₦airaland Forum

bebe2:
Bro calm down, no be fight.

We won't watch a child bleed, but we will watch a child slowly die of neglect and hunger on the road side.

We won't watch a child die, some Nigerian kidnap pregnant women, reap the child from their wombs and pound it as charms??

Terrible things are happening, the moment we start to accept that there are terrible pple among us, dats wen we can start to ask how do we get rid of them.

crackhaus:
We? Or do you mean, you?

An0nimus:
It's alright Cococandy, I was only answering a question. Not stopping anyone from airing their opinions

EfemenaXY:
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But the lady in question is a foreigner, isn't she?

Where were all the so-called "kind hearted" Nigerians within that child's vicinity for the 8 months he was left to his own devices roaming the streets, whilst the life slowly drained out of his little body?

Or was the child in the middle of the dessert on his own? It laughable you say you admire the lady who came to his rescue. A lady, who under normal circumstances would be viewed as "irresponsible" with all her visible tattoos, doing the decent, human thing. Why did it have to be a foreigner showing Nigerians the right thing to do?

What she demonstrated was basic human empathy. A basic emotion, (judging from how long that child was ignored) which apparently isn't that basic amongst your average Nigerian.[/s]

Schwartz:
There has never been a terrorist attack in Germany. Nobody sleeps under the bridge here. Asylum seekers live in good homes provided free by the government. I have one of such homes very close to my house. Beautiful duplex for about 4 or 5 of them. I can close work by 2,3am midnight and walk the streets of Germany at that time without a single fear in the world. No pickpockets, no robbers, no ritualists. Trains and other means of transportation working effectively even at odd hours.

Split society
One might think that a rich country like Germany would not have many homeless people. According to the DIW economic institute, in 2012, private households in Europe's largest economy had a combined wealth of 6.3 trillion euros - 83,000 euros per adult.
Obdachlosigkeit in Bonn
Germany has the largest wealth gap in the eurozone
But the institute stresses that in no other country in the eurozone were the total financial assets distributed so unevenly. Roughly a fifth of the population has no assets to speak of, around seven percent have a higher level of debt than assets.
Germany's umbrella organization for housing assistance (BAGW) says the number of people without a domicile in Germany has gone up dramatically over the last few years. In 2012, 284,000 people had nowhere to live - a rise of 15 percent compared to 2010. And BAGW expects that figure to rise again by a further 30 percent to 380,000 by 2016.
For Torsten Meiners, things have got even tougher over the years. A few years ago, he was sleeping rough under a bridge in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli. The local council then put up a fence to keep the homeless away. "There were public protests against it though, as many said 'we don't want that kind of exclusion," Meiners says.
So, the fence was taken down again, but after a fire in 2013, scaffolding is blocking the area near the famous red-light district, the Reeperbahn. Meiners says no one is doing any work there though.
At Hamburg's main station, homeless people are also being chased away by security staff on a regular basis. Christoph Butterwegge, poverty researcher at the University of Cologne, blames what he calls the increased commercialization of big railway stations that "increasingly lead to stations being turned into temples of consumerism that are connected to railway tracks."
Often, private companies are in charge, who focus on having a "clean" station that leaves no room for the homeless and the poor, Butterwegge says.

Timbuktou:
Don't mind these people. I just found the comments preceding mine ridiculous. The first set of group of commenters live in this country and obviously want to run off to well-managed countries so they can bend their necks and "talk about how messed up Nigeria is," MMA2 that they bail from is literally in Nigeria. How much did the ones who have left do before becoming saints in whatever paradise they currently reside in, after all, they are products of this Nigeria. They are, or were, literally average Nigerians; or is now a case of becoming a new creature soon as you become a resident of a foreign address? It's all just meh..

Anyway, don't mind the attempt by St. Mindfulness to mock your past. That's the way they do it in saner environments, hypocritical bìtch moves. They're the masters of passive aggression.

Onegai:
People on NL fought to raise funds for a little girl in a SW state so she could get heart surgery in India, total strangers met her mum at the airport to send her off with goodwill and prayers. Her mother has never met any of the hundreds who helped save her little girl. They were average Nigerians.

You that you know better because you live in a sane climate, what have you done for your community in Nigeria? Have you sent some money to that lady's foundation? I'm not fighting anyone, but to all whom are screaming "Nigeria is evil", what have you all done to mitigate or even change society? If you've done nothing, how are you all better than those who live here and do nothing?

Onegai:
Well then, let's change it. Let us generate intelligent content. The content of FrontPage is to attract the most views and celebrity news sells. Those daft threads exist to power sensible threads. Everyone in media is suffering from that banality: if you've gotta put a pic of a Kardashian on your news outlet so you get clicks to read about serious stuff, so be it. Sad but welcome to the 21st century.

We are a selfish people. Nigerians (diaspora and local) have the same mindset (I can count the number of Nigerians I met volunteering abroad, they only showed up if it was church-related). Be the change you want to see. It starts with you.

Mindfulness:
Someone opened this thread and asked what to expect from relocating to Nigeria and people shared their views and experience. I see nothing wrong with it. So again, do I first need to lay open what I have already done for the country before I express myself?

And how is silencing people a solution?

Timbuktou:
Look at this foool. What have you, in your stewpidity done to enthrone a responsive, responsible government? Talk about it? Grumble about it? Your brain is incapable of grasping basic principles. Monkey, show me where i have praised Nigerians or the Nigerian government. How many posts have you made in the politics, education, business sections of nairaland to spur real activity? How much do you know about the local government you come from? How much are you planning to contribute politically? You're sending money but you dont even know how the money is being utilised. Are you sending this money for communitybdevelopment or are you sending it to your family and friends to have something to eat and maybe build you a house?

