Manty:
U are a dumb fellow, u qoted all d story just to write dis rubbish. How is it GEJs fault, people like u are those d writter was refering to cos u lack common sense

Justcash: I have come across several Nigerians that have complained about the way that they are being discriminated against by foreigners. They seem not to understand the reasons for this discrimination. Over the years, I have observed that the main reason for this trend is the way we present and talk about our country to foreigners. I will outline some examples to justify my point.

1: BOKO HARAM: The rise of Boko haram from a mere group of boy scouts to a full blown terrorist organization is Infact aided by the support and free propaganda executed by Nigerians. Boko haram is mainly concentrated in a small area of Nigeria, and they have been able to fight persistently. The rise in their morale is a result of the support that Nigerians unknowingly give to them through telling unconfirmed stories about their exploits.
These stories are grabbed by the international media and announced, thereby making Nigeria to look like a terror ravaged country. The consequence of this is that foreign countries become more wary of Nigerians, and take extra effort to check Nigerians that are going into their countries. Unfortunately, it is the same people that spread these news that suffer most from this.

2: EBOLA: Nigeria was Ebola free before Patrick Sawyer arrived with it. Few people that took care of him got infected before he died, and the LSG in collaboration with the FG struggled and contained the disease. Nigerians blew Ebola out of proportion. Some Nigerians kept spreading rumors about Ebola findings in states that were free of it. As expected, the fictitious news about how fast Ebola was spreading in the country was grabbed by the international news media, and it created panic in foreign countries. With less than 10 deaths from Ebola, Nigerians have been quarantined most at the entry points into foreign countries. This happened in HongKong, Singapore, Malaysia, US, UK etc. Of recent Nigeria was kicked out of the youth Olympics. This is the product of the way Nigerians self-destruct themselves.

3: NIGERIAN MILITARY:The Nigerian army was respected and seen as one of the strongest in the world. This is an outcome of the years of conflict resolution at home and foreign countries. Of recent, the rise of Boko Haram has created a new challenge for the Nigerian army. Unlike in conventional warfare across borders, the enemies are within and can easily blend into the civilian population without being noticed. It is actually a difficult conflict especially as the military will have to avoid killing innocent citizens.
Nigerians seem to lack understanding of this difficulty, so they keep taunting the Nigerian military. They write all sorts of anti-military texts, build propaganda to show that the military is weak and expose more of Nigeria's weakness to the world. As a result, Nigeria is seen as being very weak. The most recent effort is increasingly trying to show that the Camerounian Military is stronger than that of Nigeria. WILL IT SURPRISE ANYBODY IF CAMEROUN BECOMES GUTSY ENOUGH TO INVADE NIGERIA? We are hyping their military because they are dealing with a foreign (Nigerian) terrorist group that has barely penetrated their country. If the table was turned, and BOKO HARAM members were Camerounians, do you think It would have been difficult for the Nigerian military to contain? Like the EBOLA SAGA has shown, it is easier to contain a foreign menace.
Unfortunately, Nigeria is seen as a weak nation now, and every small nation can afford to damn Nigerians now.

4: FOOTBALL AGE ISSUE: The issue of football age has become a big problem in soccer. However, the way Nigerians trumpet about the cases involving Nigerians makes it to look as if Nigerians are the biggest age cheats in soccer. As soon as a Nigerian age grade team wins a major tournament, Nigerians take to the social media and start tainting the image of the teams by making unverified statements about the true age of the members of the teams. Unfortunately, these allegations, though mostly unverified, are noted by the members of the international community, and it reduces the respect that the teams have brought for the nation.
Recently, the Nigerian Falconets got to the final of the World Cup. Even though they didn't win, Nigerians have done the usual by going online and raising worrisome accusations against the patriots. They do this without realizing that they are shooting themselves on their feet. If foreign clubs had plans to grab them, these false age accusations may hinder their moves or reduce their values. Tomorrow, if the siblings of these critics are refused visa to play in a foreign country, they will blame the green passport forgetting that they are indirectly responsible for their misfortunes.

Nigerians must be careful about the way they speak and expose Nigeria. Nigeria is for Nigerians. If you kill her, you are killing yourselves. I BELIEVE THAT THE IMAGE OF NIGERIA WILL IMPROVE WHEN NIGERIANS STOP WASHING THEIR DIRTY UNDIES IN PUBLIC.

May God bless Nigeria and Nigerians

gatiano: what is black?

ModusOperandi: So Nigeria was perfect before GEJ right? Sorry, but you're not making any sense.

