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Cooly100:


...but you prefer to journey all the way to Abuja or Lagos instead of Enugu. Is it not plain foolish...And how do you believe only Enugu will be developed and other cities will be ignored...? How the hell do you think, Nigeria scenario or template is what the movers of Biafra are contemplating...? Why not fire you concerns to IPOB, if you are not mischievous...

Biafra is being projected to be BETTER than Nigeria so the things we face now are irrelevant. Let's talk about the things we shall hypothetically face.

santino09:
Oga op, we Biafra coz we igbos and we would rather be with our brothers. We southerners are in a despicable state in this current Nigerian system which does not even have a bright future. Well good argument but shun, portharcourt will vote immensely for Biafra dunno about others though.

I never added Igbos in the South to my discourse, if you read it. The aim of my write-up is for pro-Biafrans to address the issues I have raised so that I can see reasons to either subscribe or not.

Cooly100:


I can adduce that you prefer to remain in Nigeria...if indeed you are from Akwa Ibom. Instead of writing long epistle, which is of no benefit...why not write same, that will make the Nigeria that you prefer to be run well. Or do you like the way it is structured...?This is why people believe you have bad beller...and not real!!!

Well, I choose to write what I want. Biafra is not a dictatorial nation is it? Can't a Nigerian write about Biafra or the USA?

My land was included in the Biafran map and that is the image others who are not in the region have, I have to raise issues. Serious Biafrans will not attack me, as I expect, but address my issues so that I can, alongside other Niger Deltans seeing this, subscribe to the movement if convinced. So far, MrVitalis has said something I like.

badboywizzy:
OP, Biafra matter no concern you, stop hitting your head too hard about her issue. Who will lead her or where the capital will be located is non of your damn business.

Obviously, the map your people have released have made it my matter. Akwa Ibom is included in the map, Ibibioland is included there. I am a full blooded Ibibio man from Ukanafun so by that logic, I am included in the map. Please address my issues if you can.

mrvitalis:

That's a lie.. . Change the name and watch the wonders

Change which name?

Trust me, the issue with Biafra is not Biafra but with how it will be constituted at the center. You have addressed one or two matters. I like your suggestion that Port Harcourt or Uyo should be capital. Please keep up with that trend.

drss2:
anoda sponsored article of bad bellerism.

Leave bad-bellerism for bad-bellerers and address my issues. This is a debate.

IPOB123london:


ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hahha hhaa

go to Igweocha

and talk about what u posted here

if ur head no break with bottle

i swear u go know

deceit man

Address my points. Leave breaking of heads first.

Olu20090:


Afonjas claiming Akwa Ibom. This people need help...go and focus on your Oduo Republic and stop worrying about our own struggle. I have never seen a people like this before in my life.

Nawaooo.... Mbok what is afonja in this serious debate now?

address issues instead of attacking people bro.

BADNEAT:
If there's a referendum today , the southern people of the south will vote to leave with their brothers ...in no situation will they prefer to stay in Nigeria ...Biafra is just a name behind an ideology ...so whether biafra o, Niger delta republic, united states of the Niger , in no case will brothers split

Address the issues raised first. Trust me when I say 80% of Niger Deltans MAY opt to stay in NIGERIA!

More issues raised by someone else

CoolFreeday:
I wish them luck but I have some questions
1. The igbos are everywhere in Nigeria and have invested heavily in other part of Nigeria like nano, Lagos, abuja, Kaduna, etc, what happens to those investment because if they leave, you don't expect those left behind to allow them with their investment as it use to be. they remaining part of Nigeria won't allow them to continue with their investment andu businesses when their people don't have!
2. Igbos have land issues, getting a land in Igbo land is not easy, so how will they cope?
3. Igbos are predominantly business people, which means most of their that will be returning will be returning with their businesses similar to the once they have already so what happened? who sell to who when almost everybody is selling the same thing.
4. Among the igbos they are some that are considered to be real igbos and stuffs, have that been address?
etc

Let us discuss this issue critically, without resorts to personal attacks. Examine the message, not the messenger.


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princechurchill:
Aptech hmmm that name sounds like scam

Its the greatest scam in Akwa Ibom State.

I begin this write-up by saying that I mean no ill-thought towards the Biafran struggle or Igbos in general. What I've written here are mainly my personal reflections concerning the Niger Delta, especially with regards to non-Igboid groups and their stake in the Biafran movement which has been rebirthed for some time now. I am not a mouthpiece for the Niger Delta but I believe I've been in the Niger Delta long enough to know our problems and our stand. I've also interacted with many Niger Deltans to know their stand in the Biafran struggle.

