Rethinking Productivity: Beyond the hustle, by Engr. Bello Gwarzo Abdullahi, FNSE The recent incisive and thought-provoking intervention by Yusuf Musa and Jabir Musa Suleiman of the Centre for Contemporary Studies (CCS), titled “Kano, Wake Up: Markets, Power and the Quiet War Over Nigeria’s Trade Future,” is more than commentary—it is a structural diagnosis of a looming economic eclipse. For centuries, Kano stood at the heart of Trans-Saharan commerce. Today, as the global economy shifts from physical exchange to digital control of value, the city finds itself in a paradoxical position: working...