A few hours ago, I arrived in Dubai again.

And while walking through the airport, I started thinking again;

When will Nigeria eventually wake up?

When will we have a working system?

When are we going to start using common sense to put our country on the right path?

Then I remembered what one of my Uncles said.

One day, we were talking about Nigeria and one person said:

One day, Nigeria will become great.

He was furious.

My uncle got up and shouted:

"Which one day?

They have been saying one day since I was a child.

Till now, nothing is better.

Things have even gotten worse..."

And he kept ranting for the next 5 minutes or so.

I am like those people who believe in Nigeria too.

Even though many of them with common sense have relocated to the USA jejely or they have quietly collected a second passport just in case.

I still believe in Nigeria.

But it is now obvious to me that nothing gets done without initiative and action.

And right now, Nigeria has none of those.

Forget all those shouting "Not too young to run"

A 5 minutes chat with any of them will let you realize that we have a long way to go.

the restructuring news is now stale. thats why i dont believe in nigeria.

i only beleive in my state and home town. Since Lagos will always stand then we need to go our separate way.

lagos alone can stand as country

Any 'not too young to run' that goes into politics without godfather will waste his money and time. It should be 'not too young to hijack power'. I don't know how the young can run against old men that used violence to sieze power in their 20s and have amassed so much wealth

Think it this way, will an agbero that used violence to take over a garage,a 50-50 life and death situation, will truly encourage a democratic process to displace him and his associates

tommy589:
Any 'not too young to run' that goes into politics without godfather will waste his money and time. It should be 'not too young to hijack power'. I don't know how the young can run against old men that used violence to sieze power in their 20s and have amassed so much wealth

Think it this way, will an agbero that used violence to take over a garage,a 50-50 life and death situation, will truly encourage a democratic process to displace him and his associates

But we should try and keep the hope..

tollyboy5:
the restructuring news is now stale. thats why i dont believe in nigeria.

i only beleive in my state and home town. Since Lagos will always stand then we need to go our separate way.

lagos alone can stand as country

Do you even know what feeds Lagos...?
Do you even the politics behind Apapa ports...?
Do you know the effects of Lagos standing alone without its huge taxes.?
Do you know why total restructuring is like poison to some and food to others?
Do you know why secession is met not only with force but fear and hate?
Do you know what will happen to Lagos if other new country develop their ports?

Baawahala:

Do you even know what feeds Lagos...?
Do you even the politics behind Apapa ports...?
Do you know the effects of Lagos standing alone without its huge taxes.?
Do you know why total restruction is like poison to some and food to others?
Do you know what will happen to Lagos if other new country develop their ports?

Though I don't want Nigeria to divide and I know the existence of One Nigeria have really helped Lagos a lot, but if Nigeria divide, no state in Nigeria will catch-up and overtake Lagos, even in the next 200 years.

If Nigeria divide, the Ijaws and Efik/Ibibio/Annang seaports will be competing with Yoruba(Lagos) Seaports for customers.

Lagos state have been existing and surviving before the creation of Nigeria, it will keep on existing and surviving after the fall of Nigeria.

Or you can tell me how and why you feel Lagos state will start diminishing if Nigeria fall.

DubaiLandLord1:
Though I don't want Nigeria to divide and I know the existence of One Nigeria have really helped Lagos a lot, but if Nigeria divide, no state in Nigeria will catch-up and overtake Nigeria, even in the next 200 years.

If Nigeria divide, the Ijaws and Efik/Ibibio/Annang seaports will be competing with Yoruba(Lagos) Seaports for customers.

Lagos state have been existing and surviving before the creation of Nigeria, it will keep on existing and surviving after the fall of Nigeria.

Or you can tell me how and why you feel Lagos state will start diminishing if Nigeria fall.

DubaiLandLord1:
Though I don't want Nigeria to divide and I know the existence of One Nigeria have really helped Lagos a lot, but if Nigeria divide, no state in Nigeria will catch-up and overtake Nigeria, even in the next 200 years.

If Nigeria divide, the Ijaws and Efik/Ibibio/Annang seaports will be competing with Yoruba(Lagos) Seaports for customers.

Lagos state have been existing and surviving before the creation of Nigeria, it will keep on existing and surviving after the fall of Nigeria.

Or you can tell me how and why you feel Lagos state will start diminishing if Nigeria fall.

Nobody will go through the hussle of importing through the another country port when he can develop her own ports...

lol....saying no one can meet up Lagos level in 200 years is just mere bragging...
Imagine the Igbos import 70% of goods that go through Apapa,and it doesn't tell you anything?

I didn't say Lagos will start diminishing, but Lagos will lose its feeding bottle and its growth will only depend on the ingenuity of the people to manage minimal resources, if the sharks of corruption can be defeated.

DubaiLandLord1:
Though I don't want Nigeria to divide and I know the existence of One Nigeria have really helped Lagos a lot, but if Nigeria divide, no state in Nigeria will catch-up and overtake Nigeria, even in the next 200 years.

If Nigeria divide, the Ijaws and Efik/Ibibio/Annang seaports will be competing with Yoruba(Lagos) Seaports for customers.

Lagos state have been existing and surviving before the creation of Nigeria, it will keep on existing and surviving after the fall of Nigeria.

Or you can tell me how and why you feel Lagos state will start diminishing if Nigeria fall.

Their is no state in Nigeria ,with monthly federal allocation that can't impact meaningfully to their citizens if they have leadership with milk of human kindness in them
Let's not bring population increase as a defence. What these criminals collected as allocation alone btw 1999 to 2003 is over 2000% of what 19 state governors received btw 1979-83 and no tangible infrastructure to show for it unlike true governance we experienced then.
I don't blame those agitating for separation, but they should know it is going to be from frying pan to fire with the crop of leadership in each region. When we practice devolution of power to the grassroots through restructuring we can then agitate for separation

Baawahala:





Imagine the Igbos import 70% of goods that go through Apapa,and it doesn't tell you anything?

Please bring out your evidence