ROSSIKE:


You do realise we have our own skyscrapers, idiottt? By the way, the west funded Singapore heavily and opened up their markets to them after WW2 to hold back communism, which is what accounts for their current economic status. It's got nothing to do with their skin colour. Their neighbours and brothers, like Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Sri Lanka etc, who never got the western largesse are today poorer than even most African countries.

You are talking rubbish. Nigeria is corrupt and is been lead by criminals that's the difference.
Stop your western largess gibberish without facts. Is the largess higher than what your damn country you are trying to defend got from crude oil? You better wake up!

IPOB Youth

We can and Nigeria will frog leap Singapore within a decade.

Singapore left Malaysia and became a well renowned city/country. Biafrans are travelers with strong business acumen.. It's obvious Biafrans want to build advance city that can compete with other great architectural engineers of the 21st century module. But, the zoo can't simply attain to that. They still prefer to live in a sub standard environment like baboons.

coolzeal:
Singapore left Malaysia and became a well renowned city/country. Biafrans are travelers with strong business acumen.. It's obvious Biafrans want to build advance city that can compete with other great architectural engineers of the 21st century module. But, the zoo can't simply attain to that. They still prefer to live in a sub standard environment like baboons.

Advanced cities like Onitsha and Aba, Abi??

barcanista:
If only Nigeria has had visionary leaders since independence.

You my friend is not in best position to post this kinda comment. So you want a visionier but you support tribal politics? You support callousness and nefarious activities perpetrated by your so called pdp?

What happens to giving constructive criticism to the present govt? And to apc supporters, yall come here and won't tell buhari the truth also, see I was a strong supporter of buhari not apc. I felt he will bring the change, but he doesn't look so.

You talk about ministerial appointment, any working mind that have been contesting for 4 good times should have had list of technocrats he wants to hit the ground running with.

If you don't intend playing politics, you shun your party candidates and tell them godfathers middle fingers.

I just hope there is hope for the youth, the youth? There is no youth the youth as been used! All they want his getting those fast cars the dumb ass musicians display.

To all tribal warlords, no region has it all believe me, the reason why america meets a developing country like nigerias help for crude oil sale then, cause they can't have it all as big as they are.

Jealousy births hate, nepotism is the bedrock of any strong corruption, it start with you and I. If your bro or sis don't merit that position don't give, you think is favoritism? But no it giving birth to corruption.

MEND,OPC,MaSSOB,AREWA, nobody will tell any tribesmen of this people to warn them, this groups won't fight this wars in america or russia but in my house your house, do you see libyans?syrians? Our crisis will be worse than this countries(may the lord restore them)

Each state has a product to sustain her life, barbados,seychelles are like state in nigeria not big in population or land, but they survive cause they exploit their resources.

Patronise that aba(east) goods near you,china started like that, those agriculture in osun(west) explore it, that riverine landscape in portharcourt (south) explore it, the population in kano (north) deploy to our military might, if we do all this we've got an enviable empire the world will bow to!

Don't just stand to blame the federal government,attack that councillor in your beer parlour!

Naija go better, awon alale ile yi agbewa oooo!

We have no excuse in Nigeria! Bad leadership and a forgetful followership has been and still is d bane of our existence

I'm still proud of my state, AkwaIbom! in the next ten years, AkwaIbom will be like Singapore. ado OK!

coolzeal:
Singapore left Malaysia and became a well renowned city/country. Biafrans are travelers with strong business acumen.. It's obvious Biafrans want to build advance city that can compete with other great architectural engineers of the 21st century module. But, the zoo can't simply attain to that. They still prefer to live in a sub standard environment like baboons.

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Exactly that is the more reason why you will always see people in diaspora clamouring for biafra more than the people at home. When people talk about the state of se, I laugh @ their ignorance, infact anyone doing business in the se is a genuis their a lot of deliberate policies to keep these people down, I'm telling you from experience. there a lot of things that I have tried to do, and it will always require that I will step into lagos for that to be accomplished. This is totally unnecessary.

Hmmmmm

tensazangetsu:
And to think Nigeria and most countries In this godforsaken continent gained independence before them, black people are cursed.

Ain't yhu black?

this is not just the leadership, it is the culture that has persisted down to to us from our ancestors, even though there was some civilizations in the past but can't be compared to what we read about in Europe. The tradition of town planning modernly known as urban planning, landscaping were concepts unknown to our forefathers and it is that same culture that has dwelled with us for so long that today in Nigeria people still do not care about their surrounding for the most part, there's dirt everywhere, landfills on the street, bad maintenance culture, below average Architectures and architectural innovations.

this castle is 945 years old approximately, many of us in fact all of us can't trace our geneology that far back, there are cathedrals 12 stories tall built a 1000 years ago. so when i see Nigerians marvel at mediocrity I smh. Is there any royal palace built in the last 50 years that match this over 900 year old castle?
We can do it, we just have to renew our minds and consider the little things we don't normally care bout.

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ROSSIKE:


You do realise we have our own skyscrapers, idiottt? By the way, the west funded Singapore heavily and opened up their markets to them after WW2 to hold back communism, which is what accounts for their current economic status. It's got nothing to do with their skin colour. Their neighbours and brothers, like Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Sri Lanka etc, who never got the western largesse are today poorer than even most African countries.

So without the west africa cannot develop?

Singapore was pushed out from Malaysia, today they are celebrated.

Please Nigeria(Zoo) should allow Biafra to go... Just allow us to go... And see wonders.

