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DL's avatar

Nigerian leaders are content to tout our 200 million population like a magic bullet for growth, but they need to know that Nigeria needs inflows beyond Diaspora remittances.

"A Japa wave of Nigerian companies will do the country a world of good."

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TJ Afikuyomi's avatar

Nigeria will finally increase its income when its leaders understand this.

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Nonso O's avatar

I have a argued for a while that the most sustainable growth trajectory for Nigeria is centered specifically around what happens to growth in labour intensive export oriented sectors. That metric unfortunately doesn't look very good and, given the global environment, will likely be more difficult to engineer.

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Feyi Fawehinmi's avatar

It's a much tougher environment now for sure. But maybe it doesn't have to be labour intensive. At least for a start...

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William Keeling Esq.'s avatar

Hello, hello. I thought you might like the attached article on Nigeria that compares Donald Trump to General Ibrahim Babangida 😬 it’s a 5-part piece. I’m a former Nigeria correspondent of the Financial Times. thank you 🙏🏼 

https://substack.com/@williamkeelingesq/note/p-163385675?r=2molj0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

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