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#HowToFixNigeria

If by 2019 Nigerians who are currently under 40 years old (and who are detribalised and selfless) are not able to wrest power from the 'usual suspects'. Nigeria's migration from third to first world nation may very well not take place before 2100

Migration from third to first world status CAN take place in a generation (33 years) with consistent committed selfless and visionary leadership (across party lines) propagating a POLICY MASTERPLAN that must be arrived at via extensive research and creative problems solving.

Nigeria's problems are more than 50 years old! The solutions to these problems are just as old.

A youth (36 years or less) will DV be 69 years old or less in 33 years, he or she will either be faced with a gargantuan mess of a nation or a country that is head and shoulders above most nations of the world.

Which would we rather have?

Dem no dey plant corn for morning harvest am for night, guys we've really really got to start thinking and doing.

You must be in dreamland. Nigerian under 40 must be detribalised? Don't you at least read nairaland posts? Nigeria will continue to be a joke. The fools are now repeating what I told them years ago and they said I didn't have enough "timber and caliber" to talk. I HAVE EVIDENCE!

If you listen intently to these hypocrites, you will be pardoned if you assumed Nigeria attained her "Independence" 16 years ago. If PDP is responsible for the scarcity, maybe they learnt it from APC. I don't see Nigerian problems as emanating from the latest arrangements of the English alphabets; I've seen and read about too many previous ones: NPN, UPN, Action group, NPC, NCNC etc etc. Nigerian problem is societal, not economic and certainly not about stupid alphabets!

As I always say, Nigeria as a society has incredibly dumb ideals and values. Do you know that in the last paragraphs, as I always take time to note(not least of which was Abike Dabiri's stupid one of last week), Nigerians actually count as a positive the notion that people of Nigerian birth or background are achieving great things for the united states and other already developed countries. I can't always get into the details of an argument as I hate to type indeed. Do they know that firstly those people are now American etc citizens contributing positively to the development of their new adopted country that values them and gives them opportunities to reach for the sky? Do we realise those people are not developing Nigeria in any way? Of course we don't care. All we need is the "glory". Mumu cursed country and people. Very venal people. For every successful Nigerian in a foreign country, there are 10,000 here that have been destroyed by their country and mocked for being "failures". This graveyard for talent. Nigeria is a joke!

youngsahito:
how much does it cost to install this inverter?

Depends the capacity and duration of expected use. Many variables, trust me

teechudleyy:
2. My mom fell in church, could not move her limbs. She had had a stroke. We rushed her to the private hospital said to b d best at treating strokes.

Before admitting mum, doctor charged us 50,000 naira, and we paid. She was admitted, placed on a drip. Catheter, and medications to regulate her bp. And that infra red light for massage. She was there for a week, but she wasnt given meals. We were bringing her fruits and veggies etc frm home.

The second week, no more drip, no more anything, they only check her bp, give her drugs etc. Mom was eager to go home that friday.
How much is our balance?
Another 50 000.

even tho even in the room, no tv, no lamp for when ders no light. I slept on the floor in her room, we went to pee using my phone torch at night.

We were very grateful mum was still alive that saturday wen we were going home, but we still had a lot of physiotherapy to do. We paid the money in full and headed home.

But... we expected follow up, we even went back to.d hospital, but he told us mum was well. Truth is if we knew d rigut things to do frm d on set and d doc adviced us properly, mum would have been much better.

These are called out of pocket costs. They're not even expensive sef. You know how much one car costs? Or to build a house? Or to pay rent for that hospital premises? Or to enrol a child in a good-quality school? These things are what the medical staff aim to acquire and do with proceeds from their services. Try the NHIS and other health insurance schemes. Nigerians should realise they must spend money on others in the same way they want to get money. The faster the money goes round, the bigger the GDP of the country

Craven:
It's not even about school standards. That isn't even the point. Private companies are not the government, so I don't understand why educated people would think a private company should serve them and dash out employment like it's a christmas gift. It's hilarious. It's funny how some Nigerians feel entitled to something that is not theirs. Really funny.

truly, it's not an excuse, it's a fact. It's not anybody's fault you went to a school an organization doesn't recognize as the best. That's on you, and your school too, for not improving on its name and outlook. Nobody is here to please you, brother. Sorry.

