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, […]
Rogue revolution
THE term revolution has, overtime, come to be used loosely as a synonym for change. Political revolution, however, largely means a drastic change that is often spontaneous, populist and that which leads to a regime change.
Mr President, we must wake up
ONLY a focused, truly change- conscious, healthy, detribalised and religiously unbiased leader can effect the necessary changes that our country require. That is why this piece is directed to Mr President.
Of government’s gaffes, failures, and misdeeds
AGAINST the background of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s lacklustre political leadership, the APC electioneering mantra of change found resonance among millions of Nigerians in the run-up to the 2015 presidential election. Then, millions of dispossessed, angry and hungry Nigerians were utterly disenchanted with Jonathan’s leadership. During that period, they desperately wanted the status quo ante in the country to change.
The many unspoken strides of Prof Charles Dokubo
I have delayed this piece for over 5 months since after the commemoration of Prof. Charles Dokubo’s one year in office as the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Amnesty. This I have done in order to further gauge the level of consistency in his initiatives since it’s a well-known fact that newly appointed CEOs and Chairmen in our climes run out of steam immediately after the celebration of either 100 days or one year in office. Hence this piece comes off as an in-depth critique of his efforts, challenges and achievements in the last one year.
Public Service and the Implementation of ‘Next Level’ Agenda
By Prof. Tunji Olaopa At the June 12 inauguration ceremony to mark the commencement of his second term administration, President Muhammadu Buhari made a significant governance promise to the effect that his government would lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next four years. As far as promises go, this is a significant […]
