For the Love of Nationhood, Igbos Did Not Oppose Situating Capital in Lagos - Iwuanyawu 

If not that the Igbos are very hard working they would have been the poorest group in Nigeria considering the civil war.

Chief Iwuanyanwu is an elder and he speaks as an elder. So those of you telling him to speak otherwise 'kindly read between the lines and understand. Use your tongue to count your teeth ❤

Igbos come back home and make every Igbo land great.

IWUANYAWU, it is time for IGBOS to disinvest from Lagos, period. Enough of preaching for IGBOS to live and do business in Lagos. The so-called philosophy of ' Where one lives is where he mends or the concept of Ala bu otu is why the IGBOS are in this mess.

Igbos population is enough to make great contributions to our own land and Business

I clap for you Sir Iwuanyawu, you sound well, let us developed IGBO land

I'm proudly Dot in the circle Igbo AMAKA

Good talk sir, this is the first time I will see or hear Ohaneze Nndigbo,s chairman speak like this, God bless you sir and may you live long.

Iwuanyawu have proven to be the best Ohanaeze leader so far

Why is he applying,?? am from edo state, if they don't need you guys used this same strength to support your people and let you guys have your own country ,,every time you talking like you are beginning,,they can't do doses things to northern Nigerians

The only message i got from your speech sir is that the group has decided to focus in developing the Igbo land. I 100% agree to that.

Igbos must learn lessons. You can not be a fool at all times. It's not too late. Igbos made it after the war and can always make it with the igbo spirit. Learn lessons is a must or perish for ever. This kind of treatment is what turned Israel to a monster against Palestine. I know that time is coming. I m glad that internet is for all time.

It's never a one country. The one country you are saying is a waste of the time.

What he said is common sense 💯

Chief use this opportunity to encourage our people to take their business home it is time we go home

I am Igbo, we should not continue with our philosophy of ebe onye bi ka ona awachi, when the music changes, the dancers should as well change their dance moves and steps. It's foolery and fooheady to continue priding oirselves in a lifestyle which has proven to be counter productive over time. Esi n'ulo mara mma puba na ama. Let's begin repatration of wealth and investments. We got it all wrong leaving our own land to develope other places. I am putting all my investments in Ignoland, practicality demands that now. Ndi Igbo teta nu n'ira. Wake up and smell the coffee. This attack on Igbo investments aroumd Nigeria will not abate.

If the Igbos are serious to go back home to develop their land it won’t take them more than 12months. Your home is your home. If Igbos go back to develop their homeland no Southern or northern governor can go and chase them out. I love the Igbos even though I am not an Igbo man. They are hard working people allover the world.

I hate when some of these our old men are trying so hard to be politically correct. Please be bold and advocate for #Referendum so Igbos can vacate the babylon. One thing i know is that time will come when the babylonians will be made to pay for all their atrocities against Ndiigbo.

Even if they do how is it a crime? Igbos are like black people in a white man land😮

The Igbos are the endangered tribe in Nigeria. The gang up is obvious and the Igbos should think home

Mr. Iwuanyawu pls tell Igbo to take their investments to Igbo land and stop asking for Igbos to be accepted where they not

It's time for Igbos to stop believing in a country that dont love them. You cant continue to extend your hands of love, friendship etc to an entity that doesn't have same towards you. It's sad what Igbos are going through and unfortunately they have failed to understand that!!!

Thank you our leader, chief Iwuanyanwu, continue to fight for our people sir, God bless you

Let every governor in the east create enabling environment for business to thrive and let the igbos take their investments back to the east. You have the zeal, resources and experience to turn east to Taiwan or dubai of Africa.

I don’t think Igbos or any other ethnic group in Nigeria had a say as per Location of Capital as this was established by the Colonizers.

My Igbo people don't run away unless they are soaked. The present vice president Shettima in the last years before now warns that they will show the igbos in Lagos but igbos called it a joke. This is a preplanned policy.

I just don't like the constant appearance of Mr iwuanyawu on arise tv talk about the demolition. You have done that enough...please stop . Let the people learn and stop building mansions in lagos

Igbo brothers please let move back home. Hapu ndi ofe mmanu and evil people in APC

I’m Igbo we wise igbos said no Igbo investment again in Lagos bring it back home Nwokeoma

This people are blessed and nothing can stop them.

