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Regional News | 24 April 2013 Last updated at 16:42 CET
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80% Of Accra Residents Live In Slums

Source: CITIFMONLINE.COM
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The chief executive officer of the People's Dialogue on Human Settlement has said 80% of Accra's residents live in slums.

“There are basically two definitions we can ascribe to a slum. We identified five key areas; the one that talks about improved sanitation, the one that talks about clean water, the physical condition of the house, tenure security and overcrowding,” he said.

Speaking on Our Cities, Farouk Braimah said his outfit worked with the UN and Ministry Of Local Government to find a localized definition of slums and they discovered that some slums had grown, matured and nothing could be done about them except for regeneration.

“There are different categories of slums. We have one that has grown and matured and there is nothing we can do about it unless you wipe them out or do some regeneration; and we have the smaller slums which are more transient and we can deal with them by getting the people out of the area,” he stated.

Mr. Braimah further stated, “If you have a settlement that provides toilet facilities for a hundred people and the population increases to five hundred and you don't expand the network of toilet facilities, there is definitely going to [be] an over-stretched pressure on this facility.”

“Over a long period of time, we have not had a significant improvement in housing… The houses are not there; the infrastructure is not expanding and more people are moving in so definitely, we'll have a rundown tournament,” he adde

PetroDolla3:
hahahahaha more photos from africa's "richest" nation oil-rich indeed. a zoo of stomach infrastructure

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image022.jpg

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image006.jpg

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image003.jpg

As you can see our policemen us APC do you know how much one cost,i dare you to show me one that ghana police has

you see Nigerians hustling hard to grow their country why lazy stupid ghanaians are looking for hand out from imf.lazy dirty fools

PetroDolla3:
hahahahaha more photos from africa's "richest" nation oil-rich indeed. a zoo of stomach infrastructure

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image022.jpg

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image006.jpg

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image003.jpg

Too much money,if ghana president try am,you know now back to chains to be sold for farm work


80% OF ghanaians live in slums

http://www.modernghana.com/news/460187/1/80-of-accra-residents-live-in-slums.html

GHKWAME1:
Have you eaten?

SEE Ghana.disgrace 80% of ghanaians live in slums

http://www.modernghana.com/news/460187/1/80-of-accra-residents-live-in-slums.html

PetroDolla3:
this nigeria, I am sure you never seen places like this

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1504556_1492484_Ibolandaba_jpg98d4eed8c030608c7f6856cf8cdb435d_jpgb0b9c7231bbd168695871e71a29e78d5

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image023.jpg

https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image008.jpg

can you compare them

GHKWAME1:
Ghana pictures:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2883


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1589937&page=5


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2995

Am sure that is in Ghana

[quote author=GHKWAME1 post=27757645][/quote]

This Nigeria,am sure in your life you never enter places like this

https://www.nairaland.com/1963642/nigerias-most-beautiful-buildings-pics

PetroDolla3:
keep deceiving yourself. look around your poverty wracked country and tell me if you see anything close to the crap GDP you so often quote. at least God gave you brains and eyes. the problem with nigerians is that most of you are sooo gullible. all you heard was that your country's GDP was qhatever whatever billions and that has suddenly become a mantra in the zoo. do you know GDP is calculated? if indeed you know, you won't be making so much noise about GDP and all the crap you keep spewing? we are taking about reality and you keep talking GDP nonsense?

did you see those engineers in Lagos fighting over leftover fanta? they fought as if their lives depended upon it what does that tell you? no one will fight over fanta as I know, the poverty level in your country is even higher than the 90% surviving on less than $2 just look at the scary photos of engineers fighting over leftover fanta

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incase they have been deceieving you this is nigeria and am sure ghana people never enetr place like this

https://www.nairaland.com/1963642/nigerias-most-beautiful-buildings-pics


[quote author=GHKWAME1 post=27757287][/quote]

https://www.nairaland.com/1970725/countries-smaller-gdp-than-lagos

that is ghana less than a state in Nigeria

JiggamanGh:
How you figure that? Nigeria rank below Ghana in every standard of living. From security to education, from access to electricity to governorship. From wealth distribution to human development. Please check yourself before you speak.

