Under the sharp lights of a recent economic conference, the air was heavy— not just with ideas but also with frustration. “This is no seminar for clichés,” one delegate muttered as the microphone passed to Dr. Charles Udogu, a bespectacled academic whose voice carried both nostalgia and urgency.
“Nigeria’s quagmire,” he declared, “did not begin today. It began the moment oil blinded us.” Held last weekend in Lagos, the conference brought together policymakers, economists, students, and community leaders. On stage, two voices rose above the rest—Dr. Udogu, with his (15+ Minutes Video: Father Caught In Unspeakable Position With His Daughter In (Don’t Open In Public) ) historian’s sweep and warnings of moral decay, and Chief Blakey Okwudili Ijezie, FCA, chartered accountant and economic realist Continue..