Nigeria: Are the Elites Nigeria's Major Problem?

12 October 2017
opinion

Although this argument appears unending, many analysts believe Nigeria's staggered growth process was caused mainly by the elites and ruling class who have consistently plundered the nation's treasury at the expense of her expected development. However, others insist that a nation only gets the leadership it deserves, and that the masses are equally culpable in their apathy and in leaving the elites to run amok in the process of governance. To you, are the elites the major problem of Nigeria's development, and if yes or no, what is the remedy?

* All the elites in Nigeria were once ordinary citizens. So they are absolutely not the problem. Get rid of all the elites now, and the new set of elites that will take over will not be different. Even if all of the agitations everywhere produce the restructuring or separation that many are seeking, without our character as individuals changing first, nothing will change in the character of those that will inherit the federating components. We are all part of the rot in the system. Instead of praying, we curse our nation at will and still expect it to bear its fruits.

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