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The biggest country in Africa that the United
Kingdom colonised is Nigeria. The biggest
country that the United Kingdom colonised in
Asia is India (which then comprised the pres
ent Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into
Nigeria and India, like
all other countries they colonised, they brought
along their technology, religion (Christianity),
and culture: names, dressing, food, and
language, among others. Try as hard as the
British did, India rejected the British religion, names,
dressing, food, and even language, but
they did not reject the British technology.
Today, 80.5 per cent of Indians are Hindus;
13.4 per cent Muslims; 2.3 per cent Christians;
1.9 per cent Sikhs; 0.8 per cent Buddhists,
among others. Hindi is the official language of the
government of India, but English is used
extensively in business and administration and
has the status of a “subsidiary official
language.” Interestingly, it is rare to find an
Indian with an English name or dressed in suit. On the
other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large
extent, the British religion, British culture –
names, dressing, foods, and language – but,
ironically, rejected the British technology. The
difference between the Nigerian and the Indian
experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage,
Nigeria takes little pride in its own
heritage, a situation that has affected the
nationalism of Nigerians and our development
as a nation. Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs
had
brought Islam into Nigeria through the North.
Islam also wiped away much of the culture of
Northern Nigeria. Today, the North has only
Sharia courts but no Customary courts. So from
the North to the South of Nigeria, the Western World
and the Eastern World have shaped our
lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or
all of our identity. Long after the Whites and Arabs left
Nigeria,
Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the
extent that Nigerians now set up branches of
their home-grown churches in Europe, the
Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just
like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians
now take the gospel back to the
Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to
the extent that if there is a blasphemous
comment against Islam in Denmark or the US,
even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi
Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there
will be loss of lives and destruction of
property in Nigeria. If the United Arab Emirates,
a country with 75 per cent Muslims, is erecting
the tallest building in the world and encouraging
the world to come and invest in its territory by
providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram
ensures that the economy of the North (and by
extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs
and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to
Boko Haram’s brand of Islam. We are indeed a
very religious people. Meanwhile, as we are building
the biggest
churches and mosques, the Indians, South
Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans
have taken over our key markets: telecoms,
satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas,
automobile, aviation, and hospitality industries among
others. Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we
are
a people with little godliness, a people without
scruples. It is rare to do business with a
Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother,
sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja
without the person laying landmines of bribes and
deception on your path. We call it PR,
facilitation fee, processing fee, transport money,
financial engineering, deal, or whatever. But if it
does not change hands, no show. And when it
is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.” Some
people assume that sleaze is a problem of public
functionaries, but the private sector seems to
be worse than the public sector these days. One would
have assumed that the more
churches and mosques that spring up in every
nook and cranny of Nigeria, the higher the
morals in our society. But it is not so. The
situation is that the more religious we get, the
baser we become. Our land never knew the type of
bloodshed experienced from religious
extremists, political desperadoes, ritual killers,
armed robbers, kidnappers, internet scammers,
university cultists, and lynch mobs. Life has
become so cheap and brutish that everyday
seems to be a bonanza. We import petrol even when
we have crude oil
in abundance. We also import rice and beans
that our land can produce in abundance. We
even import toothpicks that primary school
children can produce with little or no effort. Yet,
we drive the best of cars and live in the best of edifices,
visit the best places in the world for
holidays and use the most expensive electronic
and telecoms gadgets. It is now a sign of
poverty for a Nigerian to ride a saloon car. Four-
wheel drive vehicles are the in thing. Even
government officials, who were known to use only
Peugeot products as official cars as a sign
of modesty, have upgraded to Toyota Prado as
official vehicle without any iota of shame, in a
country where about 70 per cent live below
poverty line. Private jets have become as
common as cars. A nation that imports toothpicks and
pins flaunts wealth and wallows
in ostentation at a time its children are trooping
to Ghana, South Africa and the UK for
university education and its sick people are
running to India for treatment. India produces
automobile and exports it to the
world. India’s medical care is second to none,
with even Americans and Europeans travelling
to the country for medical treatment. India has
joined the nuclear powers nations. India has
launched a successful mission to the moon. Yet
bicycles and tricycles are common sights in
India. But in Nigeria, only the wretched of the
earth ride bicycles. I have intentionally chosen to
compare Nigeria
with India rather than China, South Korea,
Brazil, Malaysia, or Singapore, because of the
similarities between India and Nigeria. But
these countries were not as promising as
Nigeria at the time of our independence. Some would
say that our undoing is our size:
the 2012 United Nations estimate puts Nigeria’s
population at 166,000 million, while India has a
population of 1.2 billion. Some would blame it
on the multiplicity of ethnic groups: we have
250 ethnic groups, India has more than 2,000. Some
would hang it on the diversity in religion:
we have two major religions — Christianity and
Islam; but India has many. Some would say it
is because we are young as an independent
nation: we have 52 years of independence;
India has 65 years. Apartheid ended in South Africa
only in 1994. I am a Christian, and nothing can change
me
from Christianity. But I think that our country
is daily sinking into religiosity to the detriment
of godliness. Our land is sick and needs healing.
“If my people who are called by my name will
humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked ways, then I
will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin
and heal their land” is still a saying that is
germane to our current situation. We need
more godliness than religion; more work and
less of hope; and more action and less of words. Let
everyone tidy up his or her corner first and
demand fervently that our leaders tidy their
areas of governance. Our nation is degenerating
at a fast pace and we need to save it now or it
may be too late. via PUNCH ======================
http://www.punchng.com/opinion/nigeria-
exports-religion-india-exports-cars/



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You expect me to me read this Trash!!!!