Yes, one man can make a difference, a man with a keen understanding of human nature and vision, that is. This man is Singapore’s minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Kuan Yew turned a developing nation into one of the world’s most developed countries. Singapore is often referred to as the Switzerland of South East Asia, thanks to his leadership and unswerving determination.

According to National Geographic Magazine, in an article titled “The Singapore Solution” It is stated that Singapore’s per capita income for its 3.7 million citizens exceeds that of many European countries, the education and health system can compete with anything in the West, government officials are pretty much corruption free, 90 percent of the households own their own homes, taxes are relatively low, the streets and sidewalks are pristine and you do not find homeless people or slums. Singapore also boasts an unemployment rate of less than 3 percent. Singapore has often been referred to an economic miracle, because it has achieved so much, in such a short time.

In June 5th 1959, Lee Kuan Yew, a prominent member of the People’s Action Party became the first prime minister of a pre independent Singapore and remained in his post for twenty six years. In 1965 when Singapore finalized it’s independence from Malaysia, Lee Kuan Yew had his work cut for him. He started out with what most leaders would consider an impossible undertaking.

When Lee Kuan Yew was head of an independent Singapore, one of his first tasks was to have the sovereignty of Singapore recognized by the United Nations. In September of 1965, Singapore joined the United Nations. He believed that government officials should be well paid, in order to curtail corruption. He also felt that an overgrown population would threaten economic progress. Therefore, he developed the Stop at Two Family Planning Campaign.

The Stop at Two Family Planning Campaign was an aggressive method of discouraging rapid population growth, by urging families that already had two children to undergo sterilization. Let just say, it worked a little too well. At the current time, Singaporeans are simply not reproducing, with a fertility rate of 1.29 and not a whole lot of intercourse going on, Singapore population growth is largely dependent on immigration. At the present time, in order to prevent the extinction of the Singaporeans, the government is even giving married women baby bonuses for having three or four children. Extremes are bad, especially if family planning policies are misguided.

Economic growth is encouraged by what some Singaporeans refer to as the “big stick and the big carrot.” Everyone can see evidence of the big carrot, by simply witnessing Singapore's impressive economic growth. The big stick is another matter, this is done by creating and enforcing many rules that are foundational for a well ordered nation. When entering the country, on each airport entry card, it is stated in read letter that the penalty for drug trafficking is “DEATH.” Minister Yew describes human nature as being animal like. He believes that man can be trained and needs to be disciplined. This is accomplished by lots of rules. The enforcement of these rules is quiet strict. They are enforced with anything from fines to occasional outings. They also believe in practicing corporal punishment. In Singapore caning is mandatory for at least 42 offenses.

After i watched a preview of singapore at 50 by a lecture in singapore, i concluded that Nigeria is not a serious country and never one till date. Singapore make their marks through collective meetings, table talk and agreement then fellows them up. When we mention true federalism or the report of national confeb, they will say na Jonathan agenda. Which country develop without collective agreement and implementation. I always say no talk no oneNigeria. Singapore developed today because the entire citizens collectively signed.

ROSSIKE:


You do realise we have our own skyscrapers, idiottt? By the way, the west funded Singapore heavily and opened up their markets to them after WW2 to hold back communism, which is what accounts for their current economic status. It's got nothing to do with their skin colour. Their neighbours and brothers, like Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Sri Lanka etc, who never got the western largesse are today poorer than even most African countries.

Find a copy of the book From Third World To First by Lee Kuan Yew and read.

This talk of the West funding Singapore is unalloyed hogwash. The gains Singapore made were as a result of visionary leadership, something that seems to elude Nigeria.

tensazangetsu:
So without the west africa cannot develop?

That's the implication of what he was saying. At the end its just another way of excusing the myopic leadership we have experienced since independence. It's a stupid excuse.

Lee Kuan Yew and kwame nkrumah have alot in common. It's just sad the black one was cut short.

Beanscake:

We aren't cursed. Our problem isn't spiritual or down to any mythical reasons. Until we begin to appreciate positive universal values like love, trust, consideration for our fellow beings, and focus our strengths on reviving and improving our educational standards especially placing huge emphasis on rational thinking, we will continue to lag behind other races. We have the capacity to be great. We are just too weak and scared to face realities.

What about the negative role of religion and culture?

Ha

Nice one.

So, why was Singapore unable to practice those values and develop so fast while still merged with Malaysia? Or, did you not read that part?

Beanscake:

We aren't cursed. Our problem isn't spiritual or down to any mythical reasons. Until we begin to appreciate positive universal values like love, trust, consideration for our fellow beings, and focus our strengths on reviving and improving our educational standards especially placing huge emphasis on rational thinking, we will continue to lag behind other races. We have the capacity to be great. We are just too weak and scared to face realities.

Zoharariel:


No, dick-head; if only Jonathan utilized the state resources judiciously during his 6-year unprofitable & directionless reign - Protection Seeker Eleribu!

Buhari has done 4 plus years we are worse than we were in 2015 and u still want to blame jonathan ?

You do realise we have our own skyscrapers, idiottt? By the way, the west funded Singapore heavily and opened up their markets to them after WW2 to hold back communism, which is what accounts for their current economic status. It's got nothing to do with their skin colour. Their neighbours and brothers, like Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Sri Lanka etc, who never got the western largesse are today poorer than even most African countries.

Am glad that someone here understands history n world politics.

Keep it up,young man

engrjacuzzi:
I'm still proud of my state, AkwaIbom! in the next ten years, AkwaIbom will be like Singapore. ado OK!

3 years remaining on your 10 years projection.

Any hope of Akwa Ibom achieving that?