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How Gov. Oborevwori is putting Delta on a fiscal sustainable path

How Gov. Oborevwori is putting Delta on a fiscal sustainable path

By Paul Odili The recent report of paying down the legacy debt from N463 billion to N63 billion is a commendable feat of financal prudence by Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration in three years. I don’t know how many states in Nigeria have been able to achieve such level of fiscal success, amidst infrastructure transformation of […]
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Why public office holders can’t enjoy privacy

Why public office holders can’t enjoy privacy

I DO not believe that a society can sustain its democratic claims if it allows its public office holders to run two lives: an open public life and another jealously sheathed private one. At work, he or she is immersed in files, open for scrutiny, even if their over-embroidered agbada or sky-touching gele wouldn’t permit a full and close watch. But at home, in their closet, they are liberated from any restraint. They are at liberty to trash the discipline of service and accountability.

NYSC: Ibrahim, Buhari’s vision for Nigerian youths

NYSC: Ibrahim, Buhari’s vision for Nigerian youths

By David Onmeje The appointment of Brig Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, a renowned military scholar and administrator of repute as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) penultimate week by President Muhammadu Buhari has come with a lot of expectations and hope for revitalized national service scheme. Certainly, it is clear to all Nigerians […]

The political deceit behind failure to restructure Nigeria

The political deceit behind failure to restructure Nigeria

AGITATIONS for restructuring Nigeria are long-running, recurring and persistent. The clamour is, in fact, so persistent that, since Nigeria returned to civil rule in 1999, no government or ruling party has been able to ignore it.