Inspiring greatness-based ideas
The local government system in Nigeria, a colonial heritage, enjoys the favour of Section 7 of 1999 Constitution as third tier of government. The system was conceived with a mindset that rural development ought to be the concern of every responsible and responsive political system since development does not make sense if it does not positively affect the lives of Read more
Cruelty is surely not the only story that can be told of government. Government has noble sides which often amaze us when virtually it responds to disasters; when it cares for the widows and less privileged and the likes of such kangaroo arrangements deliberately fashioned to deceive the gullible and hopeless masses. Then it seems that its generosity knows no Read more
When economic activities are abruptly disrupted, things do not just stagnate, they degenerate. We saw it around this time last year when Nigeria was locked up in the cesspool of economic breakdown following the unilateral removal of oil subsidy by the presidency. As the darkness of politically fun-filled 2011 cleared from the horizon, Nigerians woke up expecting that the breaking Read more
It takes two to begin a war and many to put it to an end. It takes lesser time and people to fuel hatred but requires many hairsplitting brains and negotiations to erase old hatreds. War is like an idea; no matter how long it takes to sip through the lab where it is generated, once it diffuses out it Read more
Development has its burdens. It involves moving out or away from the status quo. In a political sense, it disrupts indigenous monarchies and legitimate traditional institutions of governance and morals. It dislocates people and forces some to live nearby neighbours. In the past, the great Assyrian power would uproot people from their native lands and transplant them to another place Read more
The twin Nigerian artists, P-Square in a paired lyric with Bracket entitled ‘wetin dey make me kolo’ re-echoed the age-long frustration of human goodness when they sang that ‘for this world, the good dey die; and for the bad, na dem dey survive. Me I don try may I ask God why but I come bi like say I dey Read more
