Length or breadth, nexus exists between unemployment and insecurity. This is predicated on the logic that unemployment exacerbates inequalities and fuel a sense of resentment. Thus unemployed and underemployed people are often more at risk of depression, anxiety and stress. This can occasionally lead to violence. A 19th Century American social worker was quoted as saying: “of all the aspects of social misery, nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.” A look at the rate of violent activities in the world would suggest that countries with high employment rates and entrenched social…
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Food Insecurity: States, Neglecting Agriculture In Nigeria
Nigerians currently faces what could pass as the worst food crisis in the annals of the nation. Food items considered common in the past, have presently become luxuries as they are virtually beyond the reach of the common man. As a result, hunger protests have erupted in various parts of the country. All over the world, especially in the developed nations, agriculture remains on the ‘A’ list of governments’ priorities. Nations like China, India, Russia, the United States, Brazil, even Ukraine, have emerged superpowers in grains production. It is sad…
Read MoreEconomic Hardship: Time Uzodinma Reconstituted Cabinet, Face Governance, Give Imolites Reprieve
Governance is about being proactive in ensuring the welfare or wellbeing of citizens. It is not just about long convoys with stern-looking security guards; neither is it about VIP meetings, chartered flights and globe trotting. Severe economic hardship has hit Nigeria in barely ten months of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government. Prices of food and other goods and services have already hit the sky. This avoidable situation has been blamed on the perceived hasty removal of subsidy on fuel by President Tinubu, at the point of of his…
Read MoreIsreali V Hamas Conflict: UN Must Do More To Prevent Wars
Isreal and Palestine are currently engaged in fierce battle that has reportedly cost nearly 20,000 people their lives. This number excludes thousands of those who were injured or displaced as a result of the hostilities. Both sides have had a taste of casualties with the Palestinians in Gaza ( the battle ground) more seriously affected. The historical path to the latest Isreal and Hamas conflict is well publicised; Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza strip has reportedly carried out what Isreal described as “unprovoked attack on her…
Read MoreSubsidy: Nigerians Cry Out Over Rising Inflation, High Fuel Price
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…
Read MoreNovember 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…
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