Symphony007: Seeing all these comment here, i am struck my some people's utter myopism!! Do you actually thing these western nation care about this country? They say it themeselves that "they have no friends, only interest". When olusegun obasanjo was in power and george w. Bush and di*ck cheney were squeezing this country via halliburton, when tony blair and his cronies were making a windfall from this nation they never discussed transparency in nigeria or held a special section on it in the G8 rather he had state visit honours bestowed on him. But now mysteriously it's on the agender on the garthering of the 8 most powerfull nations on earth. Hmmmmmmm...if it smells funny, i ain't eating it.

Orikinla: And how does this affect the price of...?

Gbawe:

Yuo see, your post illustrates the enigma of what the Nigerian man is today. I.e someone who does not even know what he wants. In the past, we criticised Western leaders for abetting African corruption and profligacy instead of condemning it. Now we have a crop of young Western Leaders willing to speak up against corruption and misrule in Africa as we always implored them to do when their conniving predecessors preferred the approach of 'see no evil'. Suddenly, we change tact.

This new development is now "imperialist". It is breaching our sanctity as a "sovereign Nation". It is indicative of a "domination agenda" even when real facts and current state of affairs indicate otherwise. America, for example, has moved on vastly with its shale gas endeavour that will help the nation reduce its demand for Nigerian oil. Not too far in the future, they won't need a drop of oil from us at all. Where does that leave the simplistic argument that the USA relates to us because of its oil needs alone? Some of us should get real and start thinking deeper and more robustly otherwise 'underdogs' is what we will remain if some submissions here are indicative of the Nigerian 'educated class'.

Capnd143: Senselessness at its peak! To all those that think that what G8 is saying is wrong: 'you are bounch of retardeens' . "Look there is nothing wrong with Nigeria that can not be cured with what is good about Nigeria"
you can quote me on that.

Nigeria has ernomous wealth and mineral resources, which is what is good about nigeria; Nigeria has a corupt socio-economic and financial management as pepetrated my our fuc...king leaders.

Now here is the deal use our money to get rid of our leaders, simple! Now to archieve this we must first await the report from those G8(-6) illuminaties, and believe me the report wil definitely implicate our "short-sighted and corrupt" leaders. Boom!!! It will then spark international attention because of the involvement of U.s and U.k bigots! Boom!!! Boom!!! The international community will identify the leaks! Remember a problem identified is a problem half solved! Am the council to the accused! I raise my case your Lordship.

TRUTHTELA:

Only a slowpoke will take a British Prime Minister serious. Who created this MESS? Who created the IMBALANCE in the Nigerian system?? Who thought some regions how to INFLATE census figures? Britain, has been home for military rogues that LOOTED the oil wealth. These rogues pay TAXES to the British system. If Cameron, is not a HYPOCRITE, he should go after Nigeria's oil wealth that littered the streets of Britain. The Scotland Yard, FBI, they know where the Nigeria's oil wealth is, they don't need to discuss it in G8, it doesn't worth an agenda, cos, at the end of the meeting, WHAT CAN THEY DO? NOTHING! Are they going to ask FBI, to arrest and prosecute JonaDUNCE, or any LegisLOOTERS, Goverogues and ministers that touch down in their country? No. It's all for the NEWS HEADLINE!!!

An example of how Nigeria's oil wealth is been stolen. When it's time to bid for oil blocks, Cameron and other G8 leaders will put a call through to Aso rock, asking for a BACK DOOR favor on behalf of BP, EXXON-MOBIL, AGIP, GAZPROM, etc, and whichever rogue Nigeria have as president will agree to their demands and his only response will be, " ASK THE CEO, TO COME AND SEE ME, BEFORE THE CEO, DEPARTS HIS COUNTRY, HIS COUNTRIES AMBASSADOR, WILL TELL HIM TO COME WITH HIS CHEQUE BOOK, COS THE PRESIDENT'S PALM WILL BE GREASED. After that, the "PLUNDERING" of the oil wealth begins.

I will not be surprise if Nigerians believed that the G8 countries cares about Nigeria. The same way they care about Nigeria, it's the same way Obasanjo & IBB care about Nigeria. FYI, the STUPIDITY & KLEPTOMANIA of Nigeria rulers benefits them. For all I care, Britain, have an AGENDA they want to force on JONADUNCE, hence, there's need to shake him.

gaquilani:

You seem to have missed the point i am trying to make. We should not start acting as if these problems are new. The nations in the G8 have been talking about them (even before the G8 was formed) The Basically, what i am saying is that
1. The G8's complaint is not news to us and it will only be solved by Nigerians and not the G8.

