Nairalandler's please I need your sincere contribution to this question. Why is Nigeria not developing as a nation compare to other nations of the world. Why is Nigeria retrogressing instead of progressing. Apart from Lagos and Abuja. What happen to other states in Nigeria why are they not developing just like Lagos. In 10s,20,50 years time what will be of Nigeria in terms of development.
Short story when I was young may be 10 to 13 years. In my community there is this water board that helps to run clean drinking water all over the community, but today there is nothing like that anymore. I have heard of groundnut pyramid in the north, cotton and some big industries in the North were are they today. All the northerners have rush down to Lagos to do all those jobs like okada riding, security and others menial jobs. In the south we have the cocoa, Rubber plantations, Palm oil plantations and some big industries in each of the state in the south. But today were are they. Those are the big employers of labour. Instead what do have. Our young men are into all types fraud and our girls doing prostitution. And those that had chance to travel out in search of greener pastures could not make it to their destinations. Some are subjected to an inhumane condition. In my early childhood I hear of big cities like binin,warri escravos, Zaria Kano Port Harcourt Onitsha Enugu Ibadan Abeokuta and Aba that are doing well. But today what really happened. Why are those cities dead.
In fact will I going to see a better Nigeria before I die.

There cannot be progress in a country populated by the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo these people have no glory or greatness.

They can't do anything on their own except helped by whites.

For Nigeria to progress the minority tribes or whites will have to consistently rule it

OP thinks it's the US... LMAO!

Nothing is wrong with Nigeria, it is we Nigerians that we need to check ourselves and start doing the right thing. We all have the syndrome of me, myself and myself.

If majority of us can do away with greediness that we call smartness within a year the positive result we will see will be marvellous.

Recently, a friend of mine in the food industry told me something. He said a local government chairman contacted one of his customers " A big supplier " and said they will pay so so amount into his account to supply so so amount of grains,the supplier agreed. Later in the day, the chairman called him that if they pay 100 naira into his account, he should only supply grains of 18 naira so the remaining 82 naira should be return back to him in a special account he will provide.

The supplier declined and ask the chairman to go and look for another supplier for his shady deals.
Funny thing is that this chairman is part of the new chairman Tinubu fought for their autonomy for... Now tell me what do you think such person will be doing with money when it start coming monthly.

I am surprised our media is not covering the mess in our health sector especially in the government owns general hospitals. The doctors there are so wicked that they will deliberate ask you to go for same test like three or four times and they will still be saying we have not seeing what we are looking for.
If you mistakenly go to other lab and not the one the doctor ask you to go, you just dash the lab the money because the result will not be accepted.

Same doctors will steal every drugs the government, NGO and big pharmaceutical companies donated for accident victims " emergency cases " and pack everything to their private hospitals and same person will come out tomorrow to blame others.

Answer for another day

Was Nigeria ever great.

Greatness and development start in the mind of a person. It's mental thing.

The way an average Nigerian reasons, I'm afraid the answer to your question is no. At least for the foreseeable future.

Secondly, Nigeria and its system is like a house built on sandy foundation that is dilapidating gradually. Until it's completely dilapidated (revolution or in whatever way that happens) for a new one to be built on solid foundation (rock), only then we can begin to see development and greatness

chiiraq802:
Was Nigeria ever great.

Please ask him o

Maybe giant in tribalism and religious bigotry

You see adults electing illiterates head on and you wanna be giant ??

There is no developed black nation. It is not just Nigeria. Black people have something wrong that is hampering her development; either culturally or genetically.
It will likely take us double what it took the whites and Asians to develop. So when you hear that it took Europe 200 years to get there, just prepare for 400 years for black world to get there.

madridguy:
Nothing is wrong with Nigeria, it is we Nigerians that we need to check ourselves and start doing the right thing. We all have the syndrome of me, myself and myself.

If majority of us can do away with greediness that we call smartness within a year the positive result we will see will be marvellous.

Recently, a friend of mine in the food industry told me something. He said a local government chairman contacted one of his customers " A big supplier " and said they will pay so so amount into his account to supply so so amount of grains,the supplier agreed. Later in the day, the chairman called him that if they pay 100 naira into his account, he should only supply grains of 18 naira so the remaining 82 naira should be return back to him in a special account he will provide.

