₦airaland Forum

shomutuski:
My bro! This question will keep been asked, you know why? Nigeria was never meant to be, that was the first ever problem. We were matched together to drain our collective resources or helped the British control us better. Look at other countries and see how orderly they were as far back as the 60s.

Our leader also continued the same mode of ruling, the colonial masters used, If you deep it; no one gives a fck about the common man in nigeria. even comman man no send him fellow common man. I believe nigeria will never reach its potential until we trace our genesis back to the inception and ask the question- why are we together, what do we hope to achieve as a nation-

Only then i think, things will change but corruption has been institutionalized, its a cancer now in every citizens mind, Nigerians travel out and change, follow systems laid down in other countries think about it?

In my country here, no one sells fuel for you, you go and take it yourself and pay inside the mart, if you run no one will chase you. thats because there is a working system. Nigeria lacks order.

We have to fix the mind before we even think about changing our fortunes. Our country is too complex i tell you, different tribe, different religion. nah that diversity they kill us, truth be told. hausa hate igbos, igbos hate hausas, yoruba despise igbos, igbos despise hausa and I have not even talked about the hate between minor tribes like igala, calabar and others you see.

We need a common identity that all of these factors wont affect, ireland has so many local people but they are irish first before anything. I can keep writing my bro, it shows you how sad i am of my country. Nairaland is closest thing to home for me, but even here sef nah so so hate and tribalism.

Omo Nigeria no fit better oo

Better ke? No bi curse, e no fit happen!

Reinaldo:
Sorry, but I'm not interested in saying more. I am already ashamed enough to be on a forum dominated by tribal and religious bigots. Make everybody just dey.

At least, you are not seeing them every day like those of us in the country permanently.

Reinaldo:
Have you seen any development with the taxes paid so far? Stop deceiving yourselves. People are willing to pay taxes in those regions because their systems work and there is transparency.

Exactly! I don't know why you are still replying him.

Wizardslayer:
I've said it several times in this forum that an average Black man is mentally retarded, let's say mentally sub.

Tell me why do the least fair skin Asians and South America do better than all black nations combined.
To produce a toothpick a white man has to be there for supervision, if not thing won't work.

If you check and balance it all you'll observe that the black man is too good and do much better when it comes to wickedness and corruption.

Most times I wonder if the black pigment on our skin is a spell or a curse. Our way of reasoning is below par, too poor but i think we can do better.

It's only in Africa and Nigeria a people will prefer to suffer to death, by voting a known and certified drug lord and corrupt ridden personality in the name of tribe and religion instead of doing the right thing.

The case with Nigeria is that I've come to conclusion that tribe and religion is making our diversity a curse instead of a blessing to our collective well being.

You can say that again!

Reinaldo:
Some people are just ridiculously stupid. They think they can support bad leaders and escape poverty. If the country is not developing they will be back to the poverty before they know it.

You can say that again! We all know the reason why they are supporting this useless government, the reason is obvious and it is tribalism as the head of the government is from their tribe.

Calitoscassius:
Naigerians were not designed to live in a decent clean environment. Simple!


They are happy living like this.

Gbamsolutely!

Raydos:
Bro we can't keep making excuses, Over excuses, Over Excuses, It's not going to get us anywhere

No human will progress in life with that mentality, Even if Our population was 5million and we produce 10million barrels of crude oil per day, I bet nothing will still Change!!

The money will continue to get embezzled, All those Middle-east countries you mentioned are very disciplined and do not tolerate Corruption, That's the reason they progressed!

You can say that again!

blingxx:
I swear, it would have been better if we had an aparthied system like south Africa

Exactly! Now, that same South Africa is a destination for Nigerians despite their xenophobia!

Corrections:
Please stop saying because people don't pay tax is the major cause for this. The billions that Nigeria generates from natural resources how have they the leaders been able to manage them? Is it right for some people to pay taxes only for some other in government to embezzle them and still go with little or no punishment?

Great questions to ask!

1Sharon:
If they don't want to be told how to spend their money, they shouldn't complain about the conditions based on their money choices.