Show me where you got your data,i mean proof

JiggamanGh:
How you figure that? Nigeria rank below Ghana in every standard of living. From security to education, from access to electricity to governorship. From wealth distribution to human development. Please check yourself before you speak.

you must be a rude idiot,a foolish human been,all does house you see in ghana its Nigerians money,we built it,all the companies you see there we invited them its our money,all the fake university there it is our money that pays the fees.i would be stupid trying to compare the Great Nigeria with an ungrateful,poverty stricken country like ghana.who thinks that a pussy cat can be compared to a lion because they are both cats

PetroDolla3:
keep deceiving yourself. look around your poverty wracked country and tell me if you see anything close to the crap GDP you so often quote. at least God gave you brains and eyes. the problem with nigerians is that most of you are sooo gullible. all you heard was that your country's GDP was qhatever whatever billions and that has suddenly become a mantra in the zoo. do you know GDP is calculated? if indeed you know, you won't be making so much noise about GDP and all the crap you keep spewing? we are taking about reality and you keep talking GDP nonsense?

did you see those engineers in Lagos fighting over leftover fanta? they fought as if their lives depended upon it what does that tell you? no one will fight over fanta as I know, the poverty level in your country is even higher than the 90% surviving on less than $2 just look at the scary photos of engineers fighting over leftover fanta

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An educated mind deal with issues,you haven't answered my questions,first i don't know where u got your figure but you must be lost,Nigeria's per capital gdp is that $3,500 per person and poverty rate is at 33% which is claim to still be exaggerated and that would be revised next year.Nigerians living condition is far better than ghana.lets bring out facts and debate the matter then you would know that you have no idea how poor ghana is compare to Nigeria

PetroDolla3:
rubbish upon rubbish! what is the point in boasting about having the 20th largest economy is the vast majority of your people are impoverished? the greatest resource of any country is its people. Therefore the standard of living enjoyed by the citizenry determines how wealthy a counbtry is. what nonsense logic is there to having the 20th largest economy and yet the country is a certified sh1thole? I will rather live in a country with $1 GDP where I can have a reasonably good life rather than live in the 20th largest economy zoo and suffer large economy my azz! your 20th largest economy exist only on paper fuckeduppedness

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After reading all you wrote i laughed,let me tell you why,because if with all you wrote we are the first then imagine ghana that is no where how their case is like.please mention one country in the world that doesn't have does problems,i mean large economies oh

as for that word fuckeduppedness. i blame your father for failing to teach you manners

PetroDolla3:
rubbish! 20th largest economy my azz what is the point of a 20th largest economy if your people feed from the dustbin? what is the meaning of 20th largest economy if 90% of your people survive on less than $2 a day? what is the relevance of the 20th largest economy if life expectancy is a miserable 45 years? what is the meaning of 20th largest economy when people get kidnapped for a ransom of coke and gala? of what meaning is a 20th largest economy when 120 million of your impoverished people don't have access to electricity? what is the importance of 20th largest economy when your maternal/infant mortality is nothing to write home about?what is the point in having the 20th largest economy when there is violence all over the place? 20th largest economy and yet your people are fleeing abroad for a better life? you need to examine your brain for inhaled generator fumes,huh?

largest economy in africa my azz! who doesn't know nigeria's economy is only large on paper? fuckeduppedness

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i doubt if this drunk fellow is aware that he is talking about the 20th largest economy in the world,or he is talking about the largest economy in Africa,ghana is begging there white slave masters for $800million while Nigeria's balance sheet is $1.1trillion,do you know how many single individuals in NIgeria can bail the whole of ghana out.whatever ghana is today Nigerian money made it so and that is why since you people started going after Nigerians your economy has crashed.Nigeria is 178 million people,see in conclusion you should be comparing ghana with states like Kogi because they are not worthy to be compared with Lagos talk more of Nigeria as a whole

GAY idiots you can't succeed,Africa is pro family

killjoy:
readers discretion adviced: this is a long post. get a bowl of popcorn and your glasses. turn off the TV , you don't want to get distracted. if it took me time to write such a lengthy post, I wonder why you should complain about reading it. below are the reasons.

