INFRASTRUCTURAL development is one of the major components of economic growth of a developing nation.

My brother, the Ogbodo One, it is still difficult to come to terms with what has become a sad reality. How could death have overpowered the one and only Ogbodo One- the enigmatic and energetic Ogbodo? Yes, the Good Son of the Good Man.

WITH recent events suggesting troubling crises within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West, keen political observers would be kind to submit that the party is on tenterhooks.

THE abandonment of ethics in the articulation of private fixations and resentment for Chief Tony Anenih was quite evident in Is’haq Modibbo Kawu’s column, entitled: “Anenih: The political dinosaur returns”, published on page 17 of Vanguard of Thursday, February 28, 2013. It was also published the same day on the back page of Blueprint newspapers, where Kawu is Chairman of Editorial Board.

Part one of this article reviewed the history of liberalization of Nigeria’s electric power sector from 1896 to the present, noting that the capacity shortage nevertheless remains pervasive.

CHIEF Anthony Akhakon Anenih is “the man of the moment” in the politics of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by virtue of his emergence as Chair of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) at its (Board’s) last meeting held on Monday, February 25, 2013, in the Banquet Hall of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s commitment to the power reform agenda which will solve the electricity supply shortfall in the country remains one of his presidency’s key political anchor points.

WITH the emergence of Chief Tony Anenih as the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after many months of political horse trading and scheming, political sycophants who had before now vilified him on the pages of newspaper and levelled false allegations against him are already scrambling for spaces in the newspapers to congratulate him.

OBVIOUSLY, the rumors of his purported death in an Indian hospital that was awash in the mainstream and social media until his sudden appearance last week must have damaged his self esteem and caused preventable anxiety and political tension for the good people of Enugu state.

TRIBALISM is a barrier to progressive democratic dialogue in Nigeria. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for Vanguard newspapers. The title was “Obasanjo says the darndest things.” In this article, I was generally critical of leaders who only understand Nigeria’s problems in retrospect.