‘JAPA’: Nigeria Won’t Prosper, Develop If Youths Keep Leaving, Says Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says young people will not be keen to relocate abroad if they can thrive in the country. The former finance minister spoke on Monday at the 2023 induction for re-elected and elected governors. The event, organised by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), had the theme ‘Governing for Impact: Building Sub-national Governance’. Okonjo-Iweala appealed to the governors to focus on nation-building and invest in the infrastructure and education system of their respective states. She said Nigeria will struggle to “develop and prosper” if the youths keep leaving the country. Okonjo-Iweala said with remote work and AI tools, it is increasingly easy for businesses across the states to provide intermediate services like accounting or insurance claims processing to offices around the world. “With…
