shymmex: This the topic Nigerians at home and in the diaspora should have a discourse about. Let's leave countries we have no stake in alone, and focus on our continent..

My hypothesis:

Till we rid Nigeria off retards - and uncle toms, we would continue to be the most disappointing country on this planet... Nigeria has so much potentials - but nothing to show for it... Most of our so-called 'educated' people are clowns with herd mentality who can't think critically... Nigerian educated class are also notorious of having low self-esteem..

Ileke-IdI:
Can't wait to see a "Why is Nigeria more developed than England" thread

aauwalu80: Hmm, u realy dont read history, but is simple,Blcks ar Probl.Is jst been a blck. Hav u evr see a country rule by a blck thro out b.4 & aftr indp. Dev? No tht's our Natur we dont knw anythn rathr stilin, gosip,killins,an many mor,our leddrs wrong doing ar

Tony Spike: Good comments so far and thanks to you all. May I add that the foundation and success of any advanced country is Research and Development (R & D). South Africa pumps an unbelievably whooping amount of funds into R & D that would make Nigeria weep like a baby.

I was a researcher in South Africa for some time and I can tell you that SA is doing everything to leap into the future. There in SA, their Universities are researching almost at the same awareness level as most American and Europeans Universities. No wonder they rank among the top 500 universities in the world. As a Nigerian researcher there, you have almost all the tools you need for your research. SA is a country doing all they can to rub shoulders with other World powers. Recently, I was at an IEEE conference where statistics of research output in 2010 for top African countries were listed as thus:

Egypt: 3004
South Africa: 1485
Tunisia: 766
Sudan: 40
Nigeria: 32

When I saw this statistics, I was ashamed and filled with rage. As far as I'm concerned, Nigeria is a dead-end in Africa. I can boldly say that Nigeria is walking-dead, Big-for-nothing entity for now. Any country that fails to drive R & D is a dead country that can never grow. I hope our greedy leaders get to see the damage they are wrecking on the country. Lest I forget, the city of Johannesburg in SA consumes over 2500 MW of electricity alone. This is more half of the output of Nigeria (at 4000 MW) alone. Nigeria should wake up and smell the coffee, we are at least 20 yrs behind SA.

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metro10: Its no just because they have the whited, i know the southy blacks are lazy, but still if we the right leadership in place, things will run well.
I want to be the next nigerian president, watch out for progress.

fellis:
Also because they have cowardly unmotivated citizens who would rather live under opression and penury than carry out a revolution.

Tony Spike: Good comments so far and thanks to you all. May I add that the foundation and success of any advanced country is Research and Development (R & D). South Africa pumps an unbelievably whooping amount of funds into R & D that would make Nigeria weep like a baby.

I was a researcher in South Africa for some time and I can tell you that SA is doing everything to leap into the future. There in SA, their Universities are researching almost at the same awareness level as most American and Europeans Universities. No wonder they rank among the top 500 universities in the world. As a Nigerian researcher there, you have almost all the tools you need for your research. SA is a country doing all they can to rub shoulders with other World powers. Recently, I was at an IEEE conference where statistics of research output in 2010 for top African countries were listed as thus:

Egypt: 3004
South Africa: 1485
Tunisia: 766
Sudan: 40
Nigeria: 32

When I saw this statistics, I was ashamed and filled with rage. As far as I'm concerned, Nigeria is a dead-end in Africa. I can boldly say that Nigeria is walking-dead, Big-for-nothing entity for now. Any country that fails to drive R & D is a dead country that can never grow. I hope our greedy leaders get to see the damage they are wrecking on the country. Lest I forget, the city of Johannesburg in SA consumes over 2500 MW of electricity alone. This is more half of the output of Nigeria (at 4000 MW) alone. Nigeria should wake up and smell the coffee, we are at least 20 yrs behind SA.

owobokiri: According to most of you, the white skin is the magic wand? So why is Albania and most of eastern europe sorry sights? They are not white enough? Is China white? Japan? South Africa has enjoyed massive western investments since the aparthied years because just like the isrealis or Japanese, they totally subsumed themselves to the core tenets of western civilization. Period! If you want to know what happend in South Africa, look at what didnt happen in Zimbabwe after western bank loans dried up following Mugabes land seizures.

In the 70s, Zim was under a white rulership that protected massive western/colonial investments in the country. Mugabe took over and even killed to protect these investments and he was knighted by the queen! Then he had an epiphany and went for their farms and dear Zim was torn to pieces. Dubai and co ar biulding up their cities today wth a mixture of bank loans and their oil cash. Note how they follow NATO all over the place even in the Arab world. It is just like a gang of thieves who share their spoils after every expedition. Even Apartheid South Africa was proped up by the west because while the white minority government terrorized the black population, the same government kowtowed to western dictates no matter who was in charge. In essence, Botha would have bowed to Obama as the leader of the "free world" if Obama was in charge then and Obama would have protected that government irrespective of his black lineage!

Most African countries are not that imperialistic. Although there is this belief in western circles that African nationalistic struggles share similar ideals with socialism, it is obvious that racism also encourages certain western political and economic policies in Africa. So what happened in South Africa is just a question of the super rich helping to develope the small guys who abide by his rules by playing their roles to entrench his dominating ideas. Dont be surprised if Dubai and co get favourable loan deals from the world bank and co to foot the construction boom in their countries deu to their roles in Libya- a fellow Arab country. Color has a role in this but the answer is not as simple as black and white.

redsun: Sadly because oyinbo was in control.Oyinbo used the blacks to develop south africa for themselves.Black south africans are jsut as developed as other africans.

owobokiri: According to most of you, the white skin is the magic wand? So why is Albania and most of eastern europe sorry sights? They are not white enough? Is China white? Japan? South Africa has enjoyed massive western investments since the aparthied years because just like the isrealis or Japanese, they totally subsumed themselves to the core tenets of western civilization. Period! If you want to know what happend in South Africa, look at what didnt happen in Zimbabwe after western bank loans dried up following Mugabes land seizures.

In the 70s, Zim was under a white rulership that protected massive western/colonial investments in the country. Mugabe took over and even killed to protect these investments and he was knighted by the queen! Then he had an epiphany and went for their farms and dear Zim was torn to pieces. Dubai and co ar biulding up their cities today wth a mixture of bank loans and their oil cash. Note how they follow NATO all over the place even in the Arab world. It is just like a gang of thieves who share their spoils after every expedition. Even Apartheid South Africa was proped up by the west because while the white minority government terrorized the black population, the same government kowtowed to western dictates no matter who was in charge. In essence, Botha would have bowed to Obama as the leader of the "free world" if Obama was in charge then and Obama would have protected that government irrespective of his black lineage!

Most African countries are not that imperialistic. Although there is this belief in western circles that African nationalistic struggles share similar ideals with socialism, it is obvious that racism also encourages certain western political and economic policies in Africa. So what happened in South Africa is just a question of the super rich helping to develope the small guys who abide by his rules by playing their roles to entrench his dominating ideas. Dont be surprised if Dubai and co get favourable loan deals from the world bank and co to foot the construction boom in their countries deu to their roles in Libya- a fellow Arab country. Color has a role in this but the answer is not as simple as black and white.

sheyie2007: Been in South Africa for a year now, from all I've learnt so far, I'm proud to say Nigeria is still the best black ruled nation in africa.