Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has described the Igbos as people who can be
predicted when it comes to voting. According to him, the Igbos vote
based on their stomach and have an incurable money mindedness. Prof.
Soyinka said this while delivering a lecture titled 'Predicting
Nigeria,
Electoral Ironies’ at Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African and African American Research", in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
"Igbos remained
unrepentant and resolute towards their strategic objective of secession
at worst; or a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction at best,” he said
at the lecture which held on April 29.
"The climax of MASSOB’s war
against the Nigerian state was the call for
sit-ins and civil disobedience that shut down markets and public
services, as Igbos stayed at home in a symbolic gesture to assert
Biafran independence. The call was honoured by governors in the two
principal Ibo states, though without fanfare. The Igbos are probably the
only group of Nigerians that you can predict
with great accuracy whom they will vote for in an election, because
they tend to put their votes where their stomachs take them; suffering
as it were, from incurable money-mindedness, as they would stop at
nothing in their quest for personal financial gain. Muhammadu Buhari was
the better of the two evils as the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan
had been an unmitigated disaster and failure. It was a painful decision
to tell people to vote Buhari, but the
country needed a new beginning. I was more against Jonathan, than I was
pro-Buhari.
“Nothing is more unworthy of leadership than to degrade a system by
which one attains fulfillment, and this is what the nation witnessed
time and time again under Jonathan, who was increasingly becoming
intolerant of opposition in an escalating streak of impunity and
authoritarian madness, which was most blatant and unconscionable. The
‘militricians’ – soldiers turned politicians in power – aren’t
looking for excellence; their civilian cohorts are worse. Short cuts and
how to circumvent the system for the profit of a few are the norm of
governance. Those who do honest work are derided as lacking the skill to
fit it. Ironically, things haven’t quite changed a bit after 16 years
of democracy in the country.” he said
Source:
The Cable
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What bitter truth? So deres no more freedom to vote for whomever we want to? Hmnmmn I'm not surprised tho, it's just coming from a yoruba goat.. . Tribalistic goats
Lol. Wole Soyinka...no comment.
Thank you very much for this comment. Let the fools who think they know it all continue to speak rubbish. What gives that idiot the right to talk about the igbos? What does he know about us? Why is he not talking about his own tribe or is Yoruba tribe now perfect? Even the bible says u should remove the log in your eyes first before removing the spec in another person's eye. All your stupid hates on the igbos will only amount to moving us to greater heights.
I agree with u
You have once again confirmed how foolish and local you are. Gosh I wonder if u really went to school. You thoughts and comments are exactly what you get from market women. You are a disgrace to your family.
Lwkmfh
Seems many has written most of my thinking on the subject and it's author, the respect Soyinka. Permit me to add that stomach infrastructure is a government policy only at Ekiti state in the western region and no where in Igbo land. It seems Prof Soyinka and perhaps most yoruba's are desperate to ridicule the Igbo people. This assertion is uncalled for and an opinion of a biased mind. I hope literal giants of Igbo extraction will find time to reply Soyinka appriopriately.
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That's actually how it would sound with an igbo accent.
So voting for who you want to vote for is now greed for money? You are obviously dumb! Igbos voted for who they wanted to vote for, same way Hausas and yorubas voted. so because the igbos didn't vote for Buhari it means they were bribed? Lol. Whatever happened to democracy. You guys should have told Jega not to conduct election. The mandate should have just been passed to Buhari. Stupid fellows.
When they need blood in their ocult group, they use incitive words So that the foolish ones like them would cause violence and shed innocent blood.
Our elders have lost their reasons
Their uterances are signs of dementia.
Wole is right. A lot of Igbos are greedy and careless. Look at their own states! They don't even care about their image as long as they can get money. They're willing to do every and anything without a conscience. Mother's know their sons are drug peddlers and they encourage it. Father's join in. 419 is the staple diet and when that doesn't work, they deceive their friends. Biafra my foot! Igbos need to accept they need change! How can people even be talking about Biafra? It was defeated and the leader abandoned his people to face the people they betrayed. If it was anywhere else, Ojukwu would've been stoned, but for a people proud of their misery, it's not surprising they still shout Biafra. Thank you, Wole for speaking the blatant truth. Igbos should've been given Biafra minus Modern day Delta. We would have peace and less ingrates among us.
Lol. When an old man has decided to dance naked in the market square no body needs to tell you that he has gone mad! It's your entire tribe and generation that is mannerless. The amadioha you are calling will strike you and your entire generation. No you know he is an old man and shouldn't be insulted. When you were insulting GEJ like he is your classmate you didn't know that what goes around comes around. The seed you guys have sown is growing fast and you must all reap that which you have sown.
You comment sounds as useless as your name.
The 3 things dat shud be an asset 2 Nigeria are constantly working against her- Diversity, Population and (western) Education. If we assume dat the Prof's depositions are accurate(am not saying dat dey are) is NOW da best time 2 reveal. Or US, da best place. Academics-history as shown know ONLY how 2 criticise. Nigerians by nature are tribalist(Ibo academics included-Achebe made some tribalistic contributions of his own in his final book)-dis in itself shudnt be the problem but wat spews 4rm it. 1 wud expect an aged Laurette 2 ave known and acted better/wiser. Dis is anoda fall from grace 4 da Prof(in my book dere are many). My sincere apologies 2 my Ibo bro+sisters 4 da wave of insults/hate/distrust but isn't all dese an indication 4 U 2 get shit(politics+economy) 2geda?!
You are more stupid for calling him stupid. He has a right to an opinion.
The cultist has come again with his destructive rants. Instead of him to sit and think of how to salvage the cult issues that is seriously ravaging our society he is here causing more harm.
This man has bad bale for the Igbo's right from time so my fellow Igbo's let's not be surprise on his comment, what do you expect from the enemy? Always wanna prove you wrong, so let's not mind the loco.
Igbos need to be given their country. We are tired of them. Look at what the closest thing to an Igbo did during his term. Very greedy selfish people. I must add, very backward too!
