Nigeria is not Venezuela
With the preponderance of chronic power outages, spiraling inflation, depreciation of the local currency, crumbling infrastructure and severe uptick in the prices of basic goods, Nigeria currently finds itself in somewhat similar circumstances like the oil-rich South American country.
Many of those in government have leveraged on the change mantra to navigate their paths to leadership. In most cases, the desire to crystallize change is genuine. However to achieve positive results, they have to fix archaic legacy structures and processes, and eliminate counterproductive rules and regulations. Other bureaucrats may wish to shoot for more ambitious goals that require a change of culture. The expanded use of collaboration tools like social media is one example of a big and important culture change.