I have noticed that most Nigerians are adults by age only and not thought. 80% of adults lack a clue about their next move and direction.

They usually copy what other successful people around them are doing on the surface.

If a colleague buys a car, they start getting worked up until they also buy a car. If a neighbour opens a shop for his wife they rush to open a shop too. If their friend is into tech, they abandon their budding career and start taking tech courses upandan.

I think the copiers do this because they believe mimicking will make them reach the same goals as the person but they fail to realize that life doesn't work that way because there are many unseen events and efforts that may have led to the copyee's success.

The colleague who bought a car may have been gifted by a sugar daddy or recently lost a parent and inherited the car while you are planning to use your entire savings plus loan.
The neighbour opening a shop may have had 15 years experience in that biz line while you just want to dive into it blindly.
The tech guy may just have the brains for it while you are more likely to succeed at sales.


Finally, when they are done copying and don't achieve the same successful result as the copyee, the next thing is to accuse him/her of using juju and using people's destiny to succeed.

Just do you.

The so called principles of economics literally doesn't work in Nigeria. Rather we are in a competitive adventurous strive to lead. Apparently this is a war of talents. Las las money is the goal

Don't blame them. Nigeria isn't working so once people see any business that gives money, everyone would dive into it and over saturate it.

Look at POS... around 2016, you can rent a shop and run POS and make reasonable money. In fact you could live comfortably with POS business. Today, you'll find over 20 POS operators on a single street. So if you're planning on going into it, just be prepared cos whatever you make from it obviously wouldn't be able sustain you.

Look at Uber/Bolt. I know someone who is in Canada today courtesy of Uber. He started out as an Uber driver as far back as 2017. Today because there are no jobs, more and more guys (and even ladies) are going into uber. This had made Uber become over saturated . And if their drivers are honest with you, they'll admit that it's not as lucrative as it used to be.

Same with provision shop, you can find more than 20 on one street all selling the same thing. How on Earth would they make profit?

Is it korokpe or danfo bus...that one is worse, there are some routes you'll ply, when you reach and park, before it reaches your turn to load again, it might take up to an hour because there are lots and lots of other buses ahead of you.

In the late 90s and early 2000s, one of the fastest way to make money as someone who wasn't fortunate to attain university education was to do hire purchase. Find someone who would give you a bus, and within a year, you've paid him back and you have the bus all to yourself.

Today, bad economy and inflation has made it impossible for these guys to deliver, so even though they're in possession of the vehicle, they would find it very difficult meeting their daily target.

It's not that these businesses aren't lucrative, they are but because there are so many competitors, profit becomes very slim. This is why so many of them aren't making it.

If the country is working, people wouldn't be eager to do any kind of business, this means that businesses wouldn't be over saturated, so those doing it would easily prosper.

CuriousCart:
■ I have noticed that most Nigerians are adults by age only and not thought. 80% of adults lack a clue about their next move and direction. They usually copy what other successful people around them are doing on the surface. If a colleague buys a car, they start getting worked up until they also buy a car. If a neighbour opens a shop for his wife they rush to open a shop too. If their friend is into tech, they abandon their budding career and start taking tech courses upandan.
I think the copiers do this because they believe mimicking will make them reach the same goals as the person but they fail to realize that life doesn't work that way because there are many unseen events and efforts that may have led to the copyee's success. The colleague who bought a car may have been gifted by a sugar daddy or recently lost a parent and inherited the car while you are planning to use your entire savings plus loan. The neighbour opening a shop may have had 15 years experience in that biz line while you just want to dive into it blindly.
The tech guy may just have the brains for it while you are more likely to succeed at sales.
Finally, when they are done copying and don't achieve the same successful result as the copyee, the next thing is to accuse him/her of using juju and using people's destiny to succeed. Just do you.

You can only do you if you are able to critically reason yourself and your surroundings, something you attempted to point out most are unable to do. Culturally, Nigerians are not generally raised to be independent in their thoughts and reasoning. They are mostly raised to copy the successes and paths taken by others before them which explains a lot of what we have today.

Okay.

Reading...

Our economics has made is so bad that Nigerians don't look for ways to innovate the society or make the world a better place.
They just want to get enough money to sustain their family period.

Nigerians don't have sense or is it now that you're knowing

Not all Nigerians are into such but of recent, the economic situation has pushed many into doing things they can't even understand.

Young boys have become bald, runs is in the high side and criminal activities have grossly evolved.

Overpopulation, corruption and imperialism and inflation are the mother of Nigerias humongous problems.

It is well

CuriousCart:
I have noticed that most Nigerians are adults by age only and not thought. 80% of adults lack a clue about their next move and direction.

They usually copy what other successful people around them are doing on the surface.

If a colleague buys a car, they start getting worked up until they also buy a car. If a neighbour opens a shop for his wife they rush to open a shop too. If their friend is into tech, they abandon their budding career and start taking tech courses upandan.

I think the copiers do this because they believe mimicking will make them reach the same goals as the person but they fail to realize that life doesn't work that way because there are many unseen events and efforts that may have led to the copyee's success.

The colleague who bought a car may have been gifted by a sugar daddy or recently lost a parent and inherited the car while you are planning to use your entire savings plus loan.
The neighbour opening a shop may have had 15 years experience in that biz line while you just want to dive into it blindly.
The tech guy may just have the brains for it while you are more likely to succeed at sales.


