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The race for competitiveness is every bit as fierce as the competition among companies in the marketplace. Countries compete for investment, talent, growth, and opportunity in a globalized world, and those that are pushed out of the running surrender the greatest prize of all: human development, prosperity, and happiness for their people” – Sheikh Muhammad Bin...

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There is only one question to ask; why would Nigeria have 3 presidential candidates debating ideas on its most popular platform in the year 2019, when it had 11 candidates debating ideas and showing the country what they had to offer in 2015? It cannot be that the political space has shrunk, can it?  No, it...

This is meant to be a sort of travelogue of my first train ride in Nigeria. I will focus the first part on exactly what happened and the second part on an analysis of what can be done better. I need to say that I am not one of those who are unnecessarily cynical or...

I saw an article by Mr. Emeka Obasi in the Vanguard recently, titled “Forget it, Nigeria Can’t Work”. I wanted to share the article because of the first part which was some sort of brief anthropological study on the different components of Nigeria, but I refrained due to its conclusion. Mr. Obasi reminded us of how many...

As an economist I have an inquiring mind. What the profession teaches in essence, is the need to keep asking questions. And for that reason, there is nothing called an ‘economic expert’, except you are experts in asking questions. Anyone who says they are an expert in economics is a fraud, simple. Pay them their...

(my thinking exactly. very few are thinking of this) As George, Moradeke, Luciana and many others show every day, public service workers and their unions are uniquely placed to facilitate the addressing of global forced displacements happening in our century. They fight inequality and build resilient and inclusive societies. His name is George. Every morning,...

https://www.thecable.ng/re-let-there-be-jobs/amp Kindly permit me some space for a rejoinder to your column dated 23rd December, 2018 with the above title. My locus standi is established by the fact that I am running for president and I am one of those who strongly believe that government has a strong role in job creation – especially in...

As an economist I have an inquiring mind. What the profession teaches, in essence, is the need to keep asking questions. And for that reason, there is nothing called an ‘economic expert’, except you are an expert in asking questions. Anyone who says s/he is an expert in economics is a fraud, simple. Pay him...

I am having to write about this and to escalate this issue to the level of a petition on the matter of two men that we saw killed in the most cold-blooded manner on social media, by soldiers of the Nigerian Army. I haven’t been able to find rest since I saw that video. See...