HIS: The Miracle of two Great Economies.

The Miracle of two Great Economies:

Japanese and German economies are miracle economies. Each faced similar ordeal (defeated Axis powers) but have speedly grown to become the third and fourth world largest economies, respectively.

Japan beaten to a state of no-hope-again with the dropping of two atomic bombs in its commercial cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, destroying every standing object, grew within a space of 20 yrs, to become the 2nd largest economy in the world, until the emergence of China recently. This is attributed to Japanese characteristics, as they were known as intelligent, hard-working and humble people which enabled them to witness such speedy growth and development.

Germany on the other hand is a blessed country that have produced great men ever known in the world. The name Germany at a time became synonymous with war due to its long history of engagements with other countries in war like: the 30 yrs religious wars, First and Second world wars. It also became the theater of cold war following the end of the second world war that saw the country divided into east and west with a long wall dividing the capital Berlin. Germany remained like this until 1989 when the east and the west were reunited and the Berlin Wall demolished in 1990. It took hard work, intelligence, and humility for Germany to stand up again to speedly grow and develop to become the largest economy in europe and fourth in the world. Their strength has been transferred from fighting savage wars to production of high tech machines and football (modern european war).

Until Nigeria adopt these characteristics shall we develop and truely become the giant we claim. Oil can never make us great, rather it will set us up for downfall. We need to make use of the intelligent brains and hard-working people we have (most of whom have fled the country). We need to change the political system to make it conducive for innovation to thrive.