BRING BACK IGBO 'RUGAs' NOW

Bring Back Igbo "Rugas" Now  by Aniedobe


My grandfather, 1895 to 1985, worked as interpreter for ndiocha at Nkwere Farm Settlement in Anambra State in the 1940s. It is now defunct.

My father worked as an Electrical Engineer at Nkalagu Cement Factory but as a kid who grew up in Nkwere farm settlement, the farm settlement mentality never left him. He was full time civil servant and part time farmer.

He cultivated everything we ate from melon to okra to vegetables to corn to yam. We had a poultry of over 1000 birds. We sold okuko and eggs. We also raised ewu Igbo. At some point, we had over 200 goats.  He was a one man farm settlement.

Our house at Nkalagu was paradisaical. We were surrounded by the best species of cashew, mango, guava, sugar cane, oloma. We had a mini plaintain plantation. Banana was everywhere. And our house was lined by hibiscus flowers.

My father couldn't have done it without Ezilo farm settlement about 20 miles from Nkalagu.

Like Nkwere farm settlement, Ezilo farm settlement was an agricultural settlement complete with farms, poultry, ehi Igbo, ewu, vegetables, fruit trees, and worker's quarters. Just like my grandfather lived and raised his kids at Nkwere farm settlement, farm workers also lived with their families at Ezilo farm settlements.

Anyone could stop by to buy  goats and ehi or yam or whatever they had to sellat the farm settlements.

But their mission was even greater than that. Working with the Departments of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicines in the University of Nigeria,  the farm settlements were a repetoir of best practices and reservoir of best cultivars and species.

We got our guava and mangoes and cashews seedlings and Popo and other fruits from the farm settlements. My father trusted their brand as the best.

A worker from there visited and administered antibiotics to our chicken in the poultry. He helped us set it up and mentored to us in the poultry business.

Whenever my father had any questions, he went to Ezilo farm settlement to get expert advice.

For instance, there was a time when our goats shrank in number due to high mortality. Disease was wiping them out. No apparent reason. Emma, a farm settlement worker came to our rescue. Too much inbreeding he stated Emma brought nkpi from farm settlement and our goat population revived. From then on, we began to hire nkpi from the farm settlement for genetic diversity.

What happened to these brilliant concepts called farm settlements? 

They all died. Too much politics. State creations  displaced many trained workers and replaced them with state indigenes who didn't know their left from their right. Crude oil killed the rest. It was easier to collect rent from the center than to grow a viable economy.  So those farm settlements died.

During Okpara regime and even Ukpabi Asika regime, civil servants were encouraged to farm. Food was abundant. Ehi Igbo was available. Farm settlements were very much part of the local economy. Ndigbo were food sufficient.

And then things fell apart.

Today ndi Fulani are trying to Rugarize us all because we killed our own Rugas.

It is time to bring back Igbo Rugas. Farming is big business. Let's learn our lessons and get right back into it. Every local government in Igboland should have a farm settlement starting from yesterday.  In addition to raising our own ehi, ewu and okuko, a trillion naira business by the way, vegetable oil from aku is one of the highest prized vegetable oils. Cassava flour in America is priced like gold. We were once the fastest growing economy in the world. Today, we live in fear of losing our homelands all because we can't stop eating ehi Fulani and start feeding ourselves.

Aniedobe

THE IGBO NATION INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.

OHANEZE NDI IGBO SHOULD BECOME MORE FOCUSED AND PRAGMATIC IN DRIVING THE IGBO NATION INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.

It is over a year now since Ohaneze Ndi Igbo announced the establishment of a committee and secretariat led by the irrepressible Professor Chukwuma Soludo and Mao Ohuabunwa to help drive the Igbo upnation integrated economic development master plan. 

However, since the inauguration of that committee and secretariat, we are yet hear or read much from them about their Igbo nation regional economic integration programs and agenda. We are yet to see any properly articulated concrete, time-lined and measurable projects design, structuring, funding and implementation strategy in the various sectors they listed on the day of their inauguration.
We have not seen or read again any further arrangements, strategy or tactical initiatives to ensure the infrastructure, political and socioeconomic integration plans for the Igbo nation.

WAY FORWARD:
It will be in the best interests of the Igbo nation for Ohaneze Ndi Igbo to maintain a 24/7 functional and fully funded secretariat that is staffed/ manned by top notch / highly knowledgeable development economists and professionals versed in designing, structuring and funding variant models of PPP projects/infrastructure development initiatives for Ala Igbo. 

This secretariat working with the Soludo led committee will develop a medium to long term multi-sectorial infrastructure and economic development partnership blue print for the states that have significant Igbo population under robust and properly defined PPP arrangements. 

The blueprint shall contain holistically/comprehensively what we plan to do, how to do it, when to do it, what resources required to do it, how to source for those resources, stakeholders to be involved and responsibilities and integrated partnership roles expected from our state governors. 
Ohaneze Ndi Igbo must design very transparent and accountable ways of funding this secretariat and her other activities. 

For instance, how do link up the whole of the Igbo nation from Asaba to Igwe Ocha via Onitsha-Awka-enugu Abakiliki-okigwe-umuahia-aba and via Onitsha-owerri –mbaise-obowo to Umuahia. Via Owerri to Igwe Ocha by Rail?. How do we ring-fence Ala Igbo via well planned/laid out rail infrastructure development master plan that is PPP driven.

How do we develop new roads or expand the existing road networks across the Igbo nation to become world class?
How do we deepen the exploration and processing of the natural resources that the Igbo nation is blessed with, eg. Coal, Lead, Oil and Gas, Gypsum, barite, clay, limestone etc.? 
How do we bring the consular presence of the US, UK, EU, China, etc into Enugu and Owerri? It does not make sense for my aged mum to travel to Lagos or Abuja for her visa and immigration needs, when she can secure such services in Owerri or Enugu. 

