On Tuesday, $1 exchanged for N1,054 in the parallel market, thereby worsening the country's inflationary trend. The national electricity grid collapsed three times last month. While the grid provides about 4,100 megawatts for more than 200 million people, South Africa boasts 58,095MW, with a population of 59.3 million.
Other sectors are no less embarrassing. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has 20 million out-of-school children, the worst number globally. With a dysfunctional higher educational system, the country's youths now move in droves to Europe, the US, and even to Togo, Ghana and South Africa for studies, and in search of jobs. Between 2017 and 2022, a total of 99,985 Nigerians left the country to enrol in UK universities, according to The Higher Education Statistics Agency .
Nations without strong national fabrics and cohesion would have buckled as a result of the gargantuan insecurity which has bedevilled Nigeria in the past 13 years. That it remains one country, with 24 years of an unbroken democratic journey, is a cheery fact and a fountain of optimism to many. However, this should not be taken for granted.
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