Is Nigeria a nation of idiots?
Is Nigeria a kingdom of wasted opportunities?

St. Augustine of Africa wrote: "What is a state without justice but a band of robbers!

well this article was written by a journalist, it's rather long but interesting perspective on the nature of government in Nigeria.  I am waiting to hear some of the positive and negative criticism this post will generate.
please try and read the article before commenting. 


http://www.independentngonline.com/news/92/ARTICLE/14292/2006-11-01.html

I'm not an idiot so Nigeria is not a nation of idiots.
we should try and post more positive topics.

I see your "love" for IBB.

Common baby girl, that article has more people on there, abeg IBB son is in this forum too, and he already hates my belly, na you talk am, no be me

why you dey fear

the topic of the link is IBB and his illusions.

Why I no go fear madam, you know say SERGENT ROGER is a free man in Nigeria now, abeg I nova ready to die, seriously, that article focus on some intresting aspect of Nigerian perceptions of our leaders, not just IBB to say.

but that dont mean Nigeria is a nation of idiots

boo you reading out of context here, that was a figure of speech by the journalist I guess. his point was we must be blind to continue to support this hooligans I call them. Trust me I am a Nigerian to the fullest and as far as i know, you and i are no idiots. second point is Nigeria a land of wasted opportunities?

why  you no go fear. ugo raise this kin yeye topic. na u and ur papa nad mama and wife and family, na una be nation of idiots.

this thread is completely idiotic    it is this kind of post that put me off nairaland for 2 months
i dunno why seun allows a set of sub-cerebral characters to benefit from this comtemporary technological advantage called the internet.  
such idiotic threads should go straight to the thrash  
useless topic  
nonsense

see this is exactly what I am talking about only fools like O-B-J I reiterate O-B-J will read the caption and start opening their basket mouth and yabbing blah blah blan, gay did you read the article? if you want vex why no go jump over mainland bridge and end your misery and save me the time of responding to your bamboozle shitty brain. If you can read and digest wehat the article was stating you can call the journalist if you no like wetting the man dey talk.

and u with a sub human brain why did u take whatever article it is to nairaland, making it an issue and thereby glorifying the idiotic article if not the fact that u are probably idiotic

eh?

nonsense

why is this fool still talking? I thought I muted your basket mouth? people will show their true color by the words coming out of their mouth, since you can't seems to understand what a freedom of speech and association meas gay OBJ let me break it down for you. well it will be pointless talking or explaining it to you cause you nothing but a freaking brick wall, so pay attention to the ballot paper abeg before dem rig am bloodclot

IDIOT

I HAVE NO TIME FOR U

NONSENSE

I BLAME UR PARENTS FOR NOT TRAINING U WELL. U DONT KNOW UR MATE.

IDIOT

NONSENSE

Funny after looking at your picture you are absolutely correct i don't associates with monkeys shut for brains like you. TYPICAL NIGERIAN SLAVE MENTALITY QUOTE

O-B-J:

IDIOT


I BLAME UR PARENTS FOR NOT TRAINING U WELL. U DONT KNOW UR MATE.

IDIOT

NONSENSE

So because you are older than me that means I have no opinion?
because you older than me I don't have new ideas and innovations to change the country?
Because you are older than me I should shut up and listen to you speak right?

my sister in monkey dress i have one answer for you, this is the modern era we use plane to fly now and information travel faster than lightening. BAMBOOZLE

wassup in dis forum------- why d dissin-------and the topic does not mean that evry tom,dick and and harry is an idiot -----it is just a figure of speech-----it is just a bitter way of illustratin that the leaders we've bin votin for are doing us no good and yet they r still in power
i think

THANK YOU KUDOS. and that was why I said please read the article before you make a comment, but obviously my monkey sister mis the road

who voted?

