Nigeria, July 25 -- When many factories are under lock and key in a country, when some are about to wind up, and when the few that still keep the production line running are also struggling to operate, there are bound to be serious problems. This is because nature abhors vacuum. Definitely, some factories would emerge to replace the moribund ones. Though these factories could be illegal, they would gradually increase and dominate.

The primary materials that would be used as inputs in these factories would be bad. Thus, their products would be worse. Similarly, consumers of their products would be terrible. Ordinarily, these factories shouldn't be allowed to exist in the first place. They would now exist because those that should be assis...