Nigeria’s reform moment: Building strong institutions that deliver results
By OLAKUNLE ELATUYI Economic reforms may impress on paper, but citizens judge them at the market, in the workplace, and through public services. For the Tinubu administration, the test of subsidy removal, foreign exchange reforms, tax changes, and fiscal adjustments is whether they make life more affordable, create jobs, and improve services amid insecurity and cost-of-living […]
Of Boko Haram, strike and subsidy removal
THIS is clearly one of the worst periods in Nigeria’s history. It is reminiscent of Professor Wole Soyinka’s “season of anomie”. This is a time when almost everything in Nigeria appears to be heading towards anarchy.
Nasarawa: Gov Al-Makura’s attempt at a fresh start
DOES the 2012 Appropriation Bill recently presented to the Nasarawa State House of Assembly for consideration by the state governor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-makura present any new lease of life for the people of the state?
Charting a new course in Osun State: A total governance approach
THE draft 2012 budget presented to the Osun State House of Assembly by the Ogbeni Governor is the first to be presented conceptualized and formulated by the Action Congress of Nigeria government in Osun State. Fiscal discipline and performance planning represents a central thrust in the conceptualization of the Budget.
Who is stealing by sign posts?
IN the words of Othman Dan Fodio, conscience is an open wound, only truth can heal it. The take away from this axiom is that evil strives in societies where people lack the courage to tell and defend the truth. What is playing out with the above captioned article concerning the unfortunate attack on the Federal Government’s recent efforts at ensuring its roads in Edo State are rehabilitated is reminiscent of a jig saw between truth and falsehood.
Oil subsidy removal and a way forward (2)
IN the first half of this article, which appeared in a number of national dailies just before the just suspended industrial action over oil subsidy removal, I had argued against hitting the barricades and advocated a Government-Labour dialogue as an option for amicable solution.
