Olusola Adeyeye, a professor and senator representing Osun State, is the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and member of the INEC Committee. He speaks on corruption among the political class and its implications for democracy. Defections in the House of Reps is not as constraint as that of the Senate, why is…
Nigeria Scares Away Foreign Investors – Benjamin Akande, US-based economist
Nigeria is popularly known as the giant of Africa and the growth rate of its economy, which is rated among the best in the world, above the United States, US, and United Kingdom, UK, confirms that lofty position. Aside from the state of the economy, most of the successful physicians, businessmen, and academics in the…
West Africa’s Productive Sector Under Threat
The subtle pressure by the European Commission, EC, may have spurred the ECOWAS Commission to renew negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA, which has been stalled due to many contentious issues. The EC, last September, threatened to withdraw free market access to the European Union, EU, market by January 1, 2014 from countries that…
‘More Capital Projects Will Grow Economy’
David Ugolor is the executive director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, with the mandate, among others, to entrench good governance. With a number of projects that involve issues of development, social justice, poverty eradication and research in the Niger Delta region, supported by Norwegian and German…
Nigerians Don’t Want Truth To Be Told — Salami
Justice Isa Ayo Salami, former president, Court of Appeal has emphasized that the root of the major problems bedeviling the country, especially the judiciary is that “Nigerians do not naturally want the truth to be told.” He said this while presenting his speech as the chairman at the 10th Chief Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture organized…
More Capital Projects Will Grow Economy
More Capital Projects Will Grow Economy’ Tue, 10/12/2013 – 13:12 Written by inShare David Ugolor is the executive director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, with the mandate, among others, to entrench good governance. With a number of projects that involve issues of development, social justice, poverty…
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