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I owe Nigeria no iota of patriotism whatsoever because she has failed me consistently since birth, she has killed my dreams and made my life hell. So all I can do for her now is also to condemn her.
Nigeria's problem is from the foundation. Everything is built just for the enjoyment of the elite few, observe around and see for yourself. Whereas the white man will build everything for the enjoyment of everyone. How then do you expect them not to appear more successful and developed than us?
Our thiefs (politicians) only appear successful because there are too many poor people around.
A local government chairman will get allocation of probably one billion a year. Instead of thinking to buy one or two massive wind turbines from GE to power the whole Lga, instead he will use a hundred million to build his personal house, use ten million to buy brand new mikano generator for his house, dig borehole for the house, put Barb wire on the. walls and buy himself a luxury Toyota Prado for more than 40million. And amidst all that, 99% of the constituents of the Lga will be languishing in poverty, eating hard corn food three times a day with no portable water and electricity
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Everything ought to be levelled down and rebuild in this country. How can you even start comparing a country that generates 50,000 megawatts of electricity and another country than generates only 3500megawatts for 200million people. Electricity that is the foundation of development o. mtseeeeewww

hahahaha, this buhari can be really insensitive though. do you know that the billboard they are burning reads "faces of integrity, and love for the masses" once again LOL

FlordFlorez:
This is no longer funny. To what end? If Trump go military way now, we start criticizing him.

F****k you and Donald Trump. Anarchy is the way to go here. America has about a million people under arms, the citizens however number about 300million. If trump dare to unlish soldiers on people, that is when full blown revolt against established authority will begin. can the American government handle it? will they drop nuclear bomb on their citizens? I even wish they will raid that white house and burn it to the ground to create history that no one will forget. when laws and authority fail, anarchy takes hold

PHIPEX:
It shows how the govt will be helpless if serious civil unrest starts in Nigeria, Police will be helpless.

Do you see what's happening in the United States? people are finally waking up to reality that power belongs to the people and not some few individuals. government is suppose to be afraid of the people. Can you imagine the injustice happening in Nigeria, few people in power bearing the name "government" who has stolen billions, who has massive generators and AC at home, who has food to last a whole year in their store, ordering the citizens who are just surviving to remain at home, yet government will not provide any assistance, and if you go out, police is suppose to beat and arrest you. like WTF? who will abide by such rules? I am telling you that the day youths rise up and revolt in this country, the government and all it's armed security cannot handle it. the youths still don't know how powerful they can be. just a million youths is more than enough to bring government to it's knee and force change to happen.

This is a post on Facebook by one frustrated Nigerian who also had enough of it.

""What John Zibiri said about Nigeria
I worked and lived in Abuja for 18 years. I ran my own private company from 2001 until 2014.
Two million of the likes of Buhari cannot change Nigeria.
Everything is wrong with Nigeria.
The Director won't give you contract except you pay up front .
The banks won't give you loan except you concede a certain percentage.
The man supervising the contract won't pass the job except you play ball.
The clerk won't pass your file for payment except you rob his palm.
The accounts department won't raise your payment voucher or cheque unless you see them. I can go on and on.
The worst thing is that it has become a norm that nobody sees anything wrong with.
If you think otherwise, they begin to think you are sick and not normal.
If you try to stand in their way, you put your life at risk.
If you get killed there is no justice system in place to seek redress and bring the perpetrators to book.
The police is corrupt , the Judiciary is the same.
Even the religious circle is not spared.
Everything in Nigeria revolves around corruption.
Nobody cares about anybody. No law and order.
I looked from my left to right, everybody is only desperate about one thing "money".
They will kill anybody and anything that stand between them and money.
I am an electrical engineer with MNSE and COREN. The system don't care about my qualifications.
Distribution and transmission jobs are given to alhajis, pastors, friends and relatives without any basic skills.
I started asking myself, how do I convince my kids that education and hard work is rewarding?
When fools, agberos and touts are running the country from the local govt to the Presidency.
Is this what my four sons will also go through? In 2014 I decided I have had enough. I decided I was leaving. I migrated to Australia with my family.
Don't put yourself in harm way for any reason.
The problem of Nigeria is in the hands of Nigerians living in Nigeria.
Try starting a gate house in your village, everybody wants to profiteer from it. The bricklayer, the carpenter, the mason and even your brother who claim to be supervising on your behalf.
They are corrupt, morally bankrupt and selfish.
Everybody there thinks about himself and nobody is thinking about Nigeria .
You don't have to be the one to go there to change anything.
Let those under the hammer start the revolution. I beg make you hear word.
This post is gonna anger a lot of my followers. I'm still gonna post it anyway.
*Analogy of OPPRESSORS & FOOLISH CITIZENS.
*(A case study of Nigeria citizens & their elected oppressors):
During the Soviet dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. He was a brutal dictator with mind of his own. On one fateful day, Stalin came to Politburo meeting with a live chicken. Standing in front of audience, He started to pluck the feathers of the live chicken off one by one.
The chicken trembled in pain, blood tricking out of its pores. It gave out grievous cries, but Stalin being a cruel dictator continued without remorse plucking the feathers out until the chicken was completely naked. After which, he threw the chicken on the ground.
The naked chicken was staggering in pain. Stalin goes into his pocket and from his pockets, he took out some chicken food and started to throw it at the poor & hapless creature.
The poor chicken in pain started eating and Stalin started walking towards his seat. As he walked away, he kept dropping some feeds on the floor & the chicken followed him and sat feeding from his feet.
Joseph Stalin then turned to members of his political party leadership.
He said, "This chicken represents the people".
"You must disempower them, brutalise them, beat them up, starve them and then leave them".
"If you do this, go into your pocket & give them peanuts when they are in that helpless and desperate situation, they will blindly follow you for the rest of their life, worshiping you".
"They will think you are a hero forever. They will forget that, you're responsible for their sorrowful situation in the first place."
Breath taking, isn't it ?
Now! Take a look at all the people some Nigerians are busy defending on social media.
Take a look at those they call their heroes.
They are the same people who plunged Nigeria into the situation she is.
They are the same people who are responsible for their predicaments.
Did you see the numbers of people that throng to Saraki's house during this Christmas period to go and collect peanuts?
Did you see the crowd that welcomed Ibori?
Your guess is as good as mine. And the likes of many others, we all know about.
Nigerians kill those they should defend and defend those they should kill!
Pass to all your contacts & let your government know we know.""

