What is wrong with Nigeria?

Date: 05-08-2008 2:39 am (15 years ago) | Author: Niger Delta
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- at 5-08-2008 02:39 AM (15 years ago)
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This is one of the richest countris in the world,yet it is ocupied by one of the poorest people on earth.Nigeria is the Worlds 5th largest producer & exporter of Crude Oil.Yet,it's also one of the worlds largest importer of refined Crude oil product.We ve spent more than $10 Billion on our power project,yet as I'm typing this,am on generator powered be diesel.

With all these and more in mind,I have no choice but to ask us;What is wrong with Nigeria?Is the Country mad?

Posted: at 5-08-2008 02:39 AM (15 years ago) | Newbie
- khadijah at 5-08-2008 10:42 AM (15 years ago)
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yeah.its mad,selfish,corrupt,gimme more word.that's the problem
Posted: at 5-08-2008 10:42 AM (15 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- princeishere at 6-08-2008 11:30 AM (15 years ago)
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.@ Khadija
helpin u wit a few words...Bad leadership, Corruption, Greed, Tribalism..could go on and on
Posted: at 6-08-2008 11:30 AM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- wof at 7-08-2008 01:21 AM (15 years ago)
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i think every thing is wrong with nigeria, maybe nigeria was destined never to work.
Posted: at 7-08-2008 01:21 AM (15 years ago) | Newbie
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- deekwaje at 8-08-2008 07:15 PM (15 years ago)
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I quite agreed that everything is bad ,wrong and faulty in naija.Giant without sense of direction and where the sole principle is self interest and nothing like paitrotism.Imagine a governor stuffing uncountables tax payers money in his house.so,what about those we dont even know about at the expense of innocents suffering Nigerians,am really sad about the whole situation,honestly sad.
Posted: at 8-08-2008 07:15 PM (15 years ago) | Newbie
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- Godsson at 10-08-2008 05:28 PM (15 years ago)
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Before delving into any detailed analysis of our subject matter,I will like to state my conclusion from the outset.Viz:the problem(or what is wrong with this country)is leadership,or better still,the lack of it.
There is no gainsaying that Nigeria is one of the richest countries in the world inhabited by(borrowing Franc Fanon's words) one of the most wrecked of the Earth.This is one of the greatest paradoxes of the modern age.

According to Achebe,C.(1983),there is nothing wrong with the Nigerian waters,lands,air or its vegetation...the trouble with Nigeria is squarely the failure of the elites to live up to the collective aspiration of the Nigerian masses.I dare say Nigeria has never had a National leader since its inception.The lack,on the part of the National Petit bourgeoisie, of the requisite productiveness,patriotism,vision,discipline and commitment to transform national goals,plans,policies,and programs into reality, is the crux of the problem.Thus,the elites have used the state and its instruments to pursue their parochial interest to the detriment and chagrin of the populace.
We have an unproductive elite in this country whose only means of production is the state.They have privatized the Nigerian State,thereby,making it their personal estate.This people use any means available to them to gain,retain,increase and demonstrate state power-which is by extension,their personal power.Occasionally,some other people in their rank challenge them for access to the power they enjoy.This is the bedrock of the warlike nature of Nigerian politics.This accounts for election rigging,thuggery and other forms of electoral malpractices in this country.
To me,the problem with Nigeria is POLITICS.The politicization of of almost all spheres of the Nigerian social formation is the major problem with this country.Some of you may say ethnicity,religion etc are problems.However,I will not agree with that.On its own,Ethnicity(which is the pride & sense of belonging which emanates from ones membership of an ethnic group)is not a bad thing.What has made it appear bad is its politicization.It is the politicization of religion that has made it a monster.

In the ECONOMIC front,the preponderance of politics in Nigeria has given rise to a situation where economic decisions are taken based on political considerations.The S.A.P project,Privatization and the appointments of officials manning the institutions responsible for our fiscal and monetary policies,are just few cases in point.When economic decisions are taken based on political consideration,the outcome is almost always disastrous.And when this happens,it is the people that will feel the negative externalities.Because the development-defined here as a qualitative cum quantitative improvement in the standard of living of the people- will be stifled.