Finally, when they are done copying and don't achieve the same successful result as the copyee, the next thing is to accuse him/her of using juju and using people's destiny to succeed.

Just do you.

Your opinion it is.

Who be this junkie wey dey all post nonsense emoji

Ff

Chai..

In Sociology, a lot of things determine why people behave the way they do.

The current Nigerian situation is also a primary factor.

That is why Obasanjo, Buhari, Ojukwu, Gowon, & co could pull the weights of what they did at their age in the military era. Now, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for a young man at that same age to attempt what they did.

They were between the ages of 25 - 35 years when they held the position as Head of State.

Sir Seun, I hate the ads that's regularly popping up whenever I open your site. I've started having serious fever because of it.

KennethEnyi:
Nigerians don't have sense or is it now that you're knowing

stop generalizing.

If you know what they are passing through you won’t say this. Elon musk is a tech guy and everyone want to be like him is that one copy.😒😒😒

Khafsun:
Who be this junkie wey dey all post nonsense emoji

If you don't have any reasonable thing to say. Why post a comment at all?

People like you are the problem of Nigeria

Beautiful piece. I recall one member here LeoDeKing who is also omenka. Back in the day he used to spend time criticizing and spreading tribalism 24 hours a day.

But when he noticed seun and the mods shifted gear he decided to join APC and Tinubu supporters by copying except he doesn't have the class or candor of the gentleman. LeoDeKing is just a made in china version of the likes of lhordspy and other classy Tinubu supporters here.

He doesn't know how to argue intellectually. He is like an agbero who found himself amongst university graduates and starts pretending to know how to speak English.🤣

Once you engage LeoDeKing in an intellectual discussion he resorts to abusing peter obi's tribe with zero intellectual discussion.🤣🤣🤣

Hence most people just ignore him here . He is truly a copy / imitation Tinubu supporter. The real gentlemen who are Tinubu supporters here are moh247 lhordspy FreeStuffsNG parachoko , these gentlemen are intelligent and very saavy. You can't help but to admire their intellect as an Obidient

Happy children’s day to the ones closer to the ground.
✅✅

Nazgul:
Don't blame them. Nigeria isn't working so once people see any business that gives money, everyone would dive into it and over saturate it.

Look at POS... around 2016, you can rent a shop and run POS and make reasonable money. In fact you could live comfortably with POS business. Today, you'll find over 20 POS operators on a single street. So if you're planning on going into it, just be prepared cos whatever you make from it obviously wouldn't be able sustain you.

Look at Uber/Bolt. I know someone who is in Canada today courtesy of Uber. He started out as an Uber driver as far back as 2017. Today because there are no jobs, more and more guys (and even ladies) are going into uber. This had made Uber become over saturated . And if their drivers are honest with you, they'll admit that it's not as lucrative as it used to be.

Same with provision shop, you can find more than 20 on one street all selling the same thing. How on Earth would they make profit?

Is it korokpe or danfo bus...that one is worse, there are some routes you'll ply, when you reach and park, before it reaches your turn to load again, it might take up to an hour because there are lots and lots of other buses ahead of you.

In the late 90s and early 2000s, one of the fastest way to make money as someone who wasn't fortunate to attain university education was to do hire purchase. Find someone who would give you a bus, and within a year, you've paid him back and you have the bus all to yourself.

Today, bad economy and inflation has made it impossible for these guys to deliver, so even though they're in possession of the vehicle, they would find it very difficult meeting their daily target.

It's not that these businesses aren't lucrative, they are but because there are so many competitors, profit becomes very slim. This is why so many of them aren't making it.

If the country is working, people wouldn't be eager to do any kind of business, this means that businesses wouldn't be over saturated, so those doing it would easily prosper.

Bro which school you attend make i for send my pikin there

Khafsun:
Who be this junkie wey dey all post nonsense emoji

You have no idea how much I detest that emoji. Unfortunately, that moniker is always posting it.

Honestly very annoying n irritating of dem.since I open small provisions shop for my wife the jealousy come too much, me wen I de mind my lane for the area,dem come de say how person wen de teach come later open shop. Black man mentality, even a shop close by that av not be completed for more than 3yrs since I came to the area was rushed with full force, d stupid urhobo woman no come de answer my wife greetings well again. Why black man be like this.. And then this half yoruba half benin woman wen get hairdresser salon come begin de sell drinks oo. Honestly I keep hating the fact that am a Nigerian.

taylor89:
Keep your observations to yourself e no concern me

Meanwhile Seun if Nairaland don tire you to run sel it out or give another person to handle it for you

What’s all these pop up ads always discomforting me whenever I visit this page?

If you wan run ads why not run as a thread in front page

To even think I saw a Corn advert this morning my mind just fly

I’m not a child of corn Abeg no dey finger my brain

😂 they're indirectly telling you to get ready to be agbadolized.

To average Nigerian, the definition of success is money- driven. Hence the way the country is the way it is today. We live for mundane things

Including your papa & mama Abi ?

Oloshi
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KennethEnyi:
Nigerians don't have sense or is it now that you're knowing

hucknall:
If you don't have any reasonable thing to say. Why post a comment at all?

People like you are the problem of Nigeria

Thank you, one of the solutions of Nigeria

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