₦airaland Forum

victorDanladi:
na biafran methodology them use.
mouth! mouth! mouth!

Give us evidence!....they will post ewedu or demola ajayi picture!

Redoil:
Dirty people eating dirty food

dabossman:
I have never been an advocate of relocating abroad without having something definite to go to. I have had several arguments with family members abroad on that issue, especially at the time when I had just finished my NYSC some 13 years ago.

However, having travelled to a few countries eventually I can say that the difference between those of us living here in Naija and those living abroad is simply about having a structured society. If making it in terms of being able to build a house in your village and own flashy cars is your goal, you've set of on the wrong foot. However, if what you want is a saner environment where basic things like electricity, transport system, educational system etc work to a very great extent, then you can consider relocating LEGALLY.

There are millions of Americans and Europeans who are not "rich" in the Nigerian sense. They don't own a car, live in a rented apartment and don't have much in savings. But they can catch a bus or train to work everyday, they come home at night and there is light. They can grab a cold beer from the fridge, sit and watch TV and then start the cycle all over again next day. They can save some small money for a holiday trip every now and then without worrying about visas. Their kids can go to mostly free public school and still get a decent education (even though they still complain about their own public schools), and they can struggle and save to pay for college later. There's law and order and a general sense of sanity, even though they also have some mad people. There is no being rich or "MAKING IT" involved. There's just a more general better standard of living, I guess. And if one is content with that, you're good to go.

The flip side is that here in Naija, you can make even more than those abroad, but you still have to contend with no light and noisy generators, bad roads that constantly damage your car, expensive private schools, unruly and indisciplined folk who don't even know what is right anymore and large scale corruption from top to bottom. But hey, as long as God continues to provide, we keep going on. It's just that sometimes, you wonder if this is living; especially when you've seen what it is like on the other side.


It's really about the kind of life you desire for yourself and your family eventually. What you probably need to define is what "making it" means to you.

You've written like a real Bossman...kudos

mmsen:
The conditions that lead to poverty are the same as elsewhere - there was a great deal of inequality which one would expect in societies that maintain monarchies.

Rather than hold their inconsiderate leadership to account they went to north America, Australasia or southern Africa to take another man's land. They wouldn't fight the people who made their lives hell in their own countries but would go to elsewhere to kill others. It is cowardice and laziness.

mmsen:
Yes, they were.

Even worse, they were thieves and robbers.

And if you believe in the nonsense written in the Bible then you are a fool. There were several literate groups in the Middle East at the time and none of them saw fit to record any of the nonsense written as fact in the book of Jewish fairytales.

mmsen:
It's a lazy man's mindset, they want to enjoy the fruits of another man's labor - people who have often worked hard to engage their own political class to better the environment.

No political system or nation is perfect but Nigerians are too content with taking scraps at election time from senators, governors and local government officials who prefer to stash public funds than build/maintain the infrastructure that is needed. Then when you ask why the various communities/community groups don't do anything about it they'll tell you it's not their business. Gross stupidity.

Godbest:
Nigerian Army is working for Nigerians.

What you are seeing the Nigerian army doing is the Army day celebration 2017 with a kick off of sanitation activities which include clearing of drainages, medical outreach and other humanitarian activities.

This is the true nature and face of the Nigerian Army contributing to the development and well being of the citizens.

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