₦airaland Forum

Peakdesign23:
Nigeria na complete zoo.

DesChyko:
You still haven't thanked me. I just filled an empty zone in that head and you can't show appreciation.

So much for coming from a culture of respect. 😒😒

CoronaVirusPro:
Same Chicago has a poverty rate at 17% and over the roof gun violence!


Yes, a big city with high IGR, but what has that translated into for people of colour like you?

Can you afford to rent or buy houses in this districts you praise so much online?

Why not tell us about the conditions of where your colour dominates in same Illinois.

After robbing you of state and over the roof property taxes, you still could applaud the little they do. That state does not even have a speed train or modern infrastructure. All they got is old outdated buildings with 1930 railways that could collapse anytime.

Illinois will only freak you if you a newbie. That state is on the reverse.

chrisxxx:
Me I have every opportunity to leave Nigeria. I have had UK visa, Malaysia Visa and visited severally. Presently I have a five year American Visa. Why am I still in Nigeria? I have lived long in this jungle that I have become afraid if I could fit in and live in a functional society.
I can't join line. I can't even be on queue in traffic. I don't like wait, I usually find a way out of an organized system.
Nigeria has dealt with me. Any place I am traveling to will take me at least two years to adjust to a normal person.

Britishpea:
Life is a progress. I am doing certain business that has made me to understand that you can never ever skip the process.

Nigeria needs time it will get there. We are a great people with bad psyche. The psyche needs time to blend.

Gradually the paradigm will be shifting towards the right place and we will have great people in power.

America is a large democracy. The people were brought up with a complete thinking different from ours.

An American doesn’t believe that when they grow old their children must inherit their responsibilities but it’s otherwise here.

An American doesn’t believe that a husband must saddle the home responsibilities by 90/100% but it’s not like that here.

You don’t expect the people with these types of thinking to have the same way of running the government.

We the people are the country… leadership is from the within! We still have people like Awolowo and I am a great leader to watch out for.

chrisxxx:
Me I have every opportunity to leave Nigeria. I have had UK visa, Malaysia Visa and visited severally. Presently I have a five year American Visa. Why am I still in Nigeria? I have lived long in this jungle that I have become afraid if I could fit in and live in a functional society.
I can't join line. I can't even be on queue in traffic. I don't like wait, I usually find a way out of an organized system.
Nigeria has dealt with me. Any place I am traveling to will take me at least two years to adjust to a normal person.

Obaaderemi2:
So is any part of Nigeria better than Illinois?

Obaaderemi2:
So is any part of Nigeria better than Illinois?

CoronaVirusPro:
So Nigeria you could compare it with? Why not compare it with Chongqing, Berlin or Tokyo?

Oh! Nigeria is the best you could compare it with!

Factcheck0001:
filled it with gibberish

U don't even know u ain't making sense

Factcheck0001:
did Illinois start it's development 60years ago?

23jerryking:
You can imagine what was supposed to be a country has done

steeltrust:
Let me share my experience since I moved to America. Over here, every tier of government—local, state, and federal—has its own responsibilities and functions independently. This system makes development reach the grassroots effortlessly. But back home in Nigeria, everything is tied to either the state or federal government, leaving local councils powerless and ineffective. No wonder governors and politicians are more powerful than institutions like EFCC and ICPC.

Take Chicago, for example. The local government here handles its own revenue collection, builds and maintains roads, runs hospitals, and creates a business-friendly environment that generates jobs. You’ll never see the governor of Illinois coming to Chicago to inaugurate a local road or hospital project because each level of government knows its role and delivers without interference. Even law enforcement is decentralized—Chicago has its own police department, and Cook County (similar to our local councils in Nigeria) has its own sheriff’s department. Crime is tackled effectively because responsibilities are clear.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, soldiers patrol highways harassing civilians, while the police are either underfunded or compromised. Here, soldiers don’t even engage in civil matters—in fact, they respect the police more than the other way around. The system works because accountability is enforced. Break a traffic rule? Your license gets suspended. Do it again? You might never drive again. And if driving is your livelihood, well, you better find another job. The law doesn’t play favorites.

Back in Warri, I remember a church buying two acres of land just to build a massive auditorium while 99% of the community had no functional companies to provide jobs. Graduates end up driving keke or doing POS business because there are no real opportunities. Yet, when a governor builds a single road, people start shouting, "Our governor is working!" My brother, is it road we will eat?

Our politicians are wicked—plain and simple. They travel abroad, see how things work, and yet refuse to implement the same systems back home. Instead, they keep us divided with politics, religion, and tribalism while looting everything in sight. Meanwhile, we spend our time on social media complaining instead of taking action. We’re too sentimental, too forgiving, and too quick to celebrate mediocrity.

In 2025, Nigeria is still struggling with basic electricity, good roads, and functioning hospitals while the rest of the world is advancing in AI and technology. When will we wake up? When will we demand real accountability? These politicians are destroying the future of the next generation, and if we don’t act now, things will only get worse.

