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No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by dasa: 2:10am On Aug 08, 2011
http://punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201108084215189

FG plans to remove state of origin clause form the constitution making it possible for anyone that has stayed in an area for 6months to vote and be voted for.

If this goes through, Lagos, Rivers, Abuja and other rich states will be interesting cases due to the large number of settlers. A 'NON INDEGENE' could easily become governor. what do you think. Good or Bad.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Obiagu1(m): 2:44am On Aug 08, 2011
It's long overdue. State of Origin is plain silly!
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by NegroNtns(m): 2:49am On Aug 08, 2011
They plan to Doesn't mean it will be agreed on and made into law. I doubt it will pass.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by ezeagu(m): 3:26am On Aug 08, 2011
Hee Hee Hee Hee. grin
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by NegroNtns(m): 4:19am On Aug 08, 2011
Those in whose eyez and soul is the spirit of covetousness will find joy and celebration with this news.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by ak47mann(m): 4:27am On Aug 08, 2011
am loving these grin grin grin grin
abeg the next Lagos state governor make sure all the Yoruba's that work in the kitchen should start learning how to prepare OFE NSALA with fresh fish that one na main igbo soup tongue tongue tongue
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by okadaman2: 4:37am On Aug 08, 2011
You must remove federal character law too, you can't do one and leave the other.

If we are all Nigerians then no need for federal character, merit is merit. We are all blacks

No cheating.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Plutarch: 7:00am On Aug 08, 2011
It cant materialize. As long as there is still federal xter law. If you hv ever applied 4 job in the armed force,paramilitary,cbn,firs,nlng or nnpc then u will be better informed. So its quite myopic to start jumping because u fantasize on stealing from Lagos. BTW,the last time i checked people still hv primordial sentiments
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by KnowAll(m): 9:18am On Aug 08, 2011
[size=18pt]This is a Law that has paper weight, the reality of the situation is Lagos Politicians would still import mercenary voters from surrounding Yoruba state every elections. That is Oyo and Ogun State. What stops a man living in Sango Otta or Ibadan from voting in Lagos nothing? Ido not see a non-yoruba ever becoming the Governor of Lagos State, for that to happen non-Yoruba’s would have to populate the Hinterland States of Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti, Oshun , Ondo and even Kwara and Kogi States.

It would be easier for a Kogi or Kwaran Yoruba man to win elections in Lagos than for an Igbo.[/size]
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Nobody: 9:48am On Aug 08, 2011
Plutarch:

It cant materialize. As long as there is still federal xter law. If you hv ever applied 4 job in the armed force,paramilitary,cbn,firs,nlng or nnpc then u will be better informed. So its quite myopic to start jumping because u fantasize on stealing from Lagos. BTW,the last time i checked people still hv primordial sentiments

Federal character was introduced to ensure a level playing ground for all Nigerian ethnic groups in the wake of domination of the majority over the minority.IMO,if federal charcater is removed,the minority will be the ones to suffer as any president in power will ensure that his tribesmen gets all the lucrative appointments,ministries,military or police recruitment,Cbn and Nnpc will also be affected.so what will those sidelined ethnics do about such marginalization ? Meanwhile,removal of state of origin will give me the chance to be governor of Imo someday !
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Xfactoria: 9:51am On Aug 08, 2011
Its just going to create unnecessary tension!

Fulani man would take its cattle to Onitsha and claim Anambra State and start destroying the farms and causing troubles.

It also means no more bursaries for University undergrads!  sad sad sad sad sad

As far as I'm confirmed, true federalism is all we need. Implementation of any of its variants won't work.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Xfactoria: 9:56am On Aug 08, 2011
~Bluetooth:

Federal character was introduced to ensure a level playing ground for all Nigerian ethnic groups in the wake of domination of the majority over the minority.IMO,if federal charcater is removed,the minority will be the ones to suffer as any president in power will ensure that his tribesmen gets all the lucrative appointments,ministries,military or police recruitment,Cbn and Nnpc will also be affected.so what will those sidelined ethnics do about such marginalization ? Meanwhile,removal of state of origin will give me the chance to be governor of Imo someday !

Abolishing State of origin would also not protect the minorities from domination. Ask me how? The Fulani and Hausa men in their numbers would take over a place like Jos and strip the natives of any form of control and consequently enslave them. Igbos would seek to take over Port Harcourt (they have been dreaming a comeback since after the civil war when they lost all their investments there). People like you, would now want to be a citizen of Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom in order to share oil money.

Please, please, please, we don't need the confusion it will bring.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Nobody: 10:04am On Aug 08, 2011
X-factoria:

Abolishing State of origin would also not protect the minorities from domination. Ask me how? The Fulani and Hausa men in their numbers would take over a place like Jos and strip the natives of any form of control and consequently enslave them. Igbos would seek to take over Port Harcourt (they have been dreaming a comeback since after the civil war when they lost all their investments there). People like you, would now want to be a citizen of Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom in order to share oil money.

