Friday, December 8, 2006

Nigerians & Brunswickers : Happiest People?

Nigeria is the world's happiest country. New Brunswick is Canada's happiest province. So, what does that make a Nigerian in New Brunswick? Yes, a freaking happy head. I got excerpts of this article from the star. It's fair, but personally, I think Nigerians are happy because when we wake up every morning, yesterday's troubles are history. Gone. We put on some music, and move on.

Published on Monday, December 29, 2003 by the Toronto Star
Nigeria: Happiest Nation on Earth?
by Jonathan Powe

The World Values Survey, an inter-university study, recently reported that Nigerians are the happiest people in the world. The survey ranks only some 20 of 62 countries surveyed. Canada's ranking isn't listed but it's above the United States (16th) and Britain (24th) while Russians are ranked the unhappiest.

The survey, which has studied happiness since 1945, finds it has not increased in Europe and North America even though the societies have become wealthier. The desire for material goods, it concludes, is "a happiness suppressant. Buy why Nigeria? .....


http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/BusinessMonday/2006/12/04/2620928-sun.html
http://thehappinessshow.com/HappiestCountries.htm
http://www.commondreams.org/scriptfiles/views03/1229-09.htm

1 comments:

Kara said...

I didn't read your blog, but I haven't posted on mine, cause no one reads it, and i have nothing interesting to say.