Osidazz19:


I agree, they should have left out the Biafuro in their landlocked jungle to their elements. They would have been surrounded by Nigeria just like Lesotho and SA. They could have also been deported back to Congo. What a mistake this shit was.

Just see ur life outside. You guys have started this bullshit again.

Lawd FrieDick Fvcking Staggat

gidgiddy:
It was the day the British colonial mistake called Nigeria was created

Why do you have to call this a mistake?

The man that perpetuated the unthinkable union called Nigeria. Sir this force marriage is more than wickedness and evil.

KanuSE:


Please bless the day Nigeria was amalgamated coz it's indeed a blessing but most of you can't see even though you have eyes.

Curse lord lugard.

He is an idiot

kikero:


Because since Independence, we have lived on the myth that we have enough money, when in reality we don't.

Our economy is based on selling stuff, and then using the revenue to import stuff in value higher than the value of our exports. That's why our economy is always in a bad state.

And that's why I don't support true federalism or even breaking up the country. Because it is an invitation for the bigger parts to fight the smaller parts for control of raw materials. (Yes, Sudan is not invading South Sudan, but that was because they spent 10 years thrashing out the terms of secession, and people on both sides were willing to make compromises.).That's what the first Civil war was all about. Control of resources, and to be honest, if every part of Nigeria was industrial then, there probably would have been a separation long time ago.

Until Nigerians and their government learn that the issue is every part of this country becoming productive, and that the biggest business of this country should be manufacturing and not resource dependency, we are going to remain backward.

Most African states too are in the same way. Amalgamations....that are resource dependent. And that's a sad thing. And instead of us to develop polices and to even make the sacrifices needed to be developed, we would rather sit down and blame Lord Lugard, and refuse to use our god given brains to even manufacture one pin.

If you break up and become an independent sovereign country, another bigger country cannot come and fight you because you will join the UN. No country has the constitutional right to fight another sovereign country recognized by the UN, just to get control of that countries resources, thats what is called war of aggression which is criminal.

A country where nothing works is not going to be productive. Nigeria does not and it doesn't work because they people Lugard brought in 1914 have not learnt to see themselves as one after 106 years. Thats enough time to admit that the union has failed and we all return as we were before Lugard came

PropertyBuying:

Why do you have to call this a mistake?

If after 106 years, something is not working, it is a mistake

See the white deciding the fate and destiny of the people.
When you don't know who you are, others will define it for you.

gidgiddy:



If you break up and become an independent sovereign country, another bigger country cannot come and fight you because you will join the UN. No country has the constitutional right to fight another sovereign country recognized by the UN, just to get control of that countries resources, thats what is called war of aggression which is criminal.

A country where nothing works is not going to be productive. Nigeria does not and it doesn't work because they people Lugard brought in 1914 have not learnt to see themselves as one after 106 years. Thats enough time to admit that the union has failed and we all return as we were before Lugard came

I daresay if that was the truth, most of the wars in the world won't be happening right now....

BreconHills:


Break up into how many pieces? 4, 6, 12 or 36?

Personally since Oyo Empire is older than Nigeria it should be on its own as of course Benin and there will be many others.

This highly oversimplified ethnic map is why both the amalgamation was a bad idea and the current proposal of breaking up along ethnic lines will be a massive challenge.

We could either be stable yet unfriendly with each other like in Eastern Europe or we could be a chaotic abomination like South Sudan.

Kekereekun123:
We are not the only country joined together. Others are progressing and moving on well. We are here still weeping

They are not progressing, that's why Europe fought two brutal world wars and numerous civil wars in the Balkan to break Yugoslavia and the Austria-Hungarian empire. India, Bangladesh, Russia, and Yugoslavia have all separated.

We need to face the truth Nigeria as one nation is not a feasible project, separation is inevitable.

Cioccolata:
God bless Lord Lugard for uniting Nigeria.

God punish Lord Lugard for con job called Nigeria.

