pezest:
Is Soludo a Nigerian or Biafran?

vanbonattel:


Soludo went to visit Nnamdi Kanu in prison, did he go to visit Abiola?

Hope I answered your question?

nonsobaba:
Fayose and FFK also went to visit Kanu in court? Are they biafrans? Soludo went to see Kanu to offer words of advise to the fraudster on insanity fringes in order to not continuously soil the name of the great igbo race. Soludo is an Anambra son, an Igbo man and a Nigerian.

vanbonattel:
Soludo! At your age you're still having wet dreams?

vanbonattel:
I have bad news for you Soludo, Nigeria can never attain even the slightest improvement more than Togo with the way we are going. Which greatness are you talking about when a section of the country is allowed to use their cows and trample freely on the other section's crops, eat up the crops and kill the natives with the tacit support of the government?

Nigeria is going to be competing with Somalia with the way it's going.

smartty68:
Madman's talk

omohayek:
I think people who are criticizing Soludo have misunderstood what he was saying. He wasn't predicting that the average Nigerian could have a comparable standard of living to the British and the French by 2050, he was saying that the entire Nigerian economy could be larger than that of each of those European countries, which is not as far-fetched as it sounds.

Given a current Nigerian GDP of $500 billion (vs $2.8 trillion for the UK, $2.4 trillion for France), the Nigerian economy would only have to grow at 10% per year (vs. the normal 2% long-run growth in Europe) to have surpassed both countries in total GDP in 33 years, as 8% relative growth means a relative doubling every 9 years. 10% annual growth is not outrageous, as countries like China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have all managed it when they were developing, so there's no fundamental reason why Nigeria couldn't manage it, given good leadership, and this is the point Soludo is really getting at: the opportunity cost, in terms of wasted growth opportunities, of doing things the way Nigeria has always done them has been tremendous.

The average Nigerian could have been 2-3x times better off by now if the country's government 30 years ago were competent and growth-oriented, rather than being just one long succession of clueless thieves in khaki who finally handed over to clueless thieves in agbada and babariga. Unfortunately most Nigerians can't conceive of politics as being about anything more than sharing out of "national cake" by the FG, and care more about the tribe and religion of those who represent them, instead of what they know and what they plan to do once in office.

Haha sorry oh, I am playing with you guys

omohayek:
I think people who are criticizing Soludo have misunderstood what he was saying. He wasn't predicting that the average Nigerian could have a comparable standard of living to the British and the French by 2050, he was saying that the entire Nigerian economy could be larger than that of each of those European countries, which is not as far-fetched as it sounds.

Given a current Nigerian GDP of $500 billion (vs $2.8 trillion for the UK, $2.4 trillion for France), the Nigerian economy would only have to grow at 10% per year (vs. the normal 2% long-run growth in Europe) to have surpassed both countries in total GDP in 33 years, as 8% relative growth means a relative doubling every 9 years. 10% annual growth is not outrageous, as countries like China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have all managed it when they were developing, so there's no fundamental reason why Nigeria couldn't manage it, given good leadership, and this is the point Soludo is really getting at: the opportunity cost, in terms of wasted growth opportunities, of doing things the way Nigeria has always done them has been tremendous.

The average Nigerian could have been 2-3x times better off by now if the country's government 30 years ago were competent and growth-oriented, rather than being just one long succession of clueless thieves in khaki who finally handed over to clueless thieves in agbada and babariga. Unfortunately most Nigerians can't conceive of politics as being about anything more than sharing out of "national cake" by the FG, and care more about the tribe and religion of those who represent them, instead of what they know and what they plan to do once in office.

chymes0359:

ARE YOU SICK?

Okoroawusa:

well articulated unlike others busy talking tribe,biafra,afonja,religion n other trash...

sometimes I fear for us wit d kind of comments coming from youths in NL.

smartty68:

Of course, he made sense in his analysis, but the problem here is that our leaders keeps taking us for a ride...

What happened to vision 2020? It still has not even materialized and now they've shifted the goalposts to vision 2050... And you feel there's hope for Nigerians?

Nonsense

Okoroawusa:

Yes there is hope for nigeria.You n I can n must work n walk towards it TOGETHER.

smartty68:

This question should be meant for your leaders for the continuous shifting of visions from 2020 to 2050!

Next time before you insult someone make sure you drop some important comments...

Lots of free comments awaits you in the other room!

smartty68:

Easy to say! You can't compare the Nigeria of today with the Nigeria of yesterday! A lot of fatal damage has been caused already!

We leave in an era where empty promises are made, where achievements are done on papers, tribal/religious differences, nepotism is the order of the day, everyone wants to join politics and share the national cake, where politics is a dirty game, a nation which relies only on oil products!

Lemme watchout...

chymes0359:

I didn't insult you, I only asked you a question coz your reply to the the thread was so SICK THAT I EVER WONDER whether you sense of comprehensiveness is okay..