Today’s the D-DAY! The Official Launch of the MLM Fresh Food Hub, Agege, is currently unfolding in full lights, camera and action packed! Get ready to start having unlimited access to Fresh Foods, directly from the farmers!
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Our love and commitment to para sports cannot be undermined. Para athletes have brought immense pride to this country, winning medals at the Paralympics and Commonwealth Games and consistently placing Nigeria on the global podium.
As a Commission, we will continue to give equal focus, funding attention and equal developmental support to para sports alongside every other sporting discipline.
#Abuja2026ParaGames
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For a Country where most people already provide their own water, electricity and everything , we shouldn’t have to also provide our own security.
We have a government
This monstrosity cannot continue
Lagos Liga is honored to announce a strategic partnership with the National Sports Commission (NSC), a major step in advancing our mission to redefine grassroots football in Nigeria.
@NatSportsComm
Under the leadership of Hon, @bukolaolopadee, the NSC recognizes our shared vision to make sports a driver of youth employment, business growth, and world-class entertainment.
Together, we are building a sustainable, commercially viable football ecosystem that will serve as a national model for sports development.
With the NSC's support, Lagos Liga is ready to bring top-notch football to Africa, one game at a time.
#Lagosliga2025 #weallplay
Principle 2: Build Culture-Fit, Not Just Skills
Principle 2 is a natural extension of Principle 1. Today, many developing economies face brain drain—the mass migration of their most skilled and educated citizens. The narrative is familiar: the brightest minds leave in search of stability, better pay, or opportunities that their home country struggles to provide.
So how do we survive? How do we grow when talent keeps leaving?
The answer is not to despair but to move deeper into the culture. Build culture-fit people—individuals who may not have all the polished skills of those who leave, but who are rooted, resilient, and adaptable within the local context. These are the people who can hold the line, maintain systems, and adapt solutions to local realities.
To survive brain drain, we must build not just skills, but values. We must raise a generation of people who see resilience as part of their identity, and who can create paths of growth from within, no matter the turbulence outside.
These are the first two principles. Over the next 101 days, I will share more practical, philosophical, and experiential insights that I believe can help anyone trying to survive and grow in a developing economy.
Because survival is not enough; growth must be possible, even here. PSJ
Extract from my upcoming book.." Enterprise in Nigeria"..
NAVIGATING SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES:
A POLICY CALL TO EMPOWER LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS IN NIGERIA
I am not naive about the system from which I come. I understand its deep-seated challenges: institutional shortcomings, resource leakages, and systemic gaps that persist despite efforts to remedy them.
Systemic Gaps
Nigeria’s educational system remains underperforming, skill development frameworks are weak, and capacity-building opportunities are scarce. Many enterprises operate only in the final leg of the value chain, reflecting broken ecosystems. A pervasive "get-rich-quick" culture has taken hold in the absence of stable livelihoods, and widespread poverty fuels corruption and distrust. Such conditions make truth elusive and are antithetical to sustainable development. These insights are reinforced by entrepreneurship research highlighting deficits in justice, education, infrastructure, and finance as inhibitors to enterprise growth.
Leadership and Trust Deficit
Knowledge-driven leadership is rare in this context. Pursuits often prioritise personal gain over national advancement, leading to rampant distrust in institutions. For socially minded entrepreneurs, this translates into a relentless fight—working tirelessly to patch systemic failures while simultaneously building credibility.
The Weight on Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs operating within this environment bear extraordinary burdens:
•Cultivating their employees’ skills due to educational gaps
•Providing multi-layered support to keep stakeholders aligned
•Investing time in cultivating trust with leaders and policymakers
•Mentoring staff personally to mitigate knowledge and skill voids
•Leading project execution while bridging broader infrastructure deficits
Alternatively, the cost of outsourcing skills—ranging from artisans to professionals—is exorbitant. Project delays, high financing costs, and outdated operations further degrade competitiveness. In contrast, firms operating in advanced economies benefit from automation, robotics, and production efficiencies, widening the global competitiveness gap.
A Test of Commitment
Entrepreneurs who remain committed to building within Nigeria aren’t simply businesspeople—they are national champions. Their struggle to transform society positions them as pivotal actors in Nigeria’s economic rebirth. Yet, they cannot succeed in isolation.
A Call for Strategic Support
To foster enterprise-led development, government and institutions must foster a supportive, enabling environment:
1. Strengthening Policy and Private Sector Engagement
The World Bank’s Nigeria Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) identifies regulatory reforms across ICT, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, and agriculture that could attract $20 billion in private investment and create nearly one million jobs. (IFC)
2. Expanding Access to Finance for MSMEs
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has disbursed over ₦1 trillion to nearly half a million MSMEs, as part of its mission to improve credit access and job creation. (Wikipedia)
3. Reforming the Business Environment
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has driven regulatory reform, improving Nigeria's ranking in the World Bank’s Doing Business Index and simplifying enterprise setup processes. (Wikipedia)
4. Supporting SME Development
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) coordinates programmes for branding, financing, and market access under public-private partnerships across Nigeria. (Wikipedia)
5. Enhancing Youth Entrepreneurship
Initiatives like YouWin! offered grants and mentorship to young entrepreneurs through a competitive business plan scheme to foster business growth and youth participation. (Wikipedia)
6. Leveraging Free Trade Zones
NEPZA’s free zones—such as Lekki and Alaro City—have drawn over $26