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Nigeria: Forbes Ranks Nigeria 20th Saddest Nation in the World

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The influential Forbes Magazine, has listed the country as ranking high in global index for harbouring one of the world's saddest people, saying the country's leadership must move from corrupt practices and official profligacy to render quality leadership to the people.

This is contained in the annual development analysis index that was released on Thursday culled by LEADERSHIP from the Magazine's website, stating that citizens of the country ranked 20th amongst their counterpart sampled across the globe, thus making the country one of the worst country to live in.

Nigeria also shares the same unenviable position with several other African and Asian countries of the world with the war torn Central African Republic topping the chart as the country harbouring the saddest people in the globe.

Below are the first 20:

1. Central African Republic

2. Republic of Congo

3. Afghanistan

4. Chad

5. Haiti

6. Burundi

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  • firsteagledude
    Jan 11 2013, 17:39

    So what does Forbes want Nigeria to do? Looking at readers reactions to story lines on the Internet, it would rather seem that the unhappiest nation in the world is the United States. No one sees anything good from Obama, Liberals, Conservatives, Government, Taxes, LGBT, Unemployment etc. On the contrary, Nigerians may complain about lack of electricity, water and money, but they just don't sound as unhappy as Americans. Nigerians are more likely to surrender to God and Religion than… [Read Full Text]

  • TalkingAboutChange
    Jan 14 2013, 03:27

    @firsteagledude:

    I understand your nationalistic stance -- I probably would have made similar comments if my country were listed. But on the flip side, you're being a complete Bone Head!! In your rant, you didn't even acknowledge that your government is made up of corrupt public officials who live very lavish lives while the masses strive for survival on pennies. Given their actions, do you really have any doubts that Nigeria would rank high on this list?

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