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Ayietim:
I came across this question on Quora.

Some answers were quite interesting. One of them is reproduced below;

"They were very nice. Intelligent, law-abiding and hardworking.

And those are the reasons. If you’re intelligent, hardworking and law abiding, you’ll likely make it in America to a large extent. No matter where you’re from."

Now over to you, "Why are Nigerians so successful in America?"

Let me put it this way. Nigerians been successful in the USA is liken to a Nigerian who successfully won the world cup with Germany or a Nigerian winning champions league with barca. We all know that Nigerians so far have proven to lack discipline and organization working together but have no problem fitting in to organized systems abroad.
Lesson, it is great that Nigerians are successful abroad just like nigerians are successful in club football outside Nigeria, but dont get it twisted. The real gamechanger is Nigerians doing for themselves together.
I am not one to be impressed with myself and others been successful abroad. It makes me sad to know we are leveraging on western societies but are unbale to organise ourselves.

olatade:
The best performing governor so far, man is a genius. Other governors need to keep their flaws aside to learn from him, he's performing wonders in kaduna, he might not be perfect tho, but his performance so far is beyond expectations.

Please share with us five things that shows El Rufai is a genius.

TroubleMaker47:
APC should please present yaya bello

You are a troublemaker indeed.

obonujoker:
Troublesome Russia again....

Your father must be troublesome

Sheuns:
The thing is most of these girls usually look up to the day they get married. Majority see marriage as an achievement, this is due to the paparazzi of that day. Nothing more. They need to be reoriented.

It is because they dont know any better. They have been brain washed from birth.

Islie:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/11/why-millions-of-nigerian-graduates-are-unemployed-fg/


Lalasticlala

Look I tell people that you cannot give what you do not have. The area encompassing Nigeria today has been a failed area even before the british came. Can you imagine that it is only the benin, yoruba and hausa tribes that has anything close to an empire and any sense of civilization and history. Even with all their effort, its was still mediocre compared to the europeans and asians.
Black people everywhere from Africa, the carribean, europe, the americas do not know how to build nations. We can achieve things as individuals but we do not know how to be organised and build societies. It is kinda like a Nigerian playing for germany and wins the world cup but yet his country cannot organise a group of Nigerians to do same.
Nigeria problems are thesame problems of blacks worldwide. Till we learn how to organise ourselves and be disciplined, we going no where.

JAMO84:
It's not Kaduna or Lagos


PDP Dundees will have nothing to say

Dude, if the kind of rain that falls in port harcourt falls in lagos, the whole of KD will be underwater. KD drains havent gone through any test. So sheesh.

JosephXavier:
Soludo is really a big name

US have congratulated Soludo

Now United Kingdom

The people of Anambra has gotten this right

Long live Anambra

The way Nigerians think sha. So just because UK and USA congratulated him, that now means Anambra state got it right. Wow.
Me personally, when USA and UK are congratulating someone i get suspicious.

plaindealer:
It could also be that State A has a huge economy and tax base so regardless, state A ends up with massive IGR.

It's not surprising that many States on the list generated low figures because they don't have any kind of serious economic base or industrial activities so it doesn't matter how they tax, they are still going to end up with low numbers.

I take your point. Both are possibilities. This is for those who don't realize the nuisances involved. Just because a state has a higher IGR than another state, doesnt always mean the state that generated the higher IGR, has higher economic base.
Again Kwara state was said to generate a higher IGR compared to some south east states and of those states, kwara has a lower economic base than all of them according to the GDP figures.
Mind you the the oil producing states of the SS and some SE states , are huge contributors to the IGR of all the states in the federation. Without allocation from their resources, the IGR of all other states, maybe except lagos will drop like a stone.

plaindealer:
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The topic is about IGR, not GDP.

Start your own GDP topic to shift your fake facts and goalpost..

Your IGR/GDP post makes no sense sef, just your usual upside down fake facts..

I know this OP is about IGR but many here have been insulting that just because a state A has generated a bigger IGR than state B, the economy of state A is bigger than state B. It's simply not true. It just means state A is taxing businesses in their state more than state B.

plaindealer:
No, it means state A's economy and tax base is larger than state B's economy and tax base.

You can not tax a tax base that doesn't exist to generate massive IGR, your economy and tax base must be able to sustain taxation.

