PAM ORMAAHLEECHAR DAHLEEN NM, if you were to KEY DOWN to 5 MAJOR ISSUES the stuff that NIGERIA NEEDS TO DO to get itself out of the SOCIO-ECONOMIC MESS it CURRENTLY is in.. and HAS BEEN IN .. for A WHILE, what would THOSE ISSUES be ? and why ?

would you ? shortlist
AGRICULTURE
after-all agriculture is very important for many reasons.
for example, the provision of food is critical to the well being of any nation.
besides, it is a revenue earner both domestically and internationally.

Pam ohbee nm, would you ? shortlist
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL  
since healthcare is vital to the survival and well being of any nation and people. so it will definitely be a plus if good healthcare is made available at affordable costs to everyone whether in the village or city.

or perhaps
Pam nkeh nm, you would ? shortlist
DECENT AFFORDABLE ACCOMODATION FOR ALL
since
decent accommodation has positive effects on the
psychological and physical well-being of human-beings ?  

i wonder if perhaps you would ? probably shortlist
GENDER EQUALITY AND THE BETTER TREATMENT OF WOMEN AND THE GIRL CHILD ACROSS NIGERIA

especially given the

inherent suppression and oppression of women and girls in the native cultures of many of the Nigeria tribes

e.g the ibo / igbo tribe where

→ women / girls are not allowed by culture and tradition to inherit
any ( of the ) landed properties of their late dad
even where their dad either
(a) had no son at all
or
(b) has no surviving male child at the time of his death
and
completely and totally irrespective of how many girl-children he had/has.

→ women are thrown out of their husband’s house ( with all their children ) when he dies if he has no surviving male child at the time of his death
… WITHOUT ANY PROVISION WHATSOEVER FOR THEIR WELFARE OR THEIR SUSTENANCE AND THEIR WELL-BEING …
and
the house inherited by male relatives of his.

and i also wonder if perhaps you would ? short-list
INTERNAL RACISM i.e INTRA-NIGERIA RACISM or
INTRA-NIGERIA ETHNIC PREJUDICE sometimes called
TRIBAL-ISM
where people work against the interests of other persons simply because they come from a Nigeria tribe other than their own.

this is a real issue with a very negative impact
and
there have been administrations in Nigeria that have been accused of
being highly ethnically biased in carrying out administration functions.

in any case,
i suppose, Pam nnmaah nm, that the truth and the reality is that
there are whole lots of sectors of the economy that can
if correctly wired and revved up
have profound beneficial impact on the
quality of life and standard of living of
Nigeria residents and the Nigeria peoples.

and i also suppose any such short-list would vary according to the perception and understanding of the person(s) drawing up the short-list.

for me, Pam ornyeh arnyih jee ar-mah artuh, i guess
i would drive that short-list from the view-point of
those issues that if sorted out and/or adroitly managed
would have a positive, visible and tangible effect
across virtually all other sectors of
the Nigeria socio-economic space.

and those areas would be :

1. THE VALUE OF THE NAIRA : unless a person is blind, dumb, deaf
and also
dense
the person will see very distinctly all the woes that have befallen
Nigeria residents,
Nigeria citizens and the
Nigeria economy
since the application of the devaluation policy began in 1989?
ranging from
● retrenchment of staff and workers in companies
● loss of purchasing power of the Nigeria naira
● loss of investor confidence in the Nigeria economy
through to

→ Nigerians becoming slaves in Libya, etc
while on a bid to get to the better managed economies of Europe.

→ Nigerians dying in the Mediterranean Sea
while on a bid to seek economic sustenance in
Spain, Italy and other parts of Europe
via the old
Western Africa to Sahara Desert to North Africa to Europe slave? trade? route?

→ Nigerians becoming pornographic movie actors and actresses
right here in Nigeria
in a bid to achieve economic sustenance and not die of hunger

→ etc, etc, etc

so you don’t really need to be smart or even brilliant in any way at all to figure out that
if all of these woes had the same cause i.e
had a common primary causative factor
and
this factor, un-deniably, is the devaluation of the Naira
then
if you revert the Naira to it’s strength before the devaluation began,
all the woes linked to the devaluation would gradually ameliorate over time and eventually disappear.

2. ELECTRICITY : virtually everything runs on electricity in the world
of today 2020
and
even your basic comfort in your house is affected by
the availability or absence of electricity.

so, it’s really no great brain work to figure out that
Nigeria needs to provide electricity 24 hours a day, everyday,
across all Nigeria
at an affordable price.

3. ROADS AND ROAD MAINTENANCE : the importance of
good, well managed motorable roads for
intra-city,
inter-city and
inter-state transactions
is
self-evident.

Nigeria clearly needs to ensure that
all the inter-state roadways and intra-state roads are
in good state
and
regularly maintained.

the impact of this on the movement of goods and services
and therefore also on
the very availability of those goods and services
as well as on their costs
cannot be denied.

4. SECURITY OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES : with all the reports everywhere of

→ kidnappings,
→ abductions,
→ rapes,
→ attacks by terrorist groups,
→ killings, rapings and maimings by
Fulani-tribe cow rearers i.e Fulani-tribe herds men,
→ etc,

it is self-evident that
the security of the lives and properties of Nigeria residents
is
a front-burner.

5. EDUCATION FOR ALL UP TO TERTIARY LEVEL : this is critical.

and in this area
there is a need for administration to take the approach that
every single individual Nigerian should be educated to tertiary level
and
that
the funding for this education
and
the funding of/for institutions where this education is given
should essentially and basically be provided by the Nigeria administration.

if Nigeria were in real terms a financially / economically poor country,
then the issue would have been that
the country is not financially / economically capable of
embarking on such an investment.

however,
the tales of graft and persons caught for graft ( e.g by the EFCC )
and
the amounts mentioned
give credence to the proposal that,

if correctly managed,

the funds historically and currently accruable to the Nigeria administration can provide high quality education
from primary school level to tertiary level

for every single Nigerian

.. and indeed for all of Western Africa.

[ EFCC  = Economic and Financial Crimes Comission ]

[ some reference link addresses :
(1) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39588796
{ Nigeria’s EFCC ‘finds $43m in Lagos flat’ }
{ Published 13 April 2017 }

(2) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-nigeria-ibori-idUSBRE98I0XA20130919
{ Nigerian governor gave $15 million cash bribe in bag, court hears }
{ September 19, 2013 }

(3) https://www.facebook.com/officialefcc/posts/efcc-docks-man-for-multi-million-naira-fraud-in-kadunathe-efcc-on-wednesday-nove/2696812113674595/ ]

you know, Pam nnmaah nar ar-puh orkuh, every individual
has
their own individual value system
and
their own individual priority system
and
their own priority assessment / valuation mechanism.

all the same,
Pam ormaahleechar dahleen nm,
i aver that
these 5 areas have an impact that resonates
across virtually all other sectors of the Nigeria economy
and
if addressed as

priority / major areas of concern

.. especially in concert with credible efforts in other areas ..

the collateral effect[s]
across the entire Nigeria socio-economic landscape
would be very positive.

i stand to be corrected ………