Handsomegod:
Good thinking...with exceptions nonetheless. Everything Igbo attracts extensive needless mixed attention,online and offline. It is a burden we must bear as a race. Only Ime-obi meetings can be free of these needless intrusions.It will sadly continue,moreso when it is on virtual space. Some of these intruders have also evolved over time so much that they emit Igboid nuances and give positive impressions until a single slip gives them away for the intruders they are. IPOB is Igbo and Igbo is IPOB. Those fellas are the real heroes we can see. They put their lives and resources for the single purpose of Igbo restoration and freedom from this chocking pit. Many of the them have paid the supreme price.The aftermath of Python dance and the double standards of the current set up should radicalize us all already They are far too gone to retrace their steps and will be the catalyst for further concessions if the current tempo is further sustained. Such highly organised,passionate and patriotic, selfless mass of men and women remain our biggest asset in this boiling cauldron Nigeria has become. All beautiful ideas we propose here will still be better appreciated within the context of either an autonomous or better still a free and independent Igbo nation,which remains the cardinal goal of IPOB. Again,we cannot gain in the current Nigeria set up by playing safe.Have we all been cowered to the extent we are now almost denying ourselves and brothers just to appear good and bloody politically correct? You still see some Igbos talking about Igbo presidency and all manner of inanities without giving a thought that even King Solomon will perish under the current structure. The prevailing anomalies and fulani arrogance should radicalize all of us already. Nigeria is gone and it has further degenerated to group (tribal) struggle for supremacy. Again,if the west can line up behind lesser criedible and self seeking perjurers,drug addicts and ex-convicts for direction and the north are currently using Boko Haram and Herdsmen as strategic levers of power,then what the heck are we doing trying to play safe and apologetic to the point nearly denying our brothers? Someone here is at the verge of proposing we censor the word IPOB and Biafra!! God forbid! Let the beautiful and forceful ideas here scare and put the brigands to flight. Making this goal a reality is our generational mandate. Happy weekend from the other side!

horsepower101:


Correct!!!Local production is truly the key.

If we can find a way to attract Chinese investors with manufacturing knowledge of solar panels to came at partner with a manufacturing firm in nnewi or Aba, it would bring an energy revolution overnight and create over 100,000 new jobs in the energy industry.

Those making and installing solar panels will be making more money than those working in the oil industry..

Chiwude:
Well, thanks also for your decorum I appreciate it nwanne. We may not agree on everything but we will always agree on one thing. And that surely is the interest that binds us, "the Igbo interest". I think it was the late Senator Uche Chukwumerije during a speech he made a certain time ago, when he mandated the Igbo nation to use MASSOB as a tool or pressure group to achieve our aims in Nigeria. Chukwumerije observed that the west, niger-delta and north had at one time use certain groups to bend the government to their demands. Uwazuruike at that time bought into the idea and channeled his fight for the political and economic emancipation of Ndigbo in Nigeria. Now, when IPOB came there was this euphoria that at last a group that would bend the federal government and the Nigerian people to give in to our demands have arrived, no wonder our leaders at that time open their arms in welcome to the group. But rather than stick to the plot, Nnamdi Kanu a leader at such dire period deviated from the plot. After his release from jail, Kanu sought to bring anarchy to leadership in Igboland. First he went for the enemies - the north and west, later he went for our own political and traditional leaders, next he went for the our religious leaders, then the intellectuals and later he went for opposing voices. He even went as far as introducing radical Judaism as a new religion in Igboland to which other religion must bow to. And the worst among all he totally brainwashed our youths to believe in warfare as a way if peaceful means don't actualize Biafra.
They was no plan whatsoever in the case of a full blown war. In short, Kanu would have aided enemies to carry out their long term evil intention against us and destroy us for good had our ancestors not prevailed. Now in relation to other groups you mentioned the OPC's, MEND, Boko-Haram and Fulani Herdmen, how many times did they go contrary to the agenda of their masters or people. Did MEND insult its people and leaders? Are the Fulani herdsmen introducing Judaism into their existing culture and beliefs? Did OPC draw a map to include the minorities in their fight, or did they destroy its cultural practices, or did they fight against their presidential ambition in support of isolation? It is a well known fact that those three aforementioned group brought their ethnic groups into national reckoning, presidential positions and other juicy recognitions that they still enjoy today? Where did you think Nnamdi Kanu's leadership of IPOB would have taken us to? The answer is obvious, it would have taken us 50 years backward after the end of the civil war. Pitch every tribe against us, kill off our cultural heritage, send our people back home as refugees, turn our cities into Syrian type rubbles, kill our source of livelihood and destroy us completely, it would have ended the Igbo race with its naive strategy.
Kanu undermined the leaders that could have stood with him and chased shadows thinking that the UN would come to our rescue if a genocide starts again. There was no plan whatsoever, because Kanu in question lacks diplomacy and had no useful allies except for Isreal which weren't even a world power. Kanu was just dumb and his followers failed to notice it, that many use their bodies as human shield to send themselves to their early grave. So when we talk about a group for the interest of the Igbo nation please do not bring IPOB into it. Unless maybe it frees itself from the ideology and footstep of Nnamdi Kanu, elevate Igbo republicanism in its modus operandi and not the fascist method of Nnamdi Kanu, wash off the useless fraternity it tied itself through it's map with minorities, fight solely for our interest alone and take Nigeria head on just like others. If it fails to do this, then it means we won't take them serious and will as well revive MASSOB or any other new group to carry out our objectives.

