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I hate to say much,
but I personally echo your above statement.

Depilot:
It's very challenging to develop Nigeria because people like yourself and myself are not doing anything, but complain and use corrupt leaders as an excuse.

It takes the entire village to raise a bright kid; I think it also takes everyone of us to see a well developed Nigeria.

Many of us are too busy and too focus on only making money in Nigeria; none of us is willing to volunteer to contribute anything toward developing this country.

May be this is the right moment for each and everyone of us to pause and ask ourselves this question:
I'm now 25 yrs old or 30 yrs old or 40 yrs old or 50 yrs old, through out my life as a Nigerian, what have I ever done for this country?
If you can not come up with at least 2 things, you're part of the problem.

You need not to steal money from Nigeria to be corrupt.

Exactly my point.

Our senate president is right this time around.

419 from China, Japan, S. Africa, Ghana, Caribean, Russia, USA and other countries are all labelled with Nigerian blood.
But the record shows that 419 did not start in Nigeria or with Nigerians. The history of 419 is much older than Nigeria, this is why most victims are foreigners.

Bernard Madoff’s world wide investment fraud is still the biggest 419, but America will not accept it to be true.

http://ngex.com/news/public/newsinfo.php?nid=7952

I have no apology for victims of 419 - Senate President

Senator David Mark, the Senate President while receiving an economic delegation from Ireland was quoted as saying “I have no apology for victims of 419.

“If somebody ask you to bring, say $200, 000 in order to get $20m in return without investing anything concrete or rendering valuable services and you go ahead to do so, if you are ripped off in the process, you should blame yourself and not the system.”

He also insisted that Nigeria should not be used as a scapegoat for the fraudulent practices of others as well.

Make your pick and list why.
Makesure that making your pick is not based on whether you like or dislike the candidate. This is not a wish list, but a prediction list based on reality.

My pick is Yaradua.
If this man is healthy enough I think there is nothing stopping him from contesting for the second term. If he does contest, I think victory is guarantee.
This is not because I agree or disagree with his policies, this is just reality of things.
Power is bigger than anything.