Old yoruba bigot talking without sense,your white hair is a waste to your tribe.
Foolish old yoruba man...shame on you and your entire family.
Linda post.
wale soyinka is a bigger idiot for saying that,what has he done to the eduction sector of the country, if he is not fighting for his own stomach he wouldn't have pick foreign offer to his country appointment. he is an old foolish man.
Who opened d door for this dog biko? Stupid old man speaking from two sides of d same cursed mouth. I have always known u to move to d side of money when d chips are down. Foolish old fool. Nkita lachapu gi Anya there. Efulefu like u
Of all people! a PROFESSOR!Why are we condemning South Africa on the attack on foreigners? never will there be unity in the world until God' kingdom comes.well i have voted and my candidate has been ruling since 1914.
Senile geriatric who should know better than fanning the embers of ethnic discord especially on international platform.
You have become the equivalent of a drowning old musician seeking relevance in this modern age.
E Be like this man don dey craze becos na so the madness dey start.too much book don dey worry him and he want to start with Igbos.All I can get in this country is that other tribes are jealous of Ibos that's they always under attack.Wole you are the fool of the century,pls smbody should forward his name in Guinness book of record---fool......
READING ALL THESE COMMENTS ITS OBVIOUS THAT THE IGBO MAN IS PLAGUED BY A SELF DESTRUCTIVE SPIRAL PATTERN!!!!
INSTEAD OF TAKING OUT WHAT MATTERS FROM SOYINKA'S COMMENTS AND USING YOUR GREY MATTER, INSTEAD YOU TALK ABOUT TRIBALISM AND RAIN ABUSES ON THE MAN.
PLEASE TELL ME, WHAT HAVE YOUR GOVERNORS, LEGISLATORS AND SENATORS BEEN DOING WITH ALL THE MONEY THEY GET? WE IGBOS ARE THE CAUSE OF OUR OWN PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE GOSPEL TRUTH. WE CAN'T EVEN STAND BEHIND ONE MAN TO PRESENT AS A PRESIDENT. AN IGBO WILL ONLY RULE THIS COUNTRY WHEN OTHER TRIBES VOTE FOR AN IGBO NOT THE IGBO PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
GO TO THE EAST AND SEE THAT STATE IN WHICH THE PLACE IS. YOU CAN'T ACCOST YOUR GOVERNORS OR LEADERS BUT ARE QUICK TO CONDEMN OTHERS. IGBOS YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND USE YOUR BRAINS. I AM AN IGBO PERSON BUT ASHAMED OF HOW LOW WE HAVE STOOPED FOR A MUSSEL OF BREAD. FUCK UPS.
I really think everyone should remain calm and consider this statement as his own opinion...(which by the way he is entitled to)...but then which the right to vote, comes the right to vote for what ever reason a person chooses to vote his preferred candidate, as well as the right not to vote at all ...
True talk prof, you can predict igbo man vote anytime they are too rigid not dynamic in their thinking that is why no igbo man will rule this country in the next 50 yrs. jonarhan is one of their hybrid GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKWE JONATHAN its in the name.he took corruption to the next levelthat even IBB will mavel,withvhis lack of direction and cluless governance .they are all successionist with biafra agenda in any thing they do,they are parochia in there thinking money minded bigot salted by dominance atitude.this people should just go back to were they came from across the niger.go develop your place why encroach another man land claiming lords while yours is left desolate and unattended to.
WOLE tufiakwa gi,you have lost your respect.infact you are nothing but an educated idiotic fool,and nobody knew it before.
This man just spoke d truth......u ppl shuldnt cuss him......hez old enuf to be ur grandfather....what dz man has achieved most of u can't achieve it in dz world nd d one to come mtchewww
#Old Age!
Please leave we the Igbos alone...Accept the fact that we're great in business and commerse.
U r d biggest fool that as Eva lived
And u r what idiot
U r d biggest fool
Strike u a million times....rubbish
@Nwokolo Nkechi....I'm Igbo,full blooded but it's the truth...I don't know you,i don't anything about your family but in your family,if thrs any rich person,you know he or she will rather allow u to rotn or probably turn u into a beggar instead of giving you. Enough money will be enough for you start up. Something for yourself.what he said is so so true....if you're asked to mention 3 reasons why Igbos chose to vote for GEJ would u be able to mention it....Igbo don't think,once they are going to make something out of anything,they'll follow u,whether. You're. Good fr them or not....truth. They say is bitter but i'll speak the truth
Sango will strike u dead
That why u will remain his slave. Local champions
Igbos, you better accept the truth which is bitter and put your house in order before it is too late. Be strategic and stop chasing money. The same mistake you keep making over the years.
Igbos generally are narrow minded people.what has jonathan government done for then.i will rather vote a man that has no certficate but have direction than vote a PHD holder thst is clueless
Igbos, you better accept the truth which is bitter and put your house in order before it is too late. Be strategic and stop chasing money. The same mistake you keep making over the years.
Yorubas are far better than the igbo man.wevare flexible,accomodating and progressive.yoruba will judge you not because you areis brother or sister but on how you presnt youself to him.
Yorubas are far better than the igbo man.wevare flexible,accomodating and progressive.yoruba will judge you not because you areis brother or sister but on how you presnt youself to him.
