kmcutez:
That’s why as a woman I have no respect for the Black man. They are unworthy.

justtoodark:
shattap....!!

thats why your supleme leader was kidnapped in kenya....

while you are busy insulting all black people,kenyans passed your supleme leader over to nigeria like a common thief....

kmcutez:
That’s why as a woman I have no respect for the Black man. They are unworthy.

Beancounter94:
1. As for the tap water, a lot of parts of Nigeria are still under water supply.

2.We don't have universal power and water supply because we are not willing or ready to pay the market price for these things, or the tax for these things.

I know people will abuse me and call me government supporter but before you do, consider this

1.Our budget in dollars is less than 30 billion. For comparison, South Africa spent 23 billion on education in 2019...and even then they still grumble that that isn't enough

2.Our tax to gdp ratio is 6% . For comparison, South Africa is at 23% as is Ghana. Even Niger is at 15%. Working countries like France have it at 46% . In practical terms, 30% of the taxable population actually pays taxes....and this is because 70% of the economy is in the informal sector.

3.Power costs, according to someone elsewhere , N73 per kwh to make. We pay between N48-71 per kwh, with most people paying below N60. Then there are, as at 2018, the 34% of people who don't pay...rich or poor. Plus our oil sector is groaning under subsides, and price controls which makes it difficult for gas producers to produce enough for market...and all this translates into a loss making power sector...and you expect them to give you light 24/7? Like how?

Plus when it was NEPA, the same things happened. Illegal connections, etc, etc.

4.We keep on telling ourselves we should get side hustle...yet we won't tell our country to get side hustle. Na oil we dey rely on. Oil whose price jumps up and down like someone's pulse rate. Right now, since 2008, oil has been at a price below our sustenance levels, and we are running into debt trying to live off one income...and yet, you expect to be like Europe or US with diversifed economies, and very high tax rates?

5.We keep on talking about corruption. Today, most of the people on this site who were blasting GEJ for being corrupt are excusing Buhari corrupotion,, while those who are blasting Buhari, when GEJ and co were doing looting, they kept quiet, or defended him. We only care about corruption when our side is not in power...when it is our side in power, corruption no longer is our concern...and the choopping from a very small budget continues...and we expect miracles.

6.We are a resource dependent country, not an industrial country. We import many things (we are not as bad as Venezuela though, but still awful)..and make nothing for export. And the things we sell...like oil, or want to sell...like minerals and agric produce ....their prices are not set in Abuja and Lagos, but in London, Paris and New York...and we somehow expect to earn enough income. Meanwhile industrial nations are able to set their own prices.


If we want a better society, we have to face some hard truths. Like we are not as rich as possible, and we are spending money we don't have...and we tolerate corruption too much...then we can progress. And even if we split into many countries tomorrow...these truths will still come and look at us in the face well well.

Good afternoon.

CodeTemplar:

Your attempt at passing the blame back to the people quickly gave you up. You talked about SA's education budget alone being close to our national budget. Nice point if true. What about our leaders and their jumbo pay? Does it compare in any way to SA's or even Canada's?

Instead of passing the blame, why not address the ills?

Beancounter94:


So, we can do miracles on a very small budget.

I am not passing the blame. I am stating a cold reality. And we...government and people...better face that reality.

Or we can pretend that 30 billion dollars is enough for 200 million people in a year, and a tax to gdp ratio of 6.1 % and a situation where we tax only 30-% of the population would yield us development at a level of a USA or Germany.

We have to change the way we see things.

And FYI....I don't back any party or support any party. APC and PDP and Buhari are big parts of the problem for me.

You cannot buy a BRAND NEW Ferrari at N400

Beancounter94:


So, we can do miracles on a very small budget.

CodeTemplar:

Your arguments are partially valid and hide or ignores the bulk of the problem.
The govt that have been empowered conditionally above the people to deliver what the peoppe share in common have hijacked power and made it almost absolute power for themselves. It is largely a leadership problem.

CodeTemplar:

I have to agree that having leaders take the highest pay from one of the smallest per capita budget ratio is a miracle. A fantastic phenomenon.

Beancounter94:


I agree we should cut the pay of our leaders...but at the end of the day, it does not add much to the money for the poor.

Either Nigerian becomes an industrial nation , or we continue to be poor.

We all should read more of Field Ruwe's famous article.

VaselineCrew:
We might have special individuals, but as a collective, we are mediocre

In the part of Nigeria you currently are, does the government supply you tap water? Or did you dig borehole or buy from tanker?

Have you ever seen police squad cars “Pull people Over”? If it wasn’t for Hollywood, would you even know what that means?

Then we are still struggling to get power levels above 5,000MW, which is not nearly enough for even a section of the country.

When you travel abroad to western nations, you don’t even know where the gutter is, you will be looking and looking for gutter but you won’t find it. Come back to black man Nigeria, and be greeted by smelling open gutters all over the nation, but black man no send

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Some are happy to remain like this, but few are asking questions, seeking for a better representation of our race by building great black nations. But of course this is the minority, the majority no send

Beancounter94:


And where does the leadership come from...the people.(Buhari used to be a very good social critic, until Abacha invited him to come and eat back in the day).

Plus, one thing I don't like about myself and Nigerians, is that we think that deomocracy is about voting and going home. At the end of the day, it is more than that. It is putting pressure on people who lead us to lead us well.

