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Articles by Nonso Obikili

5 Dec 2017
I attended a conference in Montevideo a couple of years ago. It was my first time in a city where almost no one spoke any English, with Spanish being the lingua franca.
21 Nov 2017
Personally, I do not think there is anything wrong with the sacking. Being a teacher is a job and if they are unable to do the job, which is obvious by not being able to pass the competency test, then they should be fired.
7 Nov 2017
Over the last few years the reality of Nigeria’s lack of competitiveness in industry has been apparent. Most international agencies which measure competitiveness have placed us close to the bottom of their rankings.
17 Oct 2017
Democracies have been on the wrong end of the publicity stick in recent decades. The rapid economic expansion in relatively autocratic countries like China, Singapore...
3 Oct 2017
I attended the annual conference of the Nigeria Economic Society last week. The conference was centred around Nigeria’s attempts to industrialize. Of course, this is not a new issue.
19 Sep 2017
For ASUU, the deal comes with a pay bump, but crucially a deal which will serve as the basis for a future strike. And so, the cycle continues.
6 Sep 2017
I was stuck at an airport for a couple of hours recently, thanks to an airline which I shall not name. Operational reasons. While there, I happened to eavesdrop on a conversation about industrial policy.
15 Aug 2017
In the past two weeks, I have written two articles about the importance of government and state capacity. The first was on the phenomenon commonly referred to as the “tragedy of commons”.
1 Aug 2017
Many of the “tragedy of commons” problems we face can only be solved via social cooperation, either through government action, social norms, or some other yet unknown cooperation method.
18 Jul 2017
If you have been following political events in Nigeria recently, you can’t but have heard the word “restructuring”. Everyone seems to be talking about it. From politicians to journalists, and from social media activists to secessionist groups.
4 Jul 2017
“In the good old days the country worked. Our universities were world class. Our hospitals were the best. We could fly Nigerian Airways to London for cheap. We had jobs waiting for us right after graduation.”
20 Jun 2017
After all the unnecessary political drama, the budget has finally been signed. According to reports, a spending plan of N7.44tn was approved, with proposed capital expenditure of about N2.18tn....