Is Nigeria a blessing to Africa?

[premier97]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

[Mr Reporter]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighboring countries, to mention but a few with this one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

Well OP you have stated well Nigerian is truly a great blessing to Africa and also has riches like coal, tin, oils, good soils in terms of good food production, and also good music,  art artwork, culture, and more this country is blessed it so many things and traditions.
And most importantly are blessed with vibrant youths who are hard-working.

[Egii Nna]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

You have brought up a nice discussion praising Nigeria, although it is known that Nigeria has been recognised as the giant of Africa due to many considerations and many sectors that they are so strong in, like football, cultural influences, population, and many more.
 
So it is not that what you brought was not a good thread. but you keep it in the wrong place. When I went through your profile, all I saw was that you were just around the economy board, which made me think maybe, as a newbie, you were not patient enough to go and read and do research in order to know the best board to create a thread, but I will use this opportunity to encourage you as a newbie to go to beginners and help boards in order to know more about the form. And mind you, this thread is supposed to be in the Naija local board, not in the economy, so take note and ensure you do research. 

[Charles-Tim]

Our economy is not good. Poverty is at high level. Our currency become best performing to worst performing recently. We are not developed the way we supposed to be developed. We remain being a developing nation when there are many developed nations in the world. Our population surpass our work force. We are still part of the third world natios. Inflation is high.

You have brought up a nice discussion praising Nigeria, although it is known that Nigeria has been recognised as the giant of Africa due to many considerations and many sectors that they are so strong in, like football, cultural influences, population, and many more.

Nigeria is said to be giant of Africa because of just a single reason which is because of our population and nothing more. In gross domestic product, we are fourth in Africa now as we dropped from first.

[Gozie51]

Nigeria might have been placed in that level in Africa but whether it has retained and merited that glory presently is a topic to be discussed because with the level of braindrain going on in different sectors of the Nigerian economy is so alarming and this is caused by falling economic system. If Nigeria is supplying electricity to neighbouring west African countries or not, it is not for free. Such is not without other symbiotic relationship occasioned by bilateral relations and agreement. Have you asked yourself why there are epileptic power supply in Nigeria while the neighbouring countries that Nigeria supply electricity have constant and stable power supply. For me, I just might think that Nigeria is living in past glory of being the giant of Africa.

[Dunamisx]

A country that have the focus of the people at mind and is working towards seeing great achievements with them, it won't be running after being a figure head in the continental region when it has not yet settled all it local financial and economic challenges, we are also expected to be a blessing to ourselves, no one should be idle doing nothing, we need to start our own personal contribution towards the nation's growth in other to make it stand out in the African regions.

[CageMabok]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

Nigeria can be said to be much better than several other countries in Africa at the moment, although currently almost all countries in Africa have experienced some economic growth through certain sectors so there are fewer difficulties there. However, if we compare it with several other countries outside Africa, of course there are many things that must be done and done by all countries in Africa in order to compete with other countries outside Africa. Because now almost all countries have experienced very good changes through economic growth and other things, even though there are still categories of poor countries in the world for now.

[Perfectbaby]

Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

This could be true but i don't know where Nigeria start giving light to other neighboring country why Nigeria as whole doesn't have light in most of rural and urban areas how could start distributing lights to them?
Nigeria is actually a blessed nation but lack of governance, I still understand we don't have good governance to help make the name of Nigeria shine more brighter the way it should be, corruption has eaten up the nation.

[rodskee]

Our economy is not good. Poverty is at high level. Our currency become best performing to worst performing recently. We are not developed the way we supposed to be developed. We remain being a developing nation when there are many developed nations in the world. Our population surpass our work force. We are still part of the third world natios. Inflation is high.

i am not from nigeria so it is difficult to assess the real situation of your country without living in it myself but op’s point can still stand especially if a lot of resources are available in your country

maybe the government is not as efficient as it should be but there are plenty things to be grateful for anyway this is all good discussion but perhaps not in the proper board. Here is the nigerian board https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=275.0

Nigeria is said to be giant of Africa because of just a single reason which is because of our population and nothing more. In gross domestic product, we are fourth in Africa now as we dropped from first.

4th isn’t that bad, still no? considering top 3 are south africa, egypt and algeria

[kryptqnick]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

Colonialism leaves a lot of long-lasting damage that needs to be undone and places countries in a very difficult position. It's the sense of self-worth that's diminished by being a former colony, the education that often doesn't get properly localized and spreads imperialist narratives, and also strong economic and political dependence. Nigeria is a country of great people, from what I see on this forum. But the political system there is still not working in the interest of the people and is deeply flawed. I hope that gradual change will lead the people of this country to a better future, and then make Nigeria a good example for other countries as well.

