speedyboi:

These are the kinda problems that constitute this country. They call themselves nigérians bt they should be called problems.
They always generalise issues, and it is always the negative sides. I know there is a saying which says 'always look on the bright side', I wonder if nigerians ever learn.

Now you told us not to talk about rich nigerians and the middle class. But you are busy generalising that nigerians are suffering.

Check ur self out, are you suffering? Cos I'm not suffering, I look around me I see happy faces who look moderately comfortable and they dwell in comfortable apartments. So because a certain percentage of nigerians are in poverty, then I should keep saying nigerians are poor?
You know exactly what pains me? The fact that people like you can do something to improve it but all you do is keep complaining like a miracle will come from somewhere. Nigerians! Daft set of people (not all of them anyways)

Dede1:

Why would any reasonable fellow blame GEJ when, in fact, it was Nigeria’s despicable society that produced GEJ.

CyberG:

I disagree with Afam on a lot of things but this time he is right and you are SO WRONG! The fact that you are not suffering and you see happy faces in your abode in Lagos, Abuja, PH or somewhere does not mean the majority of Nigerians are therefore not suffering! When last did you go to your village? Or, that you are okay means everyone must be okay while you find a way to share their patrimony like Nigerian leaders have been doing? Your village may even be paved in gold and adorned in rubies but the real test of a sane human society is gauged by the welfare of the WEAKEST, most vulnerable, not the people who have looted the country into near-insolvency or the lapdogs who eat crumbs at their masters table in their trickle-down economic myopia. Get real and stop the elitism and useless backwardness that characterizes Nigerian leaders who keep everyone down because they think they are okay and see "happy faces who look moderately comfortable ".

BlackBaron: A damning indictment of the state of our country. Everything going downhill.

160 million and not a single medal.

Rossikk:

Working in what sense?? I went to work today, had a productive day, and got back home safely, had a nice meal, and played with my kids. Even had time for a beer and some pepper soup courtesy of wifey. Same as millions of Nigerians. That's a lot of facets working right there. I've no idea what you're on about.

CyberG:

I disagree with Afam on a lot of things but this time he is right and you are SO WRONG! The fact that you are not suffering and you see happy faces in your abode in Lagos, Abuja, PH or somewhere does not mean the majority of Nigerians are therefore not suffering! When last did you go to your village? Or, that you are okay means everyone must be okay while you find a way to share their patrimony like Nigerian leaders have been doing? Your village may even be paved in gold and adorned in rubies but the real test of a sane human society is gauged by the welfare of the WEAKEST, most vulnerable, not the people who have looted the country into near-insolvency or the lapdogs who eat crumbs at their masters table in their trickle-down economic myopia. Get real and stop the elitism and useless backwardness that characterizes Nigerian leaders who keep everyone down because they think they are okay and see "happy faces who look moderately comfortable ".

Ozonna: Guys abeg let's not blame Pres GEJ for our olympic flop. Its not his fault that we started preparing for olympics few weeks to the tournament. We should blame the elected officials of National olympic commitee and different sports federations who where elected and not appointed by GEJ.

However,for us to do well in future olympics we need massive funding in all the sports events that we feel we have comparative advantage. We need to ressurect and fund school sports.

I know a country like UK give some sort of financial aid to their athletes from the proceeds they get from lottery. We can do same for here in Nigeria. What are the Lottery and Gaming commission doing with taxes/fees they get from Baba Ijebu and co? We had National Sports lottery some years back but mismanagement killed that program.

Mr President and NSC should revitalise the Lottery commission. Lottery commission should be disbursing some amount of money to our top athletes (to pay their private coaches and register for top competitions abroad) and different lesser sports federations(Wrestling,Taekwondo,Judo,Rowing,Badminton,etc) every month.


Government can't sponsor sports alone because its too capital intensive. However,companies should also be encouraged to sponsor some sporting events.

