NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC DEATH TOLL RISES PREDICTABLY
“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind: And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” John Donne, 1571-1631 Those living in extreme poverty...
Category: Economy
MINIMUM WAGE AND OUR PERPETUAL FAILURE TO BE PROACTIVE.
“FG approves N30,000 for its staff”. “National Council of States recommends N27,000.” AIT, January 23, 2019. Insanity has been described by sages elsewhere as “doing the same thing all over again and expecting a...
MINIMUM WAGE AND OUR PERPETUAL FAILURE TO BE PROACTIVE.
“FG approves N30,000 for its staff”. “National Council of States recommends N27,000.” AIT, January 23, 2019. Insanity has been described by sages elsewhere as “doing the same thing all over again and expecting a...
NNPC REFINERIES AS A METAPHOR FOR ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH NIGERIA
“Refineries lose N96bn in nine months, says NNPC.” News Report. The story published in a national newspaper on December 30, 2018 elaborated by pointing out that “The Federal Government-owned refineries lost N96.34bn in the...
FOUR REASONS WHY NIGERIAN ECONOMY WILL NOT IMPROVE UNDER BUHARI.
“The rate of change in our time is so swift that an individual of ordinary length of life will be called on to face novel situations which have no parallel in the past. The...
FORGET 2018 BUDGET IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME ANYWAY.
FORGET 2018 BUDGET IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME ANYWAY. “But the truth is that we are generally having the wrong discussion. I personally don’t think we have a debt problem, but we have...
HAS SOMEBODY BEEN LYING TO GOVERNOR AND SENATOR OF AKWA IBOM STATE?
“Liars ought to have good memories. Algernon Sidney, 1622-1683. What is it about rice that makes it the favorite food item about which Nigerian political leaders lie so much? Is it because rice rhymes...
THE 18 MILLION MOUTH GAP IN NIGERIA.
“In every community, there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean criminals. For them [criminals] we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably, the most dangerous people...
BUHARI’S LOST 18 MILLION NIGERIANS
“Numbers can be deadly.” TIME MAGAZINE 1970s. President Buhari must have shocked some of his listeners in London last week when he said that Nigeria’s population is estimated at 180 million. The President of...
NIGERIAN ECONOMY STILL ON THE BRINK OF RECESSION
“Quantum Global Research Lab, an independent research arm of Quantum Global, has ranked Nigeria as the 14th most attractive economy for investments flowing into the African continent.” News Report, March 29, 2018. Addressing the 6ti...
