Revolva: Agbaya at 54 no development....Nigeria is a definiton of a failed state.a big fiasco..a laughing stock amongst its mates....a nation built on lies and disloyalty...how can be grow

Missmossy: Nigeria,the giant of Africa,a land flowing with milk and honey how i love thee despite the times of chaos and travails we pass through.

It can only get better,i believe so much in Nigeria my beloved country,happy independence people

Liamm
Babe2sure
dave p
decode 55
KiddaBlingzz
Spaxon
herald9
MizMyColi
zyzxx
RedClay
MsAnne
VictoriousVic
Deoik
Bantino
Jbluv55 amongst others.

One love people!

Samiceman: . Bro I love this write up....permit me to use it on my Facebook wall... God Bless Nigeria

pendusky:

A father that want his child to be intelligent doesn't criticise his child of his non improvement but teach and show him how to achieve it... I bet ur a sadist! sorry bro

We will get there one day

Missmossy: Nigeria,the giant of Africa,a land flowing with milk and honey how i love thee despite the times of chaos and travails we pass through.

It can only get better,i believe so much in Nigeria my beloved country,happy independence people

Liamm
Babe2sure
dave p
decode 55
KiddaBlingzz
Spaxon
herald9
MizMyColi
zyzxx
RedClay
MsAnne
VictoriousVic
Deoik
Bantino
Jbluv55 amongst others.

One love people!

If we ever forget that we are One
Nation Under God, then we will be a
nation gone under.


HAPPY INDEPENDENCE MISSY

Begonia: @op; but it's not 1st of October yet.. don't worry you'll make front page.. lol

Happy Independence day!

superior1: Nigeria is a disaster, there is nothing to celebrate

tdayof: NIGERIA MY COUNTRY

Jbluv55:
Happy independence to you and to all Nairalanders. Thanks a lot dear .

herald9:

If we ever forget that we are One
Nation Under God, then we will be a
nation gone under.


HAPPY INDEPENDENCE MISSY

bushdoc9919:

Well, the reason why countries like America, UK and Germany are at the top of the tree is due to these factors.

1.)Look at the history and even the films that are produced in those countries. A good number of those films are about inventors and innovators . Like the film 'A beautiful mind'...which was about the Mathematician John Nash. Recently,Japanese animator Hayao Mizakao (I am a fan of his) produced an animated film about the life of a famous Japanese avaition designer.

In Nigeria....has someone made a film about even a fictional Nigerian inventor?

Point: Countries that glorify inventors will produce more inventors.

2.Most of those countries invest heavily in education. And their education is geared towards producing problem solvers. The education system in Finland for example has practical classes at all levels,(and keeps science class sizes small).In a small school in Quebec, Canada, a group of children learned basic management skills by setting up and running a factory that produced skipping rope(ok...they had help from the parents...and it was not a large building BTW). Even in China...a class of 8 year olds at a school had a small election campaign....as a means of learning about voting and democratic practice.

In Nigeria,we are merely interested in teaching children how to be good clerical staff....and how to pass exams. Even our practicals do not include a means of solving problems in the environment(until you get to university and even then).

Plus...Nigeria does not spend more on techncial education, and a chap who goes to techncial school isw considered a dullard. Meanwhile...it is the technical people who are responsible for economic growth in most countries(Good example...Germany....which was able to come back from the devastation of WW2...because they had the techies).

Point: Nigerian Education does not teach problem solving skills adequately.It just produces clerical staff

3.Our economy in Nigeria is resource dependent. It made sense in the 60's....we would gain revenue from selling raw materials and then use the raw materials to develop our education and supporting infrastructure for industiral growth. That was the idea...until the end of the 1970's.Then we threw that idea away, and became a resource dependent economy. By 1997....96% of our revenues came from oil. Today it is 88-95%.

An oil dependent economy is one that imports and imports....and imports. And imports stifle local industries. And once the local industries are stifled.....jobs are lost and unemployment results. It even becomes unprofitable to run industries (that's why we do not have a strong industrial manufacturing base....who wants to manufacture made in Nigeria radios or cars...when we can import the same things and sell for a hefty profit...that is why Innoson is one of my heroes...and that man must not be allowed to fail). And imports cost a lot of money....which means inflation results. And when oil prices fall....scarcity results (that is why things were hard in the 1980's).

Point: Bushdoc's maxim: Oil dependent societies, unless they have small populations or large ,diversified and primarily industrial economies, cannot ever prosper.

4.Most states in Nigeria prefer to eat oil money, rather than use the resources, human and natural, to develop strong industrial bases. Of course this is the fault of the mindset of most Nigerians....we think that development is recieving our share of the money from Abuja every month. How that money is generated means nothing to us. Our States...with the exception of Lagos, are big drains on our economy. And that is the problem.

States have to start developing...not collecting money from Abuja to award contracts. The road to development starts with education, law and order, strong supporting infrastructure.....and an end to corruption.

5.Corruption thrives in Nigeria because we prefer to share money...rather than to work for it.If we were an industrial society...by default we would work hard for the money....because that is the only way we can get it (And states will be well run., because that is the only way they can attract industries....who will pay a good and hefty tax revenue...which would be used for essential services). But because we are so reliant on oil....we just collect the money and do zero., zilch, nothing.Because we know that the money is comming, regardless of circumstance. Meanwhile, because of the large unemployment caused by Dutch disease economics...it would pay to get close to whoever is in charge of the piggy bank. That is why elections in Nigerian are never peaceful...because it is all about how the money is shared.(By contrast, elections in the developed World are peaceful...because the leaders have to work for the money....it isn't handed to them from their capitals as their share from oil exports....it must be worked for by attracting local and international investors.

The above is some of the reasons why Nigeria, which in the year 1960 was ahead of many South Asian countries....is backward today. We must urgently address these issues if we are to stop crawling. Having another national conference, or granting resource control will not solve these problems....it would merely guarantee their continuation.

somcherry: Happy birthday nigeria.
The best is yet to come.
God bless nigeria

MherihGold:
Happy independence day Nigeria. God bless Nigeria ... And happy birthday ma late grandma,words can't qualify how I miss u

MherihGold:
Happy independence day Nigeria. God bless Nigeria ... And happy birthday ma late grandma,words can't qualify how I miss u