Infantino’s wager: Reforming football, risking legacy
By ANTHONY KILA Every significant reform begins with a wager. Some leaders wager that technology will solve yesterday’s problems. Others wager that money can accelerate tomorrow’s possibilities. Some gamble on persuasion; others on popularity. The most ambitious wager, however, is the belief that an institution can be fundamentally changed without changing what it is. Gianni […]
Re: When Should A Minister Resign?
In his Sunday Trust and Sunday Vanguard “Point Blank” column of December 11, 2011, the former Director General of the NTA, Mr. Tonnie Iredia took a moral high ground and subtly called for the resignation of the current Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayya Ahmed Rufai over the latest strike by the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Who do we trust enough to make a leap of faith?
There is a fundamental problem at the heart of Nigeria’s politics which, if it is not re-built, will prevent us from ever achieving the greatness we deserve as a nation, in fact, its increasingly rapid deterioration will potentially lead to a steep decline in our fortunes.
Election Petitions: Between the Judiciary and Constitution
I HAVE watched and followed with dismay the roles of some justices in determining election cases emanating from the last April 2011 poll. Before the amendment of the 1999 Constitution, one major complaints of majority of Nigerians was the unlimited life span of election petitions in court.
Understanding the imperatives of fuel subsidy removal
SOMETIMES one is tempted to jump to the conclusion that the average Nigerian is eternally and irrationally afraid of change even when that promises an outcome that is in his best interest. Indeed there are several unfolding pointers in the polity today to buttress this impression.
Fashola’s war on education (2)
IF Gov. Fashola truly loves Lagos State let him leave a self-generative legacy. A legacy that will build the infrastructures of an enduring solution to the states problem. A legacy that will regenerate itself. That legacy is EDUCATION.
