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The Need for National Political Reform Conference (12), by Afe Babalola

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 […]
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Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure (10), By Afe Babalola

Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure (10), By Afe Babalola

PRINCIPLE 3: Single six-year tenures for the office of the President and Governors Transformational leadership requires continuity and stability in governance. Many of the most progressive governments in the world have enjoyed continuity and stability in leadership which allows officeholders to consolidate and implement development programs without frequent policy reversals that are associated with frequent […]

Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure (3), By Afe Babalola

Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure (3), By Afe Babalola

One truth is that you cannot force a nation to exist. If that express desire to continue a common life as a nation disappears, the sole legitimate criterion for nationhood evaporates and such a nation is bound to crumble. That express desire, loyalty, devotion and will to continue a common life as a nation is the very essence of nationalism!”

Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure (2), By Afe Babalola

Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure (2), By Afe Babalola

RECONFIGURING, according to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, is to significantly rearrange (something) into an altered form, figure, shape, or layout. In political terms, reconfiguration is to alter the territorial configuration of a state, its identity, or formally breaking up or partitioning the geographical entity. Reconfiguration can be the end result of unsuccessful restructuring, or […]

Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure, By Afe Babalola

Nigeria: Restructure or reconfigure, By Afe Babalola

AS a famous Russian adage goes, “it is easy to turn fish into fish soup, less easy to turn fish soup back into fish”. This Russian adage best describes Nigeria’s current socio-political quagmire. It is a notorious fact that the fabrics of the Nigerian nation is currently so badly fragmented that putting it back on […]