I am glad to hear you are proud to be Nigerian.

Pride is the very first step in effecting change,
Think about it, if you are proud of your Country, then you think about consequences.
Whether it's tossing a bottle out your car window, cheating your electricity bill or accepting a bribe, people who are proud would NOT partake in such activities.
Not just that, BUT you would also express disdain at others who drop a Coke can, or who steal electricity or accept bribes Why?, because they are not just being dishonest, but are also disgracing your country, and proud people do not want thier country disgraced.

Inkwazi:

I am glad to hear you are proud to be Nigerian.

Pride is the very first step in effecting change,
Think about it, if you are proud of your Country, then you think about consequences.
Whether it's tossing a bottle out your car window, cheating your electricity bill or accepting a bribe, people who are proud would NOT partake in such activities.
Not just that, BUT you would also express disdain at others who drop a Coke can, or who steal electricity or accept bribes Why?, because they are not just being dishonest, but are also disgracing your country, and proud people do not want their country disgraced.

I agree totally!!!!!! Charity begins at home. Its easy to sit back and criticise without looking at ourselves inwardly. When we throw pure water nylon of dirt outside, is it the govt that threw it there And yet you expect the govt to clear it for you. We say our leaders steal, yet we visit them and ask for material demands that would make them steal. We say we need a honest leader, yet when a govt makes tough laws like using helmet for okada, fire extinguisher and Mot Test for cars, we complain. Even using seat belt is a burden to us. Getting into school, we bribe and sleep with authorities, we cheat during exams, we lie so much and even pretend to be like Americans!!

We should stop being hypocrites and do the right thing. Its only us that can move this country forward, no one else.

OpeLovely:

I agree totally!!!!!! Charity begins at home. Its easy to sit back and criticise without looking at ourselves inwardly. When we throw pure water nylon of dirt outside, is it the govt that threw it there And yet you expect the govt to clear it for you. We say our leaders steal, yet we visit them and ask for material demands that would make them steal. We say we need a honest leader, yet when a govt makes tough laws like using helmet for okada, fire extinguisher and Mot Test for cars, we complain. Even using seat belt is a burden to us. Getting into school, we bribe and sleep with authorities, we cheat during exams, we lie so much and even pretend to be like Americans!!

We should stop being hypocrites and do the right thing. Its only us that can move this country forward, no one else.

God bless you

QUOTE:  We should stop being hypocrites and do the right thing. Its only us that can move this country forward, no one else[b][/b]

Well said, !!  That, my friend, in a nutshell, is the ONLY way Africa shall move foward.

It all starts with the little things, like asking someone not to drop their rubbish, once you fix the little stuff, the big stuff comes naturally.

I agree it starts with the little things but when your leaders do not punish minor atrocities (let alone crimes) and turn the other way, then we are all wasting our time, people will continue being what they are. If my mother tells me to do something and I do not do it, by the time she slaps me, what do I do? I rush to do it immediately.
In Nigeria, a woman selling corn will litter the whole environment with corn chaff, forget about looking inwards since most people have lost all sense propriety, if that woman is fined or continued to be fined from her hard earned money by the government, I don't think she will do it again.
This is not about pointing fingers to the government, but if Nigerians do not want to do as propriety demands then we need a credible force to imbibe that culture.

If my mother tells me to do something and I do not do it, by the time she slaps me, what do I do? I rush to do it immediately.

Nigerian parents abuse their children physically and it does not help.
When you grow old and there is no one to slap you, what then?
People need to be brought up to understand why bad things should not be done.

Seun:

Nigerian parents abuse their children physically and it does not help.
When you grow old and there is no one to slap you, what then?
People need to be brought up to understand why bad things should not be done.

That was just an illustration, Seun, don't change the subject.
The government/constitution will always be there to enforce the law. Some people will not learn through "understanding why bad things should not be done", -who are we deceiving- maybe it will work for children not hardened Nigerian adults.

