Marvinspeed:
@Op you're wrong on a fact here, check Nigeria's GDP. According to the world bank we are ranked no 22 economy in the world and 1st in Africa. Nigeria has had a growth rate between 5%-7% within the last 5years. Get your facts right.

MrEverest:
10000000000000000000 likes for you and may God bless you!!! The highlighted is the reason why I support Biafra. I, as a person used to condemn the secessionist movement simply because our population will no longer be 170 million, our landmass will no longer be over 900,000 square kilometers and we will no longer be called the "giant of Africa" but after really studying this country since independence, I have come to understand that we will never be great based on the structure and foundation in place which is entirely rent seeking, celebration of mediocrity and subjugation of excellence because some constituent parts feels they can't cope in a free and competitive society. You start having state sponsored destruction of excellence called quota system, whereby someone will score 10, 5 or even 0 and yet will be giving admission while someone who scored 100 will be denied access to federal school!!! Ahmadu Bello today is celebrated in the country yet this man sowed the seed of discord when this country was at infancy, his hate filled statements against the south especially the Igbos is well documented. How can we develop when everybody is pulling in different directions?? Since 1960 we have been repairing Lagos-Ibadan exp way, Benin-Ore exp way, Enugu-Port Harcout exp way, Kano-Maiduguiri exp way yet they have never been motor-able and believe me we will remain in these state till 2100!!! The same with Energy supply, it keeps getting worse with each new government despite billions of naira that have been spent on it. When countries that used to be at par with us like South Korea, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia are fast entering first world status, we are still scavenging as a poor third world country!!! We have two options left, it is either we become a truly federal state whereby every part controls its resources and determines its pace, destiny and development based on hard work or divide and go our separate ways. We have deceived ourselves enough already and anybody who still supports Nigeria's present state is wicked not only to himself but to humanity and generations yet unborn!!!

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.

[b][b]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.

Rossikk:
Dude, Ghana is the population of one state in Nigeria out of 36. There some states in Nigeria with higher living standards than Ghana. There is no basis for comparing a country of 175 million people with one of 20 million.

bettercreature:
from 1975 through 1995,there was the last time Nigeria worth fighting for

olami100:
Nigeria as a country is not developong.. A country where the politicians are ripping the masses of their benefits.
A country where to get a good pay job is like dream. A country where even the religious leaders and the church are feeding the masses wif lies. With all the prayers and fasting on nigeria.. Yet to no avail..
A country where economic recession is the order of d day.. I hope our president will do something on time..Is high time we the youth of this generation start looking for ways to make it in dis country. Don't listen to lies.. Use your brain...

JiggamanGh:



There's no state in Nigeria with larger population than Ghana. Even Lagos is only 10.5 million people.

Just like cities in Ghana will have higher standard of living than those states.

The person I quoted said Ghana doesn't have better infrastructure and I notified him that Ghana does have better infrastruture. I wasn't the one comparing the two countries.

Just like Nigeria is 9 times Ghana population. Ghana is also 7 times the population of countries some countries and it still has better infrastructure so stop using population as an excuse.

Rossikk:
Dumbito...there were no expressways in Nigeria in 1960. India, Malaysia etc also have many bad roads etc.. so kindly shut it pls.

14:


As a south african, let me tell you what Nigeria needs to do to reach the developing state;

1. [s]Rail network across the country to transport goods[/s]
2. [s]Quality Highway networks that cover all states[/s]
3. [s]massive national grid and High electricity production that supply the whole country[/s]
4. [s]Water and sanitation infrustracture for the whole country[/s]
5. Quality airports and airline carriers

If Nigeria fails to achieve all this in 25 to 30yrs, then you can give up. Whats currently happening now is to cut the corners, it wont work. Nigeria can learn from CHINA, which was entirely rural 30yrs ago.

kadas01:
Bar man, abeg give this my guy one bottle of JD.

MrEverest:
Fuulish id!ot, if you lack comprehension skill then do not quote me out of contest, I gave an Illustration of the pitiable condition you lots are living in and all you could say was that terse statement. Dullard, keep burying your head in the sand.

Rossikk:
You have no shame. Look at you. A country of only 20 million people. You have gold. You have oil and gas. You have cocoa. You have bauxite. I'm sure you even have diamonds. Simple logic suggests you should be enjoying a far higher standard of living than Nigeria, with her 175 million mouths to feed. Yet Ghana still suffers from mass poverty, power cuts, bad roads, and rural deprivation. You should be on the Ghana forum asking where all the money has gone.

JiggamanGh:


The same can be said about Nigeria. A country with oil, fertile land, human resource, gold, diamond, gas and so many other resources yet you still poor, oil can't be refine, a country with oil but there are always gas scarcity. I mean the list goes on.

Yes Ghana should be doing 100x better than its currently doing, the same can be said about all countries in Africa. The fact is even at that Ghana is doing better than lots of countries in Africa.

Again I am not the one making the comparison. The op stated several countries in Africa that have better infrastructure than Nigeria but your brother singled Ghana out. I am only reminding him that the op is not wrong when it comes to the infrastructure of both countries.

amiskurie:
Op must be high on his foolish opinion,It's known with facts that Nigeria has the most tarred road network in Africa.

Next time,check facts.

Rossikk:
Yawwn...

Sweetguy25:


The Economy of a nation and the wealth of a nation are not entirely the same thing. Its the same as economic growth and development. China is bound to have a bigger GDP than the United States anytime soon but will that make them richer than the US? No.

The primary standard used in measuring a nations wealth is the GDP per capita. It provides a primary assessment of the capability of the citizens of a country to afford things that are beyond the basic necessities of life.

Relativity is the point. Our economy when compared to our population doesn't look great at all.

14:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_road_network_size

Rossikk:
Use your brain. A faster growing GDP than Britain means we are 'catching up'. If current growth rates are maintained in both nations, then it is only a matter of time before the gap is closed. This is primary school mathematics.

Victorchuks4:
Nigeria is giant of africa for mouth. Angola develop very well

Rossikk:
Yawwn... You have ONLY 20 million people to look after and you can't even do that. What will you do if 100 million people were added to you? I actually think you're worse than Nigeria. You have no excuse. Your leaders are silent thieves.

gbemi15:
and it is d likes of dt ur friend dt jump queue,drive one way,do illegal connection,drink water from a sachet pack and throw it inside d drains,build house on natural channels,vandalise public utilities,pour sand and oda construction materials on d public road,etc and expect Buhari to right all ds wrongs,but go to countries where it has bcom dr culture to be orderly and form civilised only to return to Nigeria and be barbaric. it is upto us if Nigeria will be great again

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.

og2711:


Ignorance, is a terrible, terrible disease. This is the sort of guy that just talks out of his anus with no research, information or facts. "Most countries with large population have low GDP". Firstly I'm sure he meant to say 'per capita'. Just to educate you, per capita is GDP divided by population, so if you have a low one, you simply up your GDP. That is the real yardstick for measuring wealth, not all the rubbish you wrote. Eg. If a country has $2,000,000 GDP BUT only 2 citizens, that makes it the richest in the world.

The United States does not have a low per capita. Neither does China, Russia.

hizson:
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.

Bollinger:


There is only one thing Nigeria needs to do to be great. Change it's citizens mentality. If you bring everyone in America to Nigeria and transport everyone in Nigeria to America, Nigerians in America will be applying for visa to come back to Nigeria after destroying America.