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Will the N5,000 note fix the economy?
Saturday, 25 May 2013 20:10
It is an irony of economic focus that while there is a 90% unemployment among young university graduates in he country, the top economists and politi-al leaders are busy arguing about whether N5,000 note should be introduced into irculation. Thanks to Sanusi Lamido, tormy petrel of the Nigerian banking cir-le and Governor of the Central Bank.
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The whole nation stayed up by their TV sets. Waiting. Twenty-two minutes into the year of George Orwell, a picture came on the screen of the Nigerian Television Authority. The voice of the pictures intoned: “In pursuance of the primary objectives of saving our great country from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari...”
EDITOR, you have not seen anything. Try and come to my area in Oshodi and you will see almost all the youths going naked in the name of sagging. Na craze dey worry them. Chidi Okonkwo, Oshodi
African economies have grown robustly over the past decade, but that has not solved the continent's economic problems.
