Okija_juju:

Good Question.. Here is my Answer..

If I get into power.. Either as a Minister, Governor or President, My first point of duty would be to re-organize the Judiciary, Police (and all attached Law enforcement agencies) and then Build new minimum security prisons/correctional facilities..

The Judiciary would have to start handling cases fast and quickly.. The police would be trained by international professionals on non-lethal arrest techniques (and these big AK-47s would be taken from them and replaced with batons, Beretta pistols and stun guns..

THE Courts: People should be sentenced to jail or given an option of a fine & community service.. NIGERIANS need to know and fear the LAW first of all.. When we all know, respect and obey the law, then we can tackle any other problemin the country..

Kslib: Make money enough to open a big school for the talented kids/adults all over the country. I[b]n the school,everything will be taught in pidgin not oyinbo english. There will be no form of paper writing exam to gain admission into this school,all you have to do is convince us with your talent and you are in.. Each department will have a group of people with similar talent.[/b] Every single thing done in the school will be practical..
While their mates are in Uniben,Unilag,uniport and others cramming bunch of theories,and un-neccessary and un-useful stuffs,my students will be busy with their work and talent..
When a new invention/discovery is made,we can show-case it to the fedral government and if they approve,large-scale production shall begin,and trust me,with time our economy will be strong and local products will start dominating the market..
To cut the long story short,i just want to create a platform/enviroment that will enable our talented youths to show-case their talent and at the same time,improve many sectors of our economy.. Our youths are talented,and have what it takes to raise this country high,but they face many challenges/barriers like english language(many guys who are talented cant speak english,they only know how to speak pidgin or their local dialect. Tell me how these guys can use their talent to help a country that sees anyone who cant speak english as an inferior)theory without practical,un-friendly enviroment,lack of tools etc ..
I want to bring education to their comfort zone,and make them enjoy it a the same time,and give them a chance to raise this country.. Our educational system today is a joke. Someone who spent 5years studying computer engineering in the university and graduated with first class cant even replace common laptop screen or usb port... WTF
You studied petroleum engineeringand graduated with first class,but cant differentiate between petrol and kerosine abi na kerosene.. WTF
If we want to move forward,we need to stop decieving ourselves..
Let me end with this "PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD WERE BUSY PURSUING THEIR DREAMS AND PRACTICALIZING STUFFS THAT WILL YEILD RESULTS IN REAL LIFE,WHILE OTHERS WERE BUSY LIVING A LIE"

shizzle11: Call me a pessimist or whatever, but the question of improving Nigeria is much more than nurturing a plan in mind or writing it down on a sheet of paper. I bet most of us want an improved Nigeria but from my experiences as a Nigerian living in Nigeria, you'll agree with me that as long as we have more dubious and questionable people in positions of authority and political leadership than credible persons, then I'm afraid improving this country this country will continue to seem an impossible task.

As a law abiding citizen, paying my tax, advocate of anti-people policies etc, I'm doing my bit at improving Nigeria. I'm not lending credence to any political party. As far as I'm concerned they're are all thesame. In fact those who are seeking to control power at the national level will even be worse than the ruling party.

@ogugua, people do not say this country is doomed for nothing or as some refer to it as a pithole, it is because of what they have seen or heard and/or felt. It is okay to have ambitions or dream big, unfortunately Nigeria isn't a country that encourages positive dream rather it will scuttle your dream as soon as you conceive them, that's why not a few people have giving up on the country. Too many things are wrong with this country I tell you.

Waiting for the tantrums!

anonimi:

This is the MOST important thing to do NOW. That will grow people's consciousness of The Social Contract.
This is what I am doing through various platforms while helping as many as possible to get a good formal education and entrepreneurial/career success mentoring.
I hope to get involved in setting up a Vocational Training Centre later.

shizzle11: Call me a pessimist or whatever, but the question of improving Nigeria is much more than nurturing a plan in mind or writing it down on a sheet of paper. I bet most of us want an improved Nigeria but from my experiences as a Nigerian living in Nigeria, you'll agree with me that as long as we have more dubious and questionable people in positions of authority and political leadership than credible persons, then I'm afraid improving this country this country will continue to seem an impossible task.

As a law abiding citizen, paying my tax, advocate of anti-people policies etc, I'm doing my bit at improving Nigeria. I'm not lending credence to any political party. As far as I'm concerned they're are all thesame. In fact those who are seeking to control power at the national level will even be worse than the ruling party.

@ogugua, people do not say this country is doomed for nothing or as some refer to it as a pithole, it is because of what they have seen or heard and/or felt. It is okay to have ambitions or dream big, unfortunately Nigeria isn't a country that encourages positive dream rather it will scuttle your dream as soon as you conceive them, that's why not a few people have giving up on the country. Too many things are wrong with this country I tell you.

Waiting for the tantrums!

lagerwhenindoubt:

An unrepentant cynic.. but here he says a load of TRUTH here. no one disagrees, we are only saying that you cannot sit back and do nothing but complain. change can be slow but it is sure as long as you keep at it.

ba7man: Dude you're a pessimist. I have young friends that run sucessful biznesses nd what i've learnt from them is (1) They never gave up regardless of what their environment threw at them (2) They belived in what they were doing. I'm sure it wouldn't have happend for them if they thought like you.
Pls, don't be discouraged by people, who cares about the Bad Government and dishonest people?? All I care about is my target market, 160million people. If I can capture just 1 percent of that with a 10naira product......think big.

ogb5:

Lets assume you become the president, thats the highest position on the land, you said your first point of call will be to re-organise the judiciary, what happens if you are unable to achieve that, then all your other plans will fail since they are premised on the re-organization of the judiciary.

You will have difficulty re-organising the judiciary, The constitution recognises the tree arms of government to be independent, so you as an executive trying to reform the Judiciary, your efforts will simply be tagged as interferance. You will be taken to the supreme court and stopped at the supreme court from interfering. What will you do next.

InvertedHammer: What can I do to help Nigeria?

So many things indeed! Try catching a falling knife? Try swimming against ocean current?
I can write 100+ pages exposition on it. Will it be feasible? NO!!!

TO stop a moving object, you need force to redirect its energy.
No solution is applicable to Nigeria without FORCE.

IBB, OBJ, Danjuma,Anenih, etc. are tough/godfathers because FORCE has not been applied to them.

All these quasi-tough men we have today were chicken during Abacha era....my friend that's the nature
of FORCE. To help Nigeria, we need to figure out the appropriate amount of FORCE to change her course.

F =ma, Force is equal to (the masses)x (accelaration into action). /*pardon me scientists*/

yuzedo: Re-orientate the masses on the difference between "am" and "i'm"..

It might seem trivial, but it is a crusade i'm very serious about! I can quote 10 posters here that made that have mistake, all of them undergraduates and overgraduates o!

ba7man: Its quite sad a lot of people will avoid this thread. If it was about ethnic bashing, it would have gotten up to 20 pages by now. Thumbs up to everyone that at least opened it to read or dropped a point here.

Okija_juju:

Good Question.. Here is my Answer..

If I get into power.. Either as a Minister, Governor or President, My first point of duty would be to re-organize the Judiciary, Police (and all attached Law enforcement agencies) and then Build new minimum security prisons/correctional facilities..

The Judiciary would have to start handling cases fast and quickly.. The police would be trained by international professionals on non-lethal arrest techniques (and these big AK-47s would be taken from them and replaced with batons, Beretta pistols and stun guns..

THE Courts: People should be sentenced to jail or given an option of a fine & community service.. NIGERIANS need to know and fear the LAW first of all.. When we all know, respect and obey the law, then we can tackle any other problemin the country..