By Providence Obuh & Hope Ofobike

Former Minister of Education and Leader, #BringBackOur Girls, #BBoG, group, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday in Lagos, identified inequality as one of the ills threatening Nigeria’s economic development.

Ezekwesili said this in an address titled: “Towards An Equitable Society; the Role of Empathy in Economic Development of Nigeria,” at the 6th Anniversary of Women in Successful Careers, WISCAR.

According to her “For society to offer equal opportunity to everyone, the maxim of equality of opportunity is central to building an inclusive society. We pride to get into equality of opportunity by creating something called federal character, but it was designed and operated in the breach. So equality of opportunity ended up becoming a race to the bottom where the lowest common denominator becomes the basis of achieving inclusion and that, accelerated our part to dismal economic development outcome.”