Nigeria is a failed state in every sense of manner: derelict infrastructure, abject poverty, rampant corruption at all levels of society, violence and insecurity in every corner of the nation…It’s so sad, especially when one realizes Nigeria’s potential to be not only a continental leader but a global leader
The Nigerian state unfortunately is a classic example of a union that is not " working"..systemic nepotism & endemic corruption by our political elite has eaten the very root of our nation's existence.
The cascading situation in Nigeria is historical. Amalgamating nations that have nothing in common except the colour of skins is a recipe for endless conflicts. We can at best be good neighbors but not sharing the same roof. I can't ser anything wrong with living apart.
Wrong panelists. Mike is a government person. Amaka doesn't sound like an independent educated Nigerian living in a western country, she doesn't sound like she really knows much about how Nigeria works. The guy in Coventry sounds like a typical Northerner who doesn't call out how bad the Buhari regime has been.
Please aljazeera needs to do better with its choice of panel members. Some of these guys are embarrassing us even more than the failed politicians themselves..
First of all, i'm very certain unemployment is far above 50% Labor laws are consistently violated even when uGet aJob Private businesses are dying from extreme costs and extreme societal failures we're living in the 21st century but Nigerians are enduring hardships of the 19th century The biggest economy in Africa still can't afford to educate its citizens, provide good health services, provide any form of security.... Nigeria has become aCountry where only thieves are thriving and surviving. The average educated youth is frustrated. I am one, life is really frustrating for me. I AM FRUSTRATED.
@@jyde50 that doesn't make sense in this case. If there is very little income mobility, working isn't going to help ur going nowhere and in most countries like this the jobs that would get u out of poverty almost always go to people with money already so very little people get out of extreme poverty. Although it has increased in years because of the internet and people leaving, then sending money back home so that their family could access those jobs is still hard for most people and is not as easy as you say it is. the first problem with the country is that it isn't safe, u can get around corruption as u see with kenya booming economy and fast growing middle class tho being incredibly corrupt but with there being a breech in national security that is a major problem as not only do u have to worry about lack of infrastructure or corruption but also that u can get hurt or harmed while there. U see the problem
@@shaddythewiz3836 you aren't making sense, money does not create work, work creates money. The first farmer did not have money but farmed then later got money out of it. The first phone company invented phone than made money out of it....same goes for everything, instead of complaining he should work and innovate then money comes with it.
@@jyde50 u should tell that to people in Syria or Yemen when there starving or the people in north Korea that. just work . Nigeria is a third world country yes u can make a phone factory but It does nothing if u don't have the roads to ship it out and if the government tries to take money from ur business. also when people try to harm ur product every once in a while. it isn't a good climate to start a successful business. yes u can make one but there far and thin and most of the people that do it already had the money too. it especially hard when finding a job is just as hard in the country so trying to get the money to start the business is hard. Yes u can farm but so those most people in Nigeria yes u can make a factory but there no roads to get ur products out. people already did this stuff but Nigeria economy and climate for business is to unstable especially if u live in the northern part of the country.
Democracy is certainly throwing up some bad outcomes, but that is because there are large amounts of voters who have no knowledge or concept of the basic functions of a government.
With the exception of maybe South Africa, Democracy never made it to Africa. The continent embraced Gandhi's anti-colonial ideology, and destroyed every Democratic institution in their path... with no idea how to rebuild them....
@Morphing Jar good points. I always thought there could be a small basic questionaire for each voting form requiring the voter to answer basic questions on the function of government. If the voter demonstrates a basic knowledge the vote is counted, if they can not, discard the vote.
There's not been democracy but civil rule. The military exchanged the military only took off their military uniform. And corruption is now more rampant under civil rule as rooms have been created to include more sectors, departments , people in this civil rule . Imagine over 90% yearly budgets are shared amongst the ruling class from federal to local governments and their friends outside government (Western nations inclusive) while less than 10% of budget is used for substandard projects. Take Britain saying they give 250million pounds of aid yearly to Nigeria (with no evidence) and in return the corrupt class launders billions of pounds to Britain yearly through British banks. Dubai, London,Paris , Switzerland, US and other western countries are all gateways to Nigerian laundered billions . The luxurious property market in Dubai and other western countries is partly fueled by Nigerian stolen billions. Etc
Amaka and Ejiofor are very big fools, unfortunately from the region whose sons and daughters are decimated on a daily basis. Amaka is misleading the world with her view of an armed group in the southeast, there's no armed group in the southeast.
