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mrvitalis:
It’s not a Nigerian thing
It’s a human thing

That’s why laws and consequences are very important

Where law makers and law enforcers should be good examples, we can see all they have been doing to curb lawlessness, when Policies and laws are in place but when to enforce them, Law enforcement turns blind eye.In a video circulating online, Police was waiving to group Terr@r!sts in survival mode and shamefully, Police came out that Terr@r!sts were vigilantes. Vigilantes with antiAircraft weapon that Nigeria police does not have.

We are all sitting on time bomb based on two laws floating in Nigeria legal system. Islamic law and English law. Last, last, we will all be OK

I totally agree. Nigerians are very religious people, always with God's name in their mouth but are very wicked and bad. An average Nigerian, including the so called pastors always have bad intentions especially when money is involved.

Image123:
We've known that for long. They're even worse than those in authority and will do worse if given opportunity. It's the bitter truth. Imagine someone saying it's better for kidnapped children to die than be rescued. And she has support from those that want to rescue Nigeria.

yes.. you are very valid example of sank message..

budaatum:
I am beginning to be intrigued by this so called "average Nigerian" that is going about. I've just been told they are taught rubbish, and here's me being told they are not good people.

Please, "average Nigerians" on Nairaland, if any, are you a bad person, and do you expect the Executive and the Legislature to check their excess power for you?

You your self can see how you just confirmed what he mean

Check your statements
Pretender

budaatum:
I am beginning to be intrigued by this so called "average Nigerian" that is going about. I've just been told they are taught rubbish, and here's me being told they are not good people.

Please, "average Nigerians" on Nairaland, if any, are you a bad person, and do you expect the Executive and the Legislature to check their excess power for you?

Did you read the topic? If yes .. why are you trying to derail the thread? If you want to discuss politics there is a section for it .. or open your own thread. You're backing up OP and don't even know ... you ... an average Nigerian... trying to derail the thread from jump ... sabotage another man's creation ...not a good person..

The man not lying.... telling an uncomfortable truth.

You're also right about many Nigerians being brainless. If not, we wouldn't have found ourselves in the situation we're in today.

If you read the guy's assertion carefully, you would have noticed he said the country has scarred Nigerians, not that the people are naturally bad.

About demarketing the country, aren't you being a hypocrite? Cos you're here calling the citizens brainless while condemning the person who said they're bad. A case of the kettle calling the pot black.

And yes, other countries criticise themselves a lot. It's just that they keep it among themselves and don't wash their dirty laundry in public.

sucess001:
I agree that most Nigerians are brainless.

Else how do you explain most people agreeing with what Skank is saying?

Have you seen an Indian man say the average Indian is not a good person?

Or have you heard a South African say that about his countrymen?

Have u even heard any other country citizen say that?

Nigerians are the biggest de marketers to Nigeria.

If you are not a good person, please don't project your bad energy to others.

Dmthreads:
That's not the argument being made. The issue isn't whether the "average Nigerian" is good or bad. It's that in a constitutional democracy, citizens and institutions both have responsibilities. Citizens are expected to hold leaders accountable, while the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary are expected to exercise their constitutional powers responsibly and check one another. When either side fails, democracy weakens.

And what's the responsibility of the followers (citizens) to the State?

I have said it before and I will say it again. most Nigerians are evil.

[quote author=NewHe post=140052901]Fair question, and it's usually left out because it's more comfortable to only talk about what government owes us. But citizenship isn't a one-way contract.

At minimum, citizens owe the state: obeying just laws, paying legitimate taxes, participating in civic processes (voting, jury-type duties where applicable, honest engagement in local governance), and not actively undermining the collective good for private gain — which cuts both ways, by the way, since ordinary citizens gaming the system in small ways (bribing their way past a checkpoint, falsifying documents, refusing to pay taxes they can afford) contribute to the same rot they blame leaders for.

But responsibility isn't just legal, it's also about vigilance and participation — staying informed, holding leaders accountable between elections and not just during them, organizing, speaking up, refusing to sell votes for rice and cash. A citizenry that disengages entirely and just complains from the sidelines makes bad governance easier, not harder.

The tension, though, is that responsibility has to be somewhat proportional to trust. It's hard to ask people to be fully invested, tax-compliant, law-abiding model citizens when the state routinely fails its own basic obligations — security, infrastructure, justice. So yes, citizens have real responsibilities. But "what do citizens owe the state" and "what does the state owe citizens" aren't separate conversations — they're the same conversation, and one side collapsing tends to erode the other.

sucess001:
I agree that most Nigerians are brainless.

Else how do you explain most people agreeing with what Skank is saying?

Have you seen an Indian man say the average Indian is not a good person?

Or have you heard a South African say that about his countrymen?

Have u even heard any other country citizen say that?

Nigerians are the biggest de marketers to Nigeria.

If you are not a good person, please don't project your bad energy to others.

Stop this nonsense and stop siding with evilness. most Nigerians are terrible people, not only terrible but pathetic. let's be frank.

Also I have seen an Indian man calling an average Indian evil too, same with South African.

I am a Good person.
Its not something you decide to become, it's sort of being the way you were born. Kind to a fault

Its also true survival makes people a cheat, selfish and self centered... that's the result of too much competition. But then, in the midst of all that competition or survival, I'd rather be kind

Dshocker:
90% of Nigerians are heartless and ready to harvest you.

Na Nigerians dey sell other Nigerians into slavery in Libya o.

Their compatriots dey UK dey treat each other like shii - even family - selling fake CoS without jobs.

And as we dey write, hundreds of thousands are on SM calling themselves agents and all so they wanna do is sell you visas to GCC nations wey no get jobs.



I think we are most brutal outside the shores of the country.

Guy should speak for himself. I hate people who generalise such. They are short sighted idiots.

