auwal87:
For those who joined Nairaland Forum long enough, will know that there was once an active campaign for the creation Arewa Republic from Nigeria. It was gathering momentum and gaining supporters daily, one of them even printed more than 3000 copies of an article I wrote and distributed in Kaduna, I had a chat with an SS on FB whom doesn't know I know he is SS because I was told he is going to contact me. I started receiving PMs of people showing their support and sometimes conversations gets hot until I slow them down. We even created flag, borders, etc. An anonymous caller even said they are ready to sacrifice their lives for the cause, and that they are waiting for my order, note the word 'they', which means the caller is not alone.


While I have interest in having a country where I don't have to force anyone to share with my cultures and values, and also not be forced to share anyone's culture or value, I also accept that creating country is not a small task, it can lead to war, bloodshed, and loss of properties. I also thought it will be easier for Arewa to be a State under the proposed United Africa, than to be on its own, with its own currency, military, etc. I think that the most important discussion we should be having now is uniting Africa, not creating small countries that will fail in a few years. Think about it, a United Africa, where you can travel from Lagos to Zanzibar without borders, or from Tripoli to Accra without need for visa, think of the economic advantages, where goods manufactured in PortHarcourt can land in Dakar without customs or the fish in Morocco
can be transported to Arewa by rail. Yes, it is just in my dreams, but a lot safer and more possible than creating a small country from Nigeria.

Africa can become a great country, afterall, lots of people thought Africa is a country.

LRNZH:
[b]None of you agitating people is a serious human being

The best run states are in the SW but we all know that all their revenue are tied to Nigeria's oil industry directly or not. If Oodua Republic goes on its own, it will lose the oil businesses from the Nigeria Delta and other businesses like oil servicing and banking that benefit form the oil industry. It will be like Benin Republic but it may be worse off because theres no Nigeria to rely on for car imports revenue.

PhockPhockMan:
After removing Jonathan from Aso Rock, what's the need for Arewa Republic again?

LRNZH:
[b]None of you agitating people is a serious human being
Which of you has been able to manage your ordinary states properly. Which state is truly sustainable if oil stops flowing in Nigeria today?
In all honesty no region can manage itself based on how the states have fared so far.
The best run states are in the SW but we all know that all their revenue are tied to Nigeria's oil industry directly or not. If Oodua Republic goes on its own, it will lose the oil businesses from the Nigeria Delta and other ancillary businesses like oil servicing, banking and IT that benefit from the oil industry. It will be like Benin Republic but it may be worse off because theres no Nigeria to rely on for car imports revenue.
Biafra is a waste of time because they cannot even decide who belongs to it or not. The SS will not go with Biafra. That is certain. Infighting will kill the Igbo dominated country if it sees the light of day. I see South Sudan in Biafra at best.
Niger Delta Republic will be like Equatorial Guinea where one eyed man has cornered the wealth of his small country and left the rest in poverty while the West turns its face the other way because western IOCs are benefiting form the oil. Is it Tompolo or Boyloaf that will be president now that DSP Alams is dead? The strongest armed militant will be president for sure.
Arewa Republic is definitely unsustainable or will be like Niger Republic at best but with the squabbles that Sudan had before the split. Because the northern Christian minorities will know no peace and will not sit back. The problem is that almost every northern state has them- minorities. How do you even draw the map of this Arewa Republic without satisfying only the Muslims?
The middle belt may be closest to self sustenance because their agricultural potentials are immense. But a landlocked country full of illiterates and so many tribes... That is another Rwanda waiting to happen. Igala vs Ebira, Tiv vs Jukun, Berom vs Fulani.
I pity you guys. We better put all hands on deck and make Nigeria work. Our diversity and strategic position in Africa is our best chance as a race.[/b]
Lalasticlala come and see how Nigerians reason....

LRNZH:
[b]None of you agitating people is a serious human being

Which of you has been able to manage your ordinary states properly. Which state is truly sustainable if oil stops flowing in Nigeria today?

In all honesty no region can manage itself based on how the states have fared so far.

The best run states are in the SW but we all know that all their revenue are tied to Nigeria's oil industry directly or not. If Oodua Republic goes on its own, it will lose the oil businesses from the Nigeria Delta and other ancillary businesses like oil servicing, banking and IT that benefit from the oil industry. It will be like Benin Republic but it may be worse off because theres no Nigeria to rely on for car imports revenue.

Biafra is a waste of time because they cannot even decide who belongs to it or not. The SS will not go with Biafra. That is certain. Infighting will kill the Igbo dominated country if it sees the light of day. I see South Sudan in Biafra at best.

