IMF, President Tinubu and the transparency challenge
By Moshood Oshunfurewa If we are to reincarnate the late Chief Gani Oyesola Fawehinmi (1938–2009), a legendary Nigerian human rights lawyer, publisher, author, social critic, and Senior Advocate of the Masses (SAM), on the current budget imbroglio, 2% of GDP, and Gbaja/Adeyemi scandal, I might not mistake his line of words as thus: “Let us call […]
Open Governance and Development
It is always common for analysts to recommend constitutional amendments virtually on every public discourse on Nigeria’s development, while they hardly discuss lack of open governance in our leadership, a culture that is impeding developments and hurting our people especially the poor. Agreed the constitution may require amendments sometimes to correct some anomalies, but what about compliance?. It supposes that even if we have the best constitution in the world, it still makes no sense if they cannot be complied with. The quickest that comes to mind is the fundamental Rights Provision under the chapter four of the 1999 Constitution. This provision has been observed more in the breach as suspects or accused are still been detained for as long as possible by the whims and caprices of powerful individuals with police collaboration. People are still been deprived of their liberty and many other provisions that are violated daily.
Lamentation on Nigeria’s power woes
FOR too long now, Nigeria has become synonymous with epileptic power supply. Without doubt, the country harbours the most generators of all nations on earth, including brands and sizes. Today, we have graduated from epileptic supply to virtually zero supply of electricity to our citizens. No one in the government seems to be worried about […]
Of reruns and INEC’s partisan conspiracy
THE political history of Nigerian democracy cannot be complete without outlining auspicious roles being played by the electoral umpire—Independent National Electoral Commission,
Like Joe Igbokwe, I Too See War, But Not Just In the Niger-Delta
The narrative of the last election was deliberately made simple to fool the simpleminded: portray Nigeria as a ship heading for the bottom of the ocean unless the captain of the ship is removed because that captain was corrupt, unable to secure the land and the economy was also spiralling out of his control. In the aftermath of that electoral mutiny spurred by the greatest and most ideologically diverse members of the ruling elite since 1960, the captain was removed and anothercaptain put in command. Ever since then however, the worst fears have been realised particularly in the economy, subliminally with security and apparently with the unity of Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan was referred to as the “Ijaw Christian”
PDP national convention, the morning after
INDEED the momentous phone call by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan conceding victory to President Muhammad Buhari after the last general elections will indelibly remain a significant milestone in the annals of Nigeria’s political history.
