Nigeria Quotes - Page 6

• My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.

  Chinua Achebe

  Mother, Teacher, Religious

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• Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip to Nigeria, one point I would make over and over again was that women need to be educated too.

  Mia Farrow

  Needs, Done, Angola

  MSNBC.com Live Chat, www.nbcnews.com. 2013.

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• In Nigeria, the hopes of millions have been pinned on me. Everything I do is under the spotlight. If they want to sell papers, they put me on the cover. If they want to gain popular support in an election, they ask for my endorsement. Where does someone like me go when we need a safe place to be and learn? To renew, deepen the foundation of our work, and sharpen our focus? To share experiences, lessons and build relationships with others that can advance our thinking, approach and capacity? We go to the YES! Jam, which gives us all that and so much more.

  Hafsat Abiola

  Thinking, Giving, Focus

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• Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes.

  Allen West

  Dog, Boko Haram, Scandal

  "The Boko Haram-Benghazi Lin" by Michael Hirsh, www.politico.com. May 12, 2014.

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• The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone.

  Ed Royce

  Dollars, Cost, Done

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• To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.

  Ibrahim Babangida

  Opportunity, People, Expectations

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• I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us.

  Chinua Achebe

  Country, Differences, Trouble

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• I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.

  Chinua Achebe

  Desire, Genocide, Treated

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• So many times I've encountered people who are just kind of like, 'Yeah, Nigeria,' and, you know, thump their chest and seem very sure of, like, being Nigerian. And I'm just kind of, like, I wish I could be that sure.

  Helen Oyeyemi

  People, Wish, Kind

  "Oyeyemi's 'Opposite House'". Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. June 26, 2007.

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• Corruption is the bane of Nigeria. Buhari is against corruption. Buhari is not corrupt. He is very clean and disciplined. Election rigging is worse than armed robbery. Buhari wants free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria.

  Tam David-West

  Want, Election, Corruption

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• There's no doubt that Boko Haram has been driven from many of its strongholds in northeastern Nigeria. Now, President Muhammadu Buhari says technically, we have won the war. Those in the know say but technically, the army is still losing the battle because Boko Haram has changed tactics. Instead of now holding territory as it used to and calling this territory its own, now it is resorting to guerrilla tactics, hit-and-run raids and especially suicide bombings.

  Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

  Suicide, Running, War

  "Nigeria Declares Victory Over Boko Haram - But Do Nigerians See It That Way?". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 27, 2015.

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• If in the past, you didn't cry out when thousands of protesters were killed and injured by Turkey, Egypt and Libya, when more victims than ever were hanged by Iran, women and children in Afghanistan were bombed, whole communities were massacred in South Sudan, 1800 Palestinians were starved and murdered by Assad in Syria, hundreds in Pakistan were killed by jihadist terror attacks, 10,000 Iraqis were killed by terrorists, villagers were slaughtered in Nigeria, but you only cry out for Gaza, then you are not Pro Human Rights, you are only Anti-Israel.

  Hillel Neuer

  Children, Past, Rights

  "Test yourself: Are you pro human rights, or just anti-Israel?". blog.unwatch.org. July 15, 2014.

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• I was born in St. Louis and lived in Pittsburgh for a bit, before my family moved to Nigeria, where they're from. We lived there for three or four years and came back to the States when I was about ten. I realised that I'd gone from place to place not fitting in. The thing that helped me fit in when moving around and not having a ton of friends was that I could make art. That was the through-line.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Art, Moving, Years

  Source: thequietus.com

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• It was a book [George Packer written on our presence in Nigeria] that was killed by the response of other people. Which sounds quite cowardly, perhaps, but it was the first manifestation of what is currently a really big issue: how political correctness defines the limits of what you can do. In that sense, it was super-exciting and maybe the most magical project we did, but at the same time fraught with mixed feelings.

  Rem Koolhaas

  Book, Issues, People

  "'Lagos shows how a city can recover from a deep, deep pit': Rem Koolhaas talks to Kunlé Adeyemi". Interview with Chris Michael, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2016.

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• It is clear that several countries, in the Balkans for example, need to be considered countries of safe origin. But others like, in my opinion, Eritrea, undoubtedly need to be considered a country of origin with a valid claim to asylum. And with a third group of states, like Nigeria for example, each individual case needs to be evaluated. Then there are also very controversial cases like Afghanistan. In any case, united European action is needed. This argument for Europeanization may sound utopian, but there is no alternative.

  Paolo Gentiloni

  Country, Alternatives, Eritrea

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• My mom used to sell fabric and lace when I was younger. She would bring back these elaborate fabrics from Nigeria. I always enjoyed being around it. However, it wasn't until I started making music that I started taking a vested interest.

  Tinie Tempah

  Mom, Fabric, Lace

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent

  Goodluck Jonathan

  Watches, Election, Transparent

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• At about the age of seven … I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples, and they talked a lot about the weather: how lovely it was that the sun had come out. This despite the fact that I lived in Nigeria; we didn’t have snow, we ate mangoes, and we never talked about the weather, because there was no need to.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Reading, Character, Blue

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• When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men.

  Bruce Beresford

  Growing Up, Men, White Man

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• I think anyone that comes to Nigeria has to offer value. What value are you bringing? There are Black Americans here. I think we've moved beyond that Africans vs. African Americans. They may have more issues with us than we do with them.

  Mo Abudu

  Thinking, Issues, African American

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I've been a brand ambassador for Nigeria since I was age 11. Growing up in the U.K., I've had to defend Nigeria. and when I was 40, I finally woke up and decided to do something, and that's how the talk show came about.

  Mo Abudu

  Growing Up, Age, Ambassadors

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Listening to the type of music I grew up with, like King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti and experiencing different things and conditions and hardship, as well as the good times in Nigeria, has definitely carved me into who I am.

  Nneka

  Kings, Who I Am, Listening

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• And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Irony

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• In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school. In university, Mubarak was still president of Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously, that he - and others like Paul Biya in Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya - would never leave.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  School, Egypt, President

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• The United States has worse income inequality than Nigeria.

  Max Fisher

  United States, Income, Inequality

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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