My job tends to take me to the Northern parts of Nigeria quite a bit and the things I observe there have prompted me to throw this challenge to any Northerner in this forum (there are bound to be one or two). I’m sorry to say this but there seems to be abhorrence to hard work in the North. I see several able bodied men that just seem to lull around throughout the day doing exactly God knows what. When we are working on a road site we usually have as many as twenty or more men that just come round, sit down and watch us for hours! Furthermore there are the little boys ages between like 6 to 12, Alemajeres I think they are called. These boys are actually just pushed onto the streets with bowls and survive off the food given to them by others. They hang around food joints and wait for whatever left overs they can get from customers. I mean what the heck is that! What exactly is the message that is supposed to pass on to the kids, that you don’t have to work as long as there is someone richer than you to give you hand outs?

What about education? How many people in the North are actually trying to get a decent education? How many are trying to become doctors, engineers, nurses, bankers, etc. The Northerners seem to look down on western education. That’s very funny considering the fact that the money Nigeria makes from oil is facilitated by the hard work professionals put in on oil rigs and a whole load of other professional staff that support the core oil staff. Where exactly is the North’s contribution to the growth of this nation? Is the North simply consuming the Nations resources with no plans to contribute now or in the future?

Northerners in this forum please look at this topic as an educational one for non-Northerners. Can you please explain to us the plans the North has to participate in the growth of this Nation of ours? I’m sure we will all be very grateful. Cheers.

Tasma

U are hereby arrested for administering a malicious and obnoxious thing

People that you say are not educated, you want them to read your post and look at it as an educational insight?


Anyway, I'd like you to tell me what part of the North exactly you've been to. When I say exactly, I mean exacctly.

Like I've stayed in Gwammaja Kano for about 6 years.

@Tasma,
The North is a widely diverse place. And last time I checked, there were several educational institutions in the North. Who were those studying there? Foreigners, ??

@Denex,
Thank you for asking him to be specific. While I will not deny that the thirst for Western education is greater in the South, than in the North. . . .I believe that one has to put the whole issue into proper perspective, with respect to each region within the North.

@tasma
i also stayed in oyo state and i can tell you that the level of education there is minus zero (they dont even speak english)

@Dranoel

You are also hereby charged with administering a malicious and obnoxious thing

i wonder why some people pick on the north on th slightest chance, looks more like jealousy

@Dranoel

You must be from the Solomon Islands then



Other wise where the heck have you been.

@topic,

While the requests for facts is welcome, I just can't figure out how anyone could compare anywhere in the south for that matter to what is available in the north. I worked a lot in the north as well, from Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi to Sokoto and I am of the same persuasion with Tasma.

I hope Tasma's submission is not based on prejudice, but I sure as well can relate with the postings.

Tasma is absolutely correct, and not to take credit away from the ones that are trying to better themselves, compare to other regions in Nigeria that I have been too. The bugger's we have in the North supersedes any other region in Nigeria, they might be coming from neighboring towns like Chad, Sudan and other impoverished nations.

complain,thats all you can do

DRANOEL (
go eat 404 and let intelligent people talk abeg.

you are so intelligent you allowed the north to use you and you are here talking trash

DRANOEL:

you are so intelligent you allowed the north to use you and you are here talking trash

Who said the North used me? this is why you don't let kids stay up pass their bed time story. they loose their reasoning faculty.

hardly you hear a northerner talking about a southerners lapses but the same cannot be said of the south,any neutral person would clearly note the souths obsession with the north,you talk about education as if everyone inth south is educated,about begging as if the south is filled with gold, you guys should wake up and move on cause before you realise it it's too late

Well, I cannot relate to Tasma's posting until he tells me what part of the North, he is referring to. There are several Colleges of Education in the North, as well as Polytechnics, State & Federal Universities etc. Last time I checked, a lot of them were populated by Northern students seeking an education. Now, if you look at areas like Minna, Lokoja, Zaria, Jos, Yola etc. you may not see this picture he painted. So that's why I said, he needs to tell us what part of the North, he drew his comparisons from .  

He also needs to tell us, if he tried to find out what made those able-bodied men decide to hang around, looking at him. Did he try to find out why?

Finally, in other parts of Nigeria especially Lagos, I have also seen people hanging around and looking at workers carrying out a project. If you are unlucky to encounter area boys while doing your job, ah omo, na another tory be dat!

