‘Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa is a sobering reminder of who we are as a people, where are we are coming from, some of the mistakes we have made and their consequences and the lessons we should imbibe going forward.’
Olusegun Aganga, author of Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa, is featured on This Day Live.
Nigeria, Africa and the Promise of Tomorrow
By Olusegun Adeniyi In his 1998 book, ‘The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor’ the late Harvard Emeritus Professor of History and Economics, David Landes interrogated the paradox of our country. In 1965, according to Landes, Nigeria, an oil exporting country, had higher GDP per capita than Indonesia, another oil exporting country.