The Nigerian dream

Many people in Nigeria wake up every morning praying for a better Nigeria, when will all this problems stop in Nigeria.A country that is fifth largest oil producer in the world and is the giant of Africa.
But i tell you we cant achieve anything if we don't help our selves,just take a look at the streets of Lagos the so called centre of excellence.The roads are in a dilapidated state ,dirt in every street and corner.

Talking of cities, Lagos is no where near cities like New York, London or Paris.

The main problematic issues are- :
Corruption - as result of corruption money that is meant for the welfare of the citizens of the country is going into the hands of a few thereby leading to poverty, inadequate power supply and so on and so forth.Corruption and mismanagement swallow about 40 percent of Nigeria's $20 billion annual oil income. No form of arrangement being made for the less privileged to survive.I mean things like job seekers allowance should be introduced in the country.
Overcrowding - a lots of people are commuting to Lagos in search of work thereby causing overcrowding, this has led to poor standard of living. There are no continual developments in villages and rural areas so people in these areas commute to Lagos in search for greener pastures. Population has grown from 300,000 in 1950 to an estimated 15 million today, and the Nigerian government estimates that city will have expanded to 25 million residents by 2015 if population isn't controlled.

Sustenance - This is a major bottleneck in the economy and which has been our Achilles heel for quite a long time now. Any time there are new infrastructural development, arrangements aren't made for the maintenance of these developments.A good example are roads, take a look at the picture above and below i mean you can clearly see the difference between the one above and the one below and this is caused because lack of sustenance.

Our flea markets are nothing to write home about.When buying from these markets a person isn't sure of food security when the market itself is in a filthy state.The pictures below show a typical Nigerian local flea market and a more hygienic and modern flea market .can you see that the difference is very clear .

As a result of all this bottlenecks people have nothing else to resort to other than theft and kidnapping.

Kidnapping levels has been on the rise from the middle of 2009 to present .
We cant solve this problems if people continue being greedy .Imagine an individual looting so much money from the tax payers and using it to acquire houses all over the world that he or she wont live in .
Nigeria shouldn't be a nation that moves a step forward and two steps backward ,it should be a state where there is political stability and everything a good nation is supposed to be.