How do your remittances to your parents and siblings improve the state of healthcare or the standard of education? When they say diasporans send money home you think the money goes to Nigeria's accounts. It helps the economy mainly by increasing purchasing power and stimulating local trade mumu.

Why do I even bother? Abeg, stick to mother-in-law / daughter-in-law sensationalist threads. You might have something sensible to say there.

bebe2:
I beg leave me oo,

My children Don break hotel bed. Dat na another kpese.

Who like make e migrate to jericho

crackhaus:
[size=40pt]Yes[/size]


Or wait a minute, are you like one of those anonymous donors to UNICEF that don't want any news outlet to know about their efforts to help a big country like Nigeria?

Or are you Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft hiding under the anonymous Mindfulness?

Timbuktou:
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crackhaus:
Mindfulness must come and name the whole community or communities she feeds...I want to know the name of the villages or towns that are lucky to be the recipient of her grand gesture.

Such large-hearted generosity can not be hidden and tucked away under the guise of modesty. Mbanu!

America must know, CNN must hear of it...and I will make it happen

PresVA:
Now I see the aim of your argument; to demonise Nigeria. . I thought you cared but I was wrong, it's still same same blame, bla bla bla...

PresVA:
Yes Nigeria needs help, You know that..how have you tried to help in your little way? That young lady in the write up saw the help needed by Nigeria and she's helping out in her own way... She didn't try to state the obvious that Nigeria is this that and that, rather she's making things right with her actions. .

PresVA:
However, all you guys do here is talk talk talk, blame, bla bla bla .. no action at all which is useless. . You folks that are enlightened, why don't you be change you want to see?

PresVA:
Since you ain't here to offer solution, I will say stop crying more than the bereaved.. You have a good life abroad, don't you? Enjoy it and leave us to 'toil' here in Nigeria na... why all the rants since you ain't affected?

PresVA:
What you people don't know is that Nigeria is still a developing country with so many ignorant peeps who do things thinking they're right... Comparing it with a developed country is useless. . Hopefully, Nigeria will be better. ..

Timbuktou:
Don't waste your strength. Mindfulness has the resources to conceal her identity however long she wants. You won't find her unless and until she wants to be found. Remember, you heard it here first.

crackhaus:
Issokay...

Onegai:
People on NL fought to raise funds for a little girl in a SW state so she could get heart surgery in India, total strangers met her mum at the airport to send her off with goodwill and prayers. Her mother has never met any of the hundreds who helped save her little girl. They were average Nigerians.

Onegai:
You that you know better because you live in a sane climate, what have you done for your community in Nigeria? Have you sent some money to that lady's foundation? I'm not fighting anyone, but to all whom are screaming "Nigeria is evil", what have you all done to mitigate or even change society? If you've done nothing, how are you all better than those who live here and do nothing?

An0nimus:
My response was tailored to your question. I played the scene in my head and couldn't come to terms with the picture I was seeing. Not with the Nigerians I know.

The picture you provided strays from the specific nature of your question. Even at that, I may not know whoever was behind what's in the image provided, I can however bet that all around the world there are bad eggs who have done similar.

EfemenaXY:
Remind me again what promises your politicians made to the masses, prior to them being voted in power. Was free or rather, subsidized health care touched upon?

You're commending the efforts of those who took it upon themselves to do what your government ought to be doing in the first place (commendable), but have any of these people been held accountable? Was this little girl's case used as a starting point to hold those in power accountable for their gross failures and let down health services? I guess not.



A recap of what I posted to PresVA, yes, I have done my fair share to help (and I still am) but it's not for you to question who, what, where, when, why, or how I've done / doing. What you should be focusing on is ensuring the leaders you voted in power are held accountable for their non-actions.

I can't tell you from here how to run your country. I can give suggestions, but the buck is on you to make it happen. And you start by encouraging freedom of expression / speech, and not by trying to smother opinions that don't sit well with you.

If I see or hear something I don't like, I speak up. I write to my MP. I even attend the bi-weekly surgery sessions my local MP runs to voice my grievances. You should do the same at your end to make your environment more live-able.

tearoses:
Onegai good morning

I'm just curious are these people going back going straight into ready made jobs?

Most of the people I know who first relocated to Nigeria and then came back struggled to get back to the point at which they left off.
The same way with people who relocate abroad and the people they left behind in Nigeria are moving on too and not just twiddling their thumbs. Some of my classmates are big men/women in Nigeria now too.

Onegai:
Oya efferbodi let's laugh! It's 2016, no fight!

nasha1:
Thanks efemenaxy for your explanation.
@timbuktou this is a young lady who actually TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK,not all these one claiming sending 100 euro to their family members thinking they are doing something.



SOMEONE CLOSE TO HER DIED AND SHE DID SOMETHING!SOMETHING!
MOUTH MOUTH NO ACTIONS!

Ewuro4:
Thank you Onegai, But you didn't touch up on OP's main question/inquiry. Expectations and steps in regards to big move like this.

After all , people still thrive in same 'messy' Nigeria no? Abi no be same Naija una dey live? Abi no be same Naija una dey take music lessons and still have time for yourselves? I'm talking REAL day to day LIFE please.

Nigeria is not liveable huh, same Nigeria folks (an average citizen) build houses from ground up with raw cash?

Go to Haiti and smell the real coffee. Koburu God dey.

Miami11:
Poster you just have to go through posts that hit front page especially on kidnappings, terrorist attacks, ritual killings, cult, uneccesary road accidents, fraud, scam etc to make a determination.

Safety should be one of your biggest worry because the system does not work.

Healthcare, you have to be in perfect health to live in this countries, paramedics, ambulance and police will not knock your door in five minutes of calling them. You get a heart attack, only God will help you.