ONE of the major societal problems in Nigeria today is Youth unemployment. Thousands of graduates of our universities including those who studied abroad are roaming the streets in search of none existent jobs. With the dwindling revenue profile of the Federal government, the situation becomes more critical and worrisome, as the various skills acquisition programmes of the Federal and State governments cannot be adequately funded.

CORRUPTION no doubt has been seen by all Nigerians, as the nation’s major enemy that must be destroyed and wiped out from the surface of our beloved nation. We have strongly condemned corruption and continue to do so yet almost on daily basis Nigerians are inundated with media reports of allegations of high level acts of corruption.

FRANCIS Ottah Agbo is the Special Adviser, Media Relations to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State. So what, you might ask. After all he is qualified and has consistently demonstrated his capabilities as a frontline journalist, image maker and reliable friend of the Countryman Governor over the years and had stood by the governor through thick and thin.

NIGERIA’S long years of military rule brought about militarised leadership in the country. It was an era better imagined than experienced. With the return of democratic governance in 1999, it was obvious that the country has returned to the path of freedom, equity, fairness, rule of law, period elections and constitutionalism.

In my opinion, recent events in the United States point to a very telling reality: Republican leaders do not understand reverse psychology.