AT the risk of sounding like a broken record, the story of how Nigeria had once relied majorly on agriculture and agricultural commodities for her foreign exchange earnings and later turned to place all her hopes on oil, often awash discussions in circles, and even the media.

On 3rd Nov. 1981, the CVU 4200R was filled with 14litres of petrol at the National Petrol Service Station with a total of N2. On 11th Nov. 1981 the CVU car no. 942 bought a full tank of 32.7 litres for a total cost of NS. Also on 13th Nov. 1991 another CVU car no. 480B attached to my office bought 19.6 litres for N3. All the receipts from the National Petrol Service Station on Ikoyl Road,

Few months ago, I remembered vividly how the Honourable Minister of Works, Arc Mike Onolememen engaged critics over the condition of Benin-Ore-Shagamu road where the failed Ore section gave commuters nightmares.

LET me begin this piece by simply stating that my government’s commitment to delivering quality education for the good people of Anambra State is total.

AS time approaches for Edo governorship election slated for the second quarter of next year, intrigues and scheming have intensified, especially in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State that lost out to the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, at the Appeal Court after the 2007 general election. Before that election, PDP in Edo State was a united family with Chief Tony Anenih as the leader.

ARE threats of strikes and strikes, the only way to resolve crises? And have we asked ourselves who suffers the most when strikes happen?

AS a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, one of the things I found particularly striking was the determination—and obvious sincerity—of organised labour to challenge unpopular government policies. After all they also speak for the poor, powerless and voiceless majority of Nigerians.

NEW born democratic administrations take time to settle down; and to stabilize such a system depends quite heavily on the invisible restraints of civility, convention and mutual respect. This process depends on a leadership with high standards, which the present Edo State Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led administration lacks.

IN the area of governance, the Comrade Governor has raised the bar in all its ramifications. Through creative governance and resourcefulness he has taken the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state to an all time high. From its previous level of N250 million per month to a hefty N1.3 billion as at August 2011.

AN Omniscient Creator never intended it so. Nothing can be more unnatural. Nothing can be more irksome to nature. Homo sapiens know it is bestial. And only demons could sponsor it; only their apparent viceroys among men (like the David Camerons of this depraved world) could sell it; and only persons who devils have first married themselves to could buy and consume it.

IT is probably only in Nigeria that five young men would brutally rape a woman, record the vile act on video, circulate it on the internet, and yet go scot free.

THE election of Alhaji Kashim Shettima as the Governor of Borno state in the last April elections was recently upheld, by virtue of the dismissal of the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Alhaji Mohammed Goni, challenging the outcome of the election.

WHEN Adams Aliu Oshiomhole burst on to the political arena of Edo State in 2007 a number of people expressed fear that quite a few odds were stacked up against him.

“When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately: families are healthier and better fed; their income, savings and reinvestment go up. And what is true of families is also true of communities and, in the long run, of whole countries…”

The first step is to approach your subordinate positively with some passion that will involve him/her in the solution finding. If employees are not involved in decisions which affect them, they can never be fully committed.