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Economic restructuring as a human resource panacea for Nigeria's poverty

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  • Aloysius T. Aduma
  • Celestine C. Onah
  • Ikechukwu Asadu

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Nigeria has consistently been ranked over the years as one of the poorest nations of the world in spite of her abundant natural and human resources. Solutions to this intractable problem are being sought and restructuring the country's constitution to grant more economic power to state and local governments is suggested as a catalyst that could usher in development and prosperity. This paper aims to address whether restructuring economic aspects of Nigeria's constitution will help usher in prosperity in the country. A qualitative content analysis model was employed in this study. This research finds evidence that if genuinely pursued, economic restructuring has the potential to bring in significant economic progress/prosperity and development without breaking up the polity. It is recommended that to achieve these goals, the process of amending the national constitution must be made easier by the parliament and mutual trust among ethnic nationalities across the country must be cultivated and harvested. 尽管尼日利亚拥有丰富的自然资源和人力资源,但其多年来一直被评为世界上最贫穷的国家之一。人们正在寻求解决这一棘手问题的办法,并建议重组国家宪法,赋予州和地方政府更多的经济权力,以此作为促进发展和繁荣的催化剂。本文旨在研究,尼日利亚宪法中经济方面的重组是否有助于该国的繁荣。本研究采用了一项定性内容分析模型。本研究发现的证据表明,如果真正进行经济重组,则有可能在不破坏政体的情况下带来重大的经济进步/繁荣与发展。本研究建议,为了实现这些目标,议会必须简化国家宪法的修订过程,并且全国各民族之间的相互信任也需要培养。 Nigeria ha sido clasificada constantemente a lo largo de los años como una de las naciones más pobres del mundo a pesar de sus abundantes recursos naturales y humanos. Se están buscando soluciones a este problema insoluble y se sugiere reestructurar la constitución del país para otorgar más poder económico a los gobiernos estatales y locales como un catalizador que podría marcar el comienzo del desarrollo y la prosperidad. Este documento tiene como objetivo abordar si la reestructuración de los aspectos económicos de la constitución de Nigeria ayudará a impulsar la prosperidad en el país. En este estudio se empleó un modelo de análisis de contenido cualitativo. Esta investigación encuentra evidencia de que, si se lleva a cabo de manera genuina, la reestructuración económica tiene el potencial de generar progreso/prosperidad y desarrollo económicos significativos sin romper la organización política. Se recomienda que para lograr estos objetivos, el parlamento debe facilitar el proceso de enmienda de la constitución nacional y debe cultivarse y cosecharse la confianza mutua entre las nacionalidades étnicas de todo el país.

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  • Aloysius T. Aduma & Celestine C. Onah & Ikechukwu Asadu, 2023. "Economic restructuring as a human resource panacea for Nigeria's poverty," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(3), pages 373-391, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:povpop:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:373-391
    DOI: 10.1002/pop4.382
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