We are a unique set of people!

How much was invested in Adamasingba Stadium?

N5b?

If I was the governor, this is what I would do with it.

Build 200 ultra-modern electronic shops, along the newly re-awarded Ibadan circular road.

People from Ilorin, Jebba, Kano, Kaduna, Ile Ife, Ondo, Kogi will not need to go to Alaba in Lagos to buy their electronics again.

Behind it, I will build an ultra-modern B&B to accommodate customers coming from different parts of the country.

This will create a minimum of five hundred employment for my people.
Businessmen should not run out of ideas.
We must invest in capital projects while also calculating the profit the state will make from it.

All these people who are former civil servants can’t run any state successfully.

The businessmen are the only people who have turned ten naira to hundreds of naira. Not ex-civil servants who become billionaires through dubious means. No civil servant’s salary can make anybody a billionaire except you are a thief.

Let us hand over our country to people who know commerce. People who have more knowledge of retail politics than people with big books!

The global economy is moving towards self-reliance and every country needs a leader who is an intelligent businessman than theoretical ex-bankers and audio business experts.

Most of the states being run by bankers and economists are failing because Nigeria’s economy is different from other countries.

How can you explain to the World Bank that your neighbor makes his money through rituals?

How can you explain to world leaders that your friend who is an ex-permanent secretary is now contesting for a governorship position with a budget of over N3b?

How much was his salary as a civil servant?

Anytime I have the opportunity to discuss with top security agents, both home and abroad, I always let them know that the system here is different.

We are a unique set of people!

~ Mogaji Wole Arisekola writes from Ibadan.