Building permit in Lagos: Approval must end in inspection
FOR much of this week, and as we inch closer to the next general elections, issues about and appertaining to the economy and well-being of Nigerians dominate discourse everywhere — in the traditional media, the social media, at beer parlours, and inside buses as commuters move from one point to another. Government and its spokesmen […]
Antimicrobial Resistance: A growing public health concern
Antimicrobial resistance, AMR, is a growing concern in Nigeria, posing a risk of increased morbidity and mortality, threatening the control of emerging and increasing range of infections that result from microorganisms. It arises from the overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents. It occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites […]
Cash Scarcity and implications for MSMEs
Cash scarcity has been a reoccurring challenge for many Nigerians since the aborted Naira redesign policy introduced in the last quarter of 2023 by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The manifestations of this challenge include cash rationing by banks; lack of cash at ATM points; long queues for cash in banks and ATM points; […]
Unclaimed N263b UBEC fund
The scandalous disclosure that 34 states have failed to access N263 billion Universal Basic Education, UBE, funds should have brought millions of Nigerians to the streets in protest if Nigerians had not become so totally desensitised to shocks. The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Hamid Bobboyi, made this disclosure during an […]
Making Local Government Autonomy work
SIX months after the July 11, 2024 Supreme Court verdict on Local Government Autonomy, the ruling is yet to be implemented. The LGAs are yet to start receiving direct allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC. Contrary to Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution which stipulates that local governments be run by democratically elected officials, some […]
Physical Abuse in Schools: Culture or Crime?
Shortly after the disturbing video emerged, on the Nigerian social media space, of a teacher at Christ Mitots School beating a child in her charge in the Ikorodu town of Lagos State, the Nigeria police identified, traced and then subsequently arrested the violator. The police personnel of Owutu Ikorodu divisional headquarters went on to charge the offending […]
