IN a true democratic society, it is essential to ensure a government that follows the will of the people and not the one that force the people to follow it, that is, a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people” as said by Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg address which lasted a little over two minutes on November, 19, 1863.

CHINA dominates global cement consumption at 1,105kg per capita, representing about 50 per cent of global cement consumption.

WHEN the people of Delta North go out to vote on April 9,2011 in the shifted National Assembly election, the image and stature of Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Prince Nwoko of Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) stand head and shoulder above the other contenders and pretenders in the race for Delta North Senatorial seat.

THE Federal Government on recently convened a ‘Stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja to address the soaring price of cement in the country.

THIS piece is a genuine and well-intended effort at acknowledging the truth of the political position in Abia State, since Governor T.A. Orji wisely and intelligently cashed in on the applauded wisdom of embracing the centripetal government.

WE have been saying the same thing over and over for the last 40 years, but they will not listen. Hence, we must repeat ourselves and sound the same refrain: Good economics leads to good politics and conversely bad economics leads to bad politics.

IT has become a common phenomenon and in fact worrisome, the ever increasing negative and retrogressive consequences of anti-social behavoiur in the society.

ONE spot where the April polls in Nigeria will generate so much interest and concern, both locally and internationally is Abia State, proudly styled “God’s Own State”.

UNDERSTANDABLY, there have been outpourings of commendations and felicitations from different quarters of Ogun State and beyond in the run up to the 55th birthday anniversary of Otunba Gbenga Daniel. And this Wednesday which is the D-day the goodwill will reach its crescendo for the helmsman of Ogun State. For a man who has spent the last eight years charting the way forward for the Gateway State this is to be expected.

THE original mandate of ASCON was to align the peculiar workings of public bureaucracy to the academic knowledge from the universities and polytechnics.