Atiku is right, subsidy removal needs revisiting – 2
By Dele Sobowale Some called it lunacy; others were more polite in their condemnation of the idea of government reversing itself. Few did the rational thing when confronted with a proposal on a vital public interest. Most of Atiku’s traducers were political opponents; who were afraid that the idea might just be popular and could […]
The recurring decimal of fuel queues
The recurring experience of pervasive social stress that comes with fuel shortages seems to have become an abiding motif in the tapestry of our social and economic life, despite our nation’s benevolent endowment with substantial crude oil revenue. Nonetheless, there is the popular local adage that you do not wash your hands with spittle when you are standing by the riverside; similarly, it is inexplicable that so much social agony can be caused by our ‘inability’ to adequately refine the surplus crude oil endowment in our backyard into petrol and other derivatives.
What exactly did APC promise Nigerians? (2)
NOTE: The first part of this series might create the impression that this is political commentary. Even the Editor was alarmed enough to call me about it. Readers need to understand the reason for the historical summary. Every promise involves two elements, the promise and the entity making the promise. Nigerian political history has demonstrated that political alliances don’t last; and the promises made are never fulfilled. APC is another coalition whose sustainability will determine the fate of the promises made to us. Please read on.
The enemy within
I love Kano. It holds some of my best memories. It was the city that introduced me to trade unionism. I was a youth corper and had been rejected by some employers when the then Civil Service Technical Workers Union offered me a place for my primary assignment.
Ken Saro Wiwa, twenty years on
By Denrele Animasaun “Leaders become great,not because of their power,but because of their ability to empower other”-John Maxwell This November 10th, marks the 20th anniversary of Ken Saro Wiwa’s death. Certainly in the UK, the media delivered a number of columns honouring him. I did the same thing three years ago. Ken was executed on trumped […]
Our fears for Minister, Babatunde Fashola
About eleven days ago, Babatunde Raji Fashola, former Governor of Lagos State was assigned with a higher national responsibility as Minister of Power, Works and Housing. Before this appointment, many people prominent among them, inhabitants of his own Lagos State worked assiduously to truncate the ambition.
