{
  "id": 15590479,
  "title": "Politics and economic efficiency, squaring the circle, By Uddin Ifeanyi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/politics-and-economic-efficiency-squaring-the-circle-by-uddin-ifeanyi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T09:20:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/918166-politics-and-economic-efficiency-squaring-the-circle-by-uddin-ifeanyi.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The truth is simple: We cannot modernise the Nigerian state until we dispense with spendthrift governments. This is as much a statement about our governments’ preference for pharaonic projects (steel mills, refineries, roads that lead to nowhere, etc.) as it is about our ability as a people to walk back ideas that once looked good […] The post Politics and economic efficiency, squaring the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}