The Root of Nigeria's Numerous Problems

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Buhari is not the problem of Nigeria.

Before you stone me, please take a chill pill and explore with me.

Before you begin to throw stones or cast aspersions on anyone for the country's woes, it's imperative you sit and study the system called Nigeria.
I think the problem is that we focus more on the methodology of a system while neglecting the need to address such system.

And the truth is that it's no surprise that Buhari is failing, this is because he is a product of a failed system. You can't separate a product from the system which produced it. Previous governments also failed because they were a product of the same failed system. The educational sector is failing because a faulty system gave birth to it. The health sector is failing because a faulty system equally gave birth to it. What I'm saying exactly is that there is a need for an overhauling of the existing system for our dream Nigeria to become a reality. Interestingly enough, not one saintly leader out there can do this.

But how can you overhaul or change a system when you don't see it as a problem?
The first step in solution finding is problem identification and isolation. Unfortunately, a number of Nigerians are yet to identify the system as the problem, and that's another big problem.

I believe an example will drive home my point.

So for instance, the economic model the country has been using since after her gain of independence is a faulty one. The Harod(1939)--Domar(1946) Model-the HDM.
A model which places capital deepening over human capital development. And even when you study the Keynesian curve, which was further extended by Phillip (1958) through his theory which he explained using the Phillip's curve, you would understand my point. And funny enough, the country has been using these faulty models since 1962 forgetting that what works for a post industrial western society can't work for a preindustrial economy as ours. These models focus more on capital as the factor of production while tactically neglecting labour. And this is the exact reason the government would always come with promises of infrastructural facilities as campaign manifestos while neglecting human capital development.

For goodness sake! We shall continually get the same result no matter who becomes the president, if we don't create a system that suits our individualities as Nigerians. Whenever someone quotes Karl Max to me, the next question I always ask is if Karl Max was an African.
These guys who know next to nothing about our uniqueness can't just sit and create what they think will work for us. It's important we begin to mold a new identity for ourselves.

I will continue in the next series where some things will be properly explained, but before then, stay safe.

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ikedichiEGWU (Mr Explicit)