At his recent visit to Lagos, Nigeria, British Prime Minister David Cameron had some interesting commentary on Nigeria’s growth prospects in the coming years. According to him, some predict that in the next forty years, Nigeria will have the highest average GDP growth rate in the world.

“Tell me this: which part of the world has seen its number of democracies increase nearly eight-fold in just two decades? Eastern Europe? No, it’s Africa. Which continent has six of the ten fastest growing economies in the world? Asia? No, it’s Africa. Which country is predicted by some to have the highest average GDP growth in the world over the next 40 years? You might think Brazil, Russia, India or China. No. Think Africa. Think Nigeria.” – David Cameron

What do you think about this prediction?

http://www.cp-africa.com/2011/07/22/nigeria-predicted-to-have-the-highest-average-gdp-growth-in-the-world-over-the-next-40-years-david-cameron/

40 years is too far off. If we restructure the country by way of SNC, strengthen the security agencies and having very sound economic policies then I'd say 10-15yrs is all it would take for Nigeria to be in the first ten.

And I forgot reducing corruption to the very barest minimum.

dem_people:

40 years is too far off. If we restructure the country by way of SNC, strengthen the security agencies and having very sound economic policies then I'd say 10-15yrs is all it would take for Nigeria to be in the first ten.

And I forgot reducing corruption to the very barest minimum.

my friend this is abragadabra you have started here. predition is not very different from daydreaming when misused.you may want to be realistic a bit

aguiyi:

my friend this is abragadabra you have started here. predition is not very different from daydreaming when misused.you may want to be realistic a bit

seriously, 10 to 15 years is not daydreaming oooo, if we get our acts together. Nigeria is like a huge combustion engine ready to fire up. you have the petrol and the oxygen, all you need is a spark and boooom!the rest will be history.

lagcity:

seriously, 10 to 15 years is not daydreaming oooo, if we get our acts together. Nigeria is like a huge combustion engine ready to fire up. you have the petrol and the oxygen, all you need is a spark and boooom!the rest will be history.

thats d daydreaming am talking about. the same way,the leaders say it and not take steps that show positive results on the same GDP
cameron is just faning egos with that though i didnt expect him to lash out at whoever he was addressing on issues of security and corruption

aguiyi:


thats d daydreaming am talking about. the same way,the leaders say it and not take steps that show positive results on the same GDP
cameron is just faning egos with that though i didnt expect him to lash out at whoever he was addressing on issues of security and corruption

dude, i don't give a s.hit about cameron. does he even understand his own country's economy? i'm talking about the open secret that Nigeria has the potential and can be very great IF we get our acts together.

Seems plausible. Africa is the poorest and most mismanaged continent, so should grow the fastest with some competent hands on deck.

was chatting with some foreigner the other day and he was like Nigerian has the highest growth rate.
made it sound like it translated to growth and prosperity.
I dont see how much this makes us better.

this GDP thingy dont mean notin without refineries, jobs etc.

ekt_bear:

Seems plausible. Africa is the poorest and most mismanaged continent, so should grow the fastest with some competent hands on deck.

poorest-No! mismanaged-Yes!

Will there even still be a Nigeria in 40 years time?

ChinenyeN:

Will there even still be a Nigeria in 40 years time?

dont say that pls, though things are going bad, i still believe that oneday nigeria can still be the plight of black race

Toaskarity:

dont say that pls, though things are going bad, i still believe that oneday nigeria can still be the plight of black race

Do you know the meaning of that word or you just use words to look & sound intelligent

Just like he is doing in uk, he is only paying lips service, he is there on only one mission-OIL

It doesn't mean jack!!!!!! They have being telling us for years how much POTENTIAL AFRICA HAS. They keep saying it year in year out because:

1. As visitors to our country they certainly have to find something good to say. Here is another one, somebody last year visited and praised former Gov. Akala for doing a great job in Oyo State or some nonsense like that, when everybody can clearly see that the guy is . . . well I 'll leave that part out.