Niger Delta Republic will be like Equatorial Guinea where one eyed man has cornered the wealth of his small country and left the rest in poverty while the West turns its face the other way because western IOCs are benefiting form the oil. Is it Tompolo or Boyloaf that will be president now that DSP Alams is dead? The strongest armed militant will be president for sure.

Arewa Republic is definitely unsustainable or will be like Niger Republic at best but with the squabbles that Sudan had before the split. Because the northern Christian minorities will know no peace and will not sit back. The problem is that almost every northern state has them- minorities. How do you even draw the map of this Arewa Republic without satisfying only the Muslims?

The middle belt may be closest to self sustenance because their agricultural potentials are immense. But a landlocked country full of illiterates and so many tribes... That is another Rwanda waiting to happen. Igala vs Ebira, Tiv vs Jukun, Berom vs Fulani.

I pity you guys. We better put all hands on deck and make Nigeria work. Our diversity and strategic position in Africa is our best chance as a race.[/b]

Lalasticlala come and see how Nigerians reason....

LRNZH:
[b]None of you agitating people is a serious human being

Which of you has been able to manage your ordinary states properly. Which state is truly sustainable if oil stops flowing in Nigeria today?

In all honesty no region can manage itself based on how the states have fared so far.

The best run states are in the SW but we all know that all their revenue are tied to Nigeria's oil industry directly or not. If Oodua Republic goes on its own, it will lose the oil businesses from the Nigeria Delta and other ancillary businesses like oil servicing, banking and IT that benefit from the oil industry. It will be like Benin Republic but it may be worse off because theres no Nigeria to rely on for car imports revenue.

Biafra is a waste of time because they cannot even decide who belongs to it or not. The SS will not go with Biafra. That is certain. Infighting will kill the Igbo dominated country if it sees the light of day. I see South Sudan in Biafra at best.

Niger Delta Republic will be like Equatorial Guinea where one eyed man has cornered the wealth of his small country and left the rest in poverty while the West turns its face the other way because western IOCs are benefiting form the oil. Is it Tompolo or Boyloaf that will be president now that DSP Alams is dead? The strongest armed militant will be president for sure.

Arewa Republic is definitely unsustainable or will be like Niger Republic at best but with the squabbles that Sudan had before the split. Because the northern Christian minorities will know no peace and will not sit back. The problem is that almost every northern state has them- minorities. How do you even draw the map of this Arewa Republic without satisfying only the Muslims?

The middle belt may be closest to self sustenance because their agricultural potentials are immense. But a landlocked country full of illiterates and so many tribes... That is another Rwanda waiting to happen. Igala vs Ebira, Tiv vs Jukun, Berom vs Fulani.

I pity you guys. We better put all hands on deck and make Nigeria work. Our diversity and strategic position in Africa is our best chance as a race.[/b]

Lalasticlala come and see how Nigerians reason....

Gayigaskia:


The only reason why Arewa Republic, Niger Delta Republic, Biafra, Odudua won't work is ironically the same reason why Niger Republic is not working. A country with massive land and resources with less than 20 million people and relative peace are still the poorest people on the face of earth. Even though Niger has at this moment the only working oil refinery in the region and a lot of crude oil reserves in the Lac chad area and the Sahara. Niger 's Uranium has been feeding the french (75%) and Japanese electrical nuclear power plants for over 40 years against a meager 5% of the benefits. We need to Unite, educate our people to move forward, no one is going to do that for us it is possible; the Chinese did it.

EmoBoy:


What an ignorant comment

1. Nigerian states have economic, legal and institutional limitations
2. Most Nigerian states were created by ignorant and shortsighted military rulers.
3. Nigerian States cannot sustain themselves because they have been structured to be parasitic.
4. Nigeria has been operating as an illegal country from 1966 till date. That is why the country is totally messed up.
5. A country does not grow on the back of injustice, inequality, hatred and greed.
6. If certain sections of the country believe they can prosper as a sovereign nation, they have every right to pursue their aim.
7. Nigeria at its present state is not much better than the Benin Republic you mentioned in your comment. The two countries are on the same developmental phase both human and infrastructural.
8. You, like a vast majority of Nigerians are totally ignorant of the core problems facing Nigeria. You rather wait every four years to vote a "good president" to salvage your useless country rather than agitate to fix the fundamental issues hindering the progress of the country.

LRNZH:


I will give you a very simple example: the Arab Spring. How many countries have come out of it in one piece?

Steady Democracy has a better chance of success in nation building than revolution. Go and check history.

