Warship:




What is wrong with you.?

Why do you keep blaming the whites for our stupidity.?

Pls what stops Botswanan from empowering their people with Technological Education which is a basic prerequisite for indigenous industrialization.


What stops Botswanan from challenging their people to develop Modern Technologies and reward them with huge money to start up their own industries.


This is one of the reason I believe Biafra will do well if they insist that every citizen of her undergo compulsory 3 years Technological Education so as to transform them into potential industrialists

You are naive in the extreme and lack understanding of how the world operates. The FACT is that the western nations today are the repositories of capital and technological know how. The GDP of France is higher than that of all Africa. They have cornered the wealth of the earth. They run the major financial institutions and contribute the highest amounts to them. If you wish to advance rapidly as a developing nation, you need access to western or eastern capital and technological investment. Strictly speaking, it is not THEIR wealth. It is the WORLD's wealth, which they cornered. You have a right to seek access to it. The alternative is to go it alone, which is essentially what we are doing, even though we are getting some good partnership with China these days in the area of infrastructural development, thankfully.

You seem to have this idea that all a poor nation has to do in today's world is "roll up their sleeves" and work assiduously, and voila! They will become the new South Korea in under a decade! This betrays a tragic lack of knowledge of how this world operates. It just doesn't work like that. Or else Cambodia would be like Singapore. Or are you saying Cambodia is underdeveloped because they don't work hard enough?

As for Biafra. If you secede from Nigeria you will be assuring your own demise, as you will lose access to Africa's largest market of 200 million, and be forced to compete with Japan, China, and the west for access to foreign markets. That is the last thing you need, as nations set up protectionist tariffs, while preferring trusted technology from familiar trading partners.

Warship:



Let's tell ourselves the truth


Are we better now or then


The Whites never left us in hopelessness as our leaders do today

In my opinion we are better now, and the seventies also marked one of our best eras.
Ask yourself, why was your great grandfather uneducated under the whites? Who built the school you attended?

Rossikki:
You are naive in the extreme and lack understanding of how the world operates. The FACT is that the western nations today are the repositories of capital and technological know how. The GDP of France is higher than that of all Africa. They have cornered the wealth of the earth. They run the major financial institutions and contribute the highest amounts to them. If you wish to advance rapidly as a developing nation, you need access to western or eastern capital and technological investment. The alternative is to go it alone, which is essentially what we are doing, even though we are getting some good partnership with Chiba these days in the area of infrastructural development, thankfully.

You seem to have this idea that all a poor nation has to do in today's world is "roll up their sleeves" and work assiduously, and voila! They will become the new South Korea in under a decade! This betrays a tragic lack of knowledge of how this world operates. It just doesn't work like that. As for Biafra. If you secede from Nigeria you will be assuring your own demise, as you will lose access to Africa's largest market of 200 million, and be forced to compete with Japan, China, and the west for access to foreign markets. That is the last thing you need, as nations set up protectionist tariffs, while preferring trusted technology from familiar partners.

freshest4live :

Your comment below is a complete lie


"........ If you wish to advance rapidly as a developing nation, you need access to western or eastern capital and technological investment........"


If you wish to advance rapidly, take the following seriously

1) Technological Education

2) Reward for Technological Advancements( Innovations and Inventions )


Now ask yourself this question


Why don't Nigeria have a National Award for Technological Advancements.?

freshest4live:

Nobody is blaming the white man, he was only saying they don't really have interest in your progress except your resources. We can do it ourselves.

I do not know how long you have known Nairaland, but if I judge by your year of registration, then permit to say you are a newbie to OP's way of life. OP blames the white man for everything in Nigeria even not constructing portable roads in every nook and cranny of a place and supplying water to her residents.

Well, everyone is interested in what s/he can gain from the next person (humans are naturally greedy), but that is not an excuse for Nigeria's inability to provide uninterrupted power supply to her citizens after nearly 57 years. Something Faraday performed as an experiment in 1831.

