Obasanjo, Osoba, AD, and 2003 old men stale stuff, by Dele Sobowale
“The loser at the hazard, when the game breaks up/ Sadder, sorrier lingers on alone Replays each throw and drinks of wisdom’s cup” – Aligheri Dante, 1265-1321, in Purgatory. For me, this is one of the most painful articles I have ever had to write in 39 years of writing for VANGUARD. In a fight between […]
Deregulation, subsidy removal: My stand -1
Perhaps the place to start is to thank Idris for the message. It is the sort of text message which engages the columnist in dialogue in a manner that would make it impossible to hide – if he accepts the challenge contained in the message. I gladly accept because we are at a crossroad in our history and anybody who has an idea must place them on the table for all to read and either accept or reject – based on the merits of the arguments.
No, Mr President, you don’t feel the pain – 2
“Trust is a matter of bets about future actions based on experience. A track record of keeping promises is a good predictor”. Rosabeth Kanter, Editor, Harvard Business Review; Sept-October 1992. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS p 252).
No, Mr President, you don’t feel the pain – 1
“Let me seize this opportunity to assure all Nigerians that I feel the pains that you all feel”. President Goodluck Jonathan’s address to the nation after subsidy removal. Permit me, Mr President of Nigeria, on behalf of my constituency, the “Area Boys of Nigeria”, to wish you a pleasant 2012 – if you deserve it.
Fuel at N97: The same old song
To this Barbara Tuchmann, the leading authority on thirteenth and fourteenth century Europe had added: “History does not repeat itself; man does”. President Goodluck Jonathan and his government on one side and the Nigerian Labor movement as well as civil society groups had just taken the entire country through the same rigmarole we have experienced before each time a government had increased the price of petrol.
A tale of two governments
“When those in office regard the power vested in them as personal prerogatives, they inevitably enrich themselves , promote their families, favour their friends. The fundamental structures of the modern state are eroded Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s Prime Minister.
