@lorddrey Nah, it's early religious indoctrination. They are not daft. They just can't handle other opinions; just like they were taught early in life, they can only attack the person instead of the point.
@DavidHundeyin Nigeria is not designed to work for Nigerians that much should be obvious to everybody now.
All the institutions are meant to gatekeep power and prosperity from the people.
Your opinions are quite valid, but you need a deeper understanding of the system. Powerful foreign actors connive with bad or corrupt people to play their desired roles; in turn, they protect them and install them in power. As for the argument about elections and why the people keep picking them, that's also intentional because the system wasn't designed to allow good, non-corrupt leaders to rise. With heavy foreign backing, propaganda washes over them and poverty is weaponized, and the results are always the same. In summary, foreign interests won't allow the people to rise up because they will always find selfish, rich, and morally corrupt individuals among us to govern us, keeping us in a perpetual cycle of poverty and blame. Sometimes threats and violence are also used to achieve their goals, not only the selection of morally corrupt leaders. It's a cycle, and if the foreign influence isn't removed, nothing different will happen. Stop blaming the populace; we have no choice in the selection process. This is a well-oiled system.
@Wizardxfile@lorddrey Yes. They are responsible for the savior mentality of millions of Nigerians. Everything will go wrong, and they will be waiting for a savior or thinking it won't affect them because they are blessed.
Why this model of education won't work for us is because of the religious beliefs practiced here. A child in their formative years is not allowed to question their beliefs or ask basic critical questions that help develop the mind. Indoctrination of children starts with the family, moves to religious centers, and finally reaches schools. All available social bonds are basically big reprogramming structures where creativity, curiosity, innovation, and growth die; what remains is an adult incapable of critical thinking and nation-building.
My own observation is that religion is the biggest obstacle for the African man. It is the major reason for his underdevelopment. The religions practiced are not his own and do not even resonate with his being and existence. No other race on earth is working with a borrowed religion while its economy is not a wreck. A religion that doesn't allow or accept criticism or questioning, a religion that sees its oppressors as friends. The African man has no business with those two religions, and until they are discarded, Africa will never truly grow.
The reason why the separatist movement is very confusing to me is that they claim the people want it, but in every election cycle, the elected leaders never champion their ideals or reflect them. And you would think the most logical thing would be for the people to organize and elect leaders who would champion their movement. But year after year, nothing happens. I see all of them as noise and troublemakers.
The day Igbo people in the diaspora set aside the Biafran question and commit to long-term, strategic political engagement is the day Nigeria will begin to experience a true reset and all these insults will stop.