Warship:



Blaming the Whites after 57years is product of witchcraft.


Singapore South Korea etc have all developed because they took Technological Education serious



Nigeria don't have a National Award for Technological Innovations and Inventions



@freshest4live :leave the whites out of this

Do your research on Nigerians in technology, it takes more than just technology to develop a nation. The politics and the market must be ripe as well. Nigerians can compete with the very best in the world. An Edo family was reffered to as the smartest family in Britain.
They have contributed their quota to tech in Britain.

"........As for Biafra. If you secede from Nigeria you will be assuring your own demise, as you will lose access to Africa's largest market of 200 million, and be forced to compete with Japan, China, and the west for access to foreign markets. That is the last thing you need, as nations set up protectionist tariffs, while preferring trusted technology from familiar partners......." Rossikki


What are the populations of South Korea, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, France, Germany, Switzerland, etc.?

Are they bigger than 100million in each country.?

Do you know how many Biafrans exist on Earth.?



If Biafrans take Technological Education and Award seriously, they will become a nation of industrialists which will give them access to every nation of the world including wretched Nigeria.

The world market is over 7billion.

freshest4live:

Do your research on Nigerians in technology, it takes more than just technology to develop a nation. The politics and the market must be ripe as well. Nigerians can compete with the very best in the world. An Edo family was reffered to as the smartest family in Britain.
They have contributed their quota to tech in Britain.

Technology is the bedrock of economic development



Once Biafrans take it seriously, they will become a nation of Manufacturers.

Every nation on earth wants Manufacturers in their midst.


This will make them the new China of the world.

Gerrard59:


I do not know how long you have known Nairaland, but if I'm judge by your year of registration, then permit to say you are a newbie to OP's way of life. OP blames the white man for everything in Nigeria even not constructing portable roads in every nook and cranny of a place and supplying water to her residents.

Well, everyone is interested in what s/he can gain from the next person (humans are naturally greedy), but that is not an excuse for Nigeria's inability to provide uninterrupted power supply to her citizens after nearly 57 years. Something Faraday performed as an experiment in 1831.

Mr bodyguard for white men, you mistake my identifying white theft and brigandage for "blaming whites for our problems". The trouble with your mindset is that it allows imperialism to thrive, by turning a blind eye to it and pretending it doesn't exist. This further ensnares you in the trap of imperialists, as you welcome their exploitation with open arms. Rather than insisting they invest in technology within your territory, you let them get away with merely establishing extractive industries that take and put nothing back. Because you have a "don't blame them for anything" mentality, they come here and people like you treat them like gods, even as they take and take and put nothing back. Stand up. Be a man, and insist on your rights, not just from your own countrymen and leaders, but from all external partners.

Warship:



Technology is the bedrock of economic development



Once Biafrans take it seriously, they will become a nation on Manufacturers.

Every nation on earth wants Manufacturers in their midst.


This will make them the new China of the world.

Not only Biafrans, many tribes are doing well. For example your Biafrans are good in tech, but they are not the tribe currently dominating tech start UP's in Nigeria. Again technology alone does not a super power make, wealth is the key, and the white men from their ancient wars conquered and exploited civilizations to enrich themselves.

freshest4live:

Not only Biafrans, many tribes are doing well. For example your Biafrans are good in tech, but they are not the tribe currently dominating tech start UP's in Nigeria.

I am not interested in who dominates because I am not interested in wasting precious time arguing about domination


What I am saying is that if the Biafrans get it right in their Technological Education, they will become a Nation of Manufacturers.


All nations of the world invite Manufacturers into their countries because of their positive impact.


So Biafrans don't need to bother about the Nigerian market when other national markets exist

Warship:



Technology is the bedrock of economic development



Once Biafrans take it seriously, they will become a nation of Manufacturers.

Every nation on earth wants Manufacturers in their midst.


This will make them the new China of the world.

I understand you, l served in Onitsha, and my students excelled more on technical projects than book work. The Governors in each state should create technical centers across all states in Nigeria.

