Nigeria is very dependent on oil, for its government revenues and for its foreign exchange earnings. When oil prices fall, Nigeria's people suffer.pic.twitter.com/wUwZGT2nkC
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So what do you want me to do? Stop recommending good policies to diverse countries? Advise the country to split up?
Not at all - but just like in the US, I think it’s more of a political question of how to win consensus around those policies. I don’t know if many Nigerians would agree that there are useful lessons to learn from Botswana, given how radically different they are.
(Splitting up the country is also something that serious people have debated there! Not realistic, but still…)
Well, they did have a huge civil war about it. I'd rather not inflame those tensions by bringing up the issue.
Naturally. A North/South breakup would make more “sense” than Igboland/Biafra, of course, but neither one is really plausible
(It’s still a great column though, don’t take any of this the wrong way)
Interesting to find a non-Nigerian who understand's the political complexity of Nigeria. The ethnic mix is what's slowing Nigeria's growth. Continuity is an even bigger problem because every new gov embark on grand projects they can't possibly complete.
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