I was on my way to the office and on the bus, a topic popped up. A man exclaimed, "This suffering is biting hard on the populace and they are on the verge of a breakdown." People began to lament, the economic situation in Nigeria was almost at zero level. Many enumerated that three years ago was much better and that this is the worst government in the history of Nigeria. Then I reflected on Biafra, the poverty that stinks and smells as rotten corpses. I recall my motherland and the evident decay in Eyimba city (Aba). I visualize the deteriorating sights in Bayelsa and other places in Biafra. I saw reasons and agreed with the masses that Nigeria has reached her waterloo.
The present administration is not interested in alleviating poverty nor making lives comfortable. She is not after corruption but came with intimidation of the opposition and any obstacle obstructing her plans. She definitely has an agenda to establish a northern caliphate and institute an Islamic country governed by sharia law. In this secret scheme, the poor remains poorer while the rich gets wealthier. Just like 1966 when pogrom was carried out against the easterners/Biafrans, the stage is modernized and set, yet my people refuse to recognize the handwriting on the wall. It is time for all Biafrans in the diaspora to think about Biafra, to return and invest in properties, industry, developmental/skills acquisition centers. It is time to refurbish our land and create trade centers, sports centers, musical centers, art theaters, technological centers etc. We must not die with a dying Nigeria. We must woo international communities to invest in our resources, oil, and gas, coal, gold, magnesium, palm oil, cassava, etc.
In Biafraland, we have places for the production of arms which can be exported.In every sector, we add value. It is time to transfer our potentials to benefit our fatherland. We must not remain slaves and human sacrifices in a blood filled, dilapidated British creation called Niger- area. They only need us for survival and sustenance. If Biafrans contribute 70% to Nigerian economy and remains unrecognized, is it not then expedient to look homewards? All their aim is to milk dry our resources and hypnotize the greedy politicians with tokens in deliberate moves to impoverish, maim and subjugate us to irrelevance and humiliations of all sorts.
Biafrans wake up! The warning bells are ringing, the cocks are crowing, stand up from slumber or be consumed in ignorance. The sun no more rises with smiles in the east because she weeps daily for her people's ignorance. How long will my people wait to realize the danger and the ominous signs on the horizon? Ask yourselves how many tribes really love Biafrans? Which of them stuck their necks for us in the times of terror? Think twice! Wake up Biafrans!

The poverty in the East was not caused by Nigeria, it was (&still is being) caused by the Igbo leaders who over the years have chosen to embezzle all the federal allocations & internally generated revenue accruing to their states.

The economic related deficiencies being experienced in a community are caused by the leaders of the community, who happens to be our brothers and sisters. I remember when l worked in Nike area of Enugu State during Chimaroke Nnamani's tenure, the local government chairman lived in Lagos and only spent one week in a month in the Local government he is the Chairman of, to supervise the disbursement of the monthly allocation and heads back to his base.

The local government workers chose when to come to work or not and still at the end of the month collect their full salaries. How can one expect developmental strides in such setting?

No one is stopping anyone from investing their resources where they come from. I do not need permission from Abuja to set up a Strawberry farm in Mbano, Imo State or build a biogas centre that will provide gas for women frying garri in Achalla, Anambra State.

I am igbo and l feel my freedom.

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The poverty in the East was not caused by Nigeria, it was (&still is being) caused by the Igbo leaders who over the years have chosen to embezzle all the federal allocations & internally generated revenue accruing to their states.

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You should be more interested in the alarming rate of poverty in the southwest...
Go and settle it with the Yoruba leaders that has taken away your fortune and future stop taking it on innocent Biafran related threads....okk

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You should be more interested in the alarming rate of poverty in the southwest...
Go and settle it with the Yoruba leaders that has taken away your fortune and future stop taking it on innocent Biafran related threads....okk

You guys (not all sha ) always try to pick a fight whenever someone says something you don't want to hear. First, I'm not even from the Southwest. I am from the Midwest if you care to know and there's no other region more sympathetic to the cause of the Easterners than the Midwestern people. And yes, there's poverty too in my land, but we don't blame it on the federal government, we know its largely due to the successive poor administrations we have been burdened with over time, up till date.
Given the necessary motivation on the part of the leaders and people, i believe every region in this country can actually sustain and develop itself to the zenith irrespective of federal government input and the price of oil internationally.
Pavore9 obviously understands what I am talking about.

Which poverty are you talking about?
You left the people who are stealing food,commiting suicide and choose to attack the East all in bid to convince people that Biafra is not a good idea.