Between Nigeria and Ghana By Ugoo Anieto

Just like any other country including developed countries like England & Co.there are still people living on the streets children included.In GH, Education from the primary to secondary level is free and quality and if you want more and have the money u can try out world class private schools like Ghana Int.School,Alpha beta,Lincoln and the list goes on.They may want to be on the streets for their on reasons.There are still poor people here just like anywhere else.But they still have money.The minimum pay for the lowest rank jobs,is 5ghcedi which is equivalent to 3$ per hr.If GH had been enjoying the oil reserves Naija does.wow what a place it would bead the opportunity to study in Canada but my mom believes Uni.Ghana is better than most in Canada and i agree.Ghana is the size of Lagos but is the fastest growing economy in Sub-Saharan Africa 9% GROWTH per annum.Don't be bitter about Ghana's progress but rather let it be a motivation for you to do better.

You are on point my dear

Don't criticize the critics, criticize your Nigerian rulers. If they make Nigeria habitable, many Nigerians in diaspora will be willing to come home. The thought of what is going on in Nigeria gives people in diaspora nightmare. The state of things in Nigeria can only be changed by the government and their paid criminals. No one individual can make things better in Nigeria when the officials themselves are corrupt. Nigerian rulers do not practice what they preach. They cannot say to others; let me take the speck out of your eye, when there is a log in theirs at all times. If anyone is blabbing, it's you my dear! Direct your anger toward your government and those criminals in Nigeria. The change comes from within, not from without. If Nigeria was the land of milk and honey for all, no Nigerian would want to leave home. I can understand your frustration. God bless you and the country of Nigeria.

I live in the diaspora and have done so for the past 22years. I do not do menial jobs and neither do I see myself as a second rate citizen.

We in the diaspora are not disgracing Nigeria or Nigerians and I can tell you that Nigeria and Nigerians do not need help in disgracing itself/themselves.

You ask us to come back and start making a change - why can't the 160 million Nigerians in Nigeria make that change? - You sound like someone bitter with the fact that he is stuck in Nigeria!!

Ghana is definitely NOT a country to be compared with Nigeria. Ghana's children are out on the street instead of in their higher institutions due to poverty. If not, there would not have been space for Nigerians, even though they are charged more. Ghana is a poor country whose economy is less than the economy of Oyo State in Nigeria. Ghana's GDP is about $30 billion per annum while Nigeria's is over $280 billion. So where do we start with the comparison?

The struggle to save nigeria those not require everybody to come home. Its for every one to fight from every front.its not about criticising comments, its about taking the good points from a comment and utilizing it to make changes. When we tell those in diaspora to come back and make changes, when they our system frustrates them out.eg prof barth nnaji.WE MUST CHANGE NIGERIA.THE TIME IS NOW.

Sir/Madam

I understand your frustrations with the criticisms especially from Nigerians in diaspora. However may I remind you that it takes exposure to be able to criticize a system such as ours. I am sorry you do not seem to have sufficient exposure to discuss matters of this nature and I will encourage you to do more personal readings to update yourself on social issues whether of Nigeria or not.

You are correct when you said that Nigerians are second rate citizens abroad but then sometimes being second rate abroad is better than being first rate at home and sadly this is the Nigerian situation. I am not sure whether you have come across the term "globalization" but the world is now indeed a global village and you can of course make input from any where and that includes writing like I do.

Sir/Madam

I understand your frustrations with the criticisms especially from Nigerians in diaspora. However may I remind you that it takes exposure to be able to criticize a system such as ours. I am sorry you do not seem to have sufficient exposure to discuss matters of this nature and I will encourage you to do more personal readings to update yourself on social issues whether of Nigeria or not.

You are correct when you said that Nigerians are second rate citizens abroad but then sometimes being second rate abroad is better than being first rate at home and sadly this is the Nigerian situation. I am not sure whether you have come across the term "globalization" but the world is now indeed a global village and you can of course make input from any where and that includes writing like I do.

I appreciate your input on this topic. May I remind you that I lived in Nigeria from birth to master's degree level. I worked in both private and public sectors too in Nigeria. I have been writing articles while living in Nigeria and would continue to do so. I understand your frustrations about the amount of criticism Nigerians in diaspora heap on the country but guess what? It is so because they have the opportunity of living outside the country and have seen the difference- something is obviously wrong somewhere.

With this said, I shall urge you to keep working for the betterment of Nigeria. The world is a global village right now and people MUST NOT live in Nigeria in order to make a change. Good luck!

Most of you Nigerians living in the diaspora are Nigeria's worst critics, yet what have you done to make it a better place? You ran away to foreign lands doing menial jobs you wont do here because you felt u are too good for it. A lot of you are disgracing and shaming us in the respective countries you are in, to the extent a country like Botswana is deporting Nigerians. Come back home and start making a change from where you are and don't stay over there and keep blabbing!! i am sick of all these Nigerians who believe they are better than everyone in Nigeria just because they are a second rate citizen somewhere else!

even the drawing table itself is tired of hypocrites comming back to it always. How long!

Good talk, Ugoo.I agree with everything you have said except your decision to stop worshipping your Lord and Saviour because some people have turned His house into a den of robbers. There are still churches where holiness is taught, which are not one-man or family businesses, where the congregation controls the church accounts, etc, whwere you can really worship God to make your life meaningful. For indeed any life that does not worship God is meaningless no matter how many billions of dollars a man may possess. I was in the dark until I saw the light and accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. And thank God I did not join any of these businesses disguised as churches and my only regret today is that I wasted so much time in the dark. Please look for a proper church and worship your Lord.

I was part of the suffering and the Rawlings revolution as a student leader and a Nigerian undergrad in Ghana. Yes, you're right about how JJ cleansed Ghana to make it what it is today.

Nigeria is sick and needs a medical overhaul and automotive MoT to begin functioning again. Nothing short of these treatments will help us out. Are we ashamed at all and where is the shame on the faces of our leaders? In the 70s Nigeria was the pride of Africa with too much petro dollar making them feel above the world. This at times came with stupid attitude permeated with uncontrollable and inexcusable carelessness. As such, careless actions were taken, careless financial management & fiscal measures became the practice of the government, careless economic projections or lark of it reigned supreme and even careless talks were made like - "the problem Nigeria has is how to spend their money" Where are we today? That notorious bag of the 80s will soon be renamed - Nigeria must go. Nigerians, keep relocating your businesses investments to Ghana. Remember law of nemesis has a graceful place in statute.

A true a thought provoking piece. Keep it up.

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