|
buluti (m)
|
@ jeshua oga i really don't understand your post nor can i correlate how what you have said has to do with whether the picture is a true reflection of Nigeria or how what you said has got to do with development and standard of living in Nigeria.
What is your point exactly? Who is talking about restructuring or the misconception of an ignorant white boy. That there is wide misconception about Africa is no news, but that the picture reflects the low standard of living and harsh living conditions in Nigeria is also not in contention.
No body made us this way so blaming the west for our problems is so irresponsible. am so confused about your post who is talking about common wealth here, i don't understand, They see you and ask you if you are refugee or assylum seekers probably its because that is what blacks usually do, (i.e. Nigerian or ghanian claiming to be Liberian to obtain refugee status when there was war) and you wonder why you are asked stupid questions. At times this misconceptions are created by us so why blame them.
With such responses how can i wonder why we are so under-developed, is it the same Universities we all attended, please lets put on our thinking caps. We need to step up our game,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jen33 (m)
|
 That looks absolutely gorgeous. |
|
|
|
|
|
Ndipe (m)
|
@Bulutti, huts may not be of an economic significance to you, but don't forget that people, unable to live in concrete houses live in mud houses. I am not against developement, but it should not displace the dwellers of the locale, forcing them to be homeless. That is what Raji Rasaki did in Lagos, demolishing Maroko, while evicting long life renters of the place. The end result, the rich got the piece of land, while the poor people had to start life all over again. So you see, developement has its faults. Huts may not serve a purpose to you, or to the nation, but to the common man, it is their CASTLE.
|
|
|
|
|
|
oyinboaja
|
We can post pictures of destitute Londoners on our own websites too. Let us do what we can with what we have fantastic idea. let's put our money where our mouth is and do something to counter western propaganda |
|
|
|
|
|
oyinboaja
|
some people are always quick to believe we should be like westerners. very idiotic thought.
why state that she lives on about $1 dollar a day? Is the value of the dollar the same in america as it is in Nigeria? Can a dollar buy in america/UK what a dollar can buy in Nigeria? Make these yeye people go sleep jare.
|
|
|
|
|
|
oyinboaja
|
we too dey jump dey condemn anything wey we dey do wey oyinbo no dey do.
if to say na we condone homos and oyinbo no condone am, them for don tell us say we be animals and for don call us different kind names. if na our pikins dey take gbana at the same rate wey westerners dey take am, all of una for join dey talk say na we get problem.
una mumu never do?
Most houses wey dey UK na wood and thin sheets them take build them. Na wooden houses den dey build. If to say na we dey build houses like that, we go yab ourselves till kingdon come.
Osi oda ni ile pako!!!
una mumu never do?
|
|
|
|
|
|
buluti (m)
|
some people are always quick to believe we should be like westerners. very idiotic thought.
why state that she lives on about $1 dollar a day? Is the value of the dollar the same in america as it is in Nigeria? Can a dollar buy in america/UK what a dollar can buy in Nigeria? Make these yeye people go sleep jare.
Have you heard of the concept of "purchasing power parity", please go and research that before you come here and post unintelligent discussions. $1 a day is a UN criteria used to describe the poorest of the poorest standard of living, it has nothing to do with a currency its intrinsic or real value. To your second post i really choose to ignore it, theres no need. @ Ndipe its quite clear that our problem has been a history of mis-rule that to you guys theres no need for development as it would only favour the rich. Keep the huts you hear and tomorrow come here and shout that graduates have no jobs, that things are getting bad. No wonder the present political class can cling to power as they do. Imagine the comparison "Rasaki vis the maroko experience". So you think all over the world where it has been done that was what happened, instead of asking or researching how others got it right, how can their model be adapted to suit our own peculiar situation, the solution is to "do nothing". Why do i even bother i hope its clear to you all that we deserve what we are getting, we are like this not because of any govt but because as a people we just may be retrogressive. Food for thought, i just don't know. |
|
|
|
|
|
4 Play (m)
|
Have you heard of the concept of "purchasing power parity", please go and research that before you come here and post unintelligent discussions. $1 a day is a UN criteria used to describe the poorest of the poorest standard of living, it has nothing to do with a currency its intrinsic or real value.
doesn't his post effectively recognise "PPP" ? |
|
|
|
|
|
buluti (m)
|
doesn't his post effectively recognise "PPP" ?
Am sure it did.  ? The BBC must really hate us and please to those that want to post, kindly post where in the developed world people que up and fight to get water. Again am not saying everywhere in Nigeria is like this, but why should we give them such an opportunity to ridicule us. If the situation didnt arise, the picture wouldnt be available. We are the architect of our fortune or misfortune. Truth be told access to water is still a big problem, so the picture is a fair representation of the water problem, a large proportion of the population still que up in public taps or buy water in Jerrycans. The picture is not a lie and we should be angry withourselves and not the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6569057.stm |
|
|
|
|
|
agaba123 (m)
|
What is wrong with those pictures.
Gawdi, the akara is apetizing. In fact I want some.
Abeg tthat woman and her kids look fresh.
Spare me jare.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fhemmmy
|
Very sad but true.
Yet some leaders are taking the money away for their generation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
![Nairaland [Nigerian Forum] Home](http://www.nairaland.com/Themes/default/images/english/home.gif)
Author
