Editorial: When the President Becomes the Government

Source: The Namibian · 2026-11-08T05:00:00.000Z · Politics

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah deserves credit for stepping in to save the US$2.5-billion (N$41-billion) fuel storage and pipeline investment by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, from being lost to bureaucracy. But it is a failure of governance if investors must appeal to the president to get the government to do its job. Perhaps we’re missing something, but why is the president so determined to personally oversee oil deals? Dangote this week broke ground on the project at Walvis Bay, saying it would help make fuel more affordable. The president acknowledged how close Namibia came to losing the investment. “When the team

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