This is clear manifestation of old age
Dis wole soyinka is useless,i hate dat man 4rm d deepest part of my hearth,look at d nonsense he is vomiting 4rm dat his rotten smelling mouth.what is making him so proud of himself dos he write more dan chinua achebe nd d likes.dat man really need to go back to school nd develop a common sense nd how to talk
Dis wole soyinka is useless,i hate dat man 4rm d deepest part of my hearth,look at d nonsense he is vomiting 4rm dat his rotten smelling mouth.what is making him so proud of himself dos he write more dan chinua achebe nd d likes.dat man really need to go back to school nd develop a common sense nd how to talk
Igbos are never united you can change their mind with a piece of meal,they can kill their family for money,that is why no true vote will come from the east.leopard will never change it skin
speaking english is one thing, having wisdom is diffrent thing alltogether,this expired hallucinating prof who sold his sole to the devil by serving under the military,a man whose tribe is so unstable that there nothern masters rarely trust them have now elevated himself to the best judge of caracter,how dare this moral leper denigrate the most principled race who truely know what they want and makes no pretence about it,instead of his most unstable race,who speaks of regional authonomy in the morning and in the evening vote for the worst enemy of that authonomy, a poeple who can sell there best for a plate of amala,mr expired prof of queens language igbos voted on principle which you know nothing about because neither you nor your poeple have it, nor will you ever have it,having been known for your treachery.
When people say Igbos love money, I just laugh at their stupidity. Who doesn't love money? Igbo people "WORK HARD"! For their money because in the end my people, that's what they have. Hausa and Yoruba people are all up in the government. Igbos are just doing "boy-boy" for them in politics. The Hausas and Yorubas steer the course of this nation the way they want, what do they expect the Igbos to do???we've got to hustle. The average Yoruba man loves money much more than any human being but is too LAZY to work for it. Truth be told, Igbos work for their money and that's why they are in all parts of the world working relentlessly. I laugh in swahili at those who say Igbos are the problems we have in this country. How's that so please?are we your presidents?even the "close to igbo" man that is president, they've rigged him out. And they say Igbos are the problems. They should keep trying to trample on Igbo people, they won't succeed because their heads are too high
Not all professor are professor Wole my friend you are just like ur words.. It is said "the ages of Methuselah has nothing to do with the wisdom of Solomon"
N ur tribe is wat??? USEFUL??? Vagabond twart!
This is one of the BEST Idiot Professor Nigeria ever had a failure that when he handled the FRSC he proved to be one.
I wounder who made this mad man a Professor while we know that likes of Chinue Achebe is a true Professor of our time.
Dis wole soyinka is stupid,i hate him 4rm d deepest part of my heart.look at d nonsense he is vomiting 4rm dat his rotten smelling mouth.who does he think he is.does he write more dan chinua achebe nd d likes of him.he should go back to school so dat he can get more common sense nd how to talk.useless man.
Dis wole soyinka is stupid,i hate him 4rm d deepest part of my heart.look at d nonsense he is vomiting 4rm dat his rotten smelling mouth.who does he think he is.does he write more dan chinua achebe nd d likes of him.he should go back to school so dat he can get more common sense nd how to talk.useless man.
Prof. Apart from this title, I have checked very well to know what gave you a nobel peace price and it is nothing but luck. Your achievement in literature is not extraordinary. You are not a march to Achebe, He is very far ahead in your field(Is because his work lives on). For the grace you enjoy, do yourself a favour and talk carefully afterall you lost your credibility a long time ago when you started feeding from corrupt politicians. Your problem is even more of stomach dementia than objectivity. People have the right to support who they like. It's about Nigeria and democracy and not tribe. Grow up.
why is that anybody that want to start to craze must start with ibos.Soyinka don his own,pls somebdy should hold him before he enters market naked.fool.....
Igbos, you better accept the truth which is bitter and put your house in order before it is too late. Be strategic and stop chasing money. The same mistake you keep making over the years.
With all the books you have been reading you talk like one that lack wisdom,not even the grey hair could help you reason properly and talk reasonably
Igbos, you better accept the truth which is bitter and put your house in order before it is too late. Be strategic and stop chasing money. The same mistake you keep making over the years.
Wole Soyinka's Award as a Nobel Laureate and his professorship should be withdrawn immediately. For making a libelous general statement about a tribe shows that he is insane. Nobody should take him serious. I recommend that the family members should take him to the nearest psychiatric hospital. Let this be done immediately before his madness get to the market.
Take heart! But u don't get to come on Nigeria’s biggest blog owned and run by an Igbo woman to spew ur hatefel vile. Take it somewhere else. Probably to one of those wannabe yoruba blogs. U're welcome
Hmm...when u have wisdom..u don't just pour tins outta ur mouth. Buhari has won d election, Wole speaking up again in such manner is just 2 fuel d fire considering he knows people would listen. Right now, Wole just looks very tribalistic... and it says little 4 dis nation considering the fact that he is an educated man
So the honest people in Nigeria are Yoruba? They don't steal, lie, rape, murder, cheat, bribe or do any other bad thing. All my respect for you just went out of the window. You narrow minded evil man. How dare cloak a whole tribe with a single opinion. It is people like you that ensure Nigerians do not move away from hating one another.
You are a disgrace if you Think everyone that didn't vote for Buhari voted didn't because of money . Myopic thinking
Shut up. There is no truth in this . This is a huge generalisation .
When as it being a sin and greed to vote for a candidate if your choice am igbo and my family voted to GMB does that make me what a traitor no it doesn't lots of igbos in the East voted for GEJ and most in the west voted for GMB I hate it when this old fool says things without facts, it's obvious he has a thing against the igbos but showing his level of stupidity in this comments show he knows nothing about politics and igbos after all
Idiot.Are you even married or have children?Go shave your beards and cease talking rubbish.
Prof I was thought in Primary school about characteristics of living things. In the University I was thought about ingredients or elements of crime. When I relate these two basic knowledge I conclude that tribes, races have elements peculiar to them. For example, among the qualities of Yurobas are tribalism, nepotism, deception, sycophancy, cowardice, stupidity and avariciousness.
Wole Soyinka you are a fool and you have completely lost my respect. Abeg park well or just die in peace, see you speaking from both sides of your both. Respect your grey hair oh!
Can Prof explain clearly the link between voting for Mr Jonathan and the stomach of Igbos? Can he also clarify how their preference for the outgoing president buttresses his so called incurable money mindedness?
