Has Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy failed?
By Moshood Oshunfurewa This symptom has fully emerged. Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy has failed. This failure is not the product of any single policy misstep but the systematic collapse of a six-decade-old structural architecture. This is a consequence of energy costs that devour manufacturing margins, foreign exchange controls that choke off access to production inputs, […]
Mr President, please ensure NDDC sticks to its mandate
By Richard Tariowei The Niger Delta Development Comm- ission (NDDC) was established as an intervention agency to address the peculiar development challenges in the oil-rich Niger Delta Region. The creation of the agency by the Obasanjo administration was received with thunderous jubilation. It was like a dream come true in fulfilment of the Sir Henry […]
Inside NOA’s Grassroots Prosperity Drive
By Funmi Coker Under its broadened civic engagement mandate, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) is implementing community-based economic initiatives to enhance livelihoods, build financial literacy and promoting entrepreneurship in underserved communities, writes… In a quiet courtyard in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, a group of women gather every Thursday morning, not just to trade goods, but ideas, strategies, […]
Religion might be holding Nigeria back
By Stephanie Shakaa There are more churches than factories in Nigeria. More mosques than research centres. More loudspeakers calling men to prayer than alarms waking them to purpose. For a country soaked in prayer, Nigeria remains curiously abandoned by progress. And we must now ask the uncomfortable question. Is religion helping us or holding us […]
The Giving Game: What’s Seyi Tinubu’s endgame?
By Chibuike John Nwosu In a country like Nigeria where political waters swirl with cynicism and suspicion, it is natural to ask: what exactly motivates the philanthropic drive of Seyi Tinubu? Is it a sincere commitment to nation-building, or is there a deeper calculation at play? Could it be both? These are not idle questions. They […]
Two years of President Tinubu: A business perspective
By ABDUL RABIU As Nigeria marks two years under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I believe it is important to reflect, not from the lens of politics, but from the perspective of business, of industry, and of the economy. I speak not only as the Chairman of BUA Group – one of Africa’s largest […]