When I use the term Niger Delta, I am referring to the region covering Delta, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River states. However, I understand that the region also covers Ondo, Imo, and Abia states. I'm not concerned with the latter because they are either Igbos or Yorubas and have their own struggles. The ethnic groups within my coverage include Urhobo-Isoko, Bini, Esan, Itsekiri, Ijaw-Epie-Ogbia, Ogoni, Afemai, Efik-Annang-Eket-Oron-Ibibio, Ogoja, Ejagham, and other groups in Cross River North. Ikwerre, Ukwuani, Ika, Aniocha, Ogba, and other Igboid groups, are not included. Historically, Biafra covered all the Niger Delta states EXCEPT Delta and Ondo states. This fact must be emphasised.

I won't waste time so I'll just proceed to list the issues I want to raise as well as state my arguments. Pro-Biafrans are welcome to debate and address my issues in a civil manner. I understand that most pro-Biafrans resort to insults when salient issues are addressed. Please let's set a good precedence from hereon.

1. Biafra may not be better for Niger Deltans because Niger Deltans may end up living one form of subjugation for another. The argument Igbos have made for their freedom is the desire to be free from Hausa-Yoruba domination. That argument also applies to the average Niger Deltan. Igbo, no doubt, will be the major ethnic group if Biafra is actualised. Ijaws may have a stake due to their numbers. What about the Ogonis, Urhobo-Isokos, Itsekiris, Efiks, etc? Where will they fit in at the national level? The sad reality is that another Nigeria will just be made manifest and resentments will build up. What will really be the fate of minorities? Will they fare better in Biafra or alone? In Nigeria, big groups such as Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo checkmate each other's excesses very well. Who will checkmate that of Igbos in the new nation?

2. Where will the capital be located? If we are to follow the notion of central location, the capital of Biafra won't be Enugu but around Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene axis. Will Igbos allow their capital to be sited in a non-Igbo location? This is a very salient issue because you don't expect the riverine Niger Deltan in Twon-Brass, for instance, to journey all the way to Enugu to see their President. It has to be a location where ALL BIAFRANS can access easily. Enugu won't go.

3. The issue of annexation comes to play. For so long, e-Biafrans have annexed Niger Delta as part of the proposed nation. The map below shows us what Biafrans have drawn to constitute the new nation:
[img]http://4.bp..com/-REk3IMlg9oQ/VlQcxNkh6II/AAAAAAAAMfQ/e0gelrqN7vU/s1600/biafra.jpg[/img]

If we judge from this map, it means all groups in the Niger Delta have been annexed. My question is whether the leaders of these groups have been consulted before the annexation was done. I, for one, know that Urhobo-Isoko and Efik-Ibibio leaders have not approved of Biafra neither have anybody in these regions declared Biafra. So how and why were they included in the proposed map? Little things like this bring distrust and I understand that many of these non-Igbo regions have disowned the map and pledged allegiance to Nigeria. The declaration by the Delta State government is a case in point. I see this as forceful annexation. The so-called e-Biafrans have also not done much in calming the nerves of the people of the annexed regions. I've seen comments such as "if you don't like it, go and stay in Sokoto", "all land in the South is Biafraland", etc. Is it not ironic that a group of people who want freedom want to annexe others?

4. What languages will be made the official languages of the new nation? I have seen several posts by e-Biafrans where Igbo was proposed as the official language of the new republic. What then will happen to other languages such as Urhobo, Isoko, Okpe, Efik, Ibibio, Oron, Ogoni, Eleme, Okrika, Kalabari, Bini, Esan, etc? Will they die off because of Igbo? Certainly NOT! If English is made the official language, the Igbo majority factor will kick in. If your name isn't Chukwuemeka or Oliseh, Amarachi or Nneka, etc, you won't get any appointment nor shall you be recognised. These are things we can't deny. We are very ethnocentric in Africa.

5. What and what have Igbo nation done for Niger Deltans to gain their trust? Every day I see Igbo youths making enemies where there were none. They constantly use the agency of the internet to sprout controversy, hurl insults at dissenters and make unfounded claims. There is this general air of mistrust for Igbos by some Niger Deltans, particularly by Urhobo-Isoko and Bini people. What have Igbos done to checkmate this? Has any Igbo leader or group extended the hand of friendship to the Niger Deltans. Mistrust cannot be wished away. Most Niger Deltans would rather follow Hausas as slaves than follow Igbos as kings. This is the real reality and truthfully, Igbos caused this.

