Ikhide, I'm frankly often stunned by all these your Naijaskepticism! You celebrate every ill-conceived report about Nigeria, as if to say, I told you so! So, Bloomberg is now the oracle on the future and wellbeing of Nigeria? This piece is not only incoherent, its grounds are profoundly flawed from a reporter's standpoint. And on a more general note, I think it's about that time you revised your Conradian views of Nigeria; its become very tiring. Nigeria is not the pit of hell ( the horror! the horror!); it is a profoundly complex society, growing in leaps and bounds; suffering many setbacks as much as it is recording many positive growths. It is governed by men and not by gods. By the way, it is easy for many of us to pontificate on governance and public service and its failures from behind the computers. If you feel that those who govern Nigeria today are listless and uncomprehending, and running beneath your paces, perhaps you can just throw down the gauntlet, organize a political party, run for office, and show us all how well and easy it is to govern Nigeria and solve all its human problems within your first four years.
It is all well and good to be brilliant behind the computers, or while reading second rate reports and insulting, and condescending pieces from provincial metropolitan rag sheets like Bloomberg, who have no ideas what they are often talking about when it comes to Africa and African reality; and which the likes of you then parrot and turn into gospel. We must learn to be charitable to Nigeria even as we examine its contradictions, because indeed, Nigeria is no worse in my estimation than any other place searching for its own solutions to its own complex social problems. What should we do, in your view, with his Bloomberg crap that you just posted? Laugh? Sigh? What? It is no longer sane or even productive to spin Nigeria into a relentless twirl. If you have solutions, step into the creases.
Obi Nwakanma
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - World's Hottest Economy Unravels; Nigerians feel the pains
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 09:21:02 -0500
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It is all well and good to be brilliant behind the computers, or while reading second rate reports and insulting, and condescending pieces from provincial metropolitan rag sheets like Bloomberg, who have no ideas what they are often talking about when it comes to Africa and African reality; and which the likes of you then parrot and turn into gospel. We must learn to be charitable to Nigeria even as we examine its contradictions, because indeed, Nigeria is no worse in my estimation than any other place searching for its own solutions to its own complex social problems. What should we do, in your view, with his Bloomberg crap that you just posted? Laugh? Sigh? What? It is no longer sane or even productive to spin Nigeria into a relentless twirl. If you have solutions, step into the creases.
Obi Nwakanma
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - World's Hottest Economy Unravels; Nigerians feel the pains
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 09:21:02 -0500
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World's Hottest Economy Unravels; Nigerians feel the pains
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