The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, uncharacteristically tongue-lashed the security chiefs in public last week after another spate of killings in Plateau State. He was blistering in his comments about the manifest incompetence of our security chiefs who neither saw the urgency of a looming catastrophe in the country nor felt any need to take personal responsibility. Coming from the nation’s number three man, the outburst raised a few eye brows.

“Population is only a strength if it is well educated, healthy, the economy has the capacity to provide them with employment and households have enough income to buy goods and services produced by businesses”—Mr. Bode Augusto, at the Vanguard Newspaper Economic Forum in April this year. since 1989 to raise awareness on global population issues.

When Emmanuel Macron, president of France celebrated his 40th  birthday, it wasn’t a disco party in jeans and designer t-shirt, gyrating to old school pop music and savouring the last moments of youth, as those of that age group are won’t to do. For him, youth had been over a long time ago.

As individuals and communities we are encouraged to share what we have with others. The love and care for neighbour is divine in nature. The concept of sharing is also not to encourage indolence. The Nigerian constitution authorized funds of the federation to be in a central pool to be distributed; to each according to an agreed formula.  That spirit of cooperation and solidarity had existed among the sub national governments since the First Republic.

Why doesn’t every single FAAN employee understand the rationales underpinning the removal of porters?