Ambode, Lagos and The Economist

Some mischief must be at work when a person sees a cup half full and declares with glee that it is nearly empty! Some ignominy must be in the offing when a man enjoys today’s clement weather but declares that yesterday’s showers still constitute a blight on the bright day. Some hatchet work must be in place when a foreign magazine writes a timid analysis that acknowledges only a quarter of the good work on the ground in Lagos state, Nigeria’s economic powerhouse.

Thus it was with the ultraconservative magazine The Economist of London in its report on Lagos state under the six-month-old administration of Akinwunmi Ambode who is ruling under the dais of the All Progressives Congress (APC).