Kaduna's Not So Disappointing Budget; By Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 25 May 2012 11:25
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Over the last few weeks, we have analyzed budgets from four of the six geopolitical zones in the country: Bauchi from the North East, Lagos from the South West, Benue from the North Central, Edo in the South South, and now, the North Western State
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Edo's Budget of Progress
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 10:38
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
From a hopeless budget in the Bauchi of the North-East, a sensible one in Lagos of the South-West and an opaque budget in Benue of the North-Central, our focus this week is on the South-South state of Edo with a view to assessing how self-reliant, fiscally prudent and accountable the state is.
Between Terrorism And Corruption (2) By: Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 11 May 2012 10:47
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Unemployment is the primary target of every sensible nation's economic policy, but our policy makers seem quite content trumpeting and celebrating our jobless growth. Nationally, at least two in every five able-bodied Nigerians willing and able to work has
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Nasir el Rufai On Friday: Between Terrorism And Corruption (1)
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- Published on Sunday, 06 May 2012 09:28
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I was invited by Silver Knights Ibadan to present a paper at their annual May Day Lecture on the topic "Between Terrorism and Corruption - Implications for Nigeria" Considering the topical nature of the title of the discourse, I thought to share it with a wider readership. At the crossroads that we have found ourselves as a nation, where a
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Benue's Opaque Budget. by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 27 April 2012 01:15
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
We continue our analysis of the budgets of the state governments with the North-Central State of Benue. Bordered by Nasarawa state to the north, Taraba state to the East, Ebonyi and Cross River states to the south, and Kogi state to the west, Benue state was created in February 1976, when Benue-Plateau State was
Lagos - Sound Government, Sensible Budget: by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 20 April 2012 12:01
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
In continuation of our focus on state budgets’ with a view to analyzing their viability, fiscal prudence and accountability to citizens, the spotlight this week is on Lagos. Lagos state is one of the 13 states in the country which have presented a fiscal
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Bauchi’s Hopeless Budget. By: Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 13 April 2012 09:48
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As we explore the issue of Nigeria’s missing federalism, we turn today to Bauchi as we focus on and analyze sub-national budgets, fiscal prudence and good governance. The state is one of the older states with the good fortune of being decently