Finally, Nigerians are not realistic. We complain about the bad state of our universites for example...yet we insist on fees below $500 a month and an educaiton budget (note for primary to tertiary level...not just university)...of less than $3 BILLION.

We complain about bad cities, yet won't pay something like council tax in the UK because 1) we are poor 2) they will chop the money.

We complain about bad power, yet some of us chase DISCO officials who come to disconnect us for not paying, allow government to set prices for the power sector, meaning they cannot make a profit., and we somehow expect power 24/7 (Now DISCOS only supply popwer 24/7 to parts where they can be sure they would be paid for doing that). I mean, if you were running a business selling shoes, would you allow government set your price below your retail price to help the poor.


Lord knows I blame the government., but Nigerians' idea that we can somehow get a Ferrari at N500 flat is part of the problem too.

At least thank God they allowed the GSM companies to exploit us, because some people back then were calling for price controls then. If they had succeded by now we would still be on dial up internet.

tensazangetsu20:
Op we are enjoying today. Like I always say the Nigeria of today is a paradise to what is coming. Honestly, the black man has failed verociously. I am of the opinion that all African nations should be handed back to their colonial masters before they become a huge problem child to the whole world.

justtoodark:
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Beancounter94:


And where does the leadership come from...the people.(Buhari used to be a very good social critic, until Abacha invited him to come and eat back in the day).

Plus, one thing I don't like about myself and Nigerians, is that we think that deomocracy is about voting and going home. At the end of the day, it is more than that. It is putting pressure on people who lead us to lead us well.

Finally, Nigerians are not realistic. We complain about the bad state of our universites for example...yet we insist on fees below $500 a month and an educaiton budget (note for primary to tertiary level...not just university)...of less than $3 BILLION.

We complain about bad cities, yet won't pay something like council tax in the UK because 1) we are poor 2) they will chop the money.

We complain about bad power, yet some of us chase DISCO officials who come to disconnect us for not paying, allow government to set prices for the power sector, meaning they cannot make a profit., and we somehow expect power 24/7 (Now DISCOS only supply popwer 24/7 to parts where they can be sure they would be paid for doing that). I mean, if you were running a business selling shoes, would you allow government set your price below your retail price to help the poor.


Lord knows I blame the government., but Nigerians' idea that we can somehow get a Ferrari at N500 flat is part of the problem too.

At least thank God they allowed the GSM companies to exploit us, because some people back then were calling for price controls then. If they had succeded by now we would still be on dial up internet.

SUFFERInSMILIIN:


Please do not blame the government Nigerian people are illiterate and they are to blame the average Nigeria will only vote for an idiot wherever they are in the world somebody which did nothing for them they will be pushing him to develop them and build them. Nigeria will never vote for somebody which can develop them. Just look at Nigerians in America where they went to vote for three senators from the worst city in the world to live in this is the illiteracy which I am talking about with my Nigerian people even in America..

tensazangetsu20:
Op we are enjoying today. Like I always say the Nigeria of today is a paradise to what is coming. Honestly, the black man has failed verociously. I am of the opinion that all African nations should be handed back to their colonial masters before they become a huge problem child to the whole world.

justtoodark:


your papa na illiterate....do you think only nigerians have issues in this world....??

VaselineCrew:
We might have special individuals, but as a collective, we are mediocre

In the part of Nigeria you currently are, does the government supply you tap water? Or did you dig borehole or buy from tanker?

Have you ever seen police squad cars “Pull people Over”? If it wasn’t for Hollywood, would you even know what that means?

Then we are still struggling to get power levels above 5,000MW, which is not nearly enough for even a section of the country.

When you travel abroad to western nations, you don’t even know where the gutter is, you will be looking and looking for gutter but you won’t find it. Come back to black man Nigeria, and be greeted by smelling open gutters all over the nation, but black man no send

...


Some are happy to remain like this, but few are asking questions, seeking for a better representation of our race by building great black nations. But of course this is the minority, the majority no send

tensazangetsu20:
Op we are enjoying today. Like I always say the Nigeria of today is a paradise to what is coming. Honestly, the black man has failed verociously. I am of the opinion that all African nations should be handed back to their colonial masters before they become a huge problem child to the whole world.

rosinkkit:


You are a mental midget and an intellectual TOAD, to be suggesting a return to colonialism.

Dumbo, do you even KNOW why nations colonise other nations?

Has your dumb head ever thought of that?

Colonialism is a system in which the coloniser seizes control of a territory in order to extract and evacuate its natural resources for the enrichment of the colonising country.

That is the simple definition of colonialism. A system of direct, deliberate exploitation.

Being a dunce, you obviously have no clue that Nigeria under colonial rule was systematically raped, exploited, and degraded, with the colonialists exporting our resources and putting next to nothing back, which was why in 1960, after 70 years of colonial rule, Nigeria had not one single power station, not one university, and not one express road, with literacy rate at 5% (compared to 75% today courtesy of black rule).

Seeing that Nigeria has developed in leaps and bounds from the abject state of near-zero development it was at in 1960, you must be demented in the extreme, to be calling for a return to colonial rule, and I suggest you seek mental help for your horrible affliction.

tensazangetsu20:

Yen yen yen. Na you dey suffer affliction. Nitwit baboon.