I partly co-hosted the #AskPeterMbah Space yesterday.
My observation;
Peter is calm and well-spoke. He doesn’t strike me as a technocrat or one with the burden of public leadership.
He seemed like he knew the problems(like many do), but without detailed solutions to them.
My observation;
Peter is calm and well-spoke. He doesn’t strike me as a technocrat or one with the burden of public leadership.
He seemed like he knew the problems(like many do), but without detailed solutions to them.
His economic interests for the State seem ambitious but superficial. An emphasis on a mineral/natural resource economy didn’t augur well with me. Well, his height in the oil industry explains this.
A rentier/extractive system is the bane of Nigeria and depending on it for Enugu would only make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Besides turnover time to get license, lobby, extract and process could take years.
Besides turnover time to get license, lobby, extract and process could take years.
Enugu State has a youth bulge. A high concentration of literate unemployed youths need to be clinically productive and not used as stooges or praise singers for politicians. Enugu has food- why not build industries? Raise mechanized farmers. Export and market their products?
The entire agricultural chain alone can employ half of the State and reduce the poverty level to 0.
Then build an internet infrastructure. Provide hubs. Equip all Enugu kids with computer knowledge. Let it be a matter of urgency.
Then build an internet infrastructure. Provide hubs. Equip all Enugu kids with computer knowledge. Let it be a matter of urgency.
Nollywood is the second employer of labour in Nigeria. An entire chain of jobs are here. Grow the backward and forward linkages. Build a start of the art Film school and sponsor students. Attract a film institute.
In the pull and push economy, allow good market conditions and watch capitalists build the roads to their industries. MDs will get their own independent power sources.
It’s not hard to think these ideas. Very much achievable in 4 years. We won’t recognize Enugu with this.
It’s not hard to think these ideas. Very much achievable in 4 years. We won’t recognize Enugu with this.
Frank Nweke of APGA is the only one that has touched most of these ideas.
I got nothing from Edeoga. And little from Peter Mbah.
I got nothing from Edeoga. And little from Peter Mbah.
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