CORRUPTION & HOW SOUTH AFRICANS SEE NIGERIA
July 11, 2024 | News
Corruption has reduced Nigeria to a nation where charlatans and morons now make laws, govern and run institutions
-By Zik Gbemre
CORRUPTION & HOW SOUTH AFRICANS SEE NIGERIA
Corruption has reduced Nigeria to a nation where charlatans and morons now make laws, govern and run institutions. Nigeria is ruled by people without capacity.
Those who run and drive the economy are a bunch of shameless failures. Of course they are majorly and in-charge in all the sectors.
The misgovernment in Nigeria is now so bad that VUSI THEMBEKWAYO, a South African entrepreneur while warning South African leaders against destroying their economy had to use the ugly situation in Nigeria as a reference.
Vusi Thembekwayo said,
"How is it that Nigeria is struggling with the issues it's struggling with? That some of the smartest people in the world are Nigerians. I think most people have mischaracterized the true cost of corruption.
"I don't think the true cost of corruption, rather, let me say it differently, I don't think the most expensive line item in the cost of corruption, right, is what it's done to the economy.
"I think it's what it's done to sentiment and what it does to talent. In other words, when you corrupt a system, those less deserving gets opportunities to which they are not deserving. The problem is that those who are deserving pick up a little green document called a passport.
"They get on a plane, and they leave. Now, there are some people watching this who go, nowhere they must go. Let me tell you why that is the dumbest, most nonsensical thing I've ever heard people say. When you say, JJ must go. JJ is born in South Africa. The South African state educates him for 18 years to get his matric. Then that same South African economy has built institutions of education.
"It's another five, six years of it. 24 years invested, and you're going to say, He must just go. And so, what's happened now, if it's not the same migration to the West and Cape, that's a separate conversation altogether, it's the proper immigration.
"The number of South Africans who have sat in this chair living in Canada today would alarm you. The number who've moved to Australia would alarm you. The number I bump into or our neighbors of mine in the Middle East will alarm you right. Because what talent does when you distort this thing about effort versus reward, is talent goes where it will be rewarded.
"It doesn't have to put up with the nonsense. It gets on a plane, and it leaves. If you looked at the top 100 investment bankers in Wall Street today, you'd find a healthy percentage of them are Nigerians.
"The top brain surgeons in the world today, healthy percentage of them, Nigerians. The top investment banking lawyers in the world today, healthy percentage of them, Nigerians. What does that tell you? How is it that Nigeria is struggling with the issues it's struggling with, that some of the smartest people in the world are Nigerians?
"Then you look at where you'll find those Nigerians, and typically, it's not in Nigeria. It means you've got this incredible base of talent whose skills, competence are being harvested by another economy, and not their economy of birth. I want to say this to all South Africans. If you want to destroy this economy, let the talent leave."
Nigerian has allowed its best brains to leave the country and few still remaining will leave for US, Canada and UK. In few years time Nigeria will be left with only charlatans,mediocres and morons. Corruption would have expelled them to Europe,US and Canada where they will be well rewarded and regarded.
It is not me wishing Nigeria evil but it is reality on ground. Elections and appointments are not done on merit and those who parade themselves with 'portfolio of higher degrees and diplomas' that are purchased are the people making laws and governing. The crowd of politicians and followers are sycophants who are always seen in political gatherings, funerals and birthdays, marriages.
Every time they are seen celebriating one thing or the other. Nigeria is a country filled to brim with sycophants and political morons. They are roaming about with purchased degrees and higher degrees from Nigerian universities and African countries they can't defend that are gotten for political purpose to boast ego and they will say say don't you know, "I have a PhD in this and that? "
Nigeria lacks people with capacity as almost all of them have escaped from the country to US and Canada for where they will be gainfully employed and rewarded according to their performance and not on sentiment or political affiliation or tribalism and nepotism.
I have been told by close friends and relatives that I should stop criticising politicians in power. I tasked one of them to visit Orhowhe Primary School in Iwhrekan-Edjophe, Ughelli South LGA where he did his primary school education and taught as a local teacher and see how that school is like now. I told him that it is shameful that he doesn't see anything wrong in dilapidated school buildings with no chairs,desks and tables for teachers and pupils.
The video of President Cyril Ramaphosa during his swearing-in in Pretoria, South Africa when he snubbed President Tinubu without a handshake is a testimony that Nigeria has lost dignity, relevance and respect within African countries and West. Tinubu's globetrotting is nothing but waste of public money.
I pity Nigeria when I look at the situation of things happening today.
A few weeks ago a PARK was named after Emeka Nnadi, a Nigerian who is based in Winnipeg city in the Province of Manitoba Canada for his contribution to the economy of that community in far away Canada.
Emeka Nnadi is rewarded based on his competence, contributions on merit and not based on political affiliation, tribe, connections, sentiment but here in Nigerian unless one is connected to politicians in power and from a favoured tribe or a child of one of them in power.
If Emeka Nnadi had remained in Nigeria his talent and skills would have been lost. Only crooks, and violent people are rewarded in Nigeria. The likes of Emeka Nnadi have escaped from hardship poverty, unsafe environment of Nigeria to Europe,US and Canada where competence and hardworking individuals are compensated/rewarded.
