jennykadry:

I will reply you cos I like your post. I am not proud to be a Nigerian and I am not hiding that fact. I don't hate the good bits of Nigeria , I despise the bad and the bad far outweighs the good.people are talking about money and comparing, and my original post had nothing to do with who is richer but putting a good system in place. Our system is not running well, forget about culture, forget about fun, forget about food. The poor are getting poorer,its getting more and more difficult for students gain admission, ASUU is not helping matters, our high commission abroad treats us worse than they do other nationals. We can say nigeria will get better but to be more realistic the corruption and rudeness has gone so far that you cannot retrace your footstep and stop it. I have never seen adults who have done nothing be whipped before except in Nigeria by people in power. Why do you have to be rich to gain access to things that should be for every one/class?

I am not denying that I am a Nigerian but I AM NOT PROUD TO BE ONE

Yes, it is very frustrating. I know the shame I felt when a European with incomplete paperwork for entry into Nigeria bribed an immigration official in the open without any regards to consequences. I overheard their conversation about how his visa was expired but yet was able to gain entry into the country. Twenty Euros, was all it took. I am not sure that could happen at JFK airport.

There has to be a FINAL solution to Nigeria's woes...
As for the corrupt politicians, well, I can tell you quite frankly that one way or another we have to put an end to them. I urge Nigerians: Stand together with me...I would therefore be guided by the basic expectation that they are going to have to disappear. There is nothing we can do but get rid of them. They have disappointed us. They have to be gotten rid of. That is the only way. Unfortunately, what Nigeria probably needs is Military dictatorship or a technocrat...again and for a very long time.

jennykadry: I sometimes avoid the travel section because of the hate some Nigerians based in that shait hole of a country called nigeria, spew. To be quite honest I believe it's just jealousy, jealous of fellow Nigerians who were lucky and blessed enough to get a life outside Nigeria. I know and believe that some of you wished that you could travel outside Nigeria and live in the westernized world for as long as you want instead of visiting with a few months visa and returning back to that cursed nation.

I AM NOT PROUD TO BE A NIGERIAN and I have my reason,so the rest of you who wished you had the kind of lives we have here can get your 1 dollar bill and put it where your mouth is. Not too long ago a NLDER started a thread on dual nationality, the way some people who have no international passport let alone visa hated the Nigerians who are dual nationals was enough to cause problems on that thread. Even politicians-the government know that our country Nigeria ruin more lives, causes more harm than good to it's citizens and thought it necessary to fly their children outside the country for a better life, a better education and better opportunities. I am ashamed of that country Nigeria. Renewing a foreign passport in my current location is as easy as and can be done in the comfort of my own home but Nigeria made life hell for a lot of us who wanted to renew their passports. I was treated so rudely in my own country's high commission that I had to walk away in anger. If I walk into any AUSTRALIA High commission, I am treated like a VIP, well taken of, listened to, spoken to with respect and they sort out whatever issues I had with the snap of a finger.....yet the rest of yous expect some of us to clap for Nigeria or come back to that country for good? a country I visited recently and NEPA proved themselves as usual, a country where the citizens were flogged like children at the immigration office in Lagos, citizens like you and I only wanting to get their passports.

A recent thread about a nigerian woman who angrily swore to tear her nigerian passport is trending now and as usual, those haterz are there calling her names. SHUT UP and give her the $300 dollars she wasted there and stop making noise. Many Nigerians have been told to come for appointments only for them to get there and be turned back cos of faulty equipment that had gone bad for months without them telling these people about it. Go to your international airport in Lagos and see the curse that place has become, many things there are key and start cos they are trying to "save electricity".

I am going to say this to all you hating nigerians living in diaspora that you lot should go on your knees and pray to whatever being you serve so that we remain here cos if some of us professionals with high standards decide to relocate back to Nigeria.....ALL OF YOU WILL BE JOBLESS, YOUR JOBS WE WILL TAKE AWAY FROM YOU AND OUR PAY WILL BE QUADRUPLED BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE INTELLECTUALLY BLESSED HAVE GRACED THEIR PRESENCE"......in other words shuuushhhh and be thankful to us cos without us staying abroad, some of you people will be begging on the streets for food.

Don't hate us cos we appreciate countries who have given us more than we could have asked for, don't blame us for not regarding that shait hole of a country called Nigeria. Why should I be proud of Nigeria? why should I have hope in Nigeria?when even the government know that nothing good is forth coming into and from that country, cos if they believed, they wouldn't pay millions to keep their families outside Nigeria.

YES MY NAME IS JENNIFER KADRY AND I TYPED THIS.......Hit your heads and thank you very much.

I can understand your frustration, and like you I have dual citizenship. My adopted country is USA. Nevertheless, I think it is a little harsh to say "I hate Nigeria." Yes, Nigeria has it's problems but I think that we should appreciate what it could have been if we where not given the opportunity to leave the country. There are opportunities for making money and believe it or not the same westerners that you embrace are busy calculating on how to make money out of Nigeria without regards to it's benefit. Furthermore, are you telling me that you don't enjoy Naija culture at all anymore? You don't listen to Wizkid, Davido or D'Banj? Are you telling me you don't eat jollof rice anymore? Cuz if you don't I sure do. When people see me they say "oh you are so accomplished for your age." I respond that it's my Nigerian culture that inspired me to take advantage of opportunities in America. Nigerians are opportunists by nature, especially ndi Igbo. Without my Naija parents pushing me, who know what I would have become.

In most of the western world, we have free speech and so I can't fault you for what you have said. We can agree to disagree, and that's what we are doing.

PROUDLY NAIJA with a Blue Passport