For the records: Igbos by Prof. Tekena Tamuno - ITREALMS

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I always insist that the greatest merit for Igbos in recent times is not simply the advent of the internet on the surface! It is the social media aspect of the internet which now allows independent thinkers to challenge the lies of history.

In Nigeria, our little corner of the world, through social media presentations, scholars are now debunking the false stories perpetuated by the Yoruba press (with the help of the north who has always been paranoid about Igbos).
The Yorubas took advantage of their civil war take-over of the press to rewrite the history of Nigeria as it favors them..., and if you believe them, "every post independence success in Nigeria was Awolowo influenced" and every problem in Nigeria was "instigated by Azikiwe, Ojukwu and the Igbos!" "The truth is reluctantly coming out"* and Igbos are gradually being vindicated!!! Read this masterpiece below by Professor Tekena Tamuno, a great historian and former Vice - Chancellor University of Ibadan. By the way, he's not an Igbo man!

Our state is moving forward, backward never says Gov. Udom Emmanuel - ITREALMS

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Being the text for broadcast by His Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, Governor of Akwa-Ibom State on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the state's creation, September 23, 2022.

My Dear Akwaibomites,

1. Thirty five years ago today, as the sun made its Eastward journey and darkness appeared on the horizon, the news broke: With executive fiat, yet aided by the Invisible Hands of the Almighty God, the then Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) GCFR, announced to our eternal delight and joy the creation of a State appropriately named after God, (Akwa Ibom State) – a State shaped by the ennobling commonalities of language, culture, hopes and shared dreams.