any summary yet??lol

mental laziness like cancer; has eaten deep inside the psyche of present day Nigerian youth.

Beaf!:


If you want to hide something from an African put it in a book.

Please this is not about being lazy to read. The time I would spend to read this is what I can use to read 5 different educative things on Nairaland. Besides, it is not too important to sacrifice that much time.

#singing in Tuface's voice# e be like say they want to tell us another story again o! Another year has come and you want my vote once more..oh no!
Nuhu Ribadu, pls go & read ds long epistle to Tinubu on how he sank Lagos allocation into his private pocket. Dnt 4get EL rufa'I, OBJ etc.

Gombs:

We gree...we are lazy generation...pls hardworking generation, help us with the summary..tnx in anticipation

Why wud you wanna compare pictures n texts?...which seem to catch one's attention faster? Wot generation are you from sef?...1900's or 1920's?

Effects of social media?...sir, it is because some folks only have bitter tins to say abt Nigeria, dats why we dnt wanna bother reading...if it were a piece from NOI, Lamido Sanusi, Soludo etc...thr we knw brains are working, and knowledge will be enof in the writ. Big difference. There's a reason they are call the opposition, dnt you think so?

am sorry Gombs, hope i didnt insult anybody, just saying what i'v noticed. Same seems to have taken over my two kids, reading is now like an impossible task for them BUT even at their very young age they can be on computer game or internet for ages. GOD Help Us. Thanks.

The speech was meant for all you this annoyin cock suckin biafrans. He said we shouldn't let our brains be blinded by ethnicity. We shouldn't be 2 myopic. BTW WHY IS IT ONLY THose cocksuckin ibos that usually shout BIAFRA BIAFRA. Yorubas are not sayin dey want to separate, middlebeltans aren't only you cocksuckers. ABEG ONE NIGERIA JARE!!!

olire: The speech was meant for all you this annoyin cock suckin biafrans. He said we shouldn't let our brains be blinded by ethnicity. We shouldn't be 2 myopic. BTW WHY IS IT ONLY THose cocksuckin ibos that usually shout BIAFRA BIAFRA. Yorubas are not sayin dey want to separate, middlebeltans aren't only you cocksuckers. ABEG ONE NIGERIA JARE!!!

fok you and your one nigeria!! Lazy dirty people

Waoh! So impressed with Nuhu Ribadu's speech. This is d kind of speech that brought Obama into limelight!! Unfortunately, dis is Nigeria where sentiment is d order of d day & d system doesn't work(& our Youths don't read. Lolzzz)... A day shall come in dis country wen we'd judge ppl purely based on merit & past record; I believe!!!

If u wnt to hide anythn frm a blackman,put it inside the pages of a book.

There's no way you could've summarized this in less than 2 paragraphs?

It's 2013...short and simple briefs rule. I glanced over the "book" and I'm sure it could've been summarized.

*I'll read it later!

It is a pity that majority of people that have commented on this topic cannot read this post, one adage says if u want to hide anything from a black, hide it in a book. If one cant read then how can u develop into a better individual.

Anyway I understand Ribadus line of reason, we are too divided across ethnic and religious line in this country and the political class, have capitalised on it to increase the division. For change to come it will start with enlihtenment, but the sad thing is that the average nigerian on the street is, unenlighted, uninformed, very few understand what is happening and this has favoured the politicians because the day the average man understand his right, the political class wont take us for a ride anymore.

But if its an article on Kim K or how kanye West celebrated His birthday, we'll crave for more.lol

deleteme: Lazy generation!! In our own days, we can read this with ease and get satisfied. No wonder the stardard of education keeps nose - diving every day. The effect of social media. If its to upload 1000 nude pictures, u all will do it over and over again. I weep for this generation.

It beats me bro, each time there's a lenghty write up and people say they can't read it!
Is there any hope for this country? It calls for serious concern.

deleteme: Lazy generation!! In our own days, we can read this with ease and get satisfied. No wonder the stardard of education keeps nose - diving every day. The effect of social media. If its to upload 1000 nude pictures, u all will do it over and over again. I weep for this generation.