Eziachi:
And if they win, who do you think will take all the credit, with someone you even calling it goodluck's olympic?

cocoduck:

look do not mess with politrickian pikkin oo nigeria only exists on paper not on our minds nor on ground he is not suffering cos im papa don steal so much money from nigga area. thunder fire that instrument e use type that dog poo

Excuzeme: Let us tell ourselves the home truth, we are becoming the laughing stock of every nation, even smaller nations like Ghana! Imagine!!

Eziachi:
So you measure the workings of Nigerian now based on your stomach and nice meals that goes into it? Maybe you should look over your prison like wall and check how productive your neighbours are or even the skeleton looking guy that open your gate the last time he had your assumed regular beer consumption.
countries of few thousands of people and insignificant are winning gold left and right, while your self assumed giant of Africa had more delegate to Earth summit in Brasil than the Olympic in London and you don't think that is a reflection of the current state of Nigeria just because you think are doing okay with pepper soup and you have no idea what others are one about as long as you stomach is stuffed up.
The same mindset of your wicked rulers.

Rossikk: @poster, but I have one question, what differentiates all those athletes and medallists from you?? Do they have two heads? Is anything wrong with your arms or legs? You see this whole ideas of guys sitting down behind computers and castigating the rest of the country for not going out there and winning gold medals is the very problem we have. When will YOU take personal responsibility??

Rossikk:

So who have YOU helped today, or in the last ten years? And I don't mean your relatives.

I mean, surely you have the wherewithal to pick up one poor kid from the street that's hawking sweets, and offer to pay his school fees. Have you ever done that? Have you ever THOUGHT about doing that? What exactly have YOU done apart from coming here to spread your pessimism and depression? The easiest thing to do is come online and type holier than thou garbage without lifting a finger to help the less fortunate around you. Tell us when YOU'VE actually DONE something. We're not impressed by your posturing.

bigblxd:


Gosh! Thoughts like this amazes me. How on earth could you think like this. We can't all be sports people but just like Prof Jerry G. once said, whatever we are doing as a people, Do IT WELL! Afterall these guys are been paid with our money & can't even bring back a bronze medal as return for Nigerians investment in them! What a LOST!

afam4eva:
The OP didn't blame the athletes, rather he's putting the blame on the country in general. We can't deny the fact that just about everything in this country is crumbling and sport seems to be the last casualty. It's unfortunate that people like you will keep peddling the old long lie that everything is ok. I pity this country.

CyberG:

You missed the road and are ignorant. You said they are being paid? What investment did Nigeria make or currently making on the olympic athletes? Do you know that almost all the players in the basketball team live, trained or studied in the US? Do you know some of the have pro careers that have no connection with Nigeria? Okay, tell us how much investment Nigerian government has made on these athletes. Respond only with facts/figures!

kunyeo: ?
I had lost interest in any competitive sport until the surprising news of the Tigers’s qualification. Suddenly my interest was reawaken. The interest generated by the promising girl, Okagbare followed and now, I am ready for the Olympics. The memories of the 80’s and 90’s when you are glued to the television tracing with your eyes, Nigerian flag and the contestants’ names on the competitors’ table came back.
A week after, all the hope is fast disappearing. The way I see it is , we may come home empty handed without a single medal.Ludicrously,Nigerian officials and competitors still buy the age-long patronizing statement, ‘The Olympic is a about participation’ while the same countries peddling this slogan would start their preparation immediately an Olympic ends. No wonder, a Nigerian weightlifter came 8th,not even coming near the medals, but was celebrated for breaking the African and Commonwealth records! It is becoming clear to me that truly the performance of a nation at the Olympic is a reflection of the nation back home.