Zik Gbemre
July 11,2024
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
CORRUPTION & HOW SOUTH AFRICANS SEE NIGERIA
Corruption has reduced Nigeria to a nation where charlatans and morons now make laws, govern and run institutions. Nigeria is ruled by people without capacity.
Those who run and drive the economy are a bunch of shameless failures. Of course they are majorly and in-charge in all the sectors.
The misgovernment in Nigeria is now so bad that VUSI THEMBEKWAYO, a South African entrepreneur while warning South African leaders against destroying their economy had to use the ugly situation in Nigeria as a reference.
Vusi Thembekwayo said,
"How is it that Nigeria is struggling with the issues it's struggling with? That some of the smartest people in the world are Nigerians. I think most people have mischaracterized the true cost of corruption.
"I don't think the true cost of corruption, rather, let me say it differently, I don't think the most expensive line item in the cost of corruption, right, is what it's done to the economy.
"I think it's what it's done to sentiment and what it does to talent. In other words, when you corrupt a system, those less deserving gets opportunities to which they are not deserving. The problem is that those who are deserving pick up a little green document called a passport.
"They get on a plane, and they leave. Now, there are some people watching this who go, nowhere they must go. Let me tell you why that is the dumbest, most nonsensical thing I've ever heard people say. When you say, JJ must go. JJ is born in South Africa. The South African state educates him for 18 years to get his matric. Then that same South African economy has built institutions of education.
"It's another five, six years of it. 24 years invested, and you're going to say, He must just go. And so, what's happened now, if it's not the same migration to the West and Cape, that's a separate conversation altogether, it's the proper immigration.
"The number of South Africans who have sat in this chair living in Canada today would alarm you. The number who've moved to Australia would alarm you. The number I bump into or our neighbors of mine in the Middle East will alarm you right. Because what talent does when you distort this thing about effort versus reward, is talent goes where it will be rewarded.
"It doesn't have to put up with the nonsense. It gets on a plane, and it leaves. If you looked at the top 100 investment bankers in Wall Street today, you'd find a healthy percentage of them are Nigerians.
"The top brain surgeons in the world today, healthy percentage of them, Nigerians. The top investment banking lawyers in the world today, healthy percentage of them, Nigerians. What does that tell you? How is it that Nigeria is struggling with the issues it's struggling with, that some of the smartest people in the world are Nigerians?
"Then you look at where you'll find those Nigerians, and typically, it's not in Nigeria. It means you've got this incredible base of talent whose skills, competence are being harvested by another economy, and not their economy of birth. I want to say this to all South Africans. If you want to destroy this economy, let the talent leave."
Nigerian has allowed its best brains to leave the country and few still remaining will leave for US, Canada and UK. In few years time Nigeria will be left with only charlatans,mediocres and morons. Corruption would have expelled them to Europe,US and Canada where they will be well rewarded and regarded.
It is not me wishing Nigeria evil but it is reality on ground. Elections and appointments are not done on merit and those who parade themselves with 'portfolio of higher degrees and diplomas' that are purchased are the people making laws and governing. The crowd of politicians and followers are sycophants who are always seen in political gatherings, funerals and birthdays, marriages.
Every time they are seen celebriating one thing or the other. Nigeria is a country filled to brim with sycophants and political morons. They are roaming about with purchased degrees and higher degrees from Nigerian universities and African countries they can't defend that are gotten for political purpose to boast ego and they will say say don't you know, "I have a PhD in this and that? "
Nigeria lacks people with capacity as almost all of them have escaped from the country to US and Canada for where they will be gainfully employed and rewarded according to their performance and not on sentiment or political affiliation or tribalism and nepotism.
I have been told by close friends and relatives that I should stop criticising politicians in power. I tasked one of them to visit Orhowhe Primary School in Iwhrekan-Edjophe, Ughelli South LGA where he did his primary school education and taught as a local teacher and see how that school is like now. I told him that it is shameful that he doesn't see anything wrong in dilapidated school buildings with no chairs,desks and tables for teachers and pupils.
The video of President Cyril Ramaphosa during his swearing-in in Pretoria, South Africa when he snubbed President Tinubu without a handshake is a testimony that Nigeria has lost dignity, relevance and respect within African countries and West. Tinubu's globetrotting is nothing but waste of public money.
I pity Nigeria when I look at the situation of things happening today.
A few weeks ago a PARK was named after Emeka Nnadi, a Nigerian who is based in Winnipeg city in the Province of Manitoba Canada for his contribution to the economy of that community in far away Canada.
Emeka Nnadi is rewarded based on his competence, contributions on merit and not based on political affiliation, tribe, connections, sentiment but here in Nigerian unless one is connected to politicians in power and from a favoured tribe or a child of one of them in power.
If Emeka Nnadi had remained in Nigeria his talent and skills would have been lost. Only crooks, and violent people are rewarded in Nigeria. The likes of Emeka Nnadi have escaped from hardship poverty, unsafe environment of Nigeria to Europe,US and Canada where competence and hardworking individuals are compensated/rewarded.
Zik Gbemre
July 11,2024
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes