Policy Briefs

HERE TO SERVE –Advocacy for good governance

Book Review by Elsie-Bernadette Onubogu HERE TO SERVE –Advocacy for good governance by Oseloka H. Obaze Ben Bosah Books, 2016, 264pp, $20   Oseloka H. Obaze’s “HERE TO SERVE – …

Regulatory Agencies Failing Nigerians

Nigeria’s much coveted political and governance change will be greatly enhanced; if the nation’s regulatory agencies can be pressed to carry out their mandates in unfettered ways. Carrying forward President …

Solvency of Buhari’s Foreign Policy

One year is far too brief a period to assess the value of any leader’s foreign policy. Yet the period is ample to gain insight on the foreign policy trajectory …

Diminution of Due Process and Ordered Liberties in Nigeria 

Democracy remains the universally preferred form of government. Yet, Nigeria’s nascent democracy continues to throw up real and ethereal challenges that underline problems and paradoxes of democracy. Nigerian leaders, including …

Nigeria’s Economy; Is FGN Risk Averse?

Before crashing oil prices destabilized Nigeria’s rebased economy; the economy was already distressed due to mismanagement, policy vacillations and intrusive partisan politics. Hence, the economy President Muhammadu inherited, while perceptibly …

Curbing Vicious Herdsmen and Visceral Conflicts

Nigeria under President Muhamadu Buhari confronts another simmering and ugly crisis situation. Nigeria’s cattle industry was once a key sector of Nigeria’s export and foreign exchange earnings. Although greatly reduced …

Caging Nigeria’s Ghost Workers

High among the problems bedeviling Nigeria’s public service is the scourge of ghost workers. The problem is now a national crisis and a huge drain on the national economy.  In a nation where personnel costs represent forty percent …

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 …