Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s truest capitalist? By Suleiman A. Suleiman
([email protected]; 07066451983 SMS) Nigeria has a complicated relationship with capitalism. For the most part, it is barely understood. In Nigeria, capitalism is often presented as something inherently bad. This draws from the residual legacy of Nigerian Marxism, and a religious ethos that sometimes viewspoverty as a moral trophy. The idea that “money is the root of all evil” remains one of the most popular sayings in our public culture, even […]
No waiting, no stopping, and keep moving
Here we are, at the edge of the precipice, an opportunity so rare but, long awaited. This moment cannot be wasted and cast aside; we have an opportunity, a golden one, too precious to lose. This very moment, I hope we can look back with pride and tell our generations to come that, we all played our part.
Echoes from the past Prophecies for Future –1
Arnold did not put a question mark in the statement above. I introduced it because it seems appropriate for our current situation in Nigeria.
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.
