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Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by nairalanda1(m):
Lithiumite:
The Yorubas saw this problem far ahead of anyone else that was why awo insisted it be put in our first constitution but the hausas supported by the Igbos resisted it.....now who is crying?
We've had several constitutions since then and no one, not even the yourbas, have called for a secession clause sine Awo.

Secession is not very attractive. Not when all of us rely on oil revenues .

Modifed:Awo was even alive when they were chattering about the 1979 constitution, which was discussed too too thoroughly...and he did not raise secession (though the civil war was still very recent memory and no one wanted to go back there)
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Basic123: 10:50am On Sep 06, 2025
Brendaniel:
Is Tinubu leading by example to what he is telling his citizens to sacrifice? That means he doesn't even believe in what he is doing...

You can't compare him with any of the leaders you mentioned, a good leader is 1st doer of his principles, all the people you mentioned practiced their reforms first before the citizens, is that what Tinubu is doing?

that means he doesn't even believe in it, you people can keep deceiving yourselves...
stop making this about Tinubu.
You just hate Tinubu...simple!


Anyone that will transform this country to 1st world country wil not rule for 8years.
It will be a patriotic intelligent milliatry ruler that will come and spend 30yrs!

If you make this thing about Tinubu,why didn't OBi transformed Anambra to Singapore in 8yrs?
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Basic123: 10:53am On Sep 06, 2025
franchasng:
He is and that's based on where Anambra state was coming from. Anambra state was completely controlled by godfathers who siphoned state fund and installed Governors, Assembly members, etc like Tinubu does in Lagos.

They held Anambra state in captivity like a captured territory....insecurity ravaged Anambra state.....nothing was working as a young state....Peter Obi defeated and ended godfatherism politics in Anambra.....and liberated Anambra for future Governors.....he ended the mad insecurity there....refaced Upper Iweka.....did massive road network creation in rural areas....revamped Anambra schools and handed them back to Missionary for effective management. Upon all these, he still saved billions for Anambra and also invested for the future....no other Governor in the history of Nigeria has ever done such. He also rejected all forms of retirement benefits as ex Governor....no other ex Governor, not even Tinubu as rich as he is did it.


So if you consider how meager Anambra's IGR and federal allocation was then, Peter Obi is the Lee Kuan Yew of Anambra state....so if you give him a bigger stage with larger resources and power, he would do wonders for Nigeria no jokes.


And remember, he has even improved and become more refined, exposed......and wiser than he was when he governed Anambra as Governor being a very young trader.
Peter obi is the lee kuan yun of Anambra state indeed 😆...was that before 2022 or after?.....So he wants to do what LKY did for 30yrs in a country of just 6million people and 735km square in 4yrs in a country of 236 million and 134 000 square kmhuh..desperados

Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Brendaniel: 10:54am On Sep 06, 2025
Guestmale:
It seems you're not current but AI and google are there for you.
That's how you people come out and be lying anyhow to defend nonsense,

Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Brendaniel: 10:56am On Sep 06, 2025
Basic123:
stop making this about Tinubu.
You just hate Tinubu...simple!


Anyone that will transform this country to 1st world country wil not rule for 8years.
It will be a patriotic intelligent milliatry ruler that will come and spend 30yrs!

If you make this thing about Tinubu,why didn't OBi transformed Anambra to Singapore in 8yrs?
So why are you not advocating military rule for the country to get good according to you?
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by QuantAnalyst: 11:00am On Sep 06, 2025
Kewekubosineh:
You are right.

But Nigeria won't give Peter Obi a chance to replicate Singaporean transformation. Majorly because of hate and ethnic differences.

Tinubu has come,but not much changes in transformation.

Until we're ready to embrace changes, Nigeria will continue to claw.
Can he do it in four years? Look how.long it took Singapore.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by budaatum: 11:00am On Sep 06, 2025
Eriokanmi:
See this one. Just mark today's date. It shall happen, sooner or later, I reiterate.
Please don't hesitate to tell me you told me so if it does happen.

I shall gladly eat my humble pie.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Basic123: 11:00am On Sep 06, 2025
Brendaniel:
So why are you not advocating military rule for the country to get good according to you?
Yes......even if the president is doing good ,what about stupid Governors,senators,LGs,Oligarchs that will mess him up
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Brendaniel: 11:05am On Sep 06, 2025
Basic123:
Yes......even if the president is doing good ,what about stupid Governors,senators,LGs,Oligarchs that will mess him up
Is he showing them good example, he is their leader, listen to yourself, he is first leader of Nigeria, if he is doing things right people can then focus on their governors and leave him alone, is that what he is doing?

