Originally Posted by eire 
start by throwing shoes at the Nigerian sitting next to you...
For me, I will tell you that every Nigerian, including the article writer
are what can be termed "failed Nigerians" along side their failed state of
Nigeria.
It is unacceptable in modern standards that a population can simply play the
role of gullible bystanders for 48 years while right before their eyes their
common wealth and the livelihood of their future generations are being
manhandled and squandered in the name of corruption.
I will no longer accept any such articles blaming the problems of Nigeria on leadership, it is inept, stupid and totally irresponsible to suggest
leadership as Nigeria's bane. The blame 100% squarely rests on the doorstep
of Nigeria's 140 million fools. People so scared to act that they rather sit tight and watch the destruction of their nation right before their eyes, all because of fear. Fear of getting injured, fear of dying even if some survive that fear that will help to change the school of thought of the corrupt
cabal in existence for 4 decades.
I was in Thailand where ONLY 100,000 citizens rioted for months disrupting
government business and finally forcing the government to resign. The
citizens got what they wanted but in Nigeria the government does. WHY?
I am sorry to say all these rubbish "blame leadership" articles are boring
and goes to show the undeveloped mindset of Nigerians!
How true and sad Eire words are.Yes before we start blaming leadership,where are we?UK,America,Canada the list goes on and to buttress Eire point, here in UK the last time my passport came for renewal,l ask around and believe it or not,l was inform to bring £200 and it will be sorted by someone in the embassy,l was shocked that the naija mentality follows us come UK,anyway as point of principle,refused and went there in person,guess what?while waiting in queue,this guy out of nowhere jumped the queue((as they say in my language`Ori Mi Ti Gbona`) and kicked off a fuss thinking fellow Nigerian who have been waiting patiently like me will support,do they heck,in fact one remarked in yoruba that`When they have stayed too long in UK,they think they are oyinbo`At this point,l was redder than oyinbo and the embassy staff intervene and advise the guy to go back as this man is not going to back down,(this was before him,embassy official telling me if l don`t calm down,he will call the police(yes official of the embassy want`s to call the police to arrest me in what is basically Nigerian soil,l had to laugh and remind him that British police cannot enter this building and arrest me,you should see the look on his face)
So yes let`s look inside before castigating so called leader,a country deserves the leadership it get`s.