Warship:
"........As for Biafra. If you secede from Nigeria you will be assuring your own demise, as you will lose access to Africa's largest market of 200 million, and be forced to compete with Japan, China, and the west for access to foreign markets. That is the last thing you need, as nations set up protectionist tariffs, while preferring trusted technology from familiar partners......." Rossikki


What are the populations of South Korea, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, France, Germany, Switzerland, etc.?

Are they bigger than 100million in each country.?

Do you know how many Biafrans exist on Earth.?



If Biafrans take Technological Education and Award seriously, they will become a nation of industrialists which will give them access to every nation of the world including wretched Nigeria.

The world market is over 7billion.

Use your wretched brain for once in your life. If Biafra secedes, who will you sell those Innoson cars to? Those things you make in Onitsha and Aba, who will buy them? Germans? South Koreans? China? Congo? South Africa? Why? Who are you? Why will they buy your stuff, which could never be as cheap, abundant, and high quality as other nations with greater experience and larger economies of scale honed in by decades of mass production and capital investment? You simply will not be able to compete. It has nothing to do with your level of ingenuity or otherwise. The world is simply not as simple as you think it is. It is this same thoughtlessness and lack of geopolitical awareness that made Igbos try to secede in the 1960s with no army, navy, or airforce, or even strategic allies, to back their intent. It is the same thoughtlessness that will lead to you seceding, and suddenly discovering there is no one to buy your wares, leading to the stagnation of your industries.

Rossikki:


Use your wretched brain for once in your life. If Biafra secedes, who will you sell those Innoson cars to? Those things you make in Onitsha and Aba, who will buy them? Germans? South Koreans? China? Congo? South Africa? Why? Who are you? Why will they buy your stuff, which could never be as cheap, abundant, and high quality as other nations with greater experience and larger economies of scale honed in by decades of mass production and capital investment? You simply will not be able to compete. It has nothing to do with your level of ingenuity or otherwise. The world is simply not as simple as you think it is. It is this same thoughtlessness and lack of geopolitical awareness that made Igbos try to secede in the 1960s with no army, navy, or airforce, or even strategic allies, to back their intent. It is the same thoughtlessness that will lead to you seceding, and suddenly discovering there is no one to buy your wares, leading to the stagnation of your industries.

Which kind yeye talk be this one



So if a Biafran goes to Togo and set up a car manufacturing plant, are you saying that Togolese won't buy the cars.?


Which country on earth including wretched Nigeria, will reject a Biafran industrialist.?


Pls tell me one nation that will reject them

Warship:



Which kind yeye talk be this one



So if a Biafran goes to Togo and set up a car manufacturing plant, are you saying that Togolese won't buy the cars.?


Which country on earth including wretched Nigeria, will reject a Biafran industrialist.?


Pls tell me one nation that will reject them

Togo? The GDP per capita of Togo is $590 per annum. Nigeria's is $2,700. This is average earning per person. Togo has a population of 7.5 million. Nigeria 200 million. It makes far better economic sense for a Biafran industrialist to establish his car plant in NIGERIA and export to Togo, if they'll accept his cars, rather than sinking funds in Togo with little room for expansion, low patronage, and low profits.

And all this is assuming that France allows Togo to allow you become competition for their Peugeot and other cars already there. You'll be shocked at the power a single phone call from Paris or London can have on some of these small African states.

Finally, even if the above were inapplicable, and it all went smoothly for the Biafran industrialist, who really benefits from his investment in Togo? HIM. And maybe some Togolese employees. The returns certainly won't go to Biafra. Dangote is building refineries and factories in places like Tanzania and Senegal. Is the money he's making reaching you?

My stance on development is by holding our leaders and ourselves accountable. This is opposed to OP's view that outside forces are impeding our development.

Moreover, it's not mandatory to divulge trade secrets or technological advantage to other nations. If you need it so much, develop yours. There's no free lunch anywhere.

