grandstar:


There's a mistake I notice that several people make. It is the belief that it id hardwork or sacrifices that make their country great.

This isn't true. What makes countries prosper are down to the policies the government enacts.. They are the foundation for development and prosperity.

For Instance, the World Bank has an "Ease of Doing Business" report. This looks at how easy is it to do business in a country. Guess which companies are at the bottom: a lot of African countries.

The easier it is to do business, the better run the country would be.

For instance, in Guinea Bissau, it takes about 260 days to register a company. Compare that with Rwanda where it takes a day. During Jonathans rule, many foreign investor who were interested Investing in the country had to turn back as they found it extremely difficult to a register a company. You can imagine the billions of dollars of investment lost.

Dangote said he'd never have been able to have become as big as he is today if not for the recapitalization exercise carried out under Soludo. So, no matter how hard he worked, if Soludo had not recapitalised the banks, it would have restrained his growth.

Asking people to stay behind or come back to develop their country would yield very little if the government does not make the country fertile for development.

Buhari left the economy a total mess, thousands who never envisaged traveling were forced to do so as the economy collapsed.

Buharis bad economic policies ran the economy aground, starting with the utterly useless foreign exchange controls that was something out of Chairman Mao's red book.

As for those traveling overseas for greener pastures, you were too harsh and condescending. Yes, many work with the old and invalid, but one must respect their choices. It beats stealing.

Your grouse is that they should have done their homework before sojourning overseas. Yes, many preferred to remain uninformed before checking out probably saying "Any country is better than Nigeria." Many of these end up biting more than they can chew.

A large number of Nigerians are also doing very well overseas. Many might have started life there by cleaning shit. Nevertheless, they rose.

I have a younger brother who traveled to the US. He went there as a student but now a specialist medical doctor in his field. His qualufication is so rare that he was once the only specialized black doctor in a state in the US. When he got there, he stayed with a step aunt who ran a nursing home. I'm certain he cleaned shit.

Boss, we are the best in apportioning blames. At every level, nobody admits the buck stops at his desk. It's a major fault of ours yet we feel we are entitled to benefits

All the time, the Nigerian people blame their government for their woes. In one fell swoop, you've criticised both buhari and ease of doing business. Are you saying we, the common people, have no role to play in the way things turn out?

Let me just hit the nail on the head:

1) the people in power are an identical reflection of what the led are. They are no bigger criminals than the rest of us

2) (and this is where you come in) it never sits right with me that for all the riches and intelligence of both Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, we cannot muster a violent group that can overhaul the "leaders". We know they're mismanaging our commonwealth. We keep relying on stupid polls and protests, whining online day to day with each scandalous headline that unfolds. Regurgitating same thing on a daily basis

That doesn't make any sense to me. How do you expect the impunity to stop if nobody calls them to order? Everyone just folds their arms, moping like zombies. In a nation where you have unknown gunmen, you have militants, you have Islamic terrorists, you have cultists. None of you OUT OF 200 MILLION can coordinate yourselves

That's truly crazy to me. It's not as if the so-called leaders commute to and from heaven. Same country, flesh and blood

So what I'm saying is that it's a reproach to all involved. I have tried my bit. I have an action plan, continuity in the form of a manifesto. Because kicking out incumbent is just the beginning. How we carry on afterwards to forestall another waste of 60 years is what matters. How we chart that cause

I tried to engage David hundeyin and a top cult guy but neither gave me a listening ear

As for the harshness of my earlier message, It's not personal. It is not something we can run away from. Those people developed their lands. Instead of replicating same, we sell off all our belongings and run there to do menial jobs. That's the reality and you can't shy away from it. The people back here, who couldn't escape are bearing the brunt. The scary part is the impoverishment

If you know or have access to anyone in a paramilitary or mercenary position, I'm ready to share what I have. So I'm not just talking

GiulliameII:


No yawa.
I like to think I can see through the bullshit. Eat the meat & discard the bones.

Sincerely hope my meat to bone ratio outweighs an obese whale

Disclaimer: this isn't a pickme situation but a joke I couldn't resist making

GiulliameII:


Totally didn't see that.
My bad. Guess you're a herdsman now.

Sounds real tough. It'll help to know what it is, although I see how it'll be pointless to reveal if help can not be provided right away.

I think the fella above already said what needs to be said. I think you should hold on to the things that bring you respite right now, however momentary it is.

Brilliant mind, brilliant man.
Huge loss to mankind. Huge loss to whoredom.

Be well & don't die.

Beware of Some of us who barter eloquence for specious and casuistic teachings

</devils-advocate>

IbeOkehie:


The USA only started subsidies AFTER it became a rich country through applying free market principles. Now that the USA has been paying a lot of subsidies for decades, their economy is going stagnant. In fact the USA and Nigeria have EXACTLY the same problems but at different levels.

Elites everywhere NEVER lose. You can NEVER prevent them from enjoying "unfair" advantage...some get it by raw talent or effort, some via connections or inheritance, some by corruption. They can't be stopped. Trying to redistribute their wealth by taxes or subsidy simply creates POVERTY. It never works because of the human character.

