₦airaland Forum

I will never pay anyone a dime while building my house, God forbid.

What are we turning our country into

LordAzubuike:
Even if you bring soldiers, remember that the soldiers can't be there forever. . Once they leave , you go regret yourself. The menace of those illiterates is just horrible.

Be street wise and show no fear. You'll still have to settle them but the money go less once you show small madness too.

Show no fear but still pay them

God forbid

Sigh, Nigeria has really wasted DECADES worth of oil earnings.

Just imagine how much we have earned, how much has been stolen, how much more we would have earned without subsidies...

Nothing to show for it

but a normal employee has to get to work with his own car, fueled and repaired with money from his own salary.

40 million car here, 20 million car there, in a so called poor country.

Then that rossikk guy will come and be lecturing us how Nigeria is poor, how whites are bad, how bla bla bla... mtcheew

That money can put interlocking stones on 50% of inner streets in a certain city like Victoria Island, Lekki, Festac, Sattelitte Town, Surulere.

I have seen boys doing interlocking stone roads on inner streets in few weeks and they last, not to talk of companies that lay the stones perfectly in an even shorter duration. Give those guys billions and they will get you 10s of kilometers worth of smooth inner roads leading to peoples houses and businesses.

But nooooooooo

They have to use the money to relax inside one behemoth of a vehicle.

Wait first, is it not even auto section that people are selling corolla for 1-3 million Naira?

Shouldn’t a “poor” country be buying “poor” cars?

We need to protest in every state of this country. Like million man protests.

I know people are scared, but if you look over your right shoulder and see 10 thousand supporters scared like you and you look to your left and see the same, you won’t be scared anymore.

flexyrule:
Lowlifers be beefing successful people... I remember back then, how they'd be calling her names. The Ikejis keep progressing above e-hate.
Congrats girl. Live your life.

as in ehn!

I remember too and I couldn't understand how a pretty lady could be getting sooo much hate from these people.

men, hate is really a terrible thing sha

wow, just wow!

tsephanyah:
There's but this what you get in democracy.. we are hopping for communism

I don't believe the problem has to do with the system of governance as I have been to countries with different kinds of government systems, yet, Law and Order in everything is still held supreme in those countries.

I think it has to do with the way we think in Nigeria. It seems we are content with lawlessness and decay that it doesn't even bother some people again.

I once told someone that if I became the governor of Lagos, one of the first things I'd do would be to cover all open gutters in Lagos, with sidewalks and what not. His response was "is that one a problem?".

So you can see that he already sees open gutters filled with feces, trash, urine, algae and teeming with bacteria, as a normal everyday occurrence of life, when that should not be the case. If such a guy were to be the governor tomorrow, he wouldn't care if gutters remain open forever, not minding that when he travels to other countries, he would need a GPS to find ONE SINGLE OPEN GUTTER.

Just sad this morning, but God is in control. Nigeria is just...

chatinent:
There is but only for the bourgeois. The class system is a bitch.

Not even for them bro, the lawlessness affects all classes in Nigeria.

Just that they can be even more lawless and get away with it.

I was driving recently and got super frustrated by how rowdy most of the Lagos drivers were.

Tailgating, driving in multiple lanes, driving on the sidewalks, driving in the bush...

In all of this, not one single erring driver was pulled over, NOT ONE!!!

I just started thinking to myself, of how and why I was born into such a lawless land. In no other country I have visited in my WHOLE LIFE, will drivers just be allowed to do whatever they want, without a single police officer pulling anyone over in their squad car.

I mean it doesn't make any sense at all. It's like we are all in agreement that we are animals in Nigeria and should live as they do in the wild with no governing bodies.

You will see police and lasma just standing at junctions, when they could be patrolling in the their vehicles giving fines to erring drivers and pedestrians. There actually is a whole lot of money to be made by the police and government in general by fining erring drivers even if the fines are just N5,000.

I'm just so sad and frustrated. I don't know who to mail this to, or where to start, but Nigeria needs a whole lot of change, my goodness.



May God save us in Nigeria
May God give us a leader that will see all these things as important.
May God give us followers that will not elect leaders they know are bad simply to spite other tribes.
May God grant the means to our people to get educated, so that we can move beyond this animalistic thinking into the intellectual realm.

If you want to see wickedness, enter Lagos traffic.

Those wicked people driving won’t let you change lanes without a fight, they can’t even pause for 2 seconds to let a car enter in front of them, nooooooo!

They have to aggressively rev their engines, just to push ahead by 2 feet.

When you meet a driver that is calm and allows you to enter their front, just know you’ve met an angel in a sea infested with dark and aggressive beings.

What would it cost you to give way to your neighbor?

