Increasing pump price of fuel is not removing subsidy

24 Dec 2024

Let me say it for the umpteenth time. Increasing the pump price of fuel is not removing subsidy. It is increasing tax on petrol. Only full deregulation amounts to subsidy removal. Full deregulation would mean that the Govt would take its hands off the supply of fuel to the pump. Anyone willing and able either […]

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What is needed for stability in the exchange rate

20 Dec 2024

The Naira has continued its upward swing against the Dollar. The danger in what is going on is that no one knows, except, perhaps, the CBN, what exactly is going on. Volatility is never good for money and the economy. Whoever is dancing yo-yo with the Naira is causing more damage than they can imagine. […]

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Investing in Nigeria Economy

20 Dec 2024

It is said that a low rate for the national currency will attract more forex as those abroad seek to maximize their advantage to get more value in Naira for their money. That ordinarily should attract more foreign investment. The flip side is that after production, you have to sell in Naira, except you produce […]

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My own rules of engagement for protests

19 Dec 2024

1. Protest is a civil right that is higher than all other rights because other rights depend upon it for effectiveness. 2. Protest is an exercise of the sovereignty which is declared as inherent in the people at section 14(2)(a) of the Constitution. When Government loses the authority of the people to govern either generally […]

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Environmental Impact Assessment, banning Spraying of Naira is a misplaced priority

17 Dec 2024

Environmental Impact Assessment is not done in secret. It is not a matter of a document that the Ministry of Environment has issued. It must involve the public. The report must be published and tabled before the public so that concerned people may make objections to it. Thereafter, a Council is set up to consider […]

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Victim of Ourselves

17 Dec 2024

What we need is not to retreat but to work harder. The people who planned coups and leveraged themselves to power and then fought a war successfully to cement their hold on power could successfully marginalize you for obvious reasons of protecting their gains. Would you also become a victim of their children under a […]

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A Nation of Rats

16 Dec 2024

Some people performed an experiment with rats. They put some rats in a cage and made sure that they consistently had an abundance of food and water. They called it the rats’ paradise. Initially, the rats continued to hustle for the food and water. When they realized that feeding was no longer an issue, they […]

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THE MISPLACED INDIGENOUS CULTURE ADVOCACY

06 May 2023

The reactionary advocates for a return to the past cannot rob us of that which we have given to ourselves.. We are who we are. They cannot change us into who they would rather have us be in their jaundiced imagination.

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THE DRUG CURSE HOVERING OVER NIGERIA

14 Apr 2023

If you think that it is a coincidence that it is the same Buhari that wants to hand Nigeria over to a drug baron, then you do not know God. It is vengeance that is hovering over him. It is a spiritual set up.

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