6. Who will lead the new nation? Obviously, Nnamdi Kanu, their hero, has fought tooth and nails for Biafra and he is currently cooling off in jail. If Biafra comes today, who will be the interim leader and what modalities are in place for subsequent leaders to be elected? Igbos have been the only ones fighting for Biafra since time immemorial with a handful of other groups here and there. Will Igbos allow other groups to rule over them? Will they allow an Urhobo man to be President, for instance? This is not a case of mere wishing. We have to understand that Niger Delta groups MAY NEVER BE ALLOWED TO RULE BIAFRA IF IT IS ACTUALISED.

7. Still on the issue of leaders, are the new leaders going to fall from the skies or they are simply going to change addresses from Abuja to Enugu. If so, what will change in the new nation? It is not arguable that Igbo national leaders are the most corrupt persons in Nigeria. If these same people are the ones to rule the new nation then there is no hope because corruption will be so rife that the economy of the new nation will shut down like a knocked engine. If we argue that new and younger leaders will arise, we still have the issue of who fought for Biafra to contend with. Most pro-Biafrans will not allow someone who sat at the periphery of the struggle to just come and waltz power away from the "heroes" of Biafra. If this is true then we will not have a proper democracy in Biafra.

8. Will Biafra be a utopia? The impression that e-Biafrans give is that Biafra will be perfect and we all know for a fact that this is not true. Apart from the issue of corruption and sentimentalism that have been addressed, we still have the issue of development. Where will money be generated from to develop the nation? In the whole of the proposed Biafra, only Port Harcourt and Onitsha are economically viable cities. Where will the investors come from? Why should they invest in a volatile country? Only in Warri, we have Ijaw, Itsekiri and Urhobo at loggerheads, imagine what would happen to the whole nation. Secondly, I am sure that no Niger Deltan will allow his "oil" to be used to develop Enugu like what happened with Abuja, and is still happening today. Niger Deltans are getting wiser and by the time the new nation is formed, matters that border on oil, wealth distribution and infrastructural development will be raised.

9. The current structure of the proposed nation, as shown in the map earlier embedded, favour Igbos with more states. Urhobo has one, Efik-Ibibio has two, Itsekiri has none, etc. How will this be addressed? Certainly, every ethnic nationality will want adequate representation and so the structure on that map will never work.

10. Last, but not the least, is the issue of referendum. Some Biafrans are already calling for a referendum which will involve all parts of the proposed nation. I am pretty sure how this referendum will turn out. However, for the sake of being hypothetical, let us imagine that some ethnic groups/states vote against Biafra by the majority, what will be their fate at the end of the day? Secondly, will the result of such a referendum be true and honest? I understand that electoral malpractice forms a part of our identity. How are we going to get a true reflection of people's thoughts? Thirdly, if states and ethnic groups do decide to vote for Biafra, what mechanisms are in place to contain Igbophobia, Igbomania, Igbocentrism, Igbo hegemony, Landgrabbing, and all issues that minorities have raised?


Above are the reasons why I feel that Niger Deltans will NOT subscribe to the Biafran movement. I have been very practical, philosophical and hypothetical in my approach. I do not speak for any group or persons but I present these issues for the pro-Biafrans to address. Niger Deltans can raise more issues that I have not raised. Finally, it should be noted that I expect insults directed at my person by e-warriors and keyboard mercenaries, as usual, but I won't pleasure such persons with answers or altercations. If you raise good points, we can discuss like intellectuals. I hold no grudge towards anyone or any group.




- Inibehe Bennet (Akwa Ibom State Indigene).

More confirmations

More proof.

Another victim has spoken out. We are building a strong force against the evil and calumny of bad managers everywhere, especially Mr. Inibehe Otoho.

One of the glaring proof from a student of Aptech who has been frustrated out of school after paying huge sums of money. For his own privacy, I have blurred out names but if anyone is interested in taking the case further, I'd be glad to share names and other proof.

sarrkii:
This Thread Was Written Since 2016

The man is still doing it till date. He hasn't stopped. Those he owes haven't been paid.

Please share your experiences with this scam coy if you've worked there so that others can learn from it.

