Agbegbaorogboye:
@Rossinky you sound like a pompous, self-righteous and ignorant person.

Nigerian youths are not as entitled as you might think. For every lazy youth, there are also hardworking ones who work their socks off blue collar jobs to make ends meet.

You really think those girls who traveled to Lebanon thought they were going there to pick dollars on the street? Of course they knew they were going to do domestic jobs but felt the returns will be far better than doing that same job here. It's the same thinking that holds for the doctor or engineer who migrates to Canada or UK. Such migration is not due to laziness. Rather, it's a desperate search for a better life.

As for the YouTube, Twitter etc that we have today. As much as they are an instrument of economic and social liberation, so can they also be an instrument of distraction. I beg to name BBNaija and European football as two of such. While they provide employment and a source of hope to some youths, they remain a distraction for the critical mass to become unaware of what holds in their environment.

You seem to think your generation was far better. Yet it was that same generation of yours that watched while the nation was ravaged.

You enjoyed free education in the south. Where is it today? As at the 70s/80s even early 90s, Nigeria was indeed a rich nation.

But you all watched idly by while the riches were pilfered by government after government till we have nothing left now.

$35bn to 200m people is not necessarily a sign of poverty. The sign is in the cost of living vis a vis per capita income. Compare both indices in the past years to what we have now.

Our problem as a nation is that we have leaders who are well disconnected from the country they claim to lead. Pray tell. How can Buhari find a solution to our education or health sector when his children all schooled in the UK while he and his family go abroad for routine medical needs. Are you going to blame the youths for that as well?

Let me give you a hard fact. Nigeria is not poor. It's the thinking of the manager of her commonwealth that is poor. They don't care nor are they mindful of investing in the youth you disparage. Do you know okada is the biggest employer of labour in Nigeria right now? Why so? Is it because the youths are lazy?

How can a government look to spend $1.9bn on a rail far into the desert when we have four comatose refineries that are not working? You mean if that same amount is put into one of them, it still won't work.

Rossinky:


A Chinese man will enter Nigeria with that same amount and start a business. A Nigerian will use that amount to travel to Lebanon to work as a servant. It's all about mindset.

Rossinky:


The problem is not really about Nigerian youths being 'lazy'. Most are hardworking. The problem is more about attitude, geo-political ignorance and this generalised feeling of disgruntlement, based on their silly expectation that Nigeria ought to be a developed nation by now. How many threads have we seen where they compare Nigeria to the UAE and 'Dubai'? I mean, if that is not ignorance, what is? The UAE has something like 6 million people, with three times Nigeria's oil reserves, and twice her daily oil and gas exports.

How on earth is Nigeria supposed to be able to compete with UAE in living standards? This generalised ignorance and refusal to learn, and research the world, is what keeps many of them disgruntled and unappreciative of how far we've come as a country. And if you think we haven't come far in the last 20 to 30 years, you are just as deluded and ignorant as them.




Instead of spending thousands of dollars to go to Lebanon and be a house girl, use your damn brain. Research Lebanon. Don't assume that because they are a 'white' country, that they hold more opportunities. That is a fundamental problem with many Nigerians. Racial inferiority complex. Do we not have Nigerian bankers working as slaves in Libya today? Oh sure we do. Why did they not research the war-torn situation in Libya before travelling there?

Is that Buhari's fault? That a graduate will get up and travel to Libya, simply based on their inferiority complex that says ''Libya = white or light skinned people = Better than Nigeria.''

That sick and stupid mentality cannot be blamed on anyone but the dumbass youth who hold them.

The mentality that says it is better to spend thousands of dollars to go and work as a servant in Lebanon, than to use that money and start a business in Nigeria, is no one's fault but the idiots who hold such sentiments.

A Chinese man will enter Nigeria with that same amount and start a business. A Nigerian will use that amount to travel to Lebanon to work as a servant. It's all about mindset.



Strictly the fault of those who are ''distracted''. You have the CHOICE not to be distracted. You can discipline yourself. When you fail to do that, you don't go blaming the Nigerian govt for your subsequent poverty and unemployment.



'Ravaged' how? I've no idea what you're on about. Nigeria is a developing country. At independence we had zero universities (compared to nearly 200 today), zero power plants, not a single expressway, not a single major hospital, and national literacy rate was at 5% (today it is 70% courtesy of mass govt investment in education). So I've no idea what you mean by 'ravaged the country'. Our immediate forbears were stark village illiterates and peasants. We've come a long way, and have definitely made progress.



Errr. no it wasn't. GDP per capita in the 90s was something like 300 dollars per annum. Today it is 3000 dollars plus.



Nothing left now? Really? I would like to catapault you to the 1980s, when a standard Nigerian meal consisted of one piece of meat in the plate. Maybe 2 or 3 for rich folks. And rice was eaten only on Sundays. Today, even street hawkers and road mechanics eat meals filled with orishirishi and call it nothing, while checking out their facebook on those fancy gadgets you call smartphones.




