Right again on 2026 budget
By Dele Sobowale Before commenting, it is vital to provide the reasons for another budgetary disaster – which has become emblematic of the way the Federal Government, under President Tinubu, is progressively ruining the nation’s future. After this failed budget, even the most die-hard apostle of the $1 trillion economy by 2030 must now see […]
Petroleum Sector Retards National Progress
By Dele Sobowale NNPCL is the only state-owned oil producing organization in the entire world which has become a perpetual drag on the nation’s progress. Last week, just as the nation was celebrating the declaration of Ntn profits from operations last year, Nigerians were once again reminded that very little has changed in the management of […]
State of the Nigerian economy an objective view
By Dele Sobowale Ask anybody, including the best educated and most erudite, about the Nigerian economy, and the response will probably be subjective summary based on personal and political bias long ingrained. Members of political parties have made up their minds in advance of any event regarding the economy. For some, President Tinubu can do no […]
FG exceeds 2025 borrowing target by 55.6%
. expected to hit 80% by year end. By Dele Sobowale VANGUARD, November 10, 2025. “Where is the money?” Weekend Trust, November 8,9, 2025. Drowning in debt and liking it As a subscriber to several newspapers, it has been possible to follow virtually all the issues affecting our lives from several perspectives. Every Monday brings a big […]
FIX FOOD FIRST AND FAST OR FORGET IT
By Dele Sobowale The great Indian leader and liberator made that remark before he was assassinated in 1948 at a time when his country, now divided into at least three nations, suffered from food scarcity worse than Nigeria is experiencing now. Certainly, it can also be said that there are millions of people in Nigeria today, […]
Budget 2025 political not economic document
Why Nigerian budgets often fail “Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle; every prayer reduces itself to this; Great God, grant that twice two be not four.” Ivan Turgenev, 1818-1883 VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 198. No Federal or, as far as I know, state budget since 1999 has been successfully implemented as […]