Democracy , since introduced in Africa _ death , poverty, displacement, politic , sickness, conflict, protest , religion, instability Africa has tasted a ''toxic solution brought in Africa'' ..Why ?What happened ??
We are being unfair to the people of Nigeria if we cannot call a spade a spade. From the happenings in Nigeria, It is clear that the present government of Mohammed Buhari is based on ethnicity and religion. Until all Nigerians are carried along, all other problems can be taking care of. For now, the president should give peace a chance by convincing his citizens that there is no one Nigerian that is superior to the other.
Democracy only works well, if the people are well informed and educated. So maybe another two generations for Nigeria to get it right. If its still a country by then of course..🤣🤣
@@kennethodjegba6483 the previous generations were either uneducated or under educated. It's changing though as the current generations are getting proper education
@@kennethodjegba6483 even educated people are short sign. They will vote for those politicians who promise to give good welfare even if it come with the cost of debt.
WE ARE CALLING FOR THE TOTAL DISINTEGRATION OF NIGERIA. THE STATE OF BIAFRA NEEDS TO BE FREE FROM CO-EXISTING WITH NIGERIA. THE NORTHERN NIGERIA IS ONLY FOCUSED ON ISLAMISATION OF OTHER ETHNIC POPULATIONS WITHIN NIGERIA AND EXACTLY THE SAME MINDSET WHICH BUHARI SHARES.
Nigeria is a rich country but the people are poor just as peoples in Luxembourg the richest nation in Europe. Government is the problem of these lands.
With the exception of maybe South Africa, Democracy never made it to Africa. The continent embraced Gandhi's anti-colonial ideology, and destroyed every Democratic institution in their path... with no idea how to rebuild them.... This entire piece is designed to shift blame away from the Nigerian culture... shift blame away from the people actually responsible...
I wonder why African's biggest economy still has the continent's largest poorest populations, it's a pity, Nigeria need to embrace countries like south Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria,etc with relatively Fair economies but affluent people squarely period.
@@agberodongetinternet8651 It's not hate but actual truth. Nigeria is a country where you have an all round illiterate controlling the affairs of such a mass population.
Why not ccp funded? They actually build bugged structures and trap African countries in debt or bad deals. Why is it all about CIA when th China has been much more obvious. And has shown the world that they don't care about destroying the world with covid by trying to cover it up.
@@usucktoo you don’t even make sense, what would china gain by affecting the politics of nigeria & how has china been much more obvious? you ppl stop swallowing western propaganda, it’s western countries that have held africa under the yoke of neocolonialism for years, not china
While it was certainly interesting to hear the views of the speakers, two things were obviously missing from the Session. 1. The invited guests were clearly sympathetic to the current government and only made thin efforts at projecting balanced views. Viewers would have benefitted more from hearing opposing views as well. Al-jazeera lost an opportunity there. 2. The subject of discussion itself does not do justice to the problems of the day. As Winston Churchill stated, democracy is the worst form of government, except for the others. The problem is therfore not democracy Itself, but the people who will not allow it flourish. The man at the head today is Buhari and rather than improve it, he is pulling the country into an abyss. A more appropriate toprc would have been," Has Nigerian Done Well Under Buhari."
We always blame the government while we are nothing and protests does not work in Most country.the only thing that’s going to work is to demolish the whole political and governing system in Nigeria and create the governing system that works with a diversified country like Nigeria and stop blaming the leader because their human too and we need help our leaders. One man has never created a country only their need our help.
@@buharisani1428 of course the government is responsible. That’s what they are there for. To manage the affairs of the nation. So even when the citizens do not behave right, government is responsible for correcting societal ills.
