Archive: February 2016

Devalue Now 

The Naira devaluation debate is raging, but in an opaque manner. Government’s policy is to hold the reins; not to devaluate, at least for now. President Muhammadu Buhari is adamant …

IGR: The Unknown Known, Finds Its Niche

The cliché “there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes” just assumed greater validity in Nigeria. Death is ever present. But taxes or internally generated revenue (IGR), which …

Tweaking the Buhari Presidency

It’s a tribute to democratic values and governance elsewhere, to think that elected leaders in Nigeria will govern well.  Insentiently, Nigerians know that is not the case, since Nigerian politics …

Buhari’s Policy Miscue On Gender Balance

Gender balance remains the biggest casualty of the recent ministerial nominations. Goal 5 of the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), calls for achieving gender quality and empowering all women …

Fiscal Bailout: Time for States to Recalibrate

In life and statecraft, there comes a time when delusion meets with reality. And so it is now, for twenty-eight Nigerian States and their elected leaders.  The fiscal cliff confronting …

Salvaging Nigeria’s Local Governments

Nigeria’s moment of reckoning has arrived and it should be a season for purposeful leadership rather than a season of silly politics.  In a nation suffused with developmental and other …