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Onye Nkuzi
@cchukudebelu
Christian, Igbo, Nigerian, African. A complex personality, not a stereotype - Western Media take note. An admirer of M.I. Okpara - an unsung Nigerian hero.
Jul 24, 2018 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Okay, a few thoughts on BRICS.

Brazil (GDP - $2.139 trillion)
Russia (GDP - $1.719 trillion)
India (GDP - $2.848 trillion)
China (GDP - $14.092 trillion)
South Africa (GDP - $326.5 billion)

This is a group of heavy hitters, and South Africa is the clear outlier here. South Africa gets "a seat at the table" and an opportunity to be treated as an equal in this group. Nigeria should also pitch for a seat at this table, I will explain why - it has everything to do with the geopolitics of the 21st Century. Economics is important, but secondary.
Jun 12, 2018 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Happy #DemocracyDay.

This is a great time to review the performance of our current democratic ruling party.

Now do you remember these promises? Let's review them one by one.

#MakeChangeGreatAgain The first promise is "ban all government officials from traveling abroad".

This was not fulfilled. Buhari spent a whopping 103 days in London, at a stretch for medical treatment.

He also kept the presidential jet at Stansted, accumulated parking fees

#MakeChangeGreatAgain
Mar 2, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
By merely living in Nigeria, you stand a great risk of losing your humanity; losing your sense of right and wrong. Losing your sense of justice. Becoming very tolerant of incompetence.

"Nigeria" is a dehumanizing experience. Shiite murders, IPOB massacre, Rann bombing, Benue killings, #Dapchi.

This nation simply "shrugs them off", waiting for the next abomination.

"Nigeria" dulls your sense of outrage; you are perpertually in "survival mode". You lose your vision, you live like a rat, a hustler.
Feb 17, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I was on a team that implemented an ERP for an Oil and Gas company. When we first arrived, a senior manager was a bit apprehensive because he was expecting to see "white faces" on our team.

This was a nagging issue with them, until they saw us deliver. I know a bit about corporate Nigeria. If you want your proposal to go through (especially in the financial services sector), have one or two oyibo people on your team. The oyibo team member doesn't need to talk. Bankers like see oyibo people.
Sep 12, 2017 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Uber, Taxify.

Ideas. They will sink or swim based on "operational excellence" (competence).

"Connections" in this context are secondary. Young Nigerians are socialized to believe in "connections". An incompetent older generation created a dysfunctional state on such thinking.