#NigeriaAt59 : Notable Highlights Of Prof Soludo At #SecuringTheNation

Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, a former Central Bank of
Nigeria Governor, has shared his thoughts on Nigeria as the nation
marks her 59th Anniversary celebration.

Touching on many pressing issues affecting the nation, among
other things he said that let concentrating power in Abuja won’t
help us develop our resources.

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“Let Zamfara keep their gold and pay taxes to the government.
Let Kaduna and Kogi keep their solid minerals. Most states have
their own resources. Concentrating power in Abuja won’t help us
develop our resources.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“Abuja has sought to keep everybody in check, but has succeeded
in holding everybody down.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“If the problem is the word ‘restructuring’ let’s call it
something else.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“Institutions drive economic transformations. Sadly, our
institutions are either obsolete or inappropriate. The current
institutions need fundamental overhaul.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“Nigeria needs to invest in the Judiciary. Our Judiciary should
be part of our national brand. Let’s do what it takes to become a
nation of laws. Can we at least target to have the best judiciary
in Africa?”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“Abuja cannot pay its bills. We have to get to serious work.
Abuja, as it is today, is choking.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“Peasant agriculture has little future.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“The future will be driven by people, our youths and technology.
The next biggest earner for Nigeria will be its human capital. But
we are not going to export illiterates.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“The systems, the institutions that we have are for a bungalow.
And the new economy that we want to build is a 100-storey
building.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“The world is not waiting for Nigeria. While electric cars are
fast replacing petrol cars, many of our people are still building
petrol stations.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“We need a new national business model.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“A wise man gets the umbrella ready before the rain starts.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“If you want to change a persistent economic structure, change
the underlying institution.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“What is fundamentally wrong is we have implemented all kinds of
plans, all designed to diversify the economy. But we are still tied
to the life-support of the oil sector. Every govt. in Nigeria has
implemented its own version.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“Politics is too serious to be left to those who call themselves
‘politicians’. It is our collective destiny. Unfortunately our
politics is broken.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“Are we preparing enough to welcome the 400 million Nigerians in
20 years time or the 800 million Nigerians in 40 years time?”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation

“In my view, sooner or later, something will give. And a new
kind of politics will emerge to secure the future. Beyond
sloganeering we have serious work to do.”

– Charles Soludo
#NigeriaAt59
#SecuringTheNation