Sectorial Reforms and Transformation of the Sub-Sahara Africa, Empirical Evidence from Nigeria; Strategies and Options

Abstract

Transformation has been widely acclaimed as a strategy that is best applied to revamp an ailing situation. It is a comprehensive and all-embracing strategy which emphasizes doing the right things to get the right results. This paper appreciates the transformation of the sectors of the Nigerian economy and evaluates its relationship with the results that are usually expected in any effective and efficient transformation. It presents the three basic approaches of effective transformation and recommends the most adequate one in the African environment. It concluded by stating that transformation is the answer to ailing economies where Sub-Sahara Africa belongs but recommends that it must be done in such a way that its impact is practically felt among citizens of the Sub-Sahara Africa especially those in the rural areas.