In spite of repeated assurance from the government to appropriately down size its unwieldy work force and cost of governance, most Nigerians doubt the commitment of the government to fully implement the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Rationalization and Restructuring of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies headed by Steve Oronsaye. The committee recommended the scrapping of 102 statutory ... Read More »
When I asked the young man whom I met in Port Harcourt to tell me what he feels about the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, and how the President’s policies affects his life personally. He looked at me quizzically and explained as courteous as he was proud, that he wasn’t hugely satisfied with President Jonathan’s administration so far, but ... Read More »
I have no illusions about the challenges (some of which are beginning to manifest) and limitations of the new mega party being proposed by the country’s main opposition parties. The reality is that the All Progressives Congress can only go so far in the quest to lift our people from needless poverty, misery, disease, unemployment and other problems associated with ... Read More »
Last month, after much dilly dallying, and a particularly rowdy session which brought back memories of royal rumble legislation, the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill, that has aroused tension at the National Assembly since its presentation last year, was given a second passage. The main objectives of the bill include: the establishment of a progressive fiscal framework that encourages further ... Read More »
Nicolae Ceausescu, the communist dictator of Romania — for the better part of two decades — got high on whiffs of his own importance like all dictators are wont to do. On December 24, 1989, he stood in a public square and, surrounded by a mammoth crowd, amidst the smouldering ruins of the country’s economic and social infrastructure, exhorted them ... Read More »
