The Presidency has responded to reports that President
Buhari plagiarized president Barack Obama's speech at the launch of "Change Begins
With Me" reorientation campaign in Abuja last week
Below is the statement issued by Shehu Garba Shehu, SSAP Media and Publicity to the President:
The Presidency wishes to respond to a story on alleged plagiarism in a
Presidential Speech that has been trending for most of today.
The
Presidency observed that the similarities between a paragraph in
President Obama’s 2008 Victory Speech and what the President read in
paragraph nine of the sixteen-paragraph while inaugurating the “Change
begins with me” are too close to be passed as coincidence. There was a mistake by an overzealous administration staff and we regret that this has happened.
A Deputy Director in the Presidency has accepted responsibility for the
insertion of the contentious paragraphs even when a query to him was
being typed.
This serious oversight will be investigated thoroughly and appropriate punishment meted.
The Presidency, once again regrets this unfortunate incident. Measures
have been put in place to ensure that this does not happen again.
President Muhammadu Buhari admonished Nigerians to move past incident
and focus on the message of change which the country needs in order to
restore our cherished value systems.
Biko what's wrong in using Obama's speech ? We all share valuable text books to graduate from one class to a higher class,what the message is the key not the author . This idiocy and pettiness lacks class!👎🏼
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Aboki your mumu love for Bohari tho,bonario dey learn...lol
DeleteAboki shut up there.
DeleteUneducated and foolish you. If you quote someone then you have to reference them.
DeleteNot correct. Text book and speech are two different things. I like the fact that they have accepted their blunder and taking necessary action to make sure it doesn't happen again. It's time to move on from this issue now
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DeleteAboki the issue is buhari has nothing to say other than copy what someone has already said word to word, that so disgusting
DeleteAboki go school, you no gree go school! Keep disgracing yourself and your elder brother buhari.. Mumu
DeleteNa me talk am!
Long Live Lib!!!
Aboki please stop displaying your illiteracy!
DeleteIt is an offence. He use another mans intalectual property without saying his source. If Obama press charges, he must pay so lets live the matter.
DeleteBuhari copied obama's campaign tactics of "Change" and now he is tapping speech.
The price of NEPOTISM; when you surround yourself with incompetent relatives BECAUSE you "Trust" them
ReplyDeleteHehehe jokers. You guys hired a misfit to write your damn speeches without having editors go through it. I hope you guys aren't plagiarizing this economy from Chad oh. Lolxxxx
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Na which kain yeye talk be this? You no know book, you no know book pure and simple. Which one be you wan section person whey help you write speech. This people think say we no ge sense abi?! Lolol.
ReplyDeleteGet to learn possible causes of persistent fatigue and chronic tiredness here
You must be an illiterate to write in pidgin.
DeleteSorry anon but I like it it got rolling on the floor
DeleteThank God they no blame GEJ and PDP
DeleteThank God they no blame GEJ and PDP
DeleteIssokay seen! Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteThis is what you get when you elect an illiterate as your president.
ReplyDeleteYour father that's educated he's yet to become motor park chairman.
DeleteYes! you are correct @ anon 11:00p.m! It's simply because his father isn't ready to spill innocent blood or make his local government ungovernable. Fools everywhere!
DeleteHahaha......confuse government
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The presidency ko ,the presidency ni. why una go punish the staff, Una president go school? and upon dat he pack all the almajiris surround himself. My advise be say make the president dey give him speech in Arabic,so that we no go no wen una copy again. otherwise una go continue to they issue query and punish staff.
ReplyDelete'square pegs in potholes'
Na wa o, write your speech.
ReplyDeleteSpoken in 2008 and copied in 2016. This shows how backward the change agenda has and is taking us backwards. I look forward to hearing more about the speech writer and the person who edited without noticing the plagiarism.
ReplyDeleteIs a pity
ReplyDeleteSo ridiculous.. Paragraph nine was plagiarized with Obama's speech, who know whose speech were in other paragraph, maybe Putin's. lazy, lazy people.
