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Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by googi: 3:06pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Thought provoking comment from OP. The problems we all know, the solution we all run away from. You all forget Operation WAI after Shagari slipped into decadence. It was corrected by this same Buhari with Idiagbon. Many of us cried against it because it was not democracy and rights were abused in the name of Idiagbon. But Nigerians changed overnight. IBB used it to overthrow Buhari and accepted Structural Adjustment. We never recovered. The closest to WAI in a democracy was OBJ but we cried that Ribadu was used to haunt OBJ enemies. Ribadu challenged his critics to name one African head of state that allowed his friends to be probed. These included his Boss Tafa Balogun, Chief of Police, Afolabi and others called sacred cows. Would not dare because Tafa Balogun knew OBJ secrets. OBJ hired British Auditors to probe his own ministry. Who else did since? OBJ was named the most detriablized Nigerian but his people hated him. If Nigerians know what we want, it would not have gotten this bad. All our leaders have to do is cover themselves with ethnic garments. Hate would fly freely. They can do no wrong. Yes, those who abused us came from our individual families. 1 Like |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Nobody: 3:38pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Rosskii:Not a valid point, to set up the toothpick factory, one still need the help of the govt in creating a suitable and enabling environment. I will build the factory and still pay for fuel to power the factory, still have to dig boreholes for my factory and lots more after production i have to face the issue of transportating my product to the market, you knows the conditions of our roads. I have seen issues where trailer fall and good worth millions are destroyed due to bad road. After going through all this stress, I still have to pay tax. Nigeria govt policies on business is still not encouraging at all. Nigeria govt are the major problem because we have the same set of people ruling Nigeria since b4 I was born. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Danhumprey: 4:10pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Rosskii: It's not about blaming Buhari, the government, et al. I'm not sure any serious minded person, never mind an entrepreneur/business person, will be blaming the government for the fact that we're importing a lot of things we can actually be comfortably producing in the country. The problem has more to do with the business environment. What's the ease of doing business in the country like? Very importantly, how's the power situation in this country? Constant, stable electricity is the lifeblood of entrepreneurship and industrialisation in any country. In most cases, when constant stable electricity is lacking, things tend to fall apart. I'm not discounting the fact that many Nigerians are complicit in this madness, in that they are either guilty of aiding and abetting economic sabotage, for instance, sabotaging pipeline routes that supplies power generating plants with needed fuels and gas, stealing transformers and engaging in other dubious acts that ends up sabotaging what little efforts thr government is trying to make. The government hasn't been spectacularly honest in its doings, either. So many shady dealings going on, money laundering and embezzlement, cue the comatose power sector and all the money that has been allegedly sunken into it, since from the time for Obasanjo, till date. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Lotechi(m): 4:32pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
OruExpress:Government workers are still owed salaries, if you doubt me ask the people of Kogi State. Are you shying away from the truth or you are just ignorant of what pensioners go through in Nigeria? You claim only government workers are guaranteed pay, but this is false as I pointed in my opening sentence. Just so you know, we have thousands of local industries/companies who take pride in treating their staff fairly even when there are no laws looking out for Nigerian workers. For every other local company or industry who do not treat their workers fairly, who do you think is to blame? I will help you out; the blame falls squarely on the government. Reason being that it’s the responsibility of the government to make laws that would benefit the ordinary citizens, and they are supposed to make sure those laws are enforced. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Lotechi(m): 4:40pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Rosskii:Trump has created 7million jobs in his first term. Common adequate minimum wage law the government cannot pass, and you guys sit here blaming the average Nigerian citizen for the woes of the country. Is the average Nigerian citizen responsible for thwarting efforts to call for better government representation? Or what is the average Nigerian citizen supposed to do about the epileptic power supply apart from protesting? You guys should think twice before labeling the already maltreated Nigerian citizen as the problem. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Lotechi(m): 4:43pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
F117nighthawk:it’s a very stupid post. There are no facts or evidences to back his claims. The essence of the state is for the eternal good of all. When that is not the case, then it’s clear that the government has failed in its primary responsibility. Have you ever asked yourself why countries develop? |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by F117nighthawk: 4:47pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Lotechi: Who develop the states,? Is it not the people? That's why the saying goes YOU CANNOT GIVE WHAT U DON'T HAVE, before u get to power u were somewhere in the state, so if u are not properly trained from home when u get to the seat of authority of course u will abuse it |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Lotechi(m): 5:22pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
F117nighthawk:I’m sorry to say, but your response lack clarity. I can respond if I’m able to understand what you are trying to say. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by DexterousOne(m): 5:49pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
SenecaTheYonger: This is VERY TRUE Parents who should know better are feeding their kids the poison of tribalism |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by bakescos01: 6:37pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
SenecaTheYonger: Sad but true. I use to say that sometimes we have to un-educated and re-educate ourselves if there is any word like that. We still have to know and understand some basic rules of life to be able to give better morals to the coming generation. LOVE is the best way to go and to start with. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Myde4naija(m): 7:14pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Citytrend:he is right even with the headline |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Myde4naija(m): 7:17pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
