Prices of goods and services in Nigeria have kept rising in recent time. Fuel price on its own, has jumped to N700 a litre. Nigerians are currently groaning under excruciating economic hardship; this is the reality of the situation. Cost of living in the country has gone outrageously high. This has been the situation since the subsidy on premium motor spirit, PMS, or petrol as it is commonly called, was removed by the APC administration of President Bola Tinubu which came on board on May 29, this year. Infact the…
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November 11 Imo Guber: Task Before INEC, Police, Other Stakeholders
The much-awaited November 11 Imo governorship election is now a matter of days from today. At the moment, political parties and their candidates are busy putting finishing touches to their campaigns. It is expected that Imo citizens who are eligible to vote should file out en masse on Saturday, November 11, to perform their civil obligation and usher in the leadership they desire. It is equally expected that critical stakeholders in the electoral system like the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, security agencies, election observers, media and political parties and…
Read MoreSubsidy: Fuel Price Becoming Unsustainable, Tinubu Must Act Now
Fuel price in Nigeria recently jumped further to nearly N700 a litre. This sounds unbelievable but that is the reality of the situation. Continuous astronomical rise in the price of premium motor spirit, PMS, or petrol as it is commonly called, has been the trend since the APC administration of President Bola Tinubu came on board on May 29, this year. No thanks to the perceived hasty removal subsidy on petrol by the Tinubu administration even before stepping into the presidential office. Prior to the exit of the Muhammadu Buhari…
Read MoreUmahi’s Move To End Poor Road Construction, Commendable
Roads remain the commonest means of transportation in Nigeria. This is so, especially as rail transport has gradually lost steam in the country following years of neglect by successive administrations. The inability to expand rail transport infrastructure to cover more towns and cities in the country, coupled with rising insecurity, have put more pressure on the roads in the country. The result is that emphasis has over the years, shifted to haulage by road, thereby leading to frequent collapse of roads. Aside this fact however, there is the angle of…
Read MoreTumbling Economy: FG Must Return Fuel Subsidy
Energy remains a serious issue in many parts of the world. In the United States for instance, energy is one issue that can make or mar a political party during elections. This was the case during the November 2022 in Nigeria’s midterm elections that saw the Republicans snatch majority in the House of Representatives. To say that the Nigerian economy has been on the road to Golgotha since the announcement of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023, is simply stating the obvious. Tinubu’s…
Read MoreImperative For Issue-based, Peaceful Guber Campaigns In Imo
The Imo governorship election scheduled for November 11 this year, is barely two months away from now. Presently, political parties candidates have begun kicking off their campaigns and launching their manifestoes. Ordinarily, the candidates are expected to sell their programmes to Imo people and engage opponents on the basis of the programmes they present, as contained in their respective manifestoes. However, some supporters of some of the governorship candidates are rather busy shadow-boxing opponents of their principals on the social media. Some think blackmailing opponents of their principals on the…
Read MorePalliatives: Tinubu Misfired Using State Governments
The removal of the subsidy on fuel right from the first day of the Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration, has led to astronomical rise in fuel price with the concomitant hike in transport fares and prices of other goods and services. The hue and cry that followed the escalating economic hardship resulting from the fuel subsidy removal, prompted the Tinubu administration to initiate palliatives aimed at cushioning the effects of the subsidy removal. The palliatives which reportedly include thousands of bags of rice and cash to each of…
Read MoreCoups: Wake Up Call For African Leaders
A new wave of coup d’etat has been sweeping across Africa in recent years. At the last count, about six countries in west and central Africa including Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gabon, among others. While efforts by ECOWAS were on-going to sort out issues surrounding the military interventions in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso and Niger, another military putsch occurred in Gabon in the Central African sub-region last week. Surprisingly, the citizens of these countries where coups occurred, took to the streets in celebration. In fact, the wide jubilation…
Read MoreImo Guber: Political Campaigns Must Be Issue-based, Not Name-calling
The November 11 Imo governorship election is a matter of weeks away. At the moment, candidates of the various political parties have begun flagging off their campaigns and unveiling their manifestoes. Sadly, rather than tackle opponents on the basis of the programmes they present, as contained in the manifestoes, supporters of some of the Governorship candidates are busy chasing shadows on the Social Media. Sometimes they choose to talk about attendance to flag-off events instead of focusing on critically analysing what each candidate has in stock to do for Ndi-Imo.…
Read MoreFG’s Palliatives: Need For Imo Govt To Avoid Covid-19 Sad Experience
President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government of Nigeria recently announced N5 billion palliative to each of the 36 states of Nigeria. According to the the Tinubu administration, the palliatives which also include thousands of bags of Rice to each state, are aimed at cushioning the effects of the removal of subsidy on Petrol. Recent reports indicate that some states of the Federation have begun acknowledging receipt of the palliatives including truck loads of Rice. This is just as a state like Kwara has reportedly acknowledged receiving N2 billion cash out of…
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