formal narration of same to the Ndichie Aguleri according to custom, the Idigo Royal Dynasty was directed to select a new King to succeed the late Igwe. Thereafter, at the historic royal conclave of the Idigo Elders Council held on 19/01/19 (a great day in history), Prince GABRIEL CHUKA IDIGO (A Prince with a rich royal background. His mother is from the Onwudiwe Royal family of Ogbunike and his grandmother from the Amobi Royal family of Ogidi so he can never be a pretender) was selected by a unanimous vote and presented same day to the larger Iruokechi royal kindred who overwhelmingly accepted and endorsed same in a meeting presided over by Chief Mike Ejoh in the residence of Dr. Clement Idigo. He was later presented to the eldest-living patriarch of the royal kindred, the 97yr old Pa Gabriel Chiatula (Onolueze Aguleri) who prayed for him and imparted his paternal blessings on him. Thereafter, the choice of Prince Gabriel Chuka Idigo as the Igwe-Elect was duly communicated to other elders and stakeholders in Aguleri, and later to the Governor of Anambra State (who has lived in Aguleri all his life) in January 2019, who also endorsed the choice during a private visit to the Governors Lodge by a delegation of the Idigo Elders Council with the said Prince Chuka Idigo present.
Things began to take a different dimension on Sunday March 24, 2019, less than 5 days to the scheduled coronation of Prince Chuka Idigo, at a hurriedly-packaged meeting of Iruokechi kindred surreptitiously convened by Chief Mike Ejoh, (an appointee of the State Government to the Federal Civil Service Commission) by 9am when Sunday masses were ongoing, and with less than 13 members present. At the said meeting, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Primus Odili informed that he was sent by the Governor to transmit the information that the choice of Prince Chuka Idigo is no longer acceptable to him, and that he has directed that a certain Dr. Mike Idigo (a medical officer in the Obiano government) be rather selected to succeed the late Igwe Christopher Idigo. This was rejected and rebuffed by members of the Idigo Elders Council and the entirety of the Idigo Royal family; as well as the Iruokechi Royal kindred in separate meetings held on Monday March 25, 2019; and Wednesday March 27, 2019 respectively; and thus reaffirming the choice of Prince Gabriel Chuka Idigo as was collectively made on 19/01/19.
Surprisingly, by Wednesday, March 27, 2019 a heavy presence of men of the Nigeria Police not only descended unto the Eze Idigo palace and not only precluded royal household members from access into their homes but also barricaded all the multiple road entrances into the Ama-Igwe (Kings Square) as well as blocking all major roads in Amaeze Aguleri. Indigenes and residents of Aguleri were denied free movement both within, and in-and-out of Amaeze Aguleri, resulting in close-down of shops and business units in Amaeze Aguleri. When confronted, the policemen averred that they were acting on the instructions and directives of the Anambra State Government. This lockdown of the Idigo Royal palace in particular and Amaeze Aguleri in general continued until Friday March 29, 2019 when even a heavier detachment of heavily-armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) numbering over a 100, held the entire ancient Eze Idigo palace compound and Amaeze Aguleri under a temporary incarcerated captive, with Police armed-Helicopters hovering ferociously at virtually roof-top levels. Under this frenzy and horror of government-induced terrorization, with some of the terrified and scared elders and chiefs inside the Isabanka (Kings court) looking bewildered, the Governor in the company of his wife, the Chief of Staff, Chief Mike Ejoh and a few others directed and facilitated the installation and crowning of the said Dr. Mike Idigo purportedly as the new Igwe of Aguleri, and immediately issued him a hurriedly-written Certificate of Recognition and presented him keys to brand new Toyota Prado SUV and Hilux van.
After the heavy Police presence and intimidation which lasted over the 4 day Last Ovala ceremonies in honour of the late Eze Idigo and which prevented the participation of Aguleri people and other invited sympathisers in native week-long funeral had died down, the Idigo Elders Council and Royal family made a formal report of this orchestrated anomaly to the Ndichie Aguleri during the traditional “Mputa-Ito” ceremony. Thereafter both the Idigo royal family and the Iruokechi royal kindred had in their meetings of Saturday April 20, 2019 and Wednesday April 24, 2019 respectively discountenanced and disregarded the purported coronation as a nullity, and reaffirmed, for the umpteenth time, the collective decision of 19/01/19 in favour of Prince Gabriel Chuka Idigo as Igwe-Elect, to which the said Dr Mike Idigo is a signatory.