tensazangetsu20:
Everyone wants to escape before the next elections. I keep on telling people. Nigeria of the present as horrible as it presently is, is paradise compared to what is coming. People who are woke know this.

This I realized a while back that things can only get worse. The facts are clear for all to see. Unimaginable fraud happening at the ministry of humanitarian affairs using 600 million a day to feed school children who are not in school. the country is Still unable to pass the 4000 megawatt mark of power generation since independence, security situation only getting worse instead of better. buhari looked us all in the face and lied that he will return fuel to 65 naira a liter, that 1 dollar will amount to 1 naira, that power generation is not rocket science therefore he will fix it within six months, that he will go tough on corruption. that a 3 million jobs will be created within his first tenure. Now with all these, who in his right senses will think that this country will be better? common sense will tell you that things will only disintegrate further. God knows I am planning my exit from this miserable country with no future

mehn eff the police. I even blame the African Americans for just sitting there like lame ducks and occasionally just being killed by obvious racist skin heads who enrolled to be police officers with the sole aim of targeting Blacks. I trust kanuris, the police block them on the road and killed them for no just cause, and no Justice was done to the officers, they simply formed a terrorist organization and messed the police up real good, sotey the police ran and now it's the army. so wherever Justice is denied, rebellion and revenge becomes acceptable. let those black Americans start to corner individual police men in dark places and kill them too, burn some police vehicles occasionally. revenge is acceptable in this situation. don't just sit there. it's so obvious that those kkk are joining the police and this is the result, killing under government protection without been prosecuted, only been fired from the job. A person that just murdered another human being o. so that he can just go and be a security guard somewhere and continue his hate murders.

eleojo23:
This is funny sha.

So what if the moon refuses to come out for another one week? Fasting continua?...

Can't they just pick a date and stick to it every year? Why the stress of looking for the moon all the time?

Please no one should reply comments like the one I am quoting. It is an exercise in futility. They are asking these questions, not to know, but to create jest of the whole thing.

optimusprime2:
To be honest with you, I don't see any revolution of the sort happening, Why? Because
Unfortunately the high resilience of most Nigerians has evolved into a weird sort of complacency... what sort of spark would be larger or any different than what Sowore started?
What other revolution again would be different? Abi is it for secession, that Nnamdi Kanu didn't do?

Sowore actually started a revolution full on and guess what... it kicked off the proper way too, all that he needed was the might of Nigerians behind him and trust me Nigeria would have been on a 360 degree redemption pathway, but what happened...? Oh wait, Let me remind you... the average Nigerian at the time didn't want any trouble, preferred to settle for the usual "less", bother about the next meal, was not concerned about the whole revolution but wanted to see how it would end up without his/her input.

Well of course Sowore was jailed, tortured, almost even assassinated by dss and the average Nigerian was like "mtcheew ... he was not even the messiah afterall" #StillAwaitingTheMessiah... did they want him to start shooting fireballs from his eyes? look, even if Jesus came to take bullets for Nigeria while challenging Buhari's gov't currently, the average Nigerian would still act very non challant in offering revolutionary support and nobody, I repeat, no Nigerian would standup.

The answer is simple, true patriotism died in Nigeria during the 90's, what we have now are Nigerians who mostly care about themselves, stomachs and maybe their gods... dasall.

