THIS space was slated for an issue entirely different from what you have before you now. I had been mulling over what to write about for two days and had yet to finally resolve on a particular topic by Friday last week. But by Saturday morning, I’d come to the conclusion that the topic I had chosen to write on was the right one for the week.

NOBEL Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka went on a courtesy visit to Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Abuja.The good old Prof had for years not been known to be a ministerial visitor raising the curiosity that something must be cooking in the ministry of Information and Culture.

READING Lanre Is’haq’s Modibbo mono thematic page recently, got me thinking about my late mother’s philosophical analogy of a mad man, who stumbled on a defecating man and quickly made for his clothes, sprinting away.

A Team from IMF, recently consulted with relevant government Agencies and officials to assess the economic impact of the crash in oil revenue and the proposed responses to address the ‘’near-term vulnerabilities’’ and those fundamental reforms which are required to promote sustained economic growth and reduce poverty.

Like most Nigerians, I consume electricity and receive all those bills, about which everybody complains, and the services are not satisfactory. But, unlike most Nigerians, five DISCOs, two in the North and three in the south, provide me services. With one pre-paid metre, four estimated bills, popularly called crazy bills, are received and paid monthly. I don’t have shares in any DISCO and I tried my best to discourage friends wanting to invest in DISCOs when the last administration slated them for privatization.