Tiv Issues According to Terhemba Osuji

 They nomination of a certain veteran politician of Idoma extraction has brought to fore once again the competition for federal appointments and score keeping between the Tiv and Idoma. Presently some Tiv nationalists are concerned that three high profile appointments in this administration, the minister of agriculture, a former chief of defense intelligence and this recent nomination are all to Zone C, dominated by the Idoma. Some segments of the Tiv also lament this trend because the claim Zone C and many of its elected representatives are in the rival PDP and that by all accounts Zone C massively voted for the PDP and even re-elected the PDP’s David Mark over the APC candidate, Daniel Onjeh.  However, One gets they sense that they Tiv do not necessarily have an issue with this recent nomination, except they fleeting feeling that the Tiv are losing the race for federal appointments in this dispensation despite having an APC governor and despite reportedly giving huge support...

What has Benue benefitted from being a member of the Northern Governors forum or Arewa Consultative Forum. This grouping is a legacy from colonial rule that lumped and invariably subdued.the great middle belt and its people under the rule of the Caliphate and through which administrative officers descended from the core north to rule middle-belt provinces before the creation of States in 1966. How has membership of this group helped the middle-belt particularly Benue and Taraba who have over the years suffered many incursions and ravages of its fertile farmlands by marauding hordes of Fulani cattle herds men searching for arable grassland to feed their cattle. How has membership of this group benefitted Plateau state who have suffered horrendously from fights between the indigenes and settlers looking to annex their lands turning the once peaceful Jos into a mini Mogadishu. Finally, how has membership of this association helped the Middlebelt secure Aso Rock. The reverse appears to be ...

TIV people need to realize they have no connections or power on the Federal level.  The TIV are the 4th or 5th largest tribe in Nigeria, but have not been able to translate those numbers into political power. The TIV people's votes are only courted during elections and thereafter their aspirations are subsumed into the Old Northern Nigeria power structure were it has second class status as a Christian minority in that grouping.  The late JS Tarka tried to break away from that system and was hugely successful and parlayed that into a run for the presidency and senate presidency which he lost out on despite the power of numbers behind him. TIV people need to understand that the need more than one person in positions across the federal government to secure employment for their tribe, so (the attached post and commenters) the should not not blame Ayu, (remember he did not last long as the senate president) or Gemade (is there anyone else) because they were in power during the reig...