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The month of April has been a turbulent one in government- workers relations. In at least three key sectors – health, judiciary and education – federal public sector workers have downed tools this month. It started with the National Association of Resident Doctors. The strike lasted for 10 days. As the tumult deteriorated, the Judiciary…
Recently, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdurasheed Bawa, made a declaration that the Bank Employees Assets Declaration Act of 1986 would be resuscitated to block loopholes created by some bankers as the country looks forward to sanitise the financial system. Bawa made this disclosure shortly after a closed door meeting…
To many observers, the speech by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki in a video that has gone viral, spells nothing but doom for Nigeria’s economic future. The Edo State Governor, who is an economist and former investment banker, lamented that the nation bears a huge financial burden, with no concrete steps on how she can…
Nigeria’s sugar industry has been in existence since the 1960s although, for years, it could only supply about 2% of the country’s requirement. This is in spite of the comparative and competitive advantage sugar production has in the country. This poor performance stripped the country of virtually all the benefits that could have accrued from…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently reflected the fears in the minds of most development analysts, that the survival of local government administration in Nigeria rests on divine intervention. The ex-Nigerian leader, who recently received the new National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) president, Comrade Akeem Olatunji Ambali at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Penthouse…
The spate of insecurity in Nigeria is rising in exponential dimension as citizens now sleep with one eye closed, not knowing the next community or institution that the hoodlums may attack. Anarchy recently broke out in Owerri, Imo State, a relatively peaceful town as thousands of prison inmates from Owerri Correctional Service (NCS) located along…
The issue of making public the asset declarations of public office holders has always been controversial. The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has reiterated its stance that it is illegal to release or publish asset declarations of public officeholders. In letters dated 30 March 2021, Munirah Elabor, the chairman of the Code of Conduct of…
Unruly criminals and terrorists seem poised to expand Nigeria’s theatre of war beyond the Northeast. Their goal is to make a caricature of Nigeria’s security apparatus. The series of attacks in the Southeast region in recent times is a scary reality the nation is compelled to confront, as the pristine tranquility the southeast has enjoyed…
Nigerians have been clamouring for more efficient ways of processing passports as the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) appears to be overwhelmed by the avalanche of applications and the human traffic that throng its headquarters to apply for or renew international passports, as well as visa. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola seemed to have hearkened to…
According to recent reports, the social media accounts of over fifteen top influencers in Nigeria became inaccessible as Twitter users noticed their suspension on 6 April 2021. It was revealed that they were part of the Venezuelan government campaign deployed on social media to sway public opinion and prevent authorities in Cape Verde from extraditing…