2. Nigerians/Africans and their leaders do not understand ambiguous sayings. So when they hear such nonsense they actually start taking it seriously. The land of deep proverbs looses its head when the words come out of the mouth of a caucasian - it doesn't even have to be a caucasian, only not dark-skinned like us

In reality, the statement you have so much potential - [size=14pt]stated year in year out [/size] - is really calling you indolent.

They can't even predict their own country's growth rate next year, yet they are telling you about your country's in 40 years.

shakomende:

At his recent visit to Lagos, Nigeria, British Prime Minister David Cameron had some interesting commentary on Nigeria’s growth prospects in the coming years. According to him, some predict that in the next forty years, Nigeria will have the highest average GDP growth rate in the world.

“Tell me this: which part of the world has seen its number of democracies increase nearly eight-fold in just two decades? Eastern Europe? No, it’s Africa. Which continent has six of the ten fastest growing economies in the world? Asia? No, it’s Africa. Which country is predicted by some to have the highest average GDP growth in the world over the next 40 years? You might think Brazil, Russia, India or China. No. Think Africa. Think Nigeria.” – David Cameron

What do you think about this prediction?

http://www.cp-africa.com/2011/07/22/nigeria-predicted-to-have-the-highest-average-gdp-growth-in-the-world-over-the-next-40-years-david-cameron/

cold:

Do you know the meaning of that word or you just use words to look & sound intelligent

To give or pledge the black race proud

Toaskarity:

To give or pledge the black race proud 

Better to remain quiet & be thought a fool than to speak up & remove all doubt.

plight - definition of plight by the Free Online Dictionary ,
A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=plight

You should learn to use the dictionary more often.It is completely free & at your service 24/7

cold:

Better to remain quiet & be thought a fool than to speak up & remove all doubt.

plight - definition of plight by the Free Online Dictionary ,
A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=plight

You should learn to use the dictionary more often.It is completely free & at your service 24/7

kai guy this won too much it will better for you tell him to ask for refund from his school. Eleja University Oke _ Odo

I hate such predictions even if it appears true.
It makes the Govt. think they're working and eventually they'll steal more to compensate the work done. Stupid!

David Cameron should be crying not praising a state with no certain future. Who says Nigeria will last another 40 years? its not even certain.

27naira:

I hate such predictions even if it appears true.
It makes the Govt. think they're working and eventually they'll steal more to compensate the work done. silly!

David Cameron should be crying not praising a state with no certain future. Who says Nigeria will last another 40 years? its not even certain.

Not certain. God knows.

Keep giving them hope

Someone tell this man to shut up.

^^^Am Dialing his number to tell him, but it's saying network busy

Growth in a nigeria is inevitable but with kleptocrats as leaders,it will never come through because war will break out

Horus:

and then you wonder how Ethipia and Mozanbique got to the third and forth position on that shedule. - deceit of the hihest other

Again whiteman don turned our head, for country without 24/7 electricity. hope the co[sub][/sub]x releases from the gen will not finish us before then. anyone get award from the visit?

this idiot must think we r all fools, a higher GDP only reflects how productive a country is in terms of exports  e.g Oil e.t.c, it has nothing to do with the standard of living, its just one of those economic gibberish they come up with to give Africans false hopes and of course re-assure us that their puppets(our leaders) r doing the right thing by them.

We can't only dwell on HOPE, Lets work it out. For now, the system is very hot for us to achieve 0.5%. He just gave us HOPE and nothing else.

And by the way, Who instructed Jonathan to visit that boy in Lagos? Ok he is afraid of BOKO HARAM, But been that the case, Jonathan should have stayed in Abuja and waited for him. He can't detect to us where he will meet. Jonathan sucks FULL time. You don't need to belittle your COUNTRY.

all this thing is just on paper , while masses are in deep poverty , no growth at all

well,if a cockroach grows into a rat that's a mighty huge growth but the rat must still stay out of the way of snakes

Cameron may be right. No wonder he made this state visit despite the security concerns. But to achieve this we need to develop our electric power base well, reduce corruption as well as cease the indigenisation policy that limits Nigeria partnering and recruiting expert  staff from western countries to work on the civil service.

It is dishearten that at this age Nigeria as a person is stil dreaming like aboki with acute fever