The honorable state minister for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on Saturday blasted Nigerians for being "helplessly dependent on govern­ment institutions" and also for being "nos­talgically lazy people."

Kachikwu was speaking at the 2016 convoca­tion ceremony of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) students at the PTI Conference centre, Effu­run Delta State on Saturday 9 October 2016.

His words:
"Change is not all about bud­geting. It is about individuals and how they run their lives and their communities. It is only in these sequential changes that you find a change that will happen to Nige­ria.

"We will come out stronger. These are troubling times and we are encouraged by the Federal Executive Council that troubling times demands very noble creativity.

"I am happy that the president, though he does not talk much, is spending a lot of time wonder­ing what went wrong since he left office and propelled by this nos­talgia, he is putting in place solid foundation to ensure that we do not go back to what we are facing today when we get out of it.

"Although it might not be vis­ible today, please bear with us. We are working round the clock to make a difference."

Speaking on the issue of Niger Delta militants sabotaging the Nigerian economy, Emefiele added:
"What the president does not want to do is to place the whole dialogue process in the hands of those that failed four months ago.

"I have sent him a short and long term solution, which include engagement and inclusiveness of communities."

True.

We want government to provide us with cheap dollar yet we refuse to produce and export to earn Forex for ourselves. I am still waiting to see what magic our government will do to supply cheap dollars to over 200,000,000 Nigerians even if Oil rises to 200usd per barrel


Nigerians only understand the language of force.

1. Force people to pay tax

2. Force corporate entities to be involved in one or any form of export either by financing or execution else seize to operate

Government should do the above and Nigeria will become the next China

Upon collection of tax,
Nigeria mineral resources (crude) sold
and irrelevant day robbery by the government on us(the citizenry) promising enabling environment for only God knows when.

No access to road, to move goods,
No light to attempt creativity on technology,
No security on farmlands to protect crops from fulani herdsmen,
No portable water to drink (if not for individual boreholes)
No hope for youths,
Universities are free yet we pay,
Education is growing dead

Politicians are junketting,
They are our future leaders
They decide who 'Eats" and who don't
...you open that widemouth to say we are dependent on government.

"If we don't, who will?"


Apart from expiration of tenure and judcial means, what other way can we use to dislodge Nigeria looters of their positions?

True

there you go

yomi007k:
True

what's true about it?
please explain one thing the government has ever done for u (if you're a Nigerian anyway). yet you've been surviving

Idiots in power

"Buhari and his cabinet are blame shifters" Bugatie

You guys in govt are so lucky, a country where the masses provide their own water(borehole), electricity(generators), security(street and community vigilantes), and other basic necessities of life.... You open your mouth to term the masses lazy.

Except laziness now has a new meaning, Nigerians are not lazy, Mr Minister!

If truly he said that then it means he has caught the Buhari bug of abusing Nigerians. As fela sang, "my people are useless, my people are senseless, my people are indiscipline... Na NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT E OOO. Dem dey talk e o... Which kind talk be dat o, Na Animal Talk be dat o.."..

I think it's true



Government stole everything from the masses, who would the masses depend on?


Like the proverbial tale of gjdb

if Kachukwu made this statement then He is a foòl
i hope he is self employed as well as his children

I am sure his children are hard working.

i never hear am before oooo..my people are useless,my people indiscpline.. ... u can only say that when u are working for Pa Bubu

The reason y these polithieftians can open thier mouth to talk rubbish is bcuz Nigerians are too busy to find way to provide for themselves and families ,if not, Abuja would have b too hot for all these polithieftians if Nigerians are really lazy like he said

lonecat:

what's true about it?
please explain one thing the government has ever done for u (if you're a Nigerian anyway). yet you've been surviving

since we know d type of govt we have...that dat dey dont do for d ppl. Is it not logical not to depend on dem n find alternative means rather dan wait while languishing.



I hv nothing dt d govt has done for me, so I n my family decided to better ourselves.



Now d govt has no option but to pay us for our work.

The north, west and the south south should take note cos south east are absolutely independent on GOVERNMENT and yet marginalised.

Pls my people this african /nigerian problems has been going on for decades yet no solution. .




