Tag: Nigeria

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | Covid-19: A government that is Inattentive cannot beAdaptive  and Purposeful. 

Covid-19 has debunked illusions, unraveled myths, and shredded soft power of big and small nations, Nigeria included. It has upended normalcy. A government that is inattentive to outside expert opinion, …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | Covid-19: Time to Recalibrate and Synergize Response

Sooner or later parts or whole of Nigeria will be locked down again. The alternative is too scary to contemplate. Nigerians don’t mind staying home so long as they have …

Remarks attributable to Oseloka H. Obaze | Relaxation of Lockdown in Anambra Precipitate

I do not routinely comment on policy actions of ANSG. However, there is a time to speak up. While not privy to the reasons that informed Anambra State authorities relaxing …

Guest Policy Topic: |  Is COVID-19 Restructuring Nigeria?

Chima Christian | Awka | April 24, 2020. COVID-19 has gone for Nigeria’s jugular. Yet again, President Buhari is not fighting back with equal ferocity. This should not be surprising. …

Policy Brief 74-20: | Covid-19: Nigeria Must Avert Systemic Collapse 

Oseloka H. Obaze |   In just one week Africa garnered a 43% jump in its Covid-19 cases. These numbers are relative to Nigeria even as her recorded numerical remains …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: |  Covid-19 Response; we must overcome groupthink.

For Nigeria to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, the national leadership must overcome the Groupthink syndrome that is driving national response. The “Central Minds of Government” can’t do it alone. By …

Policy Brief 73-20 | Lack of Resilience Strategy Hobbles Nigeria

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze* A well-worn cliché states that those who “Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail.” That has been Nigeria’s fate in battling the Covid-19 pandemic. …

News Track: | COVID-19: Prepare For The Worst, Diplomat Tells Nigerians

Independent 2:13 pm , Tue, 7 April 20 (https://www.independent.ng/covid-19-prepare-for-the-worst-diplomat-tells-nigerians/)  Awka – Former diplomat and Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2017 Governorship election in Anambra State, …

Selonnes Consult Policy Tidbits: |  Use Scientific and Evidence-based measures to contain Covid-19

Solutions to mitigating the Covid-19 pandemic will be scientific and evidence-based. Social distancing, self-isolation, stay home orders and quarantine of the infected is the way to go; the public policy …

Policy Brief 70-20:  COVID-19: Escalate National Resiliency Now

Oseloka H. Obaze It ought not to be a hard sell to convince anyone that, try as we may and have; Nigeria is well behind the emergency response curve required …