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It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Afonja2000: 10:03pm On Apr 16
India, the world's largest democracy, starts its elections. Narendra Modi has the highest approval rating of any world leader, so he is guaranteed reelection. For that reason, I went looking for the ruling party's manifesto. The Bharatiya Janata Party started off this document of promises by rolling out its achievements. Here are a few:

- From fragile 5 to being one of the top 5 economies
- Constructing 28 km of national highways every day
- Constructing 14.5 km of railway lines every day
- Expanded metro services to 20+ cities
- Achieved 100% electrification
- Achieved the fastest 5G rollout in the world with the most affordable data prices
- Became the first country in the world to land successfully near the South Pole of the moon
- Increased paid maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks
- Enabled the creation of the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem
- Zero major terror attacks in any city since 2014

These are the kind of stuff you call achievements, not APC telling us about TraderMoni and school feeding programmes...
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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Afonja2000: 10:06pm On Apr 16
Just imagine the achievements

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by MrBrownJay1(m): 10:17pm On Apr 16
if mediocrity is only what you got to celebrate, then let it be so.... but what is wrong is when yeye country try to compare themselves with other countries that have better economy/politics/infrastructure/citizen etc

thats like comparing a donkey with a crocodile.

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by ValarDoharis: 10:26pm On Apr 16
You said absolutely nothing.

What is your point?
MrBrownJay1:
if mediocrity is only what you got to celebrate, then let it be so.... but what is wrong is when yeye country try to compare themselves with other countries that have better economy/politics/infrastructure/citizen etc

thats like comparing a donkey with a crocodile.

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by jazzman7711: 10:28pm On Apr 16
Afonja2000:
India, the world's largest democracy, starts its elections. Narendra Modi has the highest approval rating of any world leader, so he is guaranteed reelection. For that reason, I went looking for the ruling party's manifesto. The Bharatiya Janata Party started off this document of promises by rolling out its achievements. Here are a few:

- From fragile 5 to being one of the top 5 economies
- Constructing 28 km of national highways every day
- Constructing 14.5 km of railway lines every day
- Expanded metro services to 20+ cities
- Achieved 100% electrification
- Achieved the fastest 5G rollout in the world with the most affordable data prices
- Became the first country in the world to land successfully near the South Pole of the moon
- Increased paid maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks


- Enabled the creation of the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem
- Zero major terror attacks in any city since 2014

These are the kind of stuff you call achievements, not APC telling us about TraderMoni and school feeding programmes...
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Ridiculous comparison.

India's population is higher than ALL AFRICA.

India has 1.4 billion people.

Africa has 1.2 billion people.

You should compare INDIA with AFRICA, not with Nigeria.

When you compare India with Africa, those indices are a LOT closer.

This is ridiculous.

India's annual budget is AT LEAST 400 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

Nigeria's is roughly 40 billion dollars.

What is the point of your education when simple common sense eludes you?

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by MrBrownJay1(m): 10:31pm On Apr 16
ValarDoharis:
You said absolutely nothing.
What is your point?

comparing Nigeria with India is not only foolish, its ABSURD!!!!!

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by slimfit1(m): 11:00pm On Apr 16
You make sense but these your people can't see sense in what you are saying. People with begging mentality and lazy in every sense don't need common sense.

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Justnation: 11:07pm On Apr 16
jazzman7711:


Ridiculous comparison.

India's population is higher than ALL AFRICA.

India has 1.4 billion people.

Africa has 1.2 billion people.

You should compare INDIA with AFRICA, not with Nigeria.

When you compare India with Africa, those indices are a LOT closer.

This is ridiculous.

India's annual budget is AT LEAST 400 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

Nigeria's is roughly 40 billion dollars.

What is the point of your education when simple common sense eludes you?



What is wrong in comparing India with Nigeria?,
If India with such massive population can take care of their citizens and still achieve infrastructural growth and Nigeria can neither provide the least welfare of her fewer population not to talk of infrastructure even with the huge amount of income we earned and you are here justifying and celebrating such mediocre leadership it is unfortunate.