Despite this babas tenure being a colossal fail, Trust me the next election I wouldn't be surprised if another probably "western baba" as usual was voted in,
Everyone will cheer that baba until that baba begins to wring their ball sacks... and then as usual the "resilient Nigerians" would start complaining again about the baba being a baba.
Yes! Nigeria Nigerians for you.

This your comment is so scary in its truthfulness, that I am afraid. As you rightly said, we actually missed two great opportunities to start a revolution in this country.
1. Sowore's rebellion would have been the perfect trigger to massively show those politicians the power of the people. if everyone came out in solidarity, I bet they would not have arrested and maltreated him like that. but everyone was afraid, and we allowed that great opportunity to pass.

2. Nnamdi kanu's secession protests and riots. If we all protested in our millions together with kanu, one of two things must happen. It's either kanu gets his biafrans successfully, or some sort of negotiated autonomy for the south east. but again, we leave him alone while we also continue to suffer. We have to realize that when ever peaceful change is made impossible, then violent Change becomes inevitable. We also have to start supporting our revolutionaries in this country if we really want change to happen. we alone cannot achieve it as they will just gun us down. but by the time we bring in real rebellious revolutionaries, support them, put our hands together, rally the masses etc then we have a real revolution at hand, then we can experience change.

Thomas Jefferson: When the people are afraid of government, you have tyranny. But when government becomes afraid of people, then you have freedom.
something deep down tells me Nigeria will never change because Nigerians don't want that change. But I hope I will see the day that Nigerians will rise up and demand change. I hope

Black women never fail in showing their true colors. Wherever they go, they create drama out of nothing, they cheat, lie and even poison their hubby with intend to kill. And this is what I fear for you op. Too much freedom has gotten into her head that if you ain't careful, she will soon start to get funny ideas that why not just poison you, take what ever you have, take the kids and live her life free. Be very careful when women create drama and conflict out of nothing, they are just trying to get ways of getting rid of you.

My advice: Install multiple cameras in your house secretly, or even get some of those security companies to the it for you. It's not that expensive. Always be at peace and normal with her so that whatever abuse and threats will be only from her and it will be on camera. You can easily teach her a beautiful lesson with such video evidence. If if gets worse, you can open a police case with such evidence so that police radar will be on her as an abusive partner.
She can violent, abusive, stupid with stupid black women ego trips, but never let her outsmart you. Operate like the FBI, install those cameras

Goddys:
I don't spend a dime on my gf unless I want to buy her a gift willingly. Last Xmas I bought a phone of 60k for her and haven't spent a dime on her from then till now.


She must have her own thing. How can men be paying bills of a woman in the name of relationship, not even marriage?

mtschewww

See this guy o. You don't spend a dime on ur gf, yet you bought her a phone of 60k? wow you t really smart. That money could have gone a long way in a poor person's hand, and God would have blessed you for it. I still don't understand why men spend money on women. I mean WHY? not wife o, but gf or partners. why do you spend even a single Kobo on them?

Mancala:
Money cannot buy happiness, but the lack of it in Nigeria almost certainly precludes a citizen from achieving anything close to it. By my own conservative estimates, I would need to spend about 35 - 50 million Naira a year in Nigeria to live at the same middle class standard I am living today, considering that I will need to provide everything for myself and my family. This will satisfy our day to day needs, but how about when I retire? Add average annual savings/ stock market investments of 10 million Naira to that at conservative estimates.That takes care of immediate family, but what about extended family? What percentage of Nigeria's population can come close to earning these staggering amounts legally?
By the grace of God, I am very comfortable financially, but still worry about extended family back in Nigeria. One cannot be entirely happy with the situation in Nigeria when one sees all the economic and social injustice. Anyone that has the opportunity to migrate should do so, but let's be honest, less than 1% of the population will do so successfully so this cannot be the ultimate solution.

I am still hopeful for Nigeria because our people have not yet done what is necessary to break the yoke. I believe there is still a chance that it will happen someday. Look into the history of many developed nations and see how they successfully broke away from oppressive monarchies. Nigeria has not even come close, except for Boko Haram that seems to have the template figured out. Why is the government finding it difficult to defeat them? Because they have the support of the people and it is the people that are fighting. Wrong motives, wrong objectives but right template.

Just today I was making some random searches online as to why we in Nigeria seem so docile in the face of overwhelming oppression by our leaders, then I came across the history of the french revolution, and how it impacted them so much as to input the right to revolt in their constitution. They stormed the Bastille, killed off their monarchs and returned power to the people.

Most American states also have it in their constitutions the right of the people to revolt and change government, even the right to bear arms and use it to protect oneself from government tyranny. Thomas Jefferson also said when the government becomes afraid of the people you have freedom, but when the people become afraid of government you have tyranny.

