Support for domestic auto-makers
The Federal Government’s directive compelling ministries, departments and agencies to prioritise vehicles assembled or manufactured in Nigeria is a welcome attempt to make public spending serve industrial development. Under the Nigeria First policy, procurement should not automatically send billions of naira abroad when domestic alternatives are available. The directive also envisages tighter oversight, with exemptions […]
INEC’s weeding of unviable parties
AS Nigeria gets set for the 2020/2023 electoral cycle, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday, February 6, 2020, announced the deregistration of 74 out of the 91 odd political parties which took part in the 2019 general elections. The electoral umpire now has 18 political parties on its register. The Chairman of the […]
Our police world ranking
Police: ONCE again, Nigeria is reminded that she is one of the most backward countries in the world. Our rankings in such areas as education, healthcare, electricity, infrastructure, human development, food security, poverty/prosperity, human rights and what have you, show we are either at the bottom of the scale or very close, even in the […]
On the ban on Okada in Lagos
Okada ban: PERHAPS for the umpteenth time in the past 20 years, the Lagos State Government has announced a ban on the use of motorcycles and tricycles for commercial transport, this time in six local government areas, LGAs, nine local government development areas, LCDAs, 10 major highways and 40 bridges, flyovers and causeways in the […]
Much ado about US visa ban
Visa Ban: THE United States government on January 31, 2020, made good its intention to impose a ban on the issuance of immigrant-class visas to Nigerians and citizens of Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar, ostensibly in line with President Donald Trump’s policy of keeping Americans safer. What it simply means is that for now, […]
Coronavirus and the peoples’ food culture
Coronavirus: According to an old adage: “Every charitable or uncharitable attitude is a boomerang”. Mankind has been authorised by the Creator to exercise dominion over all living and non-living things. We are also imbued with the power to decide whether to do it rightly or wrongly, provided we are ready to carry the consequences of […]