ReplyDeleteThis Shehu Garba symbolises all that is wrong with this administration. Blaming everyone else for ur ineptitude rather than take responsibility for ur mistakes, apologise and do the correct thing. No originality either in ideas, policies or vision. Truly we are doomed as a nation with this party of poor copy cats.
ReplyDeleteLol I laugh in greek
ReplyDeleteI laugh in Swahili nwa nne, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, ndi nzuzu, choi we enter one chance bus here oo. Somebody wrote speech for u, u didn't read nor cross check before rambling it out to the public. I weep for this man called mr president, even my husband gives me his speeches to proof read before reading them out in his meetings. And of course another blame game, always blaming the vulnerable. They are so obsessed with OBAMA that they will probably die for him . TUFIAKWA. IHE OJOO JORO NJO.
DeleteLmao... Thief ole barawo!!! So even our president too?
ReplyDeletePatiently waiting for culprit's name.
ReplyDeleteLiars who never acceept responsibility for anything.
Unfortunately, the speech was just a reading not the President's thoughts. Shameful. Same Donald Trump's excuse at play here.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the speech was just a reading not the President's thoughts. Shameful. Same Donald Trump's excuse at play here.
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Unfortunately, the speech was just a reading not the President's thoughts. Shameful. Same Donald Trump's excuse at play here.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the speech was just a reading not the President's thoughts. Shameful. Same Donald Trump's excuse at play here.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the speech was just a reading not the President's thoughts. Shameful. Same Donald Trump's excuse at play here.
ReplyDeleteDon't push it too hard, Buhari.....Obama is d REAL ROLE MODEL to other FAKE presidents...like our change master.
ReplyDeleteHe shld be dealt with.
ReplyDeleteToh
ReplyDeleteA president who said his people are corrupt is cut pants down doing expo. =D =D
ReplyDeleteA president who said his people are corrupt is cut pants down doing expo. =D =D
ReplyDeleteHouse dey burn, you dey pursue rat. I tire for this country called Nigeria. Buhari cannot speak fluent English for seven minutes, yet you are associating him with plagiarism. Please America is too big for you guys who do not know what govt is about. Please associate your illiterate president with speaches with his counterparts in Ghana or Senegal. You want to use style make like say him dey vex - its like comparing a primitive man with a civilized person.
ReplyDeleteCheap and copy copy speach. If it is GEJ article or speach it becomes fake and corrupt but if it is Obama's it because pmb's life and dream . To formulate simple policy is equally zero and to formulate common speech to melow down the minds of nigerians on the hunger that is ravaging them is equally zero and repeatation of Obama speech. Can't we be ourselves in a minor things without depending on Obama. Even local speech.
ReplyDeleteI stand with buhari no shaking
ReplyDeleteNoted
ReplyDeleteShameless government?!
ReplyDeletecan u now see that this govt is confuse?
ReplyDeleteDomestic Animals in charge...hahahaha....Yoruba's how market nah
ReplyDeleteAPC=SHAME!
ReplyDeleteWhatever!
ReplyDeletesays, Genevieve.
Amusing is the right word . Shehu Garba is garbage... of course he'll blame someone else. You incomepetent poop... in case no one has told him the buck stops at ur table! Your job profile states that u clear the president's speech and sign off. This man is soooo dimwitted he has to be told that it's his direct responsibility...you Mr Garba you are one of the obvious problems of the presidency ..... it's called 'gross imcompetence' and ur name Mr garba is rotten all over it.
ReplyDeleteI love your comments!!! You all really cracked me up big time!! Every comment had some vital emotional feelings of let down, but at the same time, they were quite hilarious too.
ReplyDeleteWatch out for more,stay tuned.
Linda hiding under anonymous since 1900 lol
DeleteShame!!
ReplyDeleteReally #Change Begins with Me!
ReplyDeleteShame!!
ReplyDeleteBut but but...this is kwaroftion! Copy copy without acknowledgment is fraud. Aboki da warri boy dude you're a pure waste man, your dad should have puled out and poured on the ground...#brain-dead.
