Nigeria Used As Failed African Country by Havard University

It’s no doubt that Nigeria is a failed state to its citizens and the rest of other African countries, but it’s disgraceful when an international body uses us a case study in one of their curriculum course assignment.

In a week, whereby Nigeria’s President Buhari has painted Nigerian youths as lazy individuals during the just concluded Commonwealth Business Forum in the United Kingdom.

The world-renowned and prestigious business & leadership school Harvard University gave out an assignment to its students in which Nigeria was used as a case study of a failed African country. Here’s the question assignment Harvard University gave its students reads;

Africa is growing. Seven of the the ten fastest growing economies in the world are in Africa, and the continent’s largest economies are becoming less dependent on extractive commodities. The continent’s rising middle class has demonstrated a taste for consumer goods and technological innovation, and Africa’s population-currently more than a billion people- is booming and overwhelmingly young at a time when populations in other regions are shrinking and aging.

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Nigeria Used As A Case Study of Failed African Country by Harvard University

Nigeria, sub-saharan Africa’s largest economy, epitomizes both the promise and the problems the continent faces in the 21st century. The country had failed to thrive for its first thirty years as an independent nation, despite having a developmental head start relative to countries like China and India, as well as hundreds of billions of dollars in oil revenue.. Now, after pathbreaking reforms followed by signs of retrenchment, Nigeria’s new President faced both vast opportunity and grave challenges. Would the country flourish or founder in this new era? We will analyze key reforms in Nigeria’s economy, significant political developments, and the choices facing the country’s fast-growing private sector.

  1. Why did Nigeria fail to thrive between 1960 and 1999, particularly relative to China and India?
  2. How would you characterize former President Obasanjo’s legacy?
  3. Are you bullish or bearish on the next fifteen years for Nigeria? What would make you change your mind? What opportunities do you see? What are the challenges (and risks)

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