Labor Day in the States is just around the corner, replete with parades, barbeques and a day off work for some lucky Americans.

Giving honor to the day, a roving reporter on the streets of Dallas, Texas asked passersby "Why Are You Proud To Be American?"

Believe it or not, most people were stumped by the question- some struggled to answer- others just smiled, shook their heads and quickly walked away.

But what of YOU?

If you're a typical Nigerian then you've spent an inordinate amount of time complaining about Nigeria and other Nigerians.

At the same time, most Nigerians are fiercely proud of their country and are proud to be Nigerian.

But...what do you think makes Nigeria and Nigerians so special?

Why are YOU proud to be Nigerian?

Cos naija no dey carry last

Cos evry tin is posible in naija,including d most imposible

Because Nigerians have this can-do spirit, energy, liveliness, self-confidence(self-pride at times), and are achievement-driven and hardworking.

Nigerians generally are jovial, lively and somewhat noisy people. We also know how to keep chains/circles of friends for so many years(something i've noticed is rare among americans) etc. Their penchant for success and achievement drives them to aim for higher goals and achieve success, thus distinguishing them from other africans who tend to be more gentle, docile, relaxed and unpretentious.

On the streets of US here, when you see a black man properly dressed up in corporate shirt tucked in plain trousser, or dressed in sort of another refined dressing other than 'baggy jeans and shirts with miami or NY cap worn backwards on top and fancy sneakers footwears', holding his head up high in the air and walking with a somewhat prideful gait of self-importance, that man is most likely to be a Nigerian, who believes that he is better than everybody around him, can achieve whatever he wants to acheive, is hardly intimidated by anybody or anything, and goes for what he wants. This spirit has been identified as the key that drives Nigerians to success in US.

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Nigerians are generally warm, confident, resilient and friendly people

The opposite of a Nigerian would be a Russian ... at least to these clueless but funny teenagers

Nigerians are hard to ignore. We have a way of making our presence known everywhere we go. I only wish that we will have more positive representation in the future.

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Ama proud niqerian cuz of D food we dey chop like amala,eba,fufu nd awa cheap but popular Dan jollof rice.#GARRI#wey person nofit cee am anywea..

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donkilidon: Cos evry tin is posible in naija,including d most imposible

yes, the most impossible things happen

like 200 girls missing for more than three months and haven't been brought back home, educated people drinking water and salt for ebola, etc.

the list is endless

Cause am smart.

I just don't know.

I, Chinonso Samuel Dike, I am proud because I was rejected Canadian Visa, this means I can sit my butt at home in Nigeria and watch g@y pornogtaphy.

I was proud b4 nw. No longer proud jare.

chino25: I, Chinonso Samuel Dike, I am proud because I was rejected Canadian Visa, this means I can sit my butt at home in Nigeria and watch g@y pornogtaphy.

e don do bros. 14yrs nor b joke if u carry dis ur stupidity land 4 guy yansh.

urhoboman: e don do bros. 14yrs nor b joke if u carry dis ur stupidity land 4 guy yansh.

Okay bro, you're right. Please don't forget that I Chinonso Dike, I am also a Lunatic as well as a degenerate and nuisance to the human race.

Because i answer question with question

The resilient spirit. We have people making it big right here in Nigeria inspite of the various hardships. We shall make it here together and improve our economy. No place like home. If I no be Nigeria now we for talk something else but since I'm Nigerian, _fuck any other citizenship

Because, na here God put me. God no put me for another place. So I like am for Naigeria. Gaskia. We get am for oil. We get am for cow. We get am for climate. Farm boku. No earthquake and tsunami. Yes, because

1. The Lord na my shepherd I dey kampe

2. E make me sidon for where beta dey flow and come put me next to stream make mai bodi thermacool

3. E panel beat mai soul come spray am white, come dey lead me dey go through express road of righteousness sake of hin name.

4. Walahi!, if I waka pass where arm robber, boko haram, Ebola, 419 and juju people boku, come even join okada reach valley of the shadow of death sef, mai bodi dey inside cloth.Your rod back bone dey comfort me.

5. You don prepare egusi and pounded yam make I chop with suya join. All mai enemies dey look waa waa. You rub me for head with anti ebola Vaseline intensive lotion. Mai cup na river Niger wey overflow hin bank.

6. True true, betta life and mercy go gum mai back till I quench. And man pikin go tanda for God house from lai lai to lai lai.

http://..com/ for more reasons why I like am for here.

Honestly I don't know but I am proud sha.

PTBAN! because we develop a thick skin in any condition we find ourselves in and we tend to flourish where other citizens of the world run around with placards in the name of protests against d government. here we remain quiet and pray silently we get to dat position or somebody from our family gets there and we have our share of d national cake and all that... Yes and we have got dat good vibe, that I dnt know how it will be done but imma do anyway!!!!. and we know how to have fun.

presley64: SECOND TO COMMENT

For ur mind..

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I am proud to be a nigerian becos my country cant be ignored in the global world.

Ama black man

I was here,I'm still looking forward to the new world that is to come according to the. Bible

No ebola,no mr boko the fg worstnight mare,no doctors striking,no ...........add your own

So many reasons...but all i know is dat i go dey represent as omo naija positively...

the quest to hustle, the brilliance and intelligence among Nigerians, and d never die nature

Is there someone who's still proud of Nigeria,I for one has given up on Nigeria,common Ebola,we can't control,and manage..corruption is walking on four legs under GEJ.