My grandparents warned my parents never to dependon Nigerian govt n my parents still warn us till today.... I intend to warn my children n grandchildren becos self dependency pays better dan waiting for ppl dt dnt care abt u.



Laziness begins from the mind.

yomi007k:



since we know d type of govt we have...that dat dey dont do for d ppl. Is it not logical not to depend on dem n find alternative means rather dan wait while languishing.



I hv nothing dt d govt has done for me, so I n my family decided to better ourselves.



Now d govt has no option but to pay us for our work.

that's nice but your first comment got me wondering.

lonecat:

that's nice but your first comment got me wondering.

Do u think if u, me n few oda great minds form a conglomerate n we start a business n do things right n further take it international, d govt wont support us?


There r ppl dt export fruits n vegetables abroad n if u see how dey started u wud hae condemed dem.



Look away from d govt, look inwards, look around, look up, look down, plus front n back.....n u will find answers.

ThundrCork:
True.

We want government to provide us with cheap dollar yet we refuse to produce and export to earn Forex for ourselves. I am still waiting to see what magic our government will do to supply cheap dollars to over 200,000,000 Nigerians even if Oil rises to 200usd per barrel


Nigerians only understand the language of force.

1. Force people to pay tax

2. Force corporate entities to be involved in one or any form of export either by financing or executing or seize to operate

Government should do the above and Nigeria will become the next China

how can they produce in this harsh business environment that is characterised by poor infrastructure, lack of basic amenities, multiple taxations, high interest rates and so on? by the time the govt is able to provide enabling environment then it will motivate people to produce for local and global consumption.

If not for yahoo Yahoo their would have been serious war in Nigeria

i doubt he actually said that... but if he did...

how wouldn't people depend on the government when the government controls the resources that can put real development in the hands of the people?

so it is now laziness for citizens to ask for power, good roads, security & conducive business environment/policies?

of the 4.5m people who have lost their jobs in the last one year because of silly & confused government policies, how many were FG or state government workers?

of the over 2000 companies & small businesses that have shut down, how many were government funded?

yomi007k:


Do u think if u, me n few oda great minds form a conglomerate n we start a business n do things right n further take it international, d govt wont support us?


There r ppl dt export fruits n vegetables abroad n if u see how dey started u wud hae condemed dem.



Look away from d govt, look inwards, look around, look up, look down, plus front n back.....n u will find answers.

Getting the government to support you depends on who one has on the inside (speaking from my experience). I've looked away from the government long before now, whether business related or just living the everyday life

lonecat:

Getting the government to support you depends on who one has on the inside (speaking from my experience). I've looked away from the government long before now, whether business related or just living an everyday life

Well not for me. Nobody on d inside just merit based.

Coming from a man that has always been dependent on some other person idea

lonecat:

what's true about it?
please explain one thing the government has ever done for u (if you're a Nigerian anyway). yet you've been surviving

our government didn't fall from the sky. weren't they chosen by us from our midst?

Survival is an instinct in all of us but our lives could be a lot better... if them dey tell una na nor dey listen

What is this idiot talking about. On one hand he's right on the other dead wrong. What does government at any level really do for us. The government most incompetent organization in country.

People in Nigeria build and fortify their own houses, provide their own water from bore hole, source their own electricity, buy their water for private hands and protect own farm land. The only thing we don't do is build roads. What service does government really provide?

Nigerians only issue is they're addicted to failure trust in political hacks. Instead free market solutions, getting government out running business. All we need is economic freedom, private property rights, rule of law and access to credit and we never ask government for anything.

I don't agree with you sir!

Nigerians are very hardworking people. The problem is that we have a lot of unresolved issues concerning our nationhood. Issues like the faulty constitution we have, issues of a section of the country trying to dominate leadership of the country, while a significant others are constantly marginalized. All these issues result to lack of PATRIOTISM, and without patriotism we can never have a great nation.

If we do not resolve these issues and create a better nation where everyone will be happy to identify as citizen and work towards building a great nation, then we will make no progress in our quest for a better Nigeria.

Just maybe we learnt it from the government. Show me a hard working government and you'll see a hardworking and happy people.

I understand kachikwu though.