Lies, damned lies about fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
For decades, removing the petroleum subsidy in Nigeria was a political hot potato and then a political football. The first metaphor refers to the squeamishness of some past governments about removing the subsidy. The second describes self-interested and hypocritical politicians whose presidential ambitions led them to be Janus-faced on subsidy removal. In 2012, Bola Tinubu […]
The Armed Forces and the existence of Nigeria: The security issue (2)
THE most flagrant display of the conqueror’s attitude to the wealth of the people is the case of the Police Pension Funds.
War against the poor
THE Lagos deportation saga exposed our collective poor attitude to issues of citizenship rights. It is a collective, national guilt because what happened in Lagos occurs in all parts of the country in one form or the other, such as employment, educational and sundry opportunities, from which non-indigenes are excluded.
.. A tale of two kids, Okagbare and September 16
I am in the middle of a project that has further strengthened my belief that the future of this country lies in our hands and it is up to us to either make or mar it. In Calabar where I am supervising a holiday coaching clinic in track and field for secondary school students courtesy Mobil Producing Nigeria, I daily come across so much potentials, that I daily believe.
Heavens save us from our economic (mis)management team
In recent times, one of the causes of malfunctions in the Nigerian financial system is the paradox of substantial government deposits in Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and high government borrowings from the deposit money banks; as at June 13, 2013, the three tiers of government had N2.384tn in the DMBs out of which about 90% are in zero interest-bearing Current Accounts. To mop up the liquidity at 14% will cost N301.33bn, which is more than the annual budgets of most states….
God is a servant of men
On 21st April, 2013, Douglas Anele wrote an article in Vanguard newspaper entitled: “Femi Aribisala and his Errand-Boy God” in response to my earlier article: “The God who Does Not Exist.” In my article, I detailed many astonishing things the God Douglas says does not exist did for me. Douglas’ position was that the God who would do all such things would amount to no more than my errand-boy