I am very sorry that the problems of Nigeria is that no ideology and real democracy to the grass root. I mean that, if there is community administration to all villages, then security and development will be reached.
We have given Nigerian government sixty years to improve the life of messes but they have failed completely let's Biafra go their separate ways and see us after ten years pls, Nigeria is a cursed against humanity 😢😔
I would like to thank Al Jazeera for covering this topic. I live in America where news bureaus tend to ignore the rest of the world. And they most certainly ignore Africa. It is great to see the legwork being done here.
International news coverage has practically disappeared in the US. If it weren't for the availability of foreign journalism online we would not be aware of what is going on in the rest of the world.
Nigerian is in diere of breaking up the current APC administration is like caused to the citizens of the country no securit no electricity price of food's is x3 genocide committing by Nigeria police nd the army's
The hegemony of lslamic invasion in Nigeria 🇳🇬 is so serious 🧐 and sad 😢 for laws and order in a country of different ethic groups and nothing is happening to secure the stability of the country.Biafra is in the news 📰 trying again to separate themselves from the country of Nigeria 🇳🇬 period.????Who makes a country is the citizens not the leaders.?!?!!
Well done Ms Amaka especially and Mr Ejiofor..well worded..thumbs up..to say i dislike this idiotic deluded obnoxious host is an understatement..Oloshi..
@@usucktoo They provided analytical clarifications and not jumping into superficial accusations as the journalist. Maybe you were slow enough to discern that.
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As far as am concerned Nigeria as a nation is completely finished and if time is not taking war is unavoidable.
Nigeria is a failed state in every sense of manner: derelict infrastructure, abject poverty, rampant corruption at all levels of society, violence and insecurity in every corner of the nation…It’s so sad, especially when one realizes Nigeria’s potential to be not only a continental leader but a global leader
Great analysis.
to build a real democracy take time. Stop crying like a little be. ach
@@geoms6263 You dummy, they've had 100 years. Besides, they're trying to build an Islamic state, but you're clueless to that, apparently.
Do you know the definition of a "failed state"?
@@R33Po A failed state is one where nearly nothing works. That describes Nigeria perfectly.
The Nigerian state unfortunately is a classic example of a union that is not " working"..systemic nepotism & endemic corruption by our political elite has eaten the very root of our nation's existence.
The cascading situation in Nigeria is historical. Amalgamating nations that have nothing in common except the colour of skins is a recipe for endless conflicts. We can at best be good neighbors but not sharing the same roof. I can't ser anything wrong with living apart.
Wrong panelists. Mike is a government person. Amaka doesn't sound like an independent educated Nigerian living in a western country, she doesn't sound like she really knows much about how Nigeria works. The guy in Coventry sounds like a typical Northerner who doesn't call out how bad the Buhari regime has been.
You can't be more correct bro, immediately i sighted the panellists i get discourage about the interview
I find that this show usually has a poor panel...
Please aljazeera needs to do better with its choice of panel members. Some of these guys are embarrassing us even more than the failed politicians themselves..
First of all, i'm very certain unemployment is far above 50%
Labor laws are consistently violated even when uGet aJob
Private businesses are dying from extreme costs and extreme societal failures
we're living in the 21st century but Nigerians are enduring hardships of the 19th century
The biggest economy in Africa still can't afford to educate its citizens, provide good health services, provide any form of security....
Nigeria has become aCountry where only thieves are thriving and surviving.
The average educated youth is frustrated.
I am one, life is really frustrating for me.
I AM FRUSTRATED.
Nigeria sounds like Haiti. Why and why we cannot govern ourselves? Why corruption is the normalcy of our government?
With so much oil resources nigeria could be rich like norway.
@@oganla1 stop complaining, go out and work.
It had been wasted. No more free Oil money.
