Managing the Impending Hunger and Malnutrition, By: Nasir El-Rufai
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- Friday, 12 October 2012
- By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
The cost of a measure or 'mudu’ of beans reached a never-before-seen price of N500 (five hundred naira) a week ago. For most Nigerians families, beans and its derivatives like 'akara' and 'moi-moi' are the richest source of nutrients and very often the only source of proteins – meat, fish, milk and eggs having disappeared from their
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El-Rufai on Friday...introducing Young Voices
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- Friday, 07 September 2012
- By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Every other week, this column will introduce a young Nigerian and give him or her the opportunity to express views on governance and public policy issues that matter to their generation which, by the way constitutes more than 70% of our population. It is my singular honour to present ‘Yemi Adamolekun, one of the leading lights of
The Tragedy of Abandoned Projects By: Nasir El-Rufai
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- Friday, 31 August 2012
- By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Eleven thousand, eight hundred and eighty-six (11,886) abandoned projects that will cost an estimated N7.78 trillion to complete! These alarming figures are from the report of the Presidential Projects Assessment Committee (PPAC) set up in March 2011, by President Goodluck Jonathan to look into cases of abandoned federal
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The Budget Conundrum (3) – Implementation or Utilization? by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Friday, 24 August 2012
- By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
El-Rufai on Friday - A couple of weeks ago, controversy sprung-up between the Executive and Legislative arms of government over the (non) implementation of the 2012 budget. The ruckus between both arms stirred up the consciousness of many people about budget implementation and the numerous jargons associated with the
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The Budget Conundrum (2) – Unravelling the Jargon - by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Friday, 17 August 2012
- By Nasir El-Rufai
El-Rufai on Friday #61- Once the budget is signed into law, it is published in the NASS journal as an Act, the Federal Government Official Gazette and published online on the website of the Budget Office of the Federation. The Executive Branch is then bound to comply with the law. Legislative sanctions applicable to violation of the law
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El rufai: The Budget Conundrum (1) – Budgeting Process
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- Friday, 10 August 2012
- By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
The nation’s attention has once again been captured by controversy over budget implementation. Indeed, the House of Representatives has passed a motion sponsored by my brother Femi Gbajabiamila threatening the commencement of impeachment proceedings against President Jonathan unless the administration rapidly
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State Budgets: Wrong Priorities, Pathetic Outcomes (2) by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Friday, 03 August 2012
- By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
The paltry amounts allocated to agriculture exemplified the misplaced priorities of most of the states’ budgets. Rural Anambra budgeted less than 2% for agriculture, Bauchi with 80% of its population engaged in farming allocated only 5.5% of its budget to agriculture, Edo allocated only 1%, and Gombe with its arable land and 80%
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