As a Nigeria citizen,there are 4 things you should be benefiting from our dear country that we are not enjoying.
- Free and quality education:
Nigeria’s education system is based on the (1)-6-3-3-4 formula: one year pre-primary education, six years primary, three years junior secondary, three years senior secondary, and a minimum of four years tertiary education.The model had been used successfully in China, Germany and Ghana before Nigeria adopted it in 1989.But it’s never been fully implemented in Nigeria. Although successive governments have theoretically upheld its objectives, none has successfully implemented the policy.
Nigeria’s educational system is in assorted crises of infrastructural decay, neglect, waste of resources and sordid conditions of service. The country has over 10 million out of school children. That’s the highest in the world. Another 27 million children in school are performing very pooly. Millions of Nigerians are half-educated, and over 60 million – or 30% – are illitrate.
On top of this, many eligible young Nigerians can’t gain admission into public universities. At the same time prohibitive tuition fees, among other factors, which made most rich and average income citizen preferred private own schools
Power supply difficulties cripple the agricultural, industrial and mining sectors and impede the Nigeria's ongoing economic development. The energy supply crisis is complex, stems from a variety of issues and has been ongoing for decades. Most Nigerian businesses and households that can afford to do so run one or more diesel-fueled generators to supplement the intermittent supply.
Since 2005, Nigerian power reforms have focused on privatizing the generator and distribution assets and encouraging private investment in the power sector. The government continues to control transmission assets whilst making "modest progress" in creating a regulatory environment attractive to foreign investors. Minor increases in average daily power supply have been reported.
Nigeria’s educational system is in assorted crises of infrastructural decay, neglect, waste of resources and sordid conditions of service. The country has over 10 million out of school children. That’s the highest in the world. Another 27 million children in school are performing very pooly. Millions of Nigerians are half-educated, and over 60 million – or 30% – are illitrate.
On top of this, many eligible young Nigerians can’t gain admission into public universities. At the same time prohibitive tuition fees, among other factors, which made most rich and average income citizen preferred private own schools
- stable electricity:
Power supply difficulties cripple the agricultural, industrial and mining sectors and impede the Nigeria's ongoing economic development. The energy supply crisis is complex, stems from a variety of issues and has been ongoing for decades. Most Nigerian businesses and households that can afford to do so run one or more diesel-fueled generators to supplement the intermittent supply.
Since 2005, Nigerian power reforms have focused on privatizing the generator and distribution assets and encouraging private investment in the power sector. The government continues to control transmission assets whilst making "modest progress" in creating a regulatory environment attractive to foreign investors. Minor increases in average daily power supply have been reported.
and due to this problems most people preferred to get a portable generating set which cause the death of thousand of people due to carbon monoxide poison
- pipe borne water etc
In the past whenever a Nigerian displayed his or her photograph taken solo with a Certificate, it was because they had achieved some sort of academic milestone. Nowadays things are different. The social media is replete with pictures of Nigerians in celebratory mood displaying a Certificate which bestows upon them citizenship of a developed nation. Nigerians are queuing up at foreign Embassies in droves to become citizens of western nations and many of them are doing so, not as young people but rather in their old age.
This exodus is understandable and should come as no surprise because as former Minister Femi Fani-Kayode wrote on the back page of Sundays' Tribune Newspaper "From a great nation that was once blessed with so much potential, hope and promise we are now nothing but a blood soaked and demon infested enclave.." Regrettably Nigerians are becoming immune to the almost daily slaughter in the North-East. To make matters worse the Nigerian government has adopted a policy under which unarmed peaceful protesters are tear-gassed and killed, while those who choose to take up arms and become terrorists or militants are "settled" with Billions
Fortunately for the nation, despite celebrating their status as citizens of foreign countries, Nigerians in Diaspora maintain strong ties with their families and friends back home. It would be folly for government to scorn them as unpatriotic for running away from the mess in Nigeria, because with an estimated inflow of $25 Billion from their remittances in 2018, Nigerians in Diaspora are the country's second most profitable export after oil! It's on record that Nigeria has the highest figure of overseas remittances in sub-Saharan Africa and is currently in the top five in global remittances.
climate doesn't guarantee financial or career success, then what is so special about citizenship of these countries? The answer in a nutshell is that citizenship of developed countries guarantees to a large extent personal safety, civil liberties and the rule of law. In addition it presumes a right to live in a decent pristine environment devoid of squalor, and grants access to "social safety-net" government services which recognize the right of every citizen to be supported by government to ensure that they don't fall below a defined poverty level.
The nature of government support to citizens varies and ranges from free or subsidized Medical Services, Housing, and Education to Unemployment Benefits and/or State Pensions. There is no reason why citizens of underdeveloped nations in general and Nigerian in particular should not be queuing up to gain access to these benefits. It's their entitlement in as much as every human being on this planet is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". It's supposed to be the irreducible minimum responsibility of those in governance
what can you say about this?
This exodus is understandable and should come as no surprise because as former Minister Femi Fani-Kayode wrote on the back page of Sundays' Tribune Newspaper "From a great nation that was once blessed with so much potential, hope and promise we are now nothing but a blood soaked and demon infested enclave.." Regrettably Nigerians are becoming immune to the almost daily slaughter in the North-East. To make matters worse the Nigerian government has adopted a policy under which unarmed peaceful protesters are tear-gassed and killed, while those who choose to take up arms and become terrorists or militants are "settled" with Billions
Fortunately for the nation, despite celebrating their status as citizens of foreign countries, Nigerians in Diaspora maintain strong ties with their families and friends back home. It would be folly for government to scorn them as unpatriotic for running away from the mess in Nigeria, because with an estimated inflow of $25 Billion from their remittances in 2018, Nigerians in Diaspora are the country's second most profitable export after oil! It's on record that Nigeria has the highest figure of overseas remittances in sub-Saharan Africa and is currently in the top five in global remittances.
climate doesn't guarantee financial or career success, then what is so special about citizenship of these countries? The answer in a nutshell is that citizenship of developed countries guarantees to a large extent personal safety, civil liberties and the rule of law. In addition it presumes a right to live in a decent pristine environment devoid of squalor, and grants access to "social safety-net" government services which recognize the right of every citizen to be supported by government to ensure that they don't fall below a defined poverty level.
The nature of government support to citizens varies and ranges from free or subsidized Medical Services, Housing, and Education to Unemployment Benefits and/or State Pensions. There is no reason why citizens of underdeveloped nations in general and Nigerian in particular should not be queuing up to gain access to these benefits. It's their entitlement in as much as every human being on this planet is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". It's supposed to be the irreducible minimum responsibility of those in governance
what can you say about this?
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