The first part of this is 10 Reasons Why Nigeria Might Be Screwed Beyond Repair. But here goes this…
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10. We still have a constitution and a strong judiciary.
9. The economy is (being) deregulated; and even though progress towards this is slow, true federalism might eventually come to help bring the right foreign investment in alternative means of energy.
8. We still have the Nigerian football to unite us once every two years when there is a major tournament, just as long as there are no local coaches.
Maybe we’ll win the World Cup someday. Surely it’s not in 2010.
7. We have a strong press that keeps the security agencies on their toes. It is a slow progress, but it helps.
6. Our greatest export is not just our natural and agricultural resources as it is our human resources. There are many Nigerians of repute making the country proud in areas of endeavour all over the world
5. We still have some sane people living in there.
4. In spite of occasional bursts of violence, it is actually not that bad. The probability of getting killed in ethnic violence is really very low. Most people are smart enough to know when to leave a place when a situation begins to look combustible.
3. We still have the power to vote out corrupt politicians and replace them with real hardworking people. As the situation in Lagos has shown, there are leaders who can get things done.
2. Those people who want to be politicians by all means are not in the majority.
1. I’m going back there, soon.
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This is my last post for this month, folks. Thank you for reading. Watch out for more interesting guest-posts in the coming weeks.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com
What a great post! Two posts, actually. I got inspired by them to write something similar about Ukraine. But for the life of me, I can’t come up even with one good reason why Ukraine might not be screwed beyond repair.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 10:18am.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Hehe, I know you what you mean. I should confess that it took me longer to come up with the positives than it took me to write the negatives. I almost wanted to scrap the post altogether for lack of positive things to write about Nigeria. What I found out is that if I tried hard enough, I could always find something good to say, but they are always up for debate.
Thanks for liking it. Now I’m waiting for your Ukrainian post ๐
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 11:40am.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com
I was actually going to suggest a guest post about Ukraine for your blog if you think your readers might be interested. There are many things about Ukraine that people don’t know about (even within the country.)
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 11:50am.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Yes, yes, yes!!!
I am looking forward to it. My readers will like it too. Learning about a different culture is never a boring subject.
Thank you.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 11:55am.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com
I just sent you my guest post on Ukraine.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 12:50pm.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Got it.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 2:45pm.
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Jackie Mackay at http://www.kitten.co.uk
Kola this is such a wonderfully intelligent post. An indication in itself why Nigeria is not screwed and is set for repair.
I have 2 more reasons to add to the positive list:
* Nigerians are blessed with outstanding talent and art -(including writing of course)
* Nigerian Women’s wisdom and soul.
Posted at March 1, 2010 on 5:31am.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Thank you Jackie, and I would welcome a guest-post form you too, whenever you are ready ๐
Posted at March 1, 2010 on 5:32pm.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com
I just discovered that this blog is available on Kindle. What a great surprise!! When did it happen and why didn’t I know about it??
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 10:41am.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
I wanted it to be a surprise to you actually. I had some free time on my hands two days ago so I tried it out, and behold I have my blog on the Kindle. Like you wondered on your blog, I also wonder if people would be willing to pay for such content since the web is accessible on mobile devices anyway. I guess time will tell. Did you subscribe yet? ๐
PS: I also wrote a review for your blog on Amazon. I wonder if you saw it.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 11:42am.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com
Yes, I just saw the review. Thank you so much!
Have you seen your first review from your first Kindle subscriber? ๐ I’m going to the beach for spring break and now I won’t have to miss the blog posts that appear in my absence because they will come straight to the Kindle.
I’m very happy.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 11:49am.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Thank you Clarissa. So far you’re the only Kindle owner that I know ๐
One more interesting thing happened yesterday. A man called Martin Varsavsky provided a link to my blog from his twitter account saying “meet my sister, Paula Varsavsky, she is a great writer now on tour in USA” and now the post about her has become the number one most popular post on my blog. I’ve had hundreds of new readers from Spain and South America.
Imagine waking up and discovering over three hundred hits on one particular post. You immediately know that something was going on. In any case, I’ve sent him a thank you response and given him a link to your blog as well. Whenever you find new visitors trooping to Clarissa’s Box, you know that it is from the Varsavsky magnet. I love technology.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 12:03pm.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com
That’s so great! For me the hair post is still the most recent record-breaker. I’m considering exploring some other part of my body to attract visitors. I’ve been thinking, maybe the eye. And then people can speculate on whether I wear lenses or it’s my natural eye color.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 12:07pm.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
“I’m considering exploring some other part of my body to attract visitors…”
For a microsecond, this made me wince before I read the rest of the paragraph. hehehe ๐
Now before you explore the eye, I’d like you to write some more about the hair, growing up under a communist (socialist?) regime and how the hair was such a big thing. Did it ever get you in trouble? Did guys react to your hair as the government did? Did guys have the same problem with the law and their hair? Just what did it mean to be living in a communist country as it relates to some other areas of personal freedom. I like narratives like that very much, especially ones that use real life personal stories of childhood. And hair is always such an explosive subject. You could almost write a short story or an academic paper on it even.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 12:14pm.
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Zeeeee at http://YourWebsite
well i guess since you have been able to come up with 10 positive reasons then there is hope for Nigeria no matter how slow it will be.
Posted at February 28, 2010 on 4:57pm.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Hmm, you’re right, I think ๐
Posted at March 1, 2010 on 5:34pm.
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Yemi Adesanya at http://YourWebsite
There is hope for Nigeria then.
Posted at March 1, 2010 on 9:12am.
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Howdy! This is kind of off topic but I need some
guidance from an established blog. Is it difficult to set up your own blog?
I’m not very techincal but I can figure things
out pretty quick. I’m thinking about making my own but
I’m not sure where to begin. Do you have any points or suggestions?
Many thanks
Posted at October 21, 2013 on 1:57pm.