It beats me bro, each time there's a lenghty write up and people say they can't read it!
Is there any hope for this country? It call for serious concern.

Mayb nt until we strt to be objective and engage in constructive thinking,we may nt get tins ryt in dis country. An information is left for u to b processed. U dnt av to digest it d way it comes. I guess our problem is reading. It may truly b painful to go tru such lengthy writeup bt if its d one dt will change ur OT,y nt tak d pains. Irrespective of Ribadu's person, I av learnt so much frm dis writeup and it will continue to shape by view abt dis country. Like I said earlier, "am waitin for dt time in dis country again wen we will av a man like MKO who was a unifying factor in our politics. Every tribe liked him forgetting abt wia he comes frm. We saw him as a Nigerian and nt a Yoruba man whch is wt is beta for our country to attain development.Nt politics of sympathy

Nice stuff...but am sure it would achieve nothing...ngrns are too preoccupied with their daily struggle to think abt making such sacrifices for the country bsyds ther are nt guaranteed any results...
The aluu4 incident is enough to reflect the rot in our institutions that shd have sparked an uprising starting frm the police with the publicity it got bt what happened??
Btw for those complainin that the article is too long! Jst stop being intellectually lazy...u guys are adding to our problems in ds country...for christ sake what would it cost u to read!!!

His making sence now than before.

deleteme: Lazy generation!! In our own days, we can read this with ease and get satisfied. No wonder the stardard of education keeps nose - diving every day. The effect of social media. If its to upload 1000 nude pictures, u all will do it over and over again. I weep for this generation.

At least I don't have to read b00bs and a$$.


I get to see it.

klerry:

It beats me bro, each time there's a lenghty write up and people say they can't read it!
Is there any hope for this country? It calls for serious concern.

Simple. Because all these writings ain't gonna change shyt. People have been writing such articles for decades now but Nigeria is getting progressively worse so why waste my time on the same literary crap


Abeg someone open a thread about b00bs and yansh jare

This write up will surely affect the price of GARRi... Ribadu,nice one,keep it up!

Some punks shouting it's too long blah blah... Wait mek I summarice and beans for una...fooools!

chess guru: Honestly feel he made a lot of sense.
In defense to all my optically challenged friends above, its actually a bit harder to read off a screen than to read from a book, and nairaland fonts don't exactly help matters.
But in2 things caught my attention and he was right in both counts.
The fact that the average nigerian feels more patriotic to his tribe compared to his sense of pride for is country.
Also love the part where we d masses expect politicians to "drop something" before we vote for them and still open our mouths and complain latter.
A typical example is uduaghan of delta state. People say he he eating government money, but I say he is recouping his investment.
One can only wonder how many million he sprayed through out all d villages in delta when campaigning.
In summary....he is J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊S̤̥̈̊τ̲̣̣̥ saying that we should shove our arses of our laptops and iphones and do something about the nation we are complaining so much about.
We should stop a "them" against "us" mentality as this will most definitely lead to "them" wining
Stop all from of selfish and self interest groups and notion that don't have the interest of nigeria..I.e J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊S̤̥̈̊τ̲̣̣̥ the same way than when the super eagles win, that "NIGERIAN" pride supersedes any other form of tribal or regional feeling, so also we should carry that pride in all we do. Etc etc etc

thank god wou summerize it for me

While I agree that the post is quite lengthy, it is also pertinent to point out that this is one of the best write ups coming from Ribadu ....One Nigeria void of sectionalism and ethnicity.... the need to take our destiny into our hands in a peaceful and civilized manner. Unfortunately, most NLs have passed a verdict condemning it without first reading it just as Reuben Abati too displayed his HYPOCRISY and SYCOPHANCY and releasing his invectives against the person of the Author....a supposed Journalist for dat matter....Very unfortunate of Oga Reuben abati. .See wet in money de cause ooooo,...

romeo:

fok you and your one nigeria!! Lazy dirty people

i think it is that oyel that is woorrying you gys i blame those that didn't diversify.. dob u know almost 50 percent of money allocated to states goes to the oil producers? and they are still sufferin.its because bad leaders are every where. if you pack ur load(IF POSSIBLE SHA)that your oyel miney won't get to the masses, so i don't know what all the fuss is about

so since they sack this man for police, he neva get another job. no wonder he is writing all this dogo-turenchi.

