Every economy is honest — not in its speeches, but in its outcomes.
Strip away policy documents, reform slogans, and national aspirations, and what remains is a quieter truth: an economy always optimises for what it consistently rewards. Not what it promises. Not what it advertises. What it pays for, protects, and allows to persist.
By that measure, Nigeria’s economy tells a story very different from its official ambitions.
Nigeria does not optimise for productivity.
It does not optimise for efficiency.
It does not optimise for innov
