Adejoro74: Politics and leadership (for good or bad): Obasanjo
Wealth and business acumen (whether real or fronting for others): Dangoge
Literature: Achebe: most roundly accomplished and most read literary giant
Sports: Kanu Nwanko
Highest degree: Ndubuisi Ekekwe: holds two PhD degrees and contributing to Africa's IT development in ways no other Nigerian has
Selflessness (as far as the eye can see): Dora Akunyili
Service to their people: Awo and Ojukwu
Religion?
Culture?

ilike
Religion: The Catholic church. They have managed to spread their tentacles even to the most remote areas.

Culture: hmmm Dunno yet.

op
have you notice that only in nigeria you will hear things like,our company are number one distributor in the world hahahahaha but na who know the company naaah even google no no

nadia_SA: [size=13pt] OBJ [/size]

For ur SA u mean? They is one Man called FELA he remains nigeria most Accomplish man.

ilugunboy: Sorry about the title..meant to read The Most accomplished Nigerian Ever? Nairaland don't give you the privilege to edit your post subject.

While answering a reporter question yesterday at the Hill Top mansion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, one of the northern state governors said.

"We've come to meet the most accomplished Nigerian ever to discuss on matter of national importance"

Do you think that OBJ according to this governors is the most accomplished Nigerian ever?

let's see a little of his notable feats:

1. No debt after leaving office. Even as a military presido.

2. Huge foreign reserve. Even as a military presido.

3. Gsm

4. Satallite lunch. Built by indigenous engrs.

5. Rapid ans aggressive encouragement of SMEs.

6. Squashing of act of terrorism even before it commenses.

7. Good international relations btw fellow african countries


Well, this will do. I think he is.

Willy4Willy:
OBJ is not, the most accomplished is Awolowo the father of Afria

Where is Afria

#RESERVED!

It depends basically on area of consideration. Mine however is my beloved Pastor E.A. Adeboye. His accomplishment is far beyond the president of a Nation.

uj_sizzle:
ilike
Religion: The Catholic church. They have managed to spread their tentacles even to the most remote areas.

Culture: hmmm Dunno yet.

Is catholic church a person?
Abi u meant the most accomplised nigerian is the pope?

[size=18pt]The legacies of the great Sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo are enough to make him the most accomplished Nigerian ever for if every premier in the first republic had done what Awolowo did for his own people, Nigeria will not be in this mess today caused by the failures of the Igbo leaders and Hausa leaders.

The best universities and colleges are in the west and they are the legacies of Awolowo.
The best banks are in the west and enjoying the legacies of the greatest Nigerian political leader who did his best for his people and other Nigerians, but was betrayed and cheated from becoming the President of Nigeria that even the great Lion of Biafra Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu said Awolowo was the best President Nigeria never had. And this is true.

The tragedy of our youths today is their intellectual ignorance?
I was not even 21 when I read all the books of Awolowo and what did I gain?
I achieved what no youth of my age achieved as at 20, when I was able to afford to sponsor the participation of Nigeria in two international book fairs in Japan, at 21 I was a project artist for the famous Johns Hopkins University for the Population Communication Services in Nigeria and over 1 million copies of the Family Planning booklets I produced in Pidgin English, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa were distributed all over Nigeria, at 24 I became an Art/Features Editor for the national Kiddies World magazine and at 25 I became a program consultant for UNICEF. And today, I am the publisher of the most circulated Nigerian publication on Nollywood, my NOLLYWOOD MIRROR(R) and other landmark achievements. Thanks to the good education from the solid foundation of Awolowo in Western Nigeria.
But how many of our youths today have even bothered to read his books?

Why are Igbos and Hausas flocking to Western Nigeria?
Because this is the America of Nigeria.
Lagos alone is richer than all the Eastern and Southern states combined.
Lagos does not need palm oil, crude oil or cassava to survive.
Awolowo to the glory and glory of God alone remains the most accomplished Nigerian ever.[/size]

Jonathan is d most accomplished nigerian...

Makesense_Noni: Chinua Achebe should be the name pls...............non is above him

fvk what did ashebe achieve. he tried in vain to break up Nigeria. thas failure dude.
he actually died a frustrated man.