With respect to government, it is always true that you get the government that your willing to fight for.
or, you get the government that your willing put up with, either way, the only way a corrupt government (which is all that Nigeria has ever had) can only be changed when people screw up enough courage , get together and change it.
Nigeria is the largest oil producing country in Africa, and 5th in the world, yet the majority of people live in squalor. Too many people actually think its great when their president purchases a new 35million dollar private jet, while sewage flows in the streets,

Seun:

Nigerian parents abuse their children physically and it does not help.
When you grow old and there is no one to slap you, what then?
People need to be brought up to understand why bad things should not be done.

You mean correction is abuse
Come and see children who have never been corrected properly here and see how violent and unruly they are.
Please spare me that colo-mentality thing.

My dad used the rod of correction on me a few times when I was younger. It only helped to make me a better person

@ pster. maybe we'd get those guys who did the human genome project to specially map out the nigerian genes.

romeo:
This shows that your bad behaviour is genetic!!

Bad behaviour is indeed genetic and we see it everyday in Ibo boys all over the world

Blackcat:

Bad behaviour is indeed genetic and we see it everyday in Ibo boys all over the world

IGBOS HAS CRIME IN THEIR BLOOD AND 419 IN THEIR GENES.

   THE FAILURE GOVT. THAT IS RULLING NIGERIA FOR 48YRS NOW ARE IGBOS, THE TOP MINISTERS AND PRESIDENTS THAT STEAL NIGERIAN MONEY  TO GIVE IT OUT TO SWISS BANK  TO USE IN DEVELOPING HIS COUNTRY THEN COME BACK AND STARVE HIS OWN PEOPLE ARE IGBOS.
  THE GOVT. THAT DRAIN CRUDE OIL FROM SOUTH SOUTH AND USE IT TO DEVELOP THE WEST GHETTO(LAGOS) AND THE NORTHERN DESERT(ABUJA) ARE ALSO IGBOS. 48YRS AFTER COLONIAL RULES WITH RESOURCES AND NO BRAIN TO GET SOLUTION  ON HOW TO MAKE WATER RUN IN A PIPE  NOT TO TALK OF GIVING LIGHT TO A SINGLE BULB ARE BEING ADMINISTRATED BY IGBOS. BUILDING GOOD ROADS IS LIKE TELLING THEM TO BUILD SPACE CENTER, THEY'RE IGBOS. RECYCLED POLITICIANS (RULE TODAY WITH UNIFORM AND TOMORROW ON MUFTI PRESIDENTS) ARE IGBOS.

            AFTER A HUGE EDUCATION NON IGBOS HAVE THEY STILL COME OUT WITH NO SOLUTION TO HIS PROBLEM, IS IT NOT MORE THAN A CRIME?
   BUT IF THE IGBOS ARE THE PROBLEM NIGERIANS HAVE WHY CAN'T THEY GIVE THEM A DIVORCE AND SETTLE THEIR PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL.

QUOTE: "THE TOP MINISTERS AND PRESIDENTS THAT STEAL NIGERIAN MONEY TO GIVE IT OUT TO SWISS BANK TO USE IN DEVELOPING HIS COUNTRY THEN COME BACK AND STARVE HIS OWN PEOPLE ARE IGBOS"

Maybe so, but how do you explain the exact same behavior regarding squandering of wealth in countries like Equatorial Guinea, Cameroun, Gabon, Angola, Sudan, Tchad, Cote d'Ivoire, , the list is endless,

It's far more reaching than just one tribe, it's a pan-african problem.

Another word for 419 is simply SCAM. This is english word which means 419ers, fraudsters, scammers, oles, oyinochi and barawos and they are everywhere around the globe. Therefore, there is no 419 in anyone's gene because 419 is a character and not a living substance that may be a part of your genetic composition.

Quote from: Blackcat on February 03, 2008, 12:37 AM
Bad behaviour is indeed genetic and we see it everyday in Ibo boys all over the world

Your comment is absurd and totally offensive to any human intelligence and dignity. I should not have dignified you by replying to your obscene comment, but I can just let you passed by without telling you that you are a pathetic alien.

well, Nigeria is ruled by crime lords for the most part.