₦airaland Forum

pufectskin: Let's stop kidding ourselves; nigerian culture is over hyped! We diasporans like to think we morally better off or our culture is sooo much better dan dat of Americans. If we have such a great culture, why isn't it reflected in our society? Why is Nigeria sooo corrupt? Why do we leave 80% of our society in abject poverty? Why are our leaders; even just regular citizens sooo corrupt? I just got back to Nigeria barely less than a year and been scammed/duped by my best childhood friend (she doesn't pick my calls or returns my BB msgs anymore cos she is ashamed; dis is a girl from a notable family for dat matter). I am sorry to say if u r a diasporan, u really need to come home to see dat we really hv no values in this society anymore. Girls use their bodies to get high marks in unis, even d married girls r on parole, ppl marry for d wrong reasons, d private schools cost as much as american schools but d standard is about 60% close to wat u get in d US, d kids only respect ppl with a lil money, actually every1 here respect only ppl with a lil change; bottomline is I don't know what Nigerian values r...
Americans have a sense of who they are and where they want to be...we know American ideals of Dignity, self respect, hard work, innovation, entrepreneurship, human rights and equal opportunity for all. What are Nigerian ideals? Do we have any? Or are we just fantasizing about family/villages raising kids? How many little kids in Nigeria have d level of advanced thinking an average 5yr old american has? How come we glorify scammers/get rich quick no matter d means men here in Nigeria? We call d scammed maga (I wasn't even greedy when I got scammed...long story for another day).
As I said b4, I have been here less than a year, and I hv concluded dat dis is not d Nigeria I used to know; frankly this is not d type of society where I would love to raise a kid. I want my kids to be exposed to science, innovation, diverse cultures; I want them to know what real love is..., I want them to learn to love ppl for who they are and learn to stand up for what is right...dats not very possible here.
D orientation here is of very low quality. No surprise we r where we r.

pufectskin: Let's stop kidding ourselves; nigerian culture is over hyped! We diasporans like to think we morally better off or our culture is sooo much better dan dat of Americans. If we have such a great culture, why isn't it reflected in our society? Why is Nigeria sooo corrupt? Why do we leave 80% of our society in abject poverty? Why are our leaders; even just regular citizens sooo corrupt? I just got back to Nigeria barely less than a year and been scammed/duped by my best childhood friend (she doesn't pick my calls or returns my BB msgs anymore cos she is ashamed; dis is a girl from a notable family for dat matter). I am sorry to say if u r a diasporan, u really need to come home to see dat we really hv no values in this society anymore. Girls use their bodies to get high marks in unis, even d married girls r on parole, ppl marry for d wrong reasons, d private schools cost as much as american schools but d standard is about 60% close to wat u get in d US, d kids only respect ppl with a lil money, actually every1 here respect only ppl with a lil change; bottomline is I don't know what Nigerian values r...
Americans have a sense of who they are and where they want to be...we know American ideals of Dignity, self respect, hard work, innovation, entrepreneurship, human rights and equal opportunity for all. What are Nigerian ideals? Do we have any? Or are we just fantasizing about family/villages raising kids? How many little kids in Nigeria have d level of advanced thinking an average 5yr old american has? How come we glorify scammers/get rich quick no matter d means men here in Nigeria? We call d scammed maga (I wasn't even greedy when I got scammed...long story for another day).
As I said b4, I have been here less than a year, and I hv concluded dat dis is not d Nigeria I used to know; frankly this is not d type of society where I would love to raise a kid. I want my kids to be exposed to science, innovation, diverse cultures; I want them to know what real love is..., I want them to learn to love ppl for who they are and learn to stand up for what is right...dats not very possible here.
D orientation here is of very low quality. No surprise we r where we r.

THANK YOU MY DEAREST PURFECTSKIN

Rogue Citizens = Rogue Officials.

kobojunkie - what i said is already happening. Parents are getting abandoned in their old age by their poverty striken -now grown up- children.

Abbey2Sam,

I will never become poor. Not in this lifetime and i wont take up issues with you.

I dont carry baggages that are not mine and I avoid anything that would deplete my resources (and that includes the feckless extended family)

We Africans are like a useless bunch of people who only know how to do one thing only - have babies they cannot take care of and create more heartbreaking poverty.

Dasparrow - you are so right. Let them keep having their futureless children.

i pray to see the day children in Naija start beating up their parents for bringing them to the world knwoing they lack the means to provide them with a decent life.

Kick her out and back to Nigeria. My siblings are not and will never be my responsibility, I have rejected that notion from the start. I am responsible for my 2 children only. If my parents couldnt afford 6 children - why the hell did they bring us to the world? they use this cultural be your brothers keeper nonsense to shelve responsibility. Never tolerated any of this from my family and my wife's family. I have a lot to show for my hardwork today and they all respect me more.

true love? trust me you cant find that anywhere these days the world over. everybody is in it for what they can gain. look closely.

Listen to foolish nigerian blaming government. the problem is the people and the values of our stupid culture. EVERYBODY wants money for nothing in Nigeria and thats the problem. the youths want to become millionaire without doing anything!!! haba what a race of stupid people. The government of Nigeria is made up of nigerian people and the GOVERNMENT is a representation of the people. The government only exhibit the nature of the Nigerian people and mentality - Money for nothing. Yeye people. The UN should stop us from having any more children until we sort our yeye self out!!

GOD is a con

Marriage is overrated. Couples are not usually as happy and settled as they make out. Too much bullshit and pretence and thats why it falls apart very quickly in the face of any major challenge such as illness or lack of money (even if sudden).

