Rossikk:


You are a complete moro.n and economic illiterate. For your information, you dunce, the Nigerian economy is Africa's largest BY FAR, and it has ABSOLUTELY ZILCH to do with the standard of infrastructure in South Africa. If we are to measure the size of economies by infrastructure, then UAE or Kuwait would easily be the world's largest economies. But India and Pakistan are larger economies than UAE or Kuwait by any measurement, even though you will see levels of deprivation in the former that can never be seen in the latter. USE YOUR dull BRAIN FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE. NITWIT who found himself in South Africa and can't control himself. ''Largest economy'' does not mean ''most advanced'' or ''most developed'', or ''best infrastructure''. It means LARGEST ECONOMY, QED. IGNORANT DULLARDS DROWNING IN INFERIORITY COMPLEX.

iterator24:
more pictures of nigeria [abj] for the dunce that just discovered paved roads today after leaving ajegunle straight to SA

Rossikk:


Why is it that whenever one of you ILLITERATES insults Nigeria or Nigerians, you expect to be treated with calm and respect? Was the op calm and respectful when he derided and insulted Nigeria in his original post? Why did you not tell him to take it easy? Only when we rebuff your ILLITERACY and stinking INFERIORITY COMPLEX you remember we should be ''calm'' and ''respectful'' to you. GET LOST. If you don't respect Nigeria, we don't respect you!

iterator24:

so, IMF / WORLD BANK data is fake?

gbokukueba:


There are no provinces in Johannesburg because it is in Gauteng province. There are 7 Provinces in South Africa more like states in Nigeria so please correct your earlier statement

NewNigeriaMind:


I studied finance in school and I am a consultant right now working as a financial consultant to a bank.

The catch in every economic theory is how you measure policy performance vis-à-vis impact on the people living standard.

What we should be celebrating is not Nigeria having a bigger economy on paper in which the bulk of the wealth is stored away in politicians offshore accounts, rather how has the big economy lead to improvement in the life of an AVERAGE NIGERIAN.

This country may not have the biggest economy but the wealth of the country can actually been seen as an improvement in the people living condition.

iterator24:
that guy has not entered an airplane before

BOWOTO:
Drop this imf/world bank bullshit, how has it affected your standard or living, or the quality of life you live as an average Nigerian.

iterator24:
why are you talking like you have palm oil in your brain? do you know what nigeria was like 100 years ago? i bet if the afrikaaners left SA like naija, you no go complain now.. SA could have been another congo

NewNigeriaMind:


Even if he has not entered an airplane before( you are foolish though) and now that he has entered, is anything wrong in him asking question on how his country has been governed and why is country is not getting it right?

iterator24:
my business in nigeria is doing fine.. i don't spend my whole day complaining like you

BOWOTO:
See why Nigeria cannot develop? we having a simple conversation here and you had to include insults, I'll leave you with your mentality.

BOWOTO:
smile bro, it's what you do best.

NewNigeriaMind:


Well I am still learning the way the place is organized, I am sure berfore the end of November when I will be leaving I will have a better grasp of this.....thanks for the correction

SkyBlue1:


Now you are talking about something completely different. I think you now see that you were wrong in your first stance, just accept it and move on.

NewNigeriaMind:



I will ignore the insults, most of you react more with emotions than your brains these days.

INFERIORTY COMPLEX IS ASKING QUESTIONS ON WHY MY DEAR COUNTRY REMAINS SO BACKWARD IN 2015? WHILE ANOTHER SIMIALR COUNTRY IN AFRICA APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN GETTING IT RIGHT

Where is the wealth from the largest economy when all we do in Lagos to Abuja is hustle, traffic is chaotic, no good roads, no electricity, security is zero, no good health centres e.t.c....

Wouldn't an average Nigerian prefer an economy that actually works for him. Like people don't have to wake up 4am to avoid morning traffic, like you don't have to leave work 10pm to avoid traffic while praying there is electricity when you get home.

iterator24:
d!mwit, provinces in joburg really! lie lie

NewNigeriaMind:

Is something wrong with you?

iterator24:
guy, i currently reside in SA, and i admit it that they have far better infrastructure than nigeria and i've never claimed otherwise .. OP made it seem as if we don't have paved roads.. really?

