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Well, his own facts don't back up this claim.

For the year, for the quarter which ended on 31st December, 2011, only about 46 countries have actually submitted their data and Nigeria was third in terms of GDP growth. We recorded a GDP growth of 7.68 per cent in real terms and this is largely due to growth in the non-oil sector.

There are more than 46 countries in the world...

7.68% is good, but not the 3rd best on the planet, I can assure you. Google around if you like and you can find many higher..

With that said, this is very positive. No need to blow it up out of proportion though

Well, from my perspective it certainly wasn't positive. Not something to make me start clapping..

unfortunate

Right...everything voluntary.

Eh...questionable at best to conclude from this that nigeria was the 3rd fastest in the world

I don't think he used indexing when he first rolled it out. It was really, really slow.

Nothing wrong with cremation...

And while Mandarin is increasing in value relatively speaking, English is still #1. And will be #1 for the foreseeable future (at least for the next ~100 years.)

Even if you don't like the economic prospects of the US, Canada, Australia and Europe who all use it as the language of business, India dey...and will be more populous than China if it isn't already.

We have an edge over China and Asian countries in speaking English, the international language of business.

India has taken this advantage and turned it into money...nearly every time I speak to a customer service rep for an electronics store i'm talking to some guy/gal in India over the phone.

Needlessly throwing away your edge makes absolutely no sense.

OP, why the dishonesty in your title?

the article doesn't have that quote in it.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/39076-us-lashes-at-fg-on-boko-haram-says-it-has-allowed-sect-to-grow-while-nigerians-living-standard-declines

So there are 3 levels of government in Nigeria.

Federal.

State.

Local.

So which is Carson castigating for lack of performance in the North?

Keep in mind that both state and local are fully controlled by that same north....

Government funded Islamic schools. Where they will memorize the koran and other useless activities. All on government's dime.

na wa o

So can I have a grant to teach kids in my own state (Ekiti) science, mathematics, and english, if they'll get a grant to teach kids the koran in Sokoto?

How did this thread turn so terrible so fast. 2-3 pages of just meaningless boasting and nonsense. What is the point

Anyone know why it is so much faster than it was initially?

I suspect database indexing, but am not sure.

afam4eva: Doesn't sokoto get allocations just like every state in the federation? What do they use their allocation for, that will warrant the FG doing what is supposed to be the perogative of sokoto state.

An excellent question, in addition to the one raised earlier about spending funds on religion.

Let us reverse the question a bit.

What reasons do Nigerians have to be optimistic about Nigeria?

Q: Why Are Nigerians So Pessimistic About Nigeria?

A: Because naija is a pessimism-inspiring country where many things one should ordinarily take as the basics don't work.

Why is the FG of an at least on paper secular state building Islamic religious schools?

Best thread ever

Sorry about that man.

But yeah, when some Nigerians say effectively, "Let's stop doing business with the West and focus on China", I am not sure that they realize what they are getting into.

From the frying pan into the fire, basically...if we think that Western exploitation is/was bad, we should only wait until we experience the Chinese version

Don't put yourself up as surety for anyone unless it is a member of your immediate family

I dunno what else to say...

Even my family, I will think hard and only commit what I can afford to lose if they fail to do their part. Talk less of a stranger..

Heh. The middle belters might have something to say about that.

Better to support some sort of peaceful resolution of the situation rather than something that will cause further destablization.

If the Mali government wins, we should be happy. If the secular Tuaregs win, we should also be relatively happy.

The only way I see at this point both of those factions losing and the Islamists winning is if some dumb third party does something stvpid. Like invading.

At the end of the day, it doesn't concern us. The main takeaway lesson should be our borders are porous.

BH is probably sending fighters over to Afghanistan and Somalia as well. Does it then logically follow that we must pursue adventures there?

No. Take border security seriously, have a better sense of:

a) who is in the country
b) who is lawfully permitted to be in the country

and many of these issues will go away.

And the dumbest thing about getting involved in hunting Islamists in Mali is that they aren't even the most powerful force there.

Again, the main Tuareg movement seems to be secular in nature rather than Islamist.

What is the sense in going on an Islamist hunting adventure in a 99% Muslim country when the relevant actors (the Malian state and the Tuareg rebels) are secular rather than religious?

Don't make the same mistake America always does of leaping before it looks (with all due respect to the US)...

edo.girl is a pretty cool chick.

Well said shymmex.

Let France, the US and co meddle if they like in this. At the end of the day it isn't some sort of Islamic religious battle, but a self-determination movement by the Tuareg. Least this is my read of things.

Our best bet is to mind our business, seal our porous Northern border, implement national ID so we actually know who is who in this country and have accurate population counts.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Unfortunately, so are the Eastern, Western, and Southern borders. We are a very vulnerable nation. A real external threat to the whole country may very well be what we need to push us towards unity. Tribalism would go out of the window instantly, replaced by nationalism.[/quote]Heh. Would be very convenient for you, no?

Unfortunately for you and others who seek fake unity, this threat (BH) is internal (though with some external friends and allies), and originates in a certain region of Nigeria.

jmaine: Are the Malians strictly fair skinned . . .

The rest of the militants in the north are Tuareg. Who are not dark-skinned.

From the other articles I've come across, it doesn't seem that they specifically have taken the town. Looks more like they are loaning fighters to their allies in Mali..

Still, it seems troubling that the the northern border is so wide open.