Our 4th republic is a baby...just 16 years old. We are focusing on the wrong solution by asking for secession.

EmoBoy:


Tunisia even after the Arab spring still has a better HDI ranking than Nigeria, so whats your point? We are now sixteen years in a democracy but the country is still not developing. Doesn't that tell you that something is fundamentally wrong with Nigeria?

Secession is one of the solutions to solve our teething problems, it is not the only solution. Steady democracy that is built on injustice, inequity, hatred and greed will stand no chance of success in a million years and that is why Nigeria will not develop.

Naijacitizen:
@OP, come and collect a jug of KununAya.

PhockPhockMan:
After removing Jonathan from Aso Rock, what's the need for Arewa Republic again?

NOBLEDANDY:
Wetyn I wan comment Sef...

Op who wan be the president of Africa if we unite Africa without border or countries...

Be like say you dey like free things...

LRNZH:


[b]Kai these my black brothers...you need everything to be explained to you in black & white!

Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan. Only Tunisia achieved the object of the Arab Spring. While Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Jordan saw no changes, Libya, Egypt and Syria are worse off today.

That's a success rate of 1/7 or 14%. If you are asked to invest your life savings in a business venture with a chances of making profit at 1/7, chance of making loss of 3/7 (43%) or you will not make loss or profit chance of 3/8 (43%), will you make such an investment? No, that is if you have sense.

That's exactly what you're doing with Biafra. What is your fall back plan if Biafra doesn't turn out as planned?

Another example is to look at countries that seceded recently in Africa ...South Sudan, Eritrea... Are they better off than they were before they seceeded?

You can fix a steady democracy over time but you will have more difficulty directing how a secession will go. Is it Nnamdi Kanu that will be the first president of these Biafra of your dreams? Ordinary MASSOB and IPOB can't even agree on your strategy. What will happen to Ekweremadu, Anyim, Obiano, Peter Obi, Okorocha, Ngige, Onu etc in this Biafra?

You people have not thought this thing through.[/b]

EmoBoy:


You are not being objective.

The fact are out there like the sun.

- Nigeria unlike the arab nations is am ethnically pluralistic country. The situations are very different, while the Arab nations barely have issues bordering tribal conflicts and relations, Nigeria does. Unlike Nigeria, the Arab spring started as a result of the economic hardship and corruption faced by citizens of certain Arab nations but was hijacked by foreign powers along the way. They were not protesting for secession and disintegration of their country like people in Nigerians are doing. And guess what, the country with genuine revolutionary intentions got back on its feet.

Whether the seceding nation will progress or not is none of your business. They are not progressing in Nigeria either so whats your point? Nigeria has not turned out as planned after 55 years of independence, what is Nigeria's backup plan?

LRNZH:


[b]Kai these my black brothers...you need everything to be explained to you in black & white!

Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan. Only Tunisia achieved the object of the Arab Spring. While Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Jordan saw no changes, Libya, Egypt and Syria are worse off today.

That's a success rate of 1/7 or 14%. If you are asked to invest your life savings in a business venture with a chances of making profit at 1/7, chance of making loss of 3/7 (43%) or you will not make loss or profit chance of 3/7 (43%), will you make such an investment? No, that is if you have sense.

That's exactly what you're doing with Biafra. What is your fall back plan if Biafra doesn't turn out as planned?

Another example is to look at countries that seceded recently in Africa ...South Sudan, Eritrea... Are they better off than they were before they seceeded?

You can fix a steady democracy over time but you will have more difficulty directing how a secession will go. Is it Nnamdi Kanu that will be the first president of these Biafra of your dreams? Ordinary MASSOB and IPOB can't even agree on your strategy. What will happen to Ekweremadu, Anyim, Obiano, Peter Obi, Okorocha, Ngige, Onu etc in this Biafra?

You people have not thought this thing through.[/b]

patrick89:

you're very myopic "no offence "
you made mention of China yet you don't know anything about Hongkong? you didn't compare the political atmosphere? I don't like giving people litany of what have happened. but get your facts right.

LRNZH:


You write like a child. So naïve.

Like I said you have not thought this Biafra plan out well and it is clear to even the educated Igbos that it will not work out well.

So corruption and economic hardship are not affecting Nigeria abi? You think western powers will allow you to split Nigeria as you deem fit without intervening to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta?

Nigeria's back up plan is democracy and the entrenchment of the rule of law which we are trying to get through the current government. By 2019, we will give them their scorecard like we gave GEJ /PDP in 2015. Slow and steady wins the race.
When the Igbos were enjoying the largess under GEJ how come they didn't secede?

It is not by gra gra.