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Uchek:
Hi Roforofo

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Tippy Top:
You want good roads etc but not willing to help to get it.
Who would make govt sit up and take notice, in other civilization the citizens does.  Check those other civilization we're so happy to emigrate to.

boy t:
For you guys who criticized Ojo for his local accent and unWestern ethics , i have a message you. A white man will always see you as Black  African no matter how you try to copy or pretend to be modern. That is why the white folks still regards the Middle Easterners and Asians to Africans, because the Asians and M.E  will not change their culture, food, religion,values interest or twist their tongue, to please a white man like the  9jaaas.
no matter the passport you carry, US or European 50 years resident overseas or more ,the white man still sees you as a Nigerian.
So stop follow- follow  mentality and be youselves.

silentc:
cap28, your points are fair and correct BUT, it takes 2 to tango. The problem is equally shared between the western world  AND Nigeria. We cannot sit and pretend we are victims. The west take advantage of Nigeria, but the people in power have a good hand in it too. Please do not believe it is not a 2 way street. I understand all you mentioned about unfair trade and IMF loans and you are 100% correct, but remember the IMF loans were not spent on Nigerian Infrastructures or used in developing Nigeria at all. They were squandered by the ruling party. The conditions of these loans were negative, one of which was SAP (Structural Adjustement Programme) which was imposed by IMF. This was basically asking us to cut social expenditure and a host of other conditions that suited the west in our bid to pay back these loans (for example privatization and selling of govt owned industries and resources mostly to western countries, which was not good for Nigeria).

The UK, US etc. are corrupt countries, let us not pretend they are not, but they invest the basic infrastructure on their citizens i.e good roads, electricity, healthcare, education etc,  If 50% of Nigeria's revenue's were spent in Nigeria no one would complain as much.

I ask you a question, do you see a lot of Libyans around the world i.e as immigrants? Libya may not be the best friend of the west at the moment, but they invest their resources in their own country (yes, i know Ghadaffi is a tyrant). The quality of life in Libya is a lot better than most African countries.

All I am saying is that I am not naive enough to think the west is free of influencing and aiding corruption in Nigeria, but i want to look inward first and sort it out from Nigeria before we can look the west in the eye and say no to their negative influences.

cap28:
@kaymode i have some questions for you - why havent tony blair and george bush been prosecuted for war crimes for invading a sovereign nation under the fabricated story of saddam having weapons of mass destruction?

why was the investigative journalist who tried to expose a fake dossier prepared by tony blair's "director of communications" sacked when he tried to expose the fact that blair and bush were lying about the proposed invasion?  my point is the west are just as corrupt and complicit in deceiving their own people as nigerians are.

this jonathan of hardtalk is PAID to PRETEND to engage in hardtalk - why is he not asking the real questions eg why has britain and america INCREASED arms sales to nigeria despite the fact that the nigerian govt  is one of the most corrupt and repressive govts in the world.

okay so madueke supported abacha when he was in power, but so did the british and americans - who do  you think sold him arms, abacha was done away with when he started moving away from the american and british agenda and started making unilateral decisions without consulting them first.

of course i want a transparent govt but my point is that Maduekwe is not the problem, the problem has to be traced all the way back to the real power brokers who are protecting these corrupt policiticians.  if the british and americans say that these people are so incompetent and useless why are they still selling them millions of dollars worth of arms.

Tippy Top:
Since you live abroad, are you about to follow this latest craze?

texazzpete:
I think the Original poster needs to have a rethink. Since when does the views of a few extremists on Youtube reflect the mindset of the entire western world? All i see on TV is western nations donating aid, materiel and rescue services to haiti. the response of African nations has been much more muted.
I see westerners campaigning for an end to the despoil and murder of women in Congo. How many Nigerian news agencies have even reported on this issue? We see Hollywood stars in darfur, genuinely concerned with easing the suffering of the people there. What sensitivity is displayed by your precious Nollywood stars?

Black people are far more insensitive to the plight of their fellow blacks. First fix the problems in your own race before you begin to cast stones

texazzpete:
I think the Original poster needs to have a rethink. Since when does the views of a few extremists on Youtube reflect the mindset of the entire western world? All i see on TV is western nations donating aid, materiel and rescue services to haiti. the response of African nations has been much more muted.
I see westerners campaigning for an end to the despoil and murder of women in Congo. How many Nigerian news agencies have even reported on this issue? We see Hollywood stars in darfur, genuinely concerned with easing the suffering of the people there. What sensitivity is displayed by your precious Nollywood stars?

Black people are far more insensitive to the plight of their fellow blacks. First fix the problems in your own race before you begin to cast stones

Excellent post. I agree with you 100%. Like I said before, Blacks and Africans are our own worst enemies. We should face ourselves instead of blaming White people for all our failures and lack of progress.

frosbel:
@SapeleGuy , you miscontrued my article.

In no way was I disrespecting Haitians, I have donated money to the red cross and will still be donating till this crisis is over.

My issue , hence this article, had to do with the utter disregard that people in western societies have for suffering blacks the world over.

I was disheartended to read many articles written by educated and highly placed Americans questioning :

- Why the US government is allowing displaced Haitian children into Miami, because , their train of thought is that these 'illegal immigrants ' will become a burden to society in general.

- Comments by Americans that these mud eating niggers should all die

- Why Obama was sending millions of dollars to Haiti when Americans are suffering at home

and it goes on and on and on.

Remember Hurriacane Katrina in New Orleans when the government sent the national guard instead of immediate aid and assistance

Remember Rwanda when the Belgian soilders came to rescue ONLY their fellow Belgians

Its an endless list of these similar sort of events.

I am not American bashing here , I am only trying to understand why even in suffering blacks are hated ( obviously not all whites hate blacks ) and mistreated.



@ transformR

I feel no pity for myself, I am a British citizen with Nigerian ancestry.

But I do feel for my people when I see them go through pain with no concrete plan to alleviate the sufferings they have to cope with on a daily basis.

I do my little bit for my extended family back home and will even want to come home and contribute positively some of my skills for the benefit of the nation. However the endemic corruption that plagues Nigeria prevents this.

The comments are coming from highly educated but ill informed people like Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh and many others who read msnbc, cnn, abc news channels. Many of these are educated people.

ancel:
Na so Naija passport costly reach for Oyinbo people?  Hayba, wonders have just begun

flekan:
@Poster

Check the link below, you should be able to find something useful there

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-290745.64.html