Good luck but no sympathy from me. Nigerian men should STOP sitting there like mumus allowing the wife to have more than 2 children.

Nothing GOOD will ever come out of BAD people.

The average Nigerian is irresponsible but yet we clamour for a responsible government. Thats expecting a mouse to give birth to a cat. It will never happen.

Nigerians are inherently BAD people. The only solution is our outright extermination.

All I can see in the video is the astronomic waste of public funds and resources.

When are we going to become smart modern people and eliminate the waste and jamboree life style which is making our people poorer and more wretched by the day?

The empty heads are still churning out babies like no tomorrow and they'll collectively and individually blame government officials for their woes.

The truth is the Federal goverment (and dear I say SLS at CBN) over the years have come up with many ingenious policies to move our country forward but the Nigerian factor (the fraudulent, get-rich-quick-to-show-off, unpatriotic, ignorant and stubbornly non-compliant citizens) gives them a poor chance of success. This applies in every sphere - governance, education, health, banking. I have left the constituents of the government bashers.

I like to see those unfortunate babies grow up to beat up their parents for bringing them into a world where they have nothing.

God bless Nija.

We are incredibly stupid and you seriously cant expect good leaders to come from a stock of rotten bad people.

I was just speaking who said he believes everything happening in Syria - Guess what? Because he heard it on CNN.

I have heard so many Nigerians arguing from the same angle.

People here do not really understand international politics and the West's pathological bias and purely self-interest based view of everything in this world.

Idiots here keep repeating the jagon "Killing civilians, women and children and so on"

The self serving West (that idiotic clown Obama sef) used "humanitarian intervention" and other gimmicks to destroy Gadaffi (a catastrophy to any discerning African) right in front of our korokoro eyes.

Perhaps Gerrard, valarious and their likes are basing their judgement on what they hear on CNN

I always think our people (Africans) need to be saved but each time I return hme (Africa) I find myself asking "Are these people really worth saving?"

Isnt FFK a convicted felon? what credibility has he got to feed us into his shortsighted, fatherland destroying contemptuous prognosis of Nija's future.


He is obviously enjoying his loot as the pix with IBB shows.

Nija as seperated states may only fare negligibly better than the united Nija that we currently live in.


The problems will remain given our backward mentality and anti-communal orientation.

FFK should go finish his caase with he EFCC instead of using all the same bad structure to stall his case.

omo-ole

We are corrupt, roguish and criminalised - it doesnt matter who gets there so long as they are Nigerians.

The problem is not the polity but the people of this country. We are really bad in our mentality and that is what the government at the 3 tier levels reflect. EFCC should go into a serious and deep citizen reorientation campaign.

SICK - this is why we now have the WHOLE WORLD and AFRICA.

Meaning that Africa is not part of the world. The arabs in the north protested and they quickly seperated them out and named the hopeless, mindless, black monkeys SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.




So it is the rest of the world and sub-saharan Africa.

Sooner or later this madness will get to Nija.

You can never ever please a woman or make her happy. if you do, its very short term.

The best thing to do? Just your minimum best or do Nothing. I treat women shabbily not because i like to but because it works. Believe me it does regardless of age, race, status etc. They cant help but come back for more.

Shagamite and POS01 absolutely on point

Congrats Esele

This is the kind of appointment we want to see more of. Ignore these dead-brain critics

When a child is born in Nigeria and celebration goes round, I often wonder what exactly are we celebrating?

One more fool adding to the flocks (millions) of brain death, self retarding set of people.

Daregold please re-read Sanusi's replies and tell us your family's contribution.

And lets see your CV.

Sanusi laid it out clearly. He was right Nigerians dont listen and as far as i am concerned they dont even read to comprehend.

The vast majority of commentaries here suggests that the government print money, correct corruption etc etc etc. Government, Government, Government.

Government is a reflection of the people it governs. A good people cannot in a million years produce a bad government and sadly, neither can bad people create good government.

The government has to rely on its people and agencies (manned by NIGERIANS) to do the right thing and do their jobs honestly. Every plan put in place has been circumvented by Nigerians.

It is the Nigerian people thwarting every effort to destroy all of the evils in our society.

Before you continue calling SLS names please take a minute to answer his parting question - what contribution has your anybody in your extended family structure made to Nigeria?

The average Nigerian is a rogue and that s the problem.

Good Good

We somewhere along the lines have to also address our crazy and unsustainable birth rate.

Amazing yet the BLACK MAN can hardly produce anything not even FOOD for his wife and children to eat.
We waste our life supporting resources away for stupid man-made products on display here.
We are a thoroughly stupid race of people and we should stop having children

How can any sane person expect good governance in Nigeria and perhaps Africa - The land of the thoughtless and ignorant goons.

We produce nothing (apart from children, the vast majority of whom we cant feed or look after), we have no self discipline or self respect, we have lost our morals, we are cowards, we are lazy, we cannot build or invent anything, we are always the last to understand anything, we are fools, child like and built with an inferior mindset. Our men are obsessed with just one thing , you guessed it. The list goes on.

It is sad and painful to observe yourself giving up on your own people.

Bro. your price is a bit unrealistic now.

Can you please revise down and make this vehicle buyable.

Children are free?

You obviously dont have any

These imbecilic xtians. Sometimes I wonder if our people have functioning brains.

There aint no phucking jesus and if there is God, I will shot the wicked b'stard. Nothing will change in Nigeria with this mindset.

A good friend of my mum and sadly my naighbour recently lost their sons at the prime of their youthful lives and they are the deepest and loyal xtians in have ever come accross in my life.