Pr ofessor Pat Utomi is a communication expert and political economist with profound insight into Nigeria’s political and economic landscape. The former presidential candidate of Social Democratic Mega Party is one Nigerian whose cerebral contributions to contemporary Nigerian situation compel attention. In this interview with Saturday Vanguard following government’s plans for austerity measures to save the country , Utomi offers insight into the mismanagement of the country’s economy and the huge cost of managing political actors and bureaucrats in the country.
excerpts. This was before this week’s further crash of oil prices below the country’s budget bench mark.
By Hugo Odiogor
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