What is wrong with Nigeria? (Page 6)

THE WRONG WITH NIGERIA WAS MISTAKE OF LORD LUGGARD 1914.









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

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.

sorry,but your comment is totally missing the point in my  opinion

imposing a western political/social structure on an african country has never and will never work for obvious reasons. nigeria, like other african countries needs to develop it's own structures and mechanism specific to its traditions, culture and people. only this can work

what you are saying sounds like 'slavery was worth it because we now have obama': no, it doesn't work like that. different societies need different things. colonisation was  not worth it in order to have a little bit of european-styled infrastructure, some french and english speaking cities and television in our homes.

after all, it took centuries for european countries to develop to the point that they are today. it's like putting an 18 year old's outfit on an 8 year old, guess what: it just won't fit

australia, like the US, is primarily formed of europeans who emigrated or were sent there (orphans, criminals e.t.c), but still europeans. it is  obvious that they would strive under a western colonisation system,they were part of it. they are almost like a 'new europe', if i may say so.

left to africans, african nations as they exist today would never exist. tribalisms and culture would not have permitted it. the lines were drawn  by westerners in europe, not by africans. it would have developed differently,how? well, we can not know,but limiting ourselves to believing that the only functional and right governmental system is the 'western - democracy' type suggested implies believing that all nations have the same culture and mentality,but that is clearly not the case.

all you have to do is flick through a european history book to identify all the milestones that were sysematically and gradually achieved in order to get to where they are today: women didn't vote, society was highly hierarchical and there was no such thing as human rights. all these came by as a result of the french revolution, the second world war and feminist groups lobbying.

having said all that, it is obvious that african nations must now work hard under the current framework in which they find themselves. work hard and fast if we want to have any hope of catching up and finding our place in this increasing fast developing world. but we must keep in mind our issues, our uniqueness and peculiar characteristics and work around these. it's time to take control and responsiblity.

starting to holding our politicians accountable could be a good starting point...