THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH OF ELUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- NIGERIA’S CENTURY OLD FAILURES AND PROSPECTS FOR A NEW NIGERIA
Protocols:
Good
afternoon, chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress.
Thanks
for inviting me as your Keynote Speaker at your Unveiling of Road Map Summit. I
do not know how you decided to take this high risk of inviting me to your
gathering, knowing full well that my zeal for candor can be generally
unsettling for some people of your class and occupation. Since you took the
risk, I have assumed the liberty to speak boldly even to your discomfort
especially considering that we live in a season of grim when our country is
greatly troubled. In perilous times like this, Truth is the absolute freedom. I
shall be spurred on by the counsel of George Orwell who in honor of truth
stated that “in a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. I
further assume that if you wanted someone with the skills of deceit, it would not
be me that you would have invited to your gathering. I therefore speak to you
today not as a politician>>>>