Oh Yes, Nigeria is a nation of idiots. A nation of people under a collective spell who would accept nonsense and think they do not have a choice. It is only in a nation like this that someone like IBB would be bold enough to say he wants to contest and he would score high in a tv's opinion poll. Nigeria is really a nation of idiots

hahahaaaaaaa they don wound me ooooooooooo! all the governors in nigeria in the past and comin 2007 are white in their brain which makes them bloody idots idots for real my friend! any objection you tell me. but as for my soldiers like ribadu and co we will surely get there! no time to waiste

PEOPLE Please stop aggravating me and getting me Ban, I'm back, i get ban every time i retaliate, I go die O

donmayor your reasons are still not good enough to classify Nigeria as a nation of idiots. what is the populationg of people pool? what class was the survey focused on? local farmers or the educated elites? I must disagree with you on your notion.

There was no survey. It's just what I see. Look at Ibadan, how would an illiterate hold a state to ransom and he has supporters. Look at Anambra and u hear of Chris Uba the godfather. Look at Lagos and u see Tinubu licensing touts and it's all acceptable to Nigerians.Like a post said the nation of idiots is sort of a figure of speech and it's in dat context i'm using it.Nigerians are acting blindly.

Intresting analogy.

My guy i love reading your post men belive me you are right. Nigeria is a nation full of any Government in power suporters (AGIP). they support blindly and refuse to acknowledge the truth just for some few naira. Imagine how can some one like adedibu hold a state to ransome, Tony anenni hold edo state to ransome.

And yet these folks are going about freely and people are singing praises to them after the misery they are making people to go through.

Odeku for once i think you deserve an award for bringing these thread up. and for those of you who dont understand please read the link. he is not insulting nigerians at lrage oh.

it's people like you who are idiots.
a nation with people like soyinka, achebe, okonji-iweala, rotimi williams, etc, a nation of ekwuemes, and of course my humble self, O-B-J, U think we are idiots?

the problem is the system. the system has been corrupted for decades. but my administration is doing my best.
period.

nigeria is still not a nation full of idiots.
Instead of to saying positive things. we complain about the bad.

nilla, Ill come back to you, OBJ I hate to trade words with you you display no character of elite or educated person at all, can you even read without insulting other patron? well one man said it already ANIMAL IN HUMAN SKIN. so please let intelligent people focus on the point here

In paradox boo Nilla Just like Bushfello state why are we still praising and singing the name of all this old politicians? is it because of illiteracy that is widely spread in the local government? we can ignore the facts money speaks and BS walk, look at the prime example.

The police arrested and interrogated Senator Omisore over the murder of Chief Bola Ige. While that was on, there were spurious rulings from the court that handicapped the force. And suddenly, PDP said the man standing trial was the only one capable to be senator, and Omisore was elected senator and that killed the case. Technically, whom do you blame? Is it the police, PDP government or the court?

IN a civilized country this kind of out come is unprecedented.

i dont know whether we are civilized yet
If we are people will stop thinking of today and think of tomorrow.

nothwithstanding Nigerians arent idiots, its just more than half of them are corrupt.

nilla i disagree you have to think of today and think of tomorrow, you have to have vision or we will be in the same location . think of the IT, internet boom, technology and other inventions are changing the world. this are all due to people thinking and taking actions. As much as I hate some of the policies in Nigeria we can complain all we want, but not until you and I enlighten other people to think and take action, we will be slave and Idiots to all this criminal OLD POLITICIANS.

Odeku:

not until you and I enlighten other people to think and take action, we will be slave and Idiots to all this criminal OLD POLITICIANS.

ok no more disagreement _{that does not mean i agree with you. just we have agreed to disagree ok}

what i know is I aint no idiot to no politician. neither am i a slave.

OK, I no say you no be slave and no be idiot my minister of technology and infrastructure design. but I will be curious to know the population of illiteracy in Nigeria and we can actually say the dominant figure preside over issues.

i dont think illiteracy and idiocy are one and the same thing

True but some one who can not read or write can only differentiate with color and sign all the look rosy looks good to them, its easy for a criminal politician to convince a novice will you agree. Just Like in Kansas now are do you see how Jim Talent the Republican is bashing the MAKASKWE just all for one reason, POWER. people in Kansas are not buying that slogan any more cause they can read and think for themselves especially with the IRAQ slogan WEAPON OF MASS DISTRUCTION? and where is it. well let me get back to the point.