Nigerians often forget that the success or failure of our economy can generally be traceable to the actions or inaction and policies of our government.

So important have flags grown in the position they hold as portrayals of the spirit of nations, and in their position as fixtures in the psyche of the people, that special rituals and observances are accorded them in various nations.

Most people these days spend more time at work that they spend in their homes. Women spend more time with their co-workers than with their friends and family, and today, many women travel out of station with other co-workers.

The big question however is whether the National Assembly will be able and willing to do this within the shortest possible time in the next couple of weeks. If it can, good enough; but if it cannot because of the process involved in constitutional amendment, then we have to accept the inevitable; that May 29th handover date would be impossible.

COLONIALISM was a vicious bandit whose primary goal was to loot and exploit the labour of the colonised peoples. There were admittedly, incidentals such as introducing Western education and building railways to cart the raw materials of the hinterland to the coastal areas.