Vavavoom:

@Nayah, seriously which country will respect another whose leadership or lack of it continue to keep it in jeopardy? The acts of a few is rubbing bad on all of us - Enter Ibori, Alameseigha, Dariye and co. Know their UK stories? How many leaders within the period under consideration can you point to and say same thing about? It makes no sense that while a mjority of our people are in want we have a few people who connive with outsiders to squander our commonwealth living us in limbo.

dancewith:

Which south africa has laws? It is the same SA that is the crime capital of the world. Where a violation incident happens in every 10 minutes Spare us this useless rhetoric. I am sure it is backward people like you that will gladly be happy when SA immigration dehumanizes and insults your mother as long as you are stamped in. As for fake documents, SA immigration is as corrupt as their Nigerian counterpart. The issue here is not so much as fake documents but the motive. Since you are so dumb to comprehend what is going on, I suggest you approach a more intelligent Nigerian who can break it down for you, gently  

Vavavoom:

wow and you read all that garbage and responded? Take a chill pill man the issue ain't with Zuma, Iraqis and Amigos but Nigerians . No one is saying the South Africans couldn't have handle things differently but the question is why arm them with a reason to treat your people with disdain? Nigeria is not the only corrupt country in the world but it doesn't affect me if Saddam and co decides to sell off their country but what the Iboris and co do does affect me, kapish? Besides, it doesn't make corruption acceptable because other leaders loot their nations dry. People won't respect you if you don't first, respect yourself.

debosky:

Even as the crime capital of the world Nigerians are flocking there like refugees. Go figure.

Nigerians should obey the law FIRST and then protest legitimately. The issue of fake documents is too prevalent in Nigeria. That SA is 'as corrupt' doesn't mean that people with fake documents should be let in.

I've not seen one report YET that verifies that the Yellow Fever documents were indeed original/valid. All we're getting is blustering from some idiots in government.

klas:

On Tuesday, the health minister said SA should not demand for yellow card because Nigeria has been certified free of yellow fever. Is he aware that Nigerians need yellow card to go to neighboring Ghana? Most passengers of luxury buses buy this at the bus park yet they forgot that the manufacturer and batch no of vaccine on the centre page of the document is verifiable by the authorities.

The day the Ghana authority will use this to embarrass our citizens (in pursuance of hidden diplomatic interest),we will start shouting again.

For those salivating over possible take-over of south African business interest in case of break of diplomatic relation, pls wake up. It does not work like that. When Nigeria broke diplomatic relation with France and isreal in the sixties, their companies still continued in Nigeria. Even the diplomatic spat with britain that led to recall of high commissioners of both countries in 1976 and 1984 still left their economic interests intact.

dmainboss:

What are you on about? Is there any corruption free country in the world? How does that connect to how people are treated. You are still repeating the same garbage. India and China are about the most corrupt countries in the world. They are the ogas of 419 and Internet fraud. Have you seen anyone disrespecting their citizens? If you dont love yourself man, then you are doomed. Stop hating yourself! It sucks. Nigeria is in a bad condition but that does not mean we are animals and no one should treat us as such. This kind of mentality you lot show here is the kind that makes us worship even lebanese, Indians and Chinese people right here in our country. Illiterates who come here to become millionaires just because people like you worship them. Stop putting on our government and grow some balls. I have had to tell off several white guys before because I no send them. If they respect me, I will respect them. But if they think they are somewhat superior, I will put them in their place!

Vavavoom:

Good question. These are issues a well-informed and proifessional foreign affairs minster/ambsador should cover - bilaterally this should have been pointed clearly that Nigeria is Yellow Fever free! But we have chosen to give patronage to friends with no capaity for the job and whose only interest is in the office. Now is the time to ask what these ambasadors and foregin reps do instead of beating our chest as giant of nothing.

