Out of Nigeria’s 108,000km of surfaced roads the FG has just 32,000km or 18%. 82% belongs to states and LGs. If the FG fixes the 32,000km / 18% Nigeria will still have terrible roads.
Out of the over 2000 government hospitals in Nigeria, the FG has just less than 75.
We can go on and a do the same analysis for the educational sector. How many schools belong to the FG? True development will come at the state and local govt level.
No country develops from the centre. It's done at state or provincial level.
How do we surmount the problem of road infrastructure and healthcare? The FG cannot do it! The state government must find a means of fixing the infrastructural, healthcare and educational gap. I wrote a thread on trusts and private sector involvement in infrastructure, health
and education. We will continue to wail if we don't realise where our problems lie.
Give my business tax breaks at the state level and I will renovate and equip schools or healthcare facilities. Go into PPP arrangements if raising or expanding the tax net remains a problem.
The electorate must focus on the grassroot. The FG at the centre will not solve more than 10% of our daily challenges.
Local transportation
Healthcare
Education
Roads
Drainage
Waste management
Food production
Markets
Ease of doing business
Community policing
Land acquisition
Municipal water supply
Traffic management
Other policies that can make life better can be managed better at state level.
If Christ becomes the president today, our situation will not change in a drastic manner.
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