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In 2001, @A_Oshiomhole opposed opening the telecom market to MTN and Econet, saying that it would make telephone access too expensive for Nigerians. He wanted the government to sink more money into NITEL instead.
19 years later, the market as usual, was right.
19 years later, the market as usual, was right.
But Oshiomhole is still a frontline participant in Nigerian public discourse, offering his cringeworthy views and being taken seriously. How is NITEL dead but its no 1 cheerleader's political career is still alive?
Apparently Nigeria still has this great big Communist hangover.
Apparently Nigeria still has this great big Communist hangover.
We keep platforming people who literally do not know *anything*. Oshiomhole knows as much about an economy as I know about astrophysics, but he somehow obtained a governorship.
He should have been consigned to history's dustbin since 2003 but here we are.
He should have been consigned to history's dustbin since 2003 but here we are.
Same thing with mr president who once tried to control commodity price inflation by sending soldiers with to flog traders in the market with horsewhips.
30 years later, you made this illiterate your president.
30 years later, you made this illiterate your president.
He promptly took off from where he left off in 1985, attempting to tackle a sliding currency exchange rate by chopping down the trees where black market money changers took shade under in Abuja.
STOP VOTING FOR MARXISTS.
THERE IS NOTHING INSIDE THEIR HEADS!
STOP VOTING FOR MARXISTS.
THERE IS NOTHING INSIDE THEIR HEADS!