With all these, it seems to me that Nigerians will come to a point where they cannot continue to take the oppression of leaders, then they will use their firm and inalienable right of revolt to force change in this country. The whole armed forces of this country including police, army ,navy etc used in controlling and enforcing inhumane laws, fraudulent financial crimes etc are not even up to a million. Yet we have 200million citizens in this country just sitting and watching a handful of people enjoying it all alone while you rest suffer on. People will come to that realization. Hopefully soon

china that was been bullied and maltreated not long ago are the ones now showing racism to others? bunch of smelly ugly flat eye people. you would think that if someone was maltreated all his live, he will be extra cautious not to treat others the same way if he attains a position of strength. but no, they quickly betray their history and become wicked themselves and end up treating others worst than they were treated. just look at isreal that was a pity not long ago, but now see how they are maltreating the palastinians, look at Asians that were abused by Whites, now they want to abuse Africans. you would think that they will learn from history that racism is stupid and Shameful since they experienced it also. same way a poor person becomes overly wicked as soon as they achieve little wealth. mtseeeeewww

Mizwisdom:
Lol if I de suffer trust me I won't be here

I support him, he should travel but what is the lamentation for? quietly find your way out if you're a poor person but don't assume everybody else is suffering like you. This is the mistake he's making

This is exactly what the other guy was saying a couple of comments above, Nigerians actually want the country as it is and that is why politicians will continue to get away with unimaginable financial crimes. Believe me when I tell you that you too are suffering mizwisdom. Except if you want to tell me that nepa doesn't take light in Lagos, that there is constant running water in Lagos etc pls don't even let me start listing failures that are found throughout the country and Lagos is no different whatsoever. You experience power cuts just like everyone else, poor health care and education, poor and unsanitary environment, extremely unhygienic food, rip off from the government and banks and security people, you drive on the same pothole roads, when ever you embark on any journey locally, you are forced to pray fervently for safety, that is a glaring failure of security agencies and poor safety standards. Don't think because you have generator and borehole and security guard in your house that means you are enjoying, you are lying to yourself

Kenn55:
Did you just say the bolded?
See, the mistake people like you make is to think we as Nigerians should all value the same thing. Nigeria was not designed to make collective progress because we don't appreciate it as a people, it is designed for individual progress. So for your own good think about yourself and yourself alone, don't bother about others, the general society. Believe me, it is all man for himself so you need to start thinking selfishly and forget about others.



Secondly, Nigeria did not fail her citizens. Believe me, they way Nigeria is today, far majority of the citizens love it that way. The rich love Nigeria like mad and would even frustrate any effort to make it better for everyone. If everybody has 24/7 light for instance, how would the rich oppress others with their inverters and solar systems that costs millions of naira? If all those things you are talking about is available to all, what then will separate the rich from the poor? How would the rich do long throat to the poor? The gap will be close. Let us not forget that the rich needs a Nigeria like this to maintain their 'chairmanship' over others. If Nigeria becomes better for all and this wide gap reduces, their 'chairmanship' goes down. Nigeria is built to have a form of 'social distancing' between classes of people

What of the poor? When you see them complaining and cursing their leaders, it is not because they want Nigeria to have a working system or as developed or beautiful like Dubai or Germany, it is because they do not have the opportunity to acquire wealth, show off and oppress others. Once they cross over and become rich, Nigeria will become the best thing after slice bread. Those things they complain about will no longer matter to them.

The reality is that you need to pursue your own personal happiness alone. Don't think about the larger society, they don't want it. If you are tired, stop complaining, find a way to legally migrate abroad, Nigerian borders are still open . If you can't, just make yourself happy anyhow

I got fade up with the country and i relocated with my family. For me, the next time i will live in Nigeria permanently will be decades from now when i retire. I will come back to Nigeria to love Nigeria and become the most patriotic Nigerian alive . In fact, i will paint my house and car green white green and dedicate my online presence to loving Nigeria with all my heart. For now, let me enjoy what the developed world has to offer first . There is nothing as sweet as seeing it all, enjoying it all and then coming back to be in the position to deceive others. It is not being selfish, it is being a Nigerian . That is how they country wants it

Kenn55:
Did you just say the bolded?
See, the mistake people like you make is to think we as Nigerians should all value the same thing. Nigeria was not designed to make collective progress because we don't appreciate it as a people, it is designed for individual progress. So for your own good think about yourself and yourself alone, don't bother about others, the general society. Believe me, it is all man for himself so you need to start thinking selfishly and forget about others.

