Pat Utomi’s ‘Integrated Produce City’ at Ugbokun Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.It is a comprehensive agricultural empire from cultivation of a diversity of crops, processing, storage and marketing to the nation and export to the world at large. The farmers’ dream city, a real trail blazer, has opportunities and potentials for generating jobs, food and forex in abundance.

I HAVE a soft spot for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, mainly because I was present at its birth. Nigeria had transited from long years of unaccountable military regimes that made little distinction between the national purse and private pockets. So corruption was rampant when the civilian administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo came into office in 1999. Following local and international pressures, the administration sought to fight corruption with specialised agencies. To set these up, stakeholders were invited to meetings which I attended as the representative of the Nigeria Labour Congress ,NLC.

FOR several months now, teachers in public primary schools in Delta State have gone on without salaries. Those in the secondary schools are a little luckier in that they are being owed about three months cumulatively. For other civil servants in the state, the debt problem is also a major worry as salaries and allowances are being paid in bits and pieces.

The Eighth Senate has repeatedly stated that its Legislative Agenda is anchored on three legs. They are economic revival, social development and youth employment. The choice of issues must have resulted from the current situation in the country.

What Is President Buhari doing with the economy? LET me start by asking an important question: who wants to kill racy introspection? There is a cacophony of voices telling the Muhammadu Buhari administration to close its eyes to the past, that given the enormous tasks that lie ahead, history and its consequences for our nation should be the least of the government’s preoccupation at this juncture.