Boycott the boycottables, by Eric Teniola
Let us imagine that the opposition parties will boycott the forthcoming elections scheduled for next year. How will such a boycott affect the country and our democracy? And is boycott the best option? Cameroon and Tanzania experienced election boycotts by the opposition recently, but that has not affected the overall rating of the election results. In 2000, […]
Zoning and its ugly consequences
By Eric Teniola ON my way to the annual Fanti festival, held recently at Igbosere in Lagos Island during which Lafiaji boys led by my friend, Muyiwa Adejokun, lost to the Campus boys, I sighted the LAPAL House. The house is now abandoned. LAPAL House is a 12-storey building on Lewis Street, Lagos Island. It […]
The vice-presidency is incurable frustration (5)
By Eric Teniola This is the concluding part of this piece which last week described the office of the vice-president as a mere appendage to the presidency and is only relevant as an automatic solution to the problem of succession FORMER US President Franklin D. Roosevelt concluded that the vice- president was “an utterly anomalous […]
The vice-presidency is incurable frustration (4)
By Eric Teniola This is the continuation from last week which reiterated the limited responsibilities of the vice-president as outlined in specific provisions of the 1979 and 1999 Constitutions . SECTION 141 states that there shall be for the federation a vice-president. The Constitution never crowned the vice president as deputy head of state or […]
The vice-presidency is incurable frustration (3)
By Eric Teniola This is the continuation of this piece from last week which listed the appointments made by President Obasanjo for the office of the Vice-President. PRESIDENT Obasanjo also directed the then Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Ufot Ekaette, to assign the following portfolios to the Office of the Vice-President. They […]
The vice-presidency is incurable frustration (2)
By Eric Teniola This piece, last week, outlined the faulty process in selecting vice-presidents since 1999 and why President Buhari left the decision to pick his deputy in the hands of Chief Bola Tinubu HE could have picked Chief Pius Olu Akinyelure (79), a former Mobil Chief Executive, who is a Methodist Knight. He could as […]
