Nigeria might have every symptom of a failed state , none the less, attempts to resuscitate it or ameliorate the living conditions of people can only succeed if the causes of yester- years woes are clarified .

Nigeria has had 11 head of government since independence , yet it has been one tail of mismanagement to another . No doubt the country has had disciplined leaders like Murtala and Shagari, maybe even Ekwueme and our current president ( Buhari's probe allegedly found them poorer than when they were in office ) but none of them has been charismatic enough to either have disciples who share the same goal or instill long lasting policies and pro-people measures that can stand the test of time fate , circumstances and events readily shove them aside .

An average Nigerian will readily claim that our past leaders are to blame for our numerous woes , but if 10 people can fail to succeed , then maybe it's more than a conspiracy maybe it's the system



What do you think ?

Who is responsible for Nigeria's woes

Our leaders , the citizens or the system


let's have your view

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BOTH THE SYSTEM, THE POLITICS THE LAZY NIGERIANS ARE THE MAGGOT EATING NIGERIA.

Our Leaders Fails To Drive The System In A Right Direction

Hmm

Crownadex:
Nigeria might have every symptom of a failed state , none the less, attempts to resuscitate it or ameliorate the living conditions of people can only succeed if the causes of yester- years woes are clarified .

Nigeria has had 11 head of government since independence , yet it has been one tail of mismanagement to another . No doubt the country has had disciplined leaders like Murtala and Shagari, maybe even Ekwueme and our current president ( Buhari's probe allegedly found them poorer than when they were in office ) but none of them has been charismatic enough to either have disciples who share the same goal or instill long lasting policies and pro-people measures that can stand the test of time fate , circumstances and events readily shove them aside .

An average Nigerian will readily claim that our past leaders are to blame for our numerous woes , but if 10 people can fail to succeed , then maybe it's more than a conspiracy maybe it's the system



What do you think ?

Who is responsible for Nigeria's woes

Our leaders , the citizens or the system


let's have your view

what kind of question is this?is it not our leaders both the past and now that created d bad system?

The problem of Nigeria is the Politicians, they have bastardized the system. We have about 109 senators ,360 house of Reps. Members and each of them take home over 2million monthly apart from other allowances . Now, since this administration, what development has anyone done?, Nothing.
They are not productive, they are wasteful and corrupt ,they swindle our collective partrimony lay it up for their unborn generation or idle in a foreign bank ( the money they don't need ), the money is being used to develop another nation, some of them die without a trace of money in that country.
Let us kill all our politicians and share their wealth among everybody.

Realist2:
The problem of Nigeria is the Politicians, they have bastardized the system. We have about 109 senators ,360 house of Reps. Members and each of them take home over 2million monthly apart from other allowances . Now, since this administration, what development has anyone done?, Nothing.
They are not productive, they swindle our collective partrimony lay it up for their unborn generation or idle in a foreign bank ( the money they don't need ), the money is being used to develop another nation, some of them die without a trace of money in that country.
Let us kill all our politicians and share their wealth among everybody.

You can keep blaming your leaders till eternity like your leaders are from russia

Our leaders and The system are both to blame.
Awo, Azikwe and Bello got Nigeria independent.
Our Military arranged us into 36 States. We now want our NASS to perfect the 36 States by making them fully autonomous period.

The PEOPLE are the problem.

The leaders come from the people.

A nation gets the leaders it deserves.

The average Nigerian would rather buy shoes made in Italy than shoes made in Nigeria.

Yet you expect the leaders to think in the opposite direction.

That's the definition of foolishness.

The average Nigerian, if he hears that his brother has been appointed a federal minister, is not thinking ''Wow, now my bro can help improve the lives of Nigerians''.

Nope. He's thinking ''wow.. time for me to hammer''.

This is why I laugh when people blame ''our leaders'' for our problems.

The fact is ''our leaders'' are only a reflection of us. Of who we are.

We need to look inwards on a person-by-person basis.

I see no other way.

Rossikk:
The PEOPLE are the problem.

The leaders come from the people.

A nation gets the leaders it deserves.

The average Nigerian would rather buy shoes made in Italy than shoes made in Nigeria.

Yet you expect the leaders to think in the opposite direction.

That's the definition of foolishness.

The average Nigerian, if he hears that his brother has been appointed a federal minister, is not thinking ''Wow, now my bro can help improve the lives of Nigerians''.

Nope. He's thinking ''wow.. time for me to hammer''.

This is why I laugh when people blame ''our leaders'' for our problems.

The fact is ''our leaders'' are only a reflection of us. Of who we are.

We need to look inwards on a person-by-person basis.

I see no other way.

I agree wholeheartedly with this.

Nigeria needs a revolution. As of 2016, 70.4% of Nigeria's population is under the age of 30. Let that sink in for a second. There is absolutely no reason as to why Nigeria shouldn't have a president that represents the ideals of the younger generation. Until the political sphere is taken from those who shouldn't be controlling it any longer, we will continue to have problems. We cannot continue to be cowardly as a younger generation. We must take our destiny in our hands, as it will never be given to us.

MrMaestro:


I agree wholeheartedly with this.

Nigeria needs a revolution. As of 2016, 70.4% of Nigeria's population is under the age of 30. Let that sink in for a second. There is absolutely no reason as to why Nigeria shouldn't have a president that represents the ideals of the younger generation. Until the political sphere is taken from those who shouldn't be controlling it any longer, we will continue to have problems. We cannot continue to be cowardly as a younger generation. We must take our destiny in our hands, as it will never be given to us.

I disagree with you. You tend to forget that the people who drown regional government were the same youths. People like gowon e.t.c were all youths. The first coup and the revenge coup were all executed by young men who were not even up to thirty-five years. If the youths take over, Nigeria will get much worse because the youths are much more tribalistic than the old ones.

sEGXY2:
Our leaders are a representative of our societal values and morals and they are products of the system.

it sickens me when people think revolution or secession is the way out forgetting that the Nigeria system is already embedded in most of us hence even if there's a revolution or secession it would be different people with the same mindset as our current leaders

[b]Changing the system and our general outlook on things that ain't morally upright in sane climes should be the focal point of a leader who has Nigeria's genuine interest at heart! [/b]

60 years and we still cant do this? we may need to explore other options

deedeedee1:

I disagree with you. You tend to forget that the people who drown regional government were the same youths. People like gowon e.t.c were all youths. The first coup and the revenge coup were all executed by young men who were not even up to thirty-five years. If the youths take over, Nigeria will get much worse because the youths are much more tribalistic than the old ones.

Revolution is not an option with this level of tribalism, some people will back out in the middle and give every thing an ethnic coloration

Any day the youths assembles and demand for the dissolution of Nigeria is the day the thieving elites will wake up and work. NO other option will work except this. It is easier for everybody to deal with their own thieves separately and suffer alone if the fail to do so