Debt and Despair: Why Nigeria must rethink its borrowing culture, by Dr Tukur Madu Yemi As a university academic deeply invested in Nigeria’s socio-economic development, I have watched with increasing concern as the country’s debt profile expands at an unsustainable pace. From the lecture halls where I teach mathematics, education, research methods and statistics, to the streets of Gombe, Maiduguri, Kano, and Kaduna, the reality is stark and distressing: Nigeria is on a dangerous fiscal trajectory, borrowing itself deeper into poverty and underdevelopment. Just recently, the National Assembly approved an additional...