I disagree with this, "Yuo see, your post illustrates the enigma of what the Nigerian man is today. I.e someone who does not even know what he wants.". Forgive me for suggesting that we WAKE UP and solve the problems ourselves. I do not know what gav you the impression that i was taking about oil or "imperialism".

Gbawe:

Sorry, but this is yesterdays thinking. Trade/development partners, perhaps with resources vested in each other, now aggressively tell themselves economic truths. It is the way foreign policy , after some recent crisis, has moved under younger world leaders who have no need for the facetious and deceitful 'diplomacy' past leaders preferred.

Obama was still sternly and threateningly telling Cameron Britain must not pull out of the EU recently despite the UK being a "sovereign Nation" that should be able to independently take decision best for her people. Merkel scolds the UK all the time over their wrong economic approach and the UK condemns the 'boneheaded' policies of "irresponsible" EU member States that leaves fiscally sound Nations burdened.

That sovereign State malaky is becoming a phenomenon of the past when the world was run differently. Shrinking borders and a greater more hasty move towards a global village means the actions of Nations may now have more far reaching consequences for others than was the case in the past. That will not be condoned by anyone - especially the young world leaders of today who believe, more than those before them, to call it as they see it. Now, there is a mood, especially after the credit crunch and other events, that Nations must be held accountable and criticised for wrong policies/profligacy/poor regulation/lax fiscal control et al before such causes far reaching problems everyone will then have to 'repair'.

gaquilani:

You seem to have missed the point i am trying to make. We should not start acting as if these problems are new. The nations in the G8 have been talking about them (even before the G8 was formed) The Basically, what i am saying is that
1. The G8's complain is not news to us and it will only be solved by Nigerians and not the G8.

I disagree with you with this, "Yuo see, your post illustrates the enigma of what the Nigerian man is today. I.e someone who does not even know what he wants.". Forgive me for suggesting that we WAKE UP and solve the problems ourselves. I do not know what gav you the impression that i was taking about oil or "imperialism".

should we start dancing because they are claiming to be concerned.

ROSSIKE: Hang on a second here. David Cameron and his friends can end corruption in Nigeria TODAY if they wished. All they need do is summon their various banks - Natwest, RBS, Barclays etc, and instruct them to RETURN the looted wealth sitting in their accounts not just from Nigeria, but from other countries like China, Russia, Congo etc. They can summon the bosses of Shell, Exxon Mobil, etc to account for oil proceeds and easily check the money trail - who paid what to whom, when, and how etc.

HAS CAMERON DONE ANY OF THIS?

HELL NO!

IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR HIM TO PLAY THE 'WHITE SAINT' ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE TO FOOL GULLIBLE NIGERIANS AND THE LIKE SUCH AS HAVE BEEN POSTING THEIR SLAVISH GARBAGE HERE.

I mean really, HOW STU.PID CAN YOU NIGERIANS BE, REALLY?

It's like an armed robber who goes around stealing, and then deposits the money and loot in his Mr Big's house. The following week Mr Big issues a statement that ''all this robbery going on is not good o! What do we do about it?''

And then some DUNCES (eg NL posters) start praising Mr Big, saying he 'cares' for the victims of those robberies. If only the robbers can stop robbing people!

I mean, HOW STUP.ID AND DUMB CAN YOU GUYS BE, REALLY? OR ARE YOU CURSED?

HOW CAN YOU TAKE THE WORDS OF CAMERON WITH EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF SERIOUSNESS??

take dat: Obama is ACN, Cameron CPC and rich Bill Gate, a member of the cabal who are hell bent on embarrassing the good government of GEJ with their imperialist motivations by demanding transparency and accountability from the highly performing GEJ's government. Lol!

Ryabcool: Will all of you shut the hell up?! Can any of you dumbheads falsify their claims? What David Cameron said about squandering, is he WRONG? Yes or No! All of you are stuuuupid stuuupid people who evidently do not want betterment of yourselves and your environment. All you feed on is sentiments and utter display of stupidity. Ask yourselves; if Nigeria was on the right path, would these foreigners be saying these things? Good God these stuuuuupid nairaland people have pissed me off this morning.

confusion247: Then after the discussion what next? Where were them when IBB openly stole 12 billion dollars? Where were them when OBJ spend 16 billion dollars on phantom power project? Was it not the same obama that was congratulating Jonathan as a good leader? hypocrites.

