the viper:

too tired,am going to bed now.so what u are telling me is that the pple that took contracts in other countries and did them honestly are not humans or they are fools? the line between bad leadership and bad followership is so thin and blurred that i dont know hat to contribute again.no one wants to sy the truth and above all,the thread have deviated from the sony apology to something else.so am off this thread. 1love 2 all.

proproman:

@theseeker, am not impressed by your take on this issue, especially as it concerns marissa's posts. Am not defending the government's inefficiency but you cannot blame them for all nigeria's problems.

Take for instance what the case of someone living in a dirty environment. What stops that person from cleaning the place up? Would the person still be waiting for government after suffering typhoid and diarrhea? Wouldn't he clean the place up? Believe me, some people are waiting for government to come clean up their compounds and if the place is dirty, they blame government. There is a particular point at which blaming government becomes outright hypocrisy.


Imagine someone throwing refuse into a gutter complaining of a blocked drain. What was the person expecting? And the person will still blame government for it. People complain of lack of good public toilets, i suggest you find out how they make use of the existing facilities. It's more scary than the horror movies. I assure you, noone would like to accept the responsibility of cleaning up such a place, even if u offer the person lots of money. The fact that government does not do certain things does not give us the licence to make things worse. The fact that there is no bed does not mean one should not sleep.

delvinmaya:

Yo seeker,u definitely r a conspiracy theorist,bet if anythin happened 2 u,u wud blame d govt.[/b]Hell i bet dat if u even sneezed u wud blame d govt.Bad roads,poor electricity . . .bt also in other countries like cuba e.t.c . . .Do we remember WAI.Do u even no dat d average nigerian does not pay tax?

delvinmaya:

Yo seeker,u definitely r a conspiracy theorist,bet if anythin happened 2 u,u wud blame d govt.[/b]Hell i bet dat if u even sneezed u wud blame d govt.Bad roads,poor electricity . . .bt also in other countries like cuba e.t.c . . .Do we remember WAI.Do u even no dat d average nigerian does not pay tax?

the viper:

@the seeker, with due respect, i never said that u live in shacks.i dont know where u live neither do u know where i live and,i dont give a rats ass where u live either. i have no intention of continuing on this topic with pple like u when u failed to appreciate that charity begins at home.a wise man told us that "bad things keep happening cos good men refuses to say or do something".in russia,i believe that there are no investigative journalists cos some of them were killed?. the KGB agent killed in London was not a journalist,bt a state agent who have an axe to grind with his bosses.no one forced him to work for the state.and why did he turn into a double agent and was moved to london by MI5? some of us easily believe and rely on censored and doctored news from the bbc and cnn.as long as we refuse to accept that (ihe na eme anyi si anyi na aka) we are the architect of most of our problems and instead wants to blame them on the govt,we will still be where we are.@basildon1,dude i have been trying to avoid u like a plague all along cos of your off colour statements.bt if u want to bring it to me,nwanne,u are most welcome.so am not patriotic enough or wanting in the field of the revolution cos i said that am more fortunate than most that i dont live in nija? nigga,take your ass off to some where else.i have no room for your types and cant dignify u by answering u.go get some more knowledge and education,add a lil civilization and then come tlk to me.thanks. it is the same dirty system that made me a fugitive in my own land.so instead of crying,let us swing into action as a great revolution and see the govt kill all of us.bt like i said earlier,all of us must clean up our acts b4 we will be taken seriously for no one goes to the equity with unclean hands.pple lets stop deceiving ourselves cos we all know the truth and it is that truth that will set us all free. we all love this country in our different hearts bt with different reasons and motives.these same pple that moan and criticize here will be worse than the worst when placed in places and positions of authorities.bloody hypocrites.

delvinmaya:

Yo seeker,u definitely r a conspiracy theorist,bet if anythin happened 2 u,u wud blame d govt.Hell i bet dat if u even sneezed u wud blame d govt.Bad roads,poor electricity & other vices,yes they are recurrent in Nigeria,bt also in other countries like cuba e.t.c D decay in our society has long been there.Do we remember WAI.Do u even no dat d average nigerian does not pay tax? Tells u d true nature of Nigerians.But i luv who i am.I come 4rm a country like no other,a nation like no other.

Omo-Onile:

You are definitely are out of tune with the real meaning of good governance. The essence of democracy is that someone puts himself up for election to manage the resources of a community( Local, State or Federal) on behalf of that commuinity. The implication is that when elected, he bceomes accountable to such peolple. Thus the person so elected is perceived to be an "EXPERT" beased on his election promises. If he fails to deliver on his promises, the peolple have a right to express their dissent and this has been the recurrent situation with Nigeria as we roll over a running slides of corruptiopn and inefficiency. Your reference to Cuba shows your degree of ignorance as Cuba is more advanced than Nigeria in terms of functional public infrastructuire and accountability.
Do you know that the income Nigeria derives daily from Oil is by far more than enough to provide good roads, Electricity, schools, hospitals etc but our leaders are sitting on these funds. Do you know that more than 90%(yes, 90 PERCENT) of the manufacturing companies have closed shop in the past eight years. Visit Ikeja Industrial Estate, Aswani Textile Zone Isolo-lagos,  Trans-Amadi Layout in Port Harcourt, Kakuri Industrial Estate, Kaduna or Challawa in Kano and you will see the disaster that has plagued the country's manufacturing sector.
Have you ever had to visit a Nigerian Embassy in London, Jo'Burg or New York and observe how detached our Govenment is to its citizens.
Can we boldly say that the Nigerian Govenment cares for its citizens. Would a sensible leader travel out of Nigheria when scores were being butchered in Bauchi and Borno during the Boko Haram crisis.
Just last month in nearby Cork in Ireland, a Nigerian living on expired visa had appendicitis. He was operated upon and received all medications free in spite of his 'immigration' status. He spent 11 days in the hospital. Do we even have active government hospitals in Nigeria?

If anything, I can see that some Nigerians have lost their dignity, hence are ever ready to keep comparing Nigeria to the bottom-of- league nations when we can all see the progress being made by our former "classmates" of Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Brazil, SA and even Ghana.

Let the stupid 'cheerleaders' keep applauding, while the 're-branding' choirmasters smile to their banks.