Why prosperity governance and management challenges the foundations of development
By Victor-Bandele Dada Humanity has accumulated extraordinary knowledge. It has mastered technologies that transform agriculture, medicine, industry, communication and transportation. It can mobilise enormous financial resources, manipulate materials at molecular levels and connect distant populations instantaneously. Yet hunger persists beside agricultural abundance. Unemployment coexists with unmet human needs. Resource-rich communities remain impoverished, while governments struggle […]
Great expectations from Ekiti cabinet
AFTER months of heightened expectations, the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Thursday, April 4 approved a list of 14 nominees sent to it by Governor Kayode Fayemi for screening and appointment as commissioners. The wait had been full of suspense, but when the list came, it surely gladdened the hearts of all genuine stakeholders as it captivated the essence of the second administration of the governor to finish triumphantly.
Dousing tension in our electoral process
THE just-concluded general elections can be described as a mixed grill of positive and unpleasant experiences. While some politicians were elected into various offices across the states without acrimony, the elections did not go without the bitter stories of ballot snatching, rigging, killings, abductions and falsification, among others. The atmosphere was soaked in tension in many places that voting took place. This could largely be responsible for why there was general voter apathy. The desperation to get into public offices at all cost could be the basis for why political activities have assumed frightening dimensions in recent times.
Between the president and a party man
It is unhealthy and disruptive for the polity if all we do after an election is to trigger new battles that leave no room for conducive atmosphere for development and movement to the next level
Remembering Joseph Sarwuan Tarka 29 years after
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka holds a very significant place in the political history of Nigeria. One, among many other nationalist figures from the North-Central region of the country, he is fondly remembered today for the many ways his political thoughts and social behaviour, with those of his associates, have helped in shaping the democratic culture the country seems to be cultivating at the present moments. Notably, the Nigerian political reality is a point in reference.
Eze Chukwuezi Collins Ofordur: 1938-2019
The burial on Saturday, 30th of March, 2019, at Umuagu, Isiala Mbano LGA, Imo State, was a carnival of a sort, as family members, political juggernauts, captains of industry, professionals, cultural groups, traders, students, admirers and people from all walks of life gathered to pay their last respects to a man who was seen as a hero and an achiever, not only by his immediate family and relatives but by all who have caught a glimpse of his history.
