For allowing the future of millions of Nigerians to be ruined by few corrupt and dinosaur-brained leaders, the world believes we are useless. No reasonable person can decipher the kind of humans we are and how we reason. We don't even allow people criticise the grossly incompetent leaders because of tribalism and foolish inclination to religion. Out of foolishness we demand for the heads of young Nigerians who brave it, calling for a change of the status quo. While honest people bare their minds and give us candid opinions that can free us from the long-built shackles of poverty and debasement, the generational curse of stupidity, tribal bias and pseudo-religiosity will not allows us think of ourselves and know how doomed we are.
Nigeria is a land of humongous blessings. There is gold on every street in Nigeria. We should be on top, leading the world in everything considering our enormous natural deposits. Our soil can feed the entire world but unfortunately we are the biggest beggars, borrowers, debtors and the poverty capital of the world. Most annoyingly, Nigerians hate independence. We sell the goat and hold the rope because we think the next person may be richer, greater. If we have sense, Lagos should be independent, Rivers, Kano, Anambra can be independent or forced to create wealth. Regions can stand and explore all their resources and use it wisely but we prefer to be many, stuffed like garbage, useless, unproductive and doomed, wasting all resources both natural and human, depending on government that doesn't know our number or what we need.
In sane climes, leadership is a challenge. You must account to your employers, the masses. It has to do with wealth creation but our own is wealth-squandering, mismanagement and poverty creation. We elect people to squander what nature has given us. What if we have no resources tomorrow, what will happen to our children? Revolution is needed urgently in Nigeria. Enough of pulldown syndromes

we vote these useless people in power and therefore we should/could only blame ourselves, and not the known useless polithieves that have been raping the country blind since the 1960s... i believe that the way Nigerians think is part of OUR DNA (whether good or bad) and therefore it will be a long way before anything changes in Nigeria.

We have ourselves to blame. We put these incompetence fools into power and still defend them at the slightly opportunity because of tribe and religion.

We got what we deserved.

Too Late to CRY when the HEAD is OFF


Naija can NEVER be better until many at the top DIE with their descendants.

Notyamate:
We have ourselves to blame. We put these incompetence fools into power and still defend them at the slightly opportunity because of tribe and religion.

We got what we deserved.

Exactly
Until we become one, there won't be revolution

Only we can change the way we think

True

Nigerian situation is pathetic, no matter how bad a government is, people must defend them just because the government favours them. Nigeria may never get it right.

Quite true

Where do I place this? The opening write up seems to suggests too many unrelated undertones as the cause of our present situation.

Firstly, as the bottom line, I'll agree those in leadership positions have collectively failed us. But we like to kid ourselves ( the younger generations ) and say something like: "The older generation is the problem of this country and if we could be given the opportunity, we'd do better" that's the height of fallacy as fallacy statements goes.

These present "old generation leaders" where once young exuberant men who also saw their elders and leadership as the problem. Since 1960, leaders have come and gone. New persons have had to fill vacant leadership positions. And we are here today yet still.

My point? The Younger generations waiting to take over leadership positions and the older generation waiting to vacate these positions are NOT SO DIFFERENT. They all are shaped from thesame cloth: SOCIETY.

Secondly, the op went all Nigeria is blessed and all that feel good stuff everyone says about themselves. Underneath all that, your view on "Independence" and "Lagos standing alone", "Kano standing alone" and "Port Harcourt standing alone" seems to be the REAL Icing on the cake you are driving at"

When people want to divert blame from themselves, they cast the focus on everything else under the sun bar themselves. Some group or set of leaders and would-be leaders have found a new new song the populace might be willing to hear and call it "BLAME THE SYSTEM IF ITS NOT WORKING".

THE SYSTEM? Is that an excuse by some elites who are locked out of the 'National Cake' committee or just a ploy to get INTO IN CIRCLES?

Before somebody blame the systems we have in place, we should be sensible enough to ask how have they maximize the existing frameworks!

There's no system that's right for us because the people have proven repeatedly that they as a collective, are incapable of following their own rules.

Finally, it says "Revolution is Needed". Honestly, I don't have the slightest idea what 'Revolution' entails in Nigeria. But what I know is a certain CLASS, CLAN, GROUP, SECT, PEOPLE or IDEOLOGY usually calls for it anywhere in the world. In Nigeria's case, it is too obvious not to notice the geographical, ethnical, and regional connections these people have in common.

That's not a problem in itself. However, it's laughable when you actually take a moment to reflect as to why these people, who have so much in common, haven't held their 'immediate and closest' leaders to account.

That is because these 'Regional, Ethnical, and Cultural' leaders are the ones composing the songs when their followerships have summoned the courage to meekly demand account. Sadly, these cultural, regional, and ethnical elites and leaders have been able to divert the blame from their doorsteps and teach the commoners and populace that it is indeed, 'OTHER' regional, cultural, and ethnical elites and leaders who are to blame and not themselves.