The Need for National Political Reform Conference (12), by Afe Babalola
JUDICIAL REFORMS The Judiciary has suffered a great deal owing to the inactivity or incompetence of some judges or judicial officials manning our courts. It is important to ensure that only those who are fit and competent in terms of knowledge are appointed as Judges and Judicial officials. It is in the light of the above […]
MKO Abiola: A case study in transformational leadership
ON June 10, 2019, President Muhammed Buhari was reported to have signed into law a bill to amend the Public Holidays Act with the aim of declaring June 12 as Democracy day in Nigeria. This development, much like the government’s initial announcement of its intention, was met with much excitement. That this should be so is not in doubt given the significance of the date in the nation’s march towards democratic rule after decades of military dictatorship.
Admission of infant/underage geniuses into universities
PERHAPS the greatest controversy surrounding tertiary education in Nigeria borders on the age of university applicants and their denial of admission. More often than not, there had been cases of applicants who, having scaled all academic hurdles for admission, are eventually denied admission by virtue of the only element they cannot control: their age.
Awoism and the unending search for transformational leadership in Nigeria: Challenges (6)
The desirability of single six-year tenures for the office of the President and Governors
THE Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Amended) limits the period which any individual can serve as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to two terms of four years each. It is not in dispute that the just concluded elections at the state and Federal levels generated immense interest and palpable tension in the country and consumed unimaginable amount of Naira and Dollar.
Awoism and the unending search for transformational leadership in Nigeria: Challenges (5)
Several years after the titanic strides of Chief Awolowo, the search for transformational leadership in Nigeria remains ongoing. In this final part of my address, I will propose how true national leaders in the mould of Chief Awolowo can emerge and how Nigeria, a country of many nations can metamorphose into a nation properly so called and how we can move closer to the ideals of Awoism.
Awoism and the unending search for transformational leadership in Nigeria: Challenges (4)
It is a notorious fact that Chief Awolowo was a singular arrowhead and defender of the rights of the Nigerian people to qualitative education. In addition to providing free primary education in the Western Region, Chief Awolowo was instrumental to the establishment of the University of Ife (now rightly known as Obafemi Awolowo University). His vision for OAU was to promote quality university education, character development and spartan self-discipline.
