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This is an important question to ask. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the 42-man Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council with the likes of Aliko Dangote, Atedo Peterside etc, some of whom play similar role under President Goodluck Jonathan.
What do you think? Can they succeed or is it just same old committee thing we are used to.
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Miradamian:
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China lifted 731 million citizens out of extreme poverty between 1990 and 2013.

In the same period, Nigeria plunged 35 million into extreme poverty.

Today there are nearly four times more extremely poor people (those living with less than $1.9 per day) in Nigeria (approx. 180 million) than there are in China (approx. 1.39 billion).

See more details https://thoughtleaders.ng/world-bank-report-highlights-acute-leadership-failure-in-nigeria/

My question is: Who is to blame?

China lifted 731 million citizens out of extreme poverty between 1990 and 2013.

In the same period, Nigeria plunged 35 million into extreme poverty.

Today there are nearly four times more extremely poor people (those living with less than $1.9 per day) in Nigeria (approx. 180 million) than there are in China (approx. 1.39 billion).

See more details https://thoughtleaders.ng/world-bank-report-highlights-acute-leadership-failure-in-nigeria/

My question is: Who is to blame?

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Color can be up to 85 percent of the reason people decide to buy.

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I stopped being a people-pleaser; changed my attitude toward uncertainty; and stopped measuring my performance solely in terms of immediate results - Austin Okere, Founder, Computer Warehouse Group, Entrepreneur in Residence at Colombia Business School, New York.
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After I read this article (https://thoughtleaders.ng/the-mentality-of-winning/) by the Founder of Computer Warehouse Group and Entrepreneur in Residence, Columbia Business School, New York, Austin Okere, I began to think about the level of development we are at in Nigeria compared to the rest of the world. The status quo has to change. The question is: What can the youths do?

Reading this story on https://thoughtleaders.ng/again-senate-refuses-to-confirm-magu-as-efcc-chairman/, I wonder what exactly the Senate and SSS want from Magu. I thought this issue was resolved. The SSS sending another reports raises suspicion.