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I THINK EVERY NIGERIAN THAT LOVES NIGERIA OUGHT TO READ THIS WITH PATIENCE.

The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, language, etc.

Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5% of Indians are Hindus; 13.4% Muslims; 2.3% Christians; 1.9% Sikhs; 0.8% Buddhists, etc. Hindi is the official language of the government of India, but English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language.” It is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed in suit.
On the other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large extent, the British religion, British culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but rejected the British technology.

The difference between the Nigerian and the Indian experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage, Nigeria takes little pride in its heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation. Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria. Today, the North
has only Sharia Courts but no Customary Courts. So from the North to the South of Nigeria, the Western World and the Eastern

World have shaped our lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or all of our identity.
Long after the British and Arabs left Nigeria, Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the extent that Nigerians now set up religious branches of their home-grown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just like the Whites brought the
gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is a blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria.

If the United Arab Emirates, a country with 75% Muslims, is erecting the tallest building in the world and encouraging the world to come and invest in its country by providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram ensures that the economy of the North (and by extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to Boko Haram’s brand of Islam. We are indeed a very religious people. Meanwhile, while we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, shopping malls, hospitality, etc.

Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples. It is rare to do business with a Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother, sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deception on your path. We call it PR, facilitation fee, processing fee, transport
money, financial engineering, deal, or whatever. But if it does not change hands, nothing gets done. And when it is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.” Some people assume that sleaze is a problem of public functionaries, but the private sector seems to be worse than the public sector these days.

One would have assumed that the more churches and mosques that spring up in every nook and cranny of Nigeria, the higher the
morals in our society. But it is not so. The situation is that the [/b]

How unfortunate!

This article is straight to the point and shows vividly why we are at economic and political doldrums.We need a new orientation in Nigeria and a sustainable and well defined ideology.May God deliver us.

Nice write up, so insightful.

Hmmmm, this is just what our problem is. Solution please...

very insightful....
meanwhile.... #password

Naija no dey tell themselves true... I wonder why we keep writing big essay and sermon, yet we forget the most important truth...

We are here because we allowed the most illiterate part of Nigeria rule use for 30+ good years.. Introducing all sort of rubbish in the name of Quota system..

My friend go and watch the video of the first coup in Nigeria and hear what Nzeogwo spoke about Nigeria leaders and why they did what they did...Forget abt what people are saying and hear from the horse mouth.. That kind patriotism has ended in Nija since everything is now tribe and religion.

For those thinking Buhari is taking them to promise land, think again.. Buhari people are very conversant with this kind of life style and it matters them not.
When u say Religion is the problem of Nigeria, I ask who and who made it so, Sharia killing was caused by who, all those fanaticism to religion are by who. Let me point clearly that South, West, East Nigeria has no problem with Religion only Northerners and we won't sit down and let them make laws that will term us a moslem country because they believe in Jihadism.

Rochas is a Moslem and openly declared it, How many Igbos stoned him, in Lagos we have a mix of moslem and Christian governor.. In south Asari Dokubo is a moslem yet his people will line up at his back... Take away.. Nothern Nigeria with their Jihad mentality and see Nigeria become a centre of perfection.


Am tired reading all this long epistle.. Just need a Visa to America or UK... Permanent Visa

Run away with your permanent visa to uk and America.

Yet you expect the coun3 ro get better right? Who is going to make it better? Those that stayed behind becos they did not get the visa

When 80.5% of Indian population speaks Hindu, how do you expect a country that is populated by 180 million people with numerous languages and differences in ethnic beliefs to work ? You'll only have confusion everywhere.

I'm sure lord Lugard did not consider this before creating this country.

wizzyrich:
When 80.5% of Indian population speaks Hindu, how do you expect a country that is populated by 180 million people with numerous languages and differences in ethnic beliefs to work ? You'll only have confusion everywhere.

I'm sure lord Lugard did not consider this before creating this country.

India is even more diverse than Nigeria, almost every city have a different language.