137. At 01:17am on 22 Apr 2010, Hetoma wrote:
It is interesting that this documentary has generated so many comments on this site and beyond.

Will Anderson has produced a programme that suits his purpose and I feel sure, he hopes will boost his career. The BBC decided to air a programme that suites their purpose. Whether or not their intentions were for the best interest of Nigeria is irrelevant. It is perhaps silly of us Nigerians to expect others to clean up our mess. We can not keep expecting others to show Naija in the best light to the rest of the world; we must do that ourselves.

It was upsetting to see yet another obscene programme about Naija. Like many have commented, I was watching the UK election debate by the leaders of the top 3 political parties when a friend called to remind me of this programme. I immediately changed the channel to find out who was invited to and being received in Lagos.

I was soon captivated by one of the characters - Joseph. The quality of his English grammar, philosophy, smiles and his general persona seemed at odds with his situation and the environment. I soon concluded that the guy must have had a good education or exposure of sort.

[b]Moreover, the more I watched the more I was drawn to Joseph. It gradually became apparent why I was so drawn to him. He had seemed uniquely familiar and the more I observed him the stronger I felt. Suddenly it dawned on me - it was Joe, my classmate at Ojota Secondary School, Lagos about 21 years ago. I quickly called another friend here in London who had attended the same secondary school. His thoughts were same as mine.

I struggled to sleep that night as I thought of Joe. He was a brilliant mate, sociable and funny. We nicknamed him “The Incredible Hulk” because of his raw physical strength. He also had fine drawing skills and did well in Fine Art. Joe always wore a smile and was ever so kind, gentle, friendly and always willing to help; a genuinely pleasant guy to be around. I have been thinking of Joe since I watched the programme. His lovely daughter took my breath away. No wonder her mother said she would support her in whatever she chooses to do.

May I call on all that may be interested (particularly the 2 contributors I noticed share my interest in Joseph) to join me and my friends in doing something for him? At present I have no direct contact with Joe but I intend to explore all means to reach him. It would be highly appreciated if the producer and the BBC can help in this regard, particularly by linking us up with Joe and collecting the money we raise and passing on to Joe. I feel sure he will excel if given the opportunity.
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As may have been noticed, I grew up in Lagos. Then I went to Uni in Benin, worked in Banking in Lagos before moving to London some years ago to continue my career. I haven’t been back for 4 years but for this purpose I intend to go back and meet with “The Incredible Hulk” after so many years.

Particularly, I intend to understand what happened to him after school and how our fortunes drifted so far away despite out similar backgrounds. It would be a pleasure to see his children get the best possible education to the best of their abilities.

In conclusion, can the BBC please present a balanced view of Nigeria and other developing countries in future programmes? Thank you.

Gamine:

From that BBC link, i saw this comment

Oh life!

Gamine:

From that BBC link, i saw this comment

Oh life!

[/quote]The reaction of many Nigerians irked by the greatest service a foreign media has done them by highlighting a sort of Nigeria many like myself never knew existed, reminds me something that happened during my secondary school days before the civil war broke out. I was a student then of the famous Bishop Shanahan College in the then old Orlu divisional province in the Eastern region.
We were told by our then principal (A white Priest) that the deputy premier of the region (Dr Ibiam) and other government officials will be visiting our school and few day to the visit, the Orlu provincial council chairman then breezed into our school asking that so many things be changed for the visit. Asking that unpaved tracks within the school should be covered and all sorts of cosmetic changes should be affected to impress out august visitor (Dr Ibiam).
But our white Priest Principal was furious and told him to go to hell. He said that it will be silly to make the school cosmetically look good beyond what it will normally look. That it will serve us better for the politician and his entourage to witness how we will look normally, so that he can address our needs instead of pretending to be alright or showing off a false image that doesn’t match with reality of our school everyday life.
And that is what we did, even though we cleaned up the school but we made no attempt to hide our short comings and you know what, when Dr Ibiam left, few months later, he commissioned that we get a brand new laboratory, a new dining hall, three new sets of football jerseys because he was shown our old ragged one and then demanded that all road leading into the school and all the dusty road inside the school to be tarred with immediate effect and within eight months after his visit we got all that. Unfortunately the whole thing was bombed down by the Nigerian air force during the war.
So in a country that means business and values progress, BBC should have been congratulated for showing the real Nigerians that live a life without the oil wealth. Those in government should have admitted that many years of neglect created these slums but they are doing something now about them gradually, probably ask the BBC to come back in a couple of years time to see the difference in the area or the individual characters featured on the programme. Instead you have the half baked morons of citizens and their corrupt elite rulers and good for nothing diplomats complaining on why the wrong people were shown instead the normal faces on the NTA networks. This programme has shown the world that an average Nigerian is peaceful, hardworking and not everybody does 419 and it’s not poverty per-say that drove the people into 419 but greed. But our useless Nigerians will not see the positive from the programme because they are not use to the truth. They preferred to be lied to instead.
Now you can see why every nation had the kind of leaders they got. The reason being the governed[quote]

Eziachi:

The reaction of many Nigerians irked by the greatest service a foreign media has done them by highlighting a sort of Nigeria many like myself never knew existed, reminds me something that happened during my secondary school days before the civil war broke out. I was a student then of the famous Bishop Shanahan College in the then old Orlu divisional province in the Eastern region.
We were told by our then principal (A white Priest) that the deputy premier of the region (Dr Ibiam) and other government officials will be visiting our school and few day to the visit, the Orlu provincial council chairman then breezed into our school asking that so many things be changed for the visit. Asking that unpaved tracks within the school should be covered and all sorts of cosmetic changes should be affected to impress out august visitor (Dr Ibiam).
But our white Priest Principal was furious and told him to go to hell. He said that it will be silly to make the school cosmetically look good beyond what it will normally look. That it will serve us better for the politician and his entourage to witness how we will look normally, so that he can address our needs instead of pretending to be alright or showing off a false image that doesn’t match with reality of our school everyday life.
And that is what we did, even though we cleaned up the school but we made no attempt to hide our short comings and you know what, when Dr Ibiam left, few months later, he commissioned that we get a brand new laboratory, a new dining hall, three new sets of football jerseys because he was shown our old ragged one and then demanded that all road leading into the school and all the dusty road inside the school to be tarred with immediate effect and within eight months after his visit we got all that. Unfortunately the whole thing was bombed down by the Nigerian air force during the war.
So in a country that means business and values progress, BBC should have been congratulated for showing the real Nigerians that live a life without the oil wealth. Those in government should have admitted that many years of neglect created these slums but they are doing something now about them gradually, probably ask the BBC to come back in a couple of years time to see the difference in the area or the individual characters featured on the programme. Instead you have the half baked morons of citizens and their corrupt elite rulers and good for nothing diplomats complaining on why the wrong people were shown instead the normal faces on the NTA networks. This programme has shown the world that an average Nigerian is peaceful, hardworking and not everybody does 419 and it’s not poverty per-say that drove the people into 419 but greed. But our useless Nigerians will not see the positive from the programme because they are not use to the truth. They preferred to be lied to instead.
Now you can see why every nation had the kind of leaders they got. The reason being the governed.

busybody20:

Episode 3 has started

Esther is a fumble babe jare

chic2pimp:

'May Be My Puss is not sweet enough. Hers has Honey,Sugar,. . . . . . . '

~Sauron~:

That was a classic quote. . . . .

Maybe my puss is not good enough, hers has honey, sugar and LEMONADE!!!!
FFS. . . . .She supports CHELSEA. So Chelski babes are this razz??

denzel2009:

Check out the midwife. . she don induce person! naija na comedy walahi!