EVarn:
Afropessimistic sentiments among Nigerians is very disturbing. I don't know how someone that:

1. Probably attended a government owned school(primary, secondary or/and tertiary)
2. Uses tarred roads built with public funds and untolled(Nigeria has only two tolled roads,and they are tolled by the Lagos state government)
3. Uses electricity (which is so heavily subsidized and regulated by the government that the distribution companies are barely making profit)
4. Uses fuel(which is again heavily subsidized)
5. Buys agricultural products that we're grown with subsidized fertilizers
6. Uses the naira (which the government has spent over half of our foreign reserves within the last 3 years trying to defend from collapse and hyperinflation)
7. Sleeps and wakes in peace(thanks to billions of dollars in security budget)
8. Uses Nigerian banks,which happen to be some of the best banks in Africa and the world. Again, thanks to government intervention that prevented a total decay of the banking industry etc

Then say he/she haven't benefitted anything from the government??.

Sizzorkay:
Yes sir, perhaps you can enlighten us about Nigeria's rules of engagement during an invasion, let me guess, more brutality against the already brutalized masses? Tell me more.
Your ass will be drafted forcefully, really? Using what personnel? Nigeria simply don't have the resources to forcefully draft anybody, do you even know how many cities, towns and villages there are in Nigeria? Both remote and not, yea, good luck with that draft, i hope they stock up on gas, they're gonna need it, and lots of spares for their vehicles, it's gonna be a long drive.
This is a highly disorganized country, where the police probably don't even have database of the people within each state, give a Nigerian police a fake ID and he won't know the difference, how you gonna find them?. smh

QuietMynd:

Oga, u don't read history o, if u did u wont type such things.
Ask our grandparents, they will surely tell you wat they experience during the civil war.
Some of the generals in the Nigerian army 2day didn't enlist into the force by themselves, some where picked in the beer parlour, viewing center, i have alot of close friends whom have narrated the story of how their father was kidnapped and sent to the army training camp during the war.

Haba nau, easy with the fables nau...

QuietMynd:

Oga, u don't read history o, if u did u wont type such things.
Ask our grandparents, they will surely tell you wat they experience during the civil war.
Some of the generals in the Nigerian army 2day didn't enlist into the force by themselves, some where picked in the beer parlour, viewing center, i have alot of close friends whom have narrated the story of how their father was kidnapped and sent to the army training camp during the war.

mekussa:
Still trying to understand why we can't counter views contrary to ours without hurling INSULTS... Not just at the person expressing the view but those whom we feel support the view.
Its NAUSEATING.

QuietMynd:

Oga, u don't read history o, if u did u wont type such things.
Ask our grandparents, they will surely tell you wat they experience during the civil war.
Some of the generals in the Nigerian army 2day didn't enlist into the force by themselves, some where picked in the beer parlour, viewing center, i have alot of close friends whom have narrated the story of how their father was kidnapped and sent to the army training camp during the war.

Algerian1:
Morocco exercise

Sizzorkay:
Guys, do we always have to spew insults all the time? Jeez.
And maybe i didn't read history, tell me again, where was that history taught? As a guy who went to both public and Private school back home, never was i once taught about people being dragged from beer parlors to fight in any civil war, guess that's my fault.
I don't know everything, never pretended that i did, just stated an opinion, how a military is going to round up millions of Nigerians while being currently invaded by an outside power is gonna be near impossible, it takes resources that i don't believe we could muster, that's called an opinion, not a fact.
Please, have convo without all the insults, some of you on here make it all tiring anyways

mekussa:
Still trying to understand why we can't counter views contrary to ours without hurling INSULTS... Not just at the person expressing the view but those whom we feel support the view.
Its NAUSEATING.

Toju200:
dat was during the war they had no other choice but to go

blacKDalia:
I doubt if there was any conscription on the federal side during the Civil War, atleast I've never seen anything like that. There were people that came up to be selected to fight though.

QuietMynd:

Insult ?
Can u point one out from my reply.
Cuz i said u dnt read history, that is now an insult
I just deduce that from wat u wrote.
And about forcibly enlisting civilian into the military in that time of war, that is a well known fact, and anyone who have a relative who is a victim or anyone who read the history of the civil war will be aware of that.

