Nigeria was granted independent in 1960 by Britain, ever since she has been playing a fatherly role in the African continent, some of the roles include laying a solid foundation for the establishment of ECOWAS with her continent sister Togo, she also played a lead role in peace keeping missions in Africa . Also to mention is the supply of electricity to neighbouring countries, to mention but a few with these one can conclude by saying Nigeria is truly a blessing to Africa.
Of course we can call Nigeria a true blessing to Africa with all the heights that it's people (citizens) have attend in the world but in current time and day Nigeria has grown from better to worst in its economy performance. If we begin to measure how well Nigeria has played in Africa, there is a lot of goods record which it has set world wide including helping other nations gain independence, it's really a true African giant but the leadership in the country has reaped up and tire down it's wonderful performaning economy leaving it's people with all kinds of sufferings.
One thing is certain even with the bad governance of the country the citizens still find a better way to represent the country in a good way and this forum is a good example of how well the people can be.