Using capital as an excuse is not an excuse, capital can be moved to any state, will you be going to every state while you leave your state unattended to, your home is your home, if you fail to develop your home, and you keep moving from capital to capital, then that is the problem you caused yourself, if you have the capacity to contribute to development, then use it first for your state, you do not complain when you are facing the punishment of your failure to make your state worth living for your people,

Hi, My sincere thanks to Arise media and the anchors. Also my sincere thanks to this great Igbo leader. If this man was the igbo leader since there would have been a head way to their development. Igbos is the unity of Nigeria because they developed everywhere they stayed. In my view, there is no fairness in Nigeria and there will be never a fairness in Nigeria. I think the igbos should unite together to live this union called Nigeria. In the world to come this is how it will remain because, on less there's renegotiation to decide weither to stay or live. Finally, this great leader have done so well since assumed office and thanks to Arise media. My name is Stevephen Odin from London

Iwuayanwu is and intelligent elder👍God will keep you alive in good health and prosperity for us sir❤we the Igbo's and Nigeria love you sir

Chief please advise Igbo to take their investment to Igbo land so that other tribe will start to respect us, if not the next chief will still come and beg Nigeria to allow Igbo to leave with them

Let them invest back home,i lived in Okota in the early nineties.Then lands cost 300k before sandfilling but I knew this day will come when the will display their true colours.Invest in the East period.

I know igbo land will be great again..all we need is to come together and chat a way forward.. countries did it

Thank God for Bath Nnaji he have set the record straight for the Igbos to tape into for massive development that will be beyond any federal government control against the igbos

The right thing now is not to ask Nigeria or other tribes to allow the Igbos to do business in Lagos. It is pandering to the whims and caprices of those jealous never-do-wells who will never change their hating attitude. What should be done now is to increase the tempo of moving Igbo businesses to Igboland.

We don hear Mr Iwuanyawu.. Owerre de Booooom now. Aba de Booooom Enugu, Onitsha,Abakele,Orlu,Awka, Nsukka,Okigwe,Afikpo,all de Booooom Booooom. IGBOS should go back and listen to Shettima's evil plan caught on a telephone conversation with his Yoruba friend. Enough is enough bikonu

KUDOS sir, may God almighty continues to bless you in all area of life

Nigeria is not one and will never be one and the sooner we understand it the better we will become

We igbos don't beg. Iwuanyawu and his follow corrupt fellows are begging because of their corruption cases. Continue begging for your family not igbos. Remember igbo ewe gi eze. You have been talking talking talking no action. Ezeife is gone after talking talking talking without any action, u and ur cohorts have started from were Ezeife stopped tufiakwa unu. Men without balls.

Igbos wake up lienigeria is never for us stop deceiving yourselves wake up and fight for your freedom #BiafraExit #BiafraSelfReferendum2024

Yes we will begin to give you a maximum respect once you continue to speak and act as a father who has the OBLIGATION and RESPONSIBILITY to protect his children. And what you must do now is to rally your governors and charge them with a task to get MNK released with immediate effect.

Also make sure you solve the issue of division of S/East and S/South that was mischievously plotted to destabilized the Family of Eastern Region and bring the Family back more strongly and formidable under one umbrella. And by extension the entire Southerners must as a matter of urgency strengthening their unity for their protection, survival, development and progress

I'm tired of this old stories everytime. Take actions

You are appealing! Ohaneze wake up! Ohaneze wake up!

I have a land in Lagos but after the election I have decided to sell my land. If you are igbo and still buying properties in Lagos you will learn the hard way.

East or west,home is the best..If Igbos have ears to hear,let them hear!.."First fool no be fool,second fool,na proper foolish!.

It’s time to develop Biafra, we can’t continue to beg for our rights. Ndi Igbo must now think Biafra all the way

Oga, what of the. some SE Roads you are.awarded to Construct during. Obasanjo Regime you. Abandoned ?

Chief why are you not complaining about the demolitions in Anambra state?

Oga, is it only Igbos strutures that are being demolished in. Lagos ?😊

Igbos should as a matter or urgency withdraw their investments from Lagos in totality. And stop buying any damn land that will be taken away from you tomorrow plus demolition of your businesses.

Who approved the said unauthorized site? Is it not the same state government?

Well spoken sir ones more.