[b] I slightly disagree with you on this

Secondly, Nigeria did not fail her citizens. Believe me, they way Nigeria is today, far majority of the citizens love it that way. The rich love Nigeria like mad and would even frustrate any effort to make it better for everyone. If everybody has 24/7 light for instance, how would the rich oppress others with their inverters and solar systems that costs millions of naira? If all those things you are talking about is available to all, what then will separate the rich from the poor? How would the rich do long throat to the poor? The gap will be close. Let us not forget that the rich needs a Nigeria like this to maintain their 'chairmanship' over others. If Nigeria becomes better for all and this wide gap reduces, their 'chairmanship' goes down. Nigeria is built to have a form of 'social distancing' between classes of people

I have no choice but to agree with you on this. it is highly unfortunate but it's true that majority of the citizens seem not to want the change. I think it is due to the long period of suffering that has conditioned people's minds to actually love their oppressors and the condition they are in. I think it's called institutionalization. the rich and elite also deliberately want Nigeria to remain like that because that is the only way they can continue to feel important by flaunting and oppressing everyone else with their ill gotten wealth.

What of the poor? When you see them complaining and cursing their leaders, it is not because they want Nigeria to have a working system or as developed or beautiful like Dubai or Germany, it is because they do not have the opportunity to acquire wealth, show off and oppress others. Once they cross over and become rich, Nigeria will become the best thing after slice bread. Those things they complain about will no longer matter to them.

This is also very correct. I have come to realize that majority of the people who insult politicians do it not because they want development, but because they also want a taste of the national cake. They actually don't mind living in poverty and suffering, as long as they regularly get "something", then they are ok. the concept of urban renewal, the need for 24hr power supply as the bedrock of development, social security, true freedom etc just doesn't register in their brains. this is a sad reality of this country.

The reality is that you need to pursue your own personal happiness alone. Don't think about the larger society, they don't want it. If you are tired, stop complaining, find a way to legally migrate abroad, Nigerian borders are still open . If you can't, just make yourself happy to anyhow

I got fade up with the country and i relocated with my family. For me, the next time i will live in Nigeria permanently will be decades from now when i retire. I will come back to Nigeria to love Nigeria and become the most patriotic Nigerian alive . In fact, i will paint my house and car green white green and dedicate my online presence to loving Nigeria with all my heart. For now, let me enjoy what the developed world has to offer first . There is nothing as sweet as seeing it all, enjoying it all and then coming back to be in the position to deceive others. It is not being selfish, it is being a Nigerian . That is how they country wants it

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Kenn55:
I agree with you on this too. the larger society really doesn't seem to want change, if not everyone would have revolted and forcefully make change happen. Infact, I think I might just copy this your way, quietly find my way out of this mess of a country and enjoy the best of both worlds.

Did you just say the bolded?
See, the mistake people like you make is to think we as Nigerians should all value the same thing. Nigeria was not designed to make collective progress because we don't appreciate it as a people, it is designed for individual progress. So for your own good think about yourself and yourself alone, don't bother about others, the general society. Believe me, it is all man for himself so you need to start thinking selfishly and forget about others.



Secondly, Nigeria did not fail her citizens. Believe me, they way Nigeria is today, far majority of the citizens love it that way. The rich love Nigeria like mad and would even frustrate any effort to make it better for everyone. If everybody has 24/7 light for instance, how would the rich oppress others with their inverters and solar systems that costs millions of naira? If all those things you are talking about is available to all, what then will separate the rich from the poor? How would the rich do long throat to the poor? The gap will be close. Let us not forget that the rich needs a Nigeria like this to maintain their 'chairmanship' over others. If Nigeria becomes better for all and this wide gap reduces, their 'chairmanship' goes down. Nigeria is built to have a form of 'social distancing' between classes of people

What of the poor? When you see them complaining and cursing their leaders, it is not because they want Nigeria to have a working system or as developed or beautiful like Dubai or Germany, it is because they do not have the opportunity to acquire wealth, show off and oppress others. Once they cross over and become rich, Nigeria will become the best thing after slice bread. Those things they complain about will no longer matter to them.

The reality is that you need to pursue your own personal happiness alone. Don't think about the larger society, they don't want it. If you are tired, stop complaining, find a way to legally migrate abroad, Nigerian borders are still open . If you can't, just make yourself happy anyhow

I got fade up with the country and i relocated with my family. For me, the next time i will live in Nigeria permanently will be decades from now when i retire. I will come back to Nigeria to love Nigeria and become the most patriotic Nigerian alive . In fact, i will paint my house and car green white green and dedicate my online presence to loving Nigeria with all my heart. For now, let me enjoy what the developed world has to offer first . There is nothing as sweet as seeing it all, enjoying it all and then coming back to be in the position to deceive others. It is not being selfish, it is being a Nigerian . That is how they country wants it

Mizwisdom:
Are you living in a Village?

Which kine village. wherever live in this country, I still know everything that is happening

sammyonal:
I feel bad when someone is trying to make a point that Nigeria is good and that people should not migrate I mean common, it's good for someone to migrate it's even in the Bible. Anybody that still have or believe that there is still hope in this country should keep believing, Nigeria is a failed country there is no doubt about it we can all see it. If u have made up ur mind to travel out of this country pls do me I support 100% and don't let anybody pollute ur mind. just plan ahead and save towards it that's all, some people will come here and be saying Nigeria is good because they re living fine and they have money to buy whatever they want, it's not everybody that has that opportunity. Op pls don't let anybody pollute ur mind Abeg, just stay focus and achieve ur dreams, there is a huge difference between Nigeria and the western world.