State B not taxing as it should is incompetence and abdication of responsibilities.

You got it all backward..

Going by your argument, the IGR league table should mirror the GDP league, but it doesn't

plaindealer:
No, it means state A's economy and tax base is larger than state B's economy and tax base.

You can not tax a tax base that doesn't exist to generate massive IGR, your economy and tax base must be able to sustain taxation.

State B not taxing as it should is incompetence and abdication of responsibilities.

You got it all backward..

Well that is why we have GDP league figures per state which is different from the IGR league figures per state. Kano and Rivers state has a bigger GDP than the FCT but the FCT has a bigger IGR than both. Go figure!
It means the FCT taxes more than Kano and rivers.

LegendHero:
It could also mean state B is poor and have less industries to tax and has no people to tax which explained why state A has more IGR.

Why is it that you guys look for all theories in the book to justify inefficiencies?

Then using your ideology, I think the Northern states are the richest in Nigeria because they don’t usually tax their informal sector. I think Lagos is just lying, Kano generates more than Lagos and it’s just that Kano purposely don’t tax their business.

Well that is why we have GDP league figures per state which is different from the IGR league figures per state. Kano and Rivers state has a bigger GDP than the FCT but the FCT has a bigger IGR than both. Go figure!
It means the FCT taxes more than Kano and rivers.

ManirBK:
https://dailytrust.com/igr-lagos-leads-as-fct-beats-rivers-kano-33-others

This IGR thing confuses some People. Just because state A has a higher IGR than state B, doesnt mean state A has a higher GDP than state B. It just means state A government taxes businesses and peoples of the state more to generate revenue; while state B does not.

benuejosh:
With the high population in Abuja I don't doubt it.

That is not what you should say. I expected you to say that its not surprising considering abuja is the capital of Nigeria. Nigeria is economically centralized. All monies flow through abuja. Without the FCT abuja is a desert backwater.

Sonnobax15:

Na all these kind room dem cage dem Spartacus and crixus put that year.


Meanwhile, I've never seen or heard of any school in NIGERIA offering Archeology as a course....Abi we no get anything wey need to be found for here

Nigeria get archaeological sites? No single tribe has any tangible historical records in brick and mortar, in writing, in pottery... on ground. Only Benin manage get some kind thing.
Infact naija now be like archaeological site the way everywhere scatter scatter with unbarred road everywhere.

Englandboy:
This people do Africa strong thing

And who told you the slaves were necessarily Africans?
A lot of Germanic, goths, Visigoths peoples of modern day Spain, western Europeans and slavic peoples were slaves in ancient Roman times.

Victerica:
Mtwwwww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FHSWtNm9Uw

cococandy:
https://africasacountry.com/2019/06/african-homophobia-and-the-colonial-intervention-of-african-conservatism

It's a bs research. Africa never tolerated such.

cococandy:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/30/africa-homophobia-legacy-colonialism

At a time when more countries are moving towards inclusive human rights, Africa is taking steps backwards. Backwards, that is, specifically on the issue of gay rights, though sadly not to before colonialism, the era in which anti-gay legislation has its roots.
Most Africans don’t recognise homophobia as a colonial legacy even though before colonialism, many traditional cultures were tolerant of different sexualities and gender relations. For instance, in my tribe, the Ganda or Baganda, (Uganda’s largest ethnic group) women from the royal clan are addressed with male titles and may or may not be required to perform duties expected of women.

A web article does not cut it for me. The whole world can move there for all we care. Not Africa. Just because others are doing something don't mean you should. Besides Western white countries like the usa , EU, and others are the ones moving in the homo direction and they are not the world.
Asian countries especially Muslim and south east asian countries don't involve themselves in this.

cococandy:
African society was more tolerant.

Trans is a new term not a new phenomenon.

You full of shit. In what period were Africans more tolerant? Africans never tolerated such. Most Africans societies such as those in Tanzania could not even tolerate twins and albinos not to talk of homos. mschwww
Also trans is a new phenom. The ability to become trans is as a result of modern medicine.

cococandy:
Homophobia and transphobia is from the west.
Shaming people for not covering up their bodies is western and Arabic influence

We had a better culture before they came with their religion and button up suits to demonized everything african including scanty dressing appropriate for our weather.

