Is it not pathetic to note that human live in Nigeria has been reduced to that of an ant? What other explanation is there to give about how much the life of a Nigerian is worth if people are afraid to move around freely in their beloved country called Nigeria? The news of death recorded in the name of insurgence and ethnic cleansing are sufficient to make one wonder how much the lives of Nigerians are really worth in Nigeria.

It is also stale to talk about all the allegations that have been made against herdsmen; and if Nigeria was a country where things really worked, one would expect to see the intruders and invaders that pretend as Fulani Herdsmen apprehended and their activities nipped in the board once and for all. We could only but understand why there is so much politicization of issues and absence of apprehension when we understand how much lives of Nigerians are worth in Nigeria. In the words of George Orwell, ‘’All Animals are Equal…but some are more equal than the others’’. If ‘’python dance’’ had effect in Southern Nigeria, perhaps, ‘’cat mewing’’ should work for some other miscreants making a mess of our national grace.

Another appalling thing to worry about is the number of deaths recorded on Nigerian roads. Roads are myopically constructed that in less than two years, the roads return to worse states. The display of mediocrity is so alarming that at the local government level, they pretend to fix the bad roads only when the governor or any other renowned politician is visiting and might query their activities. It is in Nigeria that heavy duty trucks and tankers cause untimely death for Nigerians. Perhaps, if our leaders place value on the lives of those they lead, other means of transportation would have been created to curb such menace. The devil is in the details.

Another critical aspect of our nationality is the health sector. The attitude of the poorly motivated medical practitioners that often culminates into incessant strike actions have in reality led to the death of people with emergency cases as they are usually neglected. On the flip side, Nigerian leaders jet out of the country when they are sick for best medical care for themselves on tax payers money. Little wonder, they feel less obligated to fixing the health sector and care less about the brain drain that ensues.

For us at Whichwaynaija, we believe that anyone who comes for equity must come with clean hands. We believe that someday, Nigeria will get it right. Some day, every life would matter. Nigerians wish for more! Nigerians deserve more!! We desire that things might change; we desire that lives be valued. We also know that desiring something is not enough; deliberate efforts and energy must be put into it. We must create the Nigeria that we want for the unborn generations.

Like President Trump would say, ‘’American First.’’ Let our leaders be able to say – ‘’Nigeria First’’ and really mean it when they say it. If indeed the many deaths attributed to herdsmen are caused by non-Nigerians, let us begin to prosecute and deport these foreigners and secure our borders. Let us have the cat mew to end the endless nefarious acts, as against a solidarity seeming silence and inaction.

Nigeria, a nation lacking natural disasters and blessed with natural resources instead needs to be able to account for each of her citizens. Knowing the actual number of human beings in Nigeria by way of solving our data problem is a sign that we know where we are going and with time place value on the lives of every citizen. This is a function of true leadership. We must make our democracy a collaborative and an all encompassing one.

Similarly, there is the need to set up infrastructures that would stand the test of time with proper maintenance policies in place and duly executed. What is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. There is no value in not maintaining our medical facilities and demotivating medical practitioners. Brain drain breeds a mediocre society and a mediocre society is not the Nigeria we desire and wish and hope for.

It cannot be over-flogged, fixing Nigeria must be done by Nigerians. Good leadership accompanied by good follower-ship is the way forward. Those who change the beats of the drum to a soothing melody, do so by following the rhythm. Getting it right is a collective choice – we must focus on looking out for one another, killing our selfish tendencies


http://whichwaynaija.com/2018/11/06/how-much-is-the-life-of-a-nigerian-worth-in-nigeria/

Cool Ride..

Please, the ground under the flying over is looking like the colour of the typical eastern ground. Dem no tar that one abi na red carpet ni? I hope not..

Lol

maklelemakukula:
I have an Idea for a bleaching business

LOL...Savage!!!

Lol. Perhaps, this country may never grow. Our leaders are too insincere and vague. And repeatedly, Nigerians never learn. Little wonder people who want to "move forward" keep leaving the country for good.

Incomplete Research. Where is avoid smoking environment? Where is avoid junk foods? Where is avoid carbonated food&drinks? Where is Sleep enough(6-7hours daily)? Where is vegetable and fruits that boost immune system? OP, welldone oo but you could have presented a more robust research work if only you did a little more.

Drama Everywhere. Naija we hail thee!!