Why must we blame GEJ and the Federal Government for every little problem. Not every problem in this country is as a result of bad leadership, we Nigerians should also work on ourselves

ccollins: . What is good about the country. A country where leaders don't care about its citizens

Allohrandy: Nigerian image was destroyed by GEJ and his pdp members. our army which used to be the strongest in Africa are now bunch of lazy girls who run from boko haram due to bad leadership. we need a strong leader in Nigeria

oduastates: In my opinion ,that logic is twisted .
In order words ,we should all be singing kunbaya .
Next time you meet a foreigner(even better when it is abroad),press them about their Nigerian experience.if you press them enough ,they will tell you about Nigeria and Nigerians. Most of what they will tell you are things,even Nigerians themselves,are too blind to see.An expatriate wrote about his Nigerian experience last year.it was posted on nairaland .he made many observations which most Nigerians hardly notice.he mentioned the fact that unions in Nigeria are basically criminal gangs who care not about the society they were suppose to serve.A gang master is at the head of the socalled union ,he collects dues and is unanswerable to no one on how he spend union money or conducts union activities.Dues are forcefully collected whether you want to associate or not.
He mentioned the fact that NUPENG members are paid too much when compared to the work they do.most especially when international standards are used.
I travelled to a remote continental EU country where the immigration officer who stamped my passport ,was specifically sent to Nigeria to live amongst Nigerians.he engaged me in a conversation but I cannot fail to notice that despite his jovial mien,the guy was actually sizing me up.
I was the only person on the non- EU line .
I will not bother to tell you the details of his opinion but it goes along the lines of Nigerians being a bunch of loud and criminal fools.the leaders are criminals and the followers are fools.you wake up in the morning to see lawbreaking considered as being normal.
You could tell that he actually felt a pity for the people of the country but his main point of frustration were Nigerian leaders.
The guy speaks passable youruba and Hausa but only stayed a few months in the SE /SShe was in Nigeria for 5 yrs learning our ways.
Lastly,the type of people who come to Nigeria do read books.They are also very sensitive and they see things .
They go back home and tell stuffs.
Nigeria herself is the worst advert for the country.
Starting from Abuja .

dabossman:

Not ALL, but MOST.

The level of moral decadence in this country is alarming, trust me. Indiscipline is the order of the day. Things as simple as obeying traffic laws, respecting the rights of others, doing what is logically and morally right are no longer taken seriously. What should be an oddity is now the norm. That is a big problem bro.

AjanleKoko:

Most of us are. Very few are not. Unless you want to be deceitful.
Though of course if you're swimming in shyt, and so is everyone else, you tend to think it's all normal after a while.

iamord:

Nigeria has had a battered image even b4 babagindas regime.. So what are u. Saying? The leaders where once common men like you. So the problem is not only from them but the citizenry as a whole ,

eunisam: black means maximum darkness.i hope u r not going to ask d meaning of dark

ccollins: . What is good about the country. A country where leaders don't care about its citizens

lilprinze: we are also responsible but the foreign media to have also contributed alot to. Propaganda, the truth is that the White's mostly the British just hate the blacks they are racist so they would always look for things
that would make us look like terrible
and bad people and display it to the whole world to see. They never say anything good about Nigeria or African.

samplegirl:

There are so many type of sickness, yours is unique. Every man suffering from one type of STD after a visit to a brothel, every woman who has not concieved after six months of marriage, every child who failed exam after wacthing cartoon instesd of reading his books even the harlorts in the brothel or on the street have GEJ to blame. Every man who has turned his wife to a punching bag is blaming GEJ for his actions. Please let us blame GEJ for every of our problem. Let us believe that the moment GEJ dies we will start to live in heaven on earth. In short the only thing that is preventing this country to attain PERFECTION is because GEJ is still around.

The bad roads, epilepic power supply, armed-robbery, pen-robbery, juvenile delinquency,vandalisation fornication even promiscuity were never known to us untill GEJ came around.


We were living in paradise untill......... Let us blame him for every thing even our soured soup.

authority2006: Nigerians are among the hard working people on this planet, suffering and smiling set of people. How can you you say Nigerians want government to provide everything for them when in reality, Nigeria government has never provided anything for her citizens.

oduastates:
Thank you jare
Shadows instead of substance .
Fantasy instead of the apparent evidence.
Propaganda instead of governing.
The country has more presidential jets than attack helicopters .
Had more ambulances parked in aso-rock than in federal hospitals.
Spends more on equipping a hospital in the villa than hospitals for millions of citizens.
I can go on and on .

Allohrandy: you are crazy. na your papa dey mumu himself for public.

olaeffect:

I do agree with you in this context.
CNN did a documentary some years past on the dilapidated state of driving schools in Nigeria, my god I felt like suing CNN I have never seen such a dilapidated Volkswagen car that was used in that documentary in my life on any street of Nigeria I have passed on. And they claimed in that report like that was the standard kind of vehicle for learning how to drive in Nigeria.

But look at it this way. A new way of slavery and colonisation; make Nigeria/Africa look poor and hungry, give them aid, grants and foreign loans, get their corrupt leaders to steal this funds and lodge them back into the foreign countries that gave does loans in the 1st place. While Nigeria/Africa continue to pay the debt, and another propaganda is done again on the sorry state of Nigeria/Africa is done again.
It is just a sure way of getting us enslaved. Ask yourself; why is it that no African leader is ever termed or accused as being corrupt until almost all his/her money is abroad. What where they looking at when in funds where coming in? and they are the ones giving us guides on money laundry.

authority2006: So basically, all atrocities by the Nigeria Army and corruption by the ruling elites should be buried by the concerned and worried citizens in order not tarnish the good image of Nigeria? One day, your entire family will be wiped out by Nigeria Army just like what happened in Baga or what happened in Channel 4 video and the rubbish you are posting here will come back to haunt you. How can a sane person be advocating press gag, saying people shouldn't report extreme human rights abuses, atrocities committed on a large scale? In your confused little mind, you think this is the meaning of patriotism? You are not sane man.

lilprinze: I noticed that when any foreign media Is talking about Africa they would always show the terrible part of Nigeria or any African country but they would always show us the beautiful part of their country and leave the terrible part of their own country and they would be behaving like they are perfect. Am sure their is no country with out corrupt leaders, countries like Mexico have alot of corrupt leaders yet they won't talk about them instead they prefer to ridicule us publicly .

bushdoc9919:



Pure bunkum.