Now every bad thing the west brought with them, we have learned and told ourselves that it’s our culture and then turn around to call people who are resisting western influences as being “too westernized”.

Don’t fall for it.
The west may be unlearning the bad things they used to believe but we can’t still be champions of their cause while saying others are westernized.

So are you saying African society were pro homos and trans before the white men came ?
By the way trans is a new phenom.

efeski:
That's why I'll always love my man Dave Chappelle. Serves it to them hot hot
Watched Closer this evening again (3rd time) & currently downloading Sticks & Stones.

The LGBTQ most especially the Transfolks should take a chill pill.
They're too sensitive
Personally I got nothing against them but trying to force the world to accept things from their narrative is not helping their cause.

Inserting trans stuff in pop culture, always playing/ crying the victim etc etc doesn't fool the most of us anymore.

For instance years ago we found that they made the green Powerpuff girl transgender.
That one died away.
Only recently they have succeeded in making superman's son gay.
I mean these are cartoons meant for kids yet they're trying to unnecessarily expose these kids (mostly pre-teens) to these gender issues way too early.

Fancy Caitlin Jenner being voted woman of the year less than a year after her transition... Someone that probably hasn't/can't see(n) her period in a world of millions of women.

Or is the leading international medical journal that recently referred to women as people with vaginas?
Very soon they plan to erode certain words that define us out of existence.

We're watching
The list is endless.

Dave Chapelle is overhyped bs, but i agree with him on this topic

Kayouzka:
God abhors non

yes but he abhors their acts and the spirit behind them

sonnie10:
Does God not abhor bloodshed and terrorism that is what Nigeria has become?

Yes God abhors a person terrorising the body God gave them to change sex and God abhors then shedding their blood under the knife of a surgeon in the operating theatre to change some of their bits to that of another gender.

Victerica:
What you just typed, shows how dumb Africans were/are.

Read your comment again.

You really dumb. I am only stating the ovious. Yes even today strangers such as whites can come and recolonise the whole Africa with little resistance because Africans and blacks where ever they are dont know how to build a sustainable country.

Victerica:
Cheap propaganda.

Most Africans dey dull oooo.

No wonder, Oyigbo call us monkeys.

So, a stranger will come into your house and be controlling you?

You are a fool. Wasnt it thesame stranger that came and showed your fore fathers mirror in exchange for resources.? Worst of all, just a couple of whitey came and carried all your previous generation as slaves to the americas. Colonised your country and a full continent and you here capping shit like what i said is far fetched. smh.

Victerica:
Please, how is the CIA causing trouble?

The Tigrians as an ethnic group has ruled Ethiopia for over 33yrs even though the are a minority tribe. Successive governments have basically been US puppets. The Tigrians lost power to someone from the Oromo tribe who are in the majority and are friendly with China. Ethiopia is a keep puzzle in the Chinese belt and road. The CIA is trying to disrupt the Chinese belt and road by either calving up Ethiopia or getting their puppets into power while the Egyptians and Sudanese are trying to calve up Ethiopia to stop Ethiopia GERD dam project.

jmoore:
Go to AsoRock and fight. Comparing Tigray to IPOB is ridiculous.

The tigrays are terrorists. They just lost power after more than 33yrs of ruling the country despite being a minority tribe , now they throwing a fit all because they lost power. The ethiopian government needs to wipe them out.

iamyemiakins:
Africa as a whole isn't even a place to be right now.

US citizens will start seeing Africa as a shithole now, it's now very obvious and more realistic and not just a mere talk.

Africa no just wan develop!

Is africa not a shithole before? If black americans wanna chat shit, they should look in the mirror because all black populated areas in the USA are shitholes. If black americans were asked to form their own country, it will become haiti 2.0 in 2.0secs.

Igbodicool:
African mentality.
Referendum, restructuring or round table discussion would have solved the problem but no, we always flex muscles over nothing.
Eritrea has gone.
Tigrey is about to go.
And nothing Ethiopia can do about it.
Same fate awaits Nigeria.

The CIA are the ones supporting the tigreys and causing trouble in ethiopia. The Tigres ruled ethiopia for more than 33yrs. It is now another tribes turn to rule, they causing trouble.

DAVIDMOE:
This tigrey rebels are well equipped. There must be external power trying their best to destroy Ethiopia

CIA and Egypt up to their old tricks for sure.