From begging to banditry: Revolt of the almajiris, by Dele Sobowale
“No revolution is the fault of the people but the fault of the government” – Johann Goethe, 1749-1832, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ. A revolution is underway in the Northern states of Nigeria. The downtrodden, constituting 99.9 per cent of the population, hitherto docile beggars, saying “rankadede” to the privileged 0.1 per cent are sick and […]
Memo from Unijankara to President Tinubu, by Dele Sobowale
“We will continue the work of the current administration in reforming the civil service to fight corruption, reduce bureaucracy, streamline agencies and decrease inefficiency and waste” – RENEWED HOPE DOCUMENT pg. 17 We can protect our exchange rate, guard against inflation and preserve foreign currency reserves by limiting our exposure to large debt obligations denominated […]
Mocking Tinubu after slipping is un-African and barbaric, by Dele Sobowale
“What you are, we were. What we are you will be.” Statement on a sign in an Italian cave in the 13th century First of all, I want to express appreciation for the way Alhaji Abubakar and Peter Obi reacted to the incident. The sense of responsibility demonstrated by the two strongest opposition figures was […]
Tinubu second year started crawling, by Dele Sobowale
“Silence is not an option when things are ill-done” – Lord Denning, 1899-1999, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS,VBQ, p 247 DENNING, British jurist, could be forgiven for wanting those accused of questionable performance to open up and talk. But, politicians never want to talk when things are going bad. For them, silence is always golden when […]
Inaugurating a long road to nowhere, by Dele Sobowale
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, he also believes to be true” – Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, p 224 If you honestly believe that the Lagos-Calabar Road will be completed in seven years, then you probably have rocks where brains should be; and you represent one of the […]
President Tinubu, acute food scarcity is here, by Dele Sobowale
“No one whose stomach is totally empty can be persuaded that his need is not for food but for entertainment” – Professor John K Galbraith Tears came to my eyes when I read recently that the World Bank (which some of us love to hate) announced that it was spearheading the effort to raise $300 […]