1. We're too different to live together: women love people and relationships, men love objects (like cars, houses, gadgets, game consoles etc), a man's lot is his career, a woman's is marriage (according to the curse after the fall of man), women are indirect, men are always direct, men want sex before they develop feelings for women, women can't have sex without emotional attachment first(unless they r who.res, even if they are who.res lolzzz), a man wants to hv sex, a woman wants to make love (I swear she doesn't even mind just cuddling), men see having dinner as a time to quench hunger, women see having dinner as time for bonding, let me continue? A married man without money feels unfulfilled, a wealthy woman without a man feels similarly, I can go on and on! But no time, my point, you need a lot of patience, tolerance, understanding, endurance, compromise etc to survive in marriage. But life is too short, stay single and be free to be urself or get married and spend the rest of your life struggling to be another person. Continue reading, this is just one of seven.

2. Love doesn't exist: if you intend to stake your future with a woman on an emotion as erratic as love, then you need to have ur head examined. Love is an emotional convulsion which, like other sicknesses, are recovered from with time. Experience has thought me that a woman's love is only skin deep, but you can accentuate it with money. Ohhhh how women react to the smell of cash. Bleep love and go make some muller.

3. You don't need a child: the world will remember you by the kids you left behind. That's a big fat lie!! You don't need a carbon copy of yourself roaming the earth after your demise to ensure your immortality. Instead, the world will remember you by the feats you surmounted! Obama will be remembered not as the father of, I don't even know his child's name and I don't give a fvck bout it! But as the first black US President. Mother Theresa never had a child, Einstein's legacy is not his kids but his discoveries. My point! You are not remembered by the kids you had but the records you set. But if you badly want a kid, adopt one, or get a baby mama and impregnate her but never, never get married just to have kids. marriage is too great a price to pay.

4. There is absolutely nothing new marriage has to offer you: just be honest with yourself. A family? You already belong to one (or do you think you just appeared out of thin air?), love? Your mother loves you like die, trust moi. A woman to manage your home? Get a maid! pay her well and she will manage your home without complications like disrespecting you, PMS, etc. Sex? Gone are the days men marry for sex ooo!!! Sex is damn cheap, you don't need marriage to enjoy it. By the way, what makes you think getting married entitles you to sex when you want it, ie, if at all?? U never jam female Hitler. Continue reading, I'm not even close to the end.

5. Marriage is expensive: a woman's problems end when she gets married (at least on financial level), while a man's problems just begin. Most ladies don't have plans of making money(some stop after getting married). for a woman, after graduating from uni, a husband is top on d list above a job ie, if a job is on the list. Guys, stay alone and worry for one. Apart from financially, marriage drains you emotionally. You have to deal with a partner suffering from PMS five days in a month for life (by the time she reaches menopause, you'd be probably dead) and when she ain't suffering PMS, its worse cos she is pregnant!! Don't forget regular mood swings, test games, among other complicated female emotional ailments. Plus wait till you get divorced before you know how much financially and emotionally expensive marriage could be. That brings us to...

6. It may end up in divorce: possible causes of divorce. She gains weight, sex with one person for years gone stale and boring, the love (or whatever dumb ass name you call it) fades, you want a new woman, (men are polygamous by nature, hard truth. Deal with it), she is no longer the woman you married, (true, women do change after marriage for many reasons, that is story for another day), you cheat on her, she cheats on you, many many more. Don't scar yourself with a painful divorce. Stay single and happy.