Kenplay:

Nnamdi Azikiwe was a 10 years old boy in 1914.
See how you expose your illiteracy on a public forum.
.

You lack basic comprehension
I am not talking about amalgamation
I am talking about Independence
Amalgamation was done in 1914 no doubt Zik was a small boy then
But the worst mistake happened in 1960 when Nigeria was about to become an Independent nation and Zik played a very huge role in but failed to think beyond the present.

Kenplay:

Nnamdi Azikiwe was a 10 years old boy in 1914.
See how you expose your illiteracy on a public forum.
.

Osinbanjo is in under house arrest to sign some very important documents, or he would be killed.

They wanted to bomb him through chopper, but it didn't work. Now the fulani cabals from the North are holding Vice President of the zoo hostage.

gidgiddy:


Why isn't your own progressing like others?

Because our crop of criminal-politicians lack the political will.

Just take a look round your constituency, what do you see? What prevents these criminals-politicians from doing the right thing coz they travel overseas and they can see what really development is.

The black is the architect of his own problems - very simple!

Kekereekun123:
uae, Malaysia to name a few

UAE was not amalgamated by any colonial power. The emirates came together to form a mutually beneficial union along their century-old shared history. What commonality does this have with the forced amalgamation of Nigeria??

Malaysia originated out of shared history of smaller Malayan states, out of their own free will, and under their own design. And even at that still had Singapore split off. So what is your example there?

Now do you want to look at the results of forced amalgamation all over Africa and the world?

Sudan-South Sudan
Cameroun - Ambazonia
Ethiopia - Eritrea
The entire former Soviet Union
China - hong Kong
China - Taiwan

The overwhelming evidence is that amalgamation of peoples who do not agree or share common history leads conflict and lack of progress.

In West Africa alone, out of 16 nations we had had civil war in

Nigeria
Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Senegal
Guinea Bissau
Mali

Everywhere there is war in Africa today, there is the undertone of tribal and ethnic sentiments.

Kekereekun123:
We are not the only country joined together. Others are progressing and moving on well. We are here still weeping

This is a typical stream of thought from a dumbass Nigerian. We are equally not the country where citizens are either seeking to break away or have broken away.

buchilino:


GIVE ME ONE COUNTRY ( DAT IS A STATE NATION LIKE NIGERIA ) DAT R NOT HAVING UNREST AS WE SPEAK.

Ours is greater than UNREST bros.

Father of Nigeria

gidgiddy:

If after 106 years, something is not working, it is a mistake

GBAM!

KanuSE:


Because our crop of criminal-politicians lack the political will.

Just take a look round your constituency, what do you see? What prevents these criminals-politicians from doing the right thing coz they travel overseas and they can see what really development is.

The black is the architect of his own problems - very simple!

Well, a lot of the development overseas is because of two things

1.Most government income in developed countries is dependent on the roads and electricity and water supply working well enough. If it doesn't, government income falls, and problems start.

Nigeria's income has always been dependent on what raw material we sell....and most of the time you don't need power , light and water supply to work well all over the country before you extract the mineral.

2.We are not a rich country. We rely on income from things whose prices we don't control. Developed countries rely mainly on exporting manufactured goods and services whose prices they can set/control

kikero:


Well, a lot of the development overseas is because of two things

1.Most government income in developed countries is dependent on the roads and electricity and water supply working well enough. If it doesn't, government income falls, and problems start.

Nigeria's income has always been dependent on what raw material we sell....and most of the time you don't need power , light and water supply to work well all over the country before you extract the mineral.

2.We are not a rich country. We rely on income from things whose prices we don't control. Developed countries rely mainly on exporting manufactured goods and services whose prices they can set/control

Are you trying to excuse our foolishness coz I don't gerrit breh.

SmartyPants:


UAE was not amalgamated by any colonial power. The emirates came together to form a mutually beneficial union along their century-old shared history. What commonality does this have with the forced amalgamation of Nigeria??

Malaysia originated out of shared history of smaller Malayan states, out of their own free will, and under their own design. And even at that still had Singapore split off. So what is your example there?

