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By   Charles Anekwe We have the worst quality of life in the world – by a wide margin. If you have any idea of how people really live in Ghana , Cameroon , Libya , Botswana , and other parts of the Third World , you’d be rioting in the streets calling for a better life. In fact, the average South African, Zimbabwean or Libyan taxi driver has a much better standard of living than the typical Nigerian graduate white-collar worker.  I know this because I am a Nigerian, and I want to escape from this huge prison you call home. Already, we are silently protesting against cynical politics, spiraling corruption, economic stagnation and breathtaking levels of crime. We are disunited than ever although we have more immediate survival issues than unity. If you take a poll, a large percentage would “go along” with a nondemocratic government if it “can solve our problems.” Resentment, anger! For those who have lived in or traveled to other parts of the world, in wealthy countries and in p...