I give d most accomplished Nigeria in terms of politics to OBJ.

Wole Soyinka take d lead in literature.

while Alinko Dangote is d most accomplished entrepreneur.

hahahahaha

As (BLACKS) Nigerians, if we dont have anybody to compare with Madela, of what use is HIs/Her accomplishment to the lame man.

ilugunboy: Sorry about the title..meant to read The Most accomplished Nigerian Ever? Nairaland don't give you the privilege to edit your post subject.

While answering a reporter question yesterday at the Hill Top mansion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, one of the northern state governors said.

"We've come to meet the most accomplished Nigerian ever to discuss on matter of national importance"

Do you think that OBJ according to this governors is the most accomplished Nigerian ever?

politically he is the most accomplished.

[quote

author=Orikinla][size=18pt]The legacies of the great Sage Chief Obafemi
Awolowo are enough to make him the most accomplished Nigerian ever for
if every premier in the first republic had done what Awolowo did for his
own people, Nigeria will not be in this mess today caused by the
failures of the Igbo leaders and Hausa leaders.

The best universities and colleges are in the west and they are the
legacies of Awolowo.
The best banks are in the west and enjoying the legacies of the greatest
Nigerian political leader who did his best for his people and other
Nigerians, but was betrayed and cheated from becoming the President of
Nigeria that even the great Lion of Biafra Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu said Awolowo was the best President Nigeria never had. And this
is true.

The tragedy of our youths today is their intellectual ignorance?
I was not even 21 when I read all the books of Awolowo and what did I
gain?
I achieved what no youth of my age achieved as at 20, when I was able to
afford to sponsor the participation of Nigeria in two international
book fairs in Japan, at 21 I was a project artist for the famous Johns
Hopkins University for the Population Communication Services in Nigeria
and over 1 million copies of the Family Planning booklets I produced in
Pidgin English, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa were distributed all over
Nigeria, at 24 I became an Art/Features Editor for the national Kiddies
World magazine and at 25 I became a program consultant for UNICEF. And
today, I am the publisher of the most circulated Nigerian publication on
Nollywood, my NOLLYWOOD MIRROR(R) and other landmark achievements.
Thanks to the good education from the solid foundation of Awolowo in
Western Nigeria.
But how many of our youths today have even bothered to read his books?

Why are Igbos and Hausas flocking to Western Nigeria?
Because this is the America of Nigeria.
Lagos alone is richer than all the Eastern and Southern states combined.
Lagos does not need palm oil, crude oil or cassava to survive.
Awolowo to the glory and glory of God alone remains the most
accomplished Nigerian ever.[/size] [/quote]


U are wrong. All Awolowo's achievements all revolve around his ppl, d
yorubas and ends there. He is nt d most accomplished Nigerian. He did nt even believe in Nigeria whch he referred to as a mere geographical xpression. He wz a tribalist nd d father & founder of tribalism in Nigeria.

bigx: If lucky Jo brought Internet and Facebook to Nigeria, Why not Baba Iyabo?

Yes

Damn!!! No one has mentioned Tonto Dikey....smh for nairalanders

The most accomplished doesn't necessarily mean the one who has changed Nigeria for good cause there is NONE. It means the most successful in whatever field they were/are in.
For me, there are 2. FELA and CHINUA ACHEBE

How is accomplishment measured. What are the parameters by which accomplishment is measured. The truth is that our accomplishment can never be measured by other people except us because our interests, desires and goals differ from each other. Accomplishment is the realisation of the goals we personally set for ourselves. Therefore, if you are able to do that, you are as well accomplished. Nobody is in charge of our lives except us.

sweetlemon? abi my eyes dey deceive me ni? after u say u no go come nairaland?

Sweetlemon:

Politics : Bola Tinubu. In terms of being the most intelligent player in the game
Literature: Wole Soyinka
Religion: Pastor Enoch Adeboye. he leads a number of congregation that most pastors can only dream of
Culture: ?

Damn! I can't believe someone posted "Catholic Church."

Nigerian youths are intellectually deficient and they read everything upside down.

That being said, the only thing the catholic church accomplished is sending pedo priests all over Nigeria to molest little black boys!!

