SSCE fee hike: Examination bodies would have generated N175bn annually — Investigation
By Joseph Erunke& Elizabeth Osayande If the Federal Government had not reversed the proposed N50,000 registration fee per candidate for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, the examination bodies would have been able to generate more than N175 billion annually. An analysis […]
The Silent Crisis in Modern Parenting: Are we failing our children?
By the time they are in their twenties, you meet this man or woman and wonder why they don’t know how to build a stable relationship
Independence: A Fool and His Errand
Without prejudice to whatever Nigeria has achieved in her 64 years of independence, the country remains an embarrassingly under-performing entity.
2014 CONFAB: Unique consensus recommendations
Like the Uwais committee, the 492 delegates of the 2014 Confab, made about 683 recommendations all arrived at by consensus – which was unique.
Uwais Report: Unending search for electoral reforms
Displeased by the do-or-die election that brought him to power in 2007, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua vowed that future polls would be free, fair and credible. To realise this, on August 28, 2007, he inaugurated an Electoral Reform Committee headed by former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mohammed Uwais. In the committee were […]
Oronsaye Report: Cutting governance cost in limbo
The wise counsel remains ignored By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor Twelve years after the Oronsaye report, the cost of governance has remained high little or nothing has been achieved as the number of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government soars. Last March, President Bola Tinubu directed the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report, […]
