OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT as at Aug 18, 2010. Click to enlarge
http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/, the official government website for the 140million+ strong nation, makes me what to cry. Continue reading…
We are back on the road to a national ID card project, once again. Back in 2003, former president Obasanjo, whose administration initiated the idea, said “the scheme [ID card project] will help government planning and to fight fraud and corruption”. The statement couldn’t have had more ironic implications…the project has proved to be nothing but a cesspool of scam, scandal and sleaze! Continue reading…
I can’t readily think of instances of collaborative actions between the Nigerian government and the citizens and organizations in the private and nonprofit sectors working together as partners to accelerate innovative, results-oriented, and sustainable solutions to our nation’s social problems. One thing that is not very common—and really needed—in Nigeria is this public-private collaboration. Continue reading…
Some 26billon Naira has been stolen from Ondo State account at Intercontinental bank according to reports from at least two media outlets, SharpedgedNews.com and Huhuonline.com. [Update, 7/25: here are screen shots of the articles on Huhuonline and SharpEdgeNews, click to view.]
What do I care?
I do care as a indigene of the state. I care because this is a serious allegation that needs to be proved convincingly by the instigators. However, there are no indications that the report is accurate. Continue reading…
In 2009, Nigeria ranked 120 in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index. Between then and now, the nation’s ranking has depreciated by 5 points! At #125, Nigeria ranks 13th behind Mauritius (1), South Africa (2), Botswana (3), Namibia (4), Rwanda (5), Zambia (6), Ghana (7), Kenya (8), Ethiopia (9), Seychelles (10), Uganda (11) and Swaziland (12). Continue reading…
The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Dr. Bukola Saraki, criticized mobile operators while speaking with journalists about the increasing incidence of kidnapping. He accused the operators of becoming accomplices in the menace of kidnap, stating “kidnapping had become a purely technology-driven crime“.
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Barring any major hitch, should Nigerians be expecting up to 14,000MW of electrical supply by the end of 2013?
