Our statistics on development are deceitful — Amuta

In this interview with MOSES NOSIKE, he speaks on how lack of reading culture is dragging development in Nigeria into the mud, saying that statistics on development are not in consonant with reality on ground, and that deficiency on record-keeping is a huge setback. Excerpts:

You’ve been writing for many years now as captured in your new book, do you think some of your write-ups had influenced any government policies at any point in time?

I was speaking with some journalists recently, and the question was, you know so many leaders and politicians, why are you not in politics? and I answered