Victor Olaiya in 1983 released a song titled "Ilu le o, kosowo lode".. yes in 1983. We are currently in 2023, that's 40 f*cking years ago and I'm here asking if there was ever a time when there was money in Nigeria or when the country was void of controversies and disaster.. Idris Abdulkareem who sang Jagajaga in the early 2000s is still alive, if he was to write another song describing nigeria's current situation right now.. I wonder what the title would be or what he would write about.. God help Nigeria

i don’t think so.

Break the country, you’ll see greatness popping up from different corner. With one Nigeria it will only get worse

I used think so but with everything going one Nigeria will become one of of the best in he world.my anger is why buhari didn't invite this policy until now. Do you know that even upon naira scarcity some backward fools still insist on not taking transfers? Alot of bus drivers now have their POS, more shops are getting POS but alot of backward individuals have sworn never to move forward in life.

My environment is so silent and I'm wondering is those noise I keep hearing was actually because people were shouting about money too much.
Change takes time and sacrifice!

Moz22:
Victor Olaiya in 1983 released a song titled "Ilu le o, kosowo lode".. yes in 1983. We are currently in 2023, that's 40 f*cking years ago and I'm here asking if there was ever a time when there was money in Nigeria or when the country was void of controversies and disaster.. Idris Abdulkareem who sang Jagajaga in the early 2000s is still alive, if he was to write another song describing nigeria's current situation right now.. I wonder what the title would be or what he would write about.. God help Nigeria

Yes, it can

Abudu2000:
I used think so but with everything going one Nigeria will become one of of the best in he world.my anger is why buhari didn't invite this policy until now. Do you know that even upon naira scarcity some backward fools still insist on not taking transfers? Alot of bus drivers now have their POS, more shops are getting POS but alot of backward individuals have sworn never to move forward in life.

My environment is so silent and I'm wondering is those noise I keep hearing was actually because people were shouting about money too much.
Change takes time and sacrifice!

I share in your sentiments

Parachoko:
Yes, it can

heard where a pregnant woman died yesterday cos the hospital demanded cash.. and u say it will get better. A POS lady charged 4k just to withdraw 10k, isn't that greed?

Moz22:
I share in your sentiments

let's not go into he harm money printing causes the o environment via deforestation , are we going to talk about the cost of production, chemicals etc these are affecting negatively. Haven't you noticed paper cost have increased too, these practices are obsolete. Even cars now have smaller windows and headlamps, Phones have thinner benzells etc. Cars bodies aren't as strong as before. These are as a result of increase in world population and decrease in resources and every other parts of the world are adapting why should we keep doing the same thing for 50years.
The main problem here is illiteracy, not buhari, not the election but illiteracy. How will someone with a bank account tell you that he can't accept transfer, so I will have to buy cash to buy another cash to buy from him? I can't comprehend.

Depends on what yardstick used to measure "better". How do you transform almajiris to skilled data analysts? Or nwaboy to an internationally accalaimed petrochemical engineer? Or that ewo mi da thug to a banking and finance expert? Are we actually moving forward or backward in terms of standards?
Till we give up on tribalism/nepotism and agree to move forward collectively.

Nigeria gets better before our very eyes.

We have better infrastructure. Let me talk about some:

1. When I boarded local Nigerian flights in the early 2000s as a child, I noticed that the aviation industry was operating like [i] Danfo [/I]. They could depart from an airport and stop at another airport to refuel or pick passengers in a less-than-45-minutes trip. The industry had 50-year old airplanes operating in the country.

The aviation industry has been completely sanitized. We have Air Peace, Ibom Air , Maz Air , etc purchasing brand new Boeing and Airbus planes for travel. The regulations in the aviation industry have become stricter.
Practical question: How many commercial plane crashes has occurred in Nigeria from 2013-2023? Compare with other decades.


2. Telecommunications:

I still see Nitel Artifacts in my Grandparents house. They tell me of their bad experiences with Nitel. Today we have MTN, Airtel, Glo etc doing promotions for us. Our communication infrastructure has improved over the years.

3. Banking:

Though the interest rate is still terrible. Banking in Nigeria has improved greatly. If you want to understand what the banking industry was like in Nigeria even in the 90s, compare the current Nigerian insurance industry to foreign insurance industries . The Nigerian banking industry was transformed in the early 2000s and has one of the best banking infrastructure on earth.

4. How many quality flyovers, interchanges, bridges, malls , roads did Port Harcourt, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Kano, Kaduna etc have pre-1999. How many do they have now?

