In my previous contributions to this newspaper on Nigeria’s innovation deficit and counterintuitive economic facts, I examined why our nation struggles to translate abundant human capital and natural resources into technological advancement and broadly shared prosperity. Today, I turn to a more uncomfortable truth: Nigeria’s industrial policy framework — rooted in mercantilist assumptions about protection [ ]
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