The wealth of our nation should have a philosophical foundations. It is these fundamental understandings and how we understand and apply them, rather managing our economy with no particular lodestar or compass, that makes the difference between growth and stagnation. Read on👇
The vision thing matters because it sets out a national ambition to transform the economic structure and the lives of citizens against the canvass of both the medium and long term and a clear destination.
It matters because, if communicated effectively, a national economic
vision can galvanize citizens to work towards a shared goal, which builds national cohesion and wealth.
A national economic vision anchored in a discernible economic philosophy makes policies derived from it more robust by imbuing such policies with internal consistency. And
clarity of vision also matters because different and competing economic visions exist and have delivered prosperity to different parts of the world. @MoghaluKingsley
@MoghaluKingsley : When a country is not organized & motivated by a worldview, small views reign supreme. In our case, these small views, which in reality are very narrow views, are ethnic & religious irredentism, intolerance & corruptions. Read on 👇
Ethnic groups such as the Hausa -Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo Ijaw or Tiv for example, have become the most important identifiers for us. We are losing all sense of primacy or the importance of Nigerian-ness.
We retreat into our primordial cocoons of nativity as opposed to indetificati
We all feel this way, because of the fundamental failure of Nigeria's contemporary political leadership to create a worldview that unites us around some national vision, destiny or ambition.