5. Entertainment and arts:

This is often talked about. This sector has greatly developed to global standards, employing a decent number of young people in Nigeria. About 30 years ago, there was no diversity in media.

Families could only gather to watch what the government wants them to hear on NTA. Today we have Arise TV, Channels and local soap operas apart from "Super Story" and "Papa Ajasco"

6. Fintech: We're leading Africa in future trends.

7. Democracy-

1999-2023 has been the longest period of Democracy in Nigeria.
In 2015 an incumbent president lost. Card readers were introduced. BVAS are going to be used and vote buying is frown upon.
Except you're not logical, there's been an improvement from the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s and even 2007.

If I had the whole day, I'll list more.

The problem is that a lot of citizens genuinely believe that we should be like Switzerland or Denmark if we were progressing and no Nigerian citizen should be hungry

Abudu2000:
let's not go into he harm money printing causes the o environment via deforestation , are we going to talk about the cost of production, chemicals etc these are affecting negatively. Haven't you noticed paper cost have increased too, these practices are obsolete. Even cars now have smaller windows and headlamps, Phones have thinner benzells etc. Cars bodies aren't as strong as before. These are as a result of increase in world population and decrease in resources and every other parts of the world are adapting why should we keep doing the same thing for 50years.
The main problem here is illiteracy, not buhari, not the election but illiteracy. How will someone with a bank account tell you that he can't accept transfer, so I will have to buy cash to buy another cash to buy from him? I can't comprehend.

sigh

N3TRAL:
Nigeria gets better before our very eyes.

We have better infrastructure. Let me talk about some:

1. When I boarded local Nigerian flights in the early 2000s as a child, I noticed that the aviation industry was operating like [i] Danfo [/I]. They could depart from an airport and stop at another airport to refuel or pick passengers in a less-than-45-minutes trip. The industry had 50-year old airplanes operating in the country.

The aviation industry has been completely sanitized. We have Air Peace, Ibom Air , Maz Air , etc purchasing brand new Boeing and Airbus planes for travel. The regulations in the aviation industry have become stricter.
Practical question: How many commercial plane crashes has occurred in Nigeria from 2013-2023? Compare with other decades.


2. Telecommunications:

I still see Nitel Artifacts in my Grandparents house. They tell me of their bad experiences with Nitel. Today we have MTN, Airtel, Glo etc doing promotions for us. Our communication infrastructure has improved over the years.

3. Banking:

Though the interest rate is still terrible. Banking in Nigeria has improved greatly. If you want to understand what the banking industry was like in Nigeria even in the 90s, compare the current Nigerian insurance industry to foreign insurance industries . The Nigerian banking industry was transformed in the early 2000s and has one of the best banking infrastructure on earth.

4. How many quality flyovers, interchanges, bridges, malls , roads did Port Harcourt, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Kano, Kaduna etc have pre-1999. How many do they have now?

5. Entertainment and arts:

This is often talked about. This sector has greatly developed to global standards, employing a decent number of young people in Nigeria. About 30 years ago, there was no diversity in media.

Families could only gather to watch what the government wants them to hear on NTA. Today we have Arise TV, Channels and local soap operas apart from "Super Story" and "Papa Ajasco"

6. Fintech: We're leading Africa in future trends.

7. Democracy-

1999-2023 has been the longest period of Democracy in Nigeria.
In 2015 an incumbent president lost. Card readers were introduced. BVAS are going to be used and vote buying is frown upon.
Except you're not logical, there's been an improvement from the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s and even 2007.

If I had the whole day, I'll list more.

The problem is that a lot of citizens genuinely believe that we should be like Switzerland or Denmark if we were progressing and no Nigerian citizen should be hungry

your points are valid however don't you think we are lagging behind. I mean, the developments are at a very slow pace

Skankamola:
Depends on what yardstick used to measure "better". How do you transform almajiris to skilled data analysts? Or nwaboy to an internationally accalaimed petrochemical engineer? Or that ewo mi da thug to a banking and finance expert? Are we actually moving forward or backward in terms of standards?
Till we give up on tribalism/nepotism and agree to move forward collectively.

hmmm

Parachoko:
Yes, it can

No it won't...

It can never, sorry to say this, I used to believe and think so, I have always been someone who believed in this country can get better, but to be candid now, I have given up, corruption have killed this country. 95%of an average Nigerian is wicked, corrupt and self centered. And with this naira swap and the way naira is being sold around. It's better we go our separate ways