Please, please, please, we don't need the confusion it will bring.


The politicians are doing this for their own selfish interests.what they should do is to decentralize power or give political recognitions to the region in form of confederates.the region in form of confederates.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by kofoshi: 10:22am On Aug 08, 2011
Let's face it, this would only be beneficial to the ibos as they are known not to settle in their region.

It could spell doom for Lagos, if allowed to go through.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by djustice: 11:36am On Aug 08, 2011
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Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by djustice: 11:36am On Aug 08, 2011
All the FG can do is to sponsor a bill. Will the Northwestern states, with large populations of Ibos vote for it? I don't think so. Will the Middle-Belt states vote for it, with all the problems the Fulanis are giving them at the moment? No! Will indigenous Lagos lawmakers like Femi Gbajabiamila vote for it and not even campaign against it? I think not.

This is a stupid proposal at best and will not pass even the house of reps, talk less of getting sent to the states for approval.

I know it is sponsored by people like Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who appears to have taken control of Aso Rock, considering the way GEJ is bowing to his every demand. Did you know that Aganga is his candidate
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Nobody: 1:06pm On Aug 08, 2011
Why are non yoruba people so interested in becoming governor of lagos state. I have never heard anyone say any ethnic group can then become governor of Rivers state despite is huge crude oil resources.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by sbeezy8: 6:04pm On Aug 08, 2011
cheesy how can you cancel state of origin n not sharia?

NOT  a problem for lagos , cause non yorubas have contested in election the past three times, n still didnt win- if anything it draws unity among ethnic groups n pins them against each other- with who ever dominates the REGION have the upper hand- like the first repulic. See as Zik was liked by lagos yoruba but "yorubas from surrounding states" are INDEED more tribalistic than indigenous lagosians themselves.

this issue right now is about non indignes regardless of tribe- without state of origin a Saraki can win lagos hands-down.

The only way I see a non yoruba becoming govenor of lagos is if yorubas vote that person themselves, if anything i see Lagos becoming more yoruba speaking like old days with influx from surrounding states. Fashola isnt triblastic cause many of lagos indignes arent tribalstic much, cant say the same for oyos ogun kwara ondo etc.

UNLESS you can stop millions of yorubas from ogun ekiti kwara kogi ondo oyo osun from voting/contesting/migrating to lagos - than its unlikely. i also see more opc members too many of which are young yoruba thugs from surrounding states.

DOESNT really matter to me tho- what I like about non lagos yorubas is they speak deeper yoruba n are indeed more tribalstic

but ND STATES N MIDDLE BELT STATES will be at a loss esp with the religious thing. Jos will be like 10 times worse, jobs n oil companies owned by non deltans will indeed be majority of oil companies even more than now.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by BigMeat2: 6:41pm On Aug 08, 2011
This is a good development.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by ezeagu(m): 6:42pm On Aug 08, 2011
Oh my, some people are really paranoid.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by T9ksy(m): 11:14pm On Aug 08, 2011
dasa:

http://punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201108084215189
If this goes through, Lagos, Rivers, Abuja and other rich states will be interesting cases due to the large number of settlers. A 'NON INDEGENE' could easily become governor. what do you think. Good or Bad.

Of course, its a ph.ocking brilliant proposition!!

I can just picture an igbo man becoming governor of a sharia state like zamfara or kadunna just because he 's been living there for over 6months.

Way to go, jonathan!

Gosh! What a m.o.r.o.n!!!
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Onlytruth(m): 11:28pm On Aug 08, 2011
Posted by: T9ksy

Of course, its a ph.ocking brilliant proposition!!

I can just picture an igbo man becoming governor of a sharia state like zamfara or kadunna just because he 's been living there for over 6months.

Way to go, jonathan!

Gosh! What a m.o.r.o.n!!!

Look, the way I see this, even this Sharia thing in northern states happened because we did not have this law in place.
Imagine if there is a credible political opposition from non-muslims in those states, do you think they could still pass that Sharia law? Even if they did, the opposition will keep chewing it off piece by piece until it is dismantled. cool
This law will moderate Nigeria and remove all types of extremism.
Think for once! undecided
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by T9ksy(m): 11:42pm On Aug 08, 2011
Onlytruth:

Posted by: T9ksy
Look, the way I see this, even this Sharia thing in northern states happened because we did not have this law in place.
Imagine if there is a credible political opposition from non-muslims in those states, do you think they could still pass that Sharia law? Even if they did, the opposition will keep chewing it off piece by piece until it is dismantled. cool
This law will moderate Nigeria and remove all types of extremism.
Think for once! undecided

Do i need to remind you how many southerners were killed in the north in the wake of the implementation of this sharia law in part of the country?
Even Obj a southerner, could not do sweet F.A about it.