What people spend their money on says alot about who they are. The only good looking institutions Nigeria can boast about are lavish churches. That indicates what Nigerians prioritise: greed, fantasies and delusions.

Exactly!

Raydos:
Shut the F**k up!!

Countries Like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE(Dubai) Kuwait
e.t.c Are not taxing their people as much and they are growing at a faster rate, They have modern cities and towns

They built all these cities with The revenue they generated from selling crude oil, That's why the middle-east is called "Oil Money" countries

Nigeria has the same Oil, What have we done with it?? The money keep getting Embezzled on a daily basis, Can't even build a working refinery since 1960!

Even if all Nigeria pay their taxes, Which we actually pay, Since they deduct it from salaries as VAT, Even the people in the market selling pepper, rice, foodstuffs are given ticket by the government!!

Even bus conductor, Taxis and okada rider are given tickets, These are tax!!


What have we done with it? They keep looting the money and moving to America to enjoy life!


Stop defending rubbish!!

Abi

Raydos:
Even in 1887, it looked more organized than a lot of Nigerian street today!!

And besides, That was in 1887, Show me the same place today, I bet it has been transformed!!

Then show me a streets in Nigeria 70 years ago, compare with today, I bet it still look the same!

Exactly!

VaselineCrew:
Sometimes I want to give up, cause the amount of insane people in Nigeria is just too much.

There is this movie I watched were the guy was transported to future america and everyone was stupid.

So stupid that they couldn’t figure out why the plants couldn’t grow, as they were using a sports drink to water the plants instead of water.

Difference is, even in their stupidity, they still had enough brain cells to hire the guy that suggested they use water instead of sports drink.

In Nigeria, they would simply laugh at the guy.

Abi o at the last statement. A curve ball for you, if he is now not from their tribe, they will reject his solution and prefer to wallow in their stupidity.

VaselineCrew:
Sometimes I want to give up, cause the amount of insane people in Nigeria is just too much.

There is this movie I watched were the guy was transported to future america and everyone was stupid.

So stupid that they couldn’t figure out why the plants couldn’t grow, as they were using a sports drink to water the plants instead of water.

Difference is, even in their stupidity, they still had enough brain cells to hire the guy that suggested they use water instead of sports drink.

In Nigeria, they would simply laugh at the guy.

I gave up on this country a few years after I returned back to this country. Now I am at a level of indifference with what has happened to me this year!

VaselineCrew:
What do you mean you “think” Africans have low IQ?

Don’t you mean the lowest??

Check the chart below

They are definitely not lying!

Highlife217:
This is the correct answer. Idiots would rather support a crooked politician that is of their tribe, then vote for a skilled politician of another, then wonder why they live in a shythole.

You got it right!

NFBI:
We will get sense after a millennium

Or never which is more likely imo.

nnamdi640:
Wickedness and hatred for their fellow won't allow the country to develop. How will a country that practice nepotism, tribalism and above all hypocrisy grow? "The beauty of a country is the mindset of the people living in it" quoted by Christian Nworisa

Exactly!

colp2015:
If you swap all Nigerians for Americans in California, Texas, and New York, Nigeria would develop rapidly in less than 6 months but California, Texas, and New York would become a jungle.

The black race in Africa is flawed by constitution.
___________________

A woman traveled to America on a visitor's visa. She was taken out on a sight seeing trip.

They were driving on I-75 Highway in North Dallas when the woman sighed and said, "na wa oh, everybody just dey drive New cars here..." the driver replied: "you can buy any car of your choice by credit facility.."

The woman exclaimed and said: " how then do you distinguish the rich from the poor?" The man replied: "you can't know by their cars because anyone with a job can buy anything on credit and pay monthly to maintain a good quality of life."

The woman said - to her shame - "I can't live in this country where everybody is equal."

The story above depicts the mental frame of many black people who grow up in Africa.

God and angels have very little regard, if any, for the black race in Africa.

