What Makes National Development Model to Work [video]

Chinese model. American model. Indian model. The UK model. They will all work for national development if one thing is there: competition in the choice of leaders. The American electoral system is competitive, making it possible for the “best” to run the show.

The Chinese model is a quasi private business structure where if they assign you a state to run as a governor,  and you grow its local GDP, improving its economy, the party will promote you. But where you do not get things done, the party will cut you. China’s current president did well running some regions/states before the party promoted him.

In India and the UK, the electoral processes are transparent, fair and balanced, making it possible for the people to pick the “best” leaders.

Good People, the Nigerian development model will work if Nigeria allows its electoral process (for the choice of leaders) to be fair, transparent and competitive. Competition in the selection of leaders when inserted into the DNA of US, Nigeria, India, China, etc developmental model will deliver shared prosperity for the citizens. But if you copy the model, and use rigging, and corruption, to kill competition, everything fades

Simply, the model is not the real issue, it is making sure you do not take out the “competition” element within the model. Africa does not need to copy China or America, because Africa has an indigenous development playbook which has worked. After the Biafra War, most communities in South East Nigeria developed a model to rebuild, and in less than a decade, they did. What happened? They formed community unions, raised money, and tasked the most competent people among them to rebuild schools, hospitals, markets, etc

(Of course, SE has lost that mojo these days. But the playbook remains and can be scaled.)

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