No matter the population, size of territory or income, what is important is the percentage achievement, that matters a lot.
We should put aside religious, ethnic and tribal considerations and Tell our leaders the simple truth

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by EKONGKING: 11:12pm On Apr 16
India is the fastest growing major economy in world at 8.4 in last quarter , Check out all stats from world bank to IMF.

What Modi achieved is truly remarkable in short span of 10 years , India has lot more to go as it will be third largest economy of the world in 2 years .

Lets hope Nigeria will be truly great ,by following on footsteps of two Asian giants ,Instead of blindly following western countries .

Iam based in India for past 15 years and i can witness the transformation going on .

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by jazzman7711: 11:16pm On Apr 16
Justnation:



What is wrong in comparing India with Nigeria?,
If India with such massive population can take care of their citizens and still achieve infrastructural growth and Nigeria can neither provide the least welfare of her fewer population not to talk of infrastructure even with the huge amount of income we earned and you are here justifying and celebrating such mediocre leadership it is unfortunate.

No matter the population, size of territory or income, what is important is the percentage achievement, that matters a lot.
We should put aside religious, ethnic and tribal considerations and Tell our leaders the simple truth

India ''taking care of her citizens'':

Mumbai Slums





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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Jostoman: 11:21pm On Apr 16
jazzman7711:


Ridiculous comparison.

India's population is higher than ALL AFRICA.

India has 1.4 billion people.

Africa has 1.2 billion people.

You should compare INDIA with AFRICA, not with Nigeria.

When you compare India with Africa, those indices are a LOT closer.

This is ridiculous.

India's annual budget is AT LEAST 400 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

Nigeria's is roughly 40 billion dollars.

What is the point of your education when simple common sense eludes you?

i have been looking for this type of comment since, if someone compare nigeria with a country that is doing well in Africa you people will still say those country are not up to lagos in population but see your comment now when they compare nigeria with india.

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by MrBrownJay1(m): 11:24pm On Apr 16
some people sadly dont value themselves (unless through the comparison of what others have achieved) ...

here is a simple clue: if Nigeria TODAY is better than it was 5 yrs ago, then let Nigerians celebrate that, regardless of where Ghana/India or England are today. these countries aint Nigeria and will never be, so stop comparing Nigeria with them.

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by jazzman7711: 11:26pm On Apr 16
Jostoman:
i have been looking for this type of comment since, if someone compare nigeria with a that is doing well for his country in Africa you people will still say those country are not up to lagos but see your comment now when they compare nigeria with india.

But I just showed you the REAL INDIA PICTURES ^^^^^ outside those statistics thrown up by their politicians implying they are now heaven! grin

Those statistics the OP reeled out... if you mention them to an average Indian, he will SLAP YOU.

INDIAN TRAINS

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by EKONGKING: 11:32pm On Apr 16
jazzman7711:


But I just showed you the REAL INDIA PICTURES ^^^^^ outside those statistics thrown up by their politicians implying they are now heaven! grin

Thats a defeatist argument , Show the pictures of IT hubs and modern Infrastructure .Any western idiots will show the Makoko slum and says this is Nigeria and Lagos as a whole .

India is never a heaven ,but they are getting something right .

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by jazzman7711: 11:36pm On Apr 16
EKONGKING:


Thats a defeatist argument , Show the pictures of IT hubs and modern Infrastructure .Any western idiots will show the Makoko slum and says this is Nigeria and Lagos as a whole .

India is never a heaven ,but they are getting something right .

Ahhhh...You want to see modern India, but you hate to see modern Nigeria, only dwelling on the negative.

WHEN WE SAY YOU PEOPLE ARE CURSED, YOU WILL BE ARGUING.
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by EKONGKING: 11:46pm On Apr 16
jazzman7711:


Ahhhh...You want to see modern India, but you hate to see modern Nigeria, only dwelling on the negative.

