Lack of imagination accounts for much of Nigeria’s poor governance blamed solely on corruption by a population lacking in the imagination to site any other reason for poor governance than corruption.

for example, in Nigeria’s cultures, properly managed and invested in, lies potential for huge revenues after oil. Imagine instead of myopically abolishing these traditional institutions, Nigeria takes the time and makes effort to rebuild all their palaces and throne houses, drawing from the past and utilising modern techniques with an eye to symmetry? Imagine what tourist attraction these would become. State government collects revenue from gate fees...

Rebuild and reinterpret the Oba of Benin’s ancient palace with every inch of outside walls carved like the plaque above...

Let boys, girls, woman and men, wearing various cultural traditional attire take turns standing ceremonial guard on either side of the mace at the national assemble, highlighting our Nigeria uniqueness from other nations.