Most Nigerians have forgotten that in 1970 Yakubu Gowon and Obafemi Awolowo achieved 25% GDP growth

  Ayo Akinfe (1) They did it by adopting a simple formula of gathering the best brains around them. They had a National Economic Council (NEC) which Gowon chaired and Awolowo served as its vice chairman (2) Other members of the NEC included Joseph Tarka, Anthony Enahoro, Aminu Kano, Abubakar Waziri, etc. They formulated...