Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Victor Dike Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 68 ISBN: 9783659316920
Описание
This book deals with Nigeria's failed leadership and weak economy. Over the years good ideas are not being utilized by the political leaders because they are preoccupied with their own selfish and‘primitive accumulation of wealth.’ During elections, the ‘political merchants’ would be trumpeting their unrealistic agenda and vision on how to reform and restructure the society and build a productive economy. But the people have often failed to realize that all the previous paper promises and programs have always served only as conduits to transfer public funds into their private bank accounts. This book posits that Nigeria cannot build a sustainable economic future without copious investment in human capital development (education and health), functional institutions and infrastructure and pragmatic leaders who are committed to replacing the present dysfunctional system with a viable one, and utilize the abundant human and material resources in the society to build and maintain the...