Fear of electoral violence in 2027, by Tonnie Iredia
Since December 12, 1959 when the first national pre-independence elections were held in Nigeria till today, we have had no election without citizens losing sleep and remaining exceedingly anxious over electoral violence. Even the June 12, 1993 Presidential election internationally recognised as the nation’s best had its own tension. Indeed, the 1993 election was the […]
Can Minister Keyamo last long in office?
By Tonnie Iredia Festus Keyamo: In politics and government, there is what is known as the spoils system – a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives a chunk of government jobs to its main supporters, friends, and relations. The purpose is to reward them for their role in ensuring the […]
Nigerian governors that are above our Constitution
By Tonnie Iredia The ideals of governance such as free education and other developmental projects which citizens can look up to from their government are contained in Chapter 2 of the Nigerian constitution titled ‘Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy.’ Unfortunately, the objectives are classified as ‘not justiciable’ rendering it impracticable for anyone […]
Allegations that shouldn’t go under the carpet
By Tonnie Iredia The general opposition to proposed laws by some senators to deal with the subject of fake news was informed by many reasons. To start with, the proposed laws essentially replicated existing legal provisions on the same subject thereby creating a feeling that there was an attempt to over-regulate on the fundamental subject […]
Poor communication is Nigeria’s biggest problem
By Tonnie Iredia Every Nigerian public authority or agency usually attributes its failure to achieve its goals and objectives to challenges such as inadequate funding, shortage of expertise, personnel inertia, lack of political will, policy inconsistency etc. It would be strange to hear anyone adding the role of communication to the challenges; yet, the country’s […]
Many Nigerian patriots are not in government
By Tonnie Iredia In developing societies, people in government are always unduly defensive in their public utterances; each press statement is always a rejoinder while every broadcast interview is to correct certain so-called public misconceptions. This has in fact been the thrust of our information management approach in Nigeria since the colonial times. The ongoing […]