I have tried to see how votes cast for Jonathan in the 2015 election would have translated into money but I am yet to construe the link. How much money did the Igbos and other Nigerians,mainly from the SE,SW, SS and NC make from voting massively for this same PDP candidate in 2011?
The major racket in the country today is around oil blocks and fuel subsidy where a few Nigerians benefit massively from this common resource to the detriment of the rest of us. But is this few made up of solely Igbos? How many Igbos even own or control oil blocks in the country? Prof should please help me clarify the link.
Talking about voting for the stomach, of what ethnic extraction is the self-acclaimed apostle of stomach infrastructure? Our brothers in Ekiti voted last year to the surprise of all, in favour of this cause. Please what is the population of Igbo voters in Ekiti? Is prof also saying that the votes Ayo Fayose got in Ekiti came from the Igbo Population there? If it were true that Igbos could muster that volume of votes in a " foreign " land, then their dream of producing the coutry' s president would have been achieved a long time ago.
Talking about predictability, I insist that one does not need the service of Gallop or any other pooling agency to predict the direction each state or tribe in Nigeria will vote. Before the election ,one could rightly predict that the core North -NE,NW, would vote massively for Buhari ,for many reasons, other than peformance. One could also see that SW would support the APC massively due to their near 100% adoption of the APC as their own party and the emergence of Prof Osinbajo as the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC. I tell you, these two factor accounted for more that 90% of the votes cast for APC in Youruba Land. Yet nobody has called for their heads for being so easily predictable.
The remaining 10% voted for Buhari because Jonathan had failed. Likewise in other tribes where a few percentage including my humble self voted because we were tired of Jonathan ' s seemingly clueless rule.
I think it is time we stopped calling a particular section of of the country a bad name and blaming them for any bad thing that happens in the polity.
I can say with certainty that if there is a man in the country who doesn't need the government to for his survival that person Igbo.
On the Biafra issue, I think the name Biafra is often heard among non-Igbos than it is heard among Igbos. They keep mentioning it where most of the people of the old eastern nigeria have moved on with their lives in various parts of Nigeria....
I welcome your criticism.
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Can Prof explain clearly the link between voting for Mr Jonathan and the stomach of Igbos? Can he also clarify how their preference for the outgoing president buttresses his so called incurable money mindedness?
I have tried to see how votes cast for Jonathan in the 2015 election would have translated into money but I am yet to construe the link. How much money did the Igbos and other Nigerians,mainly from the SE,SW, SS and NC make from voting massively for this same PDP candidate in 2011?
The major racket in the country today is around oil blocks and fuel subsidy where a few Nigerians benefit massively from this common resource to the detriment of the rest of us. But is this few made up of solely Igbos? How many Igbos even own or control oil blocks in the country? Prof should please help me clarify the link.
Talking about voting for the stomach, of what ethnic extraction is the self-acclaimed apostle of stomach infrastructure? Our brothers in Ekiti voted last year to the surprise of all, in favour of this cause. Please what is the population of Igbo voters in Ekiti? Is prof also saying that the votes Ayo Fayose got in Ekiti came from the Igbo Population there? If it were true that Igbos could muster that volume of votes in a " foreign " land, then their dream of producing the coutry' s president would have been achieved a long time ago.
Talking about predictability, I insist that one does not need the service of Gallop or any other pooling agency to predict the direction each state or tribe in Nigeria will vote. Before the election ,one could rightly predict that the core North -NE,NW, would vote massively for Buhari ,for many reasons, other than peformance. One could also see that SW would support the APC massively due to their near 100% adoption of the APC as their own party and the emergence of Prof Osinbajo as the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC. I tell you, these two factor accounted for more that 90% of the votes cast for APC in Youruba Land. Yet nobody has called for their heads for being so easily predictable.
The remaining 10% voted for Buhari because Jonathan had failed. Likewise in other tribes where a few percentage including my humble self voted because we were tired of Jonathan ' s seemingly clueless rule.
I think it is time we stopped calling a particular section of of the country a bad name and blaming them for any bad thing that happens in the polity.
I can say with certainty that if there is a man in the country who doesn't need the government to for his survival that person Igbo.
On the Biafra issue, I think the name Biafra is often heard among non-Igbos than it is heard among Igbos. They keep mentioning it where most of the people of the old eastern nigeria have moved on with their lives in various parts of Nigeria....
I welcome your criticism.
Salient Matters
Pertinentmatters@gmail.com
its quite stupid and honestly incredible ppl take dis matter so personnaly when in fact they havent put thier mind to the reason he gave for his belief of the so called "igbos" and the fact that what he said was evident in the coalited results of "enugu" the so called "igbos"......he obviously is saying that bcos y'all wer hoping for your cut when he wind money-minded fucking idiots
its quite stupid and honestly incredible ppl take dis matter so personnaly when in fact they havent put thier mind to the reason he gave for his belief of the so called "igbos" and the fact that what he said was evident in the coalited results of "enugu" the so called "igbos"......he obviously is saying that bcos y'all wer hoping for your cut when he wind money-minded fucking idiots
Yorubas are the biggest fools in Nigeria and they can SNITCH on others, I hate dem so much.
Ekwensu ka gi nma.....agwo taa gi ebe ahu
Ekwensu ka gi nma.......agwo ta kwa gi ebe ahu
its quite stupid and honestly incredible ppl take dis matter so personnaly when in fact they havent put thier mind to the reason he gave for his belief of the so called "igbos" and the fact that what he said was evident in the coalited results of "enugu" the so called "igbos"......he obviously is saying that bcos y'all wer hoping for your cut when he wins.money-minded fucking retards!!
