SUGGESTIONS NEEDED.

SUGGESTIONS NEEDED.
I am feeling real bad now. In the last two days I have had calls from six friends abroad.
One from the US,
One from Canada,
Two in Britain and
One each from India and Singapore. I am just wondering if some of you are also being bombarded over the recent interview our President granted the Telegraph.

The messages from these friends are virtually same but I will paraphrase the one from Britain.

"Akin please tell me. Could it possibly be that most people in your country do know the distain with which many of us look at the Nigerian here? In your days here most Nigerians that came in, were for studies and they excelled. Those that stayed back proved to be fantastic professionals. However, in the last 15 years, things have changed drastically. Most that come now simply describe themselves as "Businessmen". The attitudes of a fair fraction of these are appalling and many of them now populate our prisons. Now it is safer for my wife and I assuming a Nigerian we are meeting for the first time, to be up to something funny until he proves otherwise. At a point, we just thought that crookedness was now the norm in your country and walked naked on your streets. We wondered if most of you no longer could distinguish between good and bad. Your very strong defense that most of you feel disgusted with this sour image being created here in London, was taken with a pinch of salt as no government officials from your nation seem to feel embarrassed by this high crime rate. This explains why Michelle and I have not been too eager coming for the promised holiday with you in Nigeria.

Last week it was a pleasantly surprise to us when we read that your president indicated that Nigerians are unhappy with the this sorry state of things created by a few of those that moved over. We were even happier when he promised that his government was out to deal with it by creating better conditions in your country that would keep most Nigerians at home helping to improve your economy. We were already planning to redeem our promise to you.

Surprisingly, Michelle came home yesterday saying that some of your countrymen are angry that your President is determined to turn things around. It is said they seem to prefer status quo because most of the proceeds from the criminality of those Nigerians now in our prison are sent home to happy recipients. She said the reports seem to castigate the President for saying he is aware of this bad image as that could prevent would-be criminals from trying out their luck.

Akin, we trust you to tell us the true position. *****Do your people actually like the current high rate of criminality perpetrated by some Nigerians here because, as suggested by our friend Davis Mahon, the proceed from their criminality is sent home to happy recipients.
****Or are most of you happy with the promise of your president to change things around".

When I got these messages I wanted to respond immediately but from the various posts I have been reading I feel it better I ask for advice.
Can I have some suggestions as to how to respond.
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