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Published 13 January 2021
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, I began my own TV show on Independent Television, Abuja. The programme themed, Development Focus with Jide Ojo, is scheduled to hold every mid-week from 7 – 9:30am. On the maiden edition, I hosted two gentlemen, a lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Utsaha and the Regional Director of Chartered Institute of Leadership and Governance (USA), Nigerian Chapter, Dr. Segun Ojarotade. On the programme, we analysed developmental projections for Nigeria in 2021.
My forecast for Nigeria this year is that this may actually be a tougher year than the preceding 2020. Recall that the country ended last year by slipping into economic recession, the worst in over 30 years and second time in five years. While Nigeria’s economic team members such as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed and the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, expressed optimism that Nigeri