Queenlovely:
Nigerians will change, one-day

I will not carry Nigeria matter like gala on my head

I believe that if nigeria does not make it in my own generation, it would get it right in the future.
Our life span is just 80years, Nigeria is not flesh and blood, Nigeria can exist for millennium. It is not a must that all the changes must happen in this my present lifetime.

Why do I even want Nigeria to be great? What would it add to my pocket. The Nigeria that soldiers fight for today, may not even exist centuries from now. Then they would have died in vain.

Countries that exist today may not exist tommorow, USA may even be no more, Where is USSR today?Where are Neutral Moresnet
,Republic of Salò,
Tibet,
United Arab Republic,
Sikkim,
Ceylon,
Czechoslovakia,East Germany ,


Just take life easy and contemplate on life sometimes, Africa that has been written off may become world leader tommorow, so just don't sweat it

Queenlovely:


Are we really free or living under an illusion of freedom.

When the idea of democracy was born, technology was low then, they didn't have internet, and all these stuff we have today,

We can modernize democracy, I chose direct democracy and not this representative democracy instead

PissfulProtester:
And what the fvck is wrong with the president giving him job @ DPR?



As if this bloody hypocrite won't jump at it if he was in Bashir Ahmad's shoes

PissfulProtester:
And what the fvck is wrong with the president giving him job @ DPR?



As if this bloody hypocrite won't jump at it if he was in Bashir Ahmad's shoes

Vardanes2:


We are living under a direct [/i]democracy. Buhari did not chose your leaders for you, you [i]chose them yourself.

The problem is, we all go home after the election...and sit at home and do nothing after the fact. Only a few of us bother to put some heat under the chair of our leaders and company.

(Besides, earlier, you were saying that democracy has failed...so what's with the sudden liking for direct democracy? Democracy has not failed?)

The thing is, in Nigeria democracy does not work because we love being armchair critics....rather than active participants. (Kind of like the mice in Aesop's fable about belling the cat). The other day someone opened a thread and announced he was running for councillor on the platform of one of the parties. Most of the comments made mocked the guy.

Democracy can only work with active participation. (yes, I know, I myself am not an active participant, but at the same time my not activley pariticpating means I don't get much of a say...at least I am realist enough to accept the truth )..not by sitting down and writing treatsies on Nairaland and the news sites.

Queenlovely:


ok sir, I have heard you,


so let us wait for my fellow Nigerians to wake up to their responsibility.

be reminded that Nigerians expect democracy to work like an automation without any added effort.

I prefer something like the ancient Greek direct democracy, There will be no leader, critical decision are decided by referendum.

Queenlovely:
Nigerians will change, one-day

I will not carry Nigeria matter like gala on my head

I believe that if nigeria does not make it in my own generation, it would get it right in the future.

Our life span is just 80years, Nigeria is not flesh and blood, Nigeria can exist for millennium. It is not a must that all the changes must happen in this my present lifetime.

Why do I even want Nigeria to be great? What would it add to my pocket. The Nigeria that soldiers fight for today, may not even exist centuries from now. Then they would have died in vain.

Countries that exist today may not exist tommorow, USA may even be no more, Where is USSR today?

Where are Neutral Moresnet
,Republic of Salò,
Tibet,
United Arab Republic,
Sikkim,
Ceylon,
Czechoslovakia,East Germany ,


Just take life easy and contemplate on life sometimes, Africa that has been written off may become world leader tommorow, so just don't sweat it

Vardanes2:


Greek demcoracy was nothing like the democracy of today..it wa quite restrictive.

Only free men could vote, and not all free men. Women and slaves had no right to vote. And men meant men above a certain age...no under 20's....

Dpharisee:
Sabiu 'Tunde' Yusuf is suddenly an Assistant Director in NIA while Bashir Ahmad is a manager at NPM a unit under DPR, (he cleverly denied been a staff of DPR)

BruncleZuma:

Ceylon still exists just like Swaziland.

Vardanes2:


Yes, it is a failed and flawed model

But , as Winston Churchill said...the other models are worse.

We tried dictatorship in this country, first under the pre-colnial rulers, then the Brits, then millitary rule. Harsh, terrible and did not work.

