Tag: Nigeria

WHY AND HOW THE FUEL SUBSIDY SHOULD BE REMOVED


You do not assess the soundness of a policy based on its popularity. You however as a statesman prevent at all cost, civil disorder and widespread discontentment- as these tear at the  fabric of society and have long term negative repercussions.  Adebayo Alonge ( Public Policy Analyst) While I agree that a leader must stick … Continue reading WHY AND HOW THE FUEL SUBSIDY SHOULD BE REMOVED →

Face of first casualty of occupynigeria protests


Mustafa Muyideen Mofoluwasho Opobiyi of Ilorin is believed to be the first victim in rolling nationwide protests over the lifting of petrol subsidies which are expected to bring higher prices for everything and hardship to Nigerian citizens. Only days before, the 23 year old Opobiyi had completed his studies in computer training at Da’arul Salam … Continue reading Face of first casualty of occupynigeria protests →

Solving Nigeria’s Unemployment Crisis


"The idle everywhere consume a great part of it( i.e. a nation's annual produce); and according to the different proportions in which it is annually divided between those two different orders of people( i.e. the industrious and idle) ,its ordinary or average value must either annually increase or diminish, or continue the same from one … Continue reading Solving Nigeria’s Unemployment Crisis →

The cost of fifty-one years (I)


"Any society that seeks to achieve security against the background of acute food shortages, population explosion, low level of productivity and per capita income, low technological development, inadequate and sufficient utilities and chronic unemployment, has a false sense of security" Robert McNamara( Former Secretary of Defense, USA) As Nigeria marks her 51st independence anniversary, her … Continue reading The cost of fifty-one years (I) →