Olaniyi Olanrewaju

A very interesting story was narrated to me by a young man about a day his master received a visitor. They lived in a remote area where the major occupation was rearing of livestock. He master was relatively successful in the business and he has a large compound consisting of some of his extended family members and many slaves. We often take his flocks to different pastures around, fed them and return them home towards evening. On this particular day, we spent more time on the field as some of the sheep needed extra care and we had to spend some time fending for them. On our way home, we sang songs that we often hear from our master’s big stereo. His sound waves from his stereo travels the length and breadth of his compound. As we approached home, we noticed the presence of policemen on the streets. It is an unusual thing to see policemen in our area because the closest police station to us is in the next village and the road network is so terrible that travelers pay a ...

There is this story where economic experts came together at the beginning of a certain year to forecast what the outlook of the year would be for their country. They studied the cash flow during the past years and gave projections of what the New Year would look like. They didn't expect any economic growth but they suspected that there could be. However, they were modest and would not want to raise false hopes. While the nation was rejoicing at the experts’ prediction that has that has always been right for over 2 decades, the president summoned them to a meeting to inform them of an inclination he had that the economy of the country was about to take a downward turn. The president chose to reduce spending and save instead of maintaining the status quo. They advised the president that there was no need to cut costs as they were doing fine. The poverty rate has declined so much in the land, SMEs were prospering easily and the GDP was on a consistent rise. The economi...