[Die_empty]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

Nigeria has all it takes to be a super economy but bad government and corruption have been her biggest impediments. The country has the biggest economy, highest population, and best agricultural lands but all these blessings have not led to development. The main problem of the country now is insecurity which has affected the agricultural, educational, and economic sectors. Many farmers have been chased out of their farms by armed bandits, schools have been destroyed and students kidnapped and businesses are closing because of a high rate of crime and low patronage.

Nigeria has contributed to the development of other African countries in many ways but until it settles her internal problems she will just be a handicapped giant of Africa. Until the government makes policies that will reduce the financial gap between the poor and the rich, Nigeria will remain a sleeping giant.

[Kemarit]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

I'm not from Nigeria, but I hear horror stories about the country and they are not doing good as well since their independent. So not sure though if you can call it a blessing to Africa as almost all the continents are also suffering.

And most of them rely to countries like China, UK and the US or even Saudi, so it's not that they are all independent. And it might take centuries as well to recover from all the destruction and other ill effects of being under colonialism for hundreds of years. And then there is the corruption that plague not just Nigeria but it's neighboring countries as well so it's not they are a role model or taking the lead.

[iBaba]

Our economy is not good. Poverty is at high level. Our currency become best performing to worst performing recently. We are not developed the way we supposed to be developed. We remain being a developing nation when there are many developed nations in the world. Our population surpass our work force. We are still part of the third world natios. Inflation is high.

And the most heartbreaking part is that we (as a nation) do not have any plans for the future, no road maps and KPIs to measure our economy or even have an idea on where we are heading to. What's more heartbreaking is that in the middle of all these economic instability and crisis, the citizens are suffering double taxations, reduced ROIs and lack of tangible support from the government, either in form of loans or grants. The SMES are suffering lack of stable electricity supply to aid their businesses and markets. The civil service is faced with lack of proper reward system implemented by the government thereby contributing immensely on the public outcry the country is facing.

[HajiBagi]

Our economy is not good. Poverty is at high level. Our currency become best performing to worst performing recently. We are not developed the way we supposed to be developed. We remain being a developing nation when there are many developed nations in the world. Our population surpass our work force. We are still part of the third world natios. Inflation is high.

You have brought up a nice discussion praising Nigeria, although it is known that Nigeria has been recognised as the giant of Africa due to many considerations and many sectors that they are so strong in, like football, cultural influences, population, and many more.

Nigeria is said to be giant of Africa because of just a single reason which is because of our population and nothing more. In gross domestic product, we are fourth in Africa now as we dropped from first.

You have said it all, the reason why Nigeria is being called the giant of Africa is because of the population and some natural resources that are being blessed in the country if not Nigeria is not a developed country, Nigeria is among the worst countries in the world that their citizens are suffering, although when it comes to respect to the country we have it we also have what is called greediness and that is why we have not been able to develop, Nigeria is a country that when it comes to cooperating they are the best but the greediness and selfishness will not allow us to develop each in the country.

Nigeria before is not the Nigeria we all knew before, the way some Nigerian citizens are suffering this day to the extent that some are praying for another country to rule Nigeria, I have heard more than five people say that it will be better for Nigeria to be controlled by another country than the Nigeria leaders because of the way they are doing but I think the reason why the people said that is because of what they have seen, Nigeria is blessed with many resources that even our grandchildren will enjoy but we don’t allow to enjoy because of the bad leaders.

[Samlucky O]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

What country will be a blessing to others yet a course to themselves? Nigeria has all it takes to make the economy better but bad leadership has made Nigeria stood still like a monument for so long. A country know for massive production of crude yet they don have enough petrol and it is expensive to afford. A place where cement is produced yet it is expensive. We have a vast mineral resources like gold, coal, gas, agriculture products like cocoa, palm oil, we have clay soil for ceramic tile and plate production and many more but yet we leave in outreach poverty. Sometimes I still wonder if the name giant of Africa still fits us, because I have never seen a person feeding another person why his hungry and you expect him to look fine and be called a giant. Although poverty is everywhere all over the world and not only in Nigeria, so let it no be like Nigeria is the only one suffering thesame thing but why Nigeria is mostly emphasized is because of their raw talent and the bunch of Natural resources which would have taken them far but they are still stagnant.