you are a bigger fool than i thought, how dia you insult a tribe for exercising their right. you called us names, yes but will control the major market here in Lagos and other part of Nigeria. will have contributed more than your lazy Yuroba tribe to the development of infrastructure at any environment will found ourselves. we are Igbos and will are proud of ourselves and will return in this world if will have the chance as an Igbos. you are a fool for encourage that useless Oba speech. we are the ISRAEL of Nigeria and we will continue to prosper.Have you old fool thought about it why this country remain fool and underdeveloped,is because we are being treated bad, GOD said i will curse those that curse you and bless those that bless you.Hence you have lost my respect. OLD NOBLE FOOL
you are a bigger fool than i thought, how dia you insult a tribe for exercising their right. you called us names, yes but will control the major market here in Lagos and other part of Nigeria. will have contributed more than your lazy Yuroba tribe to the development of infrastructure at any environment will found ourselves. we are Igbos and will are proud of ourselves and will return in this world if will have the chance as an Igbos. you are a fool for encourage that useless Oba speech. we are the ISRAEL of Nigeria and we will continue to prosper.Have you old fool thought about it why this country remain fool and underdeveloped,is because we are being treated bad, GOD said i will curse those that curse you and bless those that bless you.Hence you have lost my respect. OLD NOBLE FOOL
Thank you very much
Wole Soyinka should be taken to a psychiatric hospital. Very important and urgent.
Madam,mind you...not every igbo chases money! A lot more is expected from one who is supposed to be an icon!
Thank you dear
when idiot talks, fools praised him, what was wole soyinka achievement when he was a minister? soyinka is a fool and an idiot at the highest level....he only studied how to critizied people who have done grate jobs for the nation. if igbo vote for money, what was your fellow idiot OBJ agenda during his time? he bribed all yorubas to vote for his 3rd term agenda.But igbos refused to accept it, bcos that was not the agreement. pls linda kindly send this msg to wole soyinka page if he has one either to his facebook page...that he need to visit rehablitation center, i think we have alot in lagos.idiot that called himsel proffessor.
Soyinka is simply a fool and devils advocate who has led thousands of souls to the devil thru his cult(pyrate). What good can come out of such disgusting man.
Why do people like deceit more than the truth? The facts on ground are:
1. Within 8 years of Igbo Senate Presidency, they had 5 Senate Presidents because of greed. North Central held same position for 8 years without any problem. Yoruba held Speakership without any rancour.
2. Igbo chose to vote against Ojukwu despite shouting his name after his demise. He contested twice and lost woefully in the East twice just because money was available under PDP.
3. Igbo follows a principle of AGIP- Any Government In Power and that is their guiding light. They are the only region that will give 99% votes to a party or person because of money.
Prof Wole Soyinka was correct 100%
God bless you Nkechi, your comment makes sense
idiotic prof you want to cause ethnic disharmony meanwhile ur kids are in govt eating govt money to improve is stomach and u are calling out ndigbo.Amadioha will dismember u with lighting old fool.
Thank you very much sir you are absolutely right but you a the biggest fool ever recorded in the history for altering a word like this, your personal view should be kept to yourself and not to make yourself a fool to the public, you have lost my respect (ewu can beer!!!!!)
Wole have just trashed the full regards i have for him with this his myopic generalized comment. if u have a problem with an igbo man. you shouldn't generalize it cos u don't have anything to say. he has just shown his level of exposure is still some feet below the ground so he need to come out
You are a big goat (ewu).
Can Prof explain clearly the link between voting for Mr Jonathan and the stomach of Igbos? Can he also clarify how their preference for the outgoing president buttresses his so called incurable money mindedness?
I have tried to see how votes cast for Jonathan in the 2015 election would have translated into money but I am yet to construe the link. How much money did the Igbos and other Nigerians,mainly from the SE,SW, SS and NC make from voting massively for this same PDP candidate in 2011?
The major racket in the country today is around oil blocks and fuel subsidy where a few Nigerians benefit massively from this common resource to the detriment of the rest of us. But is this few made up of solely Igbos? How many Igbos even own or control oil blocks in the country? Prof should please help me clarify the link.
Talking about voting for the stomach, of what ethnic extraction is the self-acclaimed apostle of stomach infrastructure? Our brothers in Ekiti voted last year to the surprise of all, in favour of this cause. Please what is the population of Igbo voters in Ekiti? Is prof also saying that the votes Ayo Fayose got in Ekiti came from the Igbo Population there? If it were true that Igbos could muster that volume of votes in a " foreign " land, then their dream of producing the coutry' s president would have been achieved a long time ago.
Talking about predictability, I insist that one does not need the service of Gallop or any other pooling agency to predict the direction each state or tribe in Nigeria will vote. Before the election ,one could rightly predict that the core North -NE,NW, would vote massively for Buhari ,for many reasons, other than peformance. One could also see that SW would support the APC massively due to their near 100% adoption of the APC as their own party and the emergence of Prof Osinbajo as the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC. I tell you, these two factor accounted for more that 90% of the votes cast for APC in Youruba Land. Yet nobody has called for their heads for being so easily predictable.
The remaining 10% voted for Buhari because Jonathan had failed. Likewise in other tribes where a few percentage including my humble self voted because we were tired of Jonathan ' s seemingly clueless rule.
I think it is time we stopped calling a particular section of of the country a bad name and blaming them for any bad thing that happens in the polity.
I can say with certainty that if there is a man in the country who doesn't need the government to for his survival that person Igbo.
On the Biafra issue, I think the name Biafra is often heard among non-Igbos than it is heard among Igbos. They keep mentioning it where most of the people of the old eastern nigeria have moved on with their lives in various parts of Nigeria....
I welcome your criticism.
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are yorubas better than us NO.common yorubas is a coward. exactly what hes showing off now .they re neither here or there. they re neither black or white.hot or cold. rubbish.
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Yorubas are tribalist. I could remember when Oba of Lagos made that statement this old man never said anything and now he opened his loud mouth to insult the anointed people of this nation. What a FOOL he is.
WELL if any tribe do not like money, God pls continue to bless all IGBOS alone in Jesus name Amen.