Lilnikee: Does it concine them how we manage/spend our oil Money.

Ryabcool: Will all of you shut the hell up?! Can any of you dumbheads falsify their claims? What David Cameron said about squandering, is he WRONG? Yes or No! All of you are stuuuupid stuuupid people who evidently do not want betterment of yourselves and your environment. All you feed on is sentiments and utter display of stupidity. Ask yourselves; if Nigeria was on the right path, would these foreigners be saying these things? Good God these stuuuuupid nairaland people have pissed me off this morning.

eGuerrilla:


Your analysis is incisive; right on the money.

It is such a shame that cheerleaders stuck in the annals of yesteryear fail to spot the irony in both Abati's recent polemic and Fani-Kayode's subsequent rejoinder

However we slice and dice this one, the sharpening of contradictions we now see cannot simply be reduced to China's encroachment on the African landscape as one commentator opined, or a refusal to acknowledge recurring failures of the past. Rather, it is best seen as the continuation of a broken-narrative advanced by the likes of Thabo Mbeki, which received plenty of international support during the early Clinton years. Yes, I am talking about the need for a renaissance of sorts.

Only folks with an outlook shaped by self-serving, clannish instincts would, on good conscience, dismiss calls for accountability of our most recent oil windfall with a nonchalant wave. If there were ever any doubts about the wind of change engendered by the current economic downturn, thankfully, it is becoming increasingly clear that the rest of the world is not prepared to treat matters bothering on fiscal discipline, with the same levity that currently obtains in Nigeria.

take dat: Obama is ACN, Cameron CPC and rich Bill Gate, a member of the cabal who are hell bent on embarrassing the good government of GEJ with their imperialist motivations by demanding transparency and accountability from the highly performing GEJ's government. Lol!

Ryabcool: Will all of you shut the hell up?! Can any of you dumbheads falsify their claims? What David Cameron said about squandering, is he WRONG? Yes or No! All of you are stuuuupid stuuupid people who evidently do not want betterment of yourselves and your environment. All you feed on is sentiments and utter display of stupidity. Ask yourselves; if Nigeria was on the right path, would these foreigners be saying these things? Good God these stuuuuupid nairaland people have pissed me off this morning.

Gbawe:

Thank you. What you identify here is what makes me despair for Nigeria the most. I.e the way the mentality of many is now bastardized to the extent they can look at everything and everyone but never at themselves. Some foolish and clannish twerp above tell us there is a neo-colonialist and imperialistic agenda to this. You think such a person must be a madman because how can he have missed the fact that most leaders of Western Nations, far richer than Nigeria, have a Presidential fleet limited to one or two planes or even non !!! Yet our own President has 10 airplanes in his fleet, by far one of the largest in the world, and still demanding more.

Throughout the world, people are now associating Nigeria with filth, squalor, callousness, extreme poverty and inhuman leadership. Yet we continue to read the first Lady wants a "mission house" that will consume billions or that GEJ wants a banquet hall to gulp billions. Meanwhile all this hideously insensitive profligacy is presented alongside pictures of police colleges that are filth personified and allocated paltry millions. Can Cameron then not talk considering he predicated his campaign on cutting waste and indeed came in to initiate drastic cuts everywhere?

In contrast, our own President, in charge of the one of the most poverty-addled nation on Earth, with no functioning institution, could only come out to say disgustingly "leaner government not possible" after being sworn in despite how our recurrent expenditure, running at over 70%, is universally condemned as 'self-destructive'.

Look, Nigerians are the problem of Nigeria. Wherever our unique mentality and bastardized minds lead us, let us accept it. As you note, many prefer to be sentimental and paranoid rather than to reason like balanced adults. We are in trouble because extended suffering, filthy environments, brutal poverty and many unsavoury events have all contributed to leave a lot of Nigerians mentally damaged to the point they now constitute themselves into the 'enemy within' defending their unforgiving oppressors. As you surmised, what mouth will Cameron, Obama, Gates et al talk with if the Nigerian government under GEJ was delivering?