9jaganja:


Development . [size=14pt]It's not having 90 floor buildings etc[/size], Now how will building massive structures move the people forward? When they are starving?

9jaganja:


Development is intellectual my friend. It's not having 90 floor buildings etc,  If Nigerians have access to quality education first, We can get many

edoyad:

Simple solutions my friends. World bank country Director recently released figures to show that Nigeria is one of the most difficult places on the face of earth to set up a business , hmmm !
what would take you 24hrs to achieve in a place like Canada would take you 24weeks to achieve in Nigeria cos of archaic policies and lack of infrastructure- light, water, rail and cheap telecom. Funny thing is, date shows that the easiest countries to set up businesses(business friendly climates) are the fastest developing.

It's very challenging to develop Nigeria because people like yourself and myself are not doing anything, but complain and use corrupt leaders as an excuse.

It takes the entire village to raise a bright kid; I think it also takes everyone of us to see a well developed Nigeria.

Many of us are too busy and too focus on only making money in Nigeria; none of us is willing to volunteer to contribute anything toward developing this country.

May be this is the right moment for each and everyone of us to pause and ask ourselves this question:
I'm now 25 yrs old or 30 yrs old or 40 yrs old or 50 yrs old, through out my life as a Nigerian, what have I ever done for this country?
If you can not come up with at least 2 things, you're part of the problem.

You need not to steal money from Nigeria to be corrupt.

9jaganja:


Development is intellectual my friend. It's not having 90 floor buildings etc, If Nigerians have access to quality education first, We can get many things done including eradication of ignorance. It is ignorance that brought about the quota system thereby limiting the nation's development to the decision of a few instead of 150mil.

SapeleGuy:

Nigeria is easy to develop but no genuine attempt has been made to develop the country. That's why governors today can boast that they built roads and paid salaries, that is the level of ineptitude we are dealing with.

ode remo:

the problem with an over educated Nigerian is from my point of view, we know macro come micro economics, we give lectures day in day out , symposium iyen nko, but when it comes to the nitty gritty of putting bread and butter on the table for average fellow citizen we score Nil , zero. from Independence, we have failed to better the ordinary citizen. do you guys recon all the above points our so called politicians do not know?

backspade:

Who ever said development was easy?

First and foremost, before we can think about developing anything, we have to make sure our population has access to the basic necessities needed to live a long healthy life. At the same time, we need to have the proper infrastructure to facilitate this development. We need roads so farmers can truck their goods to market. We need railroads so we can transport coal to power plants. . . . . . I can go on and on, but until Nigeria gets a MAJOR overhaul with its infrastructure, you all can keep dreaming about development.

tensor777:

Fisrt of all you develop the individual through primary health -care, literacy schemes and technical skills development. Then they will be in the right frame to develop their community. This is how it is done all over the world.

paddy_lo:

@Justcash

u have the right passion,but the wrong premise. . .the federal govt in nigeria,or any govt anywhere in the world cannot bring about development
i will give u a simple example that u are familiar with by now. . .NITEL and the GSM companies
NITEL with the market to itself,a behemoth that should have been able to make billions of dollars providing basic phone services to the populace,could barely maintain 2million landlines and a pathetic amount of cellphone lines. . .it was corrupt and inept. .slow to adopt new technologies
now contrast the change since GSM operators were licensed in 2001. . .we now have achieved a compound growth rate of over 2000% in the first couple of yrs in terms of   mobile and voice growth. . .it has now slowed to a rate of 54% as at last yr,but it is still the fastest growth rate anywhere on earth
telecomms and communication now account for 3.4% of GDP up from virtually 0% in 2001.

the reason i tell u all these is that,the govt doesnt have the money to do all that is needed to be done in Nigeria. . .if u bring in $1trillion dollars today and pour it into developmental needs of the country,it will swallow it and ask for more. .so knowing all these it means that we have to attract capital from outside our shows,since we dont have enough of it internally
how does capital come?. . .BY making sure u have rules and regulation clearly spelt out,then keeping the govt out of it. .or at the barest minimum. . .
Govt now controls NEPA. .any surprise that its not working?
look at N.N.PC. . .exxon mobil is valued at over$300bln dollars. . .while our own govt controlled N.N.P.C does not even own a functioning refinery,
meanwhile if u float N.N.P.C today on the stock exchange,get govt out. . .it will now attract private capital that will help it build refineries,invest in what needs to be done,at the same time cut corruption out of it and u can begin to see its valuation rise to rival even Petrobras or exxon

multiply this template throughout the nigerian economy and u will get rapid growth and development to the tune of 12%per annum or more. . .
but how many of us really understand this? some people even argue for more government control or socialist policies like fuel subsidy and the like
the developed countries which u cite,all they do is have strong laws, and attract capital. . .thats it. . .it dont matter from uk to japan thats how they do it,because any economic system dominated by the govt is bound to fail

so lets hope they de-regulate and privatize this N.N.P.C soon,govt should get out of the business of importing or subsidizing fuel,
power production and distribution should be liberalized,especially this issue of govt setting the price of power
roads and road construction should be concessioned for the most part
in agriculture there should be emphasis on direct loans to commercial farmers and improved skills,again a policy exert should be done in conjuction with banks
and govt should then tighten its tax collection abilities,because once the economy starts growing rapidly,govt major source of income should be from taxation
so it should be able to collect taxes from all businesses in the country,from small to the corporation.

Afam:

Well stated. Well put. Well done.

faakay:

[size=20pt]We should blame our government::::
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The government need to play his role first, then foreign/individual investor will contribute to the Nigeria economy to create employment for his citizens

Basic amenties is Zero::: some people are saying put health, education in sector and all that

When there is no electricity, do you think the education/health section will work?

Electricity makes great impact to the development of a nation



I just don't know why the government can't resolve this electricity issue for many years:: why? for Christ sake!

It will be diffucult/hell for Nigeria to develop if there's no electricity

@ Poster:
Question Why Is Nigeria So Difficult To Develop?
Conclusion:
[size=20pt]Electricity is the hinderance to Nigeria development. [/size]

supereagle:

The right people are not in Govt except selfish and corrupt politicians. Naira Land has the right people who can move Nigeria forward.