₦airaland Forum

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*Why Africans Are Poor👇🏽👇🏽* .


Across Africa, 90% of our prayer points are actually government responsibilities, and the remaining 10% are our personal responsibilities. We pray for electricity, water, roads, jobs, security, and health—things that functioning governments should provide. We pray for what should be normal.


Look at what religion has turn Nigeria into?
Brainwashing from Christians and Islamic teachers from childhood age.
They won't take their life into their hands but waiting for an imaginary figure to come save them.


My Personal Approach

I made a decision many people don't understand:
I refused to take my daughter to any private or government school. Instead, her mother is her full-time teacher at home, and I personally guide what she teaches. Even her younger brother—still crawling—will attend the same home-based school.


This is not about financial difficulty.
If I wasn’t doing well with my multiple streams of income, my extended family would never entrust me with their collective money without asking, without conditions, and without constant checks. They only demand specific amounts occasionally—and I always deliver.


Even governments face financial challenges and take loans worldwide, so it is normal for individuals to have financial ups and downs. The key is managing your system, not avoiding responsibility.


Why Nigeria Is Poor

Nigeria is poor because people pray instead of working intelligently and acting collectively.
While other nations build strong educational systems, innovation hubs, and productive citizens, many Nigerians believe prayer alone will solve structural problems.


I do not want my children sitting under teachers who will tell them they have no future without a religious figure. I want their future tied to knowledge, discipline, creativity, and hard work.


My Philosophy of Raising Children

My approach is simple:

Teach them how to read, count, and write and after school hours, they play with their mates outside.


Involve them early in small businesses of their own.

Make them independent thinkers, not followers.

Build confidence, discipline, and real-world skill.


A child who grows under this kind of guidance cannot be wayward. They grow with direction, purpose, and the mentality to solve problems—not wait for miracles.


@Ditari of Ijaw.

I have to say, this decision is a tough one, but I genuinely respect your right to choose what’s best for your family. However, here are some points to consider regarding the child's development:

Socialization is essential. When a child can compete with students their age in a group environment, they naturally establish benchmarks. They learn firsthand when they are progressing or when they are lagging behind their peers.

You risk pushing the child toward introversion. They might struggle to be outspoken, communicate freely with peers, and this can ultimately hinder the development of their social intelligence.

How can you be sure the mother will be able to consistently instill those principles? Parental love will always supersede strictness. A child can easily manipulate their mother with tears, and she might cave in.

Allowing a child to grow and navigate life alongside their age mates is inherently good and helpful for emotional development. They will learn boundaries and compromise.

Concerning religion and personal ideologies, the child will eventually come of age and will be able to make decisions that truly benefit their own life path.

You can teach her how to handle money and instill business principles separately. When she comes of age, she can join your business if she desires. I’ve seen kids who successfully trade biscuits and sweets in class—even Dangote reportedly started early.

While I respect your decision (it’s ultimately your family’s choice), please be careful not to inadvertently compromise your children’s future for the sake of your specific ideologies.

SpencerForbes:
I have to say, this decision is a tough one, but I genuinely respect your right to choose what’s best for your family. However, here are some points to consider regarding the child's development:

Socialization is essential. When a child can compete with students their age in a group environment, they naturally establish benchmarks. They learn firsthand when they are progressing or when they are lagging behind their peers.

You risk pushing the child toward introversion. They might struggle to be outspoken, communicate freely with peers, and this can ultimately hinder the development of their social intelligence.

How can you be sure the mother will be able to consistently instill those principles? Parental love will always supersede strictness. A child can easily manipulate their mother with tears, and she might cave in.

Allowing a child to grow and navigate life alongside their age mates is inherently good and helpful for emotional development. They will learn boundaries and compromise.

Concerning religion and personal ideologies, the child will eventually come of age and will be able to make decisions that truly benefit their own life path.

You can teach her how to handle money and instill business principles separately. When she comes of age, she can join your business if she desires. I’ve seen kids who successfully trade biscuits and sweets in class—even Dangote reportedly started early.

While I respect your decision (it’s ultimately your family’s choice), please be careful not to inadvertently compromise your children’s future for the sake of your specific ideologies.

Actually I'm my own boss.


They always teach me in school to get certificate and get good job working for someone.


I didn't agree to it.
I choose my own part and it became successful.


I get tired of the brainwash done by religion in Africa.

PeterObiGuy:
Actually I'm my own boss.


They always teach me in school to get certificate and get good job working for someone.


I didn't agree to it.
I choose my own part and it became successful.


I get tired of the brainwash done by religion in Africa.

Your choice. As long as the child can read and write perfectly, you’re good to go 😊

Every right thinking person knows this, infact, majority of those going to the religions places to pray and fasting also knows this.

One thing you don't know about religions or prayers is that, they gives peace, hopes and consolations in the faces of uncertainty and hopelessness.

Withiout religion and prayers, humans would've lost hope and value in nature and humanity. Prayer is not only peculiar to Africans, people pray in Europe, America and other developed countries in the world too. The only difference are the subjects of the prayers.