@@jyde50 that doesn't make sense in this case. If there is very little income mobility, working isn't going to help ur going nowhere and in most countries like this the jobs that would get u out of poverty almost always go to people with money already so very little people get out of extreme poverty. Although it has increased in years because of the internet and people leaving, then sending money back home so that their family could access those jobs is still hard for most people and is not as easy as you say it is. the first problem with the country is that it isn't safe, u can get around corruption as u see with kenya booming economy and fast growing middle class tho being incredibly corrupt but with there being a breech in national security that is a major problem as not only do u have to worry about lack of infrastructure or corruption but also that u can get hurt or harmed while there. U see the problem
@@shaddythewiz3836 you aren't making sense, money does not create work, work creates money. The first farmer did not have money but farmed then later got money out of it. The first phone company invented phone than made money out of it....same goes for everything, instead of complaining he should work and innovate then money comes with it.
@@jyde50 u should tell that to people in Syria or Yemen when there starving or the people in north Korea that. just work . Nigeria is a third world country yes u can make a phone factory but It does nothing if u don't have the roads to ship it out and if the government tries to take money from ur business. also when people try to harm ur product every once in a while. it isn't a good climate to start a successful business. yes u can make one but there far and thin and most of the people that do it already had the money too. it especially hard when finding a job is just as hard in the country so trying to get the money to start the business is hard. Yes u can farm but so those most people in Nigeria yes u can make a factory but there no roads to get ur products out. people already did this stuff but Nigeria economy and climate for business is to unstable especially if u live in the northern part of the country.
Democracy is certainly throwing up some bad outcomes, but that is because there are large amounts of voters who have no knowledge or concept of the basic functions of a government.
i totally agree
They always vote for the autocrat in a military outfit then act surprised when he turns dictator.
With the exception of maybe South Africa, Democracy never made it to Africa. The continent embraced Gandhi's anti-colonial ideology, and destroyed every Democratic institution in their path... with no idea how to rebuild them....
@@corwinchelway9969
Blame colonialism. They didn't gave a blueprint or killed democratic leaders
@Morphing Jar good points. I always thought there could be a small basic questionaire for each voting form requiring the voter to answer basic questions on the function of government. If the voter demonstrates a basic knowledge the vote is counted, if they can not, discard the vote.
I love Al Jazeera! Great reporting around the world
Did you say "ENJOY DEMOCRACY" for 20 years? Are you kidding me? Where have you been?
There's not been democracy but civil rule. The military exchanged the military only took off their military uniform. And corruption is now more rampant under civil rule as rooms have been created to include more sectors, departments , people in this civil rule . Imagine over 90% yearly budgets are shared amongst the ruling class from federal to local governments and their friends outside government (Western nations inclusive) while less than 10% of budget is used for substandard projects. Take Britain saying they give 250million pounds of aid yearly to Nigeria (with no evidence) and in return the corrupt class launders billions of pounds to Britain yearly through British banks. Dubai, London,Paris , Switzerland, US and other western countries are all gateways to Nigerian laundered billions . The luxurious property market in Dubai and other western countries is partly fueled by Nigerian stolen billions. Etc
Amaka's comment about the Armed rebel group is misleading. There is no armed rebel group in the southeast of Nigeria.
I thought I was the only one who noticed
Thank God Amaka is an Igbo and South East is igbo region
@@godwinejiofor8064 yeah, like that means anything 😂
Never the Nigerian democracy brings insecurity , instability , uncertainty , corruptions , ethnicity , poverty , immorality , divisions , violences and unGodly period.
Amaka and Ejiofor are very big fools, unfortunately from the region whose sons and daughters are decimated on a daily basis. Amaka is misleading the world with her view of an armed group in the southeast, there's no armed group in the southeast.
Democracy , since introduced in Africa _ death , poverty, displacement, politic , sickness, conflict, protest , religion, instability Africa has tasted a ''toxic solution brought in Africa'' ..Why ?What happened ??
We are being unfair to the people of Nigeria if we cannot call a spade a spade. From the happenings in Nigeria, It is clear that the present government of Mohammed Buhari is based on ethnicity and religion. Until all Nigerians are carried along, all other problems can be taking care of. For now, the president should give peace a chance by convincing his citizens that there is no one Nigerian that is superior to the other.