He is supposed to lead Nigeria by example, you people seem not to know what leadership is all about or you simply are just making excuses for his failures..
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Dreamhans1: 11:07am On Sep 06, 2025
IgOga:
The picture chosen doesn't tell the full story of Singapore 50 years ago. It was not not as developed as today but it wasn't a slum either
Meaning
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Timmi: 11:11am On Sep 06, 2025
You still have your head stuck in the sand, it's time to wake up and rise above bigotry, ethnicity and blame game. Let us all join hands and thoughts together to build a better Nigeria. Nigeria is prone to greatness, and it will happen with or without your cooperation.

Racoon:
What an emotionally touching story of incredible transformation. This is the power of capable, accountable responsible, and visionary leadership.

And not a leadership driven by greed, bigotry, agberoism emilokanism, certificate forgery, ethno-religio-regional sentiments
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by LOVEGINO(m): 11:15am On Sep 06, 2025
Racoon:
Meanwhile, when Biafra wants to go away from the federation, una go they blab rubbish. Here the Malaysian parliament voted unanimously to ensure the country became a federation of its own.

"3.2 Basis of the Federation: "(1) Every Ethnic Nationality and People in Nigeria has an unconditional right to self-determination within here delineated territories.
we kpai here grin
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Dreamhans1: 11:17am On Sep 06, 2025
Guestmale:
Hypocrisy of the highest order. Tinubu has not introduced half of strict and tough measures the prime minister introduced to rebuilt his nation, but you people are already crying and calling him names because it isn't your preferred candidate.
Tinubu doesn't have the discipline of a good leader or a leader of the calibre of lee Kwan yew.

His economic team looks ok but his African mentality of greed, nepotism and vain worship is dead weight
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by BreconHills(m): 11:40am On Sep 06, 2025
shegzhkn:
I knew he talked about a particular poor Asian nation that was poor but the leader lived lavish lifestyle, tell me more about the Nigerian minister part.
Read it again, particularly his visit to Nigeria. It was very clear. He described the federal ministers flamboyant dressing and his robes and train.

I think i have given you enough hints.

He said this minister banned shoes just so he could build his own shoe factory.

He concluded that Nigeria lacked the discipline and culture to build a great nation. I guess he came to see what he could copy but instead left shaking his head.

The problems are deep mentality issues. From parent to child.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by tollyboy5(m): 11:43am On Sep 06, 2025
Racoon:
What an emotionally touching story of incredible transformation. This is the power of capable, accountable responsible, and visionary leadership.

And not a leadership driven by greed, bigotry, agberoism emilokanism, certificate forgery, ethno-religio-regional sentiments
Nevertheless Anambra is not a good example of what we want. Lagos is a better example
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by tommy589(m): 11:44am On Sep 06, 2025
Lithiumite:
They didn't mention the dark side to Singapore's progress.....it was a martial state that period and dissenting voices were not tolerated.....but her you can abuse tinubu to high heavens and nothing would happen to you.
Many people don't understand this democracy and have this tendency to compare Nigeria with these Asian countries based only on year of independence without realising they had several advantages working for them pre and post independence.
Though not a fan of Governor Tinubu or democracy for developing countries. The path President Tinubu is setting for Nigeria would have made visible improvements if not for democracy.
Their are forces,like state governors,that owe him no explanation on how allocations are utilised. I sometimes imagine the positive transformation if he were to be a leader without checks and balances of democracy.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by BreconHills(m): 11:46am On Sep 06, 2025
Racoon:
Meanwhile, when Biafra wants to go away from the federation, una go they blab rubbish. Here the Malaysian parliament voted unanimously to ensure the country became a federation of its own.

"3.2 Basis of the Federation: "(1) Every Ethnic Nationality and People in Nigeria has an unconditional right to self-determination within here delineated territories.
Biafrans know what to do. They just want to use " we want to go" as a negotiating weapon. Why have no SE senators or Reps initiated calls for a change to the constitution to allow for referendums. Have you see just one, just one SE rep bring a motion or a paper. Is it the Yorubas, Northerners or other ethnic minorities that will do it for them?

