₦airaland Forum

mediainc:
True...moral of the story, blame your state governors and local government chairman, this is what FG shared to them last year September only, one month.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/fg-states-lgs-share-n740bn-revenue/amp/

The President primary responsibility is security and federal infrastructure across the country, the states are supposed to support and impact their people, with all these money, but the governors are driving big big cars, and private jets up and down. Focus on your governors, not Buhari...your money is with your state government.

How is the presidents primary responsibility security and federal infrastructure alone? Is that what the constitution says?

Xclusivedaniel6:
Bros na that mindset make you say this thing wey you say, major problem Is corruption
Wetin mindset wan do where corruption still dey rain

The guy is just being fancy as if corruption isn't a product of mindset and mentality

dheaven:
You are suppose to be my friend. This is exactly what I tell people. Corruption is not the problem of Nigeria but lack of creativity and problem-solving skills.

you don't need to bother.

Visions make all the difference

lexy2014:
How is the presidents primary responsibility security and federal infrastructure alone? Is that what the constitution says?

I suggest you go read it up, not just argue on here, the money giving to the state's governors is for the state's needs, infrastructure and welfare of their people, not for the governor's pocket. Yes, the President job is to secure the country, provide jobs via civil service and provide general/federal infrastructure. Defense and state allocations take the biggest chunk off our national revenue.

Bigredmachine:
No corruption is not the reason why we don't have cities like these in Nigeria...

It's our mindset and the way we think...

The countries that harbor this cities whose image u displayed here are corrupt if not more corrupt than Nigeria

From the poor to the rich, our way of thinking is very very bad

What exactly do you mean by our mindset or the way we think?
Are you saying anyone can divert contract money in China or steal public funds in the UK and not face the consequences?
You think a contractor will construct a road in Germany and the road will collapse within three years?
Our major problem, following corruption, is the people like you with some level of intelligence yet fail to define our problems as a nation.
Nigeria is a corrupt country, period.

mediainc:
I suggest you go read it up, not just argue on here, the money giving to the state's governors is for the state's needs, infrastructure and welfare of their people, not for the governor's pocket. Yes, the President job is to secure the country, provide jobs via civil service and provide general/federal infrastructure. Defense and state allocations take the biggest chunk off our national revenue.

Can u show me the argument u are referring to? Meanwhile, u haven't answered my questions:

How is the presidents primary responsibility security and federal infrastructure alone? Is that what the constitution says?

Bigredmachine:
No corruption is not the reason why we don't have cities like these in Nigeria...

It's our mindset and the way we think...

The countries that harbor this cities whose image u displayed here are corrupt if not more corrupt than Nigeria

From the poor to the rich, our way of thinking is very very bad

You haven't made any reasonable point.

I feel it is greed....they steal not to invest but only steal and stash it. They forgot that stashing paper notes has no value.

ablejesus26:
The bitter part is the anxiety to outsmart others.
In Ghana you will hardly see such desperation
I mistakenly gave a Ghanian woman 500cedis instead of 400cedis she returned the remaining 100cedis to me
Then I remembered Nija and smiled to myself ��.

Imagine that!

A girl went to a mall (name withheld) during Xmas & mistakenly gave #4k to a cashier instead of #3k. She returned to the table & the cashier outrightly denied it. One of their sales girls said to the girl, "that one don go be that".

I went to open an account at Access Bank (branch name withheld) in Dec. I gave #3k to the lady for the account opening which she stapled to the slip. When I saw the balance after the removal of ATM charge, I was shocked. The only fund in the account was for the ATM. I just had to let it go.

Like you mentioned, they call it smartness. And, we all are fast at pointing accusing fingers to the leaders.

ivolt:
Stop being fooled by politicians. Enabling environment is a myth.
It is citizens that develops country and not the government.

Did you notice you didn't get likes ... Nigerians dont embrace the truth

AntonVince:
The bane of Nigeria's development:

- Corruption
- A flawed system/structure
- Ethno-religious sentiment (that breeds incompetent leaders)
- Over-population

China is also over populated.
American also have different ethnicity and are able to manage themselves.
Any system can work but it's the level of implementation that matters. Corruption is the major problem of Nigeria.

I saw one man yesterday driving a luxurious Benz open up his window and throw a bottle of coke on the road after drinking. I swear, I feel like picking a stone and smash his windscreen for this act.

On a daily basis I see this, and it makes me to hate some Nigerians. This kind of culture will not make Nigeria to look like any of the pictures you post here.

Unless we cultivate very good social attitude and everyone is responsible to making the society clean, we will never have Nigeria like any of those pictures.

I've taking a bottle of water all the way from Ojuelegba to Iyana-Ipaja just because I was looking for a proper bin to dispose it. And I'm not joking. I wish everyone will be like me. I see the road as an extension of my house.

If we all agree to sweep the society, I probably would be the first to pick a broom.

I don't see anything special in those pictures that we don't already have other than we are dirty people and this has become our habitual way of life.

ThatFairGuy1:
99.9% Nigerians contributed to the underdevelopment Nigeria, we all should stop pointing accusing fingers only on politician.