I dare you to start this "credible political opposition" that is going to challenge the moslems in zamfara (for instanvce) from living in their state according to their religious beliefs.

Me, think for once? Its you who is letting your longthroat becloud your sense of reasoning.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Onlytruth(m): 11:51pm On Aug 08, 2011
Posted by: T9ksy

Do i need to remind you how many southerners were killed in the north in the wake of the implementation of this sharia law in part of the country?
Even Obj a southerner, could not do sweet F.A about it.


I dare you to start this "credible political opposition" that is going to challenge the moslems in zamfara (for instanvce) from living in their state according to their religious beliefs.

Me, think for once? Its you who is letting your longthroat becloud your sense of reasoning.

When you stop sounding like a sisi, you would begin to see reasons. Fear and logic don't go hand in hand.
Again you miss the point when you use terms such as "long throat". If I have long throat, I would then speed up the disintegration of Nigeria because I'm sure my tribe will outperform others in terms of production and export (I'm not boasting about this point; it speaks for itself). I'm just sick of a country where folks think through their anuses; fight against whoever wants to secede; and still expect greatness from same country.
Like I said, THINK FOR ONCE.  cool
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by T9ksy(m): 12:13am On Aug 09, 2011
Onlytruth:

Posted by: T9ksy
When you stop sounding like a sisi, you would begin to see reasons. Fear and logic don't go hand in hand.
Again you miss the point when you use terms such as "long throat". If I have long throat, I would then speed up the disintegration of Nigeria because I'm sure my tribe will outperform others in terms of production and export (I'm not boasting about this point; it speaks for itself). I'm just sick of a country where folks think through their anuses; fight against whoever wants to secede; and still expect greatness from same country.
Like I said, THINK FOR ONCE.  cool


Fear & logic, huh.
I guess that must explain why your people ran for their dear lives in the wake of boko haram killings in bauchi.
why didn't they stay and fight for what they believe in?

If you truly believe that your region will be better off if the country falls apart, why ain't you working towards that goal?
You know my region will not oppose you as long as you don't try to "liberate" us, again.

Could it be , because you truly believe in the concept of One nigeria?

Could it be because you truly love your neighbours so much?

The same neighbours you and your brothers constanly malign and call despicable names, i.e cowards, backstabbers and the rest?

The same neighbours that are so willing to slaughter your people at the slightest excuse.

The last time similar law was passed in the country, it resulted in a pogrom.

Those who refused to learn from the past tend to repeat the same mistake again.

Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by Onlytruth(m): 12:24am On Aug 09, 2011
^^
Ol' boy this is where my "debate" with you ends as usual.
My position is clear enough now.

Thanks for debating. . .and lose that cowardice 'cos it causes diarrhea of the mouth!  undecided

Signing off,
Yours truly,

Onlytruth.  cool
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by T9ksy(m): 12:32am On Aug 09, 2011
Onlytruth:

^^
Ol' boy this is where my "debate" with you ends as usual.
My position is clear enough now.

Thanks for debating. . .and lose that cowardice 'cos it causes diarrhea of the mouth! undecided

Signing off,
Yours truly,

Onlytruth. cool

Kool. . . . . . and i expect to hear of you fighting to become governor of Zamfara state in 2015.

Pity, am not into kebab grin
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by revolt(m): 1:30am On Aug 09, 2011
nothing dey happen. one nigeria we stand, wonder why ppl arent happy bout this development. logically its a superb development, but ofcourse trust IGBOPHOBIA.
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by revolt(m): 1:33am On Aug 09, 2011
nothing dey happen. one nigeria we stand, wonder why ppl arent happy bout this development. logically its a superb development, but ofcourse trust IGBOPHOBIA. LMAO
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by revolt(m): 1:34am On Aug 09, 2011
nothing dey happen. one nigeria we stand, wonder why ppl arent happy bout this development. logically its a superb development, but ofcourse trust IGBOPHOBIA. LMAO
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by revolt(m): 1:35am On Aug 09, 2011
nothing dey happen. one nigeria we stand, wonder why ppl arent happy bout this development. logically its a superb development, but ofcourse trust IGBOPHOBIA. LMAO
Re: No More State Of Origin. Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Abuja Get Ready by ezeagu(m): 1:47am On Aug 09, 2011
Most people are beating their chest about having the most ethnocentric region, [size=18pt]while Enugu's first mayor was 'Northern'.[/size]

Just breathe in, breathe out, and let it goooooo.

It's not that serious.

If you have confidence in your people's power over their own land, then maybe one day your region won't be a tribal enclave.

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