ARISHEM:
Even in religious grounds many of those smiling at you are not good people

That is where you have the most wicked set of people. Imagine with all the religiosity most people are still wicked and evil!

Forumobserver12:
Most of them are just trying to sound woke, funny enough they ended up sounding unintelligent... I am an exception cos I don't fall into such categories of Nigerians and im sure they many of us out there . .

You and the person you quoted, are first among the Nigerians he is referring to. You are a type that would claim "black is white".

For you not to admit what Shank said is nothing but truth, people must be vigilant to do business or whatsoever with you.

NB. Below is the comment you quoted this same July, admitting what Shank said, but now arguing "blinhdly" to proof pointless points.

He's not far from the truth at all especially those very poor and frustrated ones who are the majority. Pray not to be in a position where you find yourself at their mercy. If they no kpai you thank God. Again like some dual personality these same Nigerians are also very good to foreign nationals most likely because of what they think they might stand to gain by being nice and accommodating

From someone who tried to deep his hands inside ishow speeds jollof rice 😆😆

Forumobserver12:
Most of them are just trying to sound woke, funny enough they ended up sounding unintelligent... I am an exception cos I don't fall into such categories of Nigerians and im sure they many of us out there . .

But listen to yourself.
You decided to twist the thing the young man said and even went about calling people "unintelligent" for the very unintelligent hot take you dropped.

The dude said "an average Nigerian," but you are here talking about being "exceptional."

The guy didn't even say "most." He simply said "average." And you want to sound smart by calling others "woke."

mrvitalis:
It’s not a Nigerian thing
It’s a human thing

That’s why laws and consequences are very important

It's not a human being thing.
It's a Nigerian thing.

He clearly backed his statement with a very powerful point: "trying to survive."
In that mode, every African, or generally the third world, can do, and will do, anything to survive.

Have the privilege of traveling to other countries and seeing the difference.
Where immigrants gather and make a ghetto, their crime rate is very high.
But where the locals segregate themselves, the crime rate is very low.

It's the person and the people. Survival can make a man think and act in ways he wouldn't if his survival weren't threatened.
Today, while going to work, an immigrant approached me, and he looked very fierce. When I gave him the attention, he asked for money. And the moment I declined, he became very aggressive, but of course, he could do nothing because he saw that I am a black and will retaliate in kind and more. But trust me, he was ready to do anything to me just to get 1 Euro for a cigarette.

SmartPolician:
This is a fact someone like myself knows. Because most Nigerians are terrible humans, that's why we have successfully sustained this shit-hole for over six decades.

If we were good people, a person or a group of people from among us would've risen and fixed this shit-hole country

Can't even argue with any of this.

Hard-hitting truth!

Thundafireseun:
Very very valid statement...

When you run into any policeman on duty...All he thinks about is how to extract money from bloody civilians...

The EFCC claiming self righteous ... Get full erection once they use a Yahoo boy so they can milk him ....

Dangote price of cement in other countries is cheeper than in Nigeria because of bad intentions... My list is Endless

That's why accountability shouldn't be selective. Whether it's police extortion, abuse of anti-corruption agencies, monopolistic pricing, or wasteful government spending, the same standard should apply across the board. Nigerians deserve institutions that serve the public, not systems that appear to benefit a few at the expense of the many. Without transparency and consequences for wrongdoing, public trust will remain low.

Absolutely true .. Absolutely Gbam .. we're a nation filled with Terrible people .

I totally agree. A country where people like Adeboye cant speak the truth anymore

Mirasteel:
Stop this nonsense and stop siding with evilness. most Nigerians are terrible people, not only terrible but pathetic. let's be frank.

Also I have seen an Indian man calling an average Indian evil too, same with South African.

You may be a terrible person but most Nigerians are kind and warm.

This is a fact almost every foreigner attest to. The hate and darkness in your heart won't change that

omoredia:
I totally agree. A country where people like Adeboye can speak thw truth anymore

What do expect from the business man called Adeboye?

omoredia:
I totally agree. A country where people like Adeboye can speak thw truth anymore

The bigger issue is that no one—whether a religious leader, traditional ruler, journalist, activist, or ordinary citizen—should feel pressured to stay silent about matters affecting the public. A healthy democracy depends on people being able to speak honestly, question those in power, and express differing views without fear.

I support this guy with a keg of fresh palm wine. Most Nigerians are terrible people. Be cautious when dealing with a Nigerian.

I agree. When they misbehave, they call it smartness.

Jihadism and almajiris are our biggest problem and threat, it has spread fear, distrust and hate.

Because 80 million of us do not like any of the candidates and see them all as fraudsters. Who go choose one? Shio.

budaatum:
So, the argument is that most Nigerians do not hold the government accountable? If so, I agree, as does the evidence.

At the last election where more than 90 million were registered to vote, less than 10 million elected Tinubu.

We must indeed do better next time.

budaatum:
I am beginning to be intrigued by this so called "average Nigerian" that is going about. I've just been told they are taught rubbish, and here's me being told they are not good people.

Please, "average Nigerians" on Nairaland, if any, are you a bad person, and do you expect the Executive and the Legislature to check their excess power for you?

It's simply hogwash and emotional blackmail when you single out the "average Nigerian" whoever that is as evil.
The Bible teaches us that human nature is inherently evil and that's a fact backed up by the history of man in his interaction with his kind and others on this planet.
So being evil is not an exclusive preserve of the "average Nigerian". He is not more evil than the average Brit or Chinese or American. The basic human instinct of survival which lies above all other instinct in the pyramid is the base of the so-called evil. But even from the average Nigerian, good does come out as well.
Besides, is the moaner not also an "average Nigerian"? Or is he more or less Nigerian than the rest of us