Taraba State’s alleged PVC impunity
The allegation that teachers and other workers in Taraba State were directed to present photocopies of their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before receiving their salaries has rightly provoked outrage across the country. The Taraba State Universal Basic Education Board (TSUBEB) has denied making salary payment contingent on PVC submission, insisting that its chairperson, Christiana Binga, […]
PEPT: Give us a live telecast
THE calls for the live telecast of proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, are in line with the need to bring back some of the lost faith and confidence of Nigerians in our institutions of public governance. Apart from the two main opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, […]
Putting NBC on a leash
THE barring of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, from imposing fines on electronic media stations came as a big relief and a major victory for the media and the broadcast sector in particular. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on May 10, 2023, told the broadcasting regulator that it had no power […]
Decentralise the ports
THE argument for restructuring, devolution of powers or true federalism is based on the need for Nigeria to be weaned from its unfolding experience of dictatorial control under colonial bondage and military impunity. We are still strongly tied down to the unproductive centralised command of our economy simply because it appears to benefit a few […]
“Goodbye”, COVID-19
On Saturday, May 6, 2023, the Director General of the World Health Organisation, WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, officially declared the end of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) as a public emergency. However, it is not yet Uhuru, as the disease still claimed a life every three minutes as of last week. This comes to 480 per […]
Leave the subsidy fund alone!
WE are strongly opposed to the spending of the $800 million World Bank petrol subsidy removal palliative loan by the outgoing Muhammadu Buhari regime. No credible argument can support the squandering of this gargantuan fund by a regime that has less than three weeks to vacate power. What we expect President Buhari and his officials […]
