That Nigeria was once a great a country – It is common to hear Nigerian’s make statements like “our country will be great again”. This comment is quite delusional.
Nigeria, to the best of my knowledge has never been a great country. You may try to pass of some of our characteristics like population, ethnicity or the fact that we used to have groundnut pyramids in the past as greatness but reasonably, these things don’t make you great.
Examples of countries that were great are China and Argentina. They were both known to be highly prosperous countries in the past and unfortunately lost their prosperity as time went by.
Nigeria has never been known to be a prosperous country since its independence till date.

That Nigeria is a rich country: This is another unfounded untruth that is perpetuated by some ignorant Nigerians.
The “GDP per capita” is the standard used in measuring how rich a country is. Nigeria’s GDP per capita currently stands at 3000 dollars. This makes Nigeria a low income country and one of the poorest countries in the world.

That Nigeria is more developed than most countries in Africa: Some Nigerians who have never been beyond the boundaries of Lagos and Abuja would think there are fewer places in Africa that are better than these places (and Nigeria as a whole) in terms of infrastructure and economic development.
Recent ratings from the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness report shows that even in West Africa, certain countries like Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Cape Verde and Senegal all have better infrastructure ratings than Nigeria.
Honestly speaking, Nigerians have a myopic view as to what true socio-economic growth and development entails. Seeing private jets and luxurious cars as development while majority of the populace cannot afford beyond the basic necessities of life isn’t development.

That Nigeria would develop and be great:
Although we can’t predict the future, we can judge from history and the current state of affairs to project what the future would look like.
The possibility of Nigeria becoming great with its current structures, constitution and institutions is very slim.
The current socio-political and economic regime that perpetuates greed, rent-seeking, injustice and laziness will not get this country where is plans to be.
Until we begin to call for a structural and systemic change, Nigeria may not witness any progress in the long-run.

And most importantly, we pray to God to solve all our problems without working for them!!

Faith with no work is dead

Faith with no work is dead

for me agree and disagree

That Nigeria was once a great a country – Nigeria has never been a great country ever!

That Nigeria is a rich country - This is fact Nigeria is rich, in a lot of resources, the few resources harnessed only go to corrupt leaders & oyibo!

That Nigeria is more developed than most countries in Africa: - in some parts of the countries yes, others no!

That Nigeria would develop and be great: - very controversial but based on 101 years history, NO, IT WON'T!

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And most importantly, we pray to God to solve all our problems without working for it.

Thats an important one.

Op, you are just too very "on point" with your observations!

Additionally, Nigeria has about the "worst National Budgeting system" in the whole world!

A country that does not "appropriate" and "judiciously implement" at least 50% of her "national budget" on "capital projects/infrastructure/expenditure" would NEVER "develop"! Same with "state budgets"!

The above mentioned is not a "curse" but "simple logic"!

A country where "recurrent expenditure" takes a "larger portion" of the budget is NOT ready to be a "developed" system!

Good afternoon!

Sweetguy25:
That Nigeria was once a great a country – It is common to hear Nigerian’s make statements like “our country will be great again”. This comment is quite delusional.
Nigeria, to the best of my knowledge has never been a great country. You may try to pass of some of our characteristics like population, ethnicity or the fact that we used to have groundnut pyramids in the past as greatness but reasonably, these things don’t make you great.
Examples of countries that were great are China and Argentina. They were both known to be highly prosperous countries in the past and unfortunately lost their prosperity as time went by.
Nigeria has never been known to be a prosperous country since its independence till date.

That Nigeria is a rich country: This is another unfounded untruth that is perpetuated by some ignorant Nigerians.
The “GDP per capita” is the standard used in measuring how rich a country is. Nigeria’s GDP per capita currently stands at 3000 dollars. This makes Nigeria a low income country and one of the poorest countries in the world.