The supplier declined and ask the chairman to go and look for another supplier for his shady deals.
Funny thing is that this chairman is part of the new chairman Tinubu fought for their autonomy for... Now tell me what do you think such person will be doing with money when it start coming monthly.

I am surprised our media is not covering the mess in our health sector especially in the government owns general hospitals. The doctors there are so wicked that they will deliberate ask you to go for same test like three or four times and they will still be saying we have not seeing what we are looking for.
If you mistakenly go to other lab and not the one the doctor ask you to go, you just dash the lab the money because the result will not be accepted.

Same doctors will steal every drugs the government, NGO and big pharmaceutical companies donated for accident victims " emergency cases " and pack everything to their private hospitals and same person will come out tomorrow to blame others.

And you keep supporting a man like Tinubu who is behaving exactly like the local goverent chairman you are accusing because of tribal affiliation...

Not all Nigerians are bad, it is partly people like you that have kept Nigeria the way it is...

babasolution:
There cannot be progress in a country populated by the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo these people have no glory or greatness.

They can't do anything on their own except helped by whites.

For Nigeria to progress the minority tribes or whites will have to consistently rule it

I will disagree on the minority tribes to rule. Have you lived with minority tribes. Those tribes are the worst in Nigeria. Yes i am from the minority tribes but I will boldly say let the major tribes rule. All those communal crisis like fighting for ownership of land and allocation of big projects where do you think it always comes from. In my state in the neighboring community that my community share boundary with. Crude oil was found on their land and an oil company was built there. Could you imagine the indigenes of that community did not allow others communities surrounding them to work in that company. But their chiefs were selling out slot to other states indigenes. The fight between Ijaw and Itsekiri what do you think is the cause of the fight. Okay look at topolo and asari tokubo that where fighting the Government for the development of Niger Delta states. Today after
Achieving their selfish desires, with the billions they have acquired what are their impact on their communities where they come from.

Letdemsay02:
I will disagree on the minority tribes to rule. Have you lived with minority tribes. Those tribes are the worst in Nigeria. Yes i am from the minority tribes but I will boldly say let the major tribes rule. All those communal crisis like fighting for ownership of land and allocation of big projects where do you think it always comes from. In my state in the neighboring community that my community share boundary with. Crude oil was found on their land and an oil company was built there. Could you imagine the indigenes of that community did not allow others communities surrounding them to work in that company. But their chiefs were selling out slot to other states indigenes. The fight between Ijaw and Itsekiri what do you think is the cause of the fight. Okay look at topolo and asari tokubo that where fighting the Government for the development of Niger Delta states. Today after
Achieving their selfish desires, with the billions they have acquired what are their impact on their communities where they come from.

The best times Nigeria as had were under minority rulers,general Gowon and Jonathan, despite their shortcomings

EmeeNaka:
There is no developed black nation. It is not just Nigeria. Black people have something wrong that is hampering her development; either culturally or genetically.
It will likely take us double what it took the whites and Asians to develop. So when you hear that it took Europe 200 years to get there, just prepare for 400 years for black world to get there.

True. But why can't there be an evolution that will change everything about the black man for good. Atlest we were told the first human evolved from the black race and also civilization started from the black race.

babasolution:


The best times Nigeria as had were under minority rulers,general Gowon and Jonathan, despite their shortcomings

okay. But I still stand on my ground those tribes can't rule among themselves.

chiiraq802:
Was Nigeria ever great.

Atleast Nigeria where better off then compare to now.

Letdemsay02:
okay. But I still stand on my ground those tribes can't rule among themselves.

Not all minorities are like the ijaw,itsekiri, those ones particularly have the attitude of the majority tribes

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Was Nigeria EVER great?

Nigerians are not a group of people that works for greatness.
The leaders in this country are a perfect reflection of majority of the people.
The leaders see politics as a quick means of making money, that's how the masses see it not as a means to serve or develop your home but to Ioot and go abroad, that's how the masses see it, the fact that the masses complain doesn't mean they are different, it's because they are the ones being affected by the negative attitude of those who got there before them.
Nigeria as a country can't be great until the average Nigerian understands that building a successful society is their responsibility.
Nigerians are always fond of saying "I don't owe anyone anything", not until Nigerians understand that you owe your society alot, greatness will never come, in 20 to 30 years time people who are not in politics today will get into politics and the country will be worse than it is already.

