Giving ex-prisoners another chance
The appeal by rehabilitated female ex-inmates for society to reject stigma is a timely reminder that punishment should not become a life sentence after release. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) itself now has a statutory mandate to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, while its programmes include education, vocational training and income generation through farms and […]
Shelved strike, unfinished business
QUITE shockingly to many, but unsurprisingly to some Nigerians who have always viewed the current leadership Organised Labour with suspicion, the planned nationwide strike over petrol subsidy removal and electricity tariff hike was suspended a few hours after it was supposed to have taken off on Monday, September 28, 2020. The Federal Government and the […]
Ivory Coast: No to Ouattara’s third term bid
IVORY Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, is sick again politically. Tension is rising back to the 2011 levels when a disputed election led to the death of over 3,000 people through widespread violence. A presidential election which mainly pitched former President Laurent Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front, IPF, and Alassane Ouattara’s Republican Rally, RR, ended […]
No rationale for a new anti-graft body
THE President Muhammadu Buhari administration has continued to show conflicting signals about its touted drive to reduce the cost of governance in line with our dwindling economic resources. When he came to power in 2015 ahead of a recession, he reduced the number of federal ministries from 42 to 36. He banned some frivolous practices […]
No visas for election riggers
The decision of the United States of America and the United Kingdom to impose some sanctions on Nigerian election riggers and promoters of violence is welcome. We applaud it, though we would want these strategic foreign partners of Nigeria to go further in efforts to moderate the excesses of the Nigerian power elite who have […]
Calls for accountability on COVID-19 spending
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, deserves the commendation of Nigerians for its proactive commitment to ensure that the federal and state governments render full account of funds spent in tackling the on-going coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19. As the nation embarked on emergency lock-downs as part of efforts to curb the spread of the virus, […]