Name me ONE country on earth with Nigeria's population size and a budget that small, and i will show you a country that is struggling, just like Nigeria, to cater for all its people. That is a direct challenge.



Yawwnnn.... Dude. China is sending 20,000 of its kids to UK universities this year, and 50,000 more to US universities. Many of those kids are children of the Chinese elite and Chinese leaders. Same story in India, Pakistan, et al. Do the research. It is not unique to Nigeria. Rich people in developing nations send their kids to school in developed nations, and this will always be the case.



What is wrong with riding Okada? You are providing a service. You are meeting a public demand for private, quick, agile transport. This is the unnecessary, and foolish disgruntlement we are talking about. What is wrong with riding Okada for a living? Or keke? Nothing. You can do it for a while, and use your profits to buy two more cycles, rent them out and make more money, then move on to other businesses if you want. Not everyone can, or should be a lawyer, doctor, or architect. It's even better than driving taxis and buses because these smaller forms of transport emit less toxic fumes and are better for the environment.



Stop the oil dependency syndrome. Dangote is building a 12 billion dollar refinery that should take care of our oil processing issues. Nigeria has a railway development programme designed to connect all states of the country, and bring transport costs drastically down, which will help to transform the economy by reducing the cost of doing business. That railway line you referred to stops at the Nigerian border and does not go into ''the desert'', as was recently explained by the govt. Try to get accurate information and quit posting anti-Nigerian propaganda.

StaffofOrayan:
“My people are useless, my people are senseless, my people are indiscipline,”

Guess which idiiot said it??

That's right, Buhari the dullard!
He was talking about your father and mother back then, the same hatred for the poor has been passed to this generation

Once again you are a dumbass

StaffofOrayan:
Dummy, you reap what you sow
Bad educational system won't produce sound pupils, it's nation building 101

Can a country with the richest politicians in the world be called poor?

You can't even brag of steady electricity at 60years

Is dangote refinery the new bragging right of the FG?

Rossinky:


Stop deceiving yourself. Corruption will NOT end in Nigeria.

Except perhaps by divine intervention.

There are many other countries with more corruption than Nigeria, but they are moving ahead.

Check Transparency International's index. We are only two places below Kenya on the index, and a couple more places below Russia.

So our main problem is not corruption. It is low govt revenues to implement development programmes and initiatives.

The oil money is TINY compared to what we require.

SmartPolician:


Admittedly, Nigeria is not as rich as we think it is because of per capita income.

However, if you say that corruption is not a major problem here, you are only fooling yourself.

As for me, the black Africans don't even deserve independence because we have no idea what leadership is about.

If people can intentionally vote for Buhari who didn't know the full meanings of APC and INEC, I don't know what they expect from the oldie.

You see, leadership is everything. Nigeria is not planned. Nigeria has no plans for the youth. In serious countries, their governments are already making 50-year plans for them, where youths will play a pivotal role.

Buhari is ripping the country apart with Lai Mohammed insisting that he has delivered on most of his campaign promises. At some point, he told us that the projects are too big for human eyes to see.

Nigeria mirrors all the signs of a failed state, and everyone has the right to vent their frustrations on the country. It's annoying that the government cannot provide the basic things that enable businesses to thrive. For 6 decades, we still struggle with electricity, hospitals, good roads, etc.

You mentioned those guys at Yaba doing great stuff. What percentage of Nigerians are they? If a country cannot support her citizens by providing basic infrastructure, it is a failed state.

Nigeria, without a doubt, is the most useless country on planet Earth.

Rossinky:


Abeg go and sit down. If Nigeria is so useless, WHY ARE INDIANS, CHINESE, AND LEBANESE rushing in here?

Just answer that simple question.

Useless youth with zero common sense.

SmartPolician:


That's simply because they know that you lots worship anything that has no black skin.

SmartPolician:


Nigeria, without a doubt, is the most useless country on planet Earth.

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The Financial Technology (Fintech) industry in Nigeria has come to stay, as it took the lead in Africa attracting $122 million in funds in 2019. This was disclosed in the 2019 African Tech Startups Funding Report.

The report stated that African tech startups, with 311 companies secured $491.6 million worth of investment in 2019 and Nigeria got 24.8% of that fund. The number of investors in African tech startups jumped by 61% to reach 261.

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Details: The report details how Kenya and Nigeria emerged as the premier investment destinations on the continent in 2019, attracting US$149 million and US$122 million in funding respectively.

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NGpatriot:
I just wonder why Nigeria is the leading destination for investors or why they are pumping money into most useless country on earth? They obviously know more about Nigeria than you.

And guess who the recipients are in Nigeria, young, smart and creative Nigerian youths, not lazy, hateful and bitter anti Nigerian people like you.

Rossinky:




Why should everything in your head be about government?

About ''FG''?

Get rid of your government dependency syndrome. Nigeria is not a communist republic.

If Dangote's refinery solves the problem of refining and petroleum products, how is that a problem for you?

Complainant -in-chief.