ReplyDeleteO my God, a president cannot even write a short speech . That means they are putting words in his mouth.
ReplyDeleteI read all the comments here and they are all coming from on section of the country. These people are the losers of the last election and they are yet to let go their defeat. I mean the IPODs or IPADs I If you like to call them that. They are the Flat heads, the lost tribes of Isrealites, the exporters of Ugu, the hardworking Jews of Nigeria, the people from the Rising Sun. Guys Bury your shame and accept defeat
ReplyDeleteHater alert!!!! Change begins with you ooo!!!
DeleteI guess you're not done with Education
DeleteYou nailed it bro. Joe Igbokwe made the same observation about the bigotry of his fellow Igbos. I am really really dissapointed in most of them. Simply because they hate having a Hausa man as president they want the country to fail.
DeleteMost of them conveniently push aside the 1st coup by Igbo officers who killed all the leaders of the other tribes except theirs and this was the Genesis of their problems with the north. It was also an igbo (Aguyi Ironsi) dictator who abolished the regionalgovernment and concentrated power in the centre for the selfish benefit of the military and that has persisted till today.
And before anyone starts knocking head on the wall over my comment I am from the SS. I voted for GEJ in 2011 and voted against him in 2015. No sentiments if my brother is mismanaging my business I kick him out and employ someone else haba.
You nailed it bro. Joe Igbokwe made the same observation about the bigotry of his fellow Igbos. I am really really dissapointed in most of them. Simply because they hate having a Hausa man as president they want the country to fail.
DeleteMost of them conveniently push aside the 1st coup by Igbo officers who killed all the leaders of the other tribes except theirs and this was the Genesis of their problems with the north. It was also an igbo (Aguyi Ironsi) dictator who abolished the regionalgovernment and concentrated power in the centre for the selfish benefit of the military and that has persisted till today.
And before anyone starts knocking head on the wall over my comment I am from the SS. I voted for GEJ in 2011 and voted against him in 2015. No sentiments if my brother is mismanaging my business I kick him out and employ someone else haba.
Wats Ur own with biafra now the speech was stolen simple and short
DeleteAkeem,am only responding to you because of your name.Let us always address real issues instead of bringing sectional sentiments.Afterall both the past and present regimes are controlled by Nigerians.Let's enshew statement of bitterness.
Deletejealousy n frustration wil lead u to ur early grave!d shame here is on u!wot has ur victory earned u?has it put food on d masses' table?or jobs?as painful as it already is to u,i wil stil lyk to add dat dis tribe u call lost have survived worse n dis one is nothin wen compared!
DeleteAnd some simply cannot see beyond their noses (cant get past their tribes). Nigeria is going down fast under this government and all you can see is sentiments and tribal affinity. Well i hope u were able to afford a ram for your salla?
DeleteGo to twitter and follow the #TheStolenspeach treanding, then you call result of those complaining. You just displayed your ignorance and hatred. Anyway thank God you know we are hardworking and not people who sit down and wait for thier wives to feed them just like some people.
DeletePresidency no dey worry about issues for country, no go speak out about anything but dey worry about speech. Make we just calm down suffer for this regime and wait for the next one. This is a goverment without hope and God punish Tinubu and Obj. those ugly baboons sold us out and yes i am a yoruba man.
ReplyDeleteOga presido so u nor check the speach first befor reading abi ur sense nor tel u say befor the meeting u for don read the speach to know wetin u wan read to people? SO U BE COPY AND PASTE PRESIDO
ReplyDeletePlagiarism without referencing is literal theft. The clueless idiot that did that on a whole Nigerian president's speech should be properly punished. This is a big insult to us, don't we have good and creative writers again? It really degrades our system of acquiring knowledge here in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteI think the presidency should be concerned about the economic situation and how to revamp than the noise about speech plagamarizing. The citizens needs to feel the impact of the government economically in their various homes. The year is running out, the positive 'change' ought to be seen now beyond feelings.
ReplyDeletePathetic.... After embarrassing us already.