henryobinna:you don't agree but your comment is in support of the post. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Obi1kenobi(m): 7:39pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Rosskii: Any clown that says stuff like this has obviously never run a business in Nigeria. Cos just about every entrepreneur in Nigeria (excluding the ones with government patronage) know the myriad obstacles they face in doing business in Nigeria which people in civilized countries take for granted. If you think Nigeria's massive infrastructural deficits, poor regulatory framework and bureaucratic bottlenecks, insecurity and general incompetence and corruption aren't things to blame the government about, you're a buffoon. 4 Likes |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by DexterousOne(m): 8:09pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Obi1kenobi: Don't mind him He is just running his mouth He knows nothing |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by DexterousOne(m): 8:15pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
grossintel: True that I see your point. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by jaxxy(m): 8:15pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
OruExpress: None is better, they are both same thing. Nigerian Leaders and followers are all 90% criminals. However the man with the greater or higher authority carry the bulk of the responsibility and likewise blame. Leadership is always by example. If the leaders don’t set the right example we are in a catastrophic situation and continuing mess. Only the leader(s) can change the general followers mentality and attitude. The followers cannot change the leaderships attitude, they can only replace them. If we are not completely stupid our power to replace our leaders may help to control their attitude to sm extent. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by DexterousOne(m): 8:18pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
lovedbyall1992: I think it's the system |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Aboguede(m): 8:21pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
I think people a commenting based on the TOPIC only As for the rest of the writtings I am sure no body understood the message body The jagajaga no be here oh |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by DexterousOne(m): 8:23pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
RealMillennial: I appreciate your comment |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by coolitempa(f): 8:24pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
hmmm |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by m140(m): 8:46pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Kingspin:Bros, even the past ones are bad, Nigeria should have been better before now |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by hybraheeem002(m): 10:22pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
Sirheny007:Nail on the head. Who is the government gaaan self? 1 Like |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Khaleell001(m): 11:16pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
landmark86: Even if government produces such policy how many of us are willing to abide by it without cutting corners?. how many? It's very easy to pass the buck when majority of us: parents and religious leaders have very strong key roles to play in reforming the society. But the question remains; who wants to get their fingers burnt? |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Khaleell001(m): 11:27pm On Jan 21, 2020 |
AceRoyal: Poverty is not just an idea or mental state, but an attitude. Our general attitude towards productivity and our usage of time is very poor and that is what has reflected in virtually everything we do in our lives. I am not exonerating myself. The point is, the leader is a reflection of the people. If people are cheats, liars, oppressors and moral lepers you don't expect a saint to do weave any magic and change their land to Disney World when the people are hell bent in their ways. If you are a Christian read the story of Moses (peace be upon him) and the children of Israel or the Israelites as the Bible calls them ;and how Moses tried hard to liberate their minds from the mental attitude they got from their years of slavery, but he never really succeeded because they was someone somewhere frustrating his efforts to reform them. This is our state. It's our attitude. This is it;when a people are unwilling to change you don't blame the leader. Buhari may not be the "alpha" and "omega" to solve Nigerians problems, but I feel parents and religious leaders are the ones to instill this moral and social attitude of change into their congregants to bear the fruits of progress otherwise, we are just wasting time we don't have. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by OruExpress: 8:30pm On Jan 24, 2020 |
jaxxy: I think it's important to respond to this post because while I agree, it's wrong. They're not the same, they're not equals. For decades we have treated Nigerian politicians as 'the same' and this opens the door for the worst to prevail. We treated GEJ and Buhari as 'the same', we still believe Fulani and Hausa are 'the same' people. Nigerian people are worst than the Nigerian government. The Nigerian government is currently undergoing to process of becoming dictatorial and parochial, something almost every Nigerian already is the minute he as a stick and his neighbor doesn't. We can change this be acknowledging we are far worst than the government and work from there. If we say 'it's the same', we resign responsibility to improve our side of the mess. I remember the government issuing a program to train youths for work in my era. Can you believe that #1 issue the program faced was all of the unemployed youths believing the jobs were for 'small boys'? |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Billyddude: 1:24pm On Jun 05, 2020 |
Studyinchina200:. Then they hide inside religion with thier wicked ness. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by Billyddude: 1:30pm On Jun 05, 2020 |
esanmantruth: So this world bank grant of a thing is real??I get one relation wey dey always believe say him dey expect millions from d grant and I keep telling him not to get high bp if d thing later turn out to be scam |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by orisa37: 8:42am On Jun 10, 2020 |
NIGERIANS CONFUSE THEIR GOVERNMENT. |
Re: Sorry To Say, The Nigerian Government Is Better Than The Nigerian People by orisa37: 9:11am On Jun 10, 2020 |
MINUS GOWON WHO MANAGED THE CIVIL WAR AND OBASANJO WHO TRIED HIS BEST, NIGERIA ISN'T BLESSED WITH GOOD PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT. NIGERIA IS CURSED WITH SELFISH, CORRUPT AND ILLITERATE LEADERS. |
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