CREATION OF AN OGONI STATE WITHIN NIGERIA! Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Country	Comments
101	Kendricks Dorle Gbene-nwikpo	US
102	Emeka Chikani	NG	Ogoni as a state is important considering the high level of maginalization meted to them by the Nigerian federation. They need freedom and help so as to develop themselves. I support the creation of an Ogoni state.
103	Christian Nwambo	US
104	Solomon B. Gbara	US	The creation of an Ogoni state would indeed strengthen the Nigerian economy.
105	A. Mallea	US
106	Anonymous	NG	I support for the creation of the Ogoni State.With God whom we trust and served daily, we are well able because God time is the best,( TorBari ).Amen.
107	Patience Gbara	US	Creating an Ogoni state will open door for development.
108	Solomon Gbara, jr.	US	Ogoni is long overdue for a state
109	Julie Gbara	US	Creating an Ogoni state will help Nigeria's human rights record.
110	Joy Gbara	US	An Ogoni state will shape Nigeria economy.
111	Nwibani Nwinuka	NG	This is a legitimate demand. Nigeria please grant it.
112	Teebom Dugbor	US	The creation of Ogoni state will help development Nigeria at large.
113	Toate Ganago	US	It is high time that the Ogoni State is created within the frame work of the Nigeria context.
114	Nwidag, Barisua	US	Ogonis Deserved self governace! They are ready and prepared to take on the leadership of the God enrich Kingdom.
115	Nwidag, Waazor	US	Reconsider the plight of the Ogonis and grant them the their petition
116	Dawn Jewell	US
117	MARTHA TAMBINI	US
118	Sandy Lawrence	US
119	brenda harris	US
120	Dinee Julius	US
121	Anonymous	NG	The demand for a state by Ogoni people for the Ogoni is a welcome development, but I would that it be strictly an Ogoni State. My other prayer is that Ogoni people be meticulious about it, for they are qualified and deserve it.
122	Anonymous	NG	I received the news from John Lar-Wisa and, since it is not against any other tribe in Nigeria or the Federal government but rather a development strategy. I support and appeal to the government to heed this genuine demand, for peace and stability.
123	samuel mark o.	NG	It is of great importance that the goose which lays the golden egg should be feed properly and taken care of, l feel is a wish and good thing for the ogoni state.
124	Dum-ale Tanee	US
125	Kathleen Smith	US
126	Laynette L. Bryant	US
127	Crystall Rodriguez	US
128	Temako J. Rogue	US
129	Ivette Rodriguez	US
130	Torgio Gbarabe	NG	More grease to your elbow
131	Dr. Michael Oberabor	NG	Ogoni demanding for a state is just and not negotiable. What Ogoni wants is not unattainable. Other tribes in the Nigerian federation enjoy these things with ease, why not Ogoni with their human and material resources.
132	Mary Fuludu	NG	Ogoni has contributed so much to the development of Nigeria. In a federal state as Nigeria, Ogoni deserves a measure of autonomy as other tribes in the federation do. A state of their own will certainly make for peace and stability, denying them is criminal and inhuman. I therefore join the clamor for the creation of Ogoni state NOW.
133	Okide Nwobufo	NG	I am not an Ogoni but do buy the idea of an Ogoni State. Reason is that political autonomy which is the bedrock of their demand is enshrined in our federal constitution and a legitimate right, and, they have adopted a more civilized approach in their demand. I see any further delay in granting them this demand as a violation of this right which should be queried. To keep Nigeria ONE is a task that should be ensured by all governments and this is it.
134	Felix Odogwu	NG	My Ogoni friends have educated me on their right to be autonomous and creating a state for them is a panacea to peaceful co-exitence and even development in Nigeria. It is a minimum demand by a people who have so much resources and knowhow; it will be viewed as a step to giving them sense of belonging in the Nigerian federation. I therefore learn my voice to the call for an Ogoni State within Nigeria.
135	Gold PioghiBari Lar-Wisa	NG	I am born an Ogoni and, from the way things are done in Nigeria, with an Ogoni state my future is guaranteed. I therefore support the call for an Ogoni State within Nigeria.
136	Karen BeabuBari Lar-Wisa	NG	I am born an Ogoni and, from the way things are done in Nigeria, with an Ogoni state my future is guaranteed. I therefore support the call for an Ogoni State within Nigeria.
137	Favor Kara Lar-Wisa	NG	I am born an Ogoni and, from the way things are done in Nigeria, with an Ogoni state my future is guaranteed. I therefore support the call for an Ogoni State within Nigeria.
138	Lucky Wisa	NG	As a young Ogoni, I smell death around me and continuing in our present situation is without hope in Nigeria, where tribal sentiment plays a major role in all facets of life. An Ogoni State is just the answer to our problem.