I guess it cost these wicked people EVERYTHING!!

gidgiddy:
Guys like you make me laugh. Asking the same questions your Grandfather asked while the answers are right in front of you.

You even answered your own questions. Just because a crazy British man called Frederick Lugard brought us all together in 1914 dies not make us one people with one destiny.

Nigeria was just a British colonial experiment to see if we could grow into a progressive nation. We have had over 100 years to see that experiment fail badly.

We have no national ideology, no common value system and no unity of purpose. Yet some people wonder why Nigeria is not moving foward from such chaos? I laugh in Greek

People think that all you have to do is claim the country that Lugard created, claim the name "Nigeria" his wife came up with, then shout 'one Nigeria!' all over the place and you will suddenly get a country where things work and the people are one with each other

What a laugh. Nigeria is unworkable, we should be thinking about how to dissolve this failed British colonial experiment rather than complain about its failure

Wow, potent write up

TooMuchStuff:

Cos Nigeria is a lost case. Hopeless entity !

So the money that flows ceaselessly for rigging and thuggery that are almost legally allowed across the country is enough satisfaction than governance.

In fact.... To Hell with good governance....!
If only your man wins it's OK.

It almost seems like a lost case, but all it takes is a few good men in the right position to turn things around.

My prayer, my wish, my deepest desire, is that we Nigerians seek out the best of the best as leaders from now on.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Proverbs 29:2

donbachi:
It is not how old one is politically...it is there meaningful contributions,policy and decision making.how it affects the people and nation building....the bush family,Putin of Russia,benjamin Netanyahu,the Clintons,Obama,late Cain,late Shimon Perez of Israel and all I could not mention,have all been in politics long ago...but the little impacts they made speaks volumes....but,ours only make short term policies that will enrich them and their cronies...so self-centered and greed driven....no nation rules it self,someone must be in charge.... finally,Wetin we go do na..bush wey lion no dey,monkey go form king.

True, age isn’t as big a factor as pedigree, but we Nigerians won’t allow those that mean well for us to take the lead.

We are deep sufferers of Stockholm syndrome and need a psychological reset it seems, so we can make decisions that are good for us, devoid of spite, tribe and so on.

The main topics of discussion here is always about Elections.

Throwing up names of past leaders that ought to be retired to the history books, to come back again due to selfish tribal interests.

Why don’t we ever put Nigeria first?

Did you read the expose on Nigeria by the U.S embassy? Did you see how we were portrayed to the world? As a chaotic society we’re nothing seems to work.

Why aren’t we focused on policy that will uplift our society and on people that will drive those policy changes?

Why are we only focused on spiting Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa people by making choices we know are wrong, but that makes us feel we are getting the upper hand over another tribe, even to the detriment of ourselves and our children.

Now the talk is about Atiku, Tinubu and Jonathan for 2023.

Nigerians, haven’t we had enough?

In our lifetime, we can see a great Nigeria, believe me and believe that God can and will do it, if we do it for ourselves.

Think Nigerians, think. Exercise your brains, seek knowledge, apply that knowledge. Open your minds to wisdom and your hearts to love.

I will take photos of the massive potholes and bad sections during daytime and post here soon.

Can’t believe they make all cars pay close to 300 Naira to pass this road.

I have added pictures of what it’s like driving on Lekki-Epe Expressway at night.

See how dark everywhere is.

Street lights don’t work on most stretches of the road, like 80% of the road.

I truly believe that the toll collection for one day can fix all the street lights and even power them with solar panels.

helinues:
And no pinshures to back up your claims

I feel you bros, I will take pictures later and repost.

How is it possible that a free expressway would be miles better than a tolled one?

I am referring to the comparison between the third mainland bridge and Lekki-Epe Expressway. On the third mainland bridge, you have clearly marked lanes, functioning street lights and no potholes.

Yet on Lekki-Epe, where users pay upwards of N200 per single pass, the road is full of potholes. On some stretches, the third lane to the right has been totally condemned by potholes making the lane unusable. Then all the lanes that were shining when new have all washed away. I remember when Fashola at least repainted the lanes, but go there now, no lanes, with cars just driving in zig-zag patterns. Then of course you have the issue of no street lights when driving at night. So many cars have run into gigantic potholes on that road at night with speed, messing up their cars.

I really do wonder how a road that generates billions can be so dilapidated. Can’t they just use ordinary 10 million from this months toll money to fix the potholes and employ cheap labor to repaint the lanes? Can’t they take another 5 million to ensure the street lights are always on?

It just seems like the whole money is being swallowed. It doesn’t make any sense at all.

As proof look at how many pages a 2023 Yoruba presidency thread has in the pic below. 24 pages and counting, but if it’s an intellectual topic on ways to make Nigeria better, you’d be lucky to get up to 2 pages, sigh.

Nobody cares about development today, just which tribe will rule every 4 years.

