Buhari Has Panama-Proofed Nigeria If you were to ask President Muhammadu Buhari what the most successful thing a person could achieve in Nigeria was? If he is candid with you, his answer would be you to seize power (through coup d’ états or general elections). or to amass riches (through grand corruption). Power and wealth,…
An interview of Grimot Nane on the immediate political future of Nigeria by freelancer Opey Sonto, September 15th 2016. SHOW MORE
The first corruption prosecution of President Muhammadu Buhari’s reign has succeeded. The former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA), Raymond Omatseye, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his orchestration of N1.5bn contract scam. Omatseye got what he deserved; every guilty man and woman should be punished according. Well, not…
Corruption is essentially a phenomenon that is highly secretive mostly because its perpetrators seek to avoid the consequences of detection, prosecution and conviction. In Nigeria, and for a long time corruption in high places has been both visible and morally-neutral because of the generous guarantee of impunity public officials readily enjoy. However, the impunity guaranteed…
Is the TSA a Panacea to Corruption? Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a diehard neoliberal, adopted the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This was when she was Minister of Finance under the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan. The TSA is a monetary tool introduced to reduce the cost of borrowing in a debt-stricken neoliberal world. And ensure idle or unused…
Trade unions are purely or originally organisations that were created and existed to protect the rights of workers especially from the exploitation and insensitivity of the owners of capital, their employers. Things like annual paid holidays, adequate working conditions, fair pay, secure working contracts, the 35-40 hour week etc. are the gains of trade union…
Native Politics: Thieves and Treasures At the heart of Nigerian politics and the thinking something drives it. It is the pervasive ‘nativity’ that we cannot ignore or dismiss. Musing about corruption without it is impossible. Imagine a polity in which the “high and mighty” as well as the “hungry and insignificant” have a common belief….
Nigeria’s Big Thieves and Small Thieves. “We hang the petty thieves & appoint the great ones to public office” – Aesop. Was Aesop not discussing Nigeria? #UniPortFour – 11 Oct 2012 I sent the tweet above in reaction to the broadcast. It was of the lynching to death by inferno of four University of Port…