Well, no one else has had the distinction of ruling this our Yard twice.

This thread might have been born out of an honest and patriotic mind, but its just another avenue to create a tribal e-war.

@ topic
Accomplishments can't be in a single field, criterias have to be set, and each individual/agency that rates these things have theirs, which can be open to debate if not agreed on by others. The governor that mentioned OBJ obviously made his comment politically, with little reference to other fields.

Me

2s£xy:
sweetlemon? abi my eyes dey deceive me ni? after u say u no go come nairaland?

Lol! I'm back and better. Start getting used to that

It is difficult to work out d most accomplished Nigerian ever.However,Chinua Achebe,Olusegun Obasanjo,Obafemi Awolowo,Wole Soyinka are formiddable contenders.

i like that. hope marriage done finalize o make all those haters enter fire

Sweetlemon:

Lol! I'm back and better. Start getting used to that

The most accomplished Nigerian in my opinion and based on the little I know about Nigerian icons has to be a 5-way tie.

I'd say: Obafemi Awolowo, Kanu, Wole Soyinka, Fela Kuti and Hakeem Olajuwon.

- Obafemi Awolowo: he's unarguably the greatest leader ever of Nigerian descent to walk this planet. What he achieved with the little he had speaks for itself. His leadership philosophy/ideology is still an unrivaled blueprint to date. You judge a great leader by his leadership ideology/philosophy - hence why Chairman Mao's leadership style became MAOism; Ronald Reagan and Reaganomics; you've got sons of Malcolm; and Winston Churchill is still ceiling for good leadership in the UK.

- Kanu: the most decorated Nigerian footballer ever.

- Wole Soyinka: no Nigerian is close to him when it comes to the quality of his works in literature. Quality not quantity. The first African and only Nigerian nobel prize in literature winner.

- Hakeem Olajuwon: the greatest basketball player of African/Nigerian descent - no one else is close. He was so good, he was named "The Dream" and his "dream shake" is one of the best skills in basketball. Arguably the greatest center to play the game - and definitely top 20 greatest basketball players ever.

- Fela Kuti: this man right here is my hero. After the first time I listened to his music, I became his biggest fan. No Nigerian artist will ever be close to him - he created his own genre of music and made the world accept the African-ness of his unique style. He's also the most sampled African artist ever. Hale Fela kuti - he's alive through his ever green music.

The most accomplished ni.GERia must be the Yoruba sage - awolowo.

He helped to accomplish a ''disunited unity'' for the country.

Anybody who does not see the best president that the country never had as the most accomplished ni.GERian needs RAT POISON

ShyM-X:
Damn! I can't believe someone posted "Catholic Church."

Nigerian youths are intellectually deficient and they read everything upside down.

That being said, the only thing the catholic church accomplished is sending pedo priests all over Nigeria to molest little black boys!!

Your comments were totally unprovoked.You must be careful not to incur the wrath of God by such sacrilegious and irreverent comments you have made against the holy body of Christ. I will as much as possible avoid bandying words with you.

kettykin: Forbes, an American magazine has named 40 most influential People in Africa. On number one on the list is Nigeria’s 80-year-old literary icon, Chinua Achebe Achebe, who has written several novels, is best known with Things Fall Apart, which won him fame and was translated into over 57 other languages.

https://www.nairaland.com/780470/chinua-achebe-tops-list-40

Depending on how we look at accomplishments , some people's accomplishment ends in their Local Government or in their State but some other people's Accomplishment is celebrated all over the whole world by different races, tribes anc countries .
Chinua Achebe is the most accomplished Nigerian whose Intellectual property has been represented in the major Languages of the world and in the Major countries of the world

To say you are correct is to be the most foolish and to say you are wrong is to be sentimental but if critically viewed, Achebe did not accomplish some of the most important things he intended to achieve. He died of regrets and pains. He could not even stay in his fatherland. 'There was a country' highlights one of the things he couldn't achieve. He was a minister in a dead country. Obasanjo single-handedly brought the Vice President of Biafra to Lagos and the President(Ojukwu) had to run away for Obasanjo as a marine commando. Achebe to me was successful but to himself he wasn't an achiever.