THE link between the success or failure of a government, and the quality of its public administration is pretty tenuous. There are those who deny it. An eminent former permanent secretary once said there was no problem in the society, only that the government could not make it worse.

THE wound may go, but the scar might remain and might continue to haunt those who inflicted it. That seems to be the true scenario of the aftermath of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries in Edo State that produced Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd) as the party’s candidate for the July 14 governorship election in the State against all expectations.

FOLLOWING the elite squabbles that enveloped national politics in Nigeria prior to,during and after the 2011 elections, politicians who are sufficiently grounded in the dangers of such dysfunctional alignment of public interests with private elite interests,and knowing that under such conditions, there is the need to strengthen institutionalstructures for national political balance in Nigeria, sought for a national platform for broader political consensus that will prevent elite cannibalism in the country via a national conference.

THIS is not the best times for Nigeria. Presently, the unity of the country is being called to question. The federating units are all crying foul. The reason behind this national discord is that the rest of Nigeria must not sleep. They have already let loose their foot soldiers. And they are at work. But what could be their grouse?

It is encouraging seeing most Nigerian banks now using Credit Quest Software in analysing credit clients. This is a necessary and vital step forward in the pursuit of financial standards in line with the practices in other developed worlds.