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 […]
From Buhari to Tinubu: Under-50 disasters in government, By Adekunle Adekoya
A fortnight ago, I started this column lamenting that we always have one issue to contend with all the time. I had wanted to vent my anger on power supply providers, the ones we call DisCos here, following weeks of uninterrupted blackout in many parts of the country. Then news of the well-choreographed killings in […]
The raging wildfire of insecurity: Need for securityman with missionary zeal, By Adekunle Adekoya
FOR many Nigerians, especially in the Northern part of the country, the Christmas season was not merry. At all. It was a period of wailing and gnashing of teeth as terrorists laid siege to many villages in Abuja FCT, Niger, Nasarawa and Plateau states, killing, maiming, and burning houses. Entire local governments and towns and villages in […]
Plateau massacre: Time to rejig security architecture, By Adekunle Adekoya
ONE day, one trouble, wahala no dey finish is a saying that has gained currency in the last few years as Nigerians battle the headwinds buffeting them daily as they pursued happiness. I had wanted to vent my spleen on those in charge of providing electricity in this country, starting from the Minister of Power, […]
Aba raid: NAFDAC must root out the merchants of poison, By Adekunle Adekoya
THIS week, I am again saddened at the lot of the Nigerian, as I have been for most of the times I have written this column. The Nigerian, irrespective of which ethnic group he or she comes from is a specie of humanity that I cannot trade for any other in the world. I am convinced, despite […]
Facts and fiction on the National Welding Policy, By Adekunle Adekoya
ON the internet a few days ago, I came across a news item which proclaimed that stakeholders are kicking as the Federal Government launches the National Policy on Welding. First, I was pleasantly surprised that the central government, which hitherto had demonstrated crass incompetence in the management of our affairs, could find a profession like welding, populated […]