Comparing education levels does not make sense. Generally, most people never went to school then across many nations including Singapore. Yes, people are going to schools today. But of what quality are these schools compared to nations we started on same footing? For instance, The Nanyang Technological University was founded in 1991, UI in 1948. However, NTU is currently among the top 50 universities globally according to the QS Rankings while UI is around 800-850.

Is the West responsible for that? Should Singaporean leaders not be praised for the incremental development? Had they blamed or continue to blame the British (yes, the Brits did not do enough for her. But there's no law to stipulate such in the first place), Singapore will not be where she is today.

It's funny the OP believes the Chinese will give Nigeria or Africa access to her technology. Why should she? When she was stealing others' technology secrets and developing hers, where were you? We're currently amassing debts owed to the Chinese (low interest OP will argue, but no difference). Same Chinese are buying huge swathes of lands in Ethiopia, Kenya, getting precious metals from DRC etc. The onus lies on Africans to move on. We were and are not the first people to be colonised or invaded. Japan did same to the Koreans and Chinese. Where are they today? Blaming Japan for their 'present undevelopment'?

Warship:



God bless you for these words below


"..............The prosperity of Asian economic powers drive Western economies and they stand to profit from the success of as many successful nations as possible................"



One thing people like Rossikki don't understand is that the present generation of Caucasian people have realized that as long as other nations progress, they will also progress

For example


If more Africans become rich, nations like Germany will sell more cars, Japan more electronics, etc


African poverty is beginning to irritate the rest of the world especially the Caucasian people.


Unknown to people like Rossikki, this is one of the reasons why some of the Caucasian people are supporting Nnamdi Kanu


This is why they support the Reestablishment of Biafra

What will Biafra do for them?

Rossikki:


Togo? The GDP per capita of Togo is $590 per annum. Nigeria's is $2,700. This is average earning per person. Togo has a population of 7.5 million. Nigeria 200 million. It makes far better economic sense for a Biafran industrialist to establish his car plant in NIGERIA and export to Togo, if they'll accept his cars, rather than sinking funds in Togo with little room for expansion, low patronage, and low profits.

And all this is assuming that France allows Togo to allow you become competition for their Peugeot and other cars already there. You'll be shocked at the power a single phone call from Paris or London can have on some of these small African states.

It's true, the eleven west african states colonized by Frances have their economies controlled by them to a large extent. It's annoying.

the truth of the matter is that nobody will help u to develop ur country, no country under colonial rule was developed before independence.

the colonial masters will only develop what is useful for their act in a country.like the case of Nigeria where they built railway from Lagos to the north just to transport goods from the north down to Lagos and take the goods away. i'm not even sure if they built any other worthy infrastructure in the country.

fast forward 50years later, Nigeria supposed to have developed far beyond where we are now, it seems we're always blessed with leaders that are not visionaries. how can a country(largest economy on the continent) not produce electricity for its citizen? at least we constructed the kainji in the 60s,shortly after independence. why should the price of PMS in an oil producing country be expensive? why is our agricultural sector, airline and co. be in shamble now?

none of our chaotic state should be blamed on the British but our leaders, 50years is too much for us to have developed far beyond this state.
we're developing; no doubt, but at a very slow pace.

Gerrard59:
My stance on development is by holding our leaders and ourselves accountable. This is opposed to OP's view that outside forces are impeding our development.

Moreover, it's not mandatory to divulge trade secrets or technological advantage to other nations. If you need it so much, develop yours. There's no free lunch anywhere.

Comparing education levels does not make sense. Generally, most people never went to school then across many nations including Singapore. Yes, people are going to schools today. But of what quality are these schools compared to nations we started on same footing? For instance, The Nanyang Technological University was founded in 1991, UI in 1948. However, NTU is currently among the top 50 universities globally according to the QS Rankings while UI is around 800-850.

Is the West responsible for that? Should Singaporean leaders not be praised for the incremental development? Had they blamed or continue to blame the British (yes, the Brits did not do enough for her. But there's no law to stipulate such in the first place), Singapore will not be where she is today.

