Helping our poultry farmers’ needs
Nigeria’s poultry industry is at a dangerous crossroads. The recent call for reforms is therefore more than an industry lobby. It is a warning about food security, nutrition, jobs and the wider economy. An industry capable of supplying affordable eggs and chicken is being strangled by expensive and unreliable inputs. Feed, which can account for […]
Pitiable state of our political parties
Political parties are defining institutions in a democracy. They provide the platforms for engaging the electorate on the different perspectives of politics and governance. They serve as the channels for citizen participation in choosing those that govern them.
The oil-for-cash deal with India
The Federal Government is currently negotiating a $15 billion oil-for-cash deal with India, which will spin many years. Perhaps, it will last longer than President Muhammadu Buhari – even if he serves two terms. That is a long-term commitment of Nigeria’s crude oil, while the proceeds might be spent, perhaps, within a couple of years.
Sokoto State’s Right to Education Bill
Sokoto State will become the first among the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to grant citizens within its borders the right to education, if a proposed bill to that effect is passed by the State House of Assembly.
Disposal of presidential jets
Since the return of democracy in Nigerian in 1999, Nigerians have consistently called for the reduction of the presidential air fleet.
Nigeria unserious about non-oil exports
MOST Nigerians say the only way out of this recession is to increase our non-oil exports. The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) headed by Mr. Segun Awolowo, recently unfolded a Zero Oil Plan which it claimed has the potential of increasing non-oil export earnings to $30 billion over the next five years, adding that eleven strategic products for the export drive had been identified.
