Rossikk: The EU should ask their member, Britain, what she did with all the monies earned from Nigerian exports from 1897 to 1960. If that money had been used to develop Nigeria rather than embezzled and used to develop England, Nigeria would have been as fully developed as South Africa at independence, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. So let them start with their own thievery. We are poor today because we are playing catch up, struggling to build things that should have been built 100 years ago.

Rossikk:
Typical dumbed down response. Is colonialism not blaming you? Why should you not blame them back? Are you afraid of them? Are you their slave? Any problems here, they contributed as much to it as anyone else, and still contribute, through the nefarious acts of their multinationals for instance. Do they get a pass because they are white? Not in MY book. Tell me something. Do you think corruption can thrive in Nigeria for one week without the active collaboration of western powers? Do you think those powers don't know where all the money is and how it got there? I mean, and then these people HOLDING YOUR TRILLIONS come to you and start preaching anti-corruption, and you actually listen to them.... ''yes massa, yes massa. We know you're holding our trillions of dollars, but you still love us and have our best interests at heart. We believe you hate our corruption because it is making you far too rich, and we know you hate too much riches, as shown by your history of invading countries only for the purposes of spreading the good news of Jesus Christ and his kingdom. As for our trillions which you hold? It's all yours! Don't worry about it massa! Afterall stolen money that arrives in your soft white hands is automatically cleansed of all its history, by the special grace of Jesus and your white Pope''.

Gullible idiots.

sucess001:

With due respect, this is the dumbest post i ve seen on Nairaland.

Do you know the state of Nigeria's economy when britain gave us independence? Nigeria was well to do!

Now, the EU is saying what a blind, sane person already knows and here u are spewing argument that reeks like fart.

Even with what we have today, we should be among the richest countries around. thats what the EU is saying.

So try increase your IQ to understand that point rather than behave like a retarted govt apologist.

Rossikk: The EU should ask their member, Britain, what she did with all the monies earned from Nigerian exports from 1897 to 1960. If that money had been used to develop Nigeria rather than embezzled and used to develop England, Nigeria would have been as fully developed as South Africa at independence, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. So let them start with their own thievery. We are poor today because we are playing catch up, struggling to build things that should have been built 100 years ago.

sly-k:
I wonder what 9ja go be if these forum members are to be leaders.
Ghana was colonized, India was too.
By 1945 Japan and Germany were utterly destroyed via war.
Today Nigerians will be sincerely proud to tell you they bought visas to visit these nations.

Its high time we thought!
Our destiny is our hand.

Poor people make wealth by inteligent and creative use of funds and opportunities, why not we?I wonder what 9ja go be if these forum members are to be leaders.
Ghana was colonized, India was too.
By 1945 Japan and Germany were utterly destroyed via war.
Today Nigerians will be sincerely proud to tell you they bought visas to visit these nations.

Its high time we thought!
Our destiny is our hand.

Poor people make wealth by inteligent and creative use of funds and opportunities, why not we?I wonder what 9ja go be if these forum members are to be leaders.
Ghana was colonized, India was too.
By 1945 Japan and Germany were utterly destroyed via war.
Today Nigerians will be sincerely proud to tell you they bought visas to visit these nations.

Its high time we thought!
Our destiny is our hand.

Poor people make wealth by inteligent and creative use of funds and opportunities, why not we?

eGuerrilla:

Why is it that your response to any critical appraisal is always bereft of objectivity?

Was Singapore not colonised from 1826 to 1963? Ditto Malaysia - colonised by the Portuguese from 1511 to 1641; by the Dutch - from 1641 to 1824; by the British - from 1824 to 1942; and by the Japanese between 1942 and 1945.

sportfeva: Adieu Nigeria will be genesis of development because every thing in this nation tribalistic. For instance as an experiment, if we decide to appoint people to post base on merit and the majority are igbos, large number of people, group and tribes can never trust them. Division is the best option as you rule your people base on common ground. Sincerely we don't have this common feeling in this country. Hope some people grab because that's how best I could explain my thought.

Rossikk: The EU should ask their member, Britain, what she did with all the monies earned from Nigerian exports from 1897 to 1960. If that money had been used to develop Nigeria rather than embezzled and used to develop England, Nigeria would have been as fully developed as South Africa at independence, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. So let them start with their own thievery. We are poor today because we are playing catch up, struggling to build things that should have been built 100 years ago.

modextus: Nigeria has no reason to be poor —EU

European Union on Tuesday identified corruption, impunity and poor resources management as causes of poverty in Nigeria.

At a media parley in Abuja, the EU Ambassador/Head of Delegation, Dr. David MacRae, said Nigeria had no reasons to be poor with all the available resources in the country and a fast growing economy.

He said, “It would have been far better if those resources had been used to deliver basics services like education, health and infrastructure to the people. These are the things needed to be put in place.