Rossinky:


Honestly bro, it's unfortunate how some of these youths reason.

NGpatriot:



They call them lazy Nigerian youths for a reason, they are not only lazy, they all have absurd entitlement issues, they think the FG is their father, mother, governor, senator, reps and so on, I won't even be surprised if the think it's the FG's job to tie their shoes and brush their treach for them.

That fact that we are about to eliminate our refinery and petroleum products self sufficient issues makes them sad, I don't even know why they are not proud that their country is set to be the home to the largest single refinery in the world, the largest fertilizer plant in the world and largest petrochemical plant in Africa.

What's good for Nigeria makes them sad and what's bad for Nigeria makes them happy.


They are too mentally flawed and intellectually lazy to be of use to any society.

Rossinky:




This delusion that we are a rich country is the single biggest contributor to the uselessness of you Nigerian youth.

Rossinky:


Frustration over what?

Is Nigeria not a developing country?

Nigeria is a relatively poor country with a miserable annual budget of 35 billion dollars for 200 million people.

By contrast South Africa's annual budget is 125 billion dollars.

USA, 7.6 TRILLION dollars.

UK, France, Germany etc, all post annual budgets of 1.6. to 2 trillion dollars per annum.

Our youths have this idea that Nigeria is this really rich, wealthy country that only needs to share its resources better, and 'end corruption', for it to become ''like UAE'' and ''Dubai''.

Meanwhile our number one issue is economic diversification away from the meagre oil and gas revenues, to raise govt revenues.

In other words, for people to get off their asses and start businesses all over the country.

The opportunities are endless once you have a Positive Mindset.

DerideGull:



No, Nigeria is not yet a developing country. In addition though, simple logic dictates useless country produces useless youths.

HedwigesMaduro:


When political office holders make the kind of money they make and throw about you expect the people not to assume that Nigeria is rich?

GMBuhari:
is ok, I say isookkaayy please off the mic

We have talked and talked , they will not listen

although opportunity is not abundant and not many people can raise capital to start micro business but it doesn't mean calling nigeria a zoo will change anything, neither will hating the country

If only we can end all corrupt practices, from SARS to Magu

our resources will be more than enough to maintain / share

Rossinky:


I take it you consider yourself one of the useless youths.

I certainly consider you as such, but I don't blame 'Nigeria' for it.

SUFFERInSMILIIN:


Nigeria's problem is stupidity and illiteracy even in developed countries Nigerians will only vote for a criminal they will only follow a criminal that is their behaviour.. it is not the fault of the government.

madridguy:
Frankyychiji, Thanks for calling my attention to this thread.
Well, I don't think the OP's arrow is towards my direction and if it is, I'm happy to see other realists response.

Permit me to have some morning laugh towards the OP post and other people's reaction to it. It is easier to tagged Nigeria youths of today lazy youths but immediately they mentioned how the country has failed them you see people that messed up the country angry and ready to chop off your head.

My sister, let me share one of my encounter with an elderly man in a mini bus popularly known kowope/korope somewhere in Lagos.
One thing led to another and before you know the man started saying Nigeria youths of today are like this, like that bla bla bla, I allowed the man to land before I took his permission to say something.
I told the man point black how his generation failed today's generation. Told him how they messed up Nigeria properties, how they looted the economy, with no plan for the future, long talk and rounded up the matter on our education system, told the man how they used to have live chicken as a student then, this man couldn't say anything again and what he could say is that I should blame the people in the government because he has never held any political office in his enter life I just laugh and keep mute till the journey ended.

I am sure the OP of this thread must be someone close and enjoying directly from the government hence his anger.
In my comment, I mentioned about our economy, health sector, education sector, bad roads and insecurity in the country but its funny he's only talking about the very little or scarce opportunity.

Maybe he should tell us how our laziness makes our president to be running abroad for treatment while our own health sector is decaying.

obaaderemi:
Is this not the same war some of us have been fighting for years here?
Nigerian youths, especially those of southern Nigeria, who live in relative peace, who can easily get a relatively good and cheap education if they chose too, who can start their own small business if they really want to, who have access easily to information if they really like to follow world events. But then they are the ones who rubbish Nigeria at every opportunity and stupidly believe Nigeria is worse than every other country. Nigeria is bad, granted. All thanks to the ruling elite and the British. But due to the hard work of its people and God given resources, we have been able to create a society where you can really achieve if you have the right mindset and shun laziness.
What have they not compared Nigeria with? From Kenya, to Sudan to Somalia, etc.
So it's not new.

frankyychiji:
My only problem with OP was saying security situation now was better compared to the past. Those days, there was robbery as we have it now, but those days entire communities weren't set ablaze in their sleep like the brazen acts of wickedness we have now.

The guy is just a motivational speaker.

frankyychiji:


The guy is just a motivational speaker.

ibedun:


Ok ......please , I am on my knees begging you, tell us the SAINT Nigerians did not vote for? Please be absolutely realistic and sensible. I don’t want to hear nonsense like Sowore or Monghalu....