Is not Fashola, it is because it is rainy season. I just wonder why they cannot intelligently sustain it all through the year. Enjoy it while it last;
It was so last rainy season and we thought it was APC...Now we know better.

NwaAmaikpe:


Power supply is top notch in my area.


Fashola is working.....but this country is still a zoo

Bad belle people...The guy even "thief" the Chelsea Jersey.UP Chelsea Jare.....We ARE THE CHAMPION....WINNING IS SWEET. If you don't like Chelsea, you can go hug a tree mbok.

RicardozRichard:
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I DIDNT READ THIS BECAUSE AM A NIGERIAN


But permit me to update you , maybe you just returned from Yankee


* in Nigeria we don't have Traffic rules what we have are Traffic Crooks "you can just hear somebody calling you a madman for driving slow" ...

*The next car brake light is your traffic light and your brake light is the person behind you traffic light "Red light means stop , ignition means ready , and red light off means Go " Believe me this is the one rule you might be needing

*The road saftely signboard is the name of a junction "maybe you haven't heard conductor yelling "SIGNBOARD " N u hear someone else respond "Owa" .. when you encounter this be sure to make a peep you will see a signboard with 43kmh speed limit
The person should alight there


I think for now this are the rules you have to know , be free to explore and discover more of our original traffic rules

Lol

He has become a Celeb too. Good for him

Archaa:
.if there were good governance that woman wouldn't have been hawking waters in the first place

A country where politicians have turned themselves to semi gods

.stealing with impurities
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you meant to say "stealing with impunity" ?

Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-xTKu8ql08

Power Holding Company of Nigeria aka NEPA Office Buys Generator

My goodness!!! Greed

Well...I wonder what is worth celebrating in that

Good move...

Demonic belief. Wish military really bombed them all then..

For those wondering the head and tail of the story of the caught thief by R.S.S. Read below:


Agony Of An Oxford Professor In Lagos

ALL the way from Oxford University where he is a Professor of Economics, Paul Collier, bearded like one of my favourite English writers D.H. Lawrence, had flown down to Lagos to give a lecture on how to develop Lagos into a modern city, as part of the annual birthday lecture series of Prof Pat Utomi’s Centre for Values in Leadership held on February 6, 2017. It was a lecture greeted with a standing ovation at the Muson Centre, Lagos. Governor Ambode of Lagos State was there, furiously taking down notes totaling four pages. Among the guests was the Ooni of Ife who came with his sizeable entourage, dressed in white.

At the end of the lecture, the exhausted Prof Collier carrying a heavy bag was mobbed by autograph-seeking youths who had some questions for him. As the English professor was leaving the hall, a rogue whom he mistook for one of the Ooni’s people asked to assist him with carrying the bag. He handed it to him trustingly and like magic, the thief vanished into the thin air in a twinkle of an eye, with everything gone—money, passport, air ticket and most painful of all, a laptop filled with the professor’s writings. “My soul is missing,” a distraught Prof. Collier told me, a day after. I had gone to interview Prof Utomi for a book I am writing on one of the icons of African business when I stumbled on this piece of shaming story about Nigeria. It is really, really shameful and embarrassing to think of how Nigerians have totally lost their sense of dignity. As he sat there moping and waiting for a miracle to happen, Collier initially didn’t want to talk.

Even if he was going to grant me an interview, “not the silly theft of a bag,” he said. But using the skill of a reporter smelling news, I managed to convince him to give his horse’s mouth account of how he lost his bag, so that the story can be reported and a miracle could happen with his bag and its content recovered. Here is his account: “On that day, I was about leaving the hall. There was an awful lot of people around me. And I was really tired after giving a long lecture. And my bag was rather heavy. So this man said to me: ‘Can I carry your bag?’ “I thought he was part of the entourage of his Royal Highness. I thought this man in white was part of the entourage, but he wasn’t. That was how I lost my bag. “Fortunately, we have a photograph of him. By the time I emerged from the great crowd of young people who wanted to talk to me, it was too late.

