Comments on: Nigeria’s image problem

By: Balambo

Balambo — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:25:26 +0000

I think the problems is not either the North or the South and criminality is not the property of any ethnic nationality, but the problem is inherent in the blood of Nigerians. Imagine that the President was sick for more than 4 weeks now and neither the National Assembly or the PDP party who have stolen the mandate of the people to fill properly, the power vacuum created by the ailing president. So how can the image of this kind of nation will be revamped. To me the possible solution is to follow the Dale Davidson and William Regmore model “megapolitics of society, violence as catalyst of change”. If we the citizens not wake up from our sleep and attack these criminals from looting our country and sending their children to study abroad, we will never change the system. We are so docile. So stand up and fight them with every power that we have.

By: KK

KK — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:09:53 +0000

It would help if they weren’t having civil wars every moon…

By: nigerialist

nigerialist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:38:18 +0000

Jidaw, I do agree with you and moaning and complaining won’t bring anything. However we have to lobby to change this image as it is hurting development in the country. You can’t easily build infrastructure, improve health and education if your country is perceived to be a heaven for organized crime by investors, companies and entrepreneurs. There is a cost of a bad image to the ability of country to develop. Lobbying reduces that cost and Nigerians with their diaspora should lobby to overturn this image. Of course, It should improve education and the judicial system to have stronger backing for their claims.

By: Jidaw List

Jidaw List — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:13:18 +0000

It is unfortunate that all should be tarred by the actions of some. No country is perfect but Nigeria is always being singled out. Media prejudice obviously come into play. Nigeria must however focus on the things that matter. The following piece looks at how to achieve real independence through the ICT sector:
http://www.jidaw.com/nigeria/independenc e_ict_nigeria.html

Rather than moan and complain, the solution is to do something. Get practical. The media can’t be influenced by talk. And what is paramount are not these misconceptions. Nigeria’s focus should be on improving critical quality of life issues like infrastructure, employment, health and education.

By: nigerialist

nigerialist — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:22:50 +0000

The West has built this perception of Nigeria as a country of scams and organized crime. If you at looked CPI (corruption percepetion index) Nigeria is considered as one of the most corrupt countries in the world but there are other countries such as Bangladesh who are ranked even worse but do not have this image. I think the Media ( not the emails you receive) in the West has important responsibility for creating and fixating this image . Don’t get me wrong , Nigeria has a lot of issues regarding fraud and organized crime but other countries have similar issues nut do suffer from this image.
Of course, when you have comedians, movies, TV shows (which are now followed by the world) “innocently” joking about scams from nigeria, then of course you are perpetuating this unfair image of Nigeria

By: Nduka Tolefe

Nduka Tolefe — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:38:06 +0000

Digital wombat have you got proof, you say these letters started since the 70′s. Nigeria was economically content in the 70′s and if you went and researched your false accusations properly you would find out that scam emails had hit the scene before Nigeria even knew the meaning and that it originated in the West, emails from Canada and co advising of Lottery winnings. Your ignorance is not allowing you to engage your brain. It is a world wide problem and it is being perpetrated by a various nationalities. Get your facts right before running your mouth.

By: Paul Ndu

Paul Ndu — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:45:45 +0000

Nigeria needs serious help. The people are docile and needs someone to fight for them. The leaders know there are no helpers, so they thrive in thievery and impunity. The youths of the land are left to their own devices. What do you expect from a nation with the highest unemployment rate in the world (more than 90%), no social security net, where pensioners are made mockery of and government officials and politicians flaunt their stolen loot while the same oppressed people applaud them and readily make themselves available as ready fodders for contrived violence? God help Nigeria.

By: Digital Wombat

Digital Wombat — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:22:38 +0000

If the Nigerian government is so upset about it’s people being portrayed as fraudsters, why have they taken so little action against the criminals who mail confidence trick messages worldwide, and have done since the 1970s? Yes, it’s a minority, but the portrayal has been going on worldwide for a long time, with Nigerians as the perpetrators. Stop whining about games and movies and put a stop to the relentless spamming by the villains.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:07:53 +0000

i dont know what ur name is nigga3 something..as the other person said u re a disgrace to ur roots and ur generation,ur country at large.spitting that thrash out of that gutter u call a mouth…definitely there re some bad eggs in nigeria and abroad but u can label all 140 million people as thieves and fraudsters.truly nigerian.

By: Nduka Tolefe

Nduka Tolefe — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:28:02 +0000

n!gg3rT!tZ you are a disgrace to your family, yourself and to humanity. No place like home my deluded friend, you may want to cease to exist but Nigeria would live forever sellout.