i'm really not surprised.

nigeria needs to do something. millitary dictatorship is not bad. when the country is organized well enough and able to stand on it's feet, representative democracy should replace it.
corruption and reign of unable leaders need to end.

So so, Dora. I can't imagine what countries like Botswana and Burundi and others are ranked as if Nigeria is the second poorest nation. Maybe they weren't even considered for participation in the ratings . On papers in the offices of the World Bank, Nigeria could be the 2nd poorest, but in truth, it isn't. I honestly can't imagine anyone would think we actually are.

There are so many countries we are richer than, and not as per the amount of money flowing through the treasures of the country, but as regards the general standard of living for the average citizen. C'mon guys, y'all know better.

if u all believe this is true and u have your proves then something must be wrong somewhere

its not just possible when we have such countries as somalia, sudan, niger, haiti, afghanistan, western sahara, rwanda, zimbabwe, chad, etc on the face of this planet

YES, i know Nigeria shouldn't be ranked the second poorest country, but due to the corruption, it is....
_{Rubbish country}

rubbish country

why are you confused gudguy, im i lieing?

I'm not confused. I'm just thinking it's all gonna be good one day

hun I think so...

i know so

........... Of course the country go beta..........

we dont have a choice. We have to do everything in our possible best to see that the country works. As we all know our fathers and leaders have failed us therefore, it is now up to us the youth to make all the difference there is. If we sit and watch as the country is been plagued and plundered by our so called elite, kings and godfather's, we might not have a country in the next 15 to 20 years (if I can borrow for the security report by the CIA on Nigeria) but if we start to syntesize ourselves to the ever changing world order and how we are going to be left in the dark if we do not get it right, we might just escape the hangman's noose!!

Technically speaking, we are not the 2nd poorest nation in the world but when you imput what we earn as a country with all basic working facilities and infastructures put in place by the soveriegn state as against the huge lack that faces the people, you will then see why thay have termed us so. Mnay paeople would say, what can I do to make a change, I tell you plenty. If you look inwards, into yourselves, you will find the answers to your questions and you w\ill do the right thing.

For starters, try change the way you normally think... If you can do this, you can do anything... Much love

well said whiteshark

nigeria needs a new taxing system if it already has one. that's the easiest way to get revenue.



Taxing eh, how does the help the common man, you just want take the little they have, and put it in a private swiss account inne?

They don come again. Somalia get eletricity? dem strill dey use donkey for sudan and
somalia still dey do trade by batter please guys for get about the ranking.

nah so we see am sha so we have to take am like dat

Another of those their stupid report says that 1,440 Nigerians die daily from bad drinking water. Imagine that and we are still the most populous in Africa

Are u minding those jobless people?

This ranking has to be wrong; everyday i receive emails from people in Nigeria offering me millions of dollars that they have hidden in an abandoned bank accounts or in a trunk boxs somewhere (once belonging to Mariam Abacha of course ) Hell, if they could crack open some of these boxes, they could get clean drinking water?!

boos0:

This ranking has to be wrong; everyday i receive emails from people in Nigeria offering me millions of dollars that they have hidden in an abandoned bank accounts or in a trunk boxs somewhere (once belonging to Mariam Abacha of course ) Hell, if they could crack open some of these boxes, they could get clean drinking water?!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
i am sure somebody somewhere wants to dupe somebody somewhere

somebody somewhere wants to dupe somebody somehow

Did u believe in those statistics.
I beg na lie.
Usin statistics like per capital income in DOLLARS
Is Dollars Naira?
Even with our depleted economy and our so called corruption, we are in top 50 richest country.
I have previledge of touching few European coutries. Most of them are poor.

Most European countries are wealthy not poor. you meant to say "Most African countries are poor"

poor = economically.

They used dollars because they are comparing Nigeria to other countries around the world on the level of poverty.

Nigeria IS the 2nd poorest country in the world take it or leave it!.

You guys should be careful about how you wag your mouths. How many african countries are richer than Nigeria to start with?

It's not that Nigeria is poor, the economy is what that make us bad. Am sure we will get there.

Comparing Nigeria to countries like USA, UK, Canada is the biggest folly of all time. It's just like comparing your fathers first child to the lastborn; "Bi omode ba laso bi agba, ko le lakisa bi agba".

Nigeria is quite oil-rich, but we have 150 million people to support. That is what makes us poor.

yeah i was going to say that too. the overpopulation contributes to our poverty.
if only we could do what China is doing : "one or two children per family it would bring down the population a little j/k. 

Nigeria is quite oil-rich, but we have 150 million people to support. That is what makes us poor.

Like i have been suggesting wherever i go and in my previous posts here, there is an urgent need to reevaluate the way people are having children.

If we can peg the maximum number of children an household can have to 2, our GDP will rise astronomically within the next 10 years.

I know with education and a new reawakening Nigeria will become the India of Africa.

Excuse me please........

This not about people (population) tis about wealth (economy) cos back in sec school, we were made to understand that one of the indices for measuring wealth was actuaslly man power which in this case will denote people so the availability of people is not a minus, it is actually a plus. In the case of china, they had to peg the pupolation growth so that their economy could sustain what it had. Even if we do that now, can the country sustain its citizery My thinking is No.. In all fairness, I do not think or would I want to believe that we are not actulaly the 2nd poorest country in the world but considering our position in the world today, giving our resources and man power including popularity, prestige etc, much is expected from us and as such, using the present state of the country and comparing it with what obtaines in other countries with similar resources, U nor go fit blame them 4 wetin them yarn.... We are indeed poor both economically + morally and other wise and there is great need for us to collectively do something about it as soon as possible.


So that we all may learn oh..........

If you think the population does not affect the distribution of wealth how about when 2000 graduates showed up for a job meant for just 2 people.

If the growth rate of the country's pouplation is not checked we are more or less on the verge of outstripping all the natural resources that we are banking our hopes on. In 10 years from now petrol will cease to be the major energy source, where will Nigeria get the money to sustain her economy and citizens.

Those that said we are 2nd poorest might be right beacuse they based your citizens well being on your GDP; even if your revenue is high your citizens could still be languishing in poverty if your revenue cannot effectively cater for them all.


It's just like living on N1,000 per month in Lagos.

My broda please listen... If the people at the helms of affairs did the right things ever since, we will not be in the mess that we are now. Do we have more population that China or the soviet union?? We have as much resources as any nation in this world can have but we have failed to manage wat we have accordingly and that is why we are having the stress that we now have. I tell u that we are trully blessed and if we use our man power resources to harness out natural resources with a sound adminstration in place, we can never go wrong. There will be food on the table, cloths on our backs and good roofs over our head... Wen u have one man to 10 mil dollars and anoda man to 100 naira we want to still say that population is a problem No. Equity is the problem not population. Accountability is a problem. The rule of law and security is a problem. If we handle our stuff well from wen oil was discovered in naija up until now, today the average nigerian would have been a millionaire. We conviniently 4got coacoa and groundnut and timber and other stuff that gave us money and run after oil and that has cuased us the very problems that we are now facing. If we clean the top, the rest will be fine...

so that we may learn...