Organising Ability and Progress
Why a People That Cannot Organise Cannot Progress: A Nigerian Case Study
Progress is often spoken about as if it were a question of resources, intelligence, or luck, as if a nation simply needs enough oil, enough graduates, or enough goodwill from history to rise. This is a comforting but mistaken view. At its core, progress is an organisational achievement. It is the accumulated result of millions of small, sustained acts of coordination: people agreeing to show up at the same time, to contribute toward a shared pot, to follow a shared rule even when no one is watching, and to keep doing so long after the excitement of starting has worn off.