Then I realised that this man was gone. “I was very satisfied by the reception of the lecture. The Lagos State governor was there, several deputy governors were there. And they gave me standing ovation. The governor while addressing the audience said he took four pages of notes. “So do I regret coming? Of course not! “The kernel of my message was: To make Lagos a productive and livable city requires a very active public policy decongesting Lagos. There are too many cars on the road. Not enough buses. What I recommend is: taxi cars and subsidised buses. Lagos is not for the rich few. Clear the roads of cars and give way to buses. In Oxford where I live, I never use my car. Like everyone else, I use buses. ‘Return my stolen bag and its content’ “Nightmares like this come and go. It can happen anywhere. Let’s hope the guy gets caught. I need my stuff back. They are of no use to him, but absolutely vital to me. “Did I have money in it? It isn’t about money. I did have a laptop. That laptop has a lot of my work on it. I need that bag.

Money doesn’t matter. Most valuable to me are the writings in there. And they are not useful for anybody else. And I need that. “My soul is missing, because I put myself in my writing. That’s my identity. As I said, there were hundreds of people in that hall that gave me standing ovation. What would they say to this guy? I think they would say: ‘Give it back!’ “I wasn’t paid to come here. Because of the stolen bag I missed my flight last night. I paid a heavy price for that. Stereotyping “Never mind the stereotype about Nigeria or about Lagos being a dangerous place. I have been coming to Lagos for over 30 years. I like Lagos. I like the people of Lagos. I don’t like all the people, but I like the vast majority of the people in that hall and they like what they heard. “This guy should feel ashamed of what he has done. But the most important thing is to make amends: Get me the laptop back. Get me my passport back. My passport is of no use to anybody. Without that I can’t travel. I’ve got a very, very busy travel schedule which would be completely cancelled because I can’t do it without a passport. “So this guy has really messed a lot of people up. So readers of The Sun, here is my appeal to you: We’ve got the photo of the guy who did it. Put the guy’s photo in the Sun. There would be loads of people who would say: ‘I know this guy.’ “I have no interest in punishment and that sort of thing. I just want restitution of the things that to me are vital.

Return my stolen bag and the contents.” *If you know the guy in this photo, please call 08126449617

The Sun News Online

Thank God!!! Finally!! Was part of that event...couldn't imagine how hurt I was about the incident. I am happy he didn't get away. What a wasted clean guy!! smh

My own was 5k in UI. May be some people have share the money finish.and kept 10k foenhim too. Naija I hail. lol.

Is it that hard to resign?after two weeks he's back in London?

It's no longer news that nearly all id not all the job openings in Jiji are from scammers and ritualists. Beloved people, try other verified and known job sites. Leave Jiji website out.
Jiji's owner is not doing anything like having some measure of control to curb the activities of those scammers and ritualists manipulating Jiji.

I am sure he is not a scammer?

God bless and keep your home...

Chai

I look forward to when we would be interested in who is coming to take the seat of president or governor, not what party does he belong to? I like many other Nigerians are thirsting for the real change leader who is certainly not APC nor PDP. I wish that a new political party would emerge...a party who lives by what it preaches. I look forward to when the Nigerian youth would not sell his birth right for a plate of unsatisfying meal. I hope it ever comes...else, the unborn generation may be doomed.

I couldn't have campaigned nor voted for for an old man to become the president of a country as ours. The problem we have in this country is that the same people(Ngerians) would sell their votes when the next election comes just because they belong to PDP or APC or were able to receive 5k during the campaign. I look forward to when we would outgrow party politics as a people...

fanacy:
Did i hear you say "how??"

okay if Una don forget i will remind Una
.... Back then when Una d shout "sai baba"

back then when Una d shout APC-change

back then when Una sell Una vote for #1000

chai.... Hoping that Bubu wey no get Certificate go perform miracle

hoping that Bubu will make 1naira = $1, hoping that he will create millions of job, hoping that he will provide security... And all those fake promises...

And una was too blind to see what awaits us

Is it really true that Nigerians do not deserve to know the true health status of Mr. President? Nobody is talking about when the president would return to the country. How did we allow mediocrity and hypocrisy to eat this deep into us, people? This country is a big joke!

kropotkin2:
Including religion and ethnicity in the count that ordinarily should be there, is a very dangerous idea in the reality of today's Nigerian context. It would would most certainly lead to the gross falsification of numbers to the disadvantage of minority groups

Thanks. You spoke my mind. In Nigeria wher everything is manipulated for selfish reasons ..

Hian! !!

No idea from anyone here?

Good Day Nairalanders,

I have been searching the internet but not getting what i want. Can anyone help out with the name and contact address of such such company? Preferrably a company who is adding real time value in that capacity. Kindly revert. Thanks