The True Picture Of Nigeria

Presido 1,
I salute you.

But from the daily staple of Sky News on British kids killing themselves, I will agree with the UN Report.



 

thank you, i'll appreciate that.

What has Mark's assets got to do with the sovereignity of Nigeria?

Bankole,
God bless you for saying the truth.

This is not the Nigeria of my dreams when I was growing up as a child in the 1970s in Obalende, Lagos.

Most of the criminals who have battered Nigeria came from terrible backgrounds and I have a theory that they are looting, because they are not used to the security of prosperity.
What we call Omale in Yoruba.

The Ojoras, Dantatas, Mbanefos, Ibrus, and other highly respected families in Nigeria have been doing their best in industry of nation building since the 1960s to date.
The Okoya-Thomas and Michael Ibru families have enduring legacies.
But these crooks and rogues have no reputable family background.

The Odillis, Iboris, Orji Kalus and Babagindas, Abachas and fellow Omale gangster families do not have any worth family name, so they have no scruples and no shame.

If you can find The Guardian of Nigeria, please read the columnists and contributors and there is nothing alarming in the UNDP report on Nigeria.

The rankings of Nigerian universities in Africa should make us sad. Even the so-called private universities did not fare better than the government universities. And these private universities ask the students to pay more, but they lack the qualified teaching staff.

Nigerians like posing and posturing in arrogance, ignorance and indifference. But as Jesus Christ said, by their fruits you shall know them.

The acquisition of status symbols by the ruling class cannot transform Nigeria into a developed nation. 

Who are behind the rankings?

Even the highest ranked African University is around 500 in the world, not all parts of Africa are suffering the same problem as Nigeria.

My dear Nairalanders,

Let me throw in a little something here that I had written for another purpose, which I think is a valid contribution to this thread.

Call it a peephole into my heart's cry for my country, call it the ranting of an idealist, call it whatever, BUT, when you are done, think about it for a while.

This is what I believe.

We are all a product of the beliefs that we hold to be true.

I do not believe in coincidences; neither do I believe that our lives and destinies are shaped by a series of random, uncoordinated events. I hold strongly that nothing just happens…that the string of events that make up the timeline of life are all divinely orchestrated

I have believed for a long time that our country Nigeria, which also recently became a year older, is the cornerstone of God’s ultimate agenda for the black race. From the foundation of this great country which many people have ignorantly described as the product of colonial political engineering, God’s plans and intentions have implicitly influenced the happenings around us. His unmistakable signature is woven into the fabric of our nationhood; clearly visible to the discerning eye.

I believe that there is a reason why the second stanza of our national anthem is in fact, a prayer. I believe that these lines were divinely inspired. A pointer to the divine antecedents of this country.

These words transcend creed  and religion so that their true meaning will not be lost in the religious prejudice that so often rears its head amongst us



And what is this noble cause, some may ask? The answer lies in the last line.

This is the cause for which our founding fathers lived, fought and died.

This is our ‘noble cause’.

The quest for a nation where peace and justice reign supreme.

I ask, are we still on the quest?, when we recite that Anthem and that Pleadge, do we do itwith integrity, or are we just lying to the last person we should lie to, our very own selves?

I beleive that there is yet a remnant in Nigeria, a young, rennaissance oriented generation which is intent on influencing positive change around here,

, my charge to you is this,

We ignore our predecessors to our own loss…, we overlook our antecedents at our own peril because every vision of the future must be predicated on hindsight…. foresight and insight…that we may not repeat the mistakes of the past, nor ignore the challenges of the present. That we may see beyond our present horizons…

I will stop there for now,

Your thoughts please?