Nigeria @66: The Otu Record — Beyond the Rhetoric
By Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it?In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration […]
JAMB, UTME and our computer-age youth
AFTER weeks of anxious waiting by young Nigerians who participated in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the Professor Ishaq Oloyede-led Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has finally released results of the 2019 edition of the examination. The examination held from April 11 through 17. Since JAMB raised the bar in its use of computer-age technology in its conduct of matriculation examinations, the release of the latest results must be one of the most anticipated because of the unusual delay.
Ephraim Inyang-Eyen: Works Commissioner with a difference
Since the inception of democracy in Nigeria most politicians from this part of the world have often been described as corrupt, fraudulent, self-centered deaf to the yearning and aspiration of the people and even evil.
Majority na corruption, minority na exception
DIAGNOSING the problems confronting Nigeria, Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora, we consistently accuse the military’s long stay in power as a major cause.
No phony statistics on outlandish report’ll derail Akwa Ibom State
Elections to a large extent have been won and lost but the drumbeats of political manipulations and propaganda are still echoing in the background.
In defence of elite educational institutions
An essential quick fix (pending the longer route of constitutional amendment) is the issuance of Guidelines on the Application of the Federal Character Constitutional Clause with respect to the public services in the form of an Executive Order.
