As campaigns begin in August: Can technology deliver credible elections in Nigeria? By Ejiro Ofoye
As political campaigns officially begin this August, Nigerians are once again confronted with the defining question that has shaped every election since the return to democratic rule in 1999: will the votes truly count? While political parties mobilise supporters, unveil manifestos and traverse the country in search of votes, millions of Nigerians remain concerned not only […]
Negation of the negation (2)
As I was saying, many top-level administrators, managers, technicians and civil servants were either persecuted or dismissed from their positions because they were Igbo. The grotesque federal character provision or quota system enshrined in the 1999 constitution is a testament to Igbophobia, indicating the depth of anti-Igbo sentiment and the extent certain elements of the Northern-dominated ruling elite at the federal level can go to entrench tribalism in the country.
It is Time, MR. PRESIDENT
With the inauguration of President Muhamadu Buhari as the president of Nigeria on Friday, Nigerians expect the promise of the transformative initiative on which his party, the APC, ran to be fully put to force. That time is now. At the Eagle square, the president said all the right things, and gave a heartwarming speech. He also set the tone of this government in the simple unostentatious ceremony that dispensed with many flowery rigmaroles, and went straight to the heart of the matter.
Where there is a change, there is hope
In the midst of the celebrations of the inauguration of the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, let us all pause and reflect for a moment. The happiness and joy expressed by majority of Nigerians on the smooth handover of power on Friday, May 29 – the Democracy Day – from Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to Mr Muhammad Buhari is unquantifiable.
What a way to go
Barely two weeks after the prestigious Yale University’ awarded Dr of Humane Letters to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for her economic transformation of Nigeria among other achievements, another ‘prestigious’ American institution, the CNN, announced somewhat gleefully, that the economy of the same country had shut down. Makes you question not only the claims, but the agenda of these American institutions.
Buhari: A new dawn
It is their time to jeer and mock. However, they shall be here and see Boko Haram defeated; normal power established; corruption deflated; the economy renewed; our educational structures strengthened; and a sense of purpose among the people of this country solidified. They have seen the cruel dawn. They shall live to see the glorious days.