The Igbos are our family and we love them with their entrepreneur spirit but there's a serious problems we are not addressing. For many years now Lagos is no longer a capital but still remain the financial hub with the ports. The Yorubas are very accommodating allowing their brothers to settle peacefully even though Lagos is no longer capital. The Igbos are now claiming that Lagos is no mans land where by disrespecting their host. They did this in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya etc. Please my Igbo family learn to respect your host so that they can live in harmony with you. All buildings demolished in Lagos must be compensated. The Igbos in Lagos in 1966 were not very many and they managed to return home during the British war on Biafra land between 67 and 70 and today they're all confused as to the roads leading to their ancestors houses. Please kill your poor spirit of domination, respect and live peacefully with your other ethnic brothers and sisters. Refrain from aggression because you're a long way from your ancestors home. Let's live in love and not in hate and foolish arrogant. God bless you all.

Mr. President General. What happened under General Aguiyi Ironsi. The problem Nigeria is going through right now starts under the Ibo general who usurped the power of the regional government and concentrated it under federal government. The west was vastly developed under Awolowo compared to other regions in the country.

This lady wants to put words in our Chief's mouth, but im glad hes bold enough to speak the truth with wisdom, but we need to go.

Yoruba people must think again. Look Igbos are Nigerians. Indians enjoy Lagos more than Igbos, Lebanese own more prime properties than Igbos. What is the reason for destruction of the properties of nationals of Nigeria called Igbos?? Politicians like to act foolishly in the name of tribe. Divide Nigeria no! Allow Igbos stay and live in peace no! Nigeria must think think and think again ooooh!

You told igbos to stay where they are being killed, why don't you send your family. Tell them to organize Referendum to or tomorrow

I like how iwuanyanwu is using diplomacy to follow what's happening to igbos in Lagos and Nigeria in general, but I think time for pleading for calmness is over. I suggest that iwuanyanwu should mobilize our leaders and igbo elites to move for serious division of the country or go into regional government with immediate effect. If war starts, yoruba or north should know that no tribe will defeat igbos. Nigeria civil war was fought by igbos and great Britain with the rest of Nigeria and they had it hurt. Remember igbos fought war with bare hands and held war over 3 years, other tribes should be aware of this. Fulani threatened yoruba and ransacked them and took over kwara state, ready to take other states from the west but yoruba was quiet and accepted the defeat. They should think twice before they initiate what will consume them. We have endured and sought out for peace. Peace crying by igbos is not a weakling.

I have always said to my Igbo brothers, do not build in Lagos. Start all the way from Delta down to Cross River state. We are safe in the South South and South East.

You cannot tell a people to stop exercising their rights while others are free to do same. Igbos must fight for their rights.

Iwuanyanwu is super sound

Thank u Chief for speaking up notwithstanding…….

Is not one country, and neither is it one nation... Igbos needs to separate from the so called Nigeria because we are not being treated fair and is no longer I hidden thing... just watch what is happening in Lagos and Abuja...the so called Igbo leaders should start telling themselves the truth... we are not needed in this union

Yorubas are divided by Muslim and Christians like in the northern Nigeria today

Legitimacy and integrity are very important qualities in leadership. Frankly, Chief Iwuanyaeu is a contenporarary of great MKO ABIOLA. ....Chief Iwuanyaeu, being an Alumnus of HERBERT MACAULEY BUILDING OF UNN , has failed the igbos by supporting Hope UZODINJO to kill igbos in their own Land....... Chief Iwuanyawu Engineer, has lost my confidence.........We want sanity in government of the igbo land........ALEX OTTI. OUR STANDARD

Igbos started first calling people’s ancestral place a no man’s land. Instead of finding blame, and shifting responsibilities, Igbos need to respect their host

Wike said he’s not Igbo.Please give it to him.Wike is not Nwike.

Please oga, tell igbos to take their businesses home, the east is drastically changing for good, Aba has 24/7 electricity and good road infrastructures, people come from different countries to do business in Aba. So it's high time we as igbos change the narratives

Igbos were descendants of the Jew, and Igbos are God's apple eye, God can never forsaken them, the more Igbos are been persecuted the more God blessed them, Ride on our leader,

Pray tell this East African what hath the Igbo people done against the Yorubas to warrant such envious malice? 57 years ago Nigeria embarked on reconciliation, recovery and reconstruction of the nation. But what endlessly comes out of Nigeria makes for a very depressing reading; be it kidnappings, insecurity in the south and generalized banditry in the north. Pity Nigeria.

All the south south and southeast regions should stop investigating in Lagos and in other areas of Nigeria 🇳🇬 except their region simple .

