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AjanleKoko
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Lots of nice posts. My own perspective is, due to imperialist control initially from the Western powers, and now from just about anybody with a different skin colour and some dollars to spend, which has fostered corruption and the lack of a credible political system, and any form of social system, Nigeria's economy is stagnated, and growing at the speed of snails, while the population is growing at light speed. But believe you me, the economy is growing, and things have improved a lot since the army boys took off. Maybe not as fast as we would have liked, but we are seeing some change.
We have a lot of entrepreneural drive in this country, far more than any other sub-saharan black nation. I've been round a few African countries with whom we share a similar fate, and the difference is clear. Just look at banking, which we control end to end, and you'll see the difference with other countries. I've been in some East African countries, and all you see around is StanChart and Barclays, banks that are struggling in Nigeria to compete, or don't even exist. With all the hue and cry about Ghana, you find that Nigerian presence is strongly felt in that economy, especially in financial services.
Which is why I feel that, with a possible evolution of a social system, and the enthronement of real democracy and free enterprise principles in Nigeria, the sky is our limit. Nigerians are enterprising and strongly competitive, and it is unfortunate that the enabling environment is not in place to support us. Just like we've seen in telecoms, once the government puts the right policies in place, Nigerians will be empowered, and will empower other Nigerians. Just imagine if we could have the same kind of government-private sector partnership in all the social infrastructure challenges; power, health, transportation, etc. Nigeria would not be the same.
That's my perspective.
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