Senator Abdullahi Adamu at 80: A life of service, wisdom and grace (2), by Usman Sarki
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SubscribeIndustrialising Nigeria and the task of the political class(3), by Usman Sarki
“Whether it will rise to a nation or sink to a territory rests only with its people”– John Buchan The agency of transcendence is about renewal and regeneration of the national ideals and ethos that make for a better society and dignified people who are confident about their future prospects and security. The underlying desire […]
Industrialising Nigeria and the task of the political class (2), by Usman Sarki
“The basis of every civilisation is wealth – wealth to provide the background of leisure, which in turn is the basis of culture in a commercial world”– John Buchan The historical task and challenge of leading the Black Race must be accomplished and fulfilled through the creation of the objective conditions at home that would favour […]
Industrialising Nigeria and the task of the political class(1), by Usman Sarki
“The economic factor in the politics of a country is always a difficult matter to discuss, for it is made up of infinite details, some of them purely speculative, all of them hard to disentangle”- John Buchan Presuming that there is a political class in Nigeria that is both visionary and patriotic, this series of articles […]
A word in favour of “Native Authority”(3), by Usman Sarki
“Yet even in the stress of work, it is often sound policy for a man to halt for a moment and collect his thoughts“- John Buchan I believe it is necessary that Nigerians should pause for a while and collect their thoughts even in the stress of day-to-day living, and reflect on the governance situation to […]
A word in favour of “Native Authority”(2), by Usman Sarki
“People who concentrate merely upon effects are unsound guides when constructive measures are required”-E. D. Morel Radical politics and intellectual adversity have played an important role in presenting the traditional system as archaic, conservative, feudal, exploitative, backward and even reactionary. But these allegations remain to be largely proved or substantiated by the critics of the system. In […]
A word in favour of “Native Authority”(1), by Usman Sarki
“People who concentrate merely upon effects are unsound guides when constructive measures are required”-E. D. Morel There is no single Nigerian today who, for better or worse, is not under some form of allegiance to the traditional system of administration in our country. Regardless of the villages, communities, ethnic groups, local governments or states that they […]
Rebels rising and the new era of state capture(2), by Usman Sarki
“Every form of legality is bound to degenerate into oppression”-Joseph Conrad Military coups as alternative transitional processes in government have become topics of discussion once again with the resurgence of the phenomenon in Africa. Sudan has been under military rule for nearly 40 years. Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon are now under military rule. […]
Rebels rising and the new era of state capture, by Usman Sarki
“Degeneration and advance are not fixed processes, but recur in cycles in the history of every nation”-John Buchan When the Taliban forces swept across Afghanistan and entered Kabul on August 15, 2021, the world held its breath and pondered upon the consequences of such a major geopolitical tremor in that part of the Asian continent. But […]
Adieu, Sam Nujoma, “Father of the Nation”, by Usman Sak
“The character of every people enlarges with its enfranchisement from a foreign yoke”- Karl Marx Marxian dialectics, the historical-materialist conception of history and the socialist perspectives on the role of the individual in history, are all aspects of intellectual inquiry and historical assessment conducted from the perspectives of revolution and change, as well as understanding […]
Toward the democratisation of education in Nigeria and the role of the State (2), by Usman Sarki
The Nigerian state, by necessity and its very essence, should be the guarantor of the well-being and welfare of all Nigerians without exception or discrimination. The doctrine of the state and its principal purposes as outlined in Chapter 2 of the 1999 constitution, provide the normative frameworks on which the provision of services to Nigerians […]
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