₦airaland Forum

Nigeria own na intentional. Britain have warned our politicians not to allow the citizens be rich.

Nigeria is owned by britain. We Nigerians are tenants...

PresidObi:
That won't change your poor and retarded status.

You're mistaken me for your family. The last time I check you spent all your days there ranting and wailing. I wonder who is swimming in poverty


Spending all days here ranting, wailing and hating and yet you don't see yourself with symptoms of early madness


I blame those iidiot that bought you phone

sheriffden:
https://www.pulse.ng/articles/lifestyle/countries-that-are-rich-but-their-citizens-are-poor-2025021813142536448

There is something wrong with this report, even Qatar?? Then why are our people doing anything to go to qatar for slavery??

wifeesnatcher:
You're mistaken me for your family. The last time I check you spent all your days there ranting and wailing. I wonder who is swimming in poverty


Spending all days here ranting, wailing and hating and yet you don't see yourself with symptoms of early madness


I blame those iidiot that bought you phone

This hunger has gotten into your brain, causing you mental problems and hallucination.

SmartPolician:
God will never allow these islamic countries in the Gulf to become world power because we will all be in trouble if they do.

Imagine having all the money and never caring for people who live and work in your country because they are not your citizens. And they don't even make foreigners their citizens, no matter how long they live in their country.

Why should they? When did it become mandatory for foreigners to become citizens of any country? Did Gulf States say Nigeria shouldn't utilise its oil wealth the way they used theirs?

I think this attachee mentality is why most of you people are now against the likes of Donald Trump and Elon Musk for clamping down on open borders. The aspect of confering citizenship rights on non-natives or foreigners is a recent phenomenon. Countries guard their territorial privileges.

Gulf States have built themselves and if they decide not to offer citizenship privileges to foreigners or non-natives, but offer a place where the same foreigners can make money and live safely, good deal!

In Nigeria, non-indigenes cannot be governors (paternal lineage o) of the states they reside or were born in even if they are from the same ethnic group, but you want faraway Gulf States to dash you citizenship! Disgusting hypocrites!

So Saudi citizens are poor?? Hope u know their government feeds and shelters them?

DR Congo.

kutashi:
Your 'mumu' is in eternity mode!
If you know anything about politics! You will understand they are the actual world power! Russia, USA, China are just willing tools in the of those Gulf countries!

Imagine what crown prince did in Turkey, yet both Turkey and USA licked his ass!

What happened in Syria is with support of Qatar, yet Russia still looking for a way to lick their ass proper!

Nairaland is a forum full of people with empty brains yet very insulting. Show me one technological invention that the world uses today from the Middle East and I will take you seriously. What makes a country powerful is research and innovation. Dullards calling another mumu.

Who believe this rubbish
Saudi and Qatar people are poor lol then how many of this people travel every year to hustle in USA as Nigeria travel the whole only to succeed

SmartPolician:
God will never allow these islamic countries in the Gulf to become world power because we will all be in trouble if they do.

Imagine having all the money and never caring for people who live and work in your country because they are not your citizens. And they don't even make foreigners their citizens, no matter how long they live in their country.

You need to get something straight. Unlike the west, these guys don't make you pay shit. You pay no taxes or interests. That's how thier structure is. You get 100% of what you earn. In the West you get about 50% of what you earn with the promise of basic amenities. These amenities mostly favor thier citizens.

Difrent:
Remove the first three

They don't qualify for whatever you intend

Even your article didn't say it's citizens are poor, but migrant workers.
If migrants workers gets the same equal rights as citizens why not kuku make them citizens and stop calling them migrants

You spoke my mind.. I was wondering if OP took weed this morning

All d countries in d list are better than Nigeria

ZombieDredd:
not for you.....for your politicians

We're talking of the country, not the salaries of less than 500 people.

SmartPolician:
And they don't even make foreigners their citizens, no matter how long they live in their country.

This is the best thing to do when you are a minority nation or ethnic group or else your culture, religion & identity will completely wiped out by migrants from other lands or nations.
For example if the Nkwere people of River State were not smart enough to rename their roads and streets to indigenous names, the migrating Biafrans would have taken over their land and make them tenants & slaves. They would have lost their unique culture & identify.

