Yesterday in BBC i heard Nigeria has removed subsidies for petrol.

patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel

Our country lacks leaders who are smart and honest. Most of our leaders are smart and dishonest. Remember Buffet's quote about such people? They are the most dangerous people.

Our country is currently ranked at 132 out of 183 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index maintained by the World Bank. We need reforms and better policies with stronger judiciary to lift us out of this chaos and mess that we find ourselves in.

Nehru, while being an excellent leader, committed the ultimate sin of using socialism to govern our country. His lack of belief in our country's people to chart a better future of themselves set our country back many decades in terms of genuine progress. Needless to say, his model, which was taken many steps further by his daughter, spawned corruption in such a large scale in our country that we have now accepted it as a normal part of our lives.

Even with the little liberalization post-1991, we still have a lot of socialistic tendencies like the NREGA, FSB and an assortment of our subsidies. All this will only serve to block the ingenuity of our people and prevent genuine progress that we, so thoroughly, deserve.

My only hope is that we get smart and honest leaders who realize this and usher in some major reforms that can propel our country to greater heights. Sadly, i dont see anyone capable of this as socialism has become a huge part of our national psyche.  

Number 132 out of 183. This means our politicians are not smart and dishonest. They are of average intelligence and dishonest.

Originally posted by kiranr Our country lacks leaders who are smart and honest. Most of our leaders are smart and dishonest. Remember Buffet's quote about such people? They are the most dangerous people. Our country is currently ranked at 132 out of 183 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index maintained by the World Bank. We need reforms and better policies with stronger judiciary to lift us out of this chaos and mess that we find ourselves in. Nehru, while being an excellent leader, committed the ultimate sin of using socialism to govern our country. His lack of belief in our country's people to chart a better future of themselves set our country back many decades in terms of genuine progress. Needless to say, his model, which was taken many steps further by his daughter, spawned corruption in such a large scale in our country that we have now accepted it as a normal part of our lives. Even with the little liberalization post-1991, we still have a lot of socialistic tendencies like the NREGA, FSB and an assortment of our subsidies. All this will only serve to block the ingenuity of our people and prevent genuine progress that we, so thoroughly, deserve. My only hope is that we get smart and honest leaders who realize this and usher in some major reforms that can propel our country to greater heights. Sadly, i dont see anyone capable of this as socialism has become a huge part of our national psyche.