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"Nigeria Is Africa's Troubled Giant " - Ex US Ambassador To Nigeria by Priscy01(f): 7:25am On Oct 06, 2018 |
A former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr John Campbell, has said that though Nigeria possesses extraordinary potential, she is the troubled giant of Africa. Campbell stated this in a new book he co-authored titled, "Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know". The book was presented to the public on Thursday in Lagos at the US Consul General’s residence. Campbell stated in the book that virtually every major university in the English-speaking world hosted Nigerian academics with the country’s medical personnel found in hospitals all over the United States and elsewhere. He also saluted the entrepreneurial spirit of Nigerians in the book He said, Though it possesses extraordinary potential, Nigeria is truly the troubled giant of Africa. And Nigeria exports Christian clergy to the United Kingdom and the United States. Nigerians living outside of Nigeria have been notably successful in business and finance, and they are known for their entrepreneurial spirit. In the book, Campbell and Matthew T. Page, Associate Fellow in Chatham House’s Africa Programme, described Nigeria as a nation characterised by a type of corruption in which government or public officials seek personal gain at the expense of the led. They wrote; Kleptocracy and government dishonesty have corrosive effects on popular confidence in governance. Official and unofficial corruption undermine the democratic trajectory and risks overwhelming it. It is among the most important hindrances to the country’s economic and social development. They added; Despite ubiquitous cell phone use and other signs of modernity, the country is one of the poorest in the world. By indices ranging from levels of female literacy to average lifespan, Nigeria scores among the lowest in the world. The country’s population has grown explosively without the economic and infrastructure development necessary to support it. https://www.torimill.co/news/10231/nigeria-is-africas-troubled-giant-ex-us-ambassador-to-nigeria.html Lalasticlala Mynd44 Dominique
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Re: "Nigeria Is Africa's Troubled Giant " - Ex US Ambassador To Nigeria by Nobody: 7:27am On Oct 06, 2018 |
We all know that. Tell us something new ambassador... |
Re: "Nigeria Is Africa's Troubled Giant " - Ex US Ambassador To Nigeria by NwaAmaikpe: 8:01am On Oct 06, 2018 |
Nigeria is Africa's Lilliput, but the world's scarecrow. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "Nigeria Is Africa's Troubled Giant " - Ex US Ambassador To Nigeria by peacengine(m): 8:05am On Oct 06, 2018 |
Naija we hale |
Re: "Nigeria Is Africa's Troubled Giant " - Ex US Ambassador To Nigeria by Nobody: 9:50am On Oct 06, 2018 |
Go handle ur family,neighbors, and people...bushy goose.. Leave us and face what's facing u white gorrila.. |
Re: "Nigeria Is Africa's Troubled Giant " - Ex US Ambassador To Nigeria by Nobody: 10:32am On Oct 06, 2018 |
True and saddening. |
Re: "Nigeria Is Africa's Troubled Giant " - Ex US Ambassador To Nigeria by GOFRONT(m): 1:51pm On Oct 06, 2018 |
No be today |
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