MALLAM Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria so likes the sound of his voice that keeping quiet is never an option. He must be heard, no matter the subject, no matter the forum and he seems to have formed the habit of delivering addresses at various occasions.

THE controversy that has raged in the past few months about Abia State expelling non-indigenes from its civil service has been going the way of all Nigerian debates — aspersions, name calling, threats and more noise which when expended leaves the matter unaddressed.

For years, motorists sweated to get in and out of the nation’s foremost ports at Tin Can Island and the Apapa Quays. The express road, constructed to superb quality 35 years ago, outlived its usefulness more than a decade ago. The drainage was silted. Potholes had developed at many junctions and for years, the authorities neglected them.

OUR laws, already famous for being observed through breaches, are in further danger of a final eclipse from the highest quarters. The latest trend is the negotiation of laws by parties that feel the laws do not favour them. It is as if the Constitution and our laws are for convenience.

EVERYBODY needs fuel. Nobody needs fuel subsidy as governments have shown over the years. Fuel subsidy is a convoluted conspiracy that is at best a racket raised to a national pantheon because each government has discovered the bogey called subsidy serves its interests and myriad interests that cannot pass any scrutiny.

CHALLENGES that Libya faces after the death of Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gathafi are enormous and numerous. A country of only 6.6 million, but with a land area of 1,759,540 square kilometres, almost twice the size of Nigeria, will be prone to security issues along its borders with Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia — areas that are perpetually under control of some armed militias.

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has perfected ways of attracting attention to its work. The arraigning of former governors, a seasonal EFCC public relations glitz, is tied to challenges it tells the public could militate against its intentions.

LOCAL government administrations have become the most constitutionally abused matter in Nigeria since the 1999 Constitution became operational. Only a handful of States hold local government elections. Others carry on as if it is legal to run local governments without the Constitution that created them.

NIGERIANS are full of expectations over what the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, will do to check the prevalent cases of oil spills across the oil exploration belt. Its task seems simple — compel oil companies to consider the effect of their operations on their host communities.

IT will surprise only a few that Samson Siasia’s stay as coach of the Eagles would become a matter of obtuse national debates. We have excelled in promoting nothingness as a sterling mark of excellence.