QuietMynd:

Yes, i knw, jst trying to making a point to someone that says the army cant force civilians to fight.
Let war starts and people refusing to enlist, maybe they wont force their ass to join, me and sizzorky might even meet at the camp. No one knws his true potential, sizzorky might make a good special force fighter

Sizzorkay:
Hahaha, you're gonna have to cross the atlantic ocean to come get me lol.
Although personally, i wouldn't mind fighting for Nigeria, regardless of her flaws, it's still home, even though I've spent more than half my life away from there, there's still nowhere that can replace it, it's still my home.

BabaOwen:
1- I attended pubic primary and secondary school, it is now I know was just a waste of time for me. Anybody that attended Igbobi college(before it was fully given to the missionary) or ifako comprehensive will agree with me. All we did was to play and fight with other schools, there is nothing like assignment or classwork, once in a while if dem give us, if you like do am, if you like no do am.
Their are some few brilliant kids there sha, teachers do not give a Bleep if you understand what they teach or not.

Back then eh a lot of people in class couldn't read or write even though we were in SS3, I mean most people no sabi anything at all, they no sabi read and dem dey SS3 me too no sabi plenty things too sha

2-most of the roads in Lagos is so terrible

3- since Tuesday, I have not seen power supply for one minute.

4-compare how much we buy fuel to other OPEC members, and don't forget to tell me their GDP per capital and compare their HDI to that of Nigeria.

5-it seems you don't know how expensive all this agricultural products are in the market. How much is a 12kg of rice? How much is a bag of beans and garri sold? Do you know how expensive yams are been sold? If we're producing massively one derica of rice and beans should not be more than #100, a tuber of yam shouldn't be more than #150. How many Nigerians can afford to eat a nice 3 square meals a day. Or is it not Nigeria were absolute majority of the population are living less than $2 in a day you're talking about

When I was living in ijebu, I saw kids drinking garri to school in the morning, drinking garri when they got home and ate eba or fufu in the evening. Once in a while they do eat rice.

6- lack of planning and over reliance on oil is what is making the naira useless. It is also caused by past military leaders like IBB,Abacha etc that has no business been military officers not to talk of been head of states. It's also caused by some Nigerians that only vote men like buhari,atiku,obj,gej that has nothing to do with governing a country.
Anybody earning less than 50k in a month will just be struggling, to enjoy in a state like Lagos state or PH and also live in comfortable environment you have to be earning more than 100k.


7- please can you tell me how much Nigeria have spent on defence since 2007 and let's compare it with the weapons we have or the infrastructures in security agents barracks.

In terms of security the Nigerian government has totally failed. Armed bandits are wreking havoc in the north west, boko haram and Isis are wrecking havoc in the north west, Fulani herdsmen are wrecking havoc all over the country, but the people in the middle belt are the ones feeling fulani herdsmen heat the most.

You dare not pass some roads in taraba or Benue state when tivs or jukuns militias are operating.

8- Nigerian banks are not some of the best in the world. There is a wema bank I do withdraw cash, even though I deduct just ones with my GT bank debit card, this useless bank will deduct my money, they are only allowed to deduct my money if I withdraw thrice or more.
That useless wema bank have ruined my plans a lot of time, imagine say you get 1k you wan go withdraw, you won't be able to withdraw the 1k unless you will withdraw #500 so dem go comot their charge

I've written to CBN reporting the useless wema bank and the brance it is located, still yet nothing changed during my stay in the village.

When you talk of power supply, the whole of ondo south senatorial district didn't see power supply for 1 minute for about 7-8 years.
I lived in saki, Oyo state, for about 2 month and 3 weeks I didn't use power supply for up to 10hours

I'm presently in a location in abuja, I've used more than 5 days in this location I have not seen power supply for 1 minutes

Alaye, nah god dey protect person sef while traveling on Nigerian roads, if I start to dey talk wetin eyes don see while traveling by roads eh... A lot of people just dey survive for Nigeria

You can't be earning a good salary and want to live in some places in Lagos. Who no wan live for shangisha, lekki peninsula or ikoyi
Hustling don carry me go North central, south south,south west and south east wetin eyes don see eh just forget am. Absolute majority of Nigerians are in abject poverty and they are enjoying absolute nothing been a Nigerian. Shey nah Benue,kogi,kwara or nassarawa we go talk, the underdevelopment in most places in those states made me shocked

bidexiii:
#NA

ugo4u:

I do think the vehicle is too exposed, won't give cover to occupants.

ugo4u:

I do think the vehicle is too exposed, won't give cover to occupants.