Editorial

New NFIU regulations, wrong approach

With a welter of new regulations, which are set for implementation any minute now, the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has reopened the debate about the true essence of local government administration in the country. In line with this, the NFIU has introduced fresh guidelines, which it claims are targeted at …

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Amaechi’s forlorn $45 billion rail ambition

Persistent as ever, Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, is pressing ahead with an ambitious national railway construction programme that comes with a hefty $45 billion price tag. This is fine, since Nigeria’s current 3,500 kilometres of track is grossly inadequate, leaves the economy hobbled and traps the country in under-development. But …

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Reps’ medical tourism bill blunder

Speciously, the House of Representatives has thrown out a bill to regulate overseas medical treatment for public officials. The bill, with the objective of barring top officials from medical tourism at public expense so that government can revive the country’s decadent health system, was killed by lawmakers at a plenary …

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Don’t relocate NGMC from Warri!

Whatever is the motive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation concerning reported relocation of its marketing subsidiary, Nigeria Gas Marketing Company Limited (NGMC), consideration must be given to peace in the Niger Delta area and indeed the country that is already facing terrorism and other security challenges. The NNPC and …

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A solemn duty to protect Nigerians

Going by all the emerging evidence of the brazen, defiant criminality in its many forms ravaging this country now, the rule of law is failing and the power of constituted authority to fulfill its very purpose is quite embarrassing. There is a sense in which we can claim that this …

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Do we need more or better universities

It is curious and even provocative that the authorities and the people of Nigeria have not been considering groundswell of informed commentaries that Nigeria needs better, not more universities at this time that disruptive technologies daily shape economic development through innovation – triggered by research. And so, the National Universities …

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Sanusi and the broken palace gourd

By Leo Sobechi He has always found himself at cross-purposes with the establishment. His elevation to the traditional governance institution was enhanced by his romance with the progressives, whose causes are antithetical to the dictates of the feudal system. And so, in the clash of the contrasting ideals that failed …

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Nigeria’s huge population without quality education

The recent bickering between the United Nations and the National Population Commission over Nigeria’s current population figure is quite unnecessary and embarrassing. And it depicts perhaps, only one thing: that some national institutions of governance do not properly understand their mandates. Nigeria’s National Population Commission is one of them and …

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Dealing with runaway contractors

Public procurement in the country is riddled with corruption masterminded by contractors and their collaborators in the bureaucracy. This has resulted in the loss of huge public funds as many contractors abandon the job after full or substantial payments had been collected. In some cases, they collect the mobilisation fee …

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