Bolaji Aregbeshola

Bolaji Aregbesola contributes from Nigeria.

Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria: How Effective?

It appears to me that many Nigerian leaders do not understand what it takes to alleviate the suffering of the poor masses of the country. Their programmes for poverty alleviation can hardly build people’s lives and provide them with better living conditions...

Nigerian Government Must Tackle Unemployment

In as much as Nigerians cannot wait for government to solve all their problems, government must at least carry out its responsibilities by creating jobs for the teeming population of jobless youths...

What Are The Two Legislative Chambers Doing?

The two legislative chambers are saddled with many responsibilities as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but the common man is yet to feel their impact...

Hurray! NLC Is Back Again

Labour’s resolve to ensure the approval of a living wage for workers this year shows that the NLC is back again. The NLC was reported to have made a call for an increase in the National minimum wage...

Yar’ Adua’s Ailing Health: Nothing Sacred

I do not know for how long the President’s spokesman, Mr. Segun Adeniyi, will continue to fool Nigerians with respect to President Yar’ Adua’s health condition and his medical trips abroad...

Declare A State Of Emergency In Plateau State

Once again I am forced to write an article on the November 28, 2008 civil disturbance in Jos but this time around, I am suggesting the declaration of a state of emergency in Plateau State...

Reps Delay in The Passage Of 2009 Budget Is Justified

For the first time in recent times, the House of Representatives has taken steps towards doing the right thing. The delay in its passage of the 2009 budget despite the Senate's decision to pass the same budget last December is quite justified...

A Minister's Arrogance

Recently, the Minster of Foreign Affairs has been making headlines and this is due to his non-appearance before the House committee on Foreign Affairs to explain the level of last year's budget and defend the 2009 estimates...

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