Fighting hunger with improved food preservation
Nigeria’s food crisis is not merely a failure to grow enough; it is also a failure to preserve what farmers produce. The reported 11-million-tonne requirement for cold storage, against less than 20,000 tonnes of long-term capacity, exposes a massive weakness in the food supply chain. The Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West […]
Reward our Paralympics heroes adequately
AFTER the dismal and embarrassing performance of Nigeria’s athletes at the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, Nigerians had cause to cheer and celebrate, courtesy of the outstanding performance of Team Nigeria to the Paralympic Games.
That N4.9b military uniforms import
Are we really serious about looking inwards to get Nigeria out of the economic recession? How serious are we in achieving the much-touted diversification of the economy? What policies do we have binding all arms and departments of government to ensure that goods that can be manufactured in Nigeria are no longer imported from foreign […]
Rethinking our 2017 oil benchmarks
It has been almost a decade ago when the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) found itself in a position to influence the global price of crude oil. But, after almost two years of collective suffering as the price of the commodity has languished below $50 per barrel, OPEC decided on a bold but dangerous gamble.
Promises waiting for FG this year
Shortly after the retreat at the Presidential Villa in the middle of this month, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, made some startling announcements which pointed to a deepening recession contrary to the assurances that it will soon be over.
Time to pass the PIB
The economic crisis is Nigeria’s biggest headache today. At the heart of it was the crash in oil revenue, hence, the renewed push for diversification of not only the economy but also the oil industry.
