The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. Therefore, it should not be set around individuals but institutions and structures of effective governance which benefit business and civil societies in our two countries.
Domestic infrastructure enhances inter-state commerce and attracts foreign investments.
Those billions when set alongside my introductory quote from Prof. Achebe, the most translated writer of African heritage and author of the globally-acclaimed novel, 'Things fall Apart', offer a shorthand explanation of the increasing failure to serve the basic needs of Nigerians. The Achebean damning thesis against most of Nigeria's rapacious and incompetent elite fills in a philosophic picture to understand the painful and embarrassing embodiment of incompetence of the government of retired army general Obasanjo in its handling of Nigeria's huge national resources. From rampant corruption in the awards of contracts to the cornering of juicy contracts by Obasanjo and his close network of friends and family, inside Nigeria, here in the U.S. and Europe, Nigerians are left scratching their heads as if they were possessed in a noon-time nightmarish dream. Evident failures of his government are tucked away in massive pr blitz and global junkets. But we're not fooled.