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MOHAMMED KARI contends that Nigeria should make production more rewarding than importation
In the past few weeks, I have watched the debate over the Dangote Refinery and fuel import licences from the sidelines. Every other day, I see a different headline about ships arriving with imported petrol, fertilizer, and countless other products. And that has left me asking a simple but troubling question: what exactly do we still produce for ourselves? Besides, at a time when a Nigerian investor has committed about US$20 billion to solving a problem government failed to solve for decades, why are we still debating how to preserve an import-dependent system?
For me, the real issue is not about Dangote. It is about Nigeria. It is about whether we want to remain a nation that consumes what others produce or become a nation that produces what it consumes. Indeed, nothing illustrates Nigeria's…
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