ReplyDeleteBut come to think of it, its not a surprising thing.
It can simply be deduced the president doesn't mean a word from h speeches - Bane
ReplyDeleteWhen budget padding was not an offence in the PMB led admnistration; 'Nigerians'why should this intellectually poor writer hired by an intellectually poor president be so severely punished?
ReplyDelete@punishment meted@query...
W*#ps. Feels like laughing out my ads...
Obama spoke out of his own evolution. Nobody documented for him. Remember that Obama and his wife are products of Harvard. What do you expect from olodo like buhari. Why blaming the poor staff. As a president you are supposed to speak on your own. If he. Can't speak his own speech from his head, what is he doing in aso rock. Too bad that some aboki can mount to leadership from cattle rearing. Buhari is the worst thing that has happened to this nation!! Big time disgrace
ReplyDeleteWe now know why our economy is in recession and will remain so for the foreseeable future. When the speech of our president lack originality and clear articulation of thoughts and his aides are quick to pass the buck, how then can these crop of people martial a well thought out road map out of the economic quagmire. And 2019 is so slow in coming!
ReplyDeleteBuhari no go school naaa. They should allow him speak in hausa and people can translate in English for him so that this shame shame all the time will stop.
ReplyDeleteHere we are: Everything must be done, the American way!!!!
ReplyDeleteFat Salaries with weak economy-the American style!
What to tell our people - the America speech!!!
Theses for Phd Degrees - copied from many American books.
No wonder, we can't practice anything here!!!
We can only practice in America!!!
We can only fly high in America!!!
Yorubas hw is niger na,,and kogi state people i hate to hear dis two tribes voices now cus there de cus of every thing,change chenge
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ReplyDeleteAPC ARE THIEVES.
THEY SCAMMED THEIR WAY INTO POWER.
BUHARI IS A ROGUE.
Photocopy ko easy, lol
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ReplyDeleteChange begins with the change speech. Shame on you
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ReplyDeleteWHY DID HE COPY THE SAME WORDS, HE WOULD HAVE JUST USED THE "MEANING OF THE STATEMENT" AND NOT THE EXACT SAME WORDS.... WHEN WE SPEAK AGAINST EXAM MALPRACTICE AND try to encourage independent thinking among students, some people think you are overzealous.
ReplyDeleteI am disappointed in this clueless federal government. Always blaming others. What is wrong in just saying they made a mistake. Soon PDP would be blamed for the plagiarism. Up GEJ!
ReplyDeleteThis people are just lazy and dumb. They can't originate anything and that's why everything is crashing in their hands.
ReplyDeleteCopy n paste! Lols.
ReplyDeleteThey are criminals and highly corrupt men that need to be arrested & put into prison immediately. No court is functioning again na abi? I can imagine singing another man song or doing Expo.
ReplyDeleteEven if he plagiarized it, it doesn't matter this is africa. Copy what is good nobody expects us to reinvent the wheel just use it.
ReplyDeleteIt must be some "I must copy america journalist" that picked this up and made an issue out of it.
What made Trump's plagiarism stand out was because he has always tried to potray Obama as inferior and a dummy. So copying the speech of someone he called a dummy made him look very bad and exposed him as a racist.
I don't see any big deal in this issue haba.
Even if he plagiarized it, it doesn't matter this is africa. Copy what is good nobody expects us to reinvent the wheel just use it.
ReplyDeleteIt must be some "I must copy america journalist" that picked this up and made an issue out of it.
What made Trump's plagiarism stand out was because he has always tried to potray Obama as inferior and a dummy. So copying the speech of someone he called a dummy made him look very bad and exposed him as a racist.
I don't see any big deal in this issue haba.
Change begins wit u... h::: idiots
ReplyDeleteBuhari. The speech thief Hw far anybody don arrest u.small arms money u one. Kill pple
ReplyDeleteSo you mean to say someone will lose his/her job because of this?
