ndu_chucks: There is always something frustrating about being stuck abroad while your mates are making millions back home. They blame Nigerian leaders for their failure while ignoring the fact that they themselves have personally contributed zilch towards the betterment of Nigeria. These people are in effect worse than the leaders they are quick to attack

Let me also add that a few of them return to run for various offices and start businesses, but these are exceptions.

chatterly: THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT A NIGERIAN WOMAN WHO WAS DENIED A US VISA DUE TO SOME ISSUES ABOUT HAVING HER BABY IN THE US,SUPRISINGLY A LOT OF THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS CAME FROM DIASPORIANS!!!!!

thelastPope:
They don't even attend occupy Nigeria protests abroad, yet they make noise on NL. The occupy Nigeria protests in the UK and US were scanty! I am not even sure they have the skillsets required to do anything meaningful. Shame!

bokohalal: The topic should read"why are some Nigerians in diaspora and at home so bitter?"

Demdem: @Op

Me think u are wrong. what gives u the impression that its only "diasporans" that are dissatisfied with the happenings in our country?

Demdem: @Op

Me think u are wrong. what gives u the impression that its only "diasporans" that are dissatisfied with the happenings in our country?

Geomac:

You are very correct.

OP, I don't think they hate Nigeria as a country but they are not just happy with the entire system compare with what they have up there.

ballabriggs: It is simple. You live in a country that does not have a quarter of the resources Nigeria has but they are able to organise themselves and use the little they have to uplift humanity. We cannot simply provide basic healthcare for our people in spite of the resources we have, how pathetic. You call it corruption, I call it cannibalism. It is people eating their own.


Secondly it is absolutely false to say these guys do not contribute anything to Nigeria. Part of their earnings are capital flows to Nigeria in the form of remittances. That is a source of foreign exchange earnings to Nigeria. Also most of them spend their time studying abroad. That is contributing to the stock of human capital for Nigeria. Also some of them have foundations societies which contributes to development in Nigeria. For example, I and some of my relatives in the US and UK have a foundation and we know how much that foundation has contributed to humanity in Abonema our immediate constitution.

It is myopic to think most of them make no contribution to uplift Nigeria. They are not under any obligation to make known what they have done. The mere fact that they contribute on debates in Nairaland brings a diverse perspective to issues and the least that should be done is to appreciate them as Nigerians interested in Nigeria and not vilify them.

ballabriggs: It is simple. You live in a country that does not have a quarter of the resources Nigeria has but they are able to organise themselves and use the little they have to uplift humanity. We cannot simply provide basic healthcare for our people in spite of the resources we have, how pathetic. You call it corruption, I call it cannibalism. It is people eating their own.


Secondly it is absolutely false to say these guys do not contribute anything to Nigeria. Part of their earnings are capital flows to Nigeria in the form of remittances. That is a source of foreign exchange earnings to Nigeria. Also most of them spend their time studying abroad. That is contributing to the stock of human capital for Nigeria. Also some of them have foundations societies which contributes to development in Nigeria. For example, I and some of my relatives in the US and UK have a foundation and we know how much that foundation has contributed to humanity in Abonema our immediate constitution.

It is myopic to think most of them make no contribution to uplift Nigeria. They are not under any obligation to make known what they have done. The mere fact that they contribute on debates in Nairaland brings a diverse perspective to issues and the least that should be done is to appreciate them as Nigerians interested in Nigeria and not vilify them.

ndu_chucks:

True Nigerian at home and in diaspora alike, are bitter,but the OP asks a question about those in diaspora

thelastPope:

My friend, read my post again. Even the title is clear enough. I said "why are they so bitter". There is no Nigerian that is satisfied with the happenings in Nigeria. I am not satisfied but I am not bitter either. What we see on NL all the time is bitterness and negativity. Read some of my posts and you will see where I have criticized Nigeria too. But I do not disrespect or ridicule my country. Foreigners read this stuff sometimes and its really sad what they see.

Ok, av also modified my post to suit ur taste why should i care about what foreigners think about me when my own leaders that ought to care dont give a damn.

Demdem: @Op

Me think u are wrong. what gives u the impression that its only "diasporans" that are bitter with the happenings in our country?

