While one would agree to some extent that sentiments ought to be set aside but the issues of ideology, science and international best practices must be challenged in the interest of knowledge in general and the Nigerian economy in particular. In measuring unemployment, countries have adapted the concept to their peculiarities. For example, the International…
Nigeria, Employment and Computation of Unemployment Rates
Employment is an important variable in any economy’s development equation. Employment has both economic and social ramifications. Consequently, the labour force comprises all persons 16 years of age (slightly older in some economies) and upward who are neither in prison nor in a mental institution and who are either employed or unemployed. Employment, particularly full…
Nigeria and the Diseconomy of Fuel Scarcity and Subsidy
Fuel scarcity in Nigeria has become an ugly recurring decimal for an economy that exports crude petroleum. The Nigerian economy has four refineries and in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the country was even exporting refined products. Thereafter, the fuel scarcity has become a nightmare. Millions of dollars have been spent on the…
Where Is Our Beijing, 20 Years After?
By: Amina Salihu In 1995, we stood at the cusp of her story. With the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, BPfA, adopted by UN member nations, suddenly everything looked possible: new pathways for women, new opportunities, new hopes. Through the BPfA, governments were charged with providing platforms for women – through that Declaration’s 12…
Women’s Status, Their Hijab and the Law
By AMINA SALIHU FIDA, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, now 50 years old in Nigeria, recently held gala and reflection sessions under the theme, 50 Years of Investing in Women and Children. One of the sessions, to which I belonged, was on the status of women in Nigeria. The panel examined the progress so…
A Road Map for Better Living
A professor of Christian Theology and Ethics, in a book of engaging craftsmanship, seeks to canalise man’s thinking and ways into paths for profitable, worthy living One common thread that runs through the lives of men and women of conscience and character the world over is that they refuse to be silent in the face…
Making Way for Women
At the Abuja launch of a book by Amina Salihu, a farmer, newspaper columnist and feminist, the need for deliberate policies to promote women’s participation in politics was brought to the front burner In Nigeria where, more often than not, events such as book launches are targeted at fund raising, it is not out of…
What Next for Keshi?
After being buoyed by a 2-0 win over Congo in Point Noire, no one could realistically foresee the Super Eagles’ hope of defending their African Cup of Nations, AFCON, title come to a screeching halt in their drawn game against South Africa in Uyo on November 19. It is quite a shame that Nigeria will…
Stable Nigeria, Asset to America
By Ade Adefuye Nigeria and the United States, US, have come a long way. Our relationship has its roots in the strong historical and cultural connections between our two peoples, a connection reinforced by existing economic and geo-political realities. Nigeria with 170 million people has the largest concentration of black people anywhere in the world.…
Nigerians Must Go for the Best
By Ben Edokpayi I remember the permutations that enveloped the room as some relatives and I sat down in Lagos last summer to watch Nigeria’s last group F game against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup. After Lionel Messi scored early in the third minute, the feeling was that the game was going to be…
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