SkyBlue1:


I would say we are playing catch up mainly because of bad leadership and poor governance. Colonialism is not to be blamed for everything. In a global sense Nigeria was not the only country that gained independence around that time and left with little to no infrastructure. What is our excuse against the east asian countries? Nigeria was not as heavily affected by the first and second world wars. Other countries had their cities destroyed and rebuilt them, so no I don't always buy into or agree with the "we are not as developed today because of colonialism" no matter how significant a role it has played in the history of the country.

iterator24:
i should be asking you

iterator24:
make sure you visit their ghettos too and learn how they're still striving to hijack their economy back from whites..

iterator24:
make sure you visit their ghettos too and learn how they're still striving to hijack their economy back from whites..

NewNigeriaMind:


Maybe you didn't get where I am coming from, my point his, Nigeria government should stop brandishing statistics that have zero impact on an average Nigerians life.

We have a bigger economy right, but where is the physical manifestation of that big economy if basic infrastructure are not even available

This new generation in Africa really need to understand economics is a theory developed my humans which like every man made item has its limitations. If you are smarter you will understand there is a difference between what you earn and the purchasing power of what you earn.

Where is the power in our big economy when Nigeria is so backward?

Isn't it time we stop brandishing IMF voodoo economics of huge data and statistics that has no impact on the people.

What I am telling you, when you look at the real economy of Nigeria and SA and compare per capital income of its citizens, SA is way ahead of Nigeria and you can throw the paper statistics to the dustbins.

NewNigeriaMind:

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There is a difference between having paved roads in 10 percent of the city while 90 PERCENT OF THE CITY IS A SHITHOLE.

Compared to a similar city, also branded business capital where it appears all the roads are of the right standard and things actually work.

Fela once said: Nigerians suffering and smiling

Rossikk:


[size=15pt]Can somebody please shut this illiterate up? You are a ''financial consultant'' yet you measure the size of an economy by looking at the BRT system in Johannesburg? You talk of GDP wealth ''stored away in politicians' offshore accounts''? Which shows you DON'T know the meaning of GDP. Kindly shut your trap and return to secondary school where you belong. Mr 'financial consultant to bank'.[/size]

Ballmer:


Here we go again with confused Nigerians. How is black trying to hijack the economy from white related to Light year development SA is experiencing compared to the never develop we are grappling with in Nigeria.

iterator24:
a shallow minded buffon! it's a waste of time engaging you. for your type, all that glitters is gold..

you no sabi southie at all

NewNigeriaMind:



I will ignore the insults, most of you react more with emotions than your brains these days.

INFERIORTY COMPLEX IS ASKING QUESTIONS ON WHY MY DEAR COUNTRY REMAINS SO BACKWARD IN 2015? WHILE ANOTHER SIMIALR COUNTRY IN AFRICA APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN GETTING IT RIGHT

Where is the wealth from the largest economy when all we do in Lagos to Abuja is hustle, traffic is chaotic, no good roads, no electricity, security is zero, no good health centres e.t.c....

Wouldn't an average Nigerian prefer an economy that actually works for him. Like people don't have to wake up 4am to avoid morning traffic, like you don't have to leave work 10pm to avoid traffic while praying there is electricity when you get home.

iterator24:
your friend, @op.. will understand that statement before he leaves SA [as he claims]

Rossikk:


ILLITERATE, SHUT YOUR TRAP AND GO AND LEARN A THING OR TWO BEFORE TYPING MORE GARBAGE. This TRASH you wrote above could be written about India, and in some cases even China. Yet nobody disputes that those two nations are among the 4 or 5 largest economies on earth. It is about GDP size. Go and learn the meaning of GDP and stop typing illiterate RUBBISH. Typical DUMB Nigerian. Even when they correct your DUMBNESS and IGNORANCE you still carry on like a brainless GOAT.