Democracy only works well, if the people are well informed and educated. So maybe another two generations for Nigeria to get it right. If its still a country by then of course..🤣🤣
For real.....
So Nigerians are not educated ?
@@kennethodjegba6483 the previous generations were either uneducated or under educated. It's changing though as the current generations are getting proper education
@@kennethodjegba6483 even educated people are short sign. They will vote for those politicians who promise to give good welfare even if it come with the cost of debt.
Same problem in india uneducated people elect bad representatives
Biafra NOW ✊🏾
yes biafra now, tell your leaders to request for a referendum so we call all be done with you please.
WE ARE CALLING FOR THE TOTAL DISINTEGRATION OF NIGERIA. THE STATE OF BIAFRA NEEDS TO BE FREE FROM CO-EXISTING WITH NIGERIA. THE NORTHERN NIGERIA IS ONLY FOCUSED ON ISLAMISATION OF OTHER ETHNIC POPULATIONS WITHIN NIGERIA AND EXACTLY THE SAME MINDSET WHICH BUHARI SHARES.
Totally supported
Exactly. The people that fought for Biafra saw this coming. The South has to let the North go!
Thank you. It's surprising that even foreigners are aware of this simple true. One Nigeria needs to stop.
Nigeria is a rich country but the people are poor just as peoples in Luxembourg the richest nation in Europe. Government is the problem of these lands.
AJ is rooting against democracies, support for "enlighten despots" is by far more rewarding in terms of business access and stability.
The problem in ñigeria is the old independence people are still rul since today a new young leader is needed God bless ñigeria amen
With the exception of maybe South Africa, Democracy never made it to Africa. The continent embraced Gandhi's anti-colonial ideology, and destroyed every Democratic institution in their path... with no idea how to rebuild them.... This entire piece is designed to shift blame away from the Nigerian culture... shift blame away from the people actually responsible...
@@oganla1 so human rights aren't for Africans. Got it.
@@oganla1 it for NIGERIA!
@@usucktoo human rights and democracy are two different things and read you primary school books
Nigeria, Colombia, Brazil, Haiti they all have something in common, the people are talking and the government is not listening
I wonder why African's biggest economy still has the continent's largest poorest populations, it's a pity, Nigeria need to embrace countries like south Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria,etc with relatively Fair economies but affluent people squarely period.
a south African hating on Nigeria, tell me something I don't already know. lol. God bless Nigeria
@@agberodongetinternet8651 It's not hate but actual truth. Nigeria is a country where you have an all round illiterate controlling the affairs of such a mass population.
It's not guns it's food and jobs democracy has failed
Whenever I hear "Democracy movement/protest," I immediately assume it's CIA funded.
because you're delusional, and all you think about is the CIA. get a life
Why not ccp funded? They actually build bugged structures and trap African countries in debt or bad deals. Why is it all about CIA when th China has been much more obvious. And has shown the world that they don't care about destroying the world with covid by trying to cover it up.
@@usucktoo friend do u think all this came by natuality
It all planned but none will last forever
@@usucktoo you don’t even make sense, what would china gain by affecting the politics of nigeria & how has china been much more obvious? you ppl stop swallowing western propaganda, it’s western countries that have held africa under the yoke of neocolonialism for years, not china
Pls, what progress are you referring to since 20 years of democracy or 60 years of Independence?
While it was certainly interesting to hear the views of the speakers, two things were obviously missing from the Session.
1. The invited guests were clearly sympathetic to the current government and only made thin efforts at projecting balanced views. Viewers would have benefitted more from hearing opposing views as well. Al-jazeera lost an opportunity there.
2. The subject of discussion itself does not do justice to the problems of the day. As Winston Churchill stated, democracy is the worst form of government, except for the others. The problem is therfore not democracy Itself, but the people who will not allow it flourish. The man at the head today is Buhari and rather than improve it, he is pulling the country into an abyss. A more appropriate toprc would have been," Has Nigerian Done Well Under Buhari."
your name tells me all i need to know.