How do we create truly international sea and air gateways in and out of the Igbo nation?  It does not make sense for my aged mum to fly to Lagos before she can get a British airways or Air Peace flight to the UK or US or Dubai. It does not make much sense. When should we have this implemented and how and what resources/partnerships do we need? 

How do create industrial hubs and clusters in Ala Igbo to ensure that we become the integrated, commercial, trading, manufacturing and industrial hub for sub-Sahara Africa , following the signing of the Africa Free Trade Agreement, AFTA by Nigeria? 

How do we support our entrepreneurial brothers, who practically imports every consumable and hardware items into Nigeria to get their global suppliers and vendors from Europe, America and Asia to set up factories for the manufacturing of those same commodities in Ala Igbo under robust MPPP arrangements? 

What enabling business and investor friendly arrangements do we put in place in Ala Igbo?

How do we support the vision of buy and patronize Igbo nation manufactured products first before others, just like the Jews? 

How do we make the Igbo nation the Health, Education and Entertainment Tourism Capital of Africa? 

How do we develop other critical sectors like Power, ICT hubs, Housing in Ala Igbo in very integrated and holistic sense?

How and what do we do to protect Ala Igbo from enemies within and external. Ensure and make Ala Igbo the most secure region in Africa?

How do create and develop a leadership selection/succession culture in Ala Igbo that puts the best, most selfless, most creative , most passionate and honest amongst us into leadership positions  to help us drive the Igbo renaissance ?

How do we restore to its full glory the long fading Igbo culture and tradition of industry, hard work, enterprise and loathe for evil and stealing.  It used to be the most shameful thing in Ala Igbo to be tagged “Nwanne Onye Oshi” or “Nwanne onye aka na akpa or nnapu”, not to talk of being the thief yourself. 
How do we restore our lost glories as the greatest and most progressive/enterprising ethnic nation created by CHUKWU OKIKE ABIAMA.? 

Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, led by Dr Nnia Nwodo must never drop the ball. This is the time to rise up and galvanize our people. Sustained enlightenment, consultations, reach out, reconciliations, and practical works are needed now.  He must drive the vessel with utmost focus, consistency and uncompromising boldness. This is not the time to park the car to take a nap. 

We are facing very tough existential threats today, just akin to what we faced between 1966 to 1970.  That Ohaneze Secretariat must work and work for 24/7, churning out ideas and pursuing it to execution working with all stakeholders within and without. 

God Bless Ala Igbo

OBIARAERI, Nnaemeka Onyeka

THE END OF FULANI & THEIR LOW NUTRITIONAL VALUE CATTLE IN 5 YEARS

THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERY CHALLENGE: THE RESULT OF RUGA IS THAT BUHARI HAS PUSHED IGBOS INTO CATTLE BUSINESS , NOW NO MORE  CATTLE BUSINESS FOR THE FULANIS. 

Bye Bye to Fulani Cows in South East and South South. Now is the era of Computerized Cattle Ranching with Israel Top Agricultural Innovation here in Igbo Land     

If you push Igbo youths towards cattle rearing business,forget it, the market price of cattle will crash within 24 months. Better don't turn their attention towards dat side. So dat ur Fulani brothers will be making the small profit they are enjoying currently. You never imagine how many brands of cow u will have Wen Igbo  business men mean the business. Be making noise until you start seeing Ogbuawa Cattle Nnewi, Cutix Cattle Nnewi, Chikason Cattle Lagos , Innoson cattle Nnewi,  Orange cattle Akokwa. Oga ndi Oga cattle Abbatete, Holy Ghost Cattle Enugu, Ebube Cattle Ukeh, Top Rank Cows,  Bolton White Ehiii. Ellington Cows. Ibro cattle, Oshanga cattle, Osumenyi Cows, Ifeanyi Ubah Cows , ObiJackson Cattle Okija, Overdo Cows Aguleri, Arthur Eze Cattle Ukpo , Osadebe Cows  Atani ,  Chijioke Cows, Nwamaobi Onyenze Cattle Ogidi, Umu Obiligbo Cow Nteje, manobi Cow Neni, Phyno Cows, Flavour Cows, Charlie Loz Cattle Awka Etiti  ,  Emeka Morrocow Cattle, Mama Ada Cattle, Nwanyi Awka Cattle ,  Enyiukwu Cows, Efab cattle  and some u haven't imagine . Don't push them biko. For d sake of your Fulani children's children but now you have awaken their consciousness toward that direction. Federal Government of Nigeria should be ready to release 100Billon to the Igbos for modern cattle ranching business. Mpiawa azu Special , No wasting time
#Lets teach Buhari and his brothers how to do cattle business. 
No cattle Route
No cattle colony alias RUGA
No destruction
No Fighting
No Farmers clashing
No Herdsmen and villager clash   

Igbos lets demand our own 100Billon for cattle business.

BOYCOTT FULANI BEEF .DON'T PAY FOR THEIR BULLETS

 *NATIONAL COWMEAT BOYCOTT PROJECT*

There was a united outcry against RUGA; and it was suspended. So, who says the people cannot unite for a cause?

Now, let's take this united action to the next level, to achieve a bigger success.

The date is *JULY 21*.
From this day, all lovers of life; all who are worried about the killings of innocent Nigerians by the heartless Fulani herdsmen, will team up to embark on the project to break the backbone of these arrogant people who have more regard for their cows than human lives.

We will cripple their cow business and prove to them that humans own the land, not cows.

All forms of cow meat will be boycotted:
beef,
suya,
cowleg,
cowtail,
ponmo or cowskin, etc.


Please, for ourselves and our generations unborn, consider this action a national call and a service to humanity.

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