Experts have predicted that there will be identity & cultural crises in the UK in the next 100 years if they don't start curbing over migration into their country.

Canada is now in a mess, Pakistanes migrants who are Citizens are now grooming young indegenous Canadians into hard drugs, prostitution & child marriages.

Tye op is a novice

Remove those first 2. Migrant workers do not count

They all have one thing in common that transformed them into a wealthy country and that thing is Oil and gas deposits.

I have come to realize that what the elders said long time ago has been confirmed to be the truth. You don't give an immature child your will to manage. He would definitely use the wealth to play sporty and Nija bets or even baba ijebu to the detriment of the whole family.

Nigeria is a good example. Money too much and too quick for Nigeria immature military boys and educated illiterate politicians past and present to know what to do with it......the only thing they understand in their miserable lives is Corruption, Embezzlement and buying SUVs and houses......

sheriffden:
https://www.pulse.ng/articles/lifestyle/countries-that-are-rich-but-their-citizens-are-poor-2025021813142536448

Phabulous4:
One thing is common among all the countries highlighted! presence of Oil and natural gas and other natural resources. That which is suppose to be a blessing has turn to cause.

here is how it happen. Significantly few people in government have access to large amount of wealth without doing much of economic activities. Just extract, sell and keep for yourself. As a result they focus less on developing other areas of the economy which would have bring real benefit to the people. such as agriculture, technology, manufacturing and innovation. They also discovered the more impoverished the people are the more secured their position at the top is. soo they do everything to keep and maintain the statoscope. Do little for them to survive but less for them to challenge us. divide them by keeping few of them happy and deluded.

I beg your pardon status quo...

i know that Nigerias name must be there..
even if it is only one country named
...talk of a country where 16 billion dollars meant to give the people electricity will just disappear to thin air!
...talk of a nation that bakes out graduates in millions while 95% of them are unemployed or jobless!
...talk of a nation where the few political class has 95% of the resources in their hands and banks!
...talk of a state where corruption is celebrated and corrupt leaders are honoured with national awards!
...talk of a Nigeria where the majority vote in Leaders for what they want to eat and not for good governance or integrity!

This is the naked truth of our country today believe it or not

i say shame of a nation!!!

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
Nigeria is rich beyond your imaginations.

Do you think the revenue you read on paper is all the revenue being generated by one of the most corrupt nations in the world?

Who reports the revenue from gold and other resources that no one talks about?

Do you know how much Customs makes in a single day if one decides to take proper audit?

Here is a country where people abscond with billions and trillions and it still keeps running as if nothing happened.

The day we elect a selfless president in Nigeria, you will begin to understand.

Shut up this your "imagination"

I can easily tell when someone is not well-educated—it’s when they claim that Nigeria is rich!

Nigeria gdp per CAPITA fell from $3200 in 2014 to $800 in 2025, no thanks to apc , alqaeda people’s congress- whom cardinal principle is too keep majority of Nigerians in perpetual poverty and use the confused and hungry ones as willing tools , to suppress the ones that have common sense and witching oppositions, just to remain in power, Nigerians re one of the poorest in Africa now based on gpd per CAPITA , Ghana and Niger is above $2000 per CAPITA , just yesterday Niger republic started deporting Nigerians , Nigeria has more than 400,000 refugees living in Cameroon, Niger and Chad , yet the terrorists that have caused all this atrocities re rehabilitated and reintegrated to the society to continue there terrorism, terrorist linked to bokoharam we caught in uae prosecuted and jailed, uae provide names of there collaborators in Nigeria , none was persecuted or jailed, over 3000 ak47s re missing or unaccounted for in the Nigerian police force, nobody in held accountable, all these happening under apc, they re only proactive in hunting oppositions or anyone that’s speaks out. In the last 2years of the present administration they have done absolutely nothing than pushing more Nigerians into poverty and only think of how to win 2027 elections, is very unfortunate Nigerians re so hungry and docile , Nigeria itself has become an unfortunate place.

PresidObi:
Nigeria own is a curse. They are suffering under the curse of tribal bigotry and corruption promoted by hopeless haters who vote criminals who impoverish them and their families forever.