Any one with clearly understanding of diplomacy would question how a country certified free of yellow fever by a renown WHO didn't take proper steps/went to sleep >: on an issue that should have been enshrined in bilateral agreements. Yellow fever card is required from us in Ghana, oga minister oya over to you.

dmainboss:

What are you on about? Is there any corruption free country in the world? How does that connect to how people are treated. You are still repeating the same garbage. India and China are about the most corrupt countries in the world. They are the ogas of 419 and Internet fraud. Have you seen anyone disrespecting their citizens? If you dont love yourself man, then you are doomed. Stop hating yourself! It sucks. Nigeria is in a bad condition but that does not mean we are animals and no one should treat us as such. This kind of mentality you lot show here is the kind that makes us worship even lebanese, Indians and Chinese people right here in our country. Illiterates who come here to become millionaires just because people like you worship them. Stop putting on our government and grow some balls. I have had to tell off several white guys before because I no send them. If they respect me, I will respect them. But if they think they are somewhat superior, I will put them in their place!

kokoA:

First of all, I did not say all our problem is caused by our political class even though they contribute to well over 80% of it. Y[b]ou can not also say the good things hapening to the economy of S.A now is aa a result of the "hard work" of their citizenry. Good leadership always has a role to play in economic advancement.[/b] The issue here is very simple; Nigerians were maltreated in SA which is very wrong considering the contribution of our people to their economy (Which you so believe is "da boom"!). So we should just fold our hands and sit down here because we have challenges facing us which like you said "Is more important than this". If that is what you are implying then I pity for Nigeria

antartica:

Nigeria is a rogue state,no sane and functional country will have regards for her. A country where the leaders,past and present are above the law is a rogue state.

babaowo:

What people don't know is that if not for white men who choosed to stay and live in south africa which fast track their development, they are no match for Nigerians in any level,they will compare to liberia or seria leone.but the fault is Nigeria rulers.

dmainboss:

So have you seen any report that says they were actually fake in the first place? So it is now guilty until proven innocent abi? You are a CAPITAL i.di.ot!

Nayah:

Again this yellow card issue is too thin to explain the whole split , please you ask us to wake up about the bilateral relation but I'm asking you to wake up about the situation which hides something else

kael:

all of you unpatriotic lowlifes who think nigeria was wrong to retaliate and support the SA govt. read this and see wot south africans think of you.

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/03/08/stand-off-after-sa-deports-125-nigerians?filter=all_comments

debosky:

Are you illiterate? The South Africans' report said they were fake. I see you specialise in blowing hot air but little sense.

Vavavoom:

What is it that you know, what is this ''hidden something'' ? Perhaps you should reread my response, if we hadn't arm them with our half measure ways of doing things there would be conspiracy theory you seem to have up your head. Hiding our head in sand won't make it go away, now is the time to address our fundamentals squarely otherwise na Cotonnou, Niger, Sudan etc to treat our people with contempt.

Vavavoom:

[b]Nigerians feeling bad about the diplomatic row, I understand. But it isn't a time to blow hot air and beat one's chest about being a ghoustly giant - a gargantuan economic apparition . It pains me as well to be hassled across and to be looked at differently whenever I traveled, but the fault is not with the other man because of the way I have chosen to lay my bed. The sense I get is we mostly have come to the conclusion that we are ''SHARP" people instead of people who would do right by laying and following a right path. So, we feel akward when we go out and normal procedures and routine channels of communication are demanded. If someone calls you a name you detest the onus is on you to show him that you are not by ACTION not by comical utterances of supposedly unseen high achievements, we haven't shown by our management capacity or lack of it that we can run anything properly (see HITV, those of you clamouring to drive out DSTV ) yet we are first to beat our chest and self-acclaim like a red-necked iroko lizard! Let us begin to demand from within that those who have stolen and invested our commonwealth in this same SA that we row with return same loot to the coffers where they belong. Let them that are lost in self-importance in both houses of government begin to treat us the citizens not with contempt but honour and worth by abiding within principles that will project our outside self-worth. Make we think.[/b]

dmainboss:

^^^ Your very first error is to assume that these same euphoria scenarios you describe exist in these countries like SA. Have you ever asked an average South African what they think of their government? You will be shocked from the way I see it.