Hey I don't know you but you have spoken so intelligently. Well, I use to respect the old fool until now. When Oba of Lagos was making he's stupid I felt it's coming from the mouth of an illiterate but never thought an educated fool in the person of Soyinka could make sure idiotic statement. We might be the minority in the 3 major enthic group in Nigeria but I am happy and proudly Igbo. We don't depend on federal allocation or state gov budget to earn a living we'all are born hustlers we don't care about power because we are contented with the little our individual businesses earns us. It's a shame that the Hausas and Yorubas don't regard US yet we he'll develop their cities building houses and promoting their state revenues. Now Buhari is becoming their fav candidate. If Buhari like mey him turn Nigeria into Dubai I still hate and will never love him, period!!!!
Why do we all preach and have no love? Tribalism everywhere. Nigeria my country may God deliver your inhabitants. You cannot love a human being but you claim to love God??? Hypocrites!
we are proud to think money, a house in the village, another in town, good schools for the kids, more investments, next generation on our minds.
That is what we believe
That is our pride
That is our culture
and the proofs are undeniable.
U r an idiot
Unfortunately, this man has insulted himself. Who can fault the late Achebe and what he stood for. I am an Ibo man and can say with confidence I have never voted because of money. I have the right to vote whoever I like. Since the conspiracy of 1966 to eliminate the ibo man from the mainstream of Nigerian politic what has become of the entity Nigeria. Soyinke tell me one single thing GMB did in the south east as president and PTF chairman. I was personnally skeptical about his anticedents and everyother person will behave alike. Leave Ibo people alone. I least expected this statement from you if its throughly from you and the respect you get from a number of us cannot be regained. You need to earn it once more.
I agree. Igbos are too proud to admit the truth and change
Achebe was clear; Yorubas are snitches, but an ibo man can lease his mother for prostitution or kill his only sister for money ritual
Linda ikeji. You should check and double check your sources. The Nobel Laureate has denied this statement in the same magazine you have quoted.
Soyinka is a very stupid man, i am not surprise. Ala gbapikwa gi anya there, isi aki
Pride and greed will not allow the igbos to face the truth.
Nkechi, well said
He's a big fool to have said that, wole pls shut the fuck up and talk sense with ur old grey hair, not all igbos vote jonathan and not all the hausa's voted buhari, so what is this fool talking here, I'm full igbo man, but I love gmb more than gej so shut up ewu
With his level and highly placed in the society, I'm disappointed at his generalization. A fallacy and insult to the Igbo tribes.
Go to.Harvard webpage and read the real.story
He never said all that.
so money does not matter to the Yoruba man, eh? nonsense. I am not Igbo, but I know that many Igbos in Lagos voted for APC. and this is what they get in return; insults. So allthe local government chairmen in Lagos and its environs where elected on merit, on their charisma. that is a big lie. Yorubas love money more than the Igbos, they are just lazy bunch if people who suffer from inferior complexity and low self-esteem. tribalist to the core, and Wole Soyinka has shown that he is not an exception. Yorubas live in the Ease too, in Onitsha, Aba and Port, but the Igbos are too busy thinking of how to feed themselves than to cast aspersions on a persons character. people from this weird tribe need to change.
so money does not matter to the Yoruba man, eh? nonsense. I am not Igbo, but I know that many Igbos in Lagos voted for APC. and this is what they get in return; insults. So allthe local government chairmen in Lagos and its environs where elected on merit, on their charisma. that is a big lie. Yorubas love money more than the Igbos, they are just lazy bunch if people who suffer from inferior complexity and low self-esteem. tribalist to the core, and Wole Soyinka has shown that he is not an exception. Yorubas live in the Ease too, in Onitsha, Aba and Port, but the Igbos are too busy thinking of how to feed themselves than to cast aspersions on a persons character. people from this weird tribe need to change.
It is not only prof that shares this view, just go outside 9ja and hear ow they term igbo as greedy, is there smoke without fire though? We need to be truthful and condemn our acts rather than insult ppl for what we have showcased to the world. Yoruba ppl go say(good name is better than silver or gold) but na them no go want make their brother succeed pass them. Yoruba, ibo and hausa is one but with different negative/positive sides. The memes yoruba ppl receive evertime makes them better and not bitter to truth. Our good ibo pls stand to help fight the stigma more by first realising and condemning it. Ppl predicted ibo bashing and una no prove them wrong.
It is not only prof that shares this view, just go outside 9ja and hear ow they term igbo as greedy, is there smoke without fire though? We need to be truthful and condemn our acts rather than insult ppl for what we have showcased to the world. Yoruba ppl go say(good name is better than silver or gold) but na them no go want make their brother succeed pass them. Yoruba, ibo and hausa is one but with different negative/positive sides. The memes yoruba ppl receive evertime makes them better and not bitter to truth. Our good ibo pls stand to help fight the stigma more by first realising and condemning it. Ppl predicted ibo bashing and una no prove them wrong.
Ur fada is the lunatic I won't insult any tribe cos there are better Yoruba ppl dan u! Bloody Monkey, Swine flu
well i don't blame you generalizing all igbo men as greedy. na you get your mouth sha, wole soyinka i think you are getting too old you need to step side and face your issues too. bloody old pirate
Mr 419 you are a big goat, 419 man lazy pig.
Wole Soyinka....just like most Yorubas...u are not only tribalistic but also very cowardly. now you are almost denying the statement....okpo gambia.
infact lemi just advise all you igbo haters....u just have to learn to love the igbos or at least manage them....cos they are always going to be in your face.
WOLE SOYINKA IS THE WORST FOOL I HAVE EVER SEEN.....YORUBAS ARE FOREVER TRAITORS,SLY,SYCOPHANTS AND SABOTEURS
WOLE SOYINKA IS THE WORST FOOL I HAVE EVER SEEN.....YORUBAS ARE FOREVER TRAITORS,SLY,SYCOPHANTS AND SABOTEURS
Martin Okoye and Ebonybright, you guys are missing the point and that adds to our problem.