Xander85:

I need to start a kind of angel investors forum. Imagine sites like gofundme.com or kickstarter.com. can you come up with any good name that will be catchy? I have my own peculiar ideas. Hope to read from you soon.
Joe, has anyone got back to you yet on your request? And can you give us an idea of what exactly it is you have 'baking in the oven'?

Handsomegod:
Chiwude. Freedom fighting is not a marathon. It is a relay race. There are no hard and fast rules to it.After each successive holder,the next person picks. Iam no IPOB member.I am all for Igbo interests hence my leaning on IPOB and other Igbo-centric groups. You keep faulting Nnamdi Kanu of many ills but failed to note that till date,no one can point to IPOB destructive potentials except conjectures and speculations like you littered your post with. Their modus operandi and request are constitutional and legitimate. Even Jesus did not spare the political and religious leaders of his day. We all agree here that the quality of our leaders is one of the albatross to our development. They (IPOB) called for War? Who said anything about war? IPOB repeatedly made it clear it is peaceful and will never resort to violence no matter the provocation and they have stuck with that.Their peaceful resolve has remained their winning strategy. MNK chose Judaism as his forte and at no time was that a problem to other faiths. By some hindsight or higher consciousness,Nnamdi predicted both the current APC disaster and the fulani herdsmen carnage agenda. In all his faults,such is not a man to ignore. I can bet that Kanu had more "converts" in death than when he was here. It took his exit and the events following there from to convince people he was right all along. If all you could hold on to all you mentioned above and not the hypocrisy of the Nigerian government in handling of MNK , then it is a pity. If until now,it does not occur to you that conniving with the Federal to decimate IPOB will yet remain the biggest error of our leaders,then it is sad. Some groups have committed higher treason,killing,maiming and disrupting the sovereignty of Nigeria and are being compensated with covert Federal protection,amnesty and drafting into the armed forces for some sinister agenda,yet IPOB is the fall guy in your estimation,then it is a further pity. Unfortunately for Nigeria,the Biafra narrative championed by IPOB,with all the imperfections you listed above,has since become a global point of discussion. It is no more a local narrative. This again is an opportunity for us to utilise and reinvent their value to attain our goals. Nigeria as currently constituted is not workable and can never work. Either it burns and new phoenix nations rise from the ashes or a little rejig to grant autonomy to compatible tribal nations. A thousand Igbo presidencies under the current system will avail little. Again,thanks for keeping the discussion clean. #damn all typos

horsepower101:


Correct!!!Local production is truly the key.

If we can find a way to attract Chinese investors with manufacturing knowledge of solar panels to came at partner with a manufacturing firm in nnewi or Aba, it would bring an energy revolution overnight and create over 100,000 new jobs in the energy industry.

Those making and installing solar panels will be making more money than those working in the oil industry..

Activity77:
This is long overdue,thanks for opening this thread and constructive criticism is highly appreciated.. Let's make this thread worth it. Ndi igbo kwuru si anukoo mamiri onu ogbaa ufufu.. Bikonu kaanyi jide aka onu bulie banyi elu.. Makana mberede nyiri dike mana mberede ka'eji Amara dike.. Ogwu ka oham n'onu.. Udo kanma.

horsepower101:
Summary of Good Ideas and Keypoints from this thread

1) HOUSING: We need to start building high-rises in order to provide adequate housing in a more efficient manner.

2) INFRASTRUCTURE: We need to copy Ebonyi state model of using concrete base in road construction. This would make the road last longer as it does in developed countries.

3) EDUCATION: Creation of an organization that will promote Science and technology adoption in Igboland. This organization shall maintain a fund to carry out this task.

4) ELETRICITY: Generation of electricity independently for Igboland by partnering with successful and wealthy Igbo men.

5) INFRASTRUCTURE: Leveraging on the successful Igbos to generate funds for building critical infrastructures in igboland

spyder880:
More pictures from Umuahia. .......