Waow.

Abu Mikey]You expect to me read this Trash!!!!


Wit dis sentence above u dnt need to read more..tanx

Well stated,while the elites will continue to use the religious institutions to manipulate the system for their selfish gains.

Can somebody quantify the foreign exchange earned by Nigeria through Christian Religion Tourism and Tithes from all round the world flowing into Nigeria.

The bottom line is that an average Nigerian (minus the NE/NW) is far better than an average Indian economically, educationally, socially and otherwise.

Two Nigerians do not share a bottle of soft drink but six Indians do.

Nigeria takes little pride in its own heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation.
Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria.

To know what is good or bad you must know that any belief system that does not promote you, your own culture, your own race and your own physical appearance in a positive manner has to be revised.

@OP

No group of people can formulate into a nation without identity. Nigeria does not have identity.

king cobra: Abu Mikey]Wit dis sentence above u dnt need to read more..tanx

Poor brain with IQ of just 1-digit,Try berra Next time!

DerideGull: @OP

No group of people can formulate into a nation without identity. Nigeria does not have identity.

So, in what contex are u referring to Nigeria as a nation without identity?
If nigeria does not have identity, then what do youu say about india, cos it seems we have lots in common, just that they were in worse situation that us but now they are amongs the world nuclear powers when 9ja aint even dreaming of getting there soonest...

Horus:

To know what is good or bad you must know that any belief system that does not promote you, your own culture, your own race and your own physical appearance in a positive manner has to be revised.

That makes me to believe the indian as of then, were smatter than the nigerian, they were'nt gullible, so they never sold their souls and that of their generations yet unborn for their immediate gratification. Unlike nigerians!

Ngwakwe: The bottom line is that an average Nigerian (minus the NE/NW) is far better than an average Indian economically, educationally, socially and otherwise.

Two Nigerians do not share a bottle of soft drink but six Indians do.

And how did u come about this hypothesis?

Op, you have spoken well. Like you rightly said, we shared many things in common ranging from population, religion and ethnic diversity but strickingly, they seems to have moved ahead with respect to dev. The answer to our challenges is not far fetch, it simply lies with leadership and their unquenchable taste for power. When you have d right ppl to saddle d affairs of this great country without political affiliation; great thinkers, idealist, upright, competent, God loving and God fearing, detribalize, ppl that have d interest of d masses at heart, die heart leaders and passionate for d country, i bet you, Nigeria will get back on track. The break down of law and order, corruption, wickedness, division are not caused by religion or ethnic diff, but has been hijacked and maniptlated by politician for selfish ambition. Some might blame d North for some of d crises that bedeviled d nation due to their peachant for violence cos of their religious adhearance, while that is true, it is not exclusive to them alone because up front in d south south, east and west, there are incessant cases of arm robbery and kidnerpping. Unfortunately some of they perpetrators are ppl sponsored by politicians during their elections. The social ills can be over turn or corrected by us d eletorate base on d decision we make to vote d right person. Ethnic sentiment will not take us anywhere. Like indian, we must strive for good leadership irrespective of party or tribe.

the truth is,while we sit down with folded hands pouring blame on the government for every thing that happens in this country,the youths in other countries of the world are busy using their youthful vigour and intellect to better their course.
we nigerians are people who are satisfied with their current situation whether good or bad,hence our poor attitude to technology.
Almost a greater percentage of nigerian youths dream of working in offices upon graduation, nobody wants to go to the farm,nobody wants to think,nobody wants to spend time to do anything worth doing,
it is almost embarrassing when a supposedly great country like nigeria is something of a parody in the eyes of other nations.
the truth is,since we are not good in production,we are good in consumption.
inspite of all this,I have a strong feeling that nigeria will get there someday,it will only take time,courage and determination.

nsekzy: the truth is,while we sit down with folded hands pouring blame on the government for every thing that happens in this country,the youths in other countries of the world are busy using their youthful vigour and intellect to better their course.
we nigerians are people who are satisfied with their current situation whether good or bad,hence our poor attitude to technology.
Almost a greater percentage of nigerian youths dream of working in offices upon graduation, nobody wants to go to the farm,nobody wants to think,nobody wants to spend time to do anything worth doing,
it is almost embarrassing when a supposedly great country like nigeria is something of a parody in the eyes of other nations.
the truth is,since we are not good in production,we are good in consumption.
inspite of all this,I have a strong feeling that nigeria will get there someday,it will only take time,courage and determination.

How firm do u think a building will stand when the very foundation of same building is faulty
Only by miracle can the destiny of this nation by changed.
We have been producing same corrupt leaders since independence till date, these are leaders i tagged 'witches' cos all the ever do is feed on the destinies and future of their own people, even generations yet unborn.
Now, here we still are as a nation blessed with all kind of resources one can think about, you think if we were indians, we would have survived to this extent
I'm beginning to believe this nation is a failed state cos of the kind of leaders we keep producing, it simply speaks volume of the mentality of the average Nigerian.

nigeria core problem is one nigeria.