Nigeria, June 14 -- With each passing day as a nation, it becomes more apparent that we have too much on our plate. The challenge of unemployment, poverty, widespread insecurity, COVID-19 induced economic recession, and ethnic agitation fuelled by feelings of marginalisation are evident. All these challenges are peculiar, correlated and cyclical. The conundrum is that all these challenges are biting hard and at the same time. And each is leading to the other, and collectively they are reifying themselves.
As a nation, we need to put on our thinking caps, gather our best brains, prioritise the challenges, work out our detailed strategy, engage partners who share our pains and can assist us in focusing on how to tackle these challenges. Rath...