7. You get to focus on your dreams without distractions. Like I said earlier, a man's career is his lot (or curse). As s man if you haven't got a successful career, you will probably die unhappy and unproductive. The compromise you have to make to keep her happy will retard you from achieving your dreams to the fullest. Pleasing a woman and pursuing your dreams are mutually exclusive. don't get married.

disclaimer: its ironic when people say honesty is a virtue yet can't bear to hear (or read) the truth.

nota bene: I am not prejudiced towards women. I hate all equally.

sometimes,i laugh this is the same Ghana,that Nigerian money was growing there economy,they allowed white men deceive them,that they are strong enough to take control of west Africa from Nigeria.today just look at them another slave to the world bank,if Ghana is wise they should retrace there steps before they become another liberia

My view is simple the majority should have prevailed,and when he is out of hospital,the police must arrest him because the law is clear if you assist gays you should and most go to jail

dutchstar:
A man in lagos named Olushola (other names witheld) was beaten and wounded for defending gays that were being harrassed. Olushola though heterosexual stood his ground and defended the gay couple that were being harrassed and the mob landed on him and it took the intervention of the police for him not to be lynched by the irate mob. He said he will continue to be a voice for rights of gays until he is heard. I personally got this pictures from his hospital bed where he is recupperating.
To nairalanders what are your views? Please no insults and derogatory comments.

change this title it is misleading,and you should consider the international implications of such titles

Educate us on where and how many cities you have traveled to that is better than Lagos

Raiders:
I agree with the writer. Lagos is a horrible city to stay. There is no effective mass transit system in lagos, the traffic is horrible, the housing and streets are not planned. No effective security system

Slave mentality allowing a foolish white man to define you

iykedare:
so true. i know so ignorant Nigerians will deny it.

with your many names,nothing changes same lying person

omongbatim:
You are a village headmaster. Complete mo..ron.

since your father didn't teach you manners,then please go and tell him that i said he has an illiterate mouth beside define the word.as far as i am informed it is two times a year and the next time is during thanks given.and it is not possible for states to administer the oath cause its a federal matter.so only God know where you monthly matter came from

omongbatim:
You are better off shutting your illiterate mouth instead of saying what you have no clue about.Citizenship ceremonies in the US are done as frequently as every month and it is not centralized.

i have no words for you,you are a lair ,they do not swear in one person,it is done twice a year and the next set in later in November,so both you and him are big lairs,but anyway not my business,you can lie to yourself if you like but don't try fooling educated minds.

AkinEgba:
So why are you saying that the OP was lying, seeing that different dates can be fixed and that you could even miss a date and get another date? When I did mine, I was virtually the only new citizen in the room. You this ignorant village Nigerian, you should just shut up and remain in your village in Idoma land

you must be ignorant,if you could read then you would know that from what was said there are dates fixed and that applies after you have missed does date,and even at that you would be fixed for the next date

AkinEgba:
You and your friend are complete ignoramuses living in some thick forested village in Ogbomosho.

Why don't you educate yourself on the process of becoming a US citizen here?

http://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/naturalization-ceremonies



So as you can see, it is a not a national event, as even local courts in different towns and cities (designated, of course) can do this.

My friend you are a wicked lair and you are part of the enemies Nigeria has within,i have just called a friend in the state and he informed me that the united states swears in new citizens two time a year and the next batch has not yet been sworn in yet,so were did you get this your fake citizenship,secondly you were running your mouth mentioning figures of countries when you probably have been to just one,you people are the once who go out to give Nigeria a bad name and mislead the world rather than been good Ambassadors,may God forgive you

spectroscopic:
Why do I have to name specific countries I have visited to you? Next, you will ask to see the stamps in my passport, yes?

Dude, you are pushing this and making it personal, with a lot of insults. Can we discuss the topic and not me, please?
Nigeria belongs to all of us and the earlier we learn how to take criticism (I have not even dissed any political party here) of our country, the earlier we can grow out of our problems. If you think Nigeria has no problems, then you must be living in planet Mars. I was in Nigeria as late as August, and would be there again December. You do not know the nature of my profession.

u make me laugh,your thinking is slave like,tell me without the oil which of the middle eastern country plus russia and canada would be were it is,and secondly who told you Nigerian GDP is made up of mostly oil,oil accounts for less than 50%.as for facts,you are just home pressing your computer you have no first hand knowledge,i do.you are still yet to name the countries and when last you were in NIGERIA.like i said please stop condemning Nigeria in public,if you are tired of been a Nigerian ,go and renounce your citizenship,because Nigeria doesn't need slaves like you

spectroscopic:
You see facts now and you are grumbling, abi? Tell me how an average Nigerian is better than an average Surinamese.