Now do you want to look at the results of forced amalgamation all over Africa and the world?

Sudan-South Sudan
Cameroun - Ambazonia
Ethiopia - Eritrea
The entire former Soviet Union
China - hong Kong
China - Taiwan

The overwhelming evidence is that amalgamation of peoples who do not agree or share common history leads conflict and lack of progress.

In West Africa alone, out of 14 nations we had had civil war in

Nigeria
Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Senegal
Guinea Bissau


Everywhere there is war in Africa today, there is the undertone of tribal and ethnic sentiments.

it is not the fault of the world powers that we africans have little sense. Even in my tribe yoruba. There were many inter tribal wars among the aworis, egba, oyo etc. So we should have 10000 countries in Africa or wetin. South sudan they fred. See as them don continue fuckery. Abeg abeg

only if the united kingdom can be amalgamated with Afghanistan. maybe from experiment we could see how that turns out. if really it's the contractions or we are just the problem.

KanuSE:


Are you trying to excuse our foolishness coz I don't gerrit breh.

Nope, you can say these are contributory factors., so to speak

Modified

It is because of the two facts I mentioned that our economy was able to give us something like 26billion dollars for our budget this year (on paper). Even taking away looting and corruption, $26 billion is not enough for a country of 200million people, or even 50 million.

nijabazaar:


Curse lord lugard.

He is an idiot

Luggard is not our problem, your criminal-politicians and YOU (the voter who continues to vote them into public offices) are the main problem.

manuelreports:
Why are people condeming Britain
Amalgamation was done for administrative convenience and the Nigeria ethnic Nationals have the chance to go their separate way upon declaration of Independence

I blame that man called Zik for his inability to reason properly irrespective of his status as an erudite scholar. Even when Sadauna of Sokoto and Obafemi Awolowo were protesting that the ethnic Nationals should go their separate way, Zik said No it is one Nigeria. Just kept reeling out bogus semantics.

Remember In 1956 a motion was moved by Anthony Enahoro for self Government but the Northerners said they were not ready yet. That was ample opportunity for the South to go their separate ways but some fools who want to answer Patons and nationalist never reasoned about the consequence of such an unholy Union.

Sorry then, oil have not been discovered in Nigeria in large Quantity untill 1958.

Although I blame Britain for Not adminstering Nothern and Southern Nigeria as separate entities, the bigger blame goes to our nationalists for not reasoning logically about the consequence of Northern and Southern Nigeria unholy marriage.

If present generation of Nigeria calls the founding fathers fools for not heeding to the calls of separate ethnical nation states in 40s, the same generation is dingbats for not making attempts to correct the tomfoolery of their forbearers.

kikero:


Nope, you can say these are contributory factors., so to speak

With due respect sir, your submission is absolute nonsense coz we have records of what Nigeria used to be like b4 the oil boom.

Do your research sir, Do your research.

KanuSE:


Luggard is not our problem, your criminal-politicians and YOU (the voter who continues to vote them into public offices) are the main problem.

Curse Lugard.

Farki:

This highly oversimplified ethnic map is why both the amalgamation was a bad idea and the current proposal of breaking up along ethnic lines will be a massive challenge.

We could either be stable yet unfriendly with each other like in Eastern Europe or we could be a chaotic abomination like South Sudan.

Thanks for this. Strong point. It should never have happened. Unraveling will be difficult.

The man that ruined the life of very many southern Nigerians.

rottencorpse:
Lord Lugard was the man who amalgamated the Northern and Southern Protectorates in the year 1914. He was married to Lady Flora Shaw. Here are some photos of him and the amalgamation process:
1. Lord Frederick Lugard

2. Lord Frederick Lugard

3. A meeting of colonial administrators with tribal messengers in the early 20th Century, Lagos, Nigeria

4. Amalgamation meeting Lagos 1914

More pictures below

But why it's only on Nairaland I see this type of comments. Here in the street every one dey jolly, single and mingle.