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Without irony, this @FT editorial calls for:
“A new, slimmed-down state — ideally one with fewer, bankrupt regional assemblies — must concentrate on the basics: security, health, education, power and roads.”
Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state https://www.ft.com/content/9abc218d-3881-4bfd-8951-e76336cde94f?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6
“A new, slimmed-down state — ideally one with fewer, bankrupt regional assemblies — must concentrate on the basics: security, health, education, power and roads.”
Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state https://www.ft.com/content/9abc218d-3881-4bfd-8951-e76336cde94f?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6
A cursory look at the data would’ve informed the writer(s) that #Nigeria is a libertarian paradise.
Simply put, the Nigerian state is too small (in addition to being dysfunctional).
Tax collection is barely 11% of GDP, same with government spending.
Simply put, the Nigerian state is too small (in addition to being dysfunctional).
Tax collection is barely 11% of GDP, same with government spending.
The great Mkandawire decried this projection on African states.
Observers steeped in a tradition of “reform as slashing govt spending” always want to force it on incidences of bad governance, even in situations that need MORE and BETTER government. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/neopatrimonialism-and-the-political-economy-of-economic-performance-in-africa-critical-reflections/13AFAADFA66DABF7380B2799D15A0E72#
Observers steeped in a tradition of “reform as slashing govt spending” always want to force it on incidences of bad governance, even in situations that need MORE and BETTER government. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/neopatrimonialism-and-the-political-economy-of-economic-performance-in-africa-critical-reflections/13AFAADFA66DABF7380B2799D15A0E72#