WHEN WE SAY YOU PEOLE ARE CURSED, YOU WLL BE ARGUING.


Who are we , I support Tinubu and absolutely have hated Buhari for his misgovernance ,

Transformation of Nigeria is a absolutely necessary , it sucks when a country like India is achieving much , while our own is a big laggard .

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by jazzman7711: 11:51pm On Apr 16
EKONGKING:


Who are we , I support Tinubu and absolutely have hated Buhari for his misgovernance ,

Transformation of Nigeria is a absolutely necessary , it sucks when a country like India is achieving much , while our own is a big laggard .

SHUT UP THERE.

Indians queuing up for VISA to JAPA from India

Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by EKONGKING: 12:00am On Apr 17
jazzman7711:


SHUT UP THERE.

Indians queuing up for VISA to JAPA from India



If u want to wallow yourself with ignorance , nobody will stop you .

Post urself to Ignorance .

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by jazzman7711: 12:09am On Apr 17
EKONGKING:



If u want to wallow yourself with ignorance , nobody will stop you .

Post urself to Ignorance .

Hungry Indians Queue For Visa To Go and Work in wartorn GAZA and ISRAEL

Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by ValarDoharis: 1:27am On Apr 17
Why not? Historically, we were at the same level once upon a time. Infact, they were the poverty capital before we overtook them so tell us why not
MrBrownJay1:


comparing Nigeria with India is not only foolish, its ABSURD!!!!!

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by rinzaugustine: 2:47am On Apr 17
We need to start with something as common as electing our own leaders through free and fair elections and not thieves imposing themselves on the people through electoral robbery …britain destroyed the foundation of Nigeria by joining animals and human beings in same country . Animals can never think of progress except bitterness and jealousy at people progressing because their shallow brains can never process how to move from one economic level to another except through begging and stealing ingrained in their mindsets already and you expect Nigeria to grow? Like Nigeria britain also joined India and Pakistan as one country but they kept holding India back from progress until India cut them off. Today look where India is and where Pakistan is..day and night difference. If India was still with Pakistan, the level they are today they wouldn’t reach it even in the next 200 years
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by jazzman7711: 2:49am On Apr 17
ValarDoharis:
Why not? Historically, we were at the same level once upon a time. Infact, they were the poverty capital before we overtook them so tell us why not

SHUT UP THERE.

''India ‘overtakes’ Nigeria as world’s poverty capital''.

https://www.thecable.ng/india-overtakes-nigeria-as-worlds-poverty-capital/

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Raskimonojendor: 2:50am On Apr 17
Justnation:



What is wrong in comparing India with Nigeria?,
If India with such massive population can take care of their citizens and still achieve infrastructural growth and Nigeria can neither provide the least welfare of her fewer population not to talk of infrastructure even with the huge amount of income we earned and you are here justifying and celebrating such mediocre leadership it is unfortunate.

No matter the population, size of territory or income, what is important is the percentage achievement, that matters a lot.
We should put aside religious, ethnic and tribal considerations and Tell our leaders the simple truth
Even India has not put religion, ethnic and tribal caste system aside.

India is not a country we should be comparing Nigeria to.

India is the No. 1 country in the world for open defecation, with over 344 million people without regular access to toilets in the country, according to 2017 statistics from the World Health Organization and UNICEF.

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Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Brenbentondiaz: 4:29am On Apr 17
Afonja2000:
India, the world's largest democracy, starts its elections. Narendra Modi has the highest approval rating of any world leader, so he is guaranteed reelection. For that reason, I went looking for the ruling party's manifesto. The Bharatiya Janata Party started off this document of promises by rolling out its achievements. Here are a few:

- From fragile 5 to being one of the top 5 economies
- Constructing 28 km of national highways every day
- Constructing 14.5 km of railway lines every day
- Expanded metro services to 20+ cities
- Achieved 100% electrification
- Achieved the fastest 5G rollout in the world with the most affordable data prices
- Became the first country in the world to land successfully near the South Pole of the moon
- Increased paid maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks
- Enabled the creation of the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem
- Zero major terror attacks in any city since 2014

These are the kind of stuff you call achievements, not APC telling us about TraderMoni and school feeding programmes...
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Or Peter Obi telling us about about saving Anambala money...
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Brenbentondiaz: 4:31am On Apr 17
jazzman7711:


Ridiculous comparison.

