Why Africa’s financial integration is difficult
There have been talks of Africa’s financial integration for more than two decades, but there aren’t any concerted, credible and encouraging signs that Africa is nearing its goals and objective of financial integration apart from a few disjointed accounts from various analysts’ opinions on Africa’s regional financial integration achievements.
Keshi & EFCC as metaphor for false hope
Similarly, the impact of serial inchoate and generally misguided annual fiscal plans is clearly visible in the parlous state of our economy despite our fortuitous favourable human endowment and abundant natural resources.
Let us, therefore, examine, hereafter, how poor planning and lack of commitment could thwart our expectations for creditable results in two areas; that is, football administration and the war against corruption.
Telecom Service Quality: The Customer Perspective
The press was recently awash with the news that the Minister for Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, has warned telecom operators in Nigeria to improve their service quality or face sanctions. According to the reports, from 2014, telcos that fail to meet agreed key performance indicators (KPIs) will face penalties including fines, withdrawal of licences and five-year jail terms.
Positioning the tax system in line with 21st century trend- part 1
It is becoming very obvious that as the years go by, tax systems globally will have to be positioned or continuously be re-positioned to meet up with the challenges posed by globalization of the business environment and world economy. The 21st century began with some serious challenges facing the global community. Unprecedented economic crises ravaged world economies leading to the virtual collapse of the financial and industrial sectors.
Mechanisation policy ’ll transform agricultural sector — Dr. Adekunle
Dr. Ahmed Adekunle, is the Senior Special adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on Mechanisation, Chairman of the Advisory Ministerial Mechanization Committee, speaks on the federal government’s mechanisation project implementation. Excerpts:
Mixed fortunes trail advertising in 2013
The advertising industry in 2013 experienced an unprecedented decline in media advert in various media vehicle penetration. This was due to the economic recession witnessed globally few years back which trickled down to Nigeria. The recession took a toll on the advertising industry as many companies could not carry out their primary duty of pushing their products to the market through advertising, even though the broadcast industry enjoyed a major share in the industry, a sign that brands and companies relied basically on the broadcast industry to draw the attention of their target audience.
