Grin, White, Grin...
After reading Forbes's on the worlds most corrupt countries, I had mixed feelings upon discovering that home country was #18. Strikes me as an improvement on the past. Top ten was a mix of African countries and it left a sour taste in my mouth. As usual the professional mockers (Aka Associated Press photographers) were at it again with unflattering . This aside, I was a encouraged to see the acknowledgement of home countries anti-corruption efforts. These are good signs. The Western media may be willing to give us an oppourtunity to tidy up our countries image.
Each passing day I increasingly feel optimistic about our future. We are on the verge of a leap. The global market is matured and ready for our coming of age.
What should every Nigerian do?
1. Put an end to 'siddon look', with respect to our attitude on curbing fraud and fraudsters (I refuse to use the three abominable digits on this blog).
2. Network, network, network, this can not be over emphasised. There is very little room for growth for a divided army in this phase of the global economy. There is a demon which torments us, nobody dares to speak about it. The level of trust for a fellow country man.
3. Repeat after me, EXPLOIT CHEAP LABOR, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HUGE DEMAND (okay we know the demand is a bit depressed at the moment, a little boost can jump-start an unprecedented wind fall for entrepreneurs).
I am not a fan of elaborate economic analysis dotted with pesky details details which inevitable turn the conclusions on its head, at every turn. The way forward is hidden in plain site.
Dudu Notes...
In the Forbes story Nigeria was praised for its anti corruption efforts. Why did the author have to mention that our finance minister was MIT educated, the author had to put MIT next to the only nice thing he had to say about us uhn!
Next post will be on a few lessons worth learning from India.
1 Comment(s):
Thanks for sharing Omodudu.
First, I was a bit miffed to see the photos representing the African countries...the poor dude with the swollen eye from Guinea has to suffer the indignity of having his photo plastered all over the world wide web in order to promote the corruption status of his country. We are not even sure under what circumstances his eyes are swollen... it might be an infection.How unfair
Secondly, I am not reassured in any way that Nigeria is #18...it does not make me feel better at all. I read about a gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos State who has a very dubious past evidence of which is available on a website...and it makes you wonder. On the face of it, it seems the situation in Nigeria might be getting better but if when the rubber hits the road the only thing that makes us different from a country like Haiti which is #1is because we have some superficial agency called EFCC - which is good on paper and which might be paying lipservice to anti-corruption but let's not kid ourselves here...corruption still continues to be a national malaise in the daily goings-on in the country...whether we are #1 or #100 is just statistics!!!