Long post, but I read it...thanks to Text-to-Speech.

All the book them sabi na to sit ontop power forever. Enough of this grammar joo. If him sabi educate people make him go and lecture his fellow Mallams to leave Boko Haram and suppose one Naija so that our ship nogo sink. Hypocrit....

All the book them sabi na to sit ontop power forever. Enough of this grammar joo. If him sabi educate people make him go and lecture his fellow Mallams to leave Boko Haram and support one Naija so that our ship nogo sink. Hypocrit....

chess guru: Honestly feel he made a lot of sense.
In defense to all my optically challenged friends above, its actually a bit harder to read off a screen than to read from a book, and nairaland fonts don't exactly help matters.
But in2 things caught my attention and he was right in both counts.
The fact that the average nigerian feels more patriotic to his tribe compared to his sense of pride for is country.
Also love the part where we d masses expect politicians to "drop something" before we vote for them and still open our mouths and complain latter.
A typical example is uduaghan of delta state. People say he he eating government money, but I say he is recouping his investment.
One can only wonder how many million he sprayed through out all d villages in delta when campaigning.
In summary....he is J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊S̤̥̈̊τ̲̣̣̥ saying that we should shove our arses of our laptops and iphones and do something about the nation we are complaining so much about.
We should stop a "them" against "us" mentality as this will most definitely lead to "them" wining
Stop all from of selfish and self interest groups and notion that don't have the interest of nigeria..I.e J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊S̤̥̈̊τ̲̣̣̥ the same way than when the super eagles win, that "NIGERIAN" pride supersedes any other form of tribal or regional feeling, so also we should carry that pride in all we do. Etc etc etc

I really like your summary. On a serious note, is he trying to engage young minds on a revolutionary fight against the government? what does he mean when he said a decade later after military rule, there was a change in democracy ? Is he implying that when Obasanjo was ruling, there was no ethnic divide ? GTFH. I like his reminder, but he shouldn't be self centered because the current administration didn't offer him a position he won't refuse. Just saying!

in summary, ribadu thinks you and i should be actively involved in politics. shikena

Ribadu should expose the corruption of Tinubu first before asking us to vote for him.
I want to ask a question. If a man spend N10billion to become a governor, is that money invested or spent to better the society?

Nice speech, I continue to meet lots of young but shallow Nigerians everyday. Heavily blinded by ethnicity and religion . Cant reason beyond these two primordial sentiments. But the reason is not far fetched toooooooooooo lazy to seek knowledge. Always watching africa magic and channel O, plus supersports. Never bothering to know for a second whats happening in other parts of the world. Arguing Football as if their lives depended on it. No wonder Your politicians take you for granted. Wake up guys! Some one makes this much sense and all many can make out of this is " born to rule", how did obasanjo's govt help d yoruba man?How did yar aadua's govt turn Katsina into paradise, How has Gej's presidency provided housing for all bayelsans or provided the best maternity hospital in Yenogoa? Or finally how has ebele azikiwe's govt tranform the lives of his good people of south eastern Nigeria or sorry " Biafra". Wake up guys the ruling elite class dont send you, Its u guys that want to die for them for nothing they dont give a hoot! About u guys. They only care and take care of their friends, and this friends come from across the country. Ònly one thing binds them together looting the people's commonwealth and converting to the use of themselves, their imidiate family and their cronies. If you fall into any of those threeccategories then its ok to fight for your ethnic champions. Lets support those that can really birth change stop rubbishing Ribadu if what you have to offer is Gej. As for me and my household we shall always support the most competent candidates.

"Awon olodo omo", if na Tonto Dikeh, Omotola or D'Banj story, dem go fit read am with all the various murdering of English language. This is the edge the whites have over us, we are too lazy to READ! To hide something from a blackman, just put it in a book.
Summary ko, synopsis ni!