ReplyDeleteWhy should the president bid sometimes speak from his head. Was he elected to read pepared speeches to us any foll can do that. This man is
Deletea mega mistake
Aboki with no WAEC cert so what do you Nigerians really expect
ReplyDeleteFemi adeshina should replace the aboki shehu garba Femi is seasoned be dat as it may the sppech writer ould have said"to borrow the words of president obama"then he quotes d speech but of course dey dont no this clowns
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Akeeem or whatever you're called ... run your black dumb arse back to NAIRALAND where the likes of tribalistic bigots like you trail.... Around here in LIB we don't engage and indulge in such yoruba/Igbo lewd foolery , now get on with the main event and leave the Igbos out of your woes!!!! Get the drift and forever STFU silly!!!
ReplyDelete— I am OLAEDO and I wail for the good of the Land•
The names : Olumide , essang, shodipe, ojuade, olotu, asizaibi, and Bonita all read Igbo to you right ? You need slap! @ alebiosu
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ReplyDeleteHope you guys have not plagiarize our economy
ReplyDeleteHope you guys have not plagiarized our economy?
ReplyDeleteAkeem please shut up!
ReplyDeleteShehu Garba you should be held totally responsible and sanctioned too if really it was an oversight because I know its all lies!!!
Fellow Biafrans, is either we tell our self the truth and began our mass exodus again and stop pretending like we are doing now.
ReplyDeleteNigeria is never ours, see the chnage you get for being in nigeria
All of you should chill abeg, all over the world people write speeches for leaders and it's no big deal. The govt has acknowledged it's wrong doing and the culprit will be punished so what else do you people want from the govt? Even Malanie trump used parts of Michelle Obama's speech and the writer had to resign from the campaigns. I'd have had a gross with the govt if there were attempts to justify or deny it's usage.
ReplyDeleteNa wowority of face and mind dey worry stella with her frustrated housewife blog visitors.De jealousy wey go kill am dey board migrant boat 4 mediterrenean sea.Ugly pimp and human trafficking ewu
ReplyDeleteThe cost of occupation of our land and space—Biafraland—by Nigeria, is very high: we are the ones who bear the entire burden. The price that we pay daily for the destructive ongoing occupation of our land, Biafra, by Nigeria, takes many forms. Keep in mind that contrary to common sense, the cost-burden is not limited to those of us living, suffering and dying now, but is extended to our children and their generations unborn. And that’s not just in Biafraland, but anywhere else in the world, other places where our people are known to thrive.
ReplyDeleteAs Nigeria battle recession today, we the people of Biafra want to make our public declaration and support for the formation of our Government by consent, That is Government of the people of Biafra.
Please make this a slogan and ideology, I support the government of Biafra, The provincial government of Biafra, a Government by consent.
I support the Government of the people of Biafra. Nigeria do not have any jurisdiction over me or my children. we do not consent to Nigeria or her authority.
G-d bless you and the good people of Biafra
The cost of occupation of our land and space—Biafraland—by Nigeria, is very high: we are the ones who bear the entire burden. The price that we pay daily for the destructive ongoing occupation of our land, Biafra, by Nigeria, takes many forms. Keep in mind that contrary to common sense, the cost-burden is not limited to those of us living, suffering and dying now, but is extended to our children and their generations unborn. And that’s not just in Biafraland, but anywhere else in the world, other places where our people are known to thrive.
ReplyDeleteA major and obvious area where we pay dearly as a result of finding ourselves forced into Nigeria, is Security—or lack thereof. Starting right from our houses and homes, there is no security at all. We live in anxiety in our own houses, wondering not if, but when,terrorist attack and armed robbers will attack and pillage. Windows are double-barred and doors triple-locked—G-d forbid there be a fire, wherein entire families would perish for not having easy escape routes from their burning house. Proceeding from there, moving around is also risky and extremely dangerous. The Nigeria Police which has an open license to loot and kill Biafrans in Biafraland are ever willing, happy and eager to dispossess our people as a policy and kill them for good measure: no one can challenge them, no one can stop them. If you walk, you are not safe. If you drive, you are not any safer: if Fulani or islamic state terrorist don’t attack you an armed car-jackers don’t get you, the poor condition of the roads will destroy your vehicle and more importantly, cost you life and or limb in unnecessary vehicular accidents. Travelling to and around Biafraland has become a high risk and prolonged ordeal which discourages movement of any type—be it for personal, business, or social reasons, or just for pleasure.
