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Monday,Jul 26,2010
Why the Government May Be Wrong on The New ‘Minimum’ Wage
The recent 63.7 percent increase in the national minimum wage, from N11,000 to N17,000 (or is it N18,000?) has gene....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Saturday,Jul 17,2010
Between Octopus Paul And Nigerian Juju Men And Pastors
One of the celebrities thrown up by the just concluded World Cup tournament in South Africa is the German Octopus P....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Sunday,Jul 11,2010
Igboland: When Did Things Really Begin To Fall Apart?
That the level of insecurity in Igboland has reached unacceptable level is no longer news. In virtually all parts o....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
Jonathan, Babangida and the Sword of Damocles
In the Sword of Damocles, the Roman politician and philosopher Cicero tells the story of Dionysius II, a king who r....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
Letter To “Father No Shaking” On The September 2010 Festival Of Oath-taking In Umuagwu-Aro, Osuh-Owerre, Isi-ala Mbano Local Government Area (LGA), Imo State
Dear Rev. Father, Greetings! I have to address by the above name since it is the name you are commonly kn....
By Odimegwu Onwumere
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Wednesday,Jun 23,2010
Attahiru Jega and the Search for a Nigerian Hero
Nigerians seem to be in constant search for public heroes - competent little messiahs who will not hesitate to put ....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
The Return of Mallam Ribadu
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the one time strongman of the financial crime buster EFCC, who sneaked out of Nigeria into self....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
Too Many Captains…
Two major attributes that have been quite easy to discern about President Goodluck Jonathan are: one, he seems to l....
By Ijeoma Nwogwugwu
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
Should Suspects Be Paraded?
The above question is generating increasing furore among our intellectuals, and ‘beer parlour’ politica....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
Nigeria: A Two Party System By Legislation?
Perhaps enamoured by the seeming ease with which two dominant political parties trod the political landscape of, at....
By Joel Nwokeoma
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Sanusi Debunks Olanihun Ajayi’s Hypothesis With Facts And Figures
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Dr. Wumi Akintide
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Chief Olanihun Ajayi did a marvelous job by writing his new book and launching it in a big way. He made sure the participants at the Launching were drawn from the cream of the shakers and movers of political and economic power in Nigeria. I commend Chief Ajayi for writing that book. If most of our political operatives would do that for posterity, Nigeria would be better served. The American Democracy which is a far cry from our own brand of “Demoncracy” in Nigeria is made more vibrant, efficient, and helpful because it thrives on freedom of speech and documentation.
Some 16 years ago when I was doing my final dissertation for another Master’s in Human Behavior at the Yeshiva Jewish University of New York, I stumbled on a research paper in the Library, which says that no less than 150,000 books per day are published in America nation-wide. I was stunned but not surprised. That number must have quadrupled by now, if you have the time to double-check it.
Debate and freedom of expression are what makes American Democracy so unique in the whole world. Americans of different shades of opinion and party labels are busy putting their thoughts in writing for generation yet unborn. That is why the reading public in America has created a bestseller list for new publications coming in. Many writers compete to have their books in that list. Serah Paling the running mate to John McCain in the last presidential election has just added a new one that is currently being reviewed by Television stations nation-wide. American writers compete to join that list, and in so doing, they help in a big way to keep the debate going on how well or how badly America is doing and what else can be done to make their union more perfect. It is an amazing country to live in.
One of the main tenets of Chief Ajayi’s new book has ascribed much of the Nigerian woes to the Northerners as a group. The book has done a lot more than that, but the part that interests me in this rejoinder is his central thesis that the Northerners should carry a lion share of the blame and by extension the British imperialists led by Lord Lugard whose wife came up with the word “Nigeria” as the best word to describe the merger or the so-called amalgamation of the North and the Southern protectorates in 1914.
I think it was the same sentiments that have compelled our controversial Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank, Alhaji Sanusi who was one of the guests at the Launching, to make a rejoinder that is so powerful and true that most Nigerians who were privileged to hear it directly from the horse’s mouth, would not forget for a long time. A good friend of mine in Maryland drew my attention to the rejoinder because I have earlier on sent the same friend a copy of one of my articles on Alhaji Sanusi in which I urged Nigerians to give him a chance in his determined effort and promise to clean up the mess at the Nigerian Central Bank.
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