I can see some are still blaming the British for the state of affairs in Nigeria 50+ years after they left it to you. As I inferred earlier, we are a quarrelsome and ignorant people; and obstinately so. Please could you find out what the mission of the British were when they colonized 25% of the world? Please do a little research on the state of Hong-Kong which the British returned to China in 1997. Find out all the revenue that accrued to the colonial administration through the entire colonial period and find out how much has accrued to ''independent'' Nigeria since 1960.

Black man is still, in his innermost being, still rejecting human development at the pace the civilized world has set. We still want to be savages in the bush, farming subsistently and hunting animals.

For those of you in Lagos please do a facebook search for ''The Intellectual Society.'' Please join this very important self-help group and lets do something to improve our lot (sorry for the important digression)

Everyday I weep for this country. I have said severally that our worst tragedy was ''independence.'' IMO it is now that we are enslaved, not pre-1960. ''Independence'' was the copycat agenda of a tiny few who were doing it for their own gain. And boy, did they gain!

Sadly, today people still recite that they were our ''heroes.''

Let me tell you how strongly I feel about the prospects for this country: I left a well-paying job and all my property in a half-chance to go live abroad permanently, and my gamble failed. I had to come back and I have nothing in life now and I live with my parents at 39. I do not regret it one bit though I am seen as a cursed fool today.There is no place in Nigeria for a person of my intellectual disposition and I'm not the only one; many have succeeded in leaving and no longer identify themselves with Nigeria and that is still what I'll do given any future opportunity. Nigeria is a failed state inhabiting majorly savages.

I am a new member here and I can not help but feel sad for this country. The problem in this country is the populace; the people of Nigeria are bad people,ignorant, ungovernable, indisciplined, superstitious, with a very injurious traditional value system. You're very prepared to be blind to facts and lack the moral courage to change when you find a more superior argument. You'll rather argue on.

I've been trying to get support to start a movement to educate children and focus on their education up till secondary school but I've got no support. That is where hope lies in this country in 30yrs' time. The old people will have to live out their pathetic life and go.

I was brought up ti idolize Awolowo and hate Obasanjo. I have now educated myself enough to put things in perspective.

Go learn some moral courage and lose all your friends.