Gassa007, I don't consider myself better than anyone, but I sure as hell won't waste my time complaining about one company because they won't recruit me. The schools in that post are good schools, but I know other schools produce outstanding students. But you still cannot force a company to invest in something they are not interested in. Sorry. It's the company's loss for missing out on other outstanding students, but that seems like a risk they are willing to take. So why then are you complaining? It's a waste of time. Move on!

blackprowler, private institutions are not the federal government of Nigeria, they owe you nothing. So your point is invalid. Forgive my bluntness, but it's the truth. You are deceiving yourself if you think private companies are here to feed and take care of you. And that's really sad.

Again, it's a recruitment exercise, not a charity case. If a company won't employ you because of your educational background, you can either choose to remain on this thread and continue to cry about it, or you can move on, focus on another opportunity, and be the best you can be, regardless of what other people think about you. Your best revenge is to prove them wrong, not to create a Nairaland thread and complain.

Have a nice day.

You must be incredibly stupid for basing your attacks on an assumption, sorry to be blunt. I will not address the substance of your point as you don't deserve to be helped out of your ignorance. I will rather address your personal attack on me based on assumptions. I am in my forties and have worked almost 10 years in one of Nigeria's best multinationals and a Fortune 500 company at the time. I voluntarily resigned to take my chances because the place had become infested with Nigerian low lives with values such as you evince. It didn't work as I planned and I came back to Nigeria trying to change the SICK system in which you find your wisdom but the society of people like you are resisting me. Do you know the type of cadre of top Nigerians I've related to on Nigerian issues, including invitations in person? I went to state my views and they dodged me without debates. They're all afraid of the truth. Do you know what low lives do in Nigeria when they get such opportunities of a lifetime? They go and worship those lords and tell them they're the greatest thing to happen to the human race. Then those people with all the access and money in the world will open doors for them to wealth and fame and so you then have the people you worship as sages. My passion takes me to nairaland to get a dressing-down by absolutely clueless people who are so confident in their inanity. Watch your mouth, ok; you have no idea

Lmao! Everybody don turn expert on megawatt. I don't want megawatt - I want LIGHT! (also known as electricity). By the way I have expertise on power and a comatose business on alternative energy. Fashola has no clue

omenka:
All this miscreant craves is for Buhari to just mention his name ONCE for the love of Christ. It hurts him so badly he's been totally ignored as though he doesn't even exist.

That is simply how best to treat a pesky fool.

What claim do you have to not deserve the country you have. Ditto for most Nigerians: this country is what you made it. Pathetic creatures, below human level

Craven:
The only problem Nigeria has is they it is filled with people who feel everyone is here to please them.

"We only want 2:1."
Nigerians: *complain"

"No HND, please. B.Sc only."
Nigerians: *complain*

"We prefer graduates from these schools."
Nigerians: *complain*

"Only residents of Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt should apply."
Nigerians: *complain*

The problem is apparent, isn't it?

You have standards. I have standards. Everyone has standards. So why should a 'private' institution lower its standards? Please explain to me, I'd really like to know.

A company's recruitment scheme is not a charity case. At the end of the day, a company had every right to choose the calibre of people they wish to employ. And the earlier people realize this, they'd sleep better at night.

cc LastMumu

Just carry out the assignment I gave you, will you? If Nigerians knew their understanding of life is what's harming their society, I'm sure they wouldn't still be complaining things aren't right

Psalm18:
Radovan Karadzic is Bosnian. Others as well
Can't be bothered to list them

Moreover on further readings on these alliances- they are not prosecutorial. More like commonwealth- advice,technical support, openess and transparency.
Despite being member of commonwealth under Abacha- nobody in the regime was tried for murdering saro wiwa. Travel bans and restrictions were as far as sanctions came to.

