In 2002, under Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria decided it had had enough of importing what it could literally dig out of its own soil. Thus was born the Backward Integration Policy (BIP)—a grand industrial strategy designed to turn Nigeria from a cement importer into a self-sufficient producer
There is something wonderfully revealing about living in Britain as a Nigerian.
What life lesson did you learn too late? Experience is also a good teacher
A president cannot bind his successors with executive orders. This is not radical constitutional theory. It is the plain, unromantic fact of the American system. Executive orders are the administrative equivalent of sticky notes left on the Resolute Desk: useful for the person who wrote them, mildly binding on the next occupant only for as long as that occupant finds them convenient, and entirely disposable the moment convenience ends
you walk into a department store in London or Manchester, a decent washing machine will set you back roughly £350 to £400. For an average British worker earning a median wage, that purchase is a routine replacement—perhaps a week and a half’s disposable income or an easy three-month split on a zero-interest card
