A Nigerian professor of political economy and management
expert, Prof. Patrick Utomi, on Tuesday, said that Nigeria needs leaders who
understand economics and how economies work to double output in production.
Utomi made said this in an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria in Lagos State.
He said that unemployment and poverty, among others, need
leaders who have an understanding of economics to tackle.
“We live in the age of knowledge capital and knowledge is
more valuable than any mineral resources.
“The struggle over these resources is distracting Nigeria
from focusing on what matters with production.
“No country has become wealthy from revenues, countries
become wealthy from production,” the professor said
He said that Nigeria needs leaders with a clear strategy on
how to get the country to begin to produce, suggesting that this could be done
by focusing development on the endowment available.
“Some parts of Nigeria have sesame seeds, some have cocoa,
and some have crude among many other natural endowments.
“What to do is to take a certain number of this, each to
every region and create clusters of industrial parks around those places,” the
professor said.
Utomi, who recently met with the Presidential aspirant of
the Peoples Republic Party (PRP), Ms Patience Key, said he was not averse to a
woman being the next president of Nigeria.
“Gender is just prejudice; we are all equally talented so
anybody can make a difference.
“In Scandinavian countries such as Denmark and Finland, the
cabinets are more than 50 per cent women under 40, including the prime
minister, are doing well.
“So, I have all the confidence in the world that women can
make a difference if allowed to rule,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ms Patience Key said that Nigeria needs to be
peaceful and free of insecurities if the country is to witness development and
growth.
The former chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora
Organisation said her three-point agenda is interwoven and would work together
toward creating the desired stability, peace and wealth in the country.
“One of them focuses on building peace in Nigeria, the
second focuses on building equitable relationships in the communities and the
third is on wealth creation for Nigerians,” Key said.
(NAN)
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