desgiezd:

They rigged our elections and advised us to go to court, to our amazement, we got to the courts and found out that all the judges have been bought over!

They sold our common assets to their cronies and dare us to react if we so wish!

They drive on our roads with siren blaring escorts and[b] threaten to push us off the roads![/b]

While standing at the road side, they drive past in their big, bullet proof SUVs, splash water on us and still accuse us of not jumping off the road at their approach!

Every man is a potential despoiler

@paddy lo

I thought it was obvious from my original post, i meant
solid infrastructure, the roads, schools, water provision etc.

Economic numbers only go so far.

And boy do you need a lesson or two in humility. Reading a
few articles through Google search does not make you an
accomplished economist.

paddy_lo:

50% of the total budget goes to states and Local GOVTS so if u focus on only the FG u are missing the big picture
cause many states are in charge of schools,water,roads and general infrastructure

As for schools,i dont know of any schools the FG still controls,most were given back to the owners
However GOVT still spends a lot on ASUU,UBEC and teachers salaries

For water there are lots of dams being built and others already built
For roads am sure there are many like [b]Abuja -lokoja,Onitsha owerri express and lots of others

And i already told u about the MGDs which is spending over N500billion in 5yrs on poor areas of our country,pls watch the videos

In America nobody asks which roads Obama built,or which schools he built
these things are not the job of the GOVT in the centre

The main job of the GOVT is providing macro-economic stability,defense,rule of law,and make rules that guide entreprenuers to invest and create jobs

That is why i have given u the big picture,if u think that is not important then u can move to zimbabwe were inflation was running at over 12,000% per annum

see how any economic activity can take place in that scenario[/b]

omamokta:

Its a fact that the current democratic dispensation has achieved little or nothing in terms of infrastructural development in the last 10 years but i ve to draw our attention to the area of health care for federal civil servants. The government of obj did a lot by introducing the national health insurance scheme. with this an average federal civil servant does not need to scratch his head on how to settle his and family's health bill. He pays 10% while government offsets the remaining 90%. Though some amount is deducted from the worker's salary, but its a package that is working excellently. If we look well we will still some goodies, after all, the worst civilian government is better than the best military government.

Kobojunkie:

I wasn't talking of government revenue. I am referring to GDP. How long has Agriculture made up almost 50% of our GDP? That many still rely on the land for their livelihood does not explain this in anyway. This is the same country that was hit just as hard by the food crises of 2008. We still import much of our food and I am to simply believe Agriculture makes up almost 50% of our GDP? It is hard to believe.

Every single sector of the Nigerian economy is in a state of emergency.