Why Nigeria doesn’t need more training programmes but better employment systems
By SAM DAIBO Nigeria has become a nation of training programmes. Every week, somewhere across the country, another graduation ceremony celebrates young people completing courses in coding, welding, agribusiness, fashion design, renewable energy or entrepreneurship. Governments launch new empowerment schemes. Development partners fund fresh skills initiatives. Companies proudly invest in youth capacity-building. Yet millions of […]
Spice this democracy with equity, justice and fairness
Couple of days ago, one of the national newspapers published what it headlined: S’South Got Lion’s Share Of PTF Projects Under Buhari, struggling as it were to give an account of the stewardship of former head of state and Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, retired General Muhammadu Buhari in his four years as Chairman of the defunct Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund.
Corruption and arrested development
“No form of society can be reasonably stable in which the majority of the people are not fairly content. People cannot be content if they feel that the foundations of their lives are wholly unstable.” -James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) ECONOMIC prosperity, peace and progress are the rewards which the people get in return for their […]
Buhari in the public eye
NOT since the days of Awo and the Action UPN has Nigeria witnessed the level of enthusiasm that we see these days when Buhari shows up for a campaign rally. I was at the Lagos rally of the APC at the Teslim Balogun Stadium. What I saw and experienced was nothing short of euphoria and […]
Why Thabo Mbeki’s illicit financial flows report will do little to stem the problem
The joint report by the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on illicit financial flows from Africa has made good headlines. Some have described the report as “a turning-point”; others said its recommendations are “game changing,” and capable of addressing the problem both within Africa and globally.
Battle for Oyo State
BY March 28, Nigerians will go to the polls to elect the person that will govern the country for the next four years. Although fifteen political parties are fielding candidates for the presidential election, the two parties to watch are the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC and their candidates. However, some factors are emerging that may influence the outcome of the presidential election in different regions and states of the country.
