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    "content": "mysterious about that. There is already in motion a draft Bill at the National Assembly which should be passed to guide the parameters of engagement between the private sector and the public sector even in the provision of core services that traditionally belonged to the public sector under arrangements such as Build Operate and Transfer (BOT), among others. So, even if we committed the public funds in a private project, there are ways in which this would not cause the public sector to deviate from its core business. The world is moving towards that direction. Perhaps, this is the solution to our transport problems, especially road transport. In many countries, the private sector constructs roads and puts up toll stations for ten years to recoup their investment and then hands over the road to the Government. We cannot do things the same way we have been doing them over the years. In fact, I keep on telling my friends, economists, that they should give us solutions to our problems because the thought that this country, in the 21st Century continues to use the Economics of Adam Smith will not work. For the few months I have been here I have heard a lot of Adam Smith Economics. You cannot help this country with the Economics of Adam Smith. Adam Smith, first of all, is dead. Secondly, even if he was alive, he was writing for an Imperial Europe. At that time, Europe was not searching for—"
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