Akintokunbo A Adejumo

Akintokunbo Adejumo, a social and political commentator on Nigerian issues, lives and works in London, UK. He is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1979) and University of Manitoba, Canada (1985). He also writes on topical issues for iNigerian.com and other newspapers and internet media including Nigeriaworld, Nigeria Today Online, Washington Nigerian Times, Wise News Today, etc.
Nigeria Matters

Corruption Is Good Business

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Corruption is good business to the participants and those who profit from it. I am not talking about official government corruption, but also private and public sector, and even the petty corruption we encounter in our everyday life...
Nigeria Matters

Nigeria at 51: An Elegy to A Frustrating Country

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I normally don’t join in celebrating Nigeria’s Independence Day anywhere I am in the world; at least not since the late 70s. I also do not write the usual piece analyzing our problems and preferring solutions...
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Blame! Blame! Blame! Blame Someone Else! – A Nigerian Political Pastime

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Politicians, especially the Nigerian species, are an intriguing and confounding breed. I like to hope and think of them as a breed that will soon become extinct, like the dinosaurs...
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A Falling Out of Thieves or Old Men Behaving Badly?

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Obasanjo and Babangida are birds of the same bloody feathers. They are both rogues in power, or as the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sang, Vagabonds In Power, and I am not mincing my words, though I know, according to our traditions and culture, we should respect our elders/leaders. But elders must also respect their juniors too. Leaders must learn to follow too...
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Defining Achievement, Performance and Humility of Nigeria’s Political Class

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I am personally of the belief that contemporary challenges of development in Nigeria demand a critical and deliberate re-invention of the philosophy of governance and political leadership which must reflect a profound understanding of the very great tasks ahead of us as a nation and as a people...
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The Unimaginative and Purposeless Political Recycling

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President Jonathan must be resolute and pick the best people for his cabinet and not pander to the party bigwigs who have no interest in the progress of Nigeria, but put self-interest and self-survival before the welfare of the people of this country...
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A Quiet Revolution In The Nigerian Federal Civil Service

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Not too long ago, a survey of some of the developing economies revealed Nigerian bureaucracy to be not just one of the least efficient and one of the most corrupt, further it was also found that working with the Nigeria’s civil servants was a "slow and painful" process...
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A Farcical And Anarchic Look At Nigerian Car Plates

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Kwara proclaims itself a "State of Harmony", well, one thing for sure, the Sarakis have harmonised all the resources and even the people of the state so much that I think the slogan should simply be "The Sarakis' Own State"...
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