Comments on NIGERIAN CURIOSITY: TOO HONEST TO BE A POLITICIAN?

The corruption needs to be punished. Period. As ...

2009-11-22T03:13:28.204-05:00

The corruption needs to be punished. Period. As a servant of the public, you rob the public, they should turn fifty thousand megawatts of wrath on you. In Nigeria, we don't do that. Moral relativism is killing us.

As for campaign promises being lies and all that, I don't think we are privileged enough to even suffer that problem yet. Corruption, from vote buying to buying the position regardless of the vote - that's the challenge they're still trying to fix.

Politicians = Liars Diplomats = Liars Attorneys = ...

2009-11-07T08:31:50.359-05:00

Politicians = Liars
Diplomats = Liars
Attorneys = Liars
Businessmen = Liars
CEOs = Liars
PR Firms = Liars
etc

Lying is more common than it first seems, it's just been repackaged , renamed and made acceptable in many aspects of life.

Nigerian Politician don't even begin to approach US politicians when it comes to lying.

I remember a survey conducted by the BBC sometime ...

2009-11-06T18:16:40.923-05:00

I remember a survey conducted by the BBC sometime ago. The question was 'which person do you least trust?'.

As you may expect, 'politician' ranked number one, followed by Estate Agents....hmmm

I still don't know why one as to lie as a politica...

2009-11-06T13:28:58.431-05:00

I still don't know why one as to lie as a politican. It's so interesting to even know that there are different lies such as diplomatic ones...

Man is innately evil. The only way that politician...

2009-11-06T10:31:36.271-05:00

Man is innately evil. The only way that politicians will do the right thing is if they examine their conscience, and if they consider God.

I agree that all over the world, politicians are a...

2009-11-06T07:36:11.581-05:00

I agree that all over the world, politicians are apt to lie. However, the case in Nigeria is simply worrisome.
In other countries, people tell "intelligent lies" and apologizes when they are caught.
Over here, they simply tell a STUPID lie and insist that we must take it as the truth, even when a 2year old can detect that it is a STUPID LIE that has just been told.
As for apologizing, that never happens. Anyone that ask too much question may just disappear or be sent on a quick journey to the OTHER SIDE!
I believe Nigeria will get better, but we need to go back to the grassroot and start rejecting the stupid lies that we are accustomed to hearing from the politicians.

All over the world politicians have this image...b...

2009-11-06T06:01:12.494-05:00

All over the world politicians have this image...but in Nigeria it has taken to a whole ´nother level ...not only do have to deal with lies , there is the stealing and embezzling and the corruption without end.

I am passionate about Nigeria, but sometimes when I think about what we consider politics in Nigeria, I just get weakened.

Very Good question @ what does it say about we as ...

2009-11-06T03:11:37.480-05:00

Very Good question @ what does it say about we as humans..
Simple and short, it says that we humans are dishonest, selfish etc, and we should never expect our politicians to be saints..
I myself, never hold any politician to high standards.. Even if they are corrupt, all i ask is that htey invest the money they steal back into the country