I really feel pity for people who still believe in this country. People who still have hope that Nigeria will get better someday. It is Cristal clear that they are just lying to themselves and living in self delusion. A country that generates 3500 megawatt of power in 2020, with a population of 200million, a country with no pipe Borne water infrastructure as all of them built by the military regimes has rusted and disappeared. A country with terrorism and kidnapping, a country with no single standard medical facility of global standard (if there is, then why do our leaders go to hospital abroad? ). How do we expect such a country to be better even in the next 50years? n

I wonder how and when human beings decided to allow this monarchy system to exist in the first place. I mean, a system whereby one single person ruling over a whole hoard of people, wielding absolute power over everyone, killing at will, exiling anyone at will, every natural resource in his domain belongs to him, using the wealth of the masses to undertake exuberant lifestyle while the masses he rules can't afford anything near to it. Yet when he dies, it is his son that will take over. the remaining of the masses have no choice whatsoever. why do we allow such a system to exist sef? it is so nonsensical. No wonder the french, russians, Chinese etc killed off their monarchs and destroyed the monarchy system, because the system just doesn't make sense. democracy when done correctly is really the best system. everyone is free and equal before the law, free Enterprise, free and fair elections etc

Sad and bitter as it may sound, but if there is one thing that is stopping African youths from discovering their true self's and exploring their imaginative senses then it is the African parent especially mothers. they are just too protective for their own good.
From your name, to the schools you attend, to the courses you study, to the woman you marry, to how and where you choose to live your life , they want to decide everything for you. This is so suffocating and actually hinders their children from discovering their self and learning about life along the way.
As an example, tell me which African parent will allow their 18year old son or daughter to leave home, rent in another place and live their lives free. But this is actually very crucial in developing character in a person. the feeling of being free and alone, to do whatever your heart chooses. The concept of leaving home is so misunderstood here that if you do it, you are labeled a rogue child, a tout, or even a criminal. No one seems to understand that you are just trying to carve your own path in life, you just want to be independent of anyone's opinions.
Finally, I would say that sometimes it's actually good to go against parents and society as a whole. You have a brain of your own, use it to make your own decisions in life. Live your life free, don't burden your self with anyones opinions. The only thing is that we should be considerate in whatever we do. We should try to show some level of concern to our parents even when rebelling against them. And if you believe in God, then never forget prayers.

Melezenawii:
Stop misleading people.
Buhari is currently building Zungeru and Mabilla . Also there are Off grids power projects in all Federal Universities and Teaching Hospitals with two already commissioned- Bayero University and Federal University in Ebonyi

This is a goddamm lie, zungeru and kashimbilla dams were all start and went very far since the time of goodluck. I remember pitying him that he will not take the glory for a project he started and went so far nearing completion. we were all caught up in the buhari Hysteria back then thinking that things will finally be better. is it not even a shame that a project inherited since the time of gej is not still completed today? As for the most important power project in Nigeria (the mambilla dam) absolutely nothing has been done on it. NOTHING. no access road to the mountainous project site, dozens of villages that supposed to be compensated and relocated are still there, no single construction equipment relating to the dam has climbed that mountain. when I say nothing is happening there, i mean NOTHING. so stop misleading the people

So when Mrs Maryam Abacha was allegedly boasting that no matter how poor she gets, she can never be as poor as dangote. She was actually referring to the billions her husband stole, not from any known business they have, not that they were rich before coming to power, they were just busy killing and stealing From this country mercilessly. I always wondered how abacha family got rich? it was so clear that they were thieves, because how can you explain somebody without a thriving business, just because he siezed power all of a sudden becomes overwhelmingly rich? Yet I see people today celebrating abacha's wealth as if it's a thing of pride not knowing that it's their common wealth being ravaged.mtseeeew the same way buhari's family unexplained wealth today, especially his wife's family. How did Yusuf buhari afford that power bike he had accident with? how was Aisha buhari's brother been able to contest for a governorship election? what were their jobs or business before? dear citizens, continue having hope in Nigeria you hear? don't worry it will get better. hahaha

So when Mrs Maryam Abacha was allegedly boasting that no matter how poor she gets, she can never be as poor as dangote. She was actually referring to the billions her husband stole, not from any known business they have, not that they were rich before coming to power, they were just busy killing and stealing From this country mercilessly. I always wondered how abacha family got rich? it was so clear that they were thieves, because how can you explain somebody without a thriving business, just because he siezed power all of a sudden becomes overwhelmingly rich? Yet I see people today celebrating abacha's wealth as if it's a thing of pride not knowing that it's their common wealth being ravaged.mtseeeew the same way buhari's family unexplained wealth today, especially his wife's family. How did Yusuf buhari afford that power bike he had accident with? how was Aisha buhari's brother been able to contest for a governorship election? what were their jobs or business before? dear citizens, continue having hope in Nigeria you hear? don't worry it will get better. hahahahha

meum:
WHO said so?

