“We have mentioned the 3.5 million jobs we aim to create in agriculture and millions(?) more in housing, and construction sectors, solid minerals sector, aviation and the creative industry”. President Goodluck Jonathan, 2013 Budget Speech, delivered to the National Assembly.

Last week, Mrs Funke Osibodu who was drafted by the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in August 2009 to rescue Union Bank completed her assignment. She had a valedictory interactive session with the media where she outlined the spirited efforts put up by her team of rescuers to bring the bank back to life. Today she said the bank is not just big, strong, but more reliable than before.

The era of Ministries,Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Lagos State spending budgetary allocations without proper monitoring may have gone for good as measures are being put in place to verify all the claims of government parastatals in the state.

As the Roman Historian, Plutarch (AD 46-120?) had noted “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” Given their corrupt and greedy lifestyles, Nigeria’s leaders do not seem to care about integrity or moral values. They are good at predicting the future without creating it. As Peter Drucker has observed “If you want to predict the future, create it.”

Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engineer Nnamdi Udoh last week said the introduction of the e-flight planning would help airlines to reduce flight delays and cancellation across all the airports in the country.