Living in denial with loans and unimplemented budgets, by Adekunle Adekoya
ON October 1, the President made a broadcast to the nation about the state of the Nigerian state. In summary, the president said that “reforms are over, foundation laid for prosperity.” The president’s assertions have never been interrogated, except for sporadic attacks from leading opposition figures about specific items. I want to ask: What was […]
Uromi killings: Poor optics of a country under incompetent security governance, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST Thursday, March 27, the whole country was looking forward to a long weekend signposted by public holidays declared by the Federal Government in commemoration of the Moslem feast of Eid-el-Fitri. It was just two or three days to the end of the Ramadan fast, which was running at the same time with Lent, the fasting period […]
Development commissions and the turgescent government, by Adekunle Adekoya
NIGERIA! Never a dull moment, and I’m not talking entertainment. There is an endless procession of events that impact our lives, individually and as a collective, almost on a daily basis. Just look at the issues that dominate the headlines this week, last week, the previous week, and the one before that. We are all trying to […]
Between emergency in Rivers and in education sector, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week, I opted to write on the way the Federal Government was “dashing” out universities in various parts of the country. The Tinubu administration even moved further by “adopting” a state-owned university, the Tai Solarin University of Education in Ogun State. Already, Ogun State is the university capital of the country. There are about 10 […]
Universities as political, seasonal gifts? By Adekunle Adekoya
BARELY one month after President Bola Tinubu approved establishment of a University of Environmental Sciences in Ogoniland, Rivers State, after a meeting with Ogoni leaders and other top personages from Rivers State, the same Federal Government headed by Tinubu recently announced another University of Environmental Sciences, for Ekiti State. That one will be sited in Iyin-Ekiti. For […]
Break the national grid into smaller units now, by Adekunle Adekoya
SHORTLY before noon of Wednesday, February 12, the national grid registered a collapse, which on X (formerly Twitter) was described as a “grid disturbance”. The post on X, listing the event had a time stamp of 11.34 a.m. Other stakeholders also took to X to inform their clients and customers. For instance, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company […]
