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The trick to our economic renaissance does not lie in foreign direct investment (those will come if we have good security and our human capital is ready). Neither will we find the solution by racking up more debts. The trick lies in how to increase productivity – especially among our burgeoning youths – and how quickly we achieve economic complexity.
Three issues weighed on my mind as I contemplated this article:
1. An economic boom is coming, as it usually does, after a pandemic or war – but I reckon this opportunity may pass Nigeria by at this rate;
2. Nigeria is presently on a cliffhanger. It may explode anytime, given the centrifugal and centripetal forces yanking her in every direction, and it seems we cannot defend and justify her continued existence, even if our lives depended on it;
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Politicians are popularly perceived to be the biggest problem and challenge in the nation’s progress but Charles Omole says this is a wrong perspective and the biggest challenge are the civil servants, not politicians.
Omole, an international legal scholar and consultant said this on Saturday during The Platform, a programme facilitated and hosted by the Senior Pastor of Covenant Nation, Poju Oyemade.
He noted that civil servants play a huge role in bringing about change in the country and wield power even more than a Federal Minister.
“Many people in Nigeria feel the biggest problem we have is the politicians. What if I tell you that is not true? Do you know what the biggest problem we in Nigeria? The biggest challenge we have to change this country is in our civil service.
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A friend who never misses Platform told me he was excited to learn I would be speaking this morning. I asked, âWhy do you think Pastor Poju keeps inviting me?â He replied: âI believe Pastor Poju enjoys those hilarious cow stories that you tell.â He reminded me that in 2019 I narrated the story of the lone cow on which a family depended that had to be pushed off the cliff to die before they could work for their prosperity. I remember the imaginary cow that had created a dependency syndrome and a culture of waste for the proverbial family. Following circumstances beyond their control, the death of that cow which they feared would be a stumbling block to their progress, eventually became their stepping stone to prosperity.