It's funny the OP believes the Chinese will give Nigeria or Africa access to her technology. Why should she? When she was stealing others' technology secrets and developing hers, where were you? We're currently amassing debts owed to the Chinese (low interest OP will argue, but no difference). Same Chinese are buying huge swathes of lands in Ethiopia, Kenya, getting precious metals from DRC etc. The onus lies on Africans to move on. We were and are not the first people to be colonised or invaded. Japan did same to the Koreans and Chinese. Where are they today? Blaming Japan for their 'present undevelopment'?

You are a deceiver and a liar. You've come in here, and superimposed your own false interpretation of what this thread is about, and then sought to attack the false image you've invented.

This thread says to you white worshippers - If they are the superior beings you make them out to be, then why was Nigeria an undeveloped bush after 63 years of uninterrupted white rule? And if their record is woeful, which it is, then why do you worship them? With some even calling for them to return and rule more. That is the thrust of the thread. Don't try and twist it. We are APPLAUDING our progress vis a vis what the colonialists did.

We are not "blaming" anyone for our problems. We are stating that we are happy to be independent of colonial rule because it was a disaster for us. We are saying that those who ask why we are not like Singapore should use their brains and study the history of Singapore which led them to this point, rather than being superficial and thinking development occurs in a vacuum. When we try to educate you on how geopolitics plays a hand in all of it, you say "you're blaming whites!" If your analytical faculties are not developed enough to process the information you're receiving like an intelligent, educated person, why not move on to another thread that is more to your level?

PDJT:
-Rossikki, I used to think you get sense. Perhaps, you're a different person to the one I thought; an old-time member here.

-I didn't really want to reply this post cos I think one poster here, "Obi..." and few others have done a good job already. But one thing I really want to add is, ask yourself where our grandparents where when Brits came and where they left us. Nigerians have spent more time fighting each other than make progress. My recommendation is dividing the country along it Fault Lines (Lol Name of the book I'm currently reading ).
-In this book, it talks about a plan, Project Helios, which is to carpet 200sq km of Greek land with solar panels costing €20 billion (€3.5 billion paid by Germans). The electricity generated will be transmitted through a new €10 billion line to Germany! 2 gigawatts of green solar energy by 2020 & 10 gigawatts by 2050.
-Imagine if they replicate that across Europe: Greece turning into the Saudi of solar! I hope you know the implication of this on Nigeria.
Note: Nigeria has more sunshine than Greece.

-In essence, there is no free lunch anywhere and the future is bleak for oil dependent Nigeria. The earlier the country is split into manageable workable units the better.

-Finally, I would recommend this books to you or anyone: "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell & "Intellectuals and Race" by same Author.

How do I get this three books? Are they available online?

Rossikki:


South Africa is ''way way better than us'' because unlike in Nigeria, the white colonialists reinvested into the local economy the monies from export profits right from the first day they took over that country in the early 1820s.

Because they was a very large white settler population there. Attracted to the country by its temperate weather I guess. They saw the country as their own. So they built the first university there in 1829. The University of Cape Town.

University of the Witwatersrand was established in 1896.

Stellenbosch University 1903.

University of Pretoria 1908.

The same British at the very same time in Nigeria, were busy on a very different trajectory based on total extraction of natural resources and very minimal input back into the Nigerian economy. This was how they functioned till the likes of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, and Peter Enahoro among others said, ENOUGH.

And thankfully so.

It was only after they left that Nigeria began trying to develop. Establishing our first university in 1962.

Our first power station 1964. Kainji Dam.

South Africa's first power station? Try the 1880s!!

I mean, how the hell do you expect Nigeria and South Africa to be on the same technological or even socio-political level?

It's like comparing a man to a child. They started long before we were even on the map. They've been producing highly trained engineers, scientists, urban planners, doctors, architects, jurists, politicians, pilots, technicians, and bankers in their thousands for at least a century before we started in Nigeria. Once you study the history of both nations, you see it makes no sense comparing ourselves with them.

