Six Million Dreamers, with Eyes Wide Open – Eloho Omowande Omame
My friend Ifeanyi Uddin challenged me to write, so I write. I feel honoured that he would indulge a guest post from me, although I am unconvinced that my thoughts[…]
Category: Analysis
Reality Check on Fiscal Policy in Nigeria – Ayo Teriba
A careful reading of the ‘2014-2016 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper: Supporting Growth and Employment Generation’, raises some grave concerns about Nigeria’s fiscal policy. All that one[…]
Of Pangolins And The African Capacity To Consume Everything
August this year, I spent a couple of days in London. I hate traveling. So the period spent away from home was not much fun. Then there was the added[…]
Trillion Naira Budgets without Jobs – Salisu Suleiman
Two events happened last week, with different levels of public awareness and concern. The first was on Tuesday, when the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), revealed that more than half[…]
A Minister, The Budget, And Our Expectations
The run up to the end of this year has been a season of high-wire performances across the land. The theatrics have ranged from the wretched to the extremely commonplace;[…]
The World Economic Forum: Promoting inclusive growth through foreign investment – Ayoola Adeyemi
In May 2014, Nigeria will host the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa. The World Economic Forum itself is the highest level of global gathering for top-level business, academic and[…]
Re-aligning Domestic Policy Making
In a meeting last week with personnel from one of the bigger investment banking outfits operating out of the United States of America, I was gifted an insight into the[…]
Jonathan: From poverty to president to prisoner – Salisu Suleiman
There must be something about the Nigerian presidency that turns whoever occupies the position to a prisoner, a tyrant, or both. Former president Shehu Shagari was a prisoner to the[…]
Analysis · General · World Affairs
Mandela: The Personification of Humility
I am one of many who hoped to meet Nelson Mandela in person someday. I am one of millions of Africans in awe of his statesmanship. I am one of[…]
Leadership…from thought to action (1)
This polemic article was published in 3 parts in ThisDay Newspaper Nigeria – July to August 2013 ————————– The problems with Nigeria we are told, are manifold. There is endemic[…]