I have come again; the economist who insists that the Nigerian GDP must grow at double digits for us to make real progress. Today, I am a tad happy because one of the candidates in Nigeria’s upcoming 22023 presidential elections – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu – has listed as one of his targets, 12% annual GDP...
It has become imperative for me to chip in a word on the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike which has kept many Nigerian youths at home since February 2022. The strike has become intractable and it looks like all bets are off – again. President Buhari has given a few deadlines and...
I was going to really join issues with one of Nigeria’s top economists and member of the president’s economic advisory committee – Mr. Bismarck Rewane. But I will now tone things down a little because he’s been out calling for those who have taken his presentations out of context to correct themselves. But I doubt...
Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. Plato Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right … and a desire to know – Plato Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and...
The real issues are: LOW ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY Yes indeed, we are not productive and occupy the 4th lowest position on the Economic Complexity Index – meaning that as sophisticated as our tastes are, we also are one of the countries that adds the least value to anything we produce. This means that we are...
If you are big on social media, you could already call the 2023 presidential elections for Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Indeed, he is making some impact, whether we agree with his politics or not. Many young and vocal people I know, and many who would not want to have anything to do...
God knows I tried. For years I wrote and laboured, even got into politics to see how I could directly help, since joining the big 2 was an impossible or untenable option. I put out all my ideas on our economic situation, from how I believe we could attain growth, to how to manage inflation,...
With Osun elections in the bag, the 2023 elections are getting clearer and so, it is trite to bring back to the front burner the critical economic issues that should drive the elections. Indeed, our people are our people and one cannot expect many to understand the highfalutin economic terminologies that may emanate from the...
Weeks after the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the elections in 2015 and amid all the euphoria of the times, the party organized the first and only economic summit at the Hilton Hotel, Abuja. As a supporter of General Buhari, I attended. I noticed that there were many professors of Nigerian descent invited from abroad....
Nigerians like to quote Lee Kuan Yew and the successes of Singapore ad nauseum. Every seminar is replete with quotes from the gentleman. Every Nigerian loves to brag about having read his fat book, From Third World to First. And the more cerebral ones will tell of his references to Nigeria in 1961 as a...