JagabanB:
Nigerians are not a group of people that works for greatness.
The leaders in this country are a perfect reflection of majority of the people.
The leaders see politics as a quick means of making money, that's how the masses see it not as a means to serve or develop your home but to Ioot and go abroad, that's how the masses see it, the fact that the masses complain doesn't mean they are different, it's because they are the ones being affected by the negative attitude of those who got there before them.
Nigeria as a country can't be great until the average Nigerian understands that building a successful society is their responsibility.
Nigerians are always fond of saying "I don't owe anyone anything", not until Nigerians understand that you owe your society alot, greatness will never come, in 20 to 30 years time people who are not in politics today will get into politics and the country will be worse than it is already.

Very true. I just like your contribution. There is something that is fundamentally wrong with some Nigerians sorry to use this words. Even I myself is not excepted. So what could be the problem,is it ignorance, illiteracy or lack of proper foundation in the society.

EmeeNaka:
There is no developed black nation. It is not just Nigeria. Black people have something wrong that is hampering her development; either culturally or genetically.
It will likely take us double what it took the whites and Asians to develop. So when you hear that it took Europe 200 years to get there, just prepare for 400 years for black world to get there.

boss, i tire

Letdemsay02:
Very true. I just like your contribution. There is something that is fundamentally wrong with some Nigerians sorry to use this words. Even I myself is not excepted. So what could be the problem,is it ignorance, illiteracy or lack of proper foundation in the society.

The other day I was following the women's game at the Olympics and Nigeria was playing Spain, Nigerians in the comments were replying one another with "una think say una fit play Spain"?
"Una team no good at all" etc, they are removing themselves from being part of the team because it's Iosing, the women's basketball team is succeeding now, everyone's is claiming to be part of it, let's say they fail against the USA in their next game and the "una" rhetorics will come out again.
We as Nigerians should understand that we should love and cherish our home, even if u are agitating for a different country, your home is definitely going to be part of that country, love your home, cherish it, defend it, contribute to it's growth.
Nigerians don't want to contribute to the growth of something.
Our league is struggling today because Nigerians don't want to build, the league is coming up gradually now, at this rate, it will come to a point where every Nigerian will start claiming it because it has started gaining success, someone up the comments was talking about how Nigerians are all about themselves, life is not about just us, how much we make, how much we succeed and about our family, it's about our society, how much do we contribute to our society, to the individuals in it, a successful country is a collection of successful individuals, contribute to people's success, that's how we will transform our society.

JagabanB:

The other day I was following the women's game at the Olympics and Nigeria was playing Spain, Nigerians in the comments were replying one another with "una think say una fit play Spain"?
"Una team no good at all" etc, they are removing themselves from being part of the team because it's Iosing, the women's basketball team is succeeding now, everyone's is claiming to be part of it, let's say they fail against the USA in their next game and the "una" rhetorics will come out again.
We as Nigerians should understand that we should love and cherish our home, even if u are agitating for a different country, your home is definitely going to be part of that country, love your home, cherish it, defend it, contribute to it's growth.
Nigerians don't want to contribute to the growth of something.
Our league is struggling today because Nigerians don't want to build, the league is coming up gradually now, at this rate, it will come to a point where every Nigerian will start claiming it because it has started gaining success, someone up the comments was talking about how Nigerians are all about themselves, life is not about just us, how much we make, how much we succeed and about our family, it's about our society, how much do we contribute to our society, to the individuals in it, a successful country is a collection of successful individuals, contribute to people's success, that's how we will transform our society.

hmmm

Yes we can... and we will...

Letdemsay02:
Very true. I just like your contribution. There is something that is fundamentally wrong with some Nigerians sorry to use this words. Even I myself is not excepted. So what could be the problem,is it ignorance, illiteracy or lack of proper foundation in the society.

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Solution to Nigeria problem is very simple. It will work better if regions are grouped together according to similarities in their culture, language or ideology of life.
Go to Europe and even some Asian countries, they are doing well because they share same similar way of life.
The situation in the country presently is that people treat the country as "I don't care attitude" since they have nothing to lose.
Money is being directed to the centre and from there it's shared across the country.
So when someone gets free money they will misuse it. Nothing concern them with the negative effect of oil exploration.
Finally, a lot of people are just wicked bigots especially in nairaland. These are same people that will eventually take up leadership positions in the country. And one will be expecting something different?

No



Was it ever great before?