By OWEI LAKEMFA I AM not sure there is a former Nigerian ruler who was as loved as General Yakubu Jack Gowon. To begin with, his nine-year rule has been the longest. He appeared a simple, straight forward and easy going person who cannot hurt a fly. Yet he was a general who was overthrown in […]

THE setting up of the National Prosecution Coordination Council, NPCC, by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in May this year, underscored the need for the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice to be split as soon as possible.

The promise to diversify Nigeria’s revenue source and reduce the nation’s dependence on dollar income from oil exports was sustained by earlier administrations. Curiously, however, as with previous administrations, there seems to be a convenient denial of the reality that, competitive production output, cannot be sustained in any sector, if critical monetary indices challenge the creation of vibrant economic activities and job creation opportunities.

There must be occasions when the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, must feel like the late Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, who declared that “Governing Italians is not impossible; it is merely useless”. Governing the Nigerian monetary policy sector and its financial systems, rationally, is also not impossible. It is increasingly clear that is might be the closest thing to exercise in futility.

Most Christians read the epistles of Paul with a veil over our eyes. Otherwise we would realise how ridiculous they often are. Read the following so-called scriptures again and see if you would still consider them to be the infallible word of God.