It is on the basis of the several reaffirmations of this collective resolution that on the traditional “Mputa-Isaa” (7 native weeks) ceremony of the late Igwe Christopher Idigo held on Friday April 26, 2019 that the elders of the Idigo Royal Dynasty and the Iruokechi royal kindred as well as other elders of Aguleri present, formally crowned Prince Gabriel Chuka Idigo as the Eze Gabriel Chuka Idigo V (Ogalagidi-Ezedioramma), Igwe of Aguleri as the new Igwe of Aguleri to succeed the late Eze Idigo IV. The ceremony was marked with traditional pomp and peagantry characterized by the beating of the Ikolo drum and the dancing to the rhythmic tunes of both the Uvio and the Okanga royal bands.
Again, shortly after the coronation ceremony, members of the royal household and the residents of Amaeze Aguleri were again shocked to herald another heavy presence of men of the Nigeria Police who, yet again, invaded the royal palace building and the Ama-Igwe in great numbers. They forcefully chased away the jubilant elders and people of Aguleri, including members of the Okanga royal band, and prevented any form of entrance into the royal palace. When confronted, they again averred that they are acting on the instructions and directives of the Anambra State government. Worse still, about midday, about 3nos Policemen forced their way into the palace compound and headed to attempt to arrest Eze Gabriel Chuka Idigo V in his palace house and in the process manhandled his 87 year old mother. It took the screaming, yelling and howling of women and children to make the Police do turnabout to escape. As we write, up till Monday April 29, 2019 and continuing, the Idigo palace and Ama-Igwe are under heavy Police lockdown.
The Idigo dynasty acknowledges the good performance of Chief Willie Obiano as the governor of Anambra State and urge him to keep up the good works for the remaining tenure of his administration. We are however astonished and astounded that he has continued to meddle unduly and unjustifiably in the kingship culture and tradition of Aguleri, his home town. We wonder and ponder what is the interest of Governor Willie Obiano in the Aguleri kingship? We also further wonder and ponder why he seems to be destroying the Idigo dynasty of Aguleri despite the several recognitions he has received from the Idigo dynasty.
We use this opportunity to call on Governor Obiano and his cohorts to please desist from further interference and intrusion into the affairs of the Idigo royal dynasty of Aguleri; which is arguably the oldest-surviving dynasty in Igboland having lasted for an uninterrupted period of over 140 years. We plead with Governor Obiano to allow the duly selected and crowned rightful successor to the throne, Eze Gabriel Chuka Idigo V to assume his duties as the new Igwe of Aguleri. We further plead that Governor Obiano desists from further deployment of armed Policemen into the Idigo royal palace to harass and intimidate members of the Idigo royal family. We finally call on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu to please direct the immediate withdrawal of men of the Nigeria Police who are acting on the directives of Governor Obiano and laying constant siege on the ancient palace of Eze Idigo and the Ama-Igwe.
Signed For: IDIGO ELDERS COUNCIL
Crown Prince FIDELIS C. IDIGO (OmabalaAguleri) & Okpala Idigo
Prince MIKE O. IDIGO (Ezennia), Palace Secretary
Prince GABRIEL IKE IDIGO (Agaba-Idu)
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| The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State has lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC) a lawmaker in the state House of Assembly, Hon. Ikem Uzozie.
Uzozie, who is the member representing Aguata 11 constituency, announced his defection from APGA to APC on the floor of the House during its sitting.
The lawmaker had said: “Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues in the House for their prayers and support while I was away for medical reasons.
“I want to also announce to you that I have left my former party APGA to a new party, the APC for reasons best known to me.”
Uzozie it could be recalled emerged factional speaker after the unsuccessful attempt by members to impeach Hon. Rita Maduagwu, the Speaker in November last year.
Following the crisis that rocked the Anambra House of Assembly, APGA, suspended Uzozie being the arrowhead alongside two others on the grounds of anti-party.
Speaking to newsmen after the sitting, Uzozie who is a two-term member of the House said he left APGA to enjoy greater peace of mind as the party had refused to reverse his suspension of over five months.
APGA, he further said, had been bedevilled with crisis and unjust alienation of core party men hence he could not continue under such hostile environment.
He said: “I have been on suspension which they notified me in writing and they have not reversed it at least in writing, so I have to continue my life in a more peaceful environment.” SOURCE: SUN
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Hours before she was released, hundreds of students of Maitama University, Kano on Tuesday protested the detention of their colleague, Zainab Aliyu by Saudi Arabia authorities over alleged involvement in drug trafficking.
Aliyu, who was arrested and detained in Saudi Arabia on December 24, 2018 over a bag which allegedly contained hard drugs, was however released today.
The students, who marched through state road to the Zaudi Consul General Office, carried various inscriptions and placards.
