Soludo's Solution of Anger and Innuendo
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- Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 00:56
- Written by Nasir El Rufai
Long before the publication of The Accidental Public Servant, I had decided to resist joining issues with whatever commentators wrote in response to the book by way of either attacking the author or its contents. It is a narrative of my experiences and views, and I would simply invite others to document theirs. Many of those that commented on,
These Cowards!
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 00:10
- Written by Olusegun Dada
Let me put it this way: I have seen many things in my life. I have seen certain people who treat passivity as some kind of heroic action. There are people who say, “I just want my job, my family, and my religion and I will leave politics out of my life.” Passivity isn’t heroic, it’s cowardly! It’s the lazy man’s easy way out. But I see it beyond
The Cost of Governance: Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 09:18
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
In December last year, the National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) asked the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to justify the N5.7bn budget for overheads and personnel for its staff of 249 for 2012. Out of the N5.7bn, a total of N4.95bn had been released. Analysis of the PPPRA budget
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The Nigerian Elites and the Crisis of leadership
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- Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 12:42
- Written by Omano Edigheji, PhD
Chima Ubani, Alao Aka Bashorun, Gani Fawehinmi and BekoRamsome-Kuti are in my thoughts. They were heroes of the democratic struggles in Nigeria. They were selfless individuals who sacrificed personal comfort for the common good. They inspired me and we fought together for a democratic order -sadly, the foursome is today
The social and economic costs of unemployment
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 20:58
- Written by Nasir el Rufai
One depressing reality in virtually every Nigerian family is the sight of adults in their late 20s and 30s who left school years ago, but have been unable to secure gainful employment. Thus, at an age when they are supposed to be productive and integral parts of our economy, building the fabrics of our social life by settling down to raise families,
Hunger In The Midst Of Plenty by Nasir Elrufai
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- Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:26
- Written by Nasir Ahmad Elrufai
A good proportion of young people today were taught from primary school that agriculture is the mainstay of the Nigerian economy. Agricultural Science as a subject is part of our educational curriculum and therefore taught at all levels of education. In spite of the constant emphasis on agriculture as a core aspect of the Nigerian economy
Nasir el-Rufai: Counting the Cost of Nigeria’s Water
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 11:46
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Friday Column - Not many Nigerians may know Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and fewer still would have any reason to. Born in 1772, he was an English poet who lived long before any notion of Nigerian nationhood was forged, but his most famous work, ‘The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner’ which was written in 1798, aptly describes the
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