Author: Oseloka Obaze, MD & CEO

Policy Brief 67/19:  Waning Strength of Government

Oseloka H. Obaze || Promoting democracy requires constant shielding of its sustaining institutions. That’s moral and strategic imperative. The expedient practice of mixing accepted international democratic norms, with self-serving precepts …

Selonnes Consult Policy Tidbits: Public Policies Should Be on Balance

There is nothing wrong with adopting a cashless policy. However, any public policy, which by its spirit or methods of implementation place undue burden on some States, even if temporarily, …

Selonnes Consult Policy Tidbits:  CBN cashless policy discriminatory, should be universally applied or suspended immediately

The just announced CBN cashless policy, even with the best of intentions, is discriminatory as it targets selected States- Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Abia, Anambra, Rivers and FCT – as pilot …

Selonnes Consult Policy Tidbits:  Whither Emergent EAC?

From a policy perspective, the recent emergence of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), hints at the Economic Management Team (EMT) and its advocated policies not being efficacious. Curiously, the EAC …

Selonnes Consult Policy Titbits: FGN Hike of VAT, a Catch 22

Federal Executive Council (FEC) hike of Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5.0% to 7.2%, a 44% increase, presents a Catch-22 Situation for Nigeria’s economy. It may raise IGR but will …

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 66/19:  Ending Spasmodic Xenophobia

Oseloka H. Obaze || The spasmodic xenophobic attacks, which commenced around 2000 and escalated recently, has placed South Africa front and centre of global criticisms. It is also fraught with …

Selonnes Consult Policy Tidbits: On Nigeria’s leadership challenges

When Chinua Achebe said that “being a Nigerian is abysmally frustrating and unbelievably exciting”(1967), and that the “the trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely the failure of leadership” (1984), …

Selonnes Consult Policy Tidbits: Rising Global Manipulation of Anti-corruption efforts

I’m presently researching a book chapter on the risk of rising illiberalism in Nigeria. My co-author and I encountered the passage below, which relative to Nigeria, sounds all too common. …

 Obaze speaks on political zoning and cross political tier aspirations

A media house recently sought the views of Selonnes Consult MD/CEO Mr Oseloka H. Obaze on the question of political zoning in broad terms, and cross political tier aspirations of …

Obaze and Moghalu exchange views on national issues 

Oseloka H. Obaze, MD/CEO Selonnes Consult and his wife Dr. Ofunne Obaze ran into Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, former Deputy Governor of CBN, former Presidential Candidate of YDP and founder of …