Nigeria is naija and naija is Nigeria!!!!!!! Please.
On Dec 3, 2010 8:50 AM, "Ifedioramma E. Nwana" <ienwana@yahoo.com> wrote:--Dear All,I think there is some missunderstanding here. Certainly there would be no problem in giving an endearing nick-name to a country, a place or a person. Can you really compare the use of Naija with the use of God's Own Country? How did the nick-name Yankee for Americvans originate? I have not heard Naija used for Nigeria in endearing circumsatances. In ALL occasions I have heard people use Naija for Nigeria it had been to illustrate the unseriousness, or even insincerity if you will, of affairs in this country. By the use of Naija, we seem to say that ANYTHING would pass! There are sayings that what one calls his dog that it would ansewer or that if one pointed to the grave of one's father with the left hand children would turn it into a rubbish heap!
Certainly Nigeria is in very, very bad state. I agonize daily on the state of things and the fate of my brothers and sisters who roam aimlessly on our streets, young men and women who have the capability and could contribute to the development of this God-given country but who the political situation does not allow even to think straight not to talk of productively. But can we correct the rot overnight? Let us begin to accommodate efforts made by people, no matter where they are and what positions they hold. Efforts that are intended, even if only intended, to stimulate us to think and take actions that would lift this country to expected positions: in agriculture and food security, in sports, in academics, in industry, in politics, in health care, you name it.If you think that Dora is gasping and grasping any straw according to her imagination, she did not cause the cesspool in which we all now find ourselves. It is only by collective and sacrificing effort that we can get out. Picking holes and the use of expressions that put ourselves down in whatever form will not help us. Quite often I find myselgf overwhelmed contemplating the problems of Nigeria caused by Nigerians. How can one, for instance, continue to still from public coffers. amounts of money that is clear to him/her that he/she CANNOT use for any good or evil in three-ten lifetimes. Then the money is dumped in another country where it is used by the citizens of that country! There are many more mind buggling and dizzying actions by our brothers and sisters who should use our commonwealth for the benefit of all!!! We complained of the Excesses of Paliamentarians, taken in brown envelops. The Soldiers came and Grabbed with gana-must-go bags. Now we are faced with assemblies that scoup with bullion vans! What to do? I AM AT MY WITS END.PLEASE PRAY FOR STRENGTH TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN THE TIME COMES!!!Ifedioramma Eugene Nwana Ph.D., FESN, KSM, JP (Justice of Peace)Professor of Agriculture & Economic Entomology (rtd)
From: "Eke, Maureen Ngozi" <eke1mn@cmich.edu>
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tue, 16 November, 2010 19:29:10
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: Akunyili Condemns Use of 'Naija' in Place of Nigeria
My goodness! Is there no end to the stupidity of the leadership? It is the case of too much time f...
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