The original legal secession clause put forward by Awo was argued against by Azikwe and removed by the North and East acting in concert.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by hotseat: 11:50am On Sep 06, 2025
Since independence till date, Nigeria has been plagued with so-called leaders who are visionless, unpatriotic, selfish, callous and ethno/religious-driven.

Corruption, tribalism, religion, sectionalism, regionalism, etc continue to stand in the way to progress.


First and foremost, Nigerians don't see themselves as one people, therefore it just a situation of "everyone for himself and God for us all".

In other words, there's no love for country.

The Americans love America!

The English love England!

The Chinese love China!

Ditto with others.

Alas!

Nigerians HATE Nigeria !


Therein lies our problems.

Without being a prophet of gloom and doom, the possibility of Nigeria ever coming out of stagnation remains elusive.

Nigeria therefore needs a revolutionary, visionary and detribalized leadership which is blind to tribe or religion and punishing without mercy any form of corruption.

Nigeria needs leadership that holds the light for others to follow.

Once the leadership is a "do as I say but not as I do" type, then the citizens would copy from it.

This is so because he who preaches chastity but lives a lawless life shouldn't expect devoted followers.

Nigeria is therefore in desperate need for true leadership!

Otherwise what the late sage, Papa Awo, said about Nigeria being a mere "geographical expression" would have been confirmed.




@hotseat
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by seunmsg(m): 11:55am On Sep 06, 2025
Racoon:
The is a man the famed builder of Lagos is being compared to? For goodness sake, they are miles apart.God help Africa with it useless autocratic and tyrannical despots foisting themselves on a failed continent.

The world have long left us behind as if the colonial masters or imperialists should have continued the conquest or slavery. Most African nation never deserved independence
Lee Kuan Yew was a reformist like Bola Tinubu is right now. Unlike Bola Tinubu though, Lee was a dictator who didn’t allow opposition and ethnic hatred to distract him in the process of reforming Singapore. He held tight to power and ruled for 30 straight years.

Nobody talked down on him after just two years in office. He was given absolute support by everyone just to ensure the reforms work out well. Singapore is also a small country with no ethnic or religious division. There was no ethnic governors and a corrupt National Assembly to carry along. Even at that, it took him 30 years to get the job done.

So, you want to compare him with another reformist who has only served for two years as the president of a very big country with over 200 million people, over 250 ethnicities and multiple religious groups.


With Tinubu, Nigeria is on the right track and all indices confirms this. However, it will take years of we being on the right track for the results to start getting to the ordinary people. It is a marathon and not a sprint. We shall get there if we stay true to the cause.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by anonimi: 12:03pm On Sep 06, 2025
Racoon:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YmPZRw1G3/ nlfp.mod
Who remembers how eb1lokan used this slogan in his first term as governor, to scam Lagosians into coughing up huge IGR growth.

Rather than making Lagos a 1st world city and state like Singapore, he has made it a waterless glorified ghetto.

Does this make you wonder what he is doing to the N3.4 trillion budget that was N42 billion a quarter of a century ago? What else apart from stealing to bribe politicians who mobilise voters for his wicked grip on 20 million Lagosians?


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5v-F81hNTs

The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has said that people drilling borehole in the Lekki axis of the state is probably drinking ‘’shit water.”

While speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state recently, Adegbite noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose health risk and added that treatment of waste water would eradicate any form of disease that may arise from it.

He said, “On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’

https://punchng.com/video-everyone-digging-borehole-in-lekki-is-probably-drinking-shit-water-lagos-govt/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMABDJjbGNrAwAEK2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEewOd7728C0FSKQJNWar4yKRxNpNKt1owSlw47y57FKAux2QxvQL24Iu18rtw_aem_3kB5Sd2GjpdqjN6zFuIs7w
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Nteogwuija(m): 12:05pm On Sep 06, 2025
Lithiumite:
A country of barely 2m with one language and one culture is what you want to compare to that of over 200m with over 400 different ethnicities and even more diverse languages.....try and manage a common cda in your area first and let's see how you will fare.....there is no one the Yorubas would bring,the Igbos would never support and vice versa and there is no one northerners would bring that will get the full support of the south,we the people are our own problem.
Isn't this enough proof that Nigeria can't work as a country?
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by nairalanda1(m): 12:22pm On Sep 06, 2025
seunmsg:
Lee Kuan Yew was a reformist like Bola Tinubu is right now. Unlike Bola Tinubu though, Lee was a dictator who didn’t allow opposition and ethnic hatred to distract him in the process of reforming Singapore. He held tight to power and ruled for 30 straight years.

