Policy Briefs
Discourse Event: |Failure in governance is an endpoint of the political titration and Government’s abdication its accountability and responsibility to protect.
On Friday 30th December, 2023, upon invitation, the MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult Oseloka H. Obaze was the guest on the Atlanta Discuss with Ade podcast hosted by Ade Balogun. The …
Selonnes Event: Selonnes Consult MD/CEO meet with the leadership of the Unity Party of Liberia
Selonnes Consult MD/CEO Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze with the leadership of Liberia’s Unity Party during a consultative strategic meeting in Lagos ahead of the Liberian presidential election held 11 October, …
Policy Brief No. 24-7| Overcoming Nigeria’s Legacy of Woes
By Oseloka H. Obaze Nigeria’s legacy of woes transects a broad historical and political sphere. Since her independence in 1960, various governments have represented the good, the bad and the …
Policy Brief No. 24-6| Nigeria’s Not Too Big To Fail By Oseloka H. Obaze
Deciphering Nigeria can be depressing. Interrogating her history and present political trajectory can also be disconcerting. That awkwardness is further complicated by the fact that in a nation where governance …
Policy Brief No. 24-5 | Nigeria’s Opposition Abet APC’s Grim Governance
Disfranchised Nigerians continue to rebuke the Tinubu Administration for its lackluster governance performance. That is as it should be. On balance, the APC Administration also hasits defenders and apologists. …
Policy Brief No. 24-4 |Blame Game Is Not Policy Game
A befuddling vagary of Nigerian politics is that some who seek political power on getting into office don’t seem to know what to do. Yet, the abandonment of Nigerian …
Policy Brief No. 24-3 | Implementing Oronsaye Report – No Walk in the park..
The recent decision by the incumbent administration in Nigeria to implement the 12 year old Oronsaye Report, seems a convenient policy afterthought. Certainly, you cannot effectively implement such a reform, …
Policy Brief No. 24-2 | History Lesson from the “Generator Country.”
By Oseloka H. Obaze
History and diplomacy often mix in very curious ways. The just-concluded AFCON football tournament in Ivory Coast, unearthed parts of Nigeria’s failings to honour her history and stay true to …
Policy Brief No. 24-1 |Nigeria’s Malgovernance, Misgovernance and Bad Governance
A recent trending photo of the leaders of the BRICS nations hobnobbing and holding hands across-the-chest, spoke eloquently to the group’s vital missing link and presumptive member. That photo brought …
Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | ECOWAS Unglued And Unbundled
#BuFMaNxit is here. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have jointly decided to exit ECOWAS. The move is unheralded, but not entirely unexpected. If the UK could exit the EU, then …
Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | Banditry -Nigeria’s Worst Snubbed Problem
Banditry -Nigeria’s worst snubbed problems- is the continual forced removal of indigenes from their homesteads and ancestral homelands via terrorism, visceral violence, butchery, massacres, displacement and occupation that is creating …