That Nigeria is more developed than most countries in Africa: Some Nigerians who have never been beyond the boundaries of Lagos and Abuja would think there are fewer places in Africa that are better than these places (and Nigeria as a whole) in terms of infrastructure and economic development.
Recent ratings from the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness report shows that even in West Africa, certain countries like Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Cape Verde and Senegal all have better infrastructure ratings than Nigeria.
Honestly speaking, Nigerians have a myopic view as to what true socio-economic growth and development entails. Seeing private jets and luxurious cars as development while majority of the populace cannot afford beyond the basic necessities of life isn’t development.

That Nigeria would develop and be great:
Although we can’t predict the future, we can judge from history and the current state of affairs to project what the future would look like.
The possibility of Nigeria becoming great with its current structures, constitution and institutions is very slim.
The current socio-political and economic regime that perpetuates greed, rent-seeking, injustice and laziness will not get this country where is plans to be.
Until we begin to call for a structural and systemic change, Nigeria may not witness any progress in the long-run.

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Bar man, abeg give this my guy one bottle of JD.

One of my friends who has never been outside Nigeria, like most of us, recently travelled out of Nigeria and the first word he uttered from there was "I dont think Nigeria will ever develop!", he said that because he saw orderliness and use of technology in a country that most Nigerians will perceive as corrupt and drug invested as a result of what teu have seeing and hear on news and movies!

For me it is the erroneous notion of One Nigeria and the imaginary great past. We are not one and was never great.

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I am guessing this is because of the Biafra Ish

That booohari is a messiah who's out to save Nigeria.

Ok

speedyGonzales:
for me agree and disagree
That Nigeria was once a great a country – Nigeria has never been a great country ever!
That Nigeria is a rich country - This is fact Nigeria is rich, in a lot of resources, the few resources harnessed only go to corrupt leaders & oyibo!
That Nigeria is more developed than most countries in Africa: - is some parts of the countries yes, others no!
That Nigeria would develop and be great: - very controversial but based on 101 years history, NO, IT WON't!

Ok

op abeg swerve jooorh...Nigeria is s rich country, when people make this statement they referring to the mineral deposits we have and I can bet you we are one of the most naturally endowed country only if we could efficiently use it.

And please I take God beg you, no use your bad mouth on our country, we believe, we have hope, we praying, we know it will soon happen Nigeria will be great one day...#longlive9ja #proudlynigerian

Last Bullet: This op sounds like one biafran.

kadas01:
Op, you are just too very "on point" with your observations!

Additionally, Nigeria has about the "worst National Budgeting system" in the whole world!

A country that does not "appropriate" and "judiciously implement" at least 50% of her "national budget" on "capital projects/infrastructure/expenditure" would NEVER "develop"! Same with "state budgets"!

The above mentioned is not a "curse" but "simple logic"!

A country where "recurrent expenditure" takes a "larger portion" of the budget is NOT ready to be a "developed" system!

Good afternoon!

We always fail to tell ourselves the truth and we never learn our lessons.

Op at least we are u17 World champions yet again that's greatness. U no like nigeria commit suicide asap

Small small we're beginning to tell ourselves. The day we acknowledge how deeply we've bn lying to ourselves as a country, that will be the beginning of a turnaround.

Nigeria has a date with the truth - Dearpreye

Abeg u guys should permit to laugh cos this thread is funny

Btw Op forgot to add Giant of Africa

So true

Thanks OP for your brutal honesty that should serve as a wake-up call if we are not all 200 million mumus.





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Weldone OP.

Nigeria has never been great or rich or anything.
We have been destroyed by the Northern Militia Rebels known as Nigerian army since independence.

There is nothing on the ground that suggests we were great.
No good airport, standard hospital, standard rail system, standard water transportation system.

As for being rich, what we have is not enough.. we import foods items.. So we are no where near being rich.

Rich is not what you have on the ground.. Rich is how you manage to use what you have to take people out of poverty.

gave up on diz country since 1914

Nigeria was not developed in d past and will never b rank as a develop nation because she lack d basics indices of development

Quite true

Nigeria is giant of africa for mouth. Angola develop very well

this is so true . . . Nostalgia and pride are _bitches.

On point

Nigeria is giant of africa for mouth. Angola developed very well we are backward