As Nigeria battle recession today, we the people of Biafra want to make our public declaration and support for the formation of our Government by consent, That is Government of the people of Biafra.
Please make this a slogan and ideology, I support the government of Biafra, The provincial government of Biafra, a Government by consent.
I support the Government of the people of Biafra. Nigeria do not have any jurisdiction over me or my children. we do not consent to Nigeria or her authority.
G-d bless you and the good people of Biafra
As you all know, anyone traveling back into Biafraland from abroad is subjected to unbelievably “sharp” practices and criminal harassment. It matters not whether the traveler resides abroad and is just temporary visiting home, or lives at home and just returned from a temporary visit abroad. Starting from the airline trip itself where our people are exposed to insulting treatment (and even chemical fumigating agents which could be dangerous when inhaled, for example, by triggering an asthma attack), to arriving anywhere else in Nigeria, but not in Biafraland (because the International Airports are deliberately sited outside of Biafraland), the ordeal is almost unbearable. Traveling from any part of Nigeria into Biafraland to complete this trip exposes our people to armed robbery, swindling, loss of personal effects and possessions, serious accidents, unduly long delays and constant, repeated nasty encounters with the Nigeria Police checkpoints, there to be extorted, threatened, and even killed. Then, the weary traveler, having finally straggled home, has to sneak in quietly and lie low for a few days, because, when the “terrorist” learn that the traveler is home (as they are bound to), they will pay the traveler the dreaded visit demanding “their share”:—G-d help the traveler if he or she has no “gift” for the “fulani terrorist,” because, not even the routine practice of Diaspora travelers hiring bodyguards for the trip and for their stay at home will save the traveler from bodily harm or even death.
ReplyDeleteWhen restore, the Sovereign Independent Nation of Biafra with its autonomous groupings will finally and completely put an end to such endless headache, bellyache, and expensive exploitation of our people. Enforced laws (laws made by the people, in the first place, and, for the people) and a law-abiding citizenry who participate directly in, and are in charge of, their government and governance, will bring security back to our Biafraland. Our known Culture of Honesty and Hardwork, once restored by Biafra actualization, will provide the erstwhile missing context and environment permissive of honesty, accountability, and respect for the people, respect for property and for property-ownership and respect for the law. The government of Biafra knows and understands its obligations to the people of Biafra, and will discharge those obligations with full commitment and excellence; else, be charged with contempt and malfeasance and replaced right away, should she fail the people. One positive thing comes out of our sour experience in Nigeria: Biafra will never be like Nigeria; there is no chance that Biafra will come out like murderous Nigeria. For, Biafra is the antidote to the sickness called Nigeria.
As Nigeria battle recession today, we the people of Biafra want to make our public declaration and support for the formation of our Government by consent, That is Government of the people of Biafra.
Please make this a slogan and ideology, I support the government of Biafra, The provincial government of Biafra, a Government by consent.
I support the Government of the people of Biafra. Nigeria do not have any jurisdiction over me or my children. we do not consent to Nigeria or her authority.