As soon as they are done with the election of 2023, they will start talking about 2027, while still in 2023.

Yet TODAY, you have no electricity, no good roads, insecurity, lawlessness...

but yes, let’s wait for 2023

I thought we are still in 2019.

I must have overslept.

jidemoh:
My answer for you is equally a question.

Has the US and other allied forces been able to completely decimate ISIS and other insurgents in the middle east with all the resources committed into prosecuting the wars?

Do me a favor by telling me which Terrorist Cell you believe have been wiped out in the world.

This same argument always, as if ISIS can drive Toyota hilux in the middle of the streets of some American city, waving their ISIS flag and sacking police stations along the way.

Even in GTA V, you do anyhow and you already have a five star wanted rating, with the choppers coming for ur-asss, mtcheew.

Lagos that is full of open gutters?

In fact the whole Nigeria is full of open gutters.

Then they will now be wondering why the drainages get blocked. Brah! It’s not rocket science, if you have open drainages, litter will fall in and clog those drainages and the place will flood with any small rain.

Classless Nigerian leaders. They just dig hole by the side of the road and call it drainage.

The same way they closed the border to rice to encourage local production, why can’t the government shut down use of Generators in all its agencies to encourage mains electricity production?

Abi, can’t they make the same sacrifices they require of their citizens?

ThisIsOutlaw:
It doesn't hurt to carry and ID, and it's not necessarily all the time, like when you drive, when you travel, late nights, being out of town and all that. It's actually good for you the ID card owner

It is definitely good to have and a must in some case, like driving as you said.

The issue here is, they want to make it a must at all times.

Bluffly:
From my understanding, it is advisable to have an ID on you even though you aren't mandated. Without Ary operation whatever, I always have an ID with me.

That’s fine and I admire the fact that you are always well prepared, with your ID on hand.

However, you already stated in your response that it’s advisable and not mandated and that’s were the crux of the matter lies.

You can’t be harassed in a developed democracy for just walking around without ID, but here in our underdeveloped democracy, they want to mandate it, hence opening the door to further harassment of innocent civilians by Nigerian authorities.

People are already complaining about sars, do we really need to add military complaints on top of that? Imagine a young chap going to his nearby store by 7pm to quickly get some fruits, holding only cash and walking. Then he runs into some overzealous military men that DEMAND for his ID at random. Why should such a guy be required to have an ID in that scenario?

There are spheres of society where IDs are mandated without interfering with personal freedoms, like for transportation. You are required to have a valid drivers licence to operate a motor vehicle. You are required to have a passport to board an international bound airplane...

This does not translate to the personal lives of citizens, as being required to present an ID at all times, even when one has done nothing wrong and isn’t operating a vehicle, or under any institution that requires it, is an infringement on ones personal freedoms.

ThisIsOutlaw:
You can tell the problem we have in this country, see that comment he made and how many liked he got... Almost 200, that's how many Nigerians can't see right, so sometimes, or maybe most time, we are our own problem... I just hope increasing number of us get enlightened

So you are agreeing with the guy you quoted that you need to have ID at all times by law abroad?

Commentor:
Local champion.

Walk the streets of Arizona without ID and be stopped by the popo and tell them this nonsense.

What corrupt officer will stop a pedestrian walking and start demanding for ID card?

In America? Bros haba na!

If you did something wrong, then yes, a police office will need to identify you to book you, but please I don’t believe there is a law in Atlanta that states one must carry ID at all times, haba.

zizi4real:
Bros even abroad if you don’t hold your ID and police stop stop you , you will pay a fine, so i don’t see anything bad

Wait ooo, which abroad are you made to carry ID card at all times?

Check it for yourself.

Every thread in the politics section, with at least 2 pages, has some form of these:

Afonja
ipob
children of hate
...

Doubt me, then check it out for yourself.

What does this say about Nairaland or/and Nigeria?

So what if the Keke guy was wrong?

If I become Governor, I’ll take Law and Order very seriously.

Then again, the Lasma official may be at fault too.

All in all, Nigeria needs Law and Order ASAP. There is too much chaos once you step out of your house:

Okada riders using one way.
People not obeying traffic lights.
People turning 3 lane roads to 6 lanes.
People walking on the roads at will.
People not staying in one lane on roads with proper lane markings.

Pay these police and lasma guys a minimum wage of 150k per month, to boost their moral and reduce corruption.

Police need to run monthly or quarterly pull over drills.

Get rid of police cars parked aimlessly at junctions and turn them from stationary vehicles to PATROL vehicles.

Get rid of random police checkpoints which serve absolutely no purpose.

Sigh, my Nigeria, we can have Law and Order. We can set an example for the BLACK RACE if we support new and great leaders, not the ones we mostly have now.