The Nigeria Economy

Nigeria is the largest Africa country and it has the biggest Economy as a result of its population size. Nigerians are hard working people, Intelligent people who are committed to whatever they are doing in life. One would have thought that the Nigeria Economy would have been the best in the whole continent but its a different case all together. This is so largely due to political neglect of the huge potentials in the country of over 170 million people.

It is true that Government alone cannot face all the issues of a country hence society sometimes turns attention to NGOs and other bodies in the society for the development of any country. Its on this note, that QHNet think NGOs and Multi National companies in Nigeria are not doing enough to contribute to the development of the Nigerian Economy which they have so much benefited from.

It is of great concern to  see  companies like MTN, GLO, Maltina, Peak Milk etc ALWAYS organizing music concerts, dance hall competitions, talent hunts to mention but a few programs for Nigerians. Its a good thing to organize these events but a closer look at them reveals these events or programs are solely for entertainment purposes only! hence 99% of their ambassadors are from the entertainment Industry (Music and Movie Industry) and it should be of great concern because these companies or organizations have direct impact on the Economy and the Economy can not be developed by entertainment alone! What happened to the Agricultural sector? What about the Information and telecommunication sector which some of these companies like MTN, GLO, Airtel, Etisalat operates in?

The Nigeria Music Industry is doing very well because of the assistance and empowerment from  some of the companies and NGOs mention above. Their Ambassadors are given large some of money and sometimes they are given contracts that will facilitate whatever they are doing ( like in music where and artist will be signed to a record label for years with monetary benefits and the assistance he or she needs to come out as a successful musician).  So we have Musicians and Movie stars who are very successful and widely travelled as a result of the empowerment and support from these companies. But we have seen that entertainment alone can not develop the Economy, so I ask again what about  the Youths and persons into large scale farming? what about those in the  ICT sector? Because these are sectors that have direct  impacts on the Economy unlike entertainment.

QHNet believe those in the Information and telecommunication (ICT), Agricultural (large scale farming) sector deserves the same attention and empowerment given to Entertainers. I am thus calling on MTN, GLO, Airtel, Etisalat, Maltina, Peak Milk etc and the Nigerian Government to look into this issues urgently now especially now that the current administration is concerned with development of the Nigeria Economy. This is an urgent issue so QHNet also wants to draw the attention of Minister of Science and Technology Christopher Ogbonnaya Onu together with well meaning members of the National Assembly to lend their support to this course.

Together we can and we will make the Nigeria Economy great again, God bless Nigeria