tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post7548600810377052022..comments2023-10-12T01:12:15.932-07:00Comments on laspapi: laspapihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15623856064617482177noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-35265815060094853642008-10-21T04:27:00.000-07:002008-10-21T04:27:00.000-07:00I think Nanijoe has a better idea of it all. The F...I think Nanijoe has a better idea of it all. The First Republic looked like El Dorado because of the limited sphere of influence and responsibility. <BR/><BR/>Subsequent republics refused to grow beyond the first.Thus our problems were due to the fact that as Nigeria grew, the leadership/elite refused to grow with it or even understand its dynamics. Thus they try time and again to keep Nigeria within their ken, stunting its growth where possible by direct sabotage.<BR/><BR/>Thus we would go back twenty years to bring back an OBJ as our first president for the 21st century. And when Nigeria made progress 'IN SPITE' of OBJ, we bring an UMYAwn who is busy returning every thing back to 'status quo'.N.I.M.M.Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495100036040996719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-6680237424491420262008-10-13T06:36:00.000-07:002008-10-13T06:36:00.000-07:00it started with greed and gullibility (my opinions...it started with greed and gullibility (my opinions tho) and i also concur with 'lost at the end'<BR/>still like i have often heard many 'rights' don't make many 'wrongs' either......i'ld still take the time to spare that thot<BR/>and yes that picture is lovely!!!flygirlbidiishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126377772058112933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-19725642107868263522008-10-10T06:36:00.000-07:002008-10-10T06:36:00.000-07:00How sad -eh. Like you I hope for the better day be...How sad -eh. Like you I hope for the better day believing it must come... it has to come ... right?Walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18151510859958890291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-2365321456094022522008-10-10T06:25:00.000-07:002008-10-10T06:25:00.000-07:00I know it is the popular meme that Nigeria once wa...I know it is the popular meme that Nigeria once was good, and mismanagement has driven the country to financial ruin, but I hold and am about to offer an alternate view.<BR/><BR/>From reading literature written in the early years of Nigeria's independence, you immediately get the sense that a vast majority of Nigeria's population at the time lived in rural areas. Most of these rural areas had almost no interaction with the government of the day ie they had no schools, no running water, no electricity etc So essentially, the government at the time only had to provide for a small fraction of Nigeria's total population.<BR/><BR/>That is no longer the case, and has not been for a very long time. The government now has to provide for over 100 million people (whereas they used to be responsible for about 5m), and the resource pool has not expanded.<BR/><BR/>Today's reality is that Nigeria is a desperately poor country, and the first step in any solution is recognizing this..<BR/><BR/>You think we have oil money? Not really true. In total, Nigeria has earned about $500b from oil since 1960. Not a lot of money.<BR/><BR/>I believe Nigeria's budget for all of 2007 was something like $21b, contrast that with New York City's budget of $45b in the same time period and that should give you some perspective.<BR/><BR/>Ok..this rant has gotten too long, and I'm too lazy to scroll up and read everything I just wrote, so I'll sign off herenanijoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672323915792430256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-5318570013952181942008-10-09T11:57:00.000-07:002008-10-09T11:57:00.000-07:00this is really moving. papi, that picture, u too d...this is really moving. papi, that picture, u too dey pose. lol. its rili coolRayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724898765410497224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-85830504385573002852008-10-09T09:50:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:50:00.000-07:00Oh Nigeria...btw, I love ur outfit in the photo......Oh Nigeria...<BR/><BR/>btw, I love ur outfit in the photo... is there any purple in it? its really lovelydScR?Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10500270327493152042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-43228220691603176082008-10-08T17:03:00.000-07:002008-10-08T17:03:00.000-07:00"The security they had thought would last forever ..."The security they had thought would last forever was gone and the economy was a shambles."<BR/><BR/>The more I read about the colonial encounter and the intervening years that led up to independence, the less surprised I am at the Nigeria of today. What surprises me, in fact, is that people actually believed in the legal entity called Nigeria. <BR/><BR/>Zik, Awo, and all our so-called founding fathers did not have a clue, man. These guys thought that running a country was like running a secondary school. <BR/><BR/>They were middle men like the colonial errand boys who called themselves traditional rulers. Colonial power was filtered through them, thereby cutting of the people and weakening their civil significance. The difference between the educated elits and the trad rulers was that the new elites had far better bargaining power. <BR/><BR/>You don't have to be an expert in economics and political science to see that Nigeria did not have the social infrastructure to run itself and, worse still, lacked the creative leadership needed to create one from scratch. When Enahoro called the motion for self-government, I doubt if he new the first thing about the kinds of social/civil systems and relationships that are key to a nation's growth and survival. <BR/><BR/>Whether these men were sincere or not, i don't care. What kills me is that they were so short-sighted, that if only they were a bit smarter, Nigeria might either have been more prepared before independence or might have taken the appropriate course to strengthen the attending weakness of their premature independence.Lost at The Endhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268790075347094041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17743811.post-58080181122348956652008-10-08T14:26:00.000-07:002008-10-08T14:26:00.000-07:00First! Yay! I love your blog! - Your radio friend ...First! Yay! I love your blog! - Your radio friend ;o)Justmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042299337833479913noreply@blogger.com