What you should have addressed is greedy nature of people in power, not just political power alone but in almost all sectors of the economy.
I guess you are still suffering from election loss. If you observed very your governors are the same tribe as you are, can you mention their significant achievement in the last 25 years of democracy

This is very true and highly pathetic. For the UAE and Nigeria I can relate with a first hand experience and as a direct witness. Not all that glitters indeed that is gold.

And na these idiotic countries carry religion for head pass.

Religion is questionable 🤨 by all standards. Religious countries are the most poverty stricken enclaves. Up to the level of extorting under the so called religious umbrella like churches (over payment of tithe led and offerings) etc

What an irony! This is all rubbish..

I am beginning to withdraw myself completely from religious practices.

Who religion epp!

Wetin go happen during and after existence make e happen. Person don taya!

It’s shameful

StillDtruth:
Remove those first 2. Migrant workers do not count

are they not the ones developing the countries and boosting their economy? If you see the downtrodden life they live, even you will feel pity for them. It is too obvious. Migrant workers are being treated below humans in these countries

Gboom:
What you should have addressed is greedy nature of people in power, not just political power alone but in almost all sectors of the economy.
I guess you are still suffering from election loss. If you observed very your governors are the same tribe as you are, can you mention their significant achievement in the last 25 years of democracy

Stop providing excuses for the federal criminals in power. Suffering is not your default setting. Have mercy on yourself.

Suicideboy:
Are you on drugs ??


most homeless people in the US and UK can comfortably more than most people in nigeria

Poverty has always been relative.

The UK and the US have more broke citizens than rich citizens. There is a saying in the UK that ''London is a city attached to a village'', and its true. To see British poverty, leave London see how the average folks in 2025 live.

For most Americans, if an emergency that requires 500 usd shows up, they dont have it. I repeat, most Americans.

So does the above looks like wealthy citizens to you?

Difrent:
Remove the first three

They don't qualify for whatever you intend

Even your article didn't say it's citizens are poor, but migrant workers.
If migrants workers gets the same equal rights as citizens why not kuku make them citizens and stop calling them migrants

Abi o,the op is just trying to be mischievous, is there no difference between migrant and citizen

The writer of these article must be a severe slowpoke....
How can u say the citizens of UAE and Qatar are poor.

Are you for real.

There is literally no single Emirati that is poor.

Extremely dumb Nigerians spewing trash all over social media....

Something is peculiar about these countries.
They're all oil driven.

I really don't understand what the first 4 names are doing there.

The first 3 have their citizens living very well.

The 4th hasn't been a wealthy nation in the last 10 years... Infact, it's a poor nation with few wealthy and corrupt people continously plundering what's left.

How was Gaddafi killed sef?

HenryWilliams:
Its obvious the OP isn't well read.
The Gulf States are the richest in terms of GDP.
Their CITIZENS lack for nothing..
However the migrant workers(non citizens) obviously don't share in such largesse. They are there to do the work the citizens won't do.
So anything like Saudi, UAE, Qatar, Plan etc..remove them..
Africa is your main focus..
The dark and barbaric continent.
Talk about the shame of the continent.. Nigeria...with numerous raw materials and natural resources..bogged down by decades of corruption, nepotism and greed.
Talk about her twin sister..DRC, that one has been raped by the Belgians, Chinese now she's speading her buttcheeks for Rwamda and Uganda.. easily the most richest country in terms raw materials..still crawling upandan in the forest.. looking for whom to carry her.
Venezuela.. that's Nigeria's twin in South America..exact replica.. Corruption, insane greed..gosh. what a country . American CIA started the destruction, they continued it decades later .
Libya, Le enfant terribe. Another basketcase African shithole. They had something going on.
Military ruler/dictator.. Gaddafi.. he wasn't perfect but the county was stable and the economy prospered..maybe a little bit too much prosperity wasn't a good thing..this angered the powers that be..that an African country wants to be free of their shackles? We all know what happened next, the painful part was that the West may have orchestrated his removal but his own people pulled the trigger. Now they suffer for it ..years after his death..Libya is worse off.. Gaddafi's last words.."why are you people doing this"? Do you know what you're doing? Alas ..they did not know..now they know.