Rossikk:

I wasn't blaming the athletes either. I was blaming the poster. You say 'everything is crumbling' but I don't see 'everything crumbling'. I just see people like you claiming everything is crumbling while sat on your fat assses doing nothing to assist the country. Sports being one example. WHY ARE YOU not an Olympic athlete? You sit behind your computer expecting others to go and win medals for you and when they don't you say the country is crumbling. It is YOU that's crumbling. You and all those well fed middle class Nigerians who were raised to believe that sports is for paupers, and the underclass. Well guess what? The underclass lack your nutrition, strength and confidence to take on the world. It is the well fed middle classes, fed on beef, chicken and cornflakes all their lives that should be out there competing for gold on the world stage, and even working in sports administration, training etc, but no, after attending our elite secondary schools, we all abandoned sports (no matter how good we were at it) to become lawyers, doctors, engineers, IT specialists, and then when the dregs of society are left to be our sportsmen and officials, we moan about a ''crumbling country'' when they don't bring home the gold. But it is you that is crumbling, not Nigeria. Go back to your air-conditioned office.

Rossikk:

I wasn't blaming the athletes either. I was blaming the poster. You say 'everything is crumbling' but I don't see 'everything crumbling'. I just see people like you claiming everything is crumbling while sat on your fat assses doing nothing to assist the country. Sports being one example. WHY ARE YOU not an Olympic athlete? You sit behind your computer expecting others to go and win medals for you and when they don't you say the country is crumbling. It is YOU that's crumbling. You and all those well fed middle class Nigerians who were raised to believe that sports is for paupers, and the underclass. Well guess what? The underclass lack your nutrition, strength and confidence to take on the world. It is the well fed middle classes, fed on beef, chicken and cornflakes all their lives that should be out there competing for gold on the world stage, and even working in sports administration, training etc, but no, after attending our elite secondary schools, we all abandoned sports (no matter how good we were at it) to become lawyers, doctors, engineers, IT specialists, and then when the dregs of society are left to be our sportsmen and officials, we moan about a ''crumbling country'' when they don't bring home the gold. But it is you that is crumbling, not Nigeria. Go back to your air-conditioned office.

speedyboi:

These are the kinda problems that constitute this country. They call themselves nigérians bt they should be called problems.
They always generalise issues, and it is always the negative sides. I know there is a saying which says 'always look on the bright side', I wonder if nigerians ever learn.

Now you told us not to talk about rich nigerians and the middle class. But you are busy generalising that nigerians are suffering.

Check ur self out, are you suffering? Cos I'm not suffering, I look around me I see happy faces who look moderately comfortable and they dwell in comfortable apartments. So because a certain percentage of nigerians are in poverty, then I should keep saying nigerians are poor?
You know exactly what pains me? The fact that people like you can do something to improve it but all you do is keep complaining like a miracle will come from somewhere. Nigerians! Daft set of people (not all of them anyways)

Rossikk:

You must have a large enough pool of talented sportsmen available in order to present your best to the world. You cannot have the strongest, best educated, best fed among us all shunning sports, and then expect the underclass to go and get gold for you at the Olympics. Have you ever spoken to one of these our sports officials or athletes? Most of them can hardly string a coherent sentence together. I mean, who are we fooling here? I know at least TEN guys from secondary school who were so good at soccer that had they carried on, they would have been world beaters. But what happened? They all graduated and went off to university, and are now professionals in law, engineering etc. So who are we fooling here? Until WE, the middle classes take sports seriously, do not expect those who attended Isale Eko grammar school and had no idea where their next meal was coming from, to attend the Olympics and bring home gold. Not gonna happen.

double j1: I want to ask you people a question. After all this usefull suggestions made by us, have you cared to analyze all of them or take into consideration the view of your fellow brother? Or you are feeling that anyone who has a view contrary to yours is a fool? If yes then you are the problem of the country. You say we are running democracy, what is democracy without people who can't come out to say something in one voice. I would keep saying this, the day we citizens of Nigeria can say yes in one voice, that will be the end of our problem.

Rossikk: @poster, but I have one question, what differentiates all those athletes and medallists from you?? Do they have two heads? Is anything wrong with your arms or legs? You see this whole ideas of guys sitting down behind computers and castigating the rest of the country for not going out there and winning gold medals is the very problem we have. When will YOU take personal responsibility??