Search yourself how you're doing so and Change that mindset. Then we can have a Nigeria of our dream

Hmmmmm

God1000:
we can never make progress with such mindset, so many people in this country are criminally minded.

The abnormal has become the normal

It's just unfortunate, and that's why we don't make much progress.

God1000:
corruption is largely responsible for our underdevelopment bro

Every country is corrupt bro.i think our mindset plays a dominant role for our underdevelopment.a friend of mine paid $10,000 in US to get a valid work permit.corruption is universal!

God1000:
Corruption has dealt us a heavy blow in this country, Nigeria is the only country that retrogresses every year, no progress since 1960.

I don't know when this ugly circle will end.

And we are richer than this country's.

AntonVince:
The bane of Nigeria's development:
- Corruption - A flawed system/structure - Ethno-religious sentiment (that breeds incompetent leaders) - Over-population

Bro,you are 200% correct. These are the cog in the wheel of our progress.

I think we should stop blaming corruption because even USA corruption dey there. Na Just Greed…

As much as we'll base it on corruption, over 80% of our politicians lack leadership capacity. They only go there to steal public funds.

Bigredmachine:
No corruption is not the reason why we don't have cities like these in Nigeria...

It's our mindset and the way we think...

The countries that harbor this cities whose image u displayed here are corrupt if not more corrupt than Nigeria

From the poor to the rich, our way of thinking is very very bad

Corruption is not a Nigerian.

Nigerians get Corrupt because of the dysfunctional governance system where a few politicians in Abuja form government but are far separated from the citizens; thus can't give proper account of their stewardship to the citizens.

Trash comment. Are corrupt more than Nigeria? How? How did you even imagine it? Is it that you don't understand how that almost everyone is corrupt in Nigeria? To provide basic amenities in Nigeria is difficult due to corruption. You need to study the levels of corruption in Nigeria.

Bigredmachine:
No corruption is not the reason why we don't have cities like these in Nigeria...

It's our mindset and the way we think...

The countries that harbor this cities whose image u displayed here are corrupt if not more corrupt than Nigeria

From the poor to the rich, our way of thinking is very very bad

TheAlchemist:
Our large population is an asset... with the use of modern demographic management tools, Nigeria would be the envy of all Nations within 20 years.

I completely agree with you and @Zorn.
Our large population isn't really the issue but their unproductivity.

hansomb:
China is also over populated.
American also have different ethnicity and are able to manage themselves.
Any system can work but it's the level of implementation that matters. Corruption is the major problem of Nigeria.

There is different between overpopulated country and productive populated country. China and USA are example of populated productive country. They are populated and they produce something while Nigeria is overpopulated country with unproductive people. We don't produce anything to use for ourselves talk less for other countries we highly depends on oil and imported products. Only what they know how to do is to breed like rats and pray to God for good roads good health facilities good education good leaders as God will come down to give them good leaders and construct roads for them.

STEALING OF OUR COMMONWEALTH IS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR NOT CORRUPTION.

Calebility:
Let's start with the citizens first.

You see those civil servants in government parastatal, as they grow in level corruption also grows with them.
Saw a thread of how people were given photocopies of NIN slip instead of the original.

pls sir share me the link to that thread or mention me there,i want to show someone here,i said the only thing that cant be tamper with is what nigerians dont want to

God1000:
Corruption has dealt us a heavy blow in this country, Nigeria is the only country that retrogresses every year, no progress since 1960.

I don't know when this ugly circle will end.

No! That's a lie. Nigeria don't have economic stand to put up such structures.

Not corruption but the mindset.

The mindset of an average Nigeria is a dark cloud... It's getting worse by the day, that's why we see 14 years old girl child into kidnapping ( the boys own na another case).

This country is gone to the dogs and I doubt if we can ever have this sort of development in the photos ever again.

God1000:
Corruption has dealt us a heavy blow in this country, Nigeria is the only country that retrogresses every year, no progress since 1960.

I don't know when this ugly circle will end.

Even Abuja your country capital can't reach this level in the next 100 years

Nigeria will never be like this.

DabuIIIT:
What is my business with ABA? Receive brains please

Take responsibility stop blaming another person

Bigredmachine:
No corruption is not the reason why we don't have cities like these in Nigeria...

It's our mindset and the way we think...

The countries that harbor this cities whose image u displayed here are corrupt if not more corrupt than Nigeria

From the poor to the rich, our way of thinking is very very bad

It still balls down to corruption.
Our corrupt way of thinking.

Other countries like you said are likewise corrupt. But they eventually had leaders that designed a system to checkmate corruption.

Cross Rivers benefited for the good leadership of Donald Duke and to day they are still reaping his good works.

Fashola and Ambode did the little they could do in Lagos and today Oshodi is a testament.

Anambra is also benefiting from Obiano and today they have their own Airport among other things.

As much as mindset and thinking plays a major role, we simply need leaders that have the passion to create a desired state/country.

Almost everyone is corrupt but true leaders leave a good legacy behind that the world would remember them by.

Nigeria as it is now, we don too tear eye. I don't even think we have leaders that will fight corruption cos they are all benefiting from the dividends of a corrupt system and the corrupt 1999 constitution.

this country soon going to adjust soon..when the meek shall inherit the lands