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ARTICLE · 15 JANUARY 2024

Volcanic Explosion Of An Uncommon Agenda For Development

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Nigeria's political and economic development is very badly stunted. The 10th National Assembly plans to reverse this through what it describes as a transformational legislative agenda.

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Olisa Agbakoba
Olisa Agbakoba
Collins Okeke
Collins Okeke

Nigeria's political and economic development is very badly stunted. The 10th National Assembly plans to reverse this through what it describes as a transformational legislative agenda. What actions can the National Assembly take to deliver on this transformative legislative agenda? There are many potential solutions, but I will only focus on the issue of governance. Governance is an important policy tool for development planning. Governance reviews the performance of regulatory, legal, and environmental processes to assess in relation to economic and political development. Nigeria's governance environment is operating sub-optimally. There is a very urgent need to improve it. I suggest we study how Franklin D. Roosevelt and Margaret Thatcher's governance strategies turned around the United States and United Kingdom respectively. These two leaders are considered as the most effective leaders of the 20th century. Many valuable lessons can be learned from how they

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