G-d bless you and the good people of Biafra
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to live—or suffer—and die! in fear and an anxiety-ridden life! What a price we Biafrans and our land pay for being force-occupied by Nigeria! There are other ways that we continue to pay. For example, recently, our people have been compelled to go into a “Self-Help Only” mode by the anti-Biafran and pernicious policies of the government of Nigeria against our people. Consider that the government of Nigeria has been engaged in the Desert Reclamation Project in Northern Nigeria, spending lots of money to plant trees and groundcover, while supporting the effort with sturdy water-supply and irrigation. In so doing, a significant part of the usually arid Northern Nigeria has been turned into a belt of arable land. Thus, with Nigerian government spending and help, even professional and commercial White farmers from South African and Zimbabwe once relocated to Northern Nigeria to take advantage of the then government-created and supported farming land. Elsewhere, the government of Nigeria has constructed a Northern Nigeria-to-Niger Highway designed to provide Northern Nigerians with access to the Atlantic Ocean and or the Mediterranean Sea. Contrast that with what the same government of Nigeria has done in Biafraland—or, has not done. Federal Nigeria roads in the region are either not constructed, not completed, or not serviced at all. The crucial Onicha Bridge has not been repaired, never mind, rebuilt. There is a concerted effort on the part of Nigeria to actively deny the region functional International airports while other parts of Nigeria are practically littered with such airports, even when it is a known that local flying clientele are scarce. So, how do our people respond? “Self-help,” they call it. We are supposed to tax ourselves—and will, in fact do so, in order to build in our land what the Nigerian government is supposed to provide. For example, the Erosion Problem in the northern parts of Biafra territory is a problem of inter-National and inter-Regional magnitude with its epicenter in Biafraland. This is a problem so massive that only governments can tackle. But, not the government of Nigeria! and not while Biafraland bears the worst of it. As such, we lose lives, lose property, lose real estate for farming, for habitation, and lose ecological systems, our so-called Self Help efforts completely dwarfed and rendered a joke by the size and complexity of the problem that confronts us. But, that’s not even all we are paying for this. We also pay every time Nigeria favors other regions with government projects: we fund Nigeria’s expenses, directly, to the tune of 95%, through Biafra’s Delta Oil or our hard earned taxed funds from our creative industries.
As Nigeria battle recession today, we the people of Biafra want to make our public declaration and support for the formation of our Government by consent, That is Government of the people of Biafra.
Please make this a slogan and ideology, I support the government of Biafra, The provincial government of Biafra, a Government by consent.
I support the Government of the people of Biafra. Nigeria do not have any jurisdiction over me or my children. we do not consent to Nigeria or her authority.
G-d bless you and the good people of Biafra
Real busted........Lobatan
ReplyDeleteThis Akeem man, e be like say na prof. oshibade brother. Eyaah!!! them don win election yet dey no fit do any good thing to improve the economy. Yeye pple.
ReplyDelete"Empty skull, take and read to the people whatever is in the paper." Presido!!
ReplyDeleteHE IS OLODO NOW HAVE HE WRITTEN ANY BOOK SO NA MUGU BE OUR PRESIDENT
ReplyDeleted worst stupid government of our time
ReplyDeleteAnonymous September 17, 2016 at 7:12 AM , I hope LINDA IKEJI allow this reply come through to you, even though you re Anonymous which means you are either protecting your identity because of the criminality of Nigeria state or you re-involve in it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for bringing up two important Topic i would treat here, one self-hating Igbo man called Joe Igbokwe and his Hausa and Yoruba bosses, his a Coon and know Igbo recognise or know him, even in our town union his known as a sellout self-hate without a single element of truth.
I can see clearly that you are one of those using 1966 military coup of Nigeria officers to target "Igbos" for ethnic cleansing, your statement clearly said it. Since you are one of those using the 1966 coup as a justification for the numerous ethnic cleansing targeted at the Igbos let me drop quick fact checkpoint for all readers.
Before Nigeria got independent, In the year 1945 in the North Central city of Jos and saw hundreds of thousands of Igbos being butchered by Northern Muslim youths for no just cause.
The ethnic cleansing got worse in Kano, The killing of 1953 when hundreds of thousands of Igbos were again dispatched to the great beyond in the cruelest manner and for no just cause other than the fact that we were Igbos and refuse to accept the conquest by the caliphate.
Now this two event predate the COUP tagged Igbo coup even when facts showed that Hausa Yoruba-Igbo all were involved in the coup.
I'm a strong believer in separation of this unholy union.
Buhari has abused the memory of our loved ones who died in the hands of Nigeria enough.
whn change is involved anything is allowed lolz
ReplyDeleteTheir level of incapacity is glaring.
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