That Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa, is not in doubt. That it is called the Giant of Africa, a status it is yet to attain, is not argued. That we are blessed so plentifully by God with natural resources, even in astonishing proportions and spread, is not news anymore. Yes, we are a country so blessed with everything that any nation desiring development and some first rate living, would have wanted.
Yet Nigeria is paradox of development. 49 years since independence, the country has been grappling with self discovery. The nation has been bedeviled by failed leadership, failed attempts at emergence from the third world.
Successive governments enunciate plans, policies and strategies meant to drive the country towards the path of development; policies and plans as numerous as the number of administrations that had controlled the reigns of power in the country.
However the scope of articulation of these numerous plans and policies seems well at variance with the reality of the developmental needs of the nation. They seem to be often sentimentalized and tailored towards the narrow perception of the leadership in office at each point time. Systematic processes are never considered and realistic targets are often not set. Worst of all, implementation is never followed through. Politics, not the economy overtly have often been the hallmark of several policies; a situation, which this newspaper bemoans.
We are worried that the nation's approach to the pursuit of development seems rudderless. It looks most often like going in circles. From the personnel recruitment for key policy implementation roles, which is mostly not based on competence and current capacity, to sectoral fund allocation which hardly follows real economic priority path.
From the structuring of government’s investment and implementation agencies to implementation timing, the nation has created an avenue for waste of economic resources and a platform for endemic corruption. The corruption which government consistently pretends to fight; has inadvertently created a dangerous class dichotomy in the country.
For this reason we are in darkness. For this reason our industries would not produce and many have even relocated to neighbouring countries. For this reason we import, yes we import even the produce of the resources available in our land, not just from well advanced nations but even from small countries who have managed to position their systems and economies for development.
Having carefully analyzed the situation and the scarcity of media platforms that focuses analytically on the developmental needs of the nation, The Accelerator Newspaper is foraying into the already saturated publications market, with the vision to be a credible platform that would provide public and private leadership with well analyzed strategic information based on which reliable policies and strategy for development can be formed and implemented.
Our mission is to analyze policies, review issues, report events and facts and critically appraise institutions and structures that are necessary for our nation's development.
We are determined to objectively carry out our task in such a way as to provide a credible platform that will propel national development.
OUR MISSION
We are here to analyze policies, review issues, report events & facts and critically appraise institutions and structures that are necessary for our nation's development.
We are determined to objectively carry out our task of providing a credible platform that will propel national development.
OUR VISION
To be the most credible platform that provides public and private leadership with well analyzed strategic information based on which reliable policies and strategy for development can be formed and implemented.
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