Some of them read: “Zainab Habibu is innocent and “the drug was planted as confirmed by NDLEA” among others.
But he declined comment while the protesters turned down the offer of fellow Nigerians to talk to them on his behalf.
Speaking on behalf of Kano Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Secretary to the State Government Alhaji Usman Alhaji, urged them to be calm and law-abiding.
“We expect you to back to school and continue with your studies as everything is being handled by the authorities concerned,” he stated.
Their spokesman, Comrade Anan Mohammed, insisted Aliyu had no hand in the drug- related issue, claiming NDLEA had since uncovered the hidden motives and the perpetrators of the act
He said six suspects were already apprehended after thorough investigation by the drug agency and they have since confessed to committing the crime.
Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth Development, Hajiya Surayya Sai Mama, affirmed the innocence of Aliyu.
SOURCE : THE NATION
The best definition to this video is to watch it till the end.
You will stone your governors and political leaders or misleaders as the case apply here after watching this video.
The same thing is begining to manifest among various so called Biafra groups.
The only hope to end this madness in government is to join the coming political revolution in Igboland.
Drop your comment after watching and be kind to share this video.
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Press Statement
PDP Alerts As INEC Replaces Servers Across States To conceal Rigging
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts Nigerians that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is now replacing all the servers in its Headquarters and offices in all states of the federation and Abuja, in a desperate bid to obliterate the actual Presidential election results transmitted from the polling centers across the nation.
This is completely reprehensible and further exposes the culpability of INEC in the manipulation and rigging of the 2019 Presidential election.
The PDP has been well briefed on how the INEC leadership and officials of the Buhari Presidency became jittery and resorted to the desperate measure, after they realized that the servers have information of Atiku Abubakar’s victory at the election.
Our party also has details of how the INEC leadership and the Presidency agents procured and detailed computer experts to the commission’s offices to switch the servers, mutilate vital information in the system and attempt to erase all trails of transmitted results to the main server.
Moreover, our party has been informed about how the INEC leadership, several weeks after the election, used some compromised officials of the commission to manipulate voter registers in some states by ticking names of individuals who did not participate in the Presidential election, as having voted. This is with the view to using such to cover the fictitious results it wrote for the APC.
What INEC and the Buhari Presidency do not understand is that computer software and applications leave traces, signatures as well as footmark. Forensic investigation of the system will reveal the real votes transmitted from the polling centers, which show Atiku Abubakar as the winner of the election.
The PDP therefore insists on forensic examination of all relevant documents and equipment used for the Presidential election.
Our party will continue to be at alert as we stand with Nigerians to reclaim our stolen mandate at the tribunal and no amount of manipulations by INEC will detract from this national resolve.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
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What does the name Nigeria mean to you? Part 1
Nigeria is simply a geographical expression of the imperialists’ greed and spite.
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Recently, I was on a flight from Dallas to London when I struck an interesting conversation with an American professor of African history. We talked about the human race and countries.
America, he said was named after an Italian explorer called Amerigo Vespucci. Amerigo was known to denote his discovered land a “ New World”. So long after her independence, the New World appropriated quite well with the dream of all Americans.
“What about Nigeria”? He asked me.
“Flora Shaw Lugard coined Nigeria and her inspiration was the river Niger”. I replied.
“Wrong”. The historian responded. “Republic of Niger was named after River Niger not Nigeria”. That’s what white historians want you to believe. I don’t understand the gullibility of blacks. You have so much information but chose not to research but dwell and believe all the white man says” He added.
Nigeria simply means “The Nigger Area” or “Land of the Black slaves”. Nigger was a common derogatory slang used for slaves” He bluntly said.
His words hit my heart sharply and I was grateful the cabin lights were dim so he couldn’t see the expression on my face. It was a night flight; we had 9 more hours to our destination so I had all the time to listen. Sipping slowly on my orange juice I beckoned on him to continue.
The West African Region identified as Nigeria today was known to have supplied more slaves than any other country. The quality of human “cargo” was supreme and priced much more than slaves from other West African countries. The men were strongly built and were expert cotton farmers. Only wealthy plantation owners could afford slaves from “Nigeria”. Little wonder, slaves from your country were nicknamed “black gold” and the British slave ship named “White Lion” brought them into Virginia.
“I am still not convinced” I shot at the grey bearded historian.
“Very well, lets start this way” he continued…
What gave River Niger its name?
I looked blankly at him…
It’s the European Slave traders and done for easy mappings. That river was the longest cutting across many black lands. River Niger simply means the River of Niggers or Negroes as you wish to say.
Listen dear Natasha, you must have an open mind to first agree that most of what you were taught in Nigerian history is distorted and made to confuse the people.