You don't really watch foreign TV. They show you the bad parts of their cities as well.(You should watch channels like AlJazzera).

As for Mexico....that country's police is routinely criticized in the Western media in terms that make the Nigerian Police look good by comparison.(In some parts of Mexico....the police is in the pockets of the drug dealers.).

Want to know why Nigerian cities are bad?

1.Because most Nigerians will not pay the taxes the municpality needs to make the city nice. In the UK....everyone in cities like Liverpool or Northampton pays council tax...which goes into things like funding for keeping the city clean. In Nigeria....how many of you people pay council tax? At the rate a UK citizen pays? Of course your cities have no facilties to keep the place clean.

Right now...only Abuja has a weekly refuse collection service. How about your town?

2.When we build houses in Nigeria....you Nigerians build them anyhow.And when people like El-Rufai try to clean up the masterplan....you call them anti-people. In foreign countries.....you cannot just wake up and build a house anyhow....you must get approval from planning authorities. (Nigeria...you just bribe them). And you must use standard building materials!

3.You Nigerians vandalize city property. Someone put up street light...and you Nigerians steal the wire. Someone paints a building...and you Nigerians mess it up with posters announcing the Man of God or the man of Mammon. Whereas in Europe....you vandalize city property....trobule dey for your side!

4.If you encroach on railway lines in the UK...na 1000 POUNDS fine you go pay. In Nigeria.....

5.You Nigerians know nothing about maintenace culture. You build glass building...and forget to clean it regularly!

6.You Nigerians refuse to maintain your roads....or reduce pressure on the roads by investing in public transport.

So....until you people change ...our cities will continue to look ugly on television. Una don hear?

olaeffect:

I do agree with you in this context.
CNN did a documentary some years past on the dilapidated state of driving schools in Nigeria, my god I felt like suing CNN I have never seen such a dilapidated Volkswagen car that was used in that documentary in my life on any street of Nigeria I have passed on. And they claimed in that report like that was the standard kind of vehicle for learning how to drive in Nigeria.

[b]But look at it this way. A new way of slavery and colonisation; make Nigeria/Africa look poor and hungry, give them aid, grants and foreign loans, get their corrupt leaders to steal this funds and lodge them back into the foreign countries that gave does loans in the 1st place. [/b]While Nigeria/Africa continue to pay the debt, and another propaganda is done again on the sorry state of Nigeria/Africa is done again.

It is just a sure way of getting us enslaved. Ask yourself; why is it that no African leader is ever termed or accused as being corrupt until almost all his/her money is abroad. What where they looking at when in funds where coming in? and they are the ones giving us guides on money laundry.

komekn:

TRUE WORD

You know we also have the Nigerian problem, we Nigerians we sometimes behave so badly like using an overhead bridge as a toilet etc

bushdoc9919:



Pure bunkum.

You don't really watch foreign TV. They show you the bad parts of their cities as well.(You should watch channels like AlJazzera).

As for Mexico....that country's police is routinely criticized in the Western media in terms that make the Nigerian Police look good by comparison.(In some parts of Mexico....the police is in the pockets of the drug dealers.).

Want to know why Nigerian cities are bad?

1.Because most Nigerians will not pay the taxes the municpality needs to make the city nice. In the UK....everyone in cities like Liverpool or Northampton pays council tax...which goes into things like funding for keeping the city clean. In Nigeria....how many of you people pay council tax? At the rate a UK citizen pays? Of course your cities have no facilties to keep the place clean.

Right now...only Abuja has a weekly refuse collection service. How about your town?

2.When we build houses in Nigeria....you Nigerians build them anyhow.And when people like El-Rufai try to clean up the masterplan....you call them anti-people. In foreign countries.....you cannot just wake up and build a house anyhow....you must get approval from planning authorities. (Nigeria...you just bribe them). And you must use standard building materials!

3.You Nigerians vandalize city property. Someone put up street light...and you Nigerians steal the wire. Someone paints a building...and you Nigerians mess it up with posters announcing the Man of God or the man of Mammon. Whereas in Europe....you vandalize city property....trobule dey for your side!

4.If you encroach on railway lines in the UK...na 1000 POUNDS fine you go pay. In Nigeria.....

5.You Nigerians know nothing about maintenace culture. You build glass building...and forget to clean it regularly!

6.You Nigerians refuse to maintain your roads....or reduce pressure on the roads by investing in public transport.

So....until you people change ...our cities will continue to look ugly on television. Una don hear?