Well said
We always blame the government while we are nothing and protests does not work in Most country.the only thing that’s going to work is to demolish the whole political and governing system in Nigeria and create the governing system that works with a diversified country like Nigeria and stop blaming the leader because their human too and we need help our leaders. One man has never created a country only their need our help.
@@buharisani1428 of course the government is responsible. That’s what they are there for. To manage the affairs of the nation. So even when the citizens do not behave right, government is responsible for correcting societal ills.
I am very sorry that the problems of Nigeria is that no ideology and real democracy to the grass root. I mean that, if there is community administration to all villages, then security and development will be reached.
Democracy might never work in Africa given the US and European countries promoting cater for their interests first
Yoruba Nation now, know more Nigeria 🇳🇬
Tigray nation now, no more Ethiopia
We have given Nigerian government sixty years to improve the life of messes but they have failed completely let's Biafra go their separate ways and see us after ten years pls, Nigeria is a cursed against humanity 😢😔
Love to visit one day
I would like to thank Al Jazeera for covering this topic. I live in America where news bureaus tend to ignore the rest of the world. And they most certainly ignore Africa.
It is great to see the legwork being done here.
International news coverage has practically disappeared in the US. If it weren't for the availability of foreign journalism online we would not be aware of what is going on in the rest of the world.
May all the Nigerian princes save Nigeria instead of sending emails to folks around the world telling them to send money to Nigeria for investment.
nigeria prince is a white american man. stfu.
You referring to the white American male right??
How lame!!
Nigeria need structural and political constitutional revolution,
I love amaka from eurosia group. She has a lot of fire and quite critical
exactly I was very impressed by her ability to not let that stupid presenter display his ignorance.
Nope, only using Sharia law 100% that can make Nigerian prosper
Over populated is the problem let Chinese people show Nigerians how they stop over populated in China 🇬🇭
votes not in on democracy, but capitalism? devastating.
No capital NOOO!!! Period .
....targeting internships and jobs.
Nigerian is in diere of breaking up the current APC administration is like caused to the citizens of the country no securit no electricity price of food's is x3 genocide committing by Nigeria police nd the army's
It has too many people. It should have 40 million people max
Impressive
no. democracy never works in poor under developed country like nigeria
Am Nigeria, am doomed
TARGETING SPEED AND SECURITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
get the Nigerian prince under control
Who is that
Biafra peoples hate Fulani people theirs tribalism in your country 😅😅😅
nigeria prince is a white american man. stfu.
The hegemony of lslamic invasion in Nigeria 🇳🇬 is so serious 🧐 and sad 😢 for laws and order in a country of different ethic groups and nothing is happening to secure the stability of the country.Biafra is in the news 📰 trying again to separate themselves from the country of Nigeria 🇳🇬 period.????Who makes a country is the citizens not the leaders.?!?!!
Yoruba Nation Now!!!!!!!
A Failed State already
Only Crazy-demo nothing like democracy
Demonstration of craze. Fela, nothing has changed.
The Quests are bhuari supporters. They are very weak and not sincere, God in heaven will judge all of you.
yes, anyone that's not insulting the government is not honest, right? you're useless
What Democracy ?
Follow the money!
arms are coming from the west. follow the money and you'll find your problems
All Nigerians should leave to other Western Africa countries for safety period.????
Well done Ms Amaka especially and Mr Ejiofor..well worded..thumbs up..to say i dislike this idiotic deluded obnoxious host is an understatement..Oloshi..
👏🏽👏🏽
Hey ur thumbnail not cool at all ... that's not from Nigeria biko
All the guns coming from Europe
All the guests pretty much outsmarted the journalist 😂
Huh? Maybe, you weren't smart enough to actually follow this?
@@usucktoo They provided analytical clarifications and not jumping into superficial accusations as the journalist. Maybe you were slow enough to discern that.
But...
😐
Biafra agitators confused Lagos and Kano as part of Biafra. Tell the Igbo's in those to leave Nigeria and their true self will come out.
They gonna blame slavery and white peoples of this 🤣🤣🤣🤣