Nigeria: Time for Creative Solutions - an Innovative Approach to Dealing With Corruption

27 January 2015
opinion

THE King of Saudi Arabia recently passed away and I must confess that what interested me most in the news reports over the weekend were the images of Saudi streets, infrastructure and people. Saudi Arabia is not a democracy.

In fact, many of the rights and freedoms the modern world has come to take for granted are not guaranteed in Saudi. Yet, the country invests in its people and society. Education is free and the basic health care needs of children are catered for. Here is a country that used its oil wealth creatively and audaciously to prepare its citizens to compete in the global economy.

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