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 […]
Government’s lack of seriousness on minimum wage negotiations, by Adekunle Adekoya
ORGANISED Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trades Unions Congress, TUC, and their affiliates made good their threat to go on strike by end of May if the Federal Government failed to conclude negotiations on a new minimum wage. The Minimum Wage Act, signed into law by former president, Muhammadu Buhari, expired in April. […]
Reversion to old National Anthem, by Adekunle Adekoya
WHEN it became public knowledge that the National Assembly was working on a bill that will make us revert to the old national anthem, what came to my mind was that it was not possible, forgetting that in my country, anything is possible, especially when a lot of magicians are in high places. Is it not in […]
One year under Tinubu…by Adekunle Adekoya
TIME flies. Does time really fly? Whichever, next Wednesday will mark the first anniversary of the Tinubu presidency. May 29, 2023, was a day many Nigerians will not forget in a hurry. It was on that day that flimsy fabrics holding economic strands together was brutally rent asunder by a proclamation that we are all now familiar […]
The cry in Senate about governors killing local govts, by Adekunle Adekoya
THERE are many issues begging for attention from commentators like me. The issues are just too many. In our country, it is “one day, one trouble.” You can even say one hour or minute, one trouble. As I write, I can almost swear that another issue of critical importance has been incubated and is already […]
Our under-policed, insecure living space, by Adekunle Adekoya
PENULTIMATE Wednesday, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Wednesday, said the state government he works for has discovered dwellings under the Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, where tenants pay N250,000 annual rent. According to the commissioner, the under-bridge dwellings, which he called apartments in his post on the matter on […]