You have a large GDP and a large population
They have a small GDP and a small population
At the end of the day, from the same GDP v population data, the average Surinames is better than the average Nigerian.
If you cannot accept this basic economic truth, then I will leave you to yourself.

I am not coming on here to tell you that Suriname is a giant. In fact it is a rat; but Nigeria too is just a bigger rat, not a giant. Some of the real giants would be countries with high a population, a high GDP and a high GDP PPP (at least higher than Nigeria) at the same time.

Of the 36 Nigerian states, how many can survive, were oil to be removed from the system today? Suriname has no oil, remember?

i laugh,i wouldnt waste my time arguing with you,suriname is nowhere near Nigeria not talk of states like Lagos or Abuja or River or akwaibom or Kano,we probably can compare it with Kogi state.so i leave you with your ignorance.but desist from condeming Nigeria in public,if you dont like Nigeria,please head the atlanta or washinton or newyork and hand in your passport plus denounce your citizenship because Nigeria does not need slaves,we are trying to out grow slave mentality and we definately wouldnt allow people like you drag us back

spectroscopic:
Quick facts: Suriname versus Nigeria
Suriname
GDP 5 Billion (USD)
GDP PPP 12, 398 USD
GINI 52.9
HDI 0.705

Nigeria
GDP 1.018 Trillion (USD)
PPP 5, 600
GINI 48.8
HDI 0.5

So you can see that despite our by far greater GDP, an average Surinamese in Suriname (not talking of those in Holland) is doing about twice better than an average Nigerian (considering PPP) in Nigeria
Their GINI and HDI values are also higher. Do you know what GINI and HDI mean?

You are comparing Suriname to a Nigerian LGA, how many LGAs in Nigeria have a GDP of 5 billion USD, and how many states in Nigeria are even self sustaining, without the oil wealth from other states?

see you just mension somebody said i challege you to state all the countries you are claming to have traveled to,then name how many are better than Nigeria and lastly tell me when last you stepped your foot on Nigeria soil.it is most sicking when its the same Nigerians going round pulling Nigerias image down then crying fowl

As for the suriname you are making noise about they can not compete with a local government in Nigeria,there population is less than 600,000 and there gdp is less that 4billion usd.so educate yourself well before you condem Nigeria,like i said i have traveled so i cant be fooled any longer.i suggest you do the same toO and ask yourself why your western press are hell bent on deciving the world about Africa why they are the once causeing all the problems in Africa

spectroscopic:
Lol

I have traveled very widely and still do, even with my Nigerian passport. Obtaining the US passport only makes it easier. You should have realized that I did not fall from the sky and begin to feel that things are not working well as they should be in Africa. That feeling is borne out of what I have experienced in Europe (9 countries) North America (all 3 countries) South/Central America (8 countries) Caribbean Islands (5 countries), Africa (uncountable countries) Asia/Middle East (10 countries). I have not been to Australia and NZ, although I have been involved in work conducted in NZ as recently as 6 months ago.

I have a Dutch colleague who is of Indian-Surinames origin, and he often tells me that in hindsight, most Indian-Surinames in Holland are actually happy that their forefathers were enslaved and taken to Suriname, and then to Holland. Otherwise, they could still be among the millions of poor people in India of today. This person has a PhD and an MBA. So do not even think he is a low lifer?

To add to it please note Nigeria is on a growth rate of 7%-7.5% that is among the top ten highest growth rate in the world,so for those of you who haven't traveled and are been deceived into thinking anywhere is better than Nigeria,note that it is only 19 countries better than Nigeria in the whole world.economically speaking


Most of the Nigerians i speak to who have gotten lost in foreign lands and begin to mislead people after been mislead by foreign press give same answer please click the link below for Nigeria GDP as for the 90%,i don't need links for that i have travelled that region regularly,so i can compare myself.but just incase you doubt it click the second link

http://knoema.com/nwnfkne/world-gdp-ranking-2014-data-and-charts


https://www.nairaland.com/1970725/countries-smaller-gdp-than-lagos

spectroscopic:
Onoja12:

Can you support those colored claims with facts, not some co..ck and bull stories?

