Beyond diversification of ports
The Federal Government’s approval for the comprehensive modernisation of Onne, Delta and Calabar ports, alongside establishment of six new deep seaports, is laudable. It is a potentially transformative attempt to dismantle the excessive concentration of Nigeria’s maritime commerce around Lagos. The approved projects are Ibom, Bakassi, Agge, Gateway, Ondo and Bonny, building on the modernisation […]
Ministerial screening must be thorough
WITH the return of the newly-inaugurated members of the Ninth National Assembly from their first break, the next major assignment for the Senate is the screening and approval of ministerial nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Emefiele’s second term agenda, matters arising
THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has entered a new phase in the developmental functions as it relates to its jurisdictional mandate as pursued under the Godwin Emefiele-led regime in the first term, 2014-2019.
Tackling the Almajiri menace
THE Presidency has been issuing conflicting signals on exactly what it intends to do with the Almajiri education system which ends up breeding child beggars, especially in the Muslim-dominated areas of Northern Nigeria.
FG must pay whistle-blowers
The answer may not be far-fetched: the Federal Government is defaulting in its promise to pay whistle-blowers. The policy had promised to pay within 30 days of the receipt of a recovered fund a “flat and definite reward of two and half per cent of the recovered sum” which must be N5bn and above.
Nigeria’s IAAF $135,000 scandal
IN May 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, mistakenly remitted $150, 000 in the process of paying $15, 000 to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, being its financial obligations to all member federations. Upon the discovery of the error a few days later, IAAF requested Nigeria to refund $135, 000.
