Segun Akinyode

Let us cultivate a new approach towards government and

those in positions of authority and power.  A situation where we pelt our rulers with stones and other local missiles when they visit their constituencies does not portray us to the Western World as serious-minded people...

Professor Fabian Osuji claims through his lawyer that he did not offer bribe to anybody. In another breath, he admitted “his ministry gave Public Relations Lobby Fund to the National Assembly for budget defense.”

No revolution, either bloody or psychological, can run its full course without a sound, credible and sustainable leadership...

The current administration of Mr. Obasanjo may not be well disposed to the idea, but I believe that someday, a more reasonable and progressive government will see the need for Nigerians to sit at a table as equals and discuss the nature of their future...

African rulers have a way of building with their right hand and destroying with their left hand...

With the highly mouthed no-nonsense academic climate in our tertiary schools, it has been conclusively recorded that our teachers in these schools are not insulated from the rot that has taken over the system of education in Nigeria. So it is not uncommon to see lecturers double as booksellers...

What has come of the promise Mr. President made to the workers of Nigeria in 1999 that the salaries and allowances of workers will be reviewed periodically? What has happened to the billions of Naira recovered from the Abacha family and the millions generated from the petroleum tax?

A government that intends to provide jobs for its citizen must be sure how many people will need jobs at what time and what type of job to provide. A situation where government does not know the areas of its economy that need to be staffed does indicate that government is serious...