[Suleimana]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

And as for stupidity, giving up will be just the perfect thing. You reduced 'your share of stupidity' when you published this article. Lets us all cut down the national stupidity average by doing something smart, no matter how small. Drive like a human being, visit another part of the country, and share this write-up with another stupid Nigerian. I know it looks stupid to keep believing but not when you are actually 'walking the talk'. Just do something positive this week.

I think you should note this-we do not have N149million Nigerians against the half a million rogues. The way it works, the maximum population at any point that can oppose the government is the largest ethnic group. So you might have 'these many Igbos against the rest of us' (instead of half a million rogues), that many Ijaws against the rest of us. That is the brilliance of the establishment. To the average northerner, the enemy is not OBJ and his cohorts but the Yoruba nation. The Igbos cannot see beyond what they establishment has programmed them to see- the Hausa-Fulani nation is the enemy, not Yar'Adua and his 'ruling class'.

And now to the really contentious issue- we are mostly 'bad people'. I am saying that statistically, most Nigerians are simply not good enough for the country they dream of! How else does one explain that a random selection of people (different tribes, different religions, different backgrounds etc) in a traffic situation and every single time almost every one of them acts stupidly? As for explanation, our most favored-
1. It is because of years of military misrule
2. In the absence of enforcement, everybody behaves badly
3. It’s a jungle!

I have always argued that when we begin to project positive values (help a child cross the road! Give up your seat for the elderly! Stop running the traffic lights! Don't throw thrash out of a moving car! Pick that log from the road and save a life!), a leader will emerge that will promote these values. Right now, our values are very materialistic and worldly and the best in these selfish values rule us today.

I ask not to be taken too seriously. I am just another stupid Nigerian who prefers to spend his entire income providing private electricity, security, waste disposal, water and foreign education rather than step outside my house and protest. How stupid!