I know say na as a result of wetin most Nigerian de go through na him de make us para whenever we are giving the platform to air our view about the country but make we no forget say Nigerian de do extremely well in so many areas like;
1. We de do very well for the Technology space
2. We de get one of the best brains for most professional areas outside we country like medicine and engineering
3. Our entertainment industry na one of the best for the world. Nollywood and our music industry de deliver us wetin no nice
4. Even for this forum, nija follow for one of the most active boards when de get quality conversation going on.
5. Religion nko? You self you know the matter na.
6. Our culture go well wetin no nice and if no be say we done de trowe some of them eh, Nija get amazing cultural lifestyle on a normal.
So many areas de when we de do very well and I just want talk say make we try de talk good about our country sometimes. If others reject and speak evil of our mother land, we go follow then deny nija?
Make we try de show the world say we be nija and say we no de ever carry last.
From your analogy, it is the people who should be applauded. It is Nigerians who are trying and not the country not minding the fact that you cannot talk about a country without it's people since it is the people who make the country. But then, when you assess a country you look at different areas like health, security, education, employment etc. These sectors have suffered and it is appalling.
In the area of entertainment, Nigeria is in the limelight because it is individuals who run the sector. I put it to you that any day the government decides to control the entertainment sector, the sector will suffer because the concern will no longer be on bringing growth but on how to accumulate wealth.
In the area of excellent performance of Nigerians in medicine and engineering, I think on the one hand, credit should be given to the countries that create the enabling learning environment for Nigerians studying outside to excel but the implication is that these countries retain them and Nigeria don't get to benefit from the knowledge.
In the area of culture, it will be difficult for our culture to erode completely because the locals still cherish their heritage.
In the area of technology, Nigeria has done nothing. Even the locally-produced cars by Innoson Company, the government still doesn't patronize the company. Innoson should have been used as government official car but it is not because we don't even trust our own so I disagree with you in the area of technology