Dem no dey ever gree say agbo dey work


But Dem no dey ever accept am. Na tablet, injection/vaccine Dem dey recognize.

Before nko? of course they will never agree that African herbal medicine works, if they did, their own giant pharmaceutical companies will loose billions of dollars. so they will do whatever they can to dismiss our own.

EgunMogaji2:
I have 10 close friends in the USA, Bossom buddies. 8 of them are living completely off grid. 5 of them are multi millionaires.

The world is getting off grid. I’m off grid in Ibadan.

Healthcare wise, live good, eat good. Register at a private clinic. Do preventative checkups. Don’t drive like a slowpoke or take unnecessary risks. Minimize your exposure. The government can’t take care of everything.

Many people in the USA don’t have health insurance and can’t go to hospital and use emergency room as their primary care.

Stop scoffing food cooked with palm oil, stop buying fruits from aboki that stored it in gutter.

Your reasons and their reasons for going off grid are two completely different things. Going off grid for them is a choice, a hobby, an interest to go green etc not that the service is not available. I can bet any amount that less than 1% of americans are off grid. You on the other hand went off grid in ibadan because you have no choice. If you didn't, you simply wouldn't have any other options of enjoying 24/7 electricity. In Nigeria, the electricity simply isn't there in this 21st century. by the way, if you can excuse the government failure on electricity by insinuating that we should all go offgrid, as if it is not shameful that citizens of a country will have to resort to off grid methods in order to Meet electricity needs, because to you it seems ok that since obasanjo's time up to this administration, literally billions of dollars have been signed and allocated for power projects yet we still have very dismal electricity supply . that is as good as not being there at all.
If you can defend the government on this, should we also excuse them for failure to provide running water to homes by saying we ought to go off grid by digging our own individual boreholes?
I hope you will agree with me that our security architecture has failed miserably too. By going off grid, we should all start our own armies then?
You have no basis to defend this government and country at all. What the hell do you even benefit from Nigeria, as a Nigerian sef in this 2020? Be honest to yourself. we were all locked down for more than two weeks because of the virus, did you receive a dime from the government to support yourself? yet a senator earns 32million naira a month in this same country. Nigeria really is a laughable case

Mizwisdom:
You've said it all when I mentioned to him that he can actually get constant solar for less than a million, he became enraged that I'm a typical selfish Nigerian . What stops him from also supplying to other neighboring homes since he's selfless? he said it's government duty, a well traveled man doesn't know that people live OFF grid all over the world to cut cost? if you pick one thing they will counter you and twist your words. Am I paying his ticket money? I just tried to tune his mind a bit, if light is your problem you can get 24/7 if you want pending when you move, that was a reason to call me selfish. He spoke about health care and I laughed, covid 19 is still on going, all the top countries with good health care are simply clueless now. I see what you're trying to do and I commend your effort. Whoever wants to make decisions based on someone ranting online is free to in my opinion. My penny isn't being used to pay their ticket fare

In response, I want to pose a few questions to you. I know people live off grid, and I know I too can set up solar power in my house for less than a million naira. My question is why should I have to? And if everyone would have to live off grid, why then do we have a government? Why do we also have a country? The need to live off grid only arises when you actually have a disfunctional country that can't provide those basic services to it's people. And I don't even know why you are only fixated on electricity issues, what about health care? Or have you ever seen anyone who lives off grid when it comes to health? Why not?

Mizwisdom:
I know but Fulani are not indigenous Nigerians, they have no village that is originally theirs. You're right about foreigners invasion into the country. The man complaining is 30 years!. He's still hoping to travel out and make it big in an 'instant' but in reality it might take 5 to 10 years. Somebody that should already be aware of the realities of life anywhere is still talking like a 17 years old teen. When people give reason of light to be their major inspiration to travel out it's funny travel cost can be as high as 5 million or more depending on country, isn't it enough to set up a working solar system in a house? whoever wants to travel has my 100% blessing if needed but come up with good reasons so that others can learn a bit from you. Very emotional post from the OP perhaps he's just depressed with the way his life is turning out and directs his entire problems on the country whereas it might be from his village people