What we need to do is just respect ourselves and move forward as smoothly as possible. But don't expect us to function as efficiently as South Africa anytime soon, because the truth is, we're still learning how to build a modern nation, compared to them.

University of Ibadan was established in 1948 as University college Ibadan. Nomenclature does not take away the fact that it was a University from whence people like Wole Soyinka, JP Clark, Christopher Okigbo, Achebe and many others graduated before 1962.

PDJT:
-Rossikki, I used to think you get sense. Perhaps, you're a different person to the one I thought; an old-time member here.

-I didn't really want to reply this post cos I think one poster here, "Obi..." and few others have done a good job already. But one thing I really want to add is, ask yourself where our grandparents where when Brits came and where they left us. Nigerians have spent more time fighting each other than make progress. My recommendation is dividing the country along it Fault Lines (Lol Name of the book I'm currently reading ).
-In this book, it talks about a plan, Project Helios, which is to carpet 200sq km of Greek land with solar panels costing €20 billion (€3.5 billion paid by Germans). The electricity generated will be transmitted through a new €10 billion line to Germany! 2 gigawatts of green solar energy by 2020 & 10 gigawatts by 2050.
-Imagine if they replicate that across Europe: Greece turning into the Saudi of solar! I hope you know the implication of this on Nigeria.
Note: Nigeria has more sunshine than Greece.

-In essence, there is no free lunch anywhere and the future is bleak for oil dependent Nigeria. The earlier the country is split into manageable workable units the better.

-Finally, I would recommend this books to you or anyone: "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell & "Intellectuals and Race" by same Author.

oga, if u want Nigeria to split, better that way, but comparing Greek project with Nigerian is absurd.

shervydman:
the truth of the matter is that nobody will help u to develop ur country, no country under colonial rule was developed before independence.

the colonial masters will only develop what is useful for their act in a country.like the case of Nigeria where they built railway from Lagos to the north just to transport goods from the north down to Lagos and take the goods away. i'm not even sure if they built any other worthy infrastructure in the country.

fast forward 50years later, Nigeria supposed to have developed far beyond where we are now, it seems we're always blessed with leaders that are not visionaries. how can a country(largest economy on the continent) not produce electricity for its citizen? at least we constructed the kainji in the 60s,shortly after independence. why should the price of PMS in an oil producing country be expensive? why is our agricultural sector, airline and co. be in shamble now?

none of our chaotic state should be blamed on the British but our leaders, 50years is too much for us to have developed far beyond this state.
we're developing; no doubt, but at a very slow pace.

Actually, it is not true that "no colonised country was developed before independence". South Africa was developed as early as the 1940s. Hong Kong was highly developed long before its independence from Britain. India was developed by the British colonialists far more than they did in their African territories apart from SA. They also built a lot of infrastructure in Egypt in their time there. It was really just the black African colonies that the whites robbed so viciously and totally. That needs to be stated.

Mujtahida:

How do I get this three books? Are they available online?

-Yes, they are.
-Check amazon or ebay. "Basic Economics" & "Intellectuals and Race" by Thomas Sowell. Also check YouTube for audio-read of "Basic Economics" and you will also see free reviews of the books and interviews of the Author.
"The Default Line" is by Faisal Islam and the book has a twitter account @TheDefaultLine.

Gerrard59:


I have read the gibberish. Unless you want to say the West are "gods" that can do and undo, that is your business. But to utter that a country cannot get developed in 50 years is wrong and smacks of incompetence. Same Singapore that had a lower GDP per Capita than Nigeria in the '60s. Same Singapore Lee instituted anti-corruption laws? Same Singapore Lee travelled calling for investments? Same Singapore Lee made friends with around the world? Same Singapore Lee that appointed the best and brightest? Same Lee who introduced laws at harmonising different races as in the current HDB? And lots more.

If you do not want to take responsibility for your actions, your prerogative. The problem of Nigeria is Nigerians especially apportion-blame-Nigerians like you. The rulers leaders are not imported.


