Is Nigeria a blessing to Africa?

[DiMarxist]

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.

Nigerian Leaders today are different from the leaders of years back. And the leaders of years back were fighting for all the African countries and not only for Nigerians. The independent of many African countries were spearheaded by Nigeria with peaceful movement. But today corruption has destroyed the whole country.
Nigeria I know today can't be a leader in the continent. And for now Nigeria is not a blessing to any African country but a cause to them. Because the leaders are so much corrupt that another country is not good to follow up. Nigeria is the reason richest country in Africa even now but he has the highest unemployment list in the continent, highest corrupt list, and the highest underdeveloped country in Africa. So with all these how can it lead others and be a blessing to them?

[Sexylizzy2813]

Nigerian Leaders today are different from the leaders of years back. And the leaders of years back were fighting for all the African countries and not only for Nigerians. The independent of many African countries were spearheaded by Nigeria with peaceful movement. But today corruption has destroyed the whole country.
Nigeria I know today can't be a leader in the continent. And for now Nigeria is not a blessing to any African country but a cause to them. Because the leaders are so much corrupt that another country is not good to follow up. Nigeria is the reason richest country in Africa even now but he has the highest unemployment list in the continent, highest corrupt list, and the highest underdeveloped country in Africa. So with all these how can it lead others and be a blessing to them?

I agree with you, the way things were in those days it was way more better than it is now. The leaders have seen that other Africa countries are looking up to them and they find a way to make the fight for a better Africa be for everyone who look up to them but now is not the same, they only fight for their selfish interest which to me other Africa nations don't see Nigeria as the hope of Africa any more. No matter what they gain from Nigeria, their view of how the leaders are handling things doesn't interest them anymore, is like all hope are lost and is every man for himself soy they can't rely on Nigeria to even be the head of Africa anymore.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Nigeria is a blessing to Africa but a curse to Nigeria because of the leaders we have been having. Nigeria is a blessing to the world and not just Africa, our national resources are being used all over the world but we don't see any benefits for that in Nigeria. I'm not blaming the world for this but our leaders are to be held responsible because they're the cause of the suffering the people in the country are facing. Imagine we could refine this natural resources ourselves, our fate would be different from what we're suffering but because we weren't educated when this resources were discovered, we got taken advantage of.

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.

Imagining being able to supply power to other countries when we don't have power in Nigeria, same thing can be said about gas and some other needed resources. How can we celebrate being a blessing to others when we aren't having a share of that blessing. Nigeria need to do better because it just doesn't make sense that we do all this for others but treat our people like second class citizens in their own country.

[Webetcoins]

We were supposed to be, but it is quite obvious that we aren't, you are a Nigerian so i am sure you know that. Post colonialism came with a lot of hope and aspirations for Nigerians, but 64 years later and we disillusioned because of how things turned out. Corruption has been the bane of Nigeria and that is the reason why we are still underdeveloped and still lack the most basic things of life. Nigeria must first develop itself as a nation before we talk of influencing other African nations positively.

Talking about colonialism got me too hard, it's a big shame that what our fathers fought with both blood and tears for, in other to free us from the bondage/perpetual suffering from those foreigners are now wiped off to no avail. We are now slaves, (working too hard but have nothing to show forth) in our own country being ruled by our so called brothers and sisters, it's a big shame because it seems like moving from frying pan to fire, very disappointed now we are all the talk of the day by fellow African's far different from what they expected which gave us the ability to control the name African giant but rather we have failed everyone due to corruption mainly from the government.

No doubt things are never been as we were expecting and this happening due to bad governance and conflicts which are creating huge troubles for years Nigeria is having ability to lead from the front but for this we need to have better system and things which are not coming as Nigeria is one of the full of sources country but never do as we needed, and we are capable of doing.

Africa is rich of many things which can bring them to the better level but sadly due to having troubling geopolitics and many other factors are not allowed them to have things as they can bloodbaths are happening through our own peoples because they are not ready to talk about things which we can fix on tables with many big countries are also having their own interest, and they are putting fuel into this fire for years.

[Coyster]

but rather we have failed everyone due to corruption mainly from the government.

It is what it is, and that is the reality right now and there is no change in sight. It is sad that even the basic things of life is lacking in Nigeria, things such as good road networks, power, healthcare, etc, but politicians eat fat on the nations wealth. It is common to hear people blame the colonizers for our present situation, but they are wrong, we have gained independence for a very long time and the only people to blame are those who are in power for their own personal benefit.