Regulate scavenging, don’t criminalise it
The viral images of scavengers allegedly dismantling pillars of bridges in Lagos should alarm every responsible citizen. Any person who vandalises public infrastructure must face the law. But the disturbing conduct of some scavengers should not become an excuse for criminalising scavenging itself, an activity that provides livelihoods for thousands while performing an often-overlooked environmental […]
Time to tell us
ELECTIONS have been confirmed for January 2011. We expected that politicians would have deemed it important to start engaging the people in discussions about their future, about the competence they are providing as leaders and their expectations from those they lead.
EFCC, corruption, 2011 elections
MRS. Farida Waziri, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, must desist from exceeding her powers, particularly in relation to the 2011 elections.
100 Days Of Smooth Supplies
AS drums are rolled out in celebration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s 100 days in office, Nigerians could regale in the smooth supply of petroleum products witnessed since his presidency commenced.
Mr. President: Time To Say Yes Or No!
IT is impossible for President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan to claim ignorance of the comedy that is being staged presumably on his behalf. Almost daily, one group or the other begs him to run for the 2011 elections.
One year of Sanusi reforms
IT is a little over a year that Lamido Sanusi Lamido swept away eight bank chief executives, and some of their directors, in a move the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor said would sanitise the banks and make them more accountable to the depositors and their shareholders.
