Abuja diaries: Wake up and hustle
Friday, July 18, 2025 | 310 Views |
Hustle and flow: SMEs and entrepreneurship are at the heart of the Abuja economy PICS: MBONGENI MGUNI
Many times when journalists travel to cities bigger than they are used to, they reflexively use words such as “buzzing” to describe the energy of wherever they are.
Indeed, there’s a palpable “buzz’ about Abuja, but what’s more noticeable is a slow and steady hum – the hum of Small to Medium (SME) enterprises chugging along and pulling along the Nigerian capital’s economy.
‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...