Note also that I am concerned about Africa, not just Nigeria.

nice write up,but i think you should consult with other enlighten individuals on Africanism.now point number one,the western way of life is neither family oriented nor community oriented rather it promote self development,that leads to greed,and a system where i very secret greed few control the majority directly or indirectly,and as we all Know when greed leads many evils follow.First point to note is classical economist.then you have military leed wars,the idea of formal education in itself is a problem add that with democracy(the most corrupt system of government),the truth be told Africa is leaving in a system designed by greedy people for their own personal goal,so you can't expect anything to work,less we break out to design our own system,when i mean system i mean way or life,constitution,religious believes,rule of law,finances and system of government.i maintain for as long as other people define our lives and design our way of thinking,for as long as they define who we are and even name us,they even tell us what we are.then there is no way the African race can progress because they have become the potter and we the clay.

As for ebola that is another story,ebola was created by americas,an american holds the petent for it,this things are already public knoweldege why you sit there and allow western media machinary to dicive you and make you hate your own country i advice you to read well,in case you dont know Nigeria is the 20th largest economy in the world,the largest in Africa and the balance sheet is currently 1.1 trillion Dollars that united states dollars.so if you are watching bbc,cnn,and aljazira i think its time you stop watching does and begin to travel,Nigeiran is far better than 90% of all south american and caribbean countries

Second as for does countries you mentioned that have moved on,i assure you,you haven't traveled to any of them,i have toured almost the whole caribbean that includes the suriname,and when you go there you would thank God for Africa cause what the whites did to their thinking is far worse and all does things you complained of exist there.thirdly your relatives collecting money from you have nothing to do with it,its simply they ask you give,if you told them you don't have they would stop asking,doesn't mean they are poor.

spectroscopic:
Yes, the western ways may be individualistic but they have been able to connect the dots (of the different individuals) to build their societies. Ours is family-oriented, yet we have not been able to build the family units into societies. Each family is a lord unto itself, in isolation of one another.

Are you by any means suggesting that there is no greed in Nigeria and that few economic and political heavyweights do not control the rest of the masses? That will be living in utopia.

And yes, we should start defining our lives ourselves by taking responsibility for our own matters. For instance, why is Ebola in Africa not being addressed by Africans even at the AU or ECOWAS level? This last paragraph is really the crux of this article.

nice write up,but i think you should consult with other enlighten individuals on Africanism.now point number one,the western way of life is neither family oriented nor community oriented rather it promote self development,that leads to greed,and a system where i very secret greed few control the majority directly or indirectly,and as we all Know when greed leads many evils follow.First point to note is classical economist.then you have military leed wars,the idea of formal education in itself is a problem add that with democracy(the most corrupt system of government),the truth be told Africa is leaving in a system designed by greedy people for their own personal goal,so you can't expect anything to work,less we break out to design our own system,when i mean system i mean way or life,constitution,religious believes,rule of law,finances and system of government.i maintain for as long as other people define our lives and design our way of thinking,for as long as they define who we are and even name us,they even tell us what we are.then there is no way the African race can progress because they have become the potter and we the clay.

As for ebola that is another story,ebola was created by americas,an american holds the petent for it,this things are already public knoweldege why you sit there and allow western media machinary to dicive you and make you hate your own country i advice you to read well,in case you dont know Nigeria is the 20th largest economy in the world,the largest in Africa and the balance sheet is currently 1.1 trillion Dollars that united states dollars.so if you are watching bbc,cnn,and aljazira i think its time you stop watching does and begin to travel,Nigeiran is far better than 90% of all south american and caribbean countries

Second as for does countries you mentioned that have moved on,i assure you,you haven't traveled to any of them,i have toured almost the whole caribbean that includes the suriname,and when you go there you would thank God for Africa cause what the whites did to their thinking is far worse and all does things you complained of exist there.thirdly your relatives collecting money from you have nothing to do with it,its simply they ask you give,if you told them you don't have they would stop asking,doesn't mean they are poor.

spectroscopic:
I have always been thinking:

Is the African culture part of the problem of Africa? Africans are family-oriented but not society-oriented.
They build individual families but have not been able to string that together to develop their societies. Because of their familism (meaning penchant for family), the financial head of a family is forced to ''work'' for members of his immediate and extended family. A western professor of mine who lived extensively in Africa once told me that family problems are one of the main reasons why middle class Africans are as good as poor. I had argued with him back then with a fervor bothering on pan Africanism, but now I know better.