India's population is higher than ALL AFRICA.

India has 1.4 billion people.

Africa has 1.2 billion people.

You should compare INDIA with AFRICA, not with Nigeria.

When you compare India with Africa, those indices are a LOT closer.

This is ridiculous.

India's annual budget is AT LEAST 400 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

Nigeria's is roughly 40 billion dollars.

What is the point of your education when simple common sense eludes you?


Education? In a 2 by 2 shop?
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Iamanoited: 4:38am On Apr 17
EVEN OUR SO CALLED STANDARD ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DAFDAC, NSO,, PROFESSORS ETCETERA ETCETERA ARE MEDIOCRE AND CORRUPT.
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Iamanoited: 4:46am On Apr 17
NIGERIA IS NONSENSICAL, CORRUPT AND MEDIOCRE.
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by poiu44: 4:47am On Apr 17
Look
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Iamanoited: 4:53am On Apr 17
NIGERIA IS NONSENSICAL, CORRUPT AND MEDIOCRE.

NO LAW ENFORCEMENT REGIME IS EFFECTIVE IN NIGERIA.

IN THE FACE OF NUMEROUS LAWS IN OUR STATUTES, SHARIA DISTABILIZES THEM.
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by Iamanoited: 5:06am On Apr 17
We achieve GOALS EITHER BY DOMINATION OR BY COMPROMISE WHICH ARE MEDIOCRE. NOTHING IS ACHIEVED BY LEGAL INTEGRATION.
OUR. POLICE, ARMY, EXECUTIVE, JUDICIARY LEGISLATIVE ARE MEDIOCRE.
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by plumcomm: 5:15am On Apr 17
What they only know is to compare and complain,they will never do anything that will add value,government must do everything like their fathers feeding them.
Re: It Is Time We Nigerians Stop Celebrating Mediocrity by MrBrownJay1(m): 5:51am On Apr 17
ValarDoharis:
Why not? Historically, we were at the same level once upon a time. Infact, they were the poverty capital before we overtook them so tell us why not

A) Nigeria was NEVER at the same level with India... stop fooling yourself. did Nigeria ever have an economy comparable to India? infrastructures/railway system or healthcare to be compared to India's own? can you even compare how modern the best city in India is compared to the best city in Nigeria?
B) you wanna compare Nigeria that is still ruled (like puppets) by the west til today, with countries that have been freed from their colonizers for close to 80yrs?!
C) india has nuclear weapon and developed its own chemical weapon to defend itself against foreign invaders... that makes India ONE OF A KIND country in this world that gets the respect they deserve. any country who doesnt have the means to defend itself against foreign invaders, cannot/shouldnt compare itself with other great nations of this world with nuclear weaponry. India is an emerging superpower and it would be an insult to even compare it with Nigeria!
D) India has the 2nd LARGEST army in the world, and a top 5 STRONGEST army in the world... Nigeria was never ever even top 30
E) India is part of BRIC for a reason, Nigeria is NOT part of BRIC for that exact same reason. stop comparing a child that was just born (Nigeria) with a teenager (India)...in this world where 1st world nations are considered "adults"
F) lets not even talk about India's IT sector, Space sector (they just landed an spacecraft on the moon), textile industry etc... no wonder India is ranked top 5 biggest economy in the world well before France, the UK, Canada etc...

comparing Nigeria with India, is like comparing a mouse with an elephant... they were NEVER on the same level!

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