By the time the administration of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State ends  on May 29, 2019, one thing would have become clear:  Here was a governor that came and made a difference in the lives of the people, in rapid infrastructural renewal; who gave governance a new name and established a legacy of moving Oyo from a traditional society, to a modern one.

For the first time, leaders of Delta’s opposition now appear largely united in one political party. The All Progressives Congress (APC) now boasts of the revolutionary Chief Great Ogboru, the strategic-thinking Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the positively aggressive Dr. Cairo Ojugbo, the top-level operator Dr. (Mrs) Mariam Ali, the youthful, brilliant Rt. Hon Victor Ochei, and a host of other major political actors in Delta.

By March 31, the nine-month window provided by the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme, VAIDS, for tax defaulters to regularize their tax affairs will close. From the look of things, the closure will be accompanied by a big bang. I await the VAIDS deadline day like a cup final.

The report on Energy page of Vanguard newspaper of Tuesday, March 13, 2018, page 23, titled “Fuel distribution to worsen as leadership tussle emerges in NUPENG” calls for worry, and underpin the urgent need for drastic actions by the government and especially by Nigerians, who most often bear the brunt, to check the excesses of these unions in the oil sector.

In recent times, there has been a lot of conversation about which of the two arms of government is doing more in the fight against corruption — the executive under President Muhammadu Buhari, or the legislature under Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.