Thank you, Chief E. Iwuayanwu for your Statesman’s speech. I appreciate your mention of Nnamdi Kanu. Tinubu says he’s the president of the entire Nigeria. I hope he can venture to ask that Nnamdi Kanu is set free. Nnamdi Kanu has been acquired and I’m not sure why they are still holding him! I hope Tinubu acts on this quickly.

One Nigeria on whose expense? Please ponder

Please , we're not one people. We're not one nation and can't be . We want justice and freedom .

Igbos should go develop igbo land, and leave nfi ofemmanu lands...

Chief Iwuanyanwu said the truth about proper evaluation and due compensation for any land acquired by government. This is the standard practice elsewhere.As for the stereotyping of the Igbos by other ethnic groups in Nigeria,it's mere jealousy of other component nationalities for the best in all spheres of human endeavors-the Igbos.As children of Divine covenant, they are blessed beyond curse and favored to the envy of others and that's what is playing out now.I am not vexed with such meaningless outbursts.I also commend him for hinting on plans to develop Igbo land which they have the capacity for but for the same reason that they who claimed to own the country are anti progressives and they won't let the only progressive people in Nigeria to excel.A country whose spiritual backup is darkness and evil will forever abhor light.No wonder the whole country thrives in darkness in a modern world where electricity is the catalyst for all round development.

He should join hands with Simon Ekpa for the liberation of Biafra government...separate from Nigeria.

Igbos have moved beyond Iwuanyawu's assertion. The challenge before the Igbos now is to unite and forge ahead, Nigeria is irredeemable.

Iwuanyanwu you are not making sense encourage the igbos to invest in Igbo land because this will never stop happening.

There are no other people in Igbo land. Only Igbo in Igbo land. Igbo does not allow non Igbo in there area.

This man was schooling the lagos state governor

It has been reported that this man has just passed away. May His Soul Rent In Peace!

It's advisable to listen to Chief Emanuel Iwunayawu is a good patriotic person we need peace in our country the most important thing to do now is how we will surpassed current inflation and food scarcity 😂😂😂😂

You this lady asking that. How many IGBOS HAVE THEY EMPLOYED?

Let them igbos keep developing others tribes state and leave their own state tell me why the indegene of that state will not be jealous of your wealth igbos try and get sence for once and take your business to your own state or else we will keep crying for decades to come.

Elder Iwuanyawu why are you begging other ethnic groups. Our pains is only we want to go and they collectively continued to stop us even killing us. We are equal to want we want.

Everyone knows what they are doing, journalists that ask leading question? Ah! I shake yansh for una.😆😆

He is the best leader for that position and deserves a place in the federal government

The hatred is real, I have tried to argue against it, but facts speak for itself. It’s only a question of time, power will leave the center. Igbo should start thinking home. We know that the nation hasn’t fortified the region with infrastructure, but there is a lot To learn from what Alex Otti is doing, we need to focus on home. We know most of the governors in the east are working against Igbo interest, but it is only a question of time till the wind comes behind us. Let’s endure and be tenacious, fate will be faithful to those who endure.

The problem is that many Yorubas refused to accept reality. They have so much hatred in their hearts that it's eating them up.. They claim Igbos call Lagos a "no man's land" while it was their brother JAKANDE that it. The only thing keeping Igbos lagos today is seaport. How can a country of over 200mln people have one Seaport? It was designed that way for a purpose. Build another Seaport in the East and see Lagos crash. UK with the population of 67miln has like 9 Seaport, but Nigeria with over 200mln has just one. Who is fooling who?

What is wrong for the Igbos to develop their region?

With due respect to the respected chief, the Igbos want out of this country that hates them. You and your group should stop your attacks against Mazi Simon Ekpa, the Biafran prime minister. You should also call your governor in Imo state to stop the massacre of Igbo youths. Stop lamenting. Support the struggle for the restoration of Republic of Biafra.

The negative attitude towards igbos started long long before 1914. I want to tell us that it goes beyond 1800s, the british have also amplified this hatred. And our politicians are riding on this.

One of the problems Igbo has today is our Igbo leaders

Lagos state government is demolishing illegal structures. When Oshodi terminal was to be built, the same noise was made. Then when will Nigeria develop.

Chief Iwuanyanwu should stop telling the world that we ( Igbo) want Nigeria. We don't. We want want Biafra . We want justice. We want freedom. We have suffered enough in the hands of these charlatans called Nigeria. Enough is enough .