by Richard Akindele » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:55 pm
I completely and whole-heartedly agree with you.
Most Nigerians today cannot do business directly with Asia by mail or over the phone. That Nigerian has to travel to the particular country personally. This is because places like China distrust Nigeria.
Also, even though NIgerians are some of the most interlectually gifted people in the world, all our talents are not being used at home. India for example is making tens of billions of Dollars every year from developing software for Western countries. Nigerians could be sharing in such windfall also. It's not happening because Nigerians are only known for 419 scams.
India gets outsourced call center jobs, even though Nigerians speak English with a better accent than Indians. Again, this is because Nigeria is not trusted around the world.