There is so much dependency that, oftentimes, the bread winner has to steal public money to satisfy his family's needs. Relatives troop in and out, putting people under pressure to give and give and give. Now with smart phones, Facebook and twitter, they come in your face on cyberspace with requests. There is now no hiding place, except you get off cyberspace. It is such that even if you earn a good monthly pay, you end up an impoverished employed person, month in, month out.

There is total lack of the culture to compete for the common good. In contrast, there is breath-taking competition to be corrupt and to be able to lord it over others with the stolen wealth. On top of that, there is the tendency to blame others for African problems.

They say it's due to colonialism and slavery. But hey!! Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Philippines, and virtually all South American countries were colonized too. Indians were enslaved by the Dutch and taken to Suriname in South America. These people and countries have since moved on, and have become self-sustaining in many development indices that African countries can only dream of. But Africa remains the basket case of the world, beset with hunger, malnutrition, grinding poverty and disease. Moreover, Ethiopia and Liberia were never colonized. Are they any better than the colonized African countries?

Even ordinary Ebola, Africans cannot contain on their own after 40 whole years of its first discovery in remote Central Africa. Admitted that Nigeria was able to achieve that feat. But it was largely mother nature at work for them. One is regaled with images of dirt and squalor on Western media covering the Ebola crisis in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. From those images you would conclude every single individual in those countries are dirt poor and live under the most horrible sanitary conditions. But there are presidents and leaders governing these countries. There are the rich and mighty. Have they been sleeping?

What excuse does Africa have to remain poor, dirty and a perpetual underdog? Africans on the street often say their leaders are corrupt. But leadership does not exist in a vacuum. Every leader was once a follower, and many new leaders, just followers a few years ago, have become even more corrupt than veteran leaders. How can you get good leaders from bad followers? The question then is, are Africans naturally wired to be what they are today?

What is the role being played by religion in certain African countries such as Nigeria? Virtually all the prosperous countries are those not overly enmeshed in all sorts of religion in equal numbers. They are either 100% (at least nearly so) Christians, 100% (at least nearly so) Muslims, or completely devoid of any religious affiliations. Nigeria has pursued the path of mixed religiosity in equal measure; yet all the religions that Africans ''die'' for are foreign to them. Why do they bear religion on their shoulders with unprecedented burdensomeness?

Election is coming up in Nigeria and everyone has become entrenched in their primordial positions. Common sense has been thrown to the dogs, and failed leaders, past and present, are doing all they can to recycle themselves. They throw crumbs at you and you fall hook, line and sinker for them. Where is the rallying for intellectualism and leadership quality? Where is Fasola, Utomi and the rest of the few good ones? Why are they not contesting and why is there no one promoting their candidacy? You all, ordinary Nigerians, have either been bought over by the corrupt and bigoted elites on both sides of the divide, or you are too ignorant and loving of the status quo to know any better.

Today, the president of Burkina Faso was chased out, and the parliament building set on fire. It was all because that president, despite having stayed 27 or so years in power, was angling to stay longer and sought to be backed up by lawmakers. That is the African system most like to live with.

Well, so much for my rambling. I just wanted to share what I have bottled up all these years.

PS: Today, I received my US citizenship; I am glad that I did, but I am not giving up on Nigeria and Africa, not yet.

then examine your head,cause if we want to call countries name,i don't think the british are in a position to insult anybody because they have done the greatest evil in this world,and for you to be taking Q from people who enslaved your fathers and still steal from you till today,is heat bogging.Nigeria may not be prefect like any other country in the world but we are defiantly far better than the british

kITATITA:
Unfortunately , I agree with BBC. And we don't seem to realise that we have the power to make a difference. Use our votes wisely and hold our leaders accountable. They get away with everything because they think we can do nothing.