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Yours truly will tell our government to debate, test, and plan before some of these policies are announced. Nigeria is a very big country to be used as a lab. As 2024 arrives, I expect to see a more robust, nuanced and coordinated policy playbook and announcement. We removed fuel subsidies without preparing manufacturers and the broad citizens ahead, creating shocks. We floated naira without giving a window despite knowing that many “living” agreements could be imperiled. And we cannot tell citizens that transport is discounted by 50% without sending alerts or planning with the transporters!
Please, do not see this post from a political angle; I am simply sending a small idea to reduce the stress in the nation. In my state, the new government reduced the number of ministries by close to 8 but created a small office to coordinate things within the Governor’s Office. With that, it is able to harmonize every aspect of the bureaucracy. That idea was copied from Rwanda Development Board which is like a mini-Goldman Sachs in Rwanda.
I became a fan of RDB when we were setting up Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda. I visited there and was wowed. Nigeria can pick some ideas from that institution. Under the RDB protocol, there is no way any officer will speak without the coordinating office completing all conditions-precedent. Can we announce this 50% without a plan with the transporters? Can we communicate that keke and buses are not included? Questions???
Yes, when the President’s speech writer has finished, someone can send it to the “clearing office” to make sure MDAs have done everything necessary before Ngerians are informed of that new policy. That is how Abia State is running things, and everyone is carried along, including traders, doctors, engineers, etc. Sure, you cannot compare a state and a country!
Wishing Nigeria a great 2024; I remain bullish because we’re Nigerians. We no dey carry last.
*this video could be a “comedy” script, but online this experience is typical
Yours truly will tell our government to debate, test, and plan before some of these policies are announced. Nigeria is a very big country to be used as a lab. As 2024 arrives, I expect to see a more robust, nuanced and coordinated policy playbook and announcement. We removed… pic.twitter.com/02xdplbmVE
— Ndubuisi Ekekwe (@ndekekwe) December 26, 2023
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