Tag: Nigeria

Interview| Nigeria is in Dire Straits – Obaze

AWKA – 15 April 2021: Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze the MD/CEO Selonnes Consult, a policy, governance and management consulting firm based in Awka spoke recently with the Editorial team of …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | Covid 19 Vaccine – Nigeria Must Attend to Most Vulnerable First.

Global best practices in any sector, requires copying or emulating policies adopted by other members of the international community to promote the welfare of their citizens. In that regard, there …

Selonnes Policy  Tidbits: |  Nigeria Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Controversy

Nigeria’s Covid-19 response regime has been fraught with controversy from the onset. Now the distribution plan and anticipated expenses are also mired in controversy. This is a result of lack …

Policy Brief 82-21| Nigeria’s Divergent Tales of Fishermen and Herdsmen

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze*   In Nigeria, two important traditional food and agricultural occupations face existential threats. The fishermen in the coastal areas of the country and …

Covid-19 R-Factor and Weak Links in Nigeria

Oseloka H. Obaze   Neither federal nor the 36 State governments can say categorically the number of Nigerians infected with COVID-19. As per Nigeria’s R-Factor (Infection Risk Factor), NCDCs extant …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits | Kankara Kidnapping marks Three Strikes

In conflict situations, strike modalities are marked by a pertinent cliché: first strike as happenstance, second strike coincidence and the third strike is enemy action. Boko Haram having claimed to …

Vision 2020 – Was a Psychedelic Model of National Development Plan -Obaze

Points made by Oseloka H. Obaze during a Zoom meeting moderated by Richard Ali to preview his book Waning Strength of Government and Nigeria’s Vision 2020  As  I see it …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: |  Nigeria’s Voice Missing from Global Covid Vaccine Politics

Once upon a time, Nigeria wasAfrica’s bellwether  and voice on global issues.  At no other time is her leadership and voice most needed, than now as the global politics of …

Policy Brief 79-20 | The Strength of Government

Nigeria teeters between coercion and consensus building. The federal government should not succumb to the former, having already initiated wide-ranging consultations with national stakeholders, including governors, traditional rulers, women and …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: |  FGN Disbanding SARS – a good move – but more work remains. 

FGN disbanding of SARS is a good move.   Speaking truth to power takes different dimensions and ultimately, will yeid some concrete results. As we congratulate advocates of SARS reform, …