I'll like to stop here.I did not intend this to be an article(just a comment)but with the way things are going,I'll make it 1.It will be continued in the Political Science & International Relations Group's Page.Thanks for ur time.

FOR FURTHER READING,SEE THE FOLLOWING:

1.Chinua Achebe,"The Trouble With Nigeria",London:Heinemann,1983
2.Okwudiba Nnoli,"Ethnic Politics in Nigerian",Enugu:Fourth Dimension Publishers,1978
3.Ake,Claude,"The Political Question" in Oyediran Oyeleye (ed) Governance & Development,1996
Posted: at 10-08-2008 05:28 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Godsson at 29-09-2008 03:47 PM (15 years ago)
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Quote from: deekwaje on  8-08-2008 07:15 PM
I quite agreed that everything is bad ,wrong and faulty in naija.Giant without sense of direction and where the sole principle is self interest and nothing like paitrotism.Imagine a governor stuffing uncountables tax payers money in his house.so,what about those we dont even know about at the expense of innocents suffering Nigerians,am really sad about the whole situation,honestly sad.
Posted: at 29-09-2008 03:47 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- TheTruth at 30-09-2008 12:33 AM (15 years ago)
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Quote from: Godsson on 10-08-2008 05:28 PM
Before delving into any detailed analysis of our subject matter,I will like to state my conclusion from the outset.Viz:the problem(or what is wrong with this country)is leadership,or better still,the lack of it.
There is no gainsaying that Nigeria is one of the richest countries in the world inhabited by(borrowing Franc Fanon's words) one of the most wrecked of the Earth.This is one of the greatest paradoxes of the modern age.

According to Achebe,C.(1983),there is nothing wrong with the Nigerian waters,lands,air or its vegetation...the trouble with Nigeria is squarely the failure of the elites to live up to the collective aspiration of the Nigerian masses.I dare say Nigeria has never had a National leader since its inception.The lack,on the part of the National Petit bourgeoisie, of the requisite productiveness,patriotism,vision,discipline and commitment to transform national goals,plans,policies,and programs into reality, is the crux of the problem.Thus,the elites have used the state and its instruments to pursue their parochial interest to the detriment and chagrin of the populace.
We have an unproductive elite in this country whose only means of production is the state.They have privatized the Nigerian State,thereby,making it their personal estate.This people use any means available to them to gain,retain,increase and demonstrate state power-which is by extension,their personal power.Occasionally,some other people in their rank challenge them for access to the power they enjoy.This is the bedrock of the warlike nature of Nigerian politics.This accounts for election rigging,thuggery and other forms of electoral malpractices in this country.
To me,the problem with Nigeria is POLITICS.The politicization of of almost all spheres of the Nigerian social formation is the major problem with this country.Some of you may say ethnicity,religion etc are problems.However,I will not agree with that.On its own,Ethnicity(which is the pride & sense of belonging which emanates from ones membership of an ethnic group)is not a bad thing.What has made it appear bad is its politicization.It is the politicization of religion that has made it a monster.

In the ECONOMIC front,the preponderance of politics in Nigeria has given rise to a situation where economic decisions are taken based on political considerations.The S.A.P project,Privatization and the appointments of officials manning the institutions responsible for our fiscal and monetary policies,are just few cases in point.When economic decisions are taken based on political consideration,the outcome is almost always disastrous.And when this happens,it is the people that will feel the negative externalities.Because the development-defined here as a qualitative cum quantitative improvement in the standard of living of the people- will be stifled.

I'll like to stop here.I did not intend this to be an article(just a comment)but with the way things are going,I'll make it 1.It will be continued in the Political Science & International Relations Group's Page.Thanks for ur time.