Serbians were the perpetrators; Bosnians were the victims. Don't mind these Africans keeping score. It is an extension of how they keep ethnic score counts here on anything - typical of backward people

OrlandoOwoh:
How I wish Femi Falana was present, he would have taken Aribisala to the cleaners.

Aribisala should learn to put the defeat of Jonathan behind. We all saw how he campaigned against Buhari last year.

The action of those Unilag students shows how lost they are in the reality of things.

If you knew anything at all, you would acknowledge that indeed he has been vindicated afterall

LastMumu:
Although I agree with you that this act should be frowned upon, that doesn't mean it is corruption. Every employer has every right to choose who he/she is taking into his company. Since the company would bear the brunt of paying the employee's remuneration and training cost, they have the right to select their choice based on whatever qualification, course, grade, age-group, institution, gender they feel would be in the best interest of the company. .

Some companies in the Western world too only employ graduates form Harvard, Yale, Oxford University, this 'discrimination' is not peculiar to Nigeria alone.

My dear you couldn't be more wrong. This is why we are in trouble in this country because the average Nigerian has a warped idea of right and wrong. This has been my preaching for years now and alas, no one agrees but we see the effect everyday. Sai Baba! Lol
Tip: look for any organisation in Nigeria here fully controlled by British or Americans etc and find out how they frame their vacancies. You will learn a lot. Nigerian values have destroyed Nigerians and they're looking for whom to blame all the time

LastMumu:
Although I agree with you that this act should be frowned upon, that doesn't mean it is corruption. Every employer has every right to choose who he/she is taking into his company. Since the company would bear the brunt of paying the employee's remuneration and training cost, they have the right to select their choice based on whatever qualification, course, grade, age-group, institution, gender they feel would be in the best interest of the company. .

Some companies in the Western world too only employ graduates form Harvard, Yale, Oxford University, this 'discrimination' is not peculiar to Nigeria alone.

My dear you can't be more wrong. This is why we are in trouble in this country because the average Nigerian has a warped idea of right and wrong. This has been my preaching for years now and alas, no one agrees but we see the effect everyday. Sai Baba! Lol
Tip: look for any organisation in Nigeria here fully controlled by British or Americans etc and find out how they frame their vacancies. You will learn a lot. Nigerian values have destroyed Nigerians and they're looking for whom to blame all the time

divinecode101:
Bro, I can feed the whole of your family for 10 years with down payment made now, but that is not the point.
When you see a nice looking lady and her family, why run them down? what is their offence? Because they are rich? They caused your poverty?
Is their fault being rich? What did she do to deserve the insults being hurled on her? And here you her claiming you have a car!! Where is the car? You better stop deceiving yourself!! Inferiority complex will soon kill you if you don't change
Inferiority complex is when you see a wealthy person and detest them without offence - this is exactly your problem, remember, the lady and her family are not the source of your poverty

Kai, see typical black man. Oyibos aren't really surprised why we're so backward. On a boast you can feed the whole family of a stranger for 10 years; but there are people begging for angel investors or even clients for their business and all we hear is "ah there's no money o". Is it in Nigeria you're calling rich people saints and poor people jealous? This backward society where almost all access to opportunity and wealth are closed by default, only to be opened to the "we we" group? Or you've been in the group your whole life and hence never knew there's something else? Let me confirm to you that unlike your sparring partner, I am wretched. I can't even feed myself anymore. I am in this condition because this country is poison and I refused to be part of the reasons for this country's backwardness. As I once said, one: if you're not a thief in this country, you probably are second-level thief who benefitted from the first level thief; two: the absolute majority of the options available to you to become personally successful in this sick country with sick values require you to do things inimical to the progress of the society as a whole. If there's any country in the world in which wealthy people should be looked with suspicion, I don't know of a better example than Nigeria. Just take a loot at probably our top 50 billionaires on Forbes' list and come back to tell me more. Nobody respects Nigerian rich people in the world because they see the irony which you don't. Enjoy your opulent life o jare. People like me are the real face of Nigeria in the world from stats