Democracy is a flawed system. But if you like, we can live under a dictator. Tomorrow, you people will be complaining that your rights have been taken away.

Queenlovely:


please don't misinform people

Queenlovely:
Bashir is 29.

Is it his political age or what

This guy looks like 40. I still like this guy, he is intelligent, a polygot who can speak 5 foreign language plus Mandarin

Dpharisee:
Sabiu 'Tunde' Yusuf is suddenly an Assistant Director in NIA while Bashir Ahmad is a manager at NPM a unit under DPR, (he cleverly denied been a staff of DPR) they have secured a place for themselves after Buhari leaves office in 2023, even Service Chiefs who were just retired are now Ambassadors while Nigerian youths keep searching for jobs in Govt with huge bribes and getting scammed.

It's no longer a case of when the principal leaves office his political appointees go with him, under Buhari they will just relocate to a juicy parastatal while some urchins who lost their place in Npower of 30k use Nairaland and social media to defend these abnormality.

wellmax:


You find it easy to believe every fake news.

Sabiu Yusuf is not even an ex servide man, whereas the law has it that only ex men can head NIA, anyway, continue with your fake news. Bashir has denied, you say you believe the rumour, na wa for una

azpekuliar:
.. but we haven’t tried a Benevolent Dictatorship yet. One I would consider superior to the brand of democracy being practiced in most parts of Sub-saharan Africa.

Dpharisee:
Sabiu 'Tunde' Yusuf is suddenly an Assistant Director in NIA while Bashir Ahmad is a manager at NPM a unit under DPR, (he cleverly denied been a staff of DPR) they have secured a place for themselves after Buhari leaves office in 2023, even Service Chiefs who were just retired are now Ambassadors while Nigerian youths keep searching for jobs in Govt with huge bribes and getting scammed.

It's no longer a case of when the principal leaves office his political appointees go with him, under Buhari they will just relocate to a juicy parastatal while some urchins who lost their place in Npower of 30k use Nairaland and social media to defend these abnormality.

Vardanes2:


Yes, it is a failed and flawed model

But , as Winston Churchill said...the other models are worse.

We tried dictatorship in this country, first under the pre-colnial rulers, then the Brits, then millitary rule. Harsh, terrible and did not work.

Democracy is a flawed system. But if you like, we can live under a dictator. Tomorrow, you people will be complaining that your rights have been taken away.

Racoon:
There is some elements of truth in some rumour.Never believe these liars.

Queenlovely:
Nigerians will change, one-day

I will not carry Nigeria matter like gala on my head

I believe that if nigeria does not make it in my own generation, it would get it right in the future.

Our life span is just 80years, Nigeria is not flesh and blood, Nigeria can exist for millennium. It is not a must that all the changes must happen in this my present lifetime.

Why do I even want Nigeria to be great? What would it add to my pocket. The Nigeria that soldiers fight for today, may not even exist centuries from now. Then they would have died in vain.

Countries that exist today may not exist tommorow, USA may even be no more, Where is USSR today?

Where are Neutral Moresnet
,Republic of Salò,
Tibet,
United Arab Republic,
Sikkim,
Ceylon,
Czechoslovakia,East Germany ,


Just take life easy and contemplate on life sometimes, Africa that has been written off may become world leader tommorow, so just don't sweat it

Seun:

There’s nothing like benevolent dictatorship. When you don’t have the consent of the people you are governing, you will have to use brutal tactics and lies to keep them under control. You cannot allow freedom of speech because people will start complaining about your mistakes and evil deeds and agitating for your removal through forceful means, which will make you paranoid and soon you’ll start executing people you suspect of plotting against you and persecuting your critics.

Democracy provides a means of replacing our leaders
without bloodshed, thus democratic rulers don’t have to be so paranoid. If people don’t like you they’ll vote you out and you will rejoin society. You won’t be killed. So leaders get to focus on doing positive things that will make people vote for them again.

Our democracies in Africa are very flawed, but we still enjoy freedoms that people in wealthier countries that are not democratic do not enjoy. Chinese people cannot use Facebook or Twitter or WhatsApp because the Chinese govt is afraid of allowing their people to see social media posts that are critical of their actions, but we in Nigeria have access to these things because of democracy. Our govt may not like being criticized on social media, but it’s not an existential threat to them.