Life’s experiences have shown that certain things that naturally come with distinctions. They are simply immanent with the presence of luster in persons. It’s in this context that it becomes truer the maxim ‘when you make your marks, you will attract erasers.’

We cannot describe Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark in one episode. Like the divided opinion of the blind who touched different parts of the elephant, many similarly describe him in several ways, their divergent views representing the many parts in him.

Managing Director, Layelu Microfinance Bank, MfB, Limited, Ondo State, Mr. Akinbinu Charles, in this interview, said that the MfBs have not failed in their responsibility of empowering the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs. He also expressed optimism that the sub-sector would come out of the many challenges it is facing at present.

When the Imo state electorate chose the Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as their next governor, at the last election, it was a bold statement anchored on informed judgement. Their action was a clear message that “leadership is a serious business that is sustained by trust and   evaluated by its level of responsibility and responsiveness.” 

Early this week, a younger colleague alerted me to a story that was making the rounds on social media. A mushroom “civil society group” called COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND BAD GOVERNANCE, CACOBAG, with address at Abeokuta Expressway, Abule Egba, in Lagos State, issued a screaming press release, alleging “license racketeering rocking the National Broadcasting Commission”.