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I grew up planting, harvesting and peeling cassava. We took the peeled cassava to a mill - where it was ground, and slowly fermented as water was drained out of it. It was then collected, sieved - and fried.

We fried garri because buying garri was considered too expensive.
I am not talking about ancient history - this happened under Abacha.

A lot of nonsense is said about "16 years of PDP" - but ask your parents, how many Nigerians dared to buy a new car before 1999? How much did civil servants earn before 1999?
People are so duplicitous, so disingenuous.

If Nigeria was so wonderful before "16 years of PDP" - what were the June 12 activists (many are now in APC) complaining about prior to 1999?
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When Alexander the Great set out to dominate the known world, he didn't bother moving West, he moved to the East - because that was where trade was happening.

For several centuries, right up to Columbus, East-West overland trade was the most prominent trade.
European maritime powers (Spain & Portugal, then The Netherlands, Britain and France) effectively cut off Silk Road trade and established a new global trading pattern; which still exists today.

Is it wrong to question this global trading pattern? No & that is what China is doing
If you get beyond the "Belt and Road" driven hysteria - you can examine the facts. The West put itself at the center of global trade (starting from Columbus) - so there's nothing wrong if China attempts to build a trading architecture that puts itself at the center.
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I am going to focus a bit on Peter Obi today. He's not the typical Nigerian politician; he is understated - so he is relatively unknown by traditional "social media influencers" and the so-called "technocratic elite"; but he's a very remarkable politician.
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Geopolitics is everything.

The geopolitical environment post WW2 led to the Marshall Plan, it does not exist today - but many nations took advantage of it.

The geopolitical environment during the Korean War helped rekindle U.S. interest in Japan's industry.
Lee Kwan Yew took advantage of a combination of the Cold War geopolitics and Singapore's strategic location to attract U.S. interest and investment.

China's "Belt and Road Initiative" is creating certain geopolitical opportunities that smart nations will take advantage of.
A common myth is that if you adopt economic reforms, the world will open up to you and you will prosper. It doesn't work that way - you also need the support of major economic powers, & they will only do give it to you, if your strategic interests align.
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