SenecaTheYonger:
This is why I maintain that Nigeria cannot be fixed. Because even if you fix the government to be as fair and partial as Jesus was, you can't fix the average Nigerians mindset - it's meaningless to even try.

The only hope is to start from the kids to teach them to have strong morals, to have a concience, to be able to feel for other people as if they're an extension of themselves.

landmark86:
Still searching for Op points on this write up.
I totally disagree with you Op. Nigeria government are not trying at all. Many Nigerians are struggling and hustling day to day to make a living but our government policy are not helping the masses. It only favour tthemself.

Seenyo:
Bullcrap!...

If the head is rotten, the body is useless!

grossintel:
Apologies for any typo error. This is true to an extent but I do not completely agree. Case for assumption: two children raised in separate homes, one very rich, sends the kid to a good school, provides for him etc. The other rich but doesn't send the kid to a good school, provides little or nothing.

The first kid is very much likely to be kind to people, and not steal from people because usually the kid has no reason to.

SenecaTheYonger:


Buhari wasn't always president. He was once a normal soldier before he became a 'head'. So he was once a 'body before he became 'head'.

This saying doesnt apply here.

Seenyo:

If Nigeria is officially a lawless state, then I've got nobody to blame, but as long as there's a constituted authority, the bulk of the blame is on it's table...fact

IAmSkinny:
I might have to agree with the OP on this based on personal experience; one of which is the wicked and unjustifiable hike in transport fare last December and this January. I mean there has been no increase in fuel price or whatsoever, yet these wicked drivers inflate transport fare and worst still, stuff passengers like animals just in the bide to make quick money. Yet we have the nerve to scream government government when we are actually worst.

OruExpress:
And this goes for all governments including Buhari's.

Ask yourself why state workers are the only workers in Nigeria that at guaranteed minimum wage, benefits and vacation, while everyone else is not 100% sure they will be paid for years of work in the private sector. Unless of course they find a job with a foreign company in Nigeria, but at that point what is the differentiating factor other than working for a Nigerian. The rest of us, if we can find work, are subject to nepotism, rape, beatings, humiliation, degradation, insults, to the point that the average Nigerian is employed be someone who treats them worst than an enemy ever could.

This example is small. Buhari is wicked, incompetent, and lawless. But does this differ from the average pastor, iman, lecturer, police officer, husband or even parent? Anytime the greater bulk of Nigerians are given authority, the concentrate their energy on making others feel less than or trapped. At least Buhari is looking out for Fulani people all over West Africa. Who can the average wheelbarrow pusher tell you he's looking out for? What the little authority he has as a wheelbarrow pusher he will hit as many legs as possible, and argue with anyone that objects to the pain. He will damage people's clothes and frustrate them to that small but consistent extent that he can. If you give this person an army and oil budget, what will he do? The woman that beats and degrades her 'house girl' (slave) at every given chance... what will this person do if asked to tend an entire country of poor people?

As much as we want to blame the government for Nigeria's problems, the truth is we excel at creating pain and frustration for each other. Countless Nigerian homes are staffed with fathers who's income begins with their hand and ends with their stomach alone. Many parents cannot keep valuables in their house because their own children will steal it. Most pastors, when given a chance to speak will focus on creating animosity and paranoia from their followers. The hear more prophecies than all of the prophets combine, and declare and decree more than Jesus ever did. Go to a Nigerian church and all you will hear is 'binding' 'devil' 'fire' 'blood' 'destroy' 'rebuke' 'hate' 'steal your destiny' 'die, die, die'. Then after hearing this bloodthirsty sermon for four hours, a person will emerge from that church filled with the spirit of division and conflict, which he or she (usually she) will call 'the holy spirit'. Go to church anywhere else and you will walk out with new insights on life and a hopeful feeling. Go to Nigeria and someone has buried your destiny in the sand and must die. And don't let me start with the imams.

So what will it be? I cannot ask everyone to change Nigeria, and this is only a post on a forum so I don't expect to do miracles. But please, whatever authority you have in your personal life, and the authority you will soon gain, please be humane to the people around you. Whether you're the person with the wheelbarrow or the next president, live a life that makes life a blessing.

SenecaTheYonger:


Nigeria being a lawless state is just one of many problems

Seenyo:

The damn shithole I'll remain doomed until the right leader comes on board!
I voted the current dude in 2015 but he turned out to be a broad day light SCAM!

When the head is spot on, other things fall in place.

Most pastors, when given a chance to speak will focus on creating animosity and paranoia from their followers. They hear more prophecies than all of the prophets combined, and declare and decree more than Jesus ever did.

Go to a Nigerian church and all you will hear is 'binding' 'devil' 'fire' 'blood' 'destroy' 'rebuke' 'hate' 'steal your destiny' 'die, die, die'. Then after hearing this bloodthirsty sermon for four hours, a person will emerge from that church filled with the spirit of division and conflict, which he or she (usually she) will call 'the holy spirit'.

Go to church anywhere else and you will walk out with new insights on life and a hopeful feeling. Go to Nigeria and someone has buried your destiny in the sand and must die. And don't let me start with the imams.

SenecaTheYonger:


This simply isn't true. I know many children from rich homes that didn't turn out well.

Hell why are politician children as bad as their parent? They went to the best schools money can buy. How can u even say something like this? In fact I'm tired of typing.

F117nighthawk:


Of course it will be MUMU POST to those PEOPLE the Message HIT HARD ON, if you are sure you don't belong to those wicked souls that needs a change of heart u will surely see good sense from the write up

SenecaTheYonger:


That head usually comes from the body. -

Seenyo:

No! It usually comes from a #DECEPTIVE/USELESS body...
the moment that head comes from #CORRECT BODY, nig 'll NEVER BE THE SAME!

ayanbaba2:


thanks for this!

Nigerians are individual wicked, very wicked! Everyone is just hibernating that inbuilt wickedness, which is executed when the opportunity arises!

those drivers Are just a bit of what we can do when we "get the power"

Rosskii:
Very good points by the OP.

Country of government blamers. My favourite is ''we don't manufacture common toothpicks'', the implication being it's the govt's fault.

Pray, is it govt's job to build toothpick factories?

Or is it your job as a member of the private sector?

What stops you from starting a toothpick manufacturing business in your backyard, if you notice there's a gap in the market, leading to importation of same?

Much easier to blame Buhari, or blame ''Nigeria'', and sit on your fat asss.