Sometimes when I compare and contrast Nigeria in particular, the whole black race in general and the white man (Americas and Europeans). I come to wonder if Nigerians / black men have brains at all.

How can a man who calls himself a human being allows himself to be manipulated or deceived by his fellow man created by the same God over so many decades and centuries without him knowing. And even when he knows, cannot free himself.

The white man brought liberal arts education to us. And they were busy studying and understanding world economics, engineering and technology.

How can a country or race develop by studying and making some of the following courses compulsory in their educational institutions.

1. English language - Another man's language? We spend years and resources studying another man's language. The Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Germans etc., that produce sophisticated machines and equipment, did they use English language to produce them?

2. Zoology, Botany, Library science, Religious studies and others too numerous to mention. What is the importance of these subjects or courses to our economy and lives as a whole.

3.Political science - Why do we study political science when very many of our politicians either did not go to school or studied political science in school?

Nigeria should have a rethink. Study and make economics a compulsory course. When I hear people say, the Federal government or Central bank should do something about the naira exchange rate without say the dollar. I clearly know that they don't understand economics. Exchange rate is not a mechanical thing. We don't produce, we don't export. How would the naira appreciate? We only loot and use the money for frivolities. Buy expensive cars, line them up in the compound. Enrich small girls who have not reached the age of handling money. Sponsor cultists, touts and bandits for political gains that cannot move us forward.

We should study Engineering, Medical and Technological courses for a better tomorrow.

we should support and encourage the Igbos. They have something to offer economically and technologically. I know some people will not like to hear this. But they are good in development, not in politics.

Lolz,

You've failed to talk about corporate dressing. We use 364 days to force students to wear western dress as the best option while looking down on our cultural attire and then for 1 day in a year, we ask them to put on cultural dress and complain bitterly about how our culture is dying.

Not speaking English properly is seen as a lack of education. But in that aspect it is not our fault, Nigeria is multi-tribal, we can't pick a random language without the other tribe suspecting that the other is trying to dominate them and we can't enforce everyone to learn in his own language. That would lead to more waste of resources.

So it's actually better we learn in English.

And for the other courses, they are necessary. Take zoo for instance, it not only help in maintaining the zoo but raising better animals, as well as better meat processing practice.

You don't need a political science degree to be a politician but you surely will do better in politics if you have compete political scientist running the background process for you.

But because we tend to cut corners in the country, we employ illiterates in politics who only see rigging as the only option to win elections. By all means political science is a necessity so are all the other courses in their small behind the scene way.

Same way you feel like making movies should only require a camera man and the actors but over 5,000 professionals often come together to make a single Hollywood movies, reasons why you'll always prefer their quality to that of Nollywood.

Same with countries where qualifications take the lead before everything else. The problem is not education but the people.