Nigeria, April 7 -- In governance, opportunity cost is more complex as an empirical construct. Foregone alternatives may not necessarily be foregone. In certain cases, there may be very little wiggle room for such niceties. Allocating resources to critical sectors without neglecting other sectors, for a holistic and organic development of the country, becomes the potent ideal, verging on an emergency.

The proclivity for an integral fettling of Nigeria's gaping concerns is patent in the ideation and iteration of the Tinubu administration's priority areas of reforming the economy to deliver sustained inclusive growth; strengthening national security for peace and prosperity; boosting agriculture to achieve food security; unlocking energy a...