Let's Talk Afro-Geopolitics II: The Future of the Nigerian State

Will Nigeria Make it 2060 (Its 100 Anniversary of Independance)?

  • Yes

    Votes: 27 47.4%
  • No

    Votes: 30 52.6%

  • Total voters
    57

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I'll be visiting Nigeria next year before I start LS, and I'm trying to get a firmer grasp on the issue of healthcare infrastructure development.
Even with the wealth and the large number of Nigerian middle-class/upper-middle class families, the healthcare sector seems to be woefully underdeveloped (reminds of me portions of the US South where you can scarcely find anything more than an aged general practitioner within an hours drive), especially outside of Abuja and Lagos. What seems to be holding it back?
I know there is a bit of brain-drain as wealthier Nigerians send their kids to US and British schools and they typically stay there to cash in on mid-six figure salaries while hosting their families for holidays and posting it on IG, but has there been more proactive education-encouragement to pump more skilled students into medicine?
And how are the programs in secondary and higher-education within the state itself?
I'll be posting the research I have here, as well as its effect on the stability of the state. If anyone can add on or help me out, it would be appreciated.
 

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I'll be visiting Nigeria next year before I start LS, and I'm trying to get a firmer grasp on the issue of healthcare infrastructure development.
Even with the wealth and the large number of Nigerian middle-class/upper-middle class families, the healthcare sector seems to be woefully underdeveloped (reminds of me portions of the US South where you can scarcely find anything more than an aged general practitioner within an hours drive), especially outside of Abuja and Lagos. What seems to be holding it back?
I know there is a bit of brain-drain as wealthier Nigerians send their kids to US and British schools and they typically stay there to cash in on mid-six figure salaries while hosting their families for holidays and posting it on IG, but has there been more proactive education-encouragement to pump more skilled students into medicine?
And how are the programs in secondary and higher-education within the state itself?
I'll be posting the research I have here, as well as its effect on the stability of the state. If anyone can add on or help me out, it would be appreciated.

Don't have the data but Nigeria's education system died in the late 1980s. Babangida did his best to crush Nigeria's universities as a site of resistance to his rule.

Plus, there's a quota system which favours the North's lower educational standards. Finally, you can't have world class labs/operating tables without steady power
 

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Don't have the data but Nigeria's education system died in the late 1980s. Babangida did his best to crush Nigeria's universities as a site of resistance to his rule.

Plus, there's a quota system which favours the North's lower educational standards. Finally, you can't have world class labs/operating tables without steady power

How come Nigeria doesn't have steady power?
 

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I Will Advocate The Breakaway Of Yoruba From Nigeria –Femi Fani-Kayode | Sahara Reporters
Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, Former Minister of Aviation, has threatened to champion the break of Nigeria if the country is not restructured. Mr. Fani-Kayode insisted that restructuring of the country on a regional area is best for the country, and he also made it clear that he will not stop at anything until restructuring is achieved.

“It is a call for separation and call to exercise the right to leave the federation. We have been telling people to give Nigeria a chance but without restructuring, this country will break. That is why those that really want the unity of this country will want this. Let’s have a true federation and let’s treat every Nigerian equally," he said.

“If we don’t have restructuring, we will break off and I will advocate the breaking off of this country. My fear is that if we do not take the restructuring thing seriously and do something about it, it may be the end of this country," he upheld.

Mr. Fani-Kayode beckoned on Yorubas to demand restructuring as a form of reorganizing the country from the present country, claiming the Yoruba tribe deserved more than what they are getting from the country, especially the present administration.

“The situation that we are second-class citizens of this country is unacceptable to me and unacceptable to the majority of the Yoruba people. Nobody can silence the voice of the Yorubas. It’s time for us to think again, if Nigeria is not restructured, if we do not have region restructuring, let us prepare for Oduduwa republic,” Mr. Fani-Kayode lamented.

The former aviation minister urged the present government to listen to the demands of the people who are clamoring for restructuring of the country. He further called on leaders of political parties from every part of the country to join in the demand and ensure that the country is restructured.

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