Aptech Computer Education, Uyo: The Unheard Afflictions of Staff and Student

Aptech is a global computer training institution that is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It has branches in several countries around the world and in Nigeria, it has a very solid base with about 14 centers. The Lagos center is known for its high standards. It is a popular center in the country and competes favorably with the much attended NIIT. Little is known of the Uyo center which my searchlight beams upon today. This center is managed by one Mr. Inibehe Otoho who is an alumnus of the University of Calabar. Aptech Center Uyo has attracted some students over the years, mostly for the Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering (ADSE) programme which is reputably on par with Nigeria's Higher National Diploma. The average amount students pay to fund this programme at the Uyo Center is about a million naira. The average number of students on this programme is about 20. Apart from the ADSE programme, the center runs a wide range of other certificate programmes starting from basic Microsoft Word learning to Android development, among others.

However, a keen observer to this center will quickly observe certain issues which this article raises. Firstly, for an institution that runs a programme on par with HND, there is a lack of faculty, to use Aptech's popular parlance. It is expected that an institution where advanced computer processes are learnt should be able to employ a moderate amount of lecturers, who are specialists in varying areas, to help the students. Sadly, the reality is far from normal. The center has only ONE functioning lecturer who is assisted by an uncertified recent secondary school leaver who is, unsurprisingly, the manager's son! This boy is underage for such an appointment, unqualified and I daresay, inexperienced. Besides, he is just 17 years old. My interview with this boy's students reveals that he is quite an unserious lecturer who has no practical knowledge of what he teaches and only dictates in his "classes"! The other lecturer who is active and by all means, the ONLY functioning lecturer in the institution is unmotivated and highly uncared for. His work load is extreme and he teaches basically all the programmes the institution runs only on an irregular salary of N45,000 for which he is to work to 7pm daily. This center has the wherewithal to attract and keep more staff even with its "peanut package"! Alas, there are no staff! I wonder why Middlesex University would partner with an institution with ONLY ONE QUALIFIED STAFF to award its unique ADSE certificate. This is a sham on the integrity of Middlesex University and any other d institution of higher learning.

One may wonder why there is a lack of staff in Aptech Uyo center. The answer is not farfetched. Mr Inibehe Otoho refuses to pay salaries!!! For some warped reasons, he owes staff salaries up to 6 months in the most extreme cases. In the best case scenario, he pays HALF of the agreed salaries after 3 weeks of begging and negotiation. Staff are made to resume as early as 7.30am and close as late as 6pm (best case scenario) everyday and even on Saturdays and all public holidays even though he doesn't make the staff aware of this until they have resumed active duties. He has had altercations with ex-staff who were frustrated and left. He hasn't paid any of the ex-staff a dime till this very day and it is not uncommon to see them badging in to wage war over their earned salaries. The question here is simple: why employ staff and run a center if you won't pay? For some reasons, which can be summed up to greed, Mr. Inibehe subscribes to the philosophy that all his staff are ultimately marketers and he frequently 'pushes' them to do marketing jobs which they were not employed for. This forced marketing is due to his inability to employ professional marketers and pay them. For a center that earns nothing less than N1,000,000 naira every month from students' fees, imposed levies, ICT charges, 'resit'-fees, and more exploitative and obviously unofficial fees, the pay package is terrible. The basic pay which is found in the employment letter of staff is N40,000 while that for faculty is N45,000. This money can be managed by most unemployed youths if the pay was consistent but sadly, Mr Inibehe deliberately refuses to pay salaries under the guise of "national economic crisis"! It is in this same economic crisis that he employs new staff every month and organises interviews almost every week. The pattern seems to be; employ a staff, owe them until they are frustrated, sack them or they quit and delay payments of their earnings until they leave it be. This pattern has been working very fine for him over the years. The only consistent staff in Aptech Uyo are, unsurprisingly, his family such as his wife, son and brother. His family seem to be the only motivated staff in the center for reasons other staff cannot wrap their heads around.

Apart from owing staff salaries, the staff are also highly unmotivated. The manager is known to demoralise staff by overusing them, underpaying them, owing them, throwing tantrums at them and inflicting damage on their psyche. I was made to understand that he actually abuses his staff by calling them unprintable names. This point is confirmed from my interview with current and ex-staff who wish to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. However, their identities are documented by me. His bias for his family is evident in his swift payment of their salaries and the sugar coated words he uses to adore their hardwork and integrity over other staff who are the Fanonian wretched of the earth in his eyes. This is from an institution that is purportedly "the best" in the Nigerian, nay, global ICT training industry.