[AVE5]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

Yes Nigeria is a blessed nation and a giant of Africa as it maybe called. They've numerous natural resources and human resources with a strong geopolitical background.
Just as you said, they've been playing crucial roles of assisting the neighboring countries within the Africa continent with most provisional supports but the fact is that the government of Nigeria is not utilizing those resources to an utmost benefit of her citizens.
There had been adjective poverty poverty in the country to the extend that her citizens even relocates to the neighbor countries which are even less resourceful than Nigeria but their at the admired neighboring country(s) has more of governments concerns for their citizens than Nigeria which has more potentials does to their citizens.
Citizens of Nigeria relocates to the neighboring countries with less resource compared to Nigeria because Nigeria lacks the structures to build infrastructures even that would attract foreign investors simply because of selfish interests in the governance system.

[Jegileman]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

Nigeria have been receiving this blessing and called the giant of Africa since my childhood days and till date I’m yet to be boastful of it when I look deeply into the economy situation of the country. When compared to other African countries on some other sectors where we are suppose to be at the top thriving, we are no where to be found and still proclaim we are giants. Oh yes we are giants, but to how far can we prove that without having to put our heads down in some places when called upon. I know there use to be a reason Nigeria is called the giant of Africa and all other Africa countries at that time could testify to that, but later as the transfer of power was moving, Nigeria is no more where to be found, I think we have our leader to face and blame for putting shame on our face and not face others that we are truly the giants. Giants of Africa has to be proven by actions and not just by the words of mouth.

[Antotena]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

I'm not sure if this thread belongs here, it should be in the Naija local board because only Nigerians and other African countries knows situation of the country and other neighboring countries.
Nigeria is regarded as Giant of Africa because of the population and nothing more, every other things are just paparazzi, how can you even call Nigeria a blessing to other countries when they can't afford to bless their own country, that's a shame because all indications and the system looks like suffering and not blessings.

The electricity distribution to neighboring countries is nonsense, the power been supply is just few Mega watts because the country alone is still suffering with darkness, you can barely have 8 hours of light a day, how can they boast of supplying neighboring countries, it's even a crime to allow this to happen but when a company is run by a monopoly, this is what you get as they prefer to sell costly to other people than sell to Nigeria their home country for less price, this is a course and not blessing.

[GiftedMAN]

Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a  solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.

Nigeria can be said to be much better than several other countries in Africa at the moment, although currently almost all countries in Africa have experienced some economic growth through certain sectors so there are fewer difficulties there. However, if we compare it with several other countries outside Africa, of course there are many things that must be done and done by all countries in Africa in order to compete with other countries outside Africa. Because now almost all countries have experienced very good changes through economic growth and other things, even though there are still categories of poor countries in the world for now.

I disagree with you, I am a citizen of Nigeria and all my life I have been in Nigeria though I have experienced few African countries but basically I have been in Nigeria more but am yet to see an African countries that Nigeria is better than in all round comparism.

A county that is yet to experience constant electricity is better than which African country tell me, do not be deceived by the so called resources you hear that the country has nothing is working here not even all the sectors of government, the country is full of corruption that's why it can never experience a positive growth unless all the bad eggs are eradicated that's when I believe the country can experience growth.

Most investors, companies are leaving the country because of the poor governance and insecurity in the country, other countries in Africa has good road network and, constant electricity and low unemployment rate but Nigeria is at the top of poor performing president in Africa, poor power supply, high rate of hardship and unemployment, until things get better please no one should talk good about my country Nigeria.

[Nheer]

4th isn’t that bad, still no? considering top 3 are south africa, egypt and algeria

4th isn’t that bad but considering the fact that we went from 1st to 4th is really bad, it shows that the economy is not improving at all and things are even getting worse.

I'm not from Nigeria, but I hear horror stories about the country and they are not doing good as well since their independent. So not sure though if you can call it a blessing to Africa as almost all the continents are also suffering.

I am just weakened reading this, if people from other countries are hearing horrible stories about Nigeria then it’s obvious that the country is suffering and i also won’t refer to it as a blessing. We do have lots of resources that if managed properly could uplift the country but the leaders we have are selfish leaders that are only after their own personal interests and growing their wealth. Having something and utilizing it properly is a waste.

Since independence people have been complaining and it even seems like things are getting worse with time everyone is fed up with the hardship and they are at the stage where they will do anything just to survive. The hardship is real and the country doesn’t seem to be going anywhere so I don’t see any blessing anywhere.