Nobody talked down on him after just two years in office. He was given absolute support by everyone just to ensure the reforms work out well. Singapore is also a small country with no ethnic or religious division. There was no ethnic governors and a corrupt National Assembly to carry along. Even at that, it took him 30 years to get the job done.

So, you want to compare him with another reformist who has only served for two years as the president of a very big country with over 200 million people, over 250 ethnicities and multiple religious groups.


With Tinubu, Nigeria is on the right track and all indices confirms this. However, it will take years of we being on the right track for the results to start getting to the ordinary people. It is a marathon and not a sprint. We shall get there if we stay true to the cause.
Ethnic groups in Singapore

Chinese
Malays
Indians

Then there is the expat population

Hardly homogenous.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by seunmsg(m):
nairalanda1:
Ethnic groups in Singapore

Chinese
Malays
Indians

Then there is the expat population

Hardly homogenous.
Singapore is a small country with no ethnic or religious divisions.

The key word is division. They have three major ethnic groups that are not as divided as the ethnic groups in Nigeria. Chinese alone constitutes about 75% of the total Singaporean population so there is really no ethnic tension and suspicion like we have in Nigeria because everyone pretty much knows who is the boss. Beside, I raised a lot of other issues and not only ethnic differences.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by patrickcollins: 12:31pm On Sep 06, 2025
Guestmale:
Hypocrisy of the highest order. Tinubu has not introduced half of strict and tough measures the prime minister introduced to rebuilt his nation, but you people are already crying and calling him names because it isn't your preferred candidate.
The prime minister was never enjoying and told others to sacrifice, the prime minister was part of the reform. President Tinubu and other elected officials can't be enjoying cashing out and told us to starve. Monthly take home of Judges was increased to 13m monthly after allowances, The legislatures collecting almost 30m monthly and Tinubu wants to increase the salary of political office holders. Tinubu can't be half what the prime minister was
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by maiunguwar: 12:32pm On Sep 06, 2025
budaatum:
Regardless of who foisted on you, that is our current constitution, and you'd need to change it to make your self determination mean secession.
And with no legislatures advocating for such a constitution change, you'd not find it easy at all.
The divorce will still happen at the appropriate time. Not from war or from legislative or constitutional process but from internal implosion. The country is too divided to be united
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by seunmsg(m): 12:35pm On Sep 06, 2025
fitinwell:
See, don't blame the Nigerian leadership... Blame the electorate, blame the people who sold their conscience and that of there children's future...

President Tinubu never had a promising manifesto during is campaign... He copied what ever PeterObi had on his manifesto..

He was called the Lagos Boy..

Where Nigerians found themselves today... Disunity brought us here.. fraudulent activity, dishonesty, greediness, love of money over dignity in Labor, and many others..

We know the truth, but not ready to abide by the truth... And only the truth can set us free..

Bye
Tinubu released his manifesto long before Peter Obi release his own. In fact, Peter Obi even had to steal the picture of Lagos suspension bridge as the cover page of his manifesto booklet. It took a lot of Twitter dragging before he had to shamefully order the change of the cover page.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by budaatum: 12:46pm On Sep 06, 2025
maiunguwar:
The divorce will still happen at the appropriate time. Not from war or from legislative or constitutional process but from internal implosion. The country is too divided to be united
That, appropriate time, in my own opinion, would be when we are sufficiently advanced in knowledge and understanding to divorce amicably if we must.

United Kingdom was one country ruled from Westminster. But when they became sufficiently intelligent, they semi-divorced and formed regional parliaments, which some would argue is a precursor to eventual devolution and the formation of separate countries of Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland, in the future.

Nigeria can do the same, and separate amicably, but anyone who thinks they can separate because we are supposedly divided, should have another think.

On the side. My Orolu Kingdom of Ifon Osun, and Ilobu Osun, are currently killing each other. That's how divided we are. So I guess both towns - nay! Villages - should separate instead of educating hatred and division out of our stupîd ignorant minds? You may not know these 2 towns, but a Lagos analogy would be Yaba and Ojuelegba, that have almost morphed into each other.
Re: “From Third World To First.” How Lee Kuan Yew Transformed Singapore by Mrpojj(m): 12:48pm On Sep 06, 2025
Racoon:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YmPZRw1G3/ nlfp.mod
If you read things like this and you are not upset with Nigeria
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