Parsing The Ekiti Handwringing – Feyi Fawehinmi
A loss like Kayode Fayemi’s in Ekiti on Saturday was bound to generate plenty of commentary and analysis. Predictably, people want to nail down ‘why’ he lost given that he[…]
Author: Feyi Fawehinmi
Who Pays The Taxes Around Here? Not Seplat – Feyi Fawehinmi
First let me state a couple of points 1. I hate taxes. I am from the school of thought which defines taxation as the art of plucking the goose with[…]
The Word On The Streets XI: The ‘Enhanced Security’ Edition – Feyi Fawehinmi
Someone had to do the hard work of attending the World Economic Forum in Abuja last week. Yours truly braved the odds and made it out alive. My summary of[…]
Tokunbo Cars and Terror Funding: A Working Example – Feyi Fawehinmi
Conspiracy theories will always be popular. But in Nigeria they are more popular than they should normally be for various reasons – bad education, religion, ‘legacy’ of colonialism. The problem[…]
Response to My Open Letter: An Insight Into Nigeria’s Cement ‘Market’ – Feyi Fawehinmi
A friend read my open letter to the Finance and Trade Ministers and sent me an email. I have nothing personal against Dangote (not like it matters) so it’s important to share[…]
An Open Letter to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Olusegun Aganga – Feyi Fawehinmi
Honourable Ministers, I write to you as someone with a lot of frustrations about the way Nigeria works (or doesnt) for the vast majority of its citizens. I tend to[…]
Unrelated Matters – Feyi Fawehinmi
You guys heard about Anhui Conch (AC) or nah? No? I thought so. Anyway you’ve come to the right place. The picture below should give you an understanding. That’s right,[…]
Protecting Nigerians From The Purveyors of Poverty – Feyi Fawehinmi
Thomas Sowell likes to say that you cannot know whether a policy is a success or failure without knowing what the person behind the policy set out to do in[…]
Rhetoric Matters – Lessons From Innoson and Bollywood
I’ve written about Innoson recently, so it was quite nice to see a long interview with Chief Innocent Chukwuma in The Vanguard this last weekend. It’s a very interesting interview that I think[…]
GDP Rebasing and Reality: The Nigerian Story – Feyi Fawehinmi
Rebasing an economy is something that ought to pass without fanfare. Everyone does it periodically. For example, the UK and Canada rebase their GDP calculations every 5 years. How then[…]