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

High Cost of Governance, Bad Governance: The Relationship

Akintokunbo A Adejumo -
What is going on in all the three tiers of government is tantamount to, if not worse than, bold-faced, daylight armed robbery of the people of Nigeria. It is calculated that our rulers consume over 80% of the total revenue that accrue to Nigeria in the name of governance...
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Arrest Them All – A Call To The EFCC

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My wife was concerned that I am growing emergency grey hairs simply because I seem to be carrying Nigeria's problems on my head. She seemed to think I am fighting a futile battle, which others greater and more influential than me had fought and had failed...
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Our Unending Tribal Wars and the Power of Understanding

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The military used the charge of tribalism very well, and the civilian politicians are experts at playing the tribal card to suit their nefarious agenda. It was this label that led to a civil war in which millions of Nigerians died and suffered. Some people are even still fighting the war in various ways...
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Corruption Management – An Alternative Proactive Approach

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Let us realise and accept that we are all complicit in this corruption issue. It is not only the leaders, but also the "led". We, the "led", are as complicit, because we allow the leaders to be corrupt in so many ways...
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Why Babangida Must Not Run For Presidency Again

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I am not a fan of IBB at all, but I must concede that he is a charming, suave, polished and intelligent man. He is also a brilliant schemer. However, this does not defer from the fact that as of today, he is still widely regarded as the man who presided over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria...
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Why I write about Nigeria

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Nigeria belongs to me and writing is the vehicle I happily use to share her with other Nigerians and the world - joys, flaws, missed opportunities, corruption, sadness, poverty, insanity and all…
Africa

Re-examining Nigeria’s Relationship with Other Africans

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The Government of Botswana in January 2008 banned the employment of Nigerian health and other professionals in their public sector, including doctors, pharmacists, lecturers, etc., on the grounds that Nigerians are crooks...
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History Lesson 101: “Lugard And Colonial Nigeria – Towards An Identity?”

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I am again merely reproducing this fine piece that throws more light on the feud and rivalry between our colonial administrators and which seem to have been passed down to us, and is the causative of most of the ethnic distrust and problems that still exist in Nigeria today…
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