I can see there are many dumb people on this thread whose only understanding of anything in existence is as fed to them from a book which has never been verified and has never contributed to human progress. I can't respond to all of them. This is what I described in my main post - the ignorance in Nigeria is convulsing

lailo:
Nothing will wipe this world but fear

Clearly you don't know anything on this issue

I'm aware of a majority of these threats, and the most realistically possible and imminent one at any moment - the nuclear one. This is why I'm running insane at absolute FOOLS whose only obsession is how to be married so and so time, to have such and such children, to undermine their fellow man, cheat them and get one unmerited promotion or the other, defend one tribe or the other. It's all a joke. Human beings are incredibly ignorant, even more so in Nigeria. These Islamic barbarians are ACTIVELY look to get their hands on nuclear weapons and then the world will understand what nuclear weapons are all about since their only preoccupation is reality TV and how Davido wore that dress. You know the world almost came to an end in October 1962, and almost by mistake in 1977 (or 78)? I wish I were not around on earth and observe these things happen to earthlings so that they realise I'm not that crazy afterall and I ponder what they never spare a thought about

VANENON:
Please pardon my lack of understanding but I had assumed the banks should charge at the officially CBN rate.
I would want someone to enlighten me on why bank are allowed to make abnormal profit at the expense of the masses.
Why are the banks not charging at CBN rates?
I used my naira master card last month for an online transaction and got charged virtually same price as black market and couldn't understand the rationale for this.
Please someone who truly understands how this works and the basis for this policy, if its legal should help throw some light on this.

Didn't you know already? Nigeria is a den where people try to get away with as much as they can over everyone else. A country that can even use religion for that end. Lemme tell you a story: when pound was going to 400 naira real rate and the fake 299 "official", someone sent me lots of £ from the UK through the banks. They promptly credited my account at 299 each pound. I already lost almost 100k naira. Now, I need to buy stuff for my business on eBay UK and other places. I pay via Paypal from same bank and they promptly deducted the almost 400naira for each £ I paid. My calculations show it was same as the person sent me 60% of what they sent. If I had spent all on online transactions, I would have actually spent under 40% of what was sent to me. NIGERIA IS A JOKE!

Abeg leave her to commit suicide o. That would be one less stupid Nigerian and 170+ million to go. She would probably be like the rest when she gets married and mock others for whom life did not go so smoothly. I know these people and I am one of their victims. They see all of life in a certain way and if you fail to measure up, they treat you as dirt and would not let you have peace. So when they see something they ridicule is about to happen to them, they panic and are ready to do anything. I have an exact friend like this who was blackmailed into marrying a woman with such tactic. She should be glad it wasn't me because that is the specific reason on which I would NEVER marry her. Wicked people

Continent of the apes. Land of the superstitious regardless of height of degrees obtained. It's really a tragedy for anyone born here

agbajesaid:
I just read a post on FP concerning masturbation. I now asked myself an honest question; isn't it better to masturbate than to fornicate. Its what everyone have experienced expecially at early stage of puberty. The urge for sex increases and we are far from marriage due to age, lack of fiancee, money etc. My religion advices fasting as an alternative to fornication and masturbation but for how long? Isn't it better to masturbate than to fornicate? Asides the immorality in masturbation, is anything bad in it healthwisely and religiously? Matured opinions needed.