Students are not immune from the manager's eyes of Horus. The students, upon the payment of millions for fees, are left to their fate. Any past or current student will confirm that lectures are not always held and the manager does virtually nothing about it (since, of course, he will not pay the lecturers and employ more hands). Students are dictated to like secondary school students instead of being taught and there is virtually no practicum to their learning. All the computers in the center are destroyed and the manager has refused to repair them. This has forced students to get a laptop and bring it along with them. It should be noted that most of these personal laptops lack the needed software to code, compile and debug programming/coding languages yet the students are expected to learn the languages like that. At the end of the day, students leave with a shallow theoretical knowledge of ONLY HTML as against the C#, Java, Oracle, Python, Php, Mysql and so on, that they are supposed to learn. Students pay large amounts of recurring fees after they are literally "scammed" by the center for months.

The learning environment is also in a state of squalor. There are only two classrooms and an office annex in the entire "school" and there are no obvious plans to move to a better location. The roofs are leaking in all the rooms and offices and nothing is done about them. Students protect their laptops from the rage of the rain when it rains its angst at them. The staff area is not immune from the rain's rage as well. The school has no functional toilet which remains unkempt all day. This, of course, is apart from the private toilet designated for only the manager's family and which he ensures is cleaned daily. It is only recently that the manager agreed to reconnect the center to the power grid after being cut off for, perhaps, years. There are no working fans or air conditioning systems in the school. The windows are mostly bad and there are no curtains to protect against the raging heat of the vexing sun. It is apt at this juncture to state that the institution shares a building with other anti-academic establishments like a gambling t and this often makes students leave the learning area to gamble.

The man behind the name, Inibehe Otoho, is a very peculiar character to examine. He frequently shouts and throws invectives at students and enquirers when he falls into his frequent mood swings. He sets unreasonable targets for staff in a bid to justify his non-payment of their salaries and he has a knack for being a workaholic only when office hours are over and he always drags staff into this bout of "sudden hard work"! He frequently speaks of the joblessness that has rocked Nigerian youths and he absolves himself from his crimes to his staff under the guise of "many are looking for jobs, you already have one!" He sometimes uses uncouth language at staff as a means of beating their psyche. Staff are even unable to seek for new jobs because of the lack of free time to do so. There are no overwork benefits, bonuses, severance packages, leave allowances, and other staff welfare packages. Once a new month clocks, he disappears to avoid the question on everyone's lips "when are we receiving salaries, sir?"! After a week or two, he resurfaces and sets new target while blaming the "Buhari economy" for his inability to pay! It is simple for staff to quit and move on but they often realise this when they have worked for, at least, a month! Mr. Inibehe will not pay them for that month that the enslaved staff have worked. This is his ultimate undoing. Staff change faces month in, month out and this has a drastic effect on the students especially as the offices of the secretary, counsellor, faculty and receptionist are concerned. Aptech Center, Uyo is always employing on Jobberman and unsuspecting applicants from far and near fall prey to Mr. Otoho's misogynist machinations.

On my first encounter with this center and the conditions which staff and students are made to suffer, I asked the question; what is the headquarters doing about this? It seems that this center lacks any form of supervision or overarching authority whatsoever. I was touched by the plight of staff and decided to undertake an underground investigation, the product of which forms the foregoing. Some of the of staff are owed as much as 3-6 months and when they call to ask for their earnings, he is known to throw invectives at them and call them names that no sane human should ever utter. At the end, the staff are frustrated and give up, even on their salaries. This is a great injustice which no one should bear. Mr. Inibehe should pay salaries and if there is no money to run the center, shut it down and start a new business. It is better than using people, dumping them and frustrating their lives. I took this cause and my findings cannot all be written within the confines of this article. Other articles on this issue should be expected from me. I ed the said manager and he, unsurprisingly, ignored all means to resolve the issues amicably.

I plead with Aptech Worldwide and its centers everywhere to intervene in the plight of staff and students in the Uyo center before this issue gets out of hand. I have already began the process of filing a lawsuit against the company and I have asked for the payment of damages to the aggrieved staff . I am in the process of locating frustrated ex-staff and connect with them for this common cause. I have also met with some students who have paid fees and have not been taught or attended to for months. It is hoped that this sham of an institution will come to public glare and the evils of Mr. Inibehe Otoho, unveiled like the Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin of old.



- Ndoeyop Bennet, a journalist and human rights advocate, writes from Ukanafun, Akwa Ibom.



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