It’s time to stop the noise and start holding people accountable. The system over here isn’t perfect, but at least it works because the laws are enforced. When will Nigeria learn?

chinchum:
How old is Nigeria?


Just 70years ago, many states barely had 10% literacy rate, half of the population were almost naked and living like early man, but we suddenly think Nigeria should be US when we travel to US. We fail to see our role in the "failings" of Nigeria. There is no magic bullet, we will grow slowly and steadily at least in the next 15 years.

Obaaderemi2:
Is Nigeria not a country too? You made it sound like Chicago was a poor place.

chrisxxx:
Me I have every opportunity to leave Nigeria. I have had UK visa, Malaysia Visa and visited severally. Presently I have a five year American Visa. Why am I still in Nigeria? I have lived long in this jungle that I have become afraid if I could fit in and live in a functional society.
I can't join line. I can't even be on queue in traffic. I don't like wait, I usually find a way out of an organized system.
Nigeria has dealt with me. Any place I am traveling to will take me at least two years to adjust to a normal person.

papyjaypaul:
Are you being serious about this post? Are you trying to say that you don't like orderliness and process, you just like it your way?
I am not attacking you, I just want to understand how you think about your experience.

steeltrust:
Let me share my experience since I moved to America. Over here, every tier of government—local, state, and federal—has its own responsibilities and functions independently. This system makes development reach the grassroots effortlessly. But back home in Nigeria, everything is tied to either the state or federal government, leaving local councils powerless and ineffective. No wonder governors and politicians are more powerful than institutions like EFCC and ICPC.

Take Chicago, for example. The local government here handles its own revenue collection, builds and maintains roads, runs hospitals, and creates a business-friendly environment that generates jobs. You’ll never see the governor of Illinois coming to Chicago to inaugurate a local road or hospital project because each level of government knows its role and delivers without interference. Even law enforcement is decentralized—Chicago has its own police department, and Cook County (similar to our local councils in Nigeria) has its own sheriff’s department. Crime is tackled effectively because responsibilities are clear.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, soldiers patrol highways harassing civilians, while the police are either underfunded or compromised. Here, soldiers don’t even engage in civil matters—in fact, they respect the police more than the other way around. The system works because accountability is enforced. Break a traffic rule? Your license gets suspended. Do it again? You might never drive again. And if driving is your livelihood, well, you better find another job. The law doesn’t play favorites.

Back in Warri, I remember a church buying two acres of land just to build a massive auditorium while 99% of the community had no functional companies to provide jobs. Graduates end up driving keke or doing POS business because there are no real opportunities. Yet, when a governor builds a single road, people start shouting, "Our governor is working!" My brother, is it road we will eat?

Our politicians are wicked—plain and simple. They travel abroad, see how things work, and yet refuse to implement the same systems back home. Instead, they keep us divided with politics, religion, and tribalism while looting everything in sight. Meanwhile, we spend our time on social media complaining instead of taking action. We’re too sentimental, too forgiving, and too quick to celebrate mediocrity.

In 2025, Nigeria is still struggling with basic electricity, good roads, and functioning hospitals while the rest of the world is advancing in AI and technology. When will we wake up? When will we demand real accountability? These politicians are destroying the future of the next generation, and if we don’t act now, things will only get worse.

It’s time to stop the noise and start holding people accountable. The system over here isn’t perfect, but at least it works because the laws are enforced. When will Nigeria learn?

chrisxxx:
Bros I am telling you. I am sharp and intelligent. I know this. I have worked with the whites and they have good recommendations about me. But within me I know my limitations.

dettolgel:
Rwanda is not like the US or UK but have a semblance of a government that cares for the masses. Our infrastructures don't have to be in the same level as theirs but some basic needs should be provided for.

For instance, every household should have access to good plumbing system eg functional bathrooms and toilets. Secondly, waste disposal shouldn't be an issue at least in this present day. Thirdly, our schools should be well funded and regulated. Not the disparity that exists between public schools in the villages, where there are neither teachers nor chairs for students, and the public schools in the cities that are barely getting bye. Juxtaposition it with good private schools and you will understand the failure of the system.

Furthermore, our hospitals do not have to be as massive as Johns Hopkins and the likes but we should be able to get good health care and treat with respect both the patients and healthcare providers. I doubt if in terms of structures if Cuba can match the US but their healthcare system is open to be emulated. There are big hospitals in the Netherlands but not in the same league as the ones in the US yet healthcare services in the Netherlands is world class.

I can go on and on in every sectors. The idea is to use what we can afford efficiently not pissing it away through embezzlement.

Baxilexi:
This is non sequitur friend.

The person who charts the way takes a longer time than the person who follows the way. Everything in life follows this principle. Once a hypothesis becomes theory, it can be replicated.

Nigeria has no excuse not to be doing better than its present quagmire. Where we are was where many countries where years back and today, many have taken a bullet train to catch up with their contemporaries, ex India.