CHALLENGE TO ALL SOUTHERNERS

why are you all so crooked?
why are you all criminal minded?
why sell your girls to italy?
why are those from the west so dumb and dirty?

@topic,

I shouldn't have contributed to this discussion in the first place. It appears that it is being turned into an arena for another tribal war.

I am outta here!

DRANOEL dude you are funny when you talk of DIRTY AND DUMB< the Northerners superseed anyone in Nigeria in that arena, look at the Fulani and the malam beggar's or your local traders. only time most people from the north think of shower is on holidays when they wearing new clothes, lol. boy get back to the topic and stop comparing south to the North. the difference is Crystal clear

@mammajamma

i supposed you have not heard the saying that yorubas eat in the same plate they deficate in,i for one can tell you how dirty yorubas are

DRANOEL:

@mammajamma

i supposed you have not heard the saying that yorubas eat in the same plate they deficate in,i for one can tell you how dirty yorubas are

Ol bob Dranoel you harsh o.

Normal court no go fit handle you.

Na Sharia court for you.

But which body part we go comot for administering a malisious and noxious thing.

@doyin13
the body part between my legs

@Topic

Recommendation for you: You need to first brush up and educate yourself before pointing finger at the northerners.

Do I need to express to you that thesame baseless point you're trying to make also goes on in other states, towns or villages in Nigeria?

Have you been to Ijebu Waterside before?
Have you been to Oshogbo before?
Have you been to Iberekodo before?
Have you been to Idanre before?
Have you been to Shaki before?
Have you been to Irogun before?
Have you been to Ifo before?
Have you been to Ipokia before?
Have you been to Ewekoro?
Have you been to Yakurr?
Have you been to Odukpani?
Have you been to Boki?
Have you been to Odigbo?
Have you been to Ose?
Have you been to Ifedore?

My man you need to slow down a bit and deeply think about things before posting rubbish.
It is absolutely unfair, unrealistic, uncivilized and irresponsible to debase folks from north just like that; Do you know that these same people have ruled and continue to rule this country?
If this is the case, then something must be wrong with Nigerians in general.

My point:
This is a problem that belongs to Nigeria; not northerners or southerners. This is a major problem that needs to be addressed by the federal government. (Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment and so on could be experienced everywhere in Nigeria) This is also called low standard of living; and it doesn't discriminate.

If we are serious about moving our nation forward effectively, efficiently and unitedly, there must not be any division under any circumstances.
We are one and connected directly/ indirectly. We must embrace each other and respect ourselves.

It should be one nation and one Nigeria; not Tasma and the northerners

fellow nairalanders, kudos to you all o
some people are just born mischief makers.
I'VE BEEN TO UMUOKO VILLAGE DELTA STATE, NO SCHOOL, NO CHURCH, NO MOSQUE.
does that mean there are no christian there?
does that means there are no muslim there?
does it implies that all of them are illitrate?

MY BRO, THINK BEFORE YOU POST PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

@Tasma

abi do you think because you're in the North a traders should become road constructors due to shame of appearing lulling around?


In fact, like laudate said, you are lucky that it was not area boys in Lagos or Delta that came upon you. By now you will still be paying "owo ile" or "deve". They will not lull around. They will come, harass, make demands and stop all work till they get what they want.

I suggest the next time you see those 20 men, buy "fura da nono" for them because you're in a constructor's heaven and you don't know it.


I wonder how somebody will not see garri to drink in the South, yet he will complain that in the North, some people don't have sugar to drink their garri.

NNA I WEAK O

People please dont turn this into another hate thread, those who feel offended should ignore the topic, while those who have meaningful contributions should post replies (not related to tribe/religion or sex).
@ first poster, i agree with laudate (which part of the north are you talking about/or have you been)

Hey,
U YORUBA /(western). any U HAUSA/FULANI(northern).
I won know. Na loot wey una won share, make una dey quareel who go get lion share?

If YORUBA man sey . Hausa/Fulani dey give naija only(Alemajiri, illiterates and looters)and dey no dey contribute nothing and think of shower only on holidays, when dem go put on new clothes.
Wetin that YORUBA MAN talk na 1OO% correct. But
If HAUSA/FULANI man sey , YORUBA dirty. That Hausa/Fulani pass him exam 1oo%.

Where is willy from, I'd like to know. And where does he live?

May be he is from the South-east or south-south.

@ Bandera
Willy Willy come from you and live in you

@ evergie
may be Willy Willy is from Evergie