Learn to take responsibility for your actions. And stop calling shopping malls development when the average household does not have access to clean and affordable water from public works.

Your last paragraph is very poignant. We build shopping malls, arrange furniture, host events and call it development. That's paparazzi to me, showbiz development

Mujtahida:

University of Ibadan was established in 1948 as University college Ibadan. Nomenclature does not take away the fact that it was a University from whence people like Wole Soyinka, JP Clark, Christopher Okigbo, Achebe and many others graduated before 1962.

It wasn't a full fledged university. It was a college of the University of London. What an insult that in 63 years of milking your resources, all they gave you was that.

Imagine if they'd try to be a bit more...decent. And built like three proper universities as early as the 1920s. And expanded education as opposed to reserving it for a tiny few. Think how many more Soyinkas and Achebes we'd have had. Plus a generation of engineers, industrialists, and other professionals. These are not favours we are seeking. They were exporting our resources. They could have reinvested even 20% back into the economy, and we would have been a reasonably developed nation at independence.

Gerrard59:


Still blaming. No, I'm not. You are, by apportioning everything on them. Thereby making them feel so-superhuman.

Yes, Botswana has been Africa's best run place. However, not close to Lee's Singapore (Lee did wonders). Talking about investments and transfer of technology, well, there exist no law that stipulates technology must to be transferred to anyone. If you need it so badly, develop yours (Japan) or copy (China, albeit, she is developing hers).

You can even freely copy from patents that have expired through the world Intellectual property organisation which is proactive in making these patents available to countries like Nigeria.

Rossikki:
It wasn't a full fledged university. It was a college of the University of London. What an insult that in 63 years of milking your resources, all they gave you was that.

Don't shift ground. You said there was no University in Nigeria before 1960. Wrong

Whether full fledged or not did Soyinka and his ilk carry fledgling university education before 1962?

PDJT:


-Yes, they are.
-Check amazon or ebay. "Basic Economics" & "Intellectuals and Race" by Thomas Sowell. Also check YouTube for audio-read of "Basic Economics" and you will also see free reviews of the books and interviews of the Author.
"The Default Line" is by Faisal Islam and the book has a twitter account @TheDefaultLine.

Okay

Rossikki:
It wasn't a full fledged university. It was a college of the University of London. What an insult that in 63 years of milking your resources, all they gave you was that.

Imagine if they'd try to be a bit more...decent. And built like three proper universities as early as the 1920s. And expanded education as opposed to reserving it for a tiny few. Think how many more Soyinkas and Achebes we'd have had. These are not favours we are seeking. They were exporting our resources. They could have reinvested even 20% back into the economy, and we would have been a reasonably developed nation at independence.

You are misreading colonialism as development. Correct your premise and everything will be clear to you. Colonialism was meant to plunder and not to develop us. We've had the time, resources and opportunities to develop for 57years. And we have not done better than the colonial plunderers.

shervydman:

oga, if u want Nigeria to split, better that way, but comparing Greek project with Nigerian is absurd.

-Lol. Ofcos I want Nigeria balkanized to its real constituents Nations.
-The Greek project mention is to highlight what the future holds for Oil dependent Nigeria and how far removed she is from it colonial masters in Europe.

Rossikki:


Actually, it is not true that "no colonised country was developed before independence". South Africa was developed as early as the 1940s. Hong Kong was highly developed long before its independence from Britain. India was developed by the British colonialists far more than they did in their African territories apart from SA. They also built a lot of infrastructure in Egypt in their time there. It was really just the black African colonies that the whites robbed so viciously and totally. That needs to be stated.

u see; those emboldened statements is FALSE.
i'm not really sure about the development of SA in the 40s. Hong kong is still an autonomy of china and the brits left in the 40s while their industrialization started soon after the british left,so how did British developed hong kong?

india was developed by the british colonialist, really? .....I laugh in hindi.
as for Egypt.....guy, u've lost it.

do u really think colonialist will develop another country?