Category: EDITORIAL

Rising poverty in Nigeria is one issue that has been on the front burner of national discourse in recent time. According to reported figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, recently, “ 53 million more Nigerians fell into abject poverty compared to 2015. Reports show that the 53 million Nigerians , mostly of the middle class, were classified as being “vulnerable” before Buhari took over.” It was recently reported that “after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting in Abuja last week, the Minister of State for Budget and National…

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An inspirational maxim says that within every adversity lies opportunity. What that means, put differently, is that in every seeming hard situation, one could profit from it if he looks beyond the surface. Most prosperous societies and nation today did not rise on a platter of gold. They are where they are today because they faced challenges and instead of throwing their hands up and giving up, they thought serious how to convert their challenges to opportunities. Once, they did so, those adversities were not only subdued but also provided…

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Democracy implies  service to the people. This explains why political office  seekers must engage the masses, stakeholders and interest groups at town hall meetings and other fora. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has   scheduled September 28 to take off date for full blown campaigns by the various political parties, during which candidates for the various elective positions will interact with Nigerians on  what they intend to do for the people if elected into office. It is noteworthy to say that the country has or is still passing through some…

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Roads, quality roads remain sine qua non to the socio-economic development of a state. Successive administrations in Imo  have most often, hyped their achievements in area of road construction even though Imo is yet to be listed among leading states in the area of road network in the Nigeria. The present government of Senator Hope Uzodinma had at its inception barely two years ago, embarked upon a number of road projects including but not limited to the Owerri-Okigwe Road, the dual carriage Owerri-Orlu Road, Naze-Nekede Polytechnic -Ihiagwa-FUTO-Obinze road, Chukwuma Nwoha…

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The oil-rich town of Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area,  Imo State has been in the news recently although for the wrong reasons. There were reports of clashes between security agents and some youths in the area a fortnight ago, which  allegedly led to houses and other property belonging to indigenes of the area being destroyed,set ablaze. Many residents of the area   are equally believed to have fled the town and adjourning communities especially, the villages in Obeabor community. Security agents were reported to have stormed the villages of Obuogwugwu …

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As the countdown to 2023 general election hots up,  one critical question that keeps tugging at the mind of Nigerians is whether the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is prepared to conduct credible election. President Buhari has severally been reported to have vowed to conduct free, fair and credible elections, whose outcome will meet globally accepted standard. However, some  concerned Nigerians still harbour fears that that promise may not see the light of the day. In the main their  fear stems from the country’s history of flawed and fraudulent elections. Also,…

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Nearly two months after , the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Nigeria, extended  its protracted  strike action, we are being told President Buhari government, appears ready to end the strike. Some reports on some social media platforms have suggested that at last respite may be on the way for Nigeria undergraduates and, by extension, the university system. If this piece of information is true, then it is a good news.  Nigeria universities students have been on forced holiday  for almost six months now. Going by the structuring of the…

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Beyond all doubt, the South East region of Nigeria should produce the president for the country by 2023. Almost all indices in this regard favours the region. It is one of the three major ethnic tripods which Nigeria stands on. Also, like the other two planks of the tripod, Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani, the people as well played significant role towards the political independence of Nigeria from Britain . In the same manner, South East has  paid its  fare share of due in the quest for national growth and development. Infact,…

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Osun State governorship election held Saturday, July 16, 2022, has come and gone. It has been won and lost by governor elect Ademola Adeleke of PDP and Gboyega Oyetola of APC. Unlike in the past when elections and their aftermaths were usually characterized by accusations and counter accusations, allegations and counter allegations, protests, violence, fraud and manipulation among many other negative scenarios, the Osun governorship election and its aftermath to a large extent were peaceful. Save for few isolated cases of disturbances and disruptions that day,  the whole exercise reportedly…

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All over the civilized world, the legislature remains the primus inter pares of the three arms of government. Hence the success or otherwise of any government in any country, depends to a large extent, on the vibrancy, “proactiveness” and independence of the legislature. Perhaps and more probably, World War II would have been prevented had the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler not dealt a mortal blow on the German Reichstag in the late 1930s and early 40s. What the Hitler did to emasculate the German legislature at that time, remains…

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