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NIGERIA as a country will be 57 years old by October 1^st 2017. The question now is that 57 years now on the line, are we at the right place in terms growth?

Looking at the above question, there is need to say that Nigeria as a nation has moved on inspite of challenges facing the country. On this note, Isoko mirror reporters decided to sample some opinions from the public in view of the current prevailing challenges facing the nation. Here are some of the opinions sampled. Read on: 

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Mr. Omohakpor Enaye,

The problem of Nigeria since independence is so serious, for example India obtained her Independence from Britain in 1947, and we obtained Independence in 1960, the years different is not much.

Today, India is self reliance in agriculture. They are third world country and have one of the best sub-marine in the world, also one of the best in the technological industry

 

Mr.Omohakpor Enaye

India has gone very far, but Nigeria is still behind. The reason is not far fetch, we were given Federal system of government at Independence, but we are not practicing federalism, ‘I study in America so I specialized in American government/, but our country is not practicing federalism.

What the country needed at the moment is true federalism where all the component parts of the nation will feel a sense of belonging to enhance rapid development of the nation and do away with nepotism resulting from inept leadership. The young ones should begin to ask questions and demands answers from the older ones why nigeria as a nation is not progressing the way it should be.

Mr. Ufuoma Ibiadhe – Businessman

Mr.Ufuoma Ibiadhe

Nigeria is improving in Agriculture but they are still importing, there is no unity, there’s anarchy everywhere, there is struggle for restructuring, 

there is no security in Nigeria there is a lot of kidnapping, Boko Haram bombing many places. In the North East, they have not even released the remaining chibok school girls until now. Nigeria is not improving in terms of petroleum, because we have a lot of refineries, but still importing.

Mrs. Patricia – Teacher

Mrs.Patricia

In the area of employment, I don’t think they are doing anything good, in terms of agriculture, they are trying a little, in unity they are very poor in that area.

The electricity, is even the worst,

it is only people that are rich that are enjoying their life with generator, but the poor people are suffering of electricity.

It is in the hand of the government to find means to call BEDC to order.

Barr. Muhammad Mustapha – Lawyer 

The only time I will say we ever had a political system of government is just about 4-5 years during the time of Shagari, but now the question is are we in politics since 1960 till date. If you look at it very well, despite the fact that the electoral commission (i.e INEC) are responsible for election in Nigeria, those that makes laws as still the National house of Assembly, they call INEC an independent therefore suppose to make her laws, administer it, and regulate it by itself but instead, commission is bound to follow, can we now say our politics in Nigeria is independent? That is to say we have not yet moved into a complete political system.

The only way out is that things should be done in the right way. Lawyers should work as lawyers, the military to his job, the police should be responsible for policing the country. A person who is a Doctor is being appointed as a Minister of Agriculture, as a result of politics

Mustapha Mohammed

What we need in Nigeria is leadership. A leader is a person in a position of trust and does not take advantage of it, he thinks of those he leads, he would not appoint the wrong person if he thinks of the interest of his followers in general.

We should have a law that looks at everybody equally, the mechanism that will carry out the implementation of the law must be standard. If the law is standard the person who has been appointed will not embezzle public funds because he knows the law will focus on him.

Barr. Eni-Okoro Akpofure Dennis- Lawyer

Barr.Eni-Okoro Dennis

When we talk about political issues since Independence, 1960, it has been the bedrock of our problem. We have had issues of civil war and political instability. When government comes into power, they intend suggesting things to solve problems, this is because we are not pro-active, we are not thinking ahead due to the fact that the masses are not informed enough in order for them to contribute to development and political restructuring.

There is no way we can get out from these problems without looking at our economy. Nigerians have little knowledge on Economy issues because they are not well informed.