Underdevelopment in the Nigeria's economy is real, and several causes are to be blamed. Nigeria grapples with deep-rooted challenges that continue to hinder its progress despite the country’s vast potential and abundant resources. Nigeria confronts its developmental obstacles with a history marred by colonial imposition, systemic corruption, economic overdependence on oil, and persistent infrastructural deficiencies. It battles with the legacy of colonial amalgamation, which forcibly united diverse ethnic groups under a single administrative framework, sowing seeds of division and conflict that persist even in the modern era. Nigeria struggles to overcome these inherited fractures, which have led to recurring ethnic and religious tensions that disrupt social cohesion and impede unified national progress. Nigeria contends with a political landscape that remains beleaguered by corruption and inefficiency. It succumbs to the lure of nepotism and bribery, practices that siphon off p...
...so, why ask why?