We might have a chance when we start telling ourselves the truth. Look at most Igbo States., I remember after my wedding in 2005 visiting Abia state and seeing a corpse on the street of Aba and people were walking by like its the most normal thing ever, yet the same governor got voted into office again. Go to Aba its still the same, nothing changed, yet some few individuals are getting rich everyday off citizens. Not that any where in Nigeria is any better, but we vote for leaders that are proven thieves becos he gave some idiot a few thousand or million Naira. Igbo's are the most industrious by far in Nigeria but becos a few of us will do anything for that money we stand behind those who never do anything for the collective good of Igbo people. Its the same greed that breed the divisiveness within us. Everyone wants the money in their house (but then again it might be a Nigerian disease).
This is not an offense, a shade or a support for other tribes, no this is about our tribe, this is about my child who is growing up with the knowledge of where she's from and I pray one day she'll want to move back home. I want her to have a place she can be proud to call home, and that's not just living in a mansion while your neighbours drink garri in their zinc huts.
Dissociate yourself from a thief and you won't be mistaken to be a thief. Not all Igbo are like this but most of them are too busy covering our dirty laundry, we don't realize we're harboring criminals. If you don't cut out infected parts, it will fester!
Ndi okporo nwanne bu ndi ga akpo gi nwanne!
Martin, obihi kwa ni iko not. You don't win am argument/discussion by throwing insults. My opinions are mine feel free to express yours maturely without unnecessary insults.
Thank you
Osahon u must be a very big born bastard, Sm1 opens his gutter of a mouth to insult a full tribe n all u can do is to join him in d rain of insults, wat appns to d word courtesy in d dictionary or ur own dictionary is from the covens of the witches in edo state whr there's nothing called courtesy,manners and love n respect
is no other way for him to present his opinion without insulting d igbo, it's just so obvious he's a tribalist n as for u, God will certainly punish u n ur generation, bloody fool. Linda pls post , y comment
Osahon u must be a very big born bastard, Sm1 opens his gutter of a mouth to insult a full tribe n all u can do is to join him in d rain of insults, wat appns to d word courtesy in d dictionary or ur own dictionary is from the covens of the witches in edo state whr there's nothing called courtesy,manners and love n respect
is no other way for him to present his opinion without insulting d igbo, it's just so obvious he's a tribalist n as for u, God will certainly punish u n ur generation, bloody fool. Linda pls post , y comment
some people are saying he is right some are insulting him, think about it, why do people vote for who they think will work, is it not for the good of themselves. so even Soyinka or whatever he calls himself votes based on his stomach.
I will only react to this statement(s) when the senile prof. proves to me that the recipients of the food campaigns in Ekiti, Lagos and Osun states are all Igbos.
Some people just can't conceal their hatred for Igbos no matter how educated they are.
I dont expect this from you
Did I hear some people say "the man has spoken" as if to say God Has spoken. Just because a learned, not educated, bigot exposed himself. BTW scientific polls have shown that most Americans vote on their pocket book issues (money). Only few vote on social issues such as abortion or gay right. Go to any country that is democratic, voting pattern can easily be determined, that's how politicians package their msg. I rather deal with someone who I know where he stands and I can trust than someone who is slippery, a flip flopper and a chameleon. I thought we were all for restructuring Nigeria. What happened?
I wonder why almost every other tribe in Nigeria hates the IBO people! What have we done wrong? The richest man in Nigeria isn't an IBO man, yet they say we too like money. Abeg which person no like money? All these politicians that are so corrupt and have soiled their hands with very dirty and unimaginable stuffs just to acquire so much money that will get to even their 10th generation, how many of them are IBOs? Obasanjo, Tinubu, Fashola, Atiku, Abaccha, IBB, etc are not IBO men, yet each of these men have stolen much money than all the IBO tribe put together can ever steal! The IBOs are special, it's not our fault that God loves us so much that He prospers every little thing we do to survive. So all them IBO haters like the FOOLISH oba, IRRESPONSIBLE Soyinka and all the other STUPID people should learn to deal with it or go hug a transformer. Mtcheeeeewwww
Wole Soyinka is not honest with thé truth.President GEJ didnot spend his loot in Igbo land,rather hé spent in Wole village and neighbourhood, they colected his stolen money. The Igbos votes based on there foolish sentiments
well, if u say so, its simply becos they wanna take good care of dem wife nd kids nd to ensure their wives dont work but take care of d home as it ought to be. unlike ur fellow weak ofemmanu brodas wu r damn lazy nd their wives r always d bread winner of every of their home, aw wil they wnt to hustle 4 money. dis is d truth, bitter tho' just as d one u sed is..
well, if u say so, its simply becos they wanna take good care of dem wife nd kids nd to ensure their wives dont work but take care of d home as it ought to be. unlike ur fellow weak ofemmanu brodas wu r damn lazy nd their wives r always d bread winner of every of their home, aw wil they wnt to hustle 4 money. dis is d truth, bitter tho' just as d one u sed is..
In responding to Jules Loius' statement, I 'll like to say that the Yorubas did not vote for Obasanjo when he was the PDP candidate.
Soyinka is not only an exuberant speaker, but also an exuberant writer. I have read thousands of literatures and articles. Soyinka's works were the only ones I started and stopped midway. His speeches, quite like his writing- A baseless, unfathomable, senseless analogy that defies all logic and get you wandering until the fancy takes you.
This is an unfair assessment of history. May God help You. Every Tribe in Nigeria are equal none is superior none is inferior. Anytime we begin to think we belong to a better tribe, we are not better than fools. Did anyone select his tribe? It is the height of fallacy to judge a people by their past as no one has control of the past. Let me tell you, I go to Church and Christ Jesus came to pull down the barriers of hate, ignorance, class distinction and every anti-progressive attitudes and to enthrone Love and more love embellished by the spirit of cooperation mot destructive competition. Please go and repent of your ignorance and other things blinding your heart and mind, my darling brother
adenuga,alakija,jimoh ibrahim,OBA OTUDEKO,obj,tinubu,otedola are all igbos right? cos i see say dem 'yorubas' no like moni abi.....