See this one o. I am the op in question and yes I am 30 years old, and yes I do know the realities of life probably more than you. You see, I never said to make it in an instant, you are just the one mouthing it, and you think I don't know the cost of travel? Maybe you are highly mistaken o as I have travelled abroad severally, so I know all the expenditure and peculiarities involved. Again, stop presuming, I am certainly not depressed or anything, to the contrary, I am in the Nigerian sense living very good, I have a very good paying job, I have my own manageable ride etc but you see, I am not delusional. I can clearly with my own two eyes see that this country is disgusting and disfunctional. You talked about using 5million to setup solar power in my house instead of travelling with it, what then is the use of the government if I will have to provide electricity by myself? Also you thinking as a typical Nigerian will conveniently not think of the rest of the people. If I am able to provide electricity for myself, what about the remaining citizens of this country? you see where the Nigerian mentality is so messed up right? And if you were exposed enough, you will realize that it's not only about electricity. What about health? should I also build a hospital for myself too? what about quality education? what about security? water supply? Maybe I should sink my own borehole right? if I will have to do all these by myself, what then is the benefits of being a Nigerian? and again, if I can afford to provide all these to myself, what about more than 90% of Nigerians that can't afford such? I will live you with this, it's not a matter of how much you will spend to immigrate, or whatever, it's about dignity of life, future prospects for your children, comfort of life and so many more. Nigeria has failed it's citizens woefully

LOl Nigerians can be ignorant of things though. I keep hearing people say that the west has too many taxes, bills are expensive etc You think you don't pay expensive taxes here in nija? why do you think everyday products are now more expensive than before? why do you think you buy petrol at 140/liter instead of 65nairajust some years ago? doesn't a jerrican of kerosene used to be 2000naira? why is it 4500naira now? even a packet of Maggie used to be just 200naira. If you earn 50,000 naira as salary today, do you know that your real salary supposed to be in the range of 70,000? but excessive taxes and deductions reduce it to that 50k you see. you are been deducted for housing, health care, union nonsense etc yet did the government provide you with any housing? Forget it jor, you are been heavily taxed here too, but the difference is that in Nigeria your tax is been stolen and looted, but in the west the taxes are really been spent on the people.

Gerrard59:
Una don come again. Are you spending in dollars or naira in the west? Have you checked what is the meaning of PPP in economics?

You mean purchasing power parity right? yeah I Know about it. And yes when you are in the u.s you spend in dollars, so what point are you trying to make? Of course you will pay tax, pay rent, and so forth, but remember even after paying all these things in Nigeria, you will still never enjoy 24hrs electricity a day, you Will still go to our substandard hospitals and schools, you will still not have running water in your house. once you show some little signs of success, you will definitely be kidnapped or robbed. And yes in the west, you spend in dollars, but you also forgot that you earn in dollars too, and you earn heavily for the most basic of jobs like plumbing, mechanic etc so which ever way you look at it, human life is extremely better in the west. don't even think that we are living in this country, we are merely surviving and suffering

segzyndpep:
You try but i still cant decode it anyway.

It seems like he is into those weed smuggling operations across the U.S - Canadian border, if not what will fetch you that amount so quickly. They show them on national geographic. Please don't get into that line of work. The west is truly lands of opportunities though. I have seen crane operators earning 150k dollars a year, that's like 60million naira year, or 5million naira a month. That kind of work is what we in nija will consider undesirable because we think it's low grade or degrading when in the real sense, it's actually high skilled job. Thats how the Nigerian system messes up it's youth with so much theoretical education and completely ignoring hands on or technical education which is in fact the bedrock of development. Most of the developed world owe their development on the backs of technical schools. In the west, to earn a million naira a month is actually extremely easy. Forklift operators, truck drivers, machine tool operators in factories, even construction workers earn that, you just need a few months of training. If you have the means, seriously plan to leave this mess of country. The future is bleak here mehn

Enoch07:
so u mean no single hope, even in the future?

This is not a difficult thing to forecast. Does all the things on ground now in present day Nigeria indicate to you that there will be a better future?

dokyOloye:
Lolz.
What the Biafrans saw many years ago,you are seeing today.
Congratulations all d same

This might sound as a shocker to you, but I am a Muslim northerner and it's just now that I realize why biafrans desperately want their own country. It's because Nigeria as it is, is simply not working. Nothing is functioning the way it is supposed to. we were all lied to and deceived. I honestly even regret all my previous comments here in support of this country or believing that things will be better. as I am now, I don't care if everything just scatter finish. all my focus now is actualizing my exit strategy out of here

Kekereekun123:
format wey don cast since mid 2004 to 2008. . Sadly the doors of escaping Nigerian is closing by the day due to evils commited by Nigerians. From dubai to Malaysia to usa to uk to Germany to get visa or work there don hard

This is the main reason why I hold a grudge against my parents. Back then in the 80s and 90s, they travelled to this Yankee like say it was the easiest thing ever. some of them were even offered juicy jobs there, but for some reason, they believed the lies of the previous regimes and came back home. Now 30yrs later, things have only gotten worse.mtseeeew. the unfortunate thing now is that to get Visa to almost any country is one of the most difficult things ever. nevertheless I will Never give up, my children will not grow up in this country. haba