Nigeria is blessed w/ natural resources: crude oil, gold, diamond, silicon, etc, etc. But is Nigeria blessed w/ d intelligence, discipline, and organization needed to harness and transform these raw materials to finished goods?
"YES, we have gold, silver, crude oil, silicon, etc, etc. What if the WEST leaves Nigeria, takes away all her tools, equipments, machines, computers, technocrats, technologies... What will then happen to those "natural resources"? What do u think Nigeria wld do? What wld d citizens of Nigeria do?" FOOD FOR THOUGHT!
y can't Nigeria harness and develop her natural resources - from raw goods to finished goods? y is Nigeria not investing time and money in home-grown intellectual property, inventions, Science & Tech Industries, etc... y is Nigeria not building the tools, machines, and equipments needed to process the raw materials to finished goods?
y is Nigeria not excelling in technology? y rely on d WEST or d EAST to come do all these things for us? Besides, when they turn around and rip us off, we open our mouths and begin to complain... Where r our OWN home-grown research institutes?? Are they competitive globally?? What is the problem with us??
A major reason y Nigerian professionals excel abroad BUT fail to replicate same in their country is this: DISUNITY... and i may add: TRIBALISM... NEPOTISM... They may excel individually and work well w/ foreigners abroad... But bring these same ppl under 1 umbrella and u begin to hear stories. And we r 'cursed' w/ visionless leaders who r not interested in funding RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT in Science & Tech!
We don't have a "prevailing culture" that encourages and celebrates scientific and technological inventions. Hmmm... Very important!
Also, without apologies (and speaking soberly), i think Nigerians r not pushing themselves enough to tap into their God-given creative imaginations when it comes to inventions and innovations in Science & Tech... d % that does is just too, too low...
And we r 'cursed' w/ visionless leaders who r not interested in funding RESEARCH in Science & Tech!
To Progress!
Karo E.K.D. Akamune
♥♫♪☆ A culture dat encourages nd celebrates scientific nd technological inventions. hmmm... very important! ☆♫♪♥
