When a swarthy man beckons you into a dimly lit alley, you would do well to walk briskly away. But in reality, you might be losing an opportunity to discover a delightful but out-of-the-way small restaurant. Fear and uncertainty about what would happen next, good or bad could be unpredictable.

For me, I think the government should be looking at policies that will stabilize the economy rather than causing additional controversy.

Renowned industrialist, Rasheed Gbadamosi told Saturday Vnaguard that the planned introduction of N5,000 note into the economy is not a enough to attract the criticisms it has thus far generated.

Vanguard Conference Hall panelists and discussants in this second and concluding part ask what is difficult in setting up refineries in Nigeria.

INITIALLY, it was the rich trade in commodities on the Oil Rivers; now it is the control of the rich petroleum resources of the Niger Delta.”

THE Central Bank served an advance notice of the introduction of a N5,000 note as well as the redesigning of the existing currency profile; under the proposed arrangement, six of the denominations i.e. N5,000, N1,000, N500, N200, N100, N50 will remain in notes form, while N20, N10, N5, N2, N1 and 50K will circulate as coins.

Vanguard Conference Hall is the highest interactive editorial platform for public policy enlightenment, advocacy and solution delivery. It offers public office holders, civil society groups, academicians, opinion leaders and corporate chiefs, the arena to debate and exchange ideas for good governance. In this edition, the topic for discussion is entitled: “Fuel subsidy and the ethical deficiencies in public office in Nigeria.”

If I were to interpret this further, I might assert, can the Niger Delta region succeed without controlling their resources? The poser can be expanded. Can Nigeria succeed without controlling Niger Delta resources? I shall provide my perspectives in the course of this presentation.

THE situation in the country where many Nigerians are down on the poverty line as a result of unemployment and rising inflation is bad enough; adding additional burden of price increase will hurt more.

WHEN the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN wanted to introduce the cash less policy its argument was that less than 10 per cent of the Nigeria population draws on the average that amount of money from the banking system thus placing the burden of cost of cash management on the banks and the CBN. Every entreaty to persuade the CBN out of it failed. The rest is now history.