139	Ebere Elekwachi	NG	I am an Ikwerre by birth and a student in Nigeria. Courtesy of a friend, I visited Ogoniland and what I saw confirmed the story I heard and read about Ogoni. I therefore join in calling for the creation of an Ogoni State. All their demands are right and legitimate and will give them a sense of belonging. Thus I urge the authorities concerned to follow the path of justice and CREATE A STATE FOR THE OGONI, PLEASE.
140	Stella Oluwafemi	NG	I am a Yuroba and live in Ogoni. A people without light, roads, water, health facilities and other basic necessities of life but contribute to the economic appear alienated from the rest of the world. If our leaders were Ogoni, they would equally demand what Ogoni is demanding. So other states are split for development, WHY NOT OGONI HAVE SAME TASTE OF DEVELOPMENT? I call on the powers that be to please give this people a STATE, they deserve to be in a state of their own.
141	Joy Igben	NG	Am not an Ogoni, but was conducted round some villages in Ogoni by a friend who took me there for sight-seeing. I expected to find some of the basic things of life we enjoy in Delta State which are given us because we are a state, but found NONE. All the villages we visited were enveloped in utter darkness at night, life was dull and the villages lonely. The presence of oil companies could be seen around but the attendant benefits of oil exploration was far from them as day from night. I wasted no time but to ask that the clamor for a state be intensified as that will help them greatly. I hereby append my signature and wish them success in the struggle.
142	Modupe Thompson	NG	I am a Yoruba but schooled in Bori and know what it means to be an Ogoni. Holidays in Lagos state was like travelling from Nigeria to the USA. Yet the oil that sustained Nigeria come from Ogoniland. What can be too much to do for this people, if GIVING THEM A STATE IS CONSIDERED BIG? Could other world bodies prevail on Nigeria to acceed to the minimum demand of the Ogoni as it is done for other tribes in the same country, please? I support their campaign and just demand for a state within Nigeria.
143	Ruth	NG	I am an Edo and view the demand of the Ogoni for a STATE within Nigeria as just and legitimate. Especially as it is done peacefully and non-violently. I therefore support the Ogoni struggle for justice and peace in the Niger Delta.
144	Mercy Igho	NG	I am an Edo and have Ogoni friends who take me home on holidays. I hate to be there and feel for those who lived there all their lives. Ogoni is big, rich and qualified to be a state, if Nigeria will not let them go as an independent nation. To ask for a STATE within Nigeria is being lenient on Nigeria, considering the rate of exploitation and rape on their life. Me and my parents join in the struugle of the Ogoni to demand A STATE as a MINIMUM demand on Nigerian government. PLEASE GIVE OGONI PEOPLE A STATE! Thank you.
145	Haruna Tahir Mohammed	NG	I have an Ogoni friend, Mr. Lebari Kabel, whom I used to feel exergerates the deplorable Ogoni situation in Nigeria. Yes, I have read and heard all the news of economic strangulation, political marginalization and environmental degradation of the Ogoni people in Nigeria. But when I was conducted round few villages (Mogho, Bomu and Gbe) in Gokana, I no longer think Mr Kabel exergerates. Poverty is visible. People live in pristine conditions adjacent oil installations and pipelines criss-crossing their neighbourhood. I support the creation of an Ogoni State in Nigeria.
146	Aziz Babadogo	NG	I learnt of this from a dear friend, Lebari Kabel, whom I know will not support any unjust course. I also know of the cheat and dehumanization meted to the Ogoni people by the Nigerian state during the pogrom of 1995. I also know that my own state is far less in all comparisons to an Ogoni state if created, yet their land produces the oil that sustains the entire country. Ogoni will be much viable as a state than most present states in Nigeria. I append my signature for the creation of an Ogoni state.
147	Philomena I.	NG	My visit and subsequent residence in Ogonilan bring me to terms with the agitation of the Ogoni for a just society for all. The recent visit by the Esnate to the ND put paid to the essence of this demand. Make Ogoni a tribe in Nigerian federation by giving them a State at least.
148	Anonymous	NG	I thank you guys for making the Ogoin flag flying everywhere. keep it on and God will bless you. Barilee N. Otosere From Bane in Khana LGA of Ogoni Rivers State of Nigeria
149	Nwigia Saro Nkesi	NG	A state should be created for the Ogoni one of the minimum demand spelled out in the Ogoni Bill of Rights. Ogoni as a unique ethnic group in Nigeria deserves a state where they can manage their resources.
150	Kabel L. Kabel	NG	Speed up the creation of an Ogoni state within Nigeria by signing up this petition. Write/phone your representative/senator and let him/her know the compelling need of creating an Ogoni state within Nigeria. Enough of economic and political marginalization. Enough of environmental devastation and subjugation. Before we go extinct by forces of oppression from pseudo-democratic, amalgamated anomic Nigeria. Let Ogoni people have a sense of belonging to a country by having a state of their own. It will douse the effects of deep trauma after the pogrom. This is the minimum I am demanding from Nigeria as an Ogoni. I urge you to join me to sign and support this legitimate petition. Please, pass this petition on to others. Thank you.