A Profile of Nnamdi Azikiwe – Nigeria’s First President
PART 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5fQ9oaVU8&feature=related
PART 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsfXzKFF5r0&feature=related
PART 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNv280edxOM&feature=related
PART 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEV23wM5Dsw&feature=related
PART 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrWWzIcUGhM&feature=related
PART 6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_TUVE3RS4&feature=related
PART 7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dNcLuAAm8&feature=related
PART 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDrsQuX2Yts&feature=related
I don’t think that we need to view or talk about all these presidents that left no legacy other than sellfish, useless ideas that screwed everybody up till today. I had comment much about these bragards in one of my articles posted on “Nigeria North-South divide” I only enjoy watching their funeral ceremony ofcourse that was what everyone owed. Azikiwe in particular create a whole lot of damage to the South bringing Nigeria together as one republic nation without “reading the handwriting on the Nothern wall”. To be a good leader you have to be a visionist and a phillosopher which Azikiwe was clearly not. He could spoke long grammer from morning till night just to show off and create awareness. Zik could had been the greatest of all time if he could had fought for the independence of the “Southern Nigeria” instead of “One Nigeria” which the Notherners would had peacefully accepted and appreciated with much thanks. By 1957 East and West had already got their own independence while North got theirs in 1959. Is this not enough for Zik to say goodbye to one Nigeria and walk the southerners out of this mess? Why waiting for the notherners to got their independence in 1959? Are they our brothers? Do they reason like southerners? What about southern tradition, culture and religion, climate and vegetation? Do they look alike with that of notherners? Again by that 1957 British had already installed Abubakar T. Balewa as the prime minister which authomaticaly flaged a green light for Zik to be aware that the British man will officially hand over the power to Notherners on the indepence day regardless of the National election. Only a word (Liberation or Secede) from Zik mouth could had save many lives and avoid the civil war/genocide of 1967-1970 and permanently improved the qualities of life of Southerners till today.
charles king
May 22, 2011
I love Nigeria
I wonder why he didn't behave like a wise man (Zik).
June 7, 2011
What he did was wrong becouse he couse the death of many people.for me he left. no legacy.so it pained.me whever I see people praisising him.for 50yr we are still on exile where great zik as you call him send us.
obasi sunday
July 9, 2011
(Nnamdi Azikiwe),we are very very disappointed of you. You did not behave like wise man you so called your self, it seems suprise to me why some people are praising you.
NWORAH DANIEL
October 18, 2011
No wise thing abt him
Anonymous
November 24, 2011
Azikiwe was a disaster and a disappointment. Nothing great about him that I can think of.The man was a total failure.I personally don’t miss him at all. Neither his socalled oratorical skills nor his deeds made an impression on me.
Ekuson Debango
November 25, 2011
Don’t you have reverence for Zik as the “Father of the Nation”?
Max Siollun
November 26, 2011
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojuwu is dead at 78 years:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/26/international/i043421S83.DTL
Ekuson Debango
November 26, 2011
What makes him to be “father of the Nation” when he could not smell the office of the C-in-C for one day in his life time. When such opportunity came accidentally for him on January 1966, he kept the country in darkness for 24hrs with no HOS and cowardly hiding in London with no mandate for returning which fraustrated other cabinet members of the first republic to hand power over to the millitary government. He could talk but can never act that was Azikiwe for you. People kept talking about millitary taking over power after the death of Tafawa Balewa and forgot to question the elected president Azikiwe that failed to act and assume the prime ministers role when the nation needs him most. Rather he refused to returned home and abandoned his presidential office forever. At this point what did one expect the millitary to do? Why did Azikiwe ask the white man to leave the country to gained Independence? when he could not be man enough to serve the country as whiteman did.
charles king
December 18, 2011
At Jan 1966, Zik was not even in the country. His powers as President had been delegated to the acting Senate President Nwafor-Orizu. Even then, Zik had no powers to usurp the powers of the slain PM Balewa. After Ironbsi assumed power, he did not invite Zik back to the country.
Max Siollun
December 18, 2011
We all knew that Zik was not in the country before the early hours of January 15th, 1966. I clearly mentioned it above, that Zik is hiding in London while on medical treatment leave on January 1966 and was contacted by senate president Orizu with no good respond on specific date for his returning, which paved way for Orizu to assumed his position (since there was no designated secretary of state at hand or should I said he was inprisoned) and took the possible decision of power transfer to the millitary. President Zik has the power to temporarily execute the duty of the prime minister in such a situation untill they elected a successor.
Ironsi did not invited Zik back home because Azikiwe had earlier refused that he couldn’t came back when his present was mostly needed, If he had ever mentioned an immediate date of returning, the millitary might had hold on to it since the coup had been crushed largely by soldiers from his tribe. he had a great role to play in the absence of the PM. He hold the second critical/strategic and respected position in the executive office and worked closely with the assasinated PM. Legally Zik was second to the PM. The cowardly way he abandoned his position frightened and lost his survival peers which gave a broad chance for the millitary to claimed that civillians are no more capable of running the government. Finally, why did they fought for this hopeless independent?
charles king
December 18, 2011