We can choose to wallow in our misery or become intentional about creating a new Nigeria, and put an end to recycling of impotent politicians.

CoronaVirusPro:
Same Chicago has a poverty rate at 17% and over the roof gun violence!


Yes, a big city with high IGR, but what has that translated into for people of colour like you?

Can you afford to rent or buy houses in this districts you praise so much online?

Why not tell us about the conditions of where your colour dominates in same Illinois.

After robbing you of state and over the roof property taxes, you still could applaud the little they do. That state does not even have a speed train or modern infrastructure. All they got is old outdated buildings with 1930 railways that could collapse anytime.

Illinois will only freak you if you a newbie. That state is on the reverse.

bazoodo:
dont mind the op. America itself is third world compared to China. Singapore is way more livable than Chicago. Olden days buildings and infrastructure. Chicago looks like a place still set in the 1800s 🤣🤣

chinchum:
Rwanda a one city country that was forced via brutal dictatorship in the name of Kigali that at best you only visited and stayed for 2 weeks. I likened that country to a 2 bedroom flat households owners try so hard to facelift the living room, but the kitchen and 2 bedrooms paint a different picture.

While Nigeria is gradually improving her budget to make clearly noticeably impact aside the looting by politicians and civil servants, its budget is abysmal low to get most things needed done and even maintain it. We are always quick to compare with countries with over 20 times budget per capita.

steeltrust:
Let me share my experience since I moved to America. Over here, every tier of government—local, state, and federal—has its own responsibilities and functions independently. This system makes development reach the grassroots effortlessly. But back home in Nigeria, everything is tied to either the state or federal government, leaving local councils powerless and ineffective. No wonder governors and politicians are more powerful than institutions like EFCC and ICPC.

Take Chicago, for example. The local government here handles its own revenue collection, builds and maintains roads, runs hospitals, and creates a business-friendly environment that generates jobs. You’ll never see the governor of Illinois coming to Chicago to inaugurate a local road or hospital project because each level of government knows its role and delivers without interference. Even law enforcement is decentralized—Chicago has its own police department, and Cook County (similar to our local councils in Nigeria) has its own sheriff’s department. Crime is tackled effectively because responsibilities are clear.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, soldiers patrol highways harassing civilians, while the police are either underfunded or compromised. Here, soldiers don’t even engage in civil matters—in fact, they respect the police more than the other way around. The system works because accountability is enforced. Break a traffic rule? Your license gets suspended. Do it again? You might never drive again. And if driving is your livelihood, well, you better find another job. The law doesn’t play favorites.

Back in Warri, I remember a church buying two acres of land just to build a massive auditorium while 99% of the community had no functional companies to provide jobs. Graduates end up driving keke or doing POS business because there are no real opportunities. Yet, when a governor builds a single road, people start shouting, "Our governor is working!" My brother, is it road we will eat?

Our politicians are wicked—plain and simple. They travel abroad, see how things work, and yet refuse to implement the same systems back home. Instead, they keep us divided with politics, religion, and tribalism while looting everything in sight. Meanwhile, we spend our time on social media complaining instead of taking action. We’re too sentimental, too forgiving, and too quick to celebrate mediocrity.

In 2025, Nigeria is still struggling with basic electricity, good roads, and functioning hospitals while the rest of the world is advancing in AI and technology. When will we wake up? When will we demand real accountability? These politicians are destroying the future of the next generation, and if we don’t act now, things will only get worse.

It’s time to stop the noise and start holding people accountable. The system over here isn’t perfect, but at least it works because the laws are enforced. When will Nigeria learn?

23jerryking:
It's true what they say about the influence of one's environment on his psychology. But trust me it would take you only 21 days to adapt in a saner clime.

dettolgel:
Tell me how believing that we can provide the basic things we need and not necessarily at the level provided by the western country a contradictions that warrants your defence?

Secondly, are you saying with the amount we are generating we can't afford to clear our streets of refuse dump?

That we can't afford to provide a decent public school and that we cant afford a decent healthcare system?

Are you telling me that majority of our public funds that are being stolen if put into its intended use that we won't have at a decent country?

I observed that you guys don't read to understand but to attack anything that seems like a political text. What you failed to understand is that I am not only referring to funds being stolen in this administration but since the existence of Nigeria. Development is like a step you build on it over time. With what we have generated since 1960 till date should at least have the basic necessity of life not necessarily European or US standards. But every household should be able to have flushing toilet, our waste management system should be functional so is our public schools and hospitals. Whether we have speed train, space ship or the best military is not necessarily required.

chrisxxx:
Bros Nigeria situation can't even allow you leave a normal life. The truth is that as you try to do the right thing someone is acting like he is the only Nigerian somewhere. For this particular reason I just want to be taken advantaged on.

CoronaVirusPro:
For a newbie coming from Nigeria, those things will still freak him for sometime before actual reality sets in.