FOR FURTHER READING,SEE THE FOLLOWING:

1.Chinua Achebe,"The Trouble With Nigeria",London:Heinemann,1983
2.Okwudiba Nnoli,"Ethnic Politics in Nigerian",Enugu:Fourth Dimension Publishers,1978
3.Ake,Claude,"The Political Question" in Oyediran Oyeleye (ed) Governance & Development,1996
Posted: at 30-09-2008 12:33 AM (15 years ago) | Newbie
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- Godsson at 30-09-2008 03:09 PM (15 years ago)
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Nigeria is like a psychiatric hospital that has being taken over my its inmates.One day,they(the inmates)would decide to ve a bonfire party and born down the country.Allah kiyai!Let's hope it dont get to that point.
Posted: at 30-09-2008 03:09 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- chuboy at 30-09-2008 03:25 PM (15 years ago)
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AFRICAN POLITICS INDUCED BY HER FORMER COLONIAL MASTERS.
Posted: at 30-09-2008 03:25 PM (15 years ago) | Newbie
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- swagga at 30-09-2008 04:23 PM (15 years ago)
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 lmao

end off...go to the roots of the problems

search ourselves before they got in there they were all like us
Posted: at 30-09-2008 04:23 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Helga at 5-10-2008 02:00 PM (15 years ago)
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Im reading this time and time again. Blaming all on the colonial masters.

I ask you what was Nigeria like before it became a colony?

And dont get me wrong i dont mean this in a negative.
 
Im just wondering. What would it have become? Any idea? How do you see this?
Where things better or worse after it became independent?

See Australia is still a colony in a way we are still under English rule.


Posted: at 5-10-2008 02:00 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- prince1973 at 6-10-2008 10:01 AM (15 years ago)
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LEADERSHIP & ETHNICITY
Posted: at 6-10-2008 10:01 AM (15 years ago) | Newbie
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- Godsson at 11-10-2008 02:18 PM (15 years ago)
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Quote from: Godsson on 30-09-2008 03:09 PM
Nigeria is like a psychiatric hospital that has being taken over my its inmates.One day,they(the inmates)would decide to ve a bonfire party and born down the country.Allah kiyai!Let's hope it dont get to that point.

This is not an issue of colonial masters.It's an issue of the mismanagement of the commonwealth by some self serving kleptocrats.
Posted: at 11-10-2008 02:18 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- blackberryPearl at 11-10-2008 05:50 PM (15 years ago)
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Nigeria is governed by people who think about nothing but themselves. so in that case, everything they do will just benefit them
just like shell was sold to the white man
Posted: at 11-10-2008 05:50 PM (15 years ago) | Hero
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- Godsson at 12-10-2008 10:00 PM (15 years ago)
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Quote from: blackberryPearl on 11-10-2008 05:50 PM
Nigeria is governed by people who think about nothing but themselves. so in that case, everything they do will just benefit them
just like shell was sold to the white man



I concur to a point.However,Shell was not sold to any White man.It always belong to them.It's a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell.A Dutch Oil giant.
Apart from that,I am with U on this one.
Posted: at 12-10-2008 10:00 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- blackberryPearl at 12-10-2008 10:31 PM (15 years ago)
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Quote from: Godsson on 12-10-2008 10:00 PM
Quote from: blackberryPearl on 11-10-2008 05:50 PM
Nigeria is governed by people who think about nothing but themselves. so in that case, everything they do will just benefit them
just like shell was sold to the white man



I concur to a point.However,Shell was not sold to any White man.It always belong to them.It's a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell.A Dutch Oil giant.
Apart from that,I am with U on this one.
thank u
but i still think that what is on our land should belong to us
Posted: at 12-10-2008 10:31 PM (15 years ago) | Hero
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- Godsson at 12-10-2008 10:50 PM (15 years ago)
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I think so to.However,the reality is beyond our thoughts.What you & I think dont amount to much in the overall scheme of things.That's the basis of the Kiama Declaration.I could give u a copy of it if U want it.
Posted: at 12-10-2008 10:50 PM (15 years ago) | Upcoming
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- blackberryPearl at 12-10-2008 10:59 PM (15 years ago)
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sure y not
Posted: at 12-10-2008 10:59 PM (15 years ago) | Hero
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- MOSADI at 13-10-2008 03:25 AM (15 years ago)
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YOUR CORRUPT LEADERS!!! That is what is wrong!!!
Posted: at 13-10-2008 03:25 AM (15 years ago) | Newbie
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