How do think Nigeria will be able to make its economy more indigenous?
I don’t know if I will be misunderstand when I give my answer from the heart. What I really do believe. Privatization could be an the answer if it is not a way of siphoning the country’s money into certain private hands. We can privatize to a point. But today, there’s nothing in the oil sector that privatization will put in the hands of Nigerians. What you’ll get will be Nigerians who largely front for international companies, mainly American companies. There are areas of our economy where I will not support privatization. Certainly, when you’re dealing with the NEPA, we need competition. Communications, create many competing units and privatize as much as you can; find Nigerians doing the business. But if it is having Ma Bell take over communication in Nigeria, then it is not what we should do! Offer me a short response to these few names I’ll mention: President Bill Clinton? I don’t know what you expect. I don’t expect anything, your Excellency. How would you assess his policy toward