Nigeria has STOLEN and distributed the wealth of the Niger Delta and other crude oil and natural gas producing communities for many decades. How far? RESULT....Poverty Capital of the World

Most importantly, Nigerians especially the university graduates, are very IGNORANT, unreasonable, entitled and hubristic. That's why they voted for a party whose leaders told them "there's nothing like fuel subsidy, fuel subsidy doesn't exist."

Fuel subsidy that has been paid since 1973!!! A subsidy that's always been one of the largest government expenditures, and people couldn't figure out the man was lying.

President Buhari that said fuel subsidy doesn't exist was Petroleum Minister in the 1970s and he negotiated fuel subsidy with the IMF as President in 1984. Just Google! And Nigerians still voted for him...very, very STUPID vote and they're getting exactly the suffering they deserve. The least Nigerians can do is NOT vote for bad leaders and then DEFEND their votes....that's democracy.

Good Luck to Nigerians

I respect most of what you share here but the last paragraph of this tirade is uncharacteristically shallow and myopic. That aside, I have a few questions:

1) why do you imprint all your posts with "good luck to Nigerians"? Aside the fact that it'd be more ergonomic to leave it in your signature, I wonder if it is intended as a genuine or sarcastic remark. I'm inclined to believe it's the latter, which brings me to my next question

2) why do you fretfully compose impassioned posts, stay abreast, and engage in lengthy arguments over a country you've repeatedly declared as doomed and a zoo? You have made boast about cutting off all ties, so I wonder why the fuss. Shouldn't all that energy be spent on forums discussing avenues to better your naturalized nationality?

3) I wonder the reason those of you in the diaspora, touted to constitute our brightest minds, would rather shove the white man's shit (quite literally), abdicating the seemingly rudimentary responsibility of fixing their homeland once and for all. So in your opinion, what is the barrier? Why is it easier and less shameful to throw stones? I mean, I don't dispute the perfection of the life you've bought overseas, or that we are worse off. But I have so many questions. Isn't that cowardice and lazy weakling what justifies whatever shabby manner you guys are being treated in foreign lands and even our embassies? Why are you comfortable with it but come to whine online as things continue to go awry?

4) if you had omnipotent powers, is there an actionable plan of things you'd do differently? I read where you admitted not to have a solution to the primary education and health challenges. But in a more holistic sense, we have proven a gross deficit at anything in general (not just governance). But it does start with governance and cascade down. So sequel to question 3, if you were to think in terms of solutions rather than criticisms, what would you change and where would you start?

1) no penalties, accountability, or consequences when caught

2) it's their way of getting back at the system that put them in a position to exert power

3) sheer greed

4) for cultural, institutionalised purposes ie your own people think you're not smart for underutilising the opportunity of a lifetime

5) poverty –both mentally and financially

DonroxyII:
.. You too like to dey Laugh for my matter ... No be sense I talk

The words I bolded are esoteric. I heard that "chuachua" in an entirely different context, so it was humorous seeing it used like you did

I neither believe in afterlives nor reincarnations. I'm excited by some of the unexpected word combos you use. But merely "liking" the post won't highlight what about it Fascinated me; coupled with fact that doing so may inaccurately convey agreement

DonroxyII:
The Place You spend your Earth is the Place You will spend your eternity ....

If you are living in hell on Earth, You go live in hell in heaven ....

If you live Paradise on Earth, You will Live in Paradise in Heaven ....

Earth is a microcosm of Heaven ... na still same life ... Unfortunately, Heaven no Favour Scamming like Earth ... You go Chop Ya handiwork ... No Partial, No Chuachua, No Corruption ... No Sorting

Anybody thinking Dangote or Tinubu Will Enter Hell Dey Play ..... So Na Una go come Enter heaven ....

Na people wey dey hell dey condemn pass

GiulliameII:


My favourite patron of Night women.
You good?
There was a concerning dairy post a while back.

Currently fighting a gruesome battle with the grammar nazi part of me, to deny your insinuation that I'm a fulani milkman

On a serious note, I'm still teetering precariously tbh. That thought comes in flashes. Was relatively happy today but something bad happened and those feelings were briefly rejuvenated. On the surface, it's the flimsiest things that tip me over. Very superficial errors by unsuspecting people I interact with

But they remind me of the deeper, underlying problems I have that can be overwhelming or that I can't see a way out of. The blackout days feel like drowning in a dark hole but it's those arbitrary, peripheral encounters that really trigger the crises

GiulliameII:
Praying for that whoremongering dude on here that's being ravaged by diseases. Praying for his wife & unborn child, still.

DonroxyII:
Omoh, You Must Have Come from Poverty Soaked Background to Breakthrough because This Kinda Wisdom You are Blasting is Solely from Deep Core of a Brain That Has Ransacked Itself to Manifest Glory .... You Have Ruminated the Universes before Blasting it all !

Even Dangote Daughter Must not have this Kinda IQ cuz It takes someone hell bent to be successful to Troubleshoot His/Her Mental Horizon This Way ..... .... This Head go don Hot like Craze during Its Growing Days .... Nevertheless, It Breakthrough laslas ....

Well-done & More Oil to Ya Head ...

Don't Worry, Once You Climb on God, You & Your Generations are Never Coming Down, It's a Stated Covenant 😉 👌 👍!