Comments on naijablog: Staying here

first of all we have to say thanks to jeremy, he g...

2006-02-18T20:42:00.000+01:00

first of all we have to say thanks to jeremy, he gives us a personal insight of things. nigeria would develope and i hope the gov and private sectors does a good job of carrying the poor class into middle class.
miky

Not if you're gay, it's not....

2006-02-16T19:10:00.000+01:00

Not if you're gay, it's not....

Not sure if you've seen this articlehttp://allafri...

2006-02-16T13:11:00.000+01:00

Not sure if you've seen this article

http://allafrica.com/stories/200602100922.html

I hope I'm alive when this happens...

"...by 2020 it would become one of the 25 biggest world economies and by 2025 one of the world's biggest 20..."

But Jeremy, are you sure that Nigeria is not going...

2006-02-16T12:25:00.000+01:00

But Jeremy, are you sure that Nigeria is not going to be better only for the middle and upper classes? The advances in technology, business, etc, how does that directly help the uneducated, and educated but unemployed people? The things you mention sound really nice, but until Nigeria really revamps the public education system, provides jobs for people, and guarantees basic human rights, it will go down the road of the BRICs you mentioned which are basically economically/ethnically divided societies! Poor Indians are protesting against some of the advances taking place there (a good example will be dam-building), and I know for a fact that poor chinese have no rights whatsoever and are exploited by industrial complexes there. Not to talk of Brazil which has their race and increasing crime problem in poor areas.

Of all cities I have been to and lived in the worl...

2006-02-15T23:10:00.000+01:00

Of all cities I have been to and lived in the world (in Africa, Europe and the United States), I love Abuja best. Maybe it’s because I’m Nigerian. I dream of returning back to Abuja to settle down within the next couple of years. My only fear is the lack of constant electricity, which I so much need for my work. But I see things picking up in Nigeria and I’m very positive about its future, despite the dregs called politicians who rule the country.

BTW: Abuja aint cheap by any standard.

I was in Naija last October, and I visited Abuja f...

2006-02-15T16:29:00.000+01:00

I was in Naija last October, and I visited Abuja for the first time...I had that sense then that returning home may not be a bad idea afterall...the major problem is the fear of the unknown. Having a series of plans may be one way to tackle that fear and having enough cash reserve. Leaving in the city can be expensive.

Thank you Jeremy. The problems of Nigeria are obvi...

2006-02-15T14:10:00.000+01:00

Thank you Jeremy. The problems of Nigeria are obvious, but the success stories are never told.