You see that woman's statement? That is all you need to know!

yemmit90:
China has over 1 billion population, one should've been expecting poor Chinese men to be sleeping on the street but guess what, China has many ghost cities with massive beautiful structure. I was astonished the day I watched the documentary.

Here in Nigeria or Africa, some don't even have where to rest their heads, let alone having a ghost city where massive beautiful structures are unoccupied.

Do you know how many flats of modern houses 100 billions naira can build? But here in Nigeria, a single politician or military officer can loot that amount and clean mouth. Blacks are synonymous to evils, and should be living among the beasts.

You got it right! They are part of the reasons I have stopped going to church in a long time as it doesn't even reflect in their lives they go. The stealing men of God and politicians and the wicked civil servants who fix people's sweat mostly go to church. So, basically it is a waste of time.

9japride:
People who can happily vote in bad leaders shouldn't expect much in terms of organized cities
Imagine those nairaland resident zom.bies with their kind of wicked hearts, how can such people who are in large number in the society ever think of developing a good city?

Exactly especially on tribal and religious sentiments! The worst will continue to govern with this! See Nigeria currently and the usurper there.

otokx:
OP says the truth.

Abi

HarryGleb:
If the British are still ruling Nigeria it would have been better than what we have now.

Exactly! Even though I hate to admit this! See South Africa.

Raydos:
This is not only in Nigeria, This applies to every African countries,

Anywhere you see a white person, There are 97% chances that the place will be organized and clean

But anywhere you see a Black person, There are 100% chances it's gonna be a slum

Even far out of African down to the carribeans which is mostly habited by black people, It's also sh*thole, Even the most dangerous and dirty part of America are where black people live, they call it "HOOD

Exactly!

Raydos:
It's so sad that over 10 trillion dollars has been stolen since the inception of Nigeria

That huge amount could transform any serious country from the worst to the best in just a decade, Are we really cursed as a people? I've been to other Africa streets too, They also suffer from the same bullsh*t, What is wrong with us as a race?

Someone said if Nigerians Moved to America and Americans move to Nigeria, In just 5 years America will be messed up and Nigeria will become a thriving nation

Are we cursed?

Seems we are! Because it is only cursed people who vote on religious and tribal sentiments!

Kingosytex:
The streets are like that because the residents want it to be like that
Just take for instance, here on Nairaland some fools are paid a token to spew all sorts of lie and defend the indefensible, there are so many brain dead people around who are comfortable with maintaining the status quo.
I gave an example with Qatar some time ago and some ignorant folks started spewing trash of how Qatar isn't as populated as Nigeria. Is the problem really population? These looters you all call leaders will squander the resources of Qatar in a twinkle of an eye; it's not about population.

Exactly!

duro4chang:
Could it be a sea cow( manatee)

You got it right!

Crazeworld:
If you don't mind me asking at the bolded, why sir?

With the God that is a preferential God and his adherents that are mostly not a light to the world like they should, why would he not quit?

It is not like they are ever give serious messages in those places of worship these days anymore asides prosperity preaching.

Skyview01:
Women and religion. My wife has tried several to emotionaly blackmail me into paying.

The pastor would monitor my paycheck when i used to pay.

Abi

Galaxydon1:
Stop enriching your pastors, they are All scammers, i sowed everything I had.now i beg to eat, pastor doesn't pick my calls again,

Abi. Hmmmm.

Angelfrost:
How does it go to God?!! Your Bible clearly states that God doesn't delight in the sacrifice of Bulls and Rams??!

Even the tithing in Israel was directed at the Jews solely for the benefit of full-time God-ordained Priests who were forbidden from working and owning farms but to serve and eat strictly from the storehouses of the temples.

None of you present-day believers are Jews (Not One)... At best, you are gentiles allowed into God's promise by Grace.

If your church needs money for anything, then cheerfully donate to them without compulsion as The Bible clearly states that He loves those who give cheerfully.

Exactly! You get am!

gregng:
Totally irrelevant issues everywhere u go... For me i dont pay tithe becos its means nothing to me... If i must pay, giving it to the needy will be more appreciated...

Exactly!