Ur fada is the stupid one for allowing s waste like u on earth, what has the govt done for u that is in nth we buy we sell we multiply we occupy Lagos and abuja go and chew rocks Wetin the govt wan do for us that we can't do for ourselves Abeg go and fuck ur mother
It pains u y?
Wole Soyinka has distanced himself from such stupid and uneducated statement and I belive him for I feel he is too educated for such silliness. The statement is foolish and unguared and such cannot come from any cerebral and mature yoruba. I think we igbos have to be very careful how we take and accept certain allegations, so easily for most of the stupid statements and lines very primtive and unintelligent tribal emissions dont come from cerebral and mature other tribes and definitely not of the yoruba variety. But from the badly and illi-informed other tribes . The statement is too awful and cant come from the calibre of Prof Wole Soyinka. There are very many ill-informed and poorly groomed and badly educated tribal yorubas and Huasa fulanis , as there are such too amongst the igbos .Its evident there are some igbos who belive tha all the lies being spread about the igbos and lacking in thinking skills they have no way of processing information , obeserving and doing analysis hence they only regurgitate all that has been thrown at them. Prof Wole Soyinka is a highly cerebral african and cant speak with such foolery and absence of intelligent articulation
I accept that Wole Soyinka could use those words Hower here is an answer for any who might be temtped to belive whoever is behind those words......................
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The Nobel laureate Professor Wole
Let me digress. Is it not curious that for the past 16 years that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had Lagos in his pocket ‘like so many nickels and diamonds’ and shares it with whomsoever he pleases Professor Soyinka who claims to be an apostle of good governance has never written about the corruption that stares him on the face in Lagos as he goes to his Abeokuta home? Is it not curious that despite the alleged monumental corruption of the regime of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in Rivers State, Soyinka is one of his staunchest defenders and in his defence has written many unprintable things about President Goodluck Jonathan and First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan? Of course Soyinka will never criticise the rots in Lagos and Port Harcourt and the like, because he knew where his bread is buttered.
I have to digress to remind us that Soyinka as a social critic is also a hypocrite who is always selective in his targets just as he choose the Igbo for denigration and attack in his Harvard lecture.
Let us interrogate the allegation that Igbos’ political decisions are influenced by money for which he claimed that Nigerians usually knew for certainty where the Igbo will vote because they follow ‘their stomach’. Does that mean that it was the Igbos that received all the billions of naira spent by the PDP and APC in the 2015 elections? That is by the way.
Another question to ask Soyinka is, how much did his brother Chief Olusegun Obasanjo pay to the Igbos to vote for him in 1999 when he left the prison with only N20,000 in his bank account as he (Obasanjo) claimed? Also how much did Umaru Musa Yar’Adua pay to Ndigbo for them to reject Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and General Muhammadu Buhari and vote for him in 2007 presidential election? If money could buy all the Igbo why was Tinubu panicky in Lagos before the governorship election in that state? He should have paid for their votes the same way he had used patronage to pocket the state? The APC would not have conscripted the Oba of Lagos to do their yeoman’s job of threatening the Igbos with extinction if they did not vote for APC candidate?
Talking about sectional politics, who plays it better than Soyinka’s people? In 1999 Soyinka’s people congregated around sectional Alliance for Democracy (AD) while the rest of Nigeria congregated around more nationalistic Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The voting pattern of his people then did not meet Soyinka’s criteria for qualification as sectional politics. It was a pragmatic decision by his people? Was it not sectional interest that made AD not to field a presidential candidate in 2003 and choose instead to vote for Obasanjo of the PDP when it became obvious like the case of Jonathan that the North that helped Obasanjo to power was determined to kick him out?
Besides, since 1999, the North East has never voted for the government at the centre preferring to vote for the opposition All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) but I have never heard Soyinka accusing that region of sectionalism. When the Igbos voted for Jonathan in 2011 why were they not accused of sectional politics then? Because Soyinka’s people also voted for him then, probably? For voting the same South-South presidential candidate of PDP in 2015 the Igbos of the South East are today considered sectional by the likes of Soyinka.
The Igbo were very passionate about Jonathan’s presidency and many of them voted for Jonathan because in their estimation Jonathan performed better than all the past presidents (military and civilians) including Obasanjo and therefore deserves a second term. They cannot apologise to Soyinka or any other hater for the choice they made. It is the same way that the people of North East, North West owe no apology to any one for rejecting Jonathan in 2011 and 2015 presidential elections.
Those assertions belong to the past. I was in Nigeria recently. And my honest observation was that the trend of money mindedness is fast swinging to the Yoruba side. Wonder why many are still blind to this new reality
these people, all of dem, includin d yoruba bloggers here r jes JEALOUS of d igbo tribe no doubt!!.. they shld allow us take our BIAFRA, dem no gree!!! presidency dt they dd not allow us smell, we no complain, nd we wont fight cos of dt by Gods grace. stil dem stil dey attack igbos!!! thiniubu richer than EKOO with no bizness like dangote or somtin but just sooo rich is not igbo but he definitely doz not like money Mr Wole. Booharry wnt probe him nd other non-eastern political moguls, but ever ready to to d igbos in their midst. MY WISH::...dt all easterners spread in all yoruba land especially nd northern land(dis ones can stil b a bit honest somtimes) shld go bak 2 d east...>>>dis is wat they partially wnt nd also dread, we liv dem land empty nd develop our own. WE'LL SO BE D FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITY IN D WHOLE WORLD, not just AFRICA. mtschewwwww...
Wole said that Igbos voted based on their stomach and that they suffer from incurable money mindedness. First, no one will claim not to like money. Even if you don't like it, at least u need it to feed(stomach he is talking about), shelter, cloth and do other things. Second, the yoruba's voted Buhari not because they all like him or his proposed change rather because they got Osibanjo (GMB's running mate) in Aso Rock. If Jonathan had used Osibanjo as running mate i know the yoruba's would have voted J
Jonathan.
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