Religion poisons everything. Follow at your peril. Fornication is what? I will never approve of that word. It is a denigration by the evil of religion. Masturbation? Absolutely fine for anyone who likes it. Take note that even with a coitus partner some people still prefer masturbation on occasion or all the time. Indeed coitus sometimes is actually mutual masturbation (I use "coitus" since these dumb Nairaland creators think censorship is great). The world is complex, don't let hopelessly stupid religions, founded hundreds of years before man even understood that dirt causes diseases and sickness to guide your life. Religion is stupidity.
PS: another thing: this is the INTERNET. Don't go to only nairaland for advice. You will only get Nigerian stupidity and values for advice. In the same google, ask the question and hear what the WORLD has to say. Nigeria is a failed society. You don't need advice exclusively from such a people

cionon:
I am christain. I wasn't discussing marital issues with her. I was trying to conceive then. So I met her for advice on her she conceived her after 5years of marriage. That's how it went. He is really serious with the divorce. I don't want the divorce. I have begged him for another chance to change where I wronged him. But he has bluntly refused.

My dear, are you a kid? In this society, maybe elsewhere too, when people have decided what they want to do, they look for a justification to do it. No need debating on the flimsy reasons; rather, find a way of discussing the real reasons or forget about it. People aren't honest. Most people take decisions based on incorrect premise, but when they mask the premise, how do they ever hope to get corrected of their wrong assumptions? On the flip side though, maybe we don't deserve any better. People like me who are perfectly honest have been easy meat for the world to demonise. Maybe human beings were not designed to live in peace

mulattoclaro:
One of the reasons why I always tell people I'm German whenever they ask me where I'm from or my Nationality even though my Pops is a Nigerian. Nothing ever works in this godforsaken shit-hole called Nigeria. Wasn't this the same slowpoke who was boasting that he could give Nigerians 24 hours electricity in less than a year? Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Gabon and South Africa can virtually boast of 21 hours or even 24 hours a day. I'm not saying this cos I want to just talk but I'm saying this cos I've been to these countries and I can tell you it's true.

Interestingly, it is possible to substantially improve the power situation in one year in this country. Indeed I spent the period of this fool's election and the inauguration trying to make this point to his people so they could pass on to him. The very process by which it would happen would make people like me solar entrepreneurs successful, it would create massive job openings for thousands and it is different from this model which has pipeline vandalisation and few centres of massive power generation as its Achilles heel. Nigerians and black people have a problem. We're not capable of managing modern life. We are suited for our pre-colonial savage existence. Nigeria happens to be one of the best examples of black backwardness - all spheres of human progress

missdebs:
everyone makes jest of you till u finally make it. ride on buhari

3 years more! Everyone's watching the calendar

franconian:
Before Africans made contact with the westerners, was our leadership this bad?
The thing is most of Africa's leadership problems were orchestrated by the westerners.


Nevertheless, I think we would have been better off if the western colonial masters were still here because our current day leaders are even worse. I am yet to see one bad thing done by the western colonial masters that is not copied by our new colonial masters. These criminals copied all their bad and forget their good.

When I see a politician, I see a very bad and wicked colonial master with an African skin.

Na so dem tell you? You want to live in the tyranny of pre-colonial tribal lords? I can also see they've spoon-fed you with "colonialism = evil". I can't thank the British enough for coming here to open our eyes. Go and check other non-African/non-black nations colonised by Britain. Black man is cursed. Take it from someone spending his life monitoring these things. Everybody is not on the same level on Nairaland

Black man can not rule himself. This has been said for over a century but we shout the sayers down as racists. We've run away to live in their countries and to be ruled by them and it's going on well for those privileged few. For the rest left back in Nigeria, it's quite clear what I'm talking about, though we might still have the deluded pride to reject it

rusher14:
The truth is the Nigerian spirit is highly corrupt.

What we take as normal are taboos in various functional societies of the world.

The use of technology might help but trust me, we have so much sunk into cesspool of lying, cheating, avarice that technology alone wouldn't solve our problems.

We are uninterested in science, research and pure unadulterated hardwork.

The Nigerian spirit needs to be reborn.

Please don't ask me how that would happen.

It is individual as well as societal.

For now the society has lost its way.

