Browsing: Otive Igbuzor

It is well known that the rise and fall of Nigeria is tied to the extractives sector. Good management of earnings from the extractive sector has the potential to put Nigeria on the path of growth and development. At the same time, poor management of the extractives sector has the potential to destroy Nigeria through corruption, poverty, conflict and underdevelopment in what Social Scientists call the resource curse. It is against this background that we can situate the emergence of these two books.

The Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, Dr. Otive Igbuzor, gave the charge at the South-West OGP learning and sharing session organised by Partnership to Engage Reform and Learn, a programme of UK’s Department for International Development held in Lagos.