Demdem:

i expect him to know that the same reasons why those at home are bitter should be the same with little or no difference with those in diaspora. We all are humans and we all want to live good and well secured lives. looking for any other reason IMO is dumb.

thelastPope:

Like I indicated in my post, not all diasporans are bad. But most of them are. I repeat, they contribute nothing. There are over 1 million Nigerians in the UK. If a tenth of them contribute meaningfully to Nigeria, believe me, you will feel the impact. These Nigerians even collect monies from many foreign donors in the name of coming to Nigeria to develope the place but end up spending the money on expensive cars. I have first hand experience so I know what I am saying. Most NGOs in Nigeria were started by Nigerians in diaspora and 90% of these NGOs are fraud! They are a nuisance here on NL.

You might not know the value of building hope in people but I know what it is to inspire hope. If we are to go by the NL contributions of many diaspora Nigerians, we will all give up.

thelastPope:

I know a few Nigerians, who live in Nigeria like you, are bitter. But you are a small minority. Most Nigerians are not happy with the state of affairs but will not ridicule or insult their country.

Small minority u say ok prove it.
My friend, u have no basis.

Nigerians based abroad are more of a nuisance on NL than those at home

tpia@:


actually, can you honestly dispute this fact.


even the catankerous home-based ones [ie the home based nlers who are troublemakers], are heavily influenced by their overseas brethren.

thelastPope: I am really getting irritated by many Nigerians in diaspora. They seem bent on seeing Nigeria and Nigerians go down. They come here and all over other Internet sites spewing garbage about Nigeria. They will put down anything positive about Nigeria. It seems they are suffering from gross bitterness.

There is no denying the fact that Nigeria has many issues but we cannot solve it by hating ourselves with so much raw hate and talking nonsense all the time. There is a time to critisize. For example, I like to criticize our excesses on materialism as a people which leads us to many unwanted stuff like corruption and crime. But insulting the nation and saying we will never make it and making us look so pathetic to the rest of the world is just too bad! We have our dignity and pride and we will never sacrifice that on any alter of self defeat and hopelessness.

If these bitter diaspora folks can't see anything good about Nigeria and Nigerians, I wonder why they even bother to post on Nigerian forums. They should carry their crap somewhere else. They forget that they are part of those who have failed Nigeria because they have not made any meaningful contribution to Nigerian growth.

Some of us travel out of the country and know how many of these folks live in Europe and even the US. In spain, Italy and Greece, many of them beg on the streets. In the UK, I don't even want to start. They haul themselves, sometimes as much as 15 in a 2 room apartment! Yet they talk nonsense here on NL because they can afford cheap Tmobile internet connection.

We have no other country but Nigeria. We must stand up and build it. Yes, it is a long road but it is a journey worth taking! Our families and friends live here. The question we must ask ourselves today is how can we make it better?

Apologies/acknowledgement to the many Nigerians in diaspora who do not fall into this category. Your patriotic contribution is a blessing to some of us!

Dede1: Local champions are always delighted with beer parlor-styled discussion. This goofy thread is no exception. If Nigerians in Diaspora are bitter about the state of affairs in Nigeria, one can easily conclude without malice that the alleged bitterness is drawn from series of conspicuous dead-end behaviors from Nigerians at home. In addition, the so-called Nigerians in Diaspora have grown to appreciate orderly environment stuffed with social decorum.

In Nigeria, one can not enjoy a quiet moment in his\her ride without bumping into bad roads, wide eyed law enforcement agents, borderline crazies who use the road while blasting away the horn of their vehicles, hawkers on the roads, walking deaths on the roads that will not give right of way to vehicles, elected and non-elected individuals with incessant siren, encountering number of roadblocks by one government agency or another, the menace from idiotic weekend sanitation, loudmouthed dingbats who think they are right while awfully wrong, moronic ninnies driving on the wrong side of the road, unreasonably in hurry while going nowhere, traders taking over the passageways, junks of cars and lorries that could not escape from the gates of junkyards in civilized countries still ply the roads, constant lack of electricity, absolutely no running water, unforeseen menace of kidnappers, armed robbers, ritual predators and religious terrorists, rampant mosquito and snake bites, environmental hazards and social and political idiocy fueled by tribalism.

iykak47: Op you mean Nigerians in diaspora are bitter while those in Naija are happy? Maybe happy over corruption, boko haram and death traps we call roads.