L.Chinedu Arizona-Ogwu

Arizona-Ogwu writes from Oyigbo, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Bringing Good Government To The People

Post-military national democratic leadership has been less effective than many would have wished. Nigeria’s federal system gives too little autonomy and authority to the nation’s thirty-six states...

CBN And Microfinance Banks: Setting A Robust Village Economy

Village Banking is designed to reach the poorest of the working poor.  CBN will work closely with the Micro finance Banks to help them build their businesses so that they can earn more, become part of the larger marketplace...

The Gofers And The Governors: In Defence Of A Mandate

Kenya and Nigeria have too many things in common. Instead of guaranteeing citizens' basic right to vote freely, both governments and their electoral officials actively colluded in electoral fraud and violence...

The Gofers And The Governors: In Defence Of A Mandate

Kenya and Nigeria have too many things in common. Instead of guaranteeing citizens' basic right to vote freely, both governments and their electoral officials actively colluded in electoral fraud and violence...

How Affordable Is Justice To The Common Man?

It is said that if you close your eyes because you do not want to see evil, that good would also pass by unnoticed by you...

Road Maintenance: Government Task Or Citizens' Tax?

The recent proposed 5% user tax on petroleum products as a means of sourcing funds for sustained road maintenance activities in the country deserves second thought...

Road Maintenance: Government Task Or Citizens' Tax?

The recent proposed 5% user tax on petroleum products as a means of sourcing funds for sustained road maintenance activities in the country deserves second thought...

Rural Telephone Project: A Workpiece In Pieces

The plan by the Nigerian Communications Commission to bridge the gap  in rural telephony deployment by offering Fixed Wireless Access, FWA telephony licenses, on regional basis, does not appear to be the key to the problem...

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