“What this country needs are jobs; jobs for the people especially young people. If young people had jobs they won’t be unnecessarily agitated and getting involved in misdeeds. But without work, without just income, and no social safety net in Nigeria, the people will continue to face poverty. Half of the population in this country are below poverty line.”

MacRae said no country with cases of human rights abuse could have a meaningful development.

According to him, the reported killings of innocent civilians in the recent clashes between security forces and Boko Haram and other reported violations by security forces call for concern.

He said, “The fight against terrorism must be conducted within the law rather than outside of it. Anything less is unacceptable. Those responsible for containing the crisis must act with utmost respect for the rule of law, with measures in place to ensure that the innocent and their property are protected.

“If there have been abuses of human rights or abuses of law, those who have done this should be brought to justice. This is obviously the way all civilized nations behave and we regard Nigeria as one of these.”

The EU boss lamented how poor power supply was affecting businesses in the country, adding that, government must tackle impunity for a healthy investment drive.

MacRae said the commission was ready to support Nigeria to strengthen democracy as “it is relatively new to the country.”

He added, “It is not something you can build overnight. The National Assembly has to do its job, it has to be equipped to do its job, it has to understand this role, it has to be trained to exercise its responsibilities.”

Citing the EU Independent observer which described the 2011 election as the best since Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999, MacRae noted that there was still room for improvement.

He said, “We have a situation in Nigeria. Nigeria is regarded as the leader of Africa, as the leading country in this continent, as the largest black population on earth, with the economy which is growing fast, relatively speaking, but regrettably, poverty is not diminishing in the country and jobs are not being created.”

Considering the population of Nigeria, MacRae said, there was little the union could do to help without Nigeria’s government playing its role.

Said he, “Whatever we do without development cooperation programme can’t possibly be adequate to meet the needs of the population of that size. It is Nigeria’s own resources which must be used to build on these. We will do what we can to help especially in area of governance including effective service delivery.”

MacRae bemoaned the high mortality rate in Nigeria describing it as worrisome, saying “more needs to be done”.

He stressed the “need for a radical shifting of resources of this country to address the basic issues for the interest of people.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/africa/nigeria-has-no-reason-to-be-poor-eu/

fados4sure:
EU should face their problem and let Nigeria face her problem

fados4sure:
EU should face their problem and let Nigeria face her problem

blink182: because they refused to develop us is the reason we shouldn't develop ourselves? Something is wrong with you.

Mr knowitall.:

I DONT THINK EU WANTS TO FACE YOUR PROBLEM FOR YOU...YOU CAN ENJOY IT....BY YOURSELF..

Rossikk: It is not being colonised that is the issue. The issue is what did the colonialists DO in the respective nations they colonised? In SOME countries they built infrastructure, schools, and created functional institutions which went on to serve those nations after independence. In OTHERS, especially the BLACK nations, all they did was loot, loot, loot and loot. In Nigeria, despite exporting hundreds of billions in today's money worth of resources from 1897 to 1960 they only built ONE university college, not even a full fledged uni. In 63 years of rule. As for roads, power etc, they did virtually nothing. In 1960, after 63 years of British rule, we generated 270 megawatts of electricity. 95 percent of Nigerians had no access to electricity. There was no national grid. Rail. Oh they built a line from Kano to the southern ports for ONE reason, ie to evacuate our resources. At independence, we were just a bush. Today we have advanced a lot and are still advancing, thanks to African rule. The EU can take their 'concern' for our 'plight' and stick it up their round holes.

thelastPope: [size=14pt]This is a funny thread.

The guy in custody of your stolen money is accusing you of stealing?

Why not return the freaking money? huh![/size]



#brothersincrime

globalaid: @rossikk, are you for real. still blaming colonialism at this stage of our independence, a child that is still crawling at the age of 52 has something wrong with him. I know you know the solution to our problem you are just being economical with the truth

Tracetruth: sorry, the people (missionaries)who brought the gospel of the LORD were not part of the colonial master.

A-town:


Nigeria was well to do? Really? Compared to what? Everything is relative my friend. If you consider where we should have been at the time you are talking about, how is that different from where we are now? All the riches, mineral resources and manpower stolen nko? They robbed us blind and you are saying we were well to do, abegi.
Also, we are still among the richest in the world, the only problem is equal distribution. Get that right. Nigeria is rich, it's the populace that is poor

Λ child still crawling @52..is probably an slowpoke
globalaid: @rossikk, are you for real. still blaming colonialism at this stage of our independence, a child that is still crawling at the age of 52 has something wrong with him. I know you know the solution to our problem you are just being economical with the truth

modextus: Λ child still crawling @52..is probably an slowpoke

sucess001:

Around the 60s, the nigerian currency fared better than the british currency. its a pointer.

Have you not also heard your parents saying things like life used to be very good back in the days?