FG alleviating poverty with propaganda
By Dele Sobowale “Economic policies should be assessed based on their impact on the welfare of citizens. Any economic policy that does not improve on the welfare of the people is inherently ineffective.” Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, July 16, 2026. Tinubunomics, based on HRH Sanusi’s measure of economic policy effectiveness, has, so far, been […]
VP vs CBN: The beginning of presidential campaign?
By Dele Sobowale “As for the exchange rate, I think we need to move our rates to be as reflective of the market as possible. This, in my own view, is the only way to improve supply.” – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo That pronouncement, as well as others we shall mention shortly came as a […]
4 reasons development eludes Nigeria under Buhari
By Dele Sobowale If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.” Nigeria’s economy is currently being managed by a leader who does not have the grasp of what is required to achieve sustainable economic development. Despite all the attempts to deceive Nigerians about phantom great achievements, the results in […]
VAT WAR: Time for mediation
By Dele Sobowale “The wrong war, at the wrong time and the wrong place.” — US five-star general, Omar Bradley, 1893-1981 When the Kennedy and Johnson administration got the USA more deeply involved in the Vietnam war, General Bradley voiced the minority opinion among the military establishment. He was ignored. America suffered its first military setback […]
Former US president, Lincoln, was right about fooling people
By Dele sobowale “YOU can fool some of the people all the time; you can fool all the people some of the time; but, you can’t fool all the people all the time.” — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, Vanguard Book of Quotations, VBQ, p. 62. When the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, published the result of the […]
Why is OPS staying out of VAT dispute?
By Dele Sobowale The Value Added Tax, VAT, dispute has taken centre-stage in the nation’s political agenda. Rivers and Lagos states have challenged the right of the Federal Internal Revenue Service, FIRS, to collect VAT exclusively. Rivers State dragged the FIRS to a Federal High Court, FHC, in Port Harcourt and received a favourable decision in […]
