Every country have their good reputation and also
their bad reputation, and these global reputation shapes how the citizens of these countries are being seen and treated by other countries.
Thanks to hive learners for this amazing prompt that have given me the opportunity to share the good and bad things the world need to know about my country.
I'm Nigerian and we have our good and bad reputation , which have created different and a certain impression about us globally , in most cases outsiders neglect the good narrative about us and focus on what is bad and negative, and it gets extremely annoying when it's being generalized, because there are thousands of good and honest Nigerians.
I will start with the good aspect of Nigerians, the good part amazes me the most and that's because the bad is well known and generalized more often, so I would like to fill you with what's good and positive before we get to the bad and ugly side.
Generally, we are known for our strong spirit, resilience and hardwork in every part of the world we find ourselves, but I would love to focus on our beautiful and richness in culture, art , cuisine, tradition and resources.
West African countries in general are rich in culture, art , cuisine, tradition and resources, but Nigeria is outstanding and exceptional.
We have diverse ethnic groups , cultures and art .
We have our beautiful art works that embodies our spirituality and beliefs, and the originality and beauty of our art works can't be found in any other part of the world.
Our cuisine are so appetizing, and countless times there have been debate about Nigeria cuisine, on tiktok and other media platforms, especially our Nigeria Jollof Rice, we are hospitable and foreigner who have visited Nigeria would always compliment our cuisine and hospitable nature.
We believe so much in our tradition and ancestral fathers and that have promoted unity in different regions and ethnic groups.
Our resources, our wealth in natural resources, our blessed soil, that never stops producing barrels of crude oils , agriculture produces, natural gas and many more resources, that doesn't just benefit only Nigeria, but many other countries.
Nigeria is blessed in many ways and that's recognized globally.
Over to the bad reputation, that's being created by bad citizens and bad leaders, and that's the issue of Internet fraud and corruption among some youths and leaders , the world see Nigeria as a country that everyone survive by defrauding others and our leaders are being condemned for their corrupt act worldwide.
Over the year most youths have decided to survive by scamming others with the Internet, it's called Romance scam , and that's really a dirt to the image of every youth in Nigeria, majority of us are hardworking and deligent workers, while most decided to neglect the several opportunities in our country to embrace scam , their choice to scam is obviously due to lack of patience, lack of deligence, contentment and intergrity.
The effects of these fraud reputation globally, affects the innocent Nigerians too, I feel it's unfair and inappropriate to judge us all, because of some black sheeps among us, who have decided to steal from others to survive.
Not every Nigerian have the intention of frauding, not every Nigerian is corrupt.
They are many Nigerian youths who still survive legally and genuinely, we don't deserve to be seen and judge wrongly.
Thanks for reading ♥️
Hello @van.illa
I really love how you highlighted the culture, resilience, and honesty of your people despite the global misconceptions.
Nigeria is known to be a vibrant country with strong-spirited citizens, and we thrive in resilience, which makes us the best. We can easily adapt to changes and keep going. We are hardworking. But, yes, the bad sides make it worse, and that is it with other countries.
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You just took it from my mouth, we are so resilience, and this has pushed us into making lots of impact and contributions I diverse areas.
Our delicacies are second to known. Thank you for sharing
Nigerians are known to excel in different parts of the world, it is a natural talent of ours to shine bright wherever we go.
You see that fraud of a thing always annoys when I see people who are really into that stuff and they have so much pride in what they are doing. If only they know how much damage they causing.