I've wasted my whole life and prospects because I stand on this same ground. Tell me: how does it help when demagogue politicians like Ben Bruce champion a refrain that "we are Nigerians; we are not corrupt". Everyone is so happy to hear such deluded views and then when someone like me has the courage to go 180 degrees and tell Ben Bruce so, instead of any healthy debate, I get a block (on Twitter). Nigeria is a joke. Check my posts, I always end that way. Where do we start? We're so far gone into the pit

The fact that Army spokesman came to throw more light makes it a shame on the army. Didn't they know those kind of photos should be control photos never to get to the public domain? If you as a photographer or tourist wants to snap a friend with their barracks as background now, the apes would attack you. Very crude country

This blind faith in an individual that these posters above me are displaying is the bane of Nigerian society. They lack the ability to reason on their own. Buhari that doesn't know there's no "West Germany" anymore (25 years late) has already given enough indication he has no clue how the contemporary world functions. Nigeria will NEVER make progress because we have an honest president or that every thief of Nigerian money is sent to prison. The leader must also know how to create new wealth. Buhari has only shown he can spend prudently. It's not enough. Nigeria does not and can not make anything. The model we've adopted is for presidents to junket all over the world asking other countries to come and "invest". So if the ones here are even pulling out, how come some people will then say we don't need them and they can go. Buhari wants $1=N1. It reflects in his utterances. The only effect of his interference and obstinacy in monetary policy has been round-tripping by a few privileged individuals(some even accuse his wife, though I doubt). The actual effect of inflation is alive and well and I'm crying about it everyday. Everybody besides privileged people buy foreign exchange at black market rates, including people like me who actually make payments from the banking system using my debit card when I do online shopping for my business. Jonathan might have mismanaged Nigeria, but if a better person had succeeded him Nigeria would be in a less-disastrous situation than she finds herself today. Everything has ground to a halt!

majekdom2:
I don't understand your point. Thomas edison's time is totally different from now. There is what is called " evolution ". I would define it a reason for another reason tomorrow. A reason for a "future's reason". The Internet is an invention that have and would lead to so many inventions. Thomas edison's invention led to so many inventions. The schools are there for a reason. An avenue where people can build upon inventions, that's the essence. "Research and development " . It's part of the evolution if you must know. If you didn't go to school would you be able to type whatever you put upthere. Keep deceiving yourself. We need education more than anything in this part of the world. Your line of thought is void of any intelligence. There is no course of study that is not important to social development. Psychologist have their roles in the society. They help keep some people sane and in their right minds. You don't need to study engineering to be relevant or contribute your social quota. Education is not just about intellectual skills MR. Education is about relationships with people. Ok. Would you say the dude in question has not acquired any intellectual skills? You don't need to be on radio or Internet before you are known to have contributed your quota. That's where you are getting it wrong. You metioned edison and all because you read about them. You didn't mention soyinka and likes. There are people doing great in their niche. There are people doing well and contributing regardless the situation that you don't even know about. Change your thought. You said humans aren't smart..... I guess you mean Nigerians anyways. If you talking about humans, I am not sure you'd be using a phone or driving a car now if humans aren't smart.

You have a long way to go - on many levels. I'm certainly not going to be the one to help you along the way. You're a good fit here in Nigeria though

olajide8:
I beg to defer- how can a bunch of miscreants kidnap an infantry soldier? (the main man when it comes to war and training, to him, its better he dies or escapes, then to be rescued) They didn't realise he was a col., maybe they felt he was a General, and he would not want to fight- and then they just realised they were not going to get away with this alive- so they felt they were being smart, by killing him- that's the last those ones would do* mark theses prophetic words of mine*

Let me assure you that I agree with your central point and have already said so on Twitter where I'm more active: if you kidnap a NIGERIAN army colonel for whatever initial reason, the chances you will survive it are much higher if he doesn't make it back alive. It's sad our military are brutal and crude people who think Nigeria is conquered territory. Otherwise, it might have been possible to set him free for whatever reason or under whatever circumstance. He's collateral damaged of a failed society