iterator25:
According to 2013 figures nigeria emerged Africa's largest manufacturing industry post rebasing.
[img]http://www4a.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP55151i611af7b7c8fd5000006405d0a84bi70449?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=35&w=575.&h=232.[/img]
m.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nigeria+gdp+v+South+Africa+gdp+&x=0&y=0

jfking2005:


@Iterator25,
Have you visited south Africa before?
please go there first then only you will waka come to counter this your posted info.
i am very sorry i dont believe those figures because they translate to nothing on ground.
In SA almost all Automobile industries have thier manufacturing base there (please not Assembly plant o)
SA virtually import nothing, kindly ask anybody living there if you have not.
God bless you.

Mynd44:
South Africa has a population of 52.98 million (2013) we have a population of about 150 million and yet you think it is okay to compare Nigeria to them....

I will rather we compare Nigeria to Brazil or Indonesia. That will be more appropriate instead of this chest beating

omenka:
Veeeeeeeery empty chest beating!!! This has been one of our major problems, and this is what breeds mediocrity.
Very irritating.

omenka:
Veeeeeeeery empty chest beating!!! This has been one of our major problems, and this is what breeds mediocrity.
Very irritating.

Rawani:
Kindly reserve your empty chestbeating antics to your SE threads and stop presenting the whole Nigeria as an arrogant (?) nation, we know how empty chestbeating, self-delusion and utopian thinking hampers progress and meaningful development.

iterator25:

Your claim about SA importing nothing is baseless and ignorant.
www.tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/imports

jfking2005:


@Iterator25,
Have you visited south Africa before?
please go there first then only you will waka come to counter this your posted info.
i am very sorry i dont believe those figures because they translate to nothing on ground.
In SA almost all Automobile industries have thier manufacturing base there (please not Assembly plant o)
SA virtually import nothing, kindly ask anybody living there if you have not.
God bless you.

talkintruth:


or rather it builds confidence that we can do more and better. Don't you get tired of thinking so lowly of Nigeria?

They never expect anything good to come from Nigeria. When we do it wrong, they are happy to talk about it. when we tried to do it right, they keep quiet or say "ADONBLIVIT"

NIGERIA- the country everyone loves to HATE since 1960

Ngwakwe:
@Rawani
What has the topic got to do with the South East or the Igbos occupying the geographical area?

You are gradually losing your gentility.

Mynd44:
South Africa has a population of 52.98 million (2013) we have a population of about 150 million and yet you think it is okay to compare Nigeria to them....

I will rather we compare Nigeria to Brazil or Indonesia. That will be more appropriate instead of this chest beating

karlmax2:
but weve always had higher population than south africa yet they had been dusting us in all this indices the op posted. In your rush to discredit the government of the day u actually made reasonably nigerians see that they are doing something different from the past admintrators that has ruled us.

FrankC3:


They actually believe that talking down Nigeria is equivalent to talking down on GEJ and somehow enhance the chance of APC gaining power. To me, that is one mindset that is fundamentally wrong with APC from Oyegun the chairman to @omenka the e-warrior.

Rawani:

This particular trait is most evident in SE threads which is the basis of my referral to the region. Gentility is no excuse for stupidity my friend.[/size] [/font]

Rawani:


I was referring to the empty chestbeating on this thread considering the fact that every Nigerian knows that Nigeria is nowhere close to SA in development, which i know first-hand. Therefore giving Nigerians the impression that we are at par or even better than them in any sector especially manufacturing by relying on figures alone, when even if DStv sneezes the nation catches a cold not to talk of MTN, is callous, wicked and diversionary. This particular trait is most evident in SE threads which is the basis of my referral to the region. Gentility is no excuse for stupidity my friend.

Ngwakwe:


You mean, it is the South Easterners that are synonymous with posting of statistical data and developmental projects in Nairaland while boosting about them.

The hate you harbour is beyond redemption.

Goodbye.

Mynd44:

I have issues with the OP not the government. I don't see the logic in comparing Nigeria to South Africa. We are supposed to be better. We should not even be here discussing this and celebrating.

We should compete with those who are our peers

Rawani:
Kindly reserve your empty chestbeating antics to your SE threads and stop presenting the whole Nigeria as an arrogant (?) nation, we know how empty chestbeating, self-delusion and utopian thinking hampers progress and meaningful development.

jfking2005:


@Iterator25,
[s]Have you visited south Africa before?
please go there first then only you will waka come to counter this your posted info.
i am very sorry i dont believe those figures because they translate to nothing on ground.
In SA almost all Automobile industries have thier manufacturing base there (please not Assembly plant o)
SA virtually import nothing, kindly ask anybody living there if you have not.
God bless you.[/s]

jfking2005:


@Iterator25,
Have you visited south Africa before?
please go there first then only you will waka come to counter this your posted info.
i am very sorry i dont believe those figures because they translate to nothing on ground.
In SA almost all Automobile industries have thier manufacturing base there (please not Assembly plant o)
SA virtually import nothing, kindly ask anybody living there if you have not.
God bless you.