₦airaland Forum

1. Difficulty in Electric Power Generation

In most countries around the world, adequate and uninterrupted electric power supply is normal. Infact, if you tell their citizens about erratic power supply, they argue that it is impossible. Yet, inadequate power supply is the reality in Nigeria. This is despite billions of dollars investment in the sector. With so much investments and elusive positive results in the sector, it can be concluded that Nigeria is decades away from development.

2. Difficulty in Constructing and Maintaining Tarred Roads

The world has already moved beyond constructing roads with tarr. In Australia, roads are being built in weeks and in France, solar panelled roads are already being created. While all these are happening, Nigeria is still struggling to build and maintain simple tarred roads. This is surprising considering that Nigeria has got a quality human capital in her over 150 million population. It will take decades for Nigeria to get close to countries like the US, France etc. in road construction. Those countries are no more concerned about road maintenance issues, what they think about sounds like magic in Nigeria.

3. Lack of Benefits for Nigerian Citizens

There are absolutely no government benefits for being Nigerian. Infact, Citizens are treated worse than foreigners. If you fly with Australians to Australia, Citizens are given priority at immigration entry ports, and foreigners are subjected to thorough checks. In Nigeria, the reverse is almost the case. There is no free education, no healthcare scheme, no insurance scheme etc. Nigerians point to government failures like lack of strict tax regimes or lack of strict enforcement of security procedures as benefits over more organised countries. The anarchy that follows shows that Nigeria still has decades to develop.

4. Unaddressed Citizenship Question

Are we all patriotic Nigerians? In truth, there are more patriotic citizens of the Igbo nation, Yoruba nation, Hausa nation, Ijaw nation, Efik nation etc etc than in the Nigerian nation. This is why there is so much disunity in Nigeria. Those that are referred to as Nigerians don’t believe that they are “Nigerians”. This will take decades to address. Until it is addressed, the ethnic-religious based division will persist. This division will continue to make a united electoral front by the masses elusive and politicians will continue to plunder and pillage the country unchallenged.

5. Uncontrolled and Unchecked Capital Flight from Nigeria

The talent and potentials that leaves Nigeria when Nigerians flee to other countries has actually benefitted other countries massively. This is evident in sports, military, technology, education etc. England won the U-20 World Cup with a team made up of a lot of British-Nigerians, yet, Nigeria have never won that trophy. Nigerians are being decorated in the US military for bravery while our own military cannot handle a rag tag Boko Haram group. Nigerians, even those that claim to be patriotic, are seeking for opportunities to flee the country. With the rate of outflow of talents and potentials, Nigeria will always envy the contributions of their own citizens in other countries, and development will remain elusive.

6)Gross mismanagement of Public funds by past leaders. . .evident in the life of the Otuoke drunk = GEJ.

You can't recuperate from such financial disasters in a decade.

Such a Clueless man.

Lmfao that this one thought Nigeria is even in the process off developing, talkless of developed.
Nwoke you are NoT even developing.
NNigeria is a shithole that's retrogressing.

I pray one day that shithole explodes on itself.

any body hoping to see Nigeria as a whole develop is wastinh his /her time , but individually the states that get things right will witness some development

till the population of muslims drastically reduce in this country, it won't get any better.

TheHistorian:
6)Gross mismanagement of Public funds by past leaders. . .evident in the life of the Otuoke drunk = GEJ.

You can't recuperate from such financial disasters in a decade.

Such a Clueless man.

Buhari is no better. He has plunged Nigeria into a worse economic quagmire. For example, a serious president can carve roads around Nigeria easily by localising and innovating the process. Botswana is a case study.

Justcash:
1. Difficulty in Electric Power Generation

In most countries around the world, adequate and uninterrupted electric power supply is normal. Infact, if you tell their citizens about erratic power supply, they argue that it is impossible. Yet, inadequate power supply is the reality in Nigeria. This is despite billions of dollars investment in the sector. With so much investments and elusive positive results in the sector, it can be concluded that Nigeria is decades away from development.

2. Difficulty in Constructing and Maintaining Tarred Roads

The world has already moved beyond constructing roads with tarr. In Australia, roads are being built in weeks and in France, solar panelled roads are already being created. While all these are happening, Nigeria is still struggling to build and maintain simple tarred roads. This is surprising considering that Nigeria has got a quality human capital in her over 150 million population. It will take decades for Nigeria to get close to countries like the US, France etc. in road construction. Those countries are no more concerned about road maintenance issues, what they think about sounds like magic in Nigeria.

3. Lack of Benefits for Nigerian Citizens

There are absolutely no government benefits for being Nigerian. Infact, Citizens are treated worse than foreigners. If you fly with Australians to Australia, Citizens are given priority at immigration entry ports, and foreigners are subjected to thorough checks. In Nigeria, the reverse is almost the case. There is no free education, no healthcare scheme, no insurance scheme etc. Nigerians point to government failures like lack of strict tax regimes or lack of strict enforcement of security procedures as benefits over more organised countries. The anarchy that follows shows that Nigeria still has decades to develop.

4. Unaddressed Citizenship Question

Are we all patriotic Nigerians? In truth, there are more patriotic citizens of the Igbo nation, Yoruba nation, Hausa nation, Ijaw nation, Efik nation etc etc than in the Nigerian nation. This is why there is so much disunity in Nigeria. Those that are referred to as Nigerians don’t believe that they are “Nigerians”. This will take decades to address. Until it is addressed, the ethnic-religious based division will persist. This division will continue to make a united electoral front by the masses elusive and politicians will continue to plunder and pillage the country unchallenged.

5. Uncontrolled and Unchecked Capital Flight from Nigeria

The talent and potentials that leaves Nigeria when Nigerians flee to other countries has actually benefitted other countries massively. This is evident in sports, military, technology, education etc. England won the U-20 World Cup with a team made up of a lot of British-Nigerians, yet, Nigeria have never won that trophy. Nigerians are being decorated in the US military for bravery while our own military cannot handle a rag tag Boko Haram group. Nigerians, even those that claim to be patriotic, are seeking for opportunities to flee the country. With the rate of outflow of talents and potentials, Nigeria will always envy the contributions of their own citizens in other countries, and development will remain elusive.

OP...this is by far the most relevant and straight-to-the-point topic I have read so far on Nairaland this year...truth is,Nigerians truly yearn for growth but when it will happen beats me...it might be sooner with the correct leadership and it might never happen with the current cycle of leadership we have....one major central factor that will determine how fast we will develop is tribe and religion...it has really been taken too far...you need to be close to this government to understand what I mean....we will not progress with the kind of government we have these days....education and health is not their priority...they talk about infrastructural development like it's rocket science...everyday Nigerians leave the country for other countries where they have better chances at actualizing their dreams....

It's a mess...but I will not give up Hope....

All we need is a WORKING SYSTEM.
I believe we can get things right in this country, I've been influencing anyone that comes my way why we need a working system, I believe soonest with ripple effect from this, this might change soonest.
Most of us don't even know that the problem of this country comes from we the citizen.