I said nothing… and he kept on talking.
The imperialists were very brutal with no humane sentiments to Africa. Their business was simply to exploit and trade for their advantage. The Berlin Conference of 1885 legalized Africa as distant colonies to the imperialists.
Most African countries were named by what suited the “masters”
Ghana was named Gold Coast because the abundance of gold Britain exploited.
Zimbabwe was named Rhodesia by Mr. Cecil Rhodes who treated the country like his company.
Oh, lastly he added… the oil colony of the Niger Delta part of Nigeria was called the Slave Coast.
It was so when Asaba was the capital of the Southern Protectorate under the ownership of Sir. George Goldie the founder of the Royal Niger Company which had its headquarters in Lokoja.
Natasha, I hope you know that Sir. Goldie sold the Southern Nigeria protectorate (land and people) to the British Government for £865,000 (eight hundred and sixty five thousand pounds) in the year 1899.
“Finally, finally” he added… “there was a debate on whether to name your country Negroland or Nigritia as you were the most populated black nation. However, those on Nigritia won and the word was added in the Century Dictionary in 1904 to mean a large territory of niggers/ negros”.
Thanks for your “lecture”. I said.
Listen, I am sorry if I upset you but your country is greatly admired world wide for its great resources especially its people. What happened to them is distortion of facts to enable indirect rule function at the detrimental discord of its people.
All Nigerian people need do is reach out to their core and harness a common vision which can bring forth the missing patriotism. You guys will be a world power in no time with your fire and potentials. But first…
– reach your core
– find your truth
– build your nation
Hints: Ask for the Southern and Northern amalgamation contracts. These should be made public for all Nigerians to know. Get to know what terms Nigeria was married upon.
I know the Royal Niger Company was given some dubious rights to half of all mining revenue for 99 years from 1900.
These documents should be with the British government, United African Company and Leventis companies as there were parented from the Royal Nigeria Company. That’s if they are missing at your government’s administration.
That’s right… UAC and Leventis are owned by ex slave traders and still grow their empires in Britain.
“Thanks once again dear sir. I need to get to my seat for some sleep”. I appreciated.
Just as I got to my seat, we hit turbulence and the seatbelt sign came on.
The plane shook violently, my mind went to late Pius Adesanmi and I made a silent prayer for him.
I took a look at the live travel map that showed we were flying above the “Natashquan River” in Canada.
What? A river bearing a similarity with my name sounding like “ Natasha Can”.
Maybe this is some sort of a sign that I should not let this experience go but research more and share with you.
So I arrived Nigeria and began to research deeply; bearing in mind the professor warned that not all books are published online as some information are preserved for the “discerning” minds.
I searched up the Century Dictionary, the Slave ship named “White Lion”, Flora Shaw and the naming of Nigeria (what a story), the naming of the Republic of Niger; the Slave Coast of Niger Delta, Sir Goldie, Royal Niger Company, History of UAC & Leventis… the amalgamation contract.
Wait a second… I searched for the 1914 Nigeria Amalgamation contract and found no answer. We know the English men to be high on documentations and record keeping so where are the amalgamation papers?
Who signed on behalf of Nigeria?
– Awolowo was born in 1909 and was 5 years at 1914
– Azikiwe was born in 1904 and was 10 at 1914
– Balewa was born in 1912 and was 2 years old at 1914
– Ahmadu Bello was born in 1910 and was 4 at 1914
Moving on.
It’s clear that the formation and naming of our beloved country is shrewd in dubious inconsiderable dealings. Little wonder we have become strangers filled with ethnic bitterness hanging unto the foreign man’s religion, government and education.
We are lost… but we can find our bearing if we begin not only to have discussions about our existence but take proactive remedial steps.
Some would shove this off as “mere history”. However, remember the proverb “a river that forgets its source runs dry”.
2019 elections may have come and gone. A lot of cases hope for redemption at the tribunal. But I say this, its not over yet. We all can put voices demanding for disclosures of amalgamation and naming contents. However, legislative and executive power matters in quickening the processes.
The Kogi governorship election comes up later in the year. Going through history, you shall see the possibilities of a New World being born from Kogi state.
 Its possible to get a governor who would begin discussions towards a willing coalition of regions.
Until then, Nigeria is just a name given to a lucrative land for colonial exploits … a land of strong black negros… a land which bears the poverty capital of the world… a land afraid to be great. A land which feels it doesn’t deserve to be industrialized, educated, healthy and wealthy.
What’s in a name they say?
EVERYTHING!!!
Part 2 shall be up tomorrow at 7 pm
Natasha H Akpoti
The People’s Senator
SDP
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