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Has Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy failed?

Has Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy failed?

By Moshood Oshunfurewa  This symptom has fully emerged. Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy has failed. This failure is not the product of any single policy misstep but the systematic collapse of a six-decade-old structural architecture. This is a consequence of energy costs that devour manufacturing margins, foreign exchange controls that choke off access to production inputs, […]
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A river without fishermen: Lamentation on alleged water pollution

A river without fishermen: Lamentation on alleged water pollution

Rather then a conjecture, it is now a stern reality that tough times await fishermen in Koko and environs. The cause of the latest and pulsating alarm is not unconnected with the activities of illegal crude oil bunkers that operate fearlessly, and right under the ‘watchful’ eyes of security operatives in the Warri North LGA, Delta State. The condition of the Koko river has deteriorated to the extent that no meaningful fishing can take place there, needless to mention putting the water from it into any domestic use.

State creation as panacea for Niger-Delta

State creation as panacea for Niger-Delta

One of the social problems which the Federal Government of Nigeria has been saddled with since the past one decade is the widespread resentment among the people of the Niger-Delta area which harbours the oil and gas that sustain her economy .

2012 Edo governorship poll: Option before PDP

2012 Edo governorship poll: Option before PDP

The governorship election in Edo State is fast approaching and it is common knowledge that it is going to be a straight battle between the incumbent governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by its former Chairman, Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih.

Reforming public service for road development

Reforming public service for road development

The subject of road development appeals to all Nigerians just the same way good governance touches on their sensibilities. It is again not out of place to conclude that the passion of previous administrations for roads and general infrastructural development has always formed the underlying principles of government objectives like vision 20:2020, the Seven-Point Agenda […]