Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has raised the alarm over insecurity in the country, particularly kidnapping, saying investors are being scared away from the country.

THE Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has raised the alarm that the activities kidnappers was scaring away investors from the country, which has crippling effects particularly on the agricultural sector.

LAGOS— Eight council members of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, have completed their tenure in office and have retired from the exchange.

Milton Friedman must have had the Federal Government of Nigeria in mind when he penned the above words. Just like Obafemi Awolowo rightly warned against unitary Nigeria in his  book ‘Thoughts on The Nigerian Constitution’ in 1967, the Federal Government of Nigeria is now afflicted with ashes touch. Said Awo:  ‘Besides, it is not difficult to forecast that the work of government in Nigeria under a unitary constitution is bound to become unduly complex, inextricably tangled,extremely unwieldy and wasteful, and productive of disunity and discontent amongst the people. Unless we have veritable supermen at the helm of affairs,the administrative machinery would eventually disintegrate and break down under the crushing weight of ‘bureaucratic centralism’.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, has said that the company would invest 4.6 billion dollars in nation’s agricultural sector in the next five years.