Showing posts with label reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reform. Show all posts

Friday, January 17, 2020

It's becoming easier to Be Part Of The Solution - what do you think?














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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Where do you want to go today?

Taking time in. A few old university friends and I touched base recently and told me, "You're doing what you said you wanted to do." Now, I don't recall having much clarity on life during my university days but I was pretty steadfast in wanting to travel. Had no plan/idea on how to but I kept that goal in mind. 5 years ago, I said I'll never work a regular 9-5 again and would clock in 20 hour weekends just to beat that and have free days during the week lol. About 3 years ago, I told myself that I needed to travel to a new country at least once year, which I did and now I've found myself in 5 countries since January. Then I told myself I needed to live long-term in at least two different countries before I'm 30 (one down). It does take action to move with life, but no, it doesn't have to be meticulously planned out all the time so don't worry, you're the only one who doesn't have everything mapped out. The urge to be on the move is so ingrained that it's almost second nature to navigate and find opportunities towards just that. Does that make sense? There's no plan B to not finding accomplishments for the goals I set myself. #noforreal #ilegitdonthaveaplan #abudhabi #uae #travelnoire
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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Nigeria News Buka: Editorials as President Buhari's administration clocks one year in office

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The Guardian writes of Hope and Impediments , certain that while we see good intentions, we are disappointed with the actual outcomes. Please click to read more, especially pertaining to the positive accomplishments in one year. 

ThisDay remarks that Buhari shifts ground on key economic issues.  Should we mourn that it took one year or celebrate that it finally happened?  Should we remain at the mercy of the president's lagging comprehension of economic matters?

The Independent keeps it direct with: Economy in Bad Shape.  A negative GDP growth rate is a fantastic thing that one might have thought impossible just 1-2 years ago.  It was achieved through archaic ideas, unclear direction, and possibly a deep-seated dislike of wealth and a strong commitment to choking off enterprise.  As that paper put it: Investors Lose Hope, Withdraw N4 trillion In One Year.

Punch editors say Nigerians are Still Waiting for the Real Change.  They conclude with some recommendations:
On the whole, one year, certainly, does not make or break a four-year term. And Buhari cannot be expected to wipe the political slate clean at once. But for Buhari to leave a lasting imprint on history, he must take several steps to inject new ideas into his government. 
1. fully accept the reality of open-market economic strategy by restarting the stalled privatisation process as the command-and-control national economic management strategy he is so much enamoured of has become obsolete.   
2. reinforce his government by recruiting genuine reformers.
3. come down from his high horse and get more connected with the Nigerian people during these difficult times.
4. for his government to work out ingenious modality on how to restructure our weird federal system. 
5.  it would help if Buhari keeps partisanship in check in his government’s anti-graft war.

2 and 3 are simply political (what is a genuine reformer and how do you find one? ) but 1,4,5 are important.

The current status on 1-4-5, since the whole machinery has chosen to stay subject to one guy's body language, is that:
Just like the president was not interested in the white man's economic theory (but is now coming around to it, or being forced into it) to the detriment of the Nigerian pocket,  
For now, Buhari is not interested in the confab report and all this federalism wahala. 
And he does not see that anti-corruption without legitimate structure can be argued to be simple party-politics of hounding and defunding the opposition. 

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

What will happen to oil money?

SLS, the Central Bank Governor, told the nation that, based on what he had calculated... up to $20bn of the money was not accounted for...more in This Yam, This Goat, This Country: PwC on NNPC – Part 1
http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/ptf-obj-absolves-buhari-of-corruption/
Abeokuta, January 2015

...Scatter The Place...it is not by force to have a national oil company...Since 1977 when it was established, the company has been a constant source of pain for the country.  My preference is for NNPC to be completely dismantled...And now is the best time to deal it a decisive blow from which it will never recover. More in This Yam, This Goat, This Country: Pwc On NNPC – Part 2

The Word On The Streets XIII: The Buhari Is Coming Edition
Lagos #Petrocalypse:
You are sitting in London and hearing there is fuel scarcity in Lagos...
I watched Nigerians, who are nothing if not resilient, wave the white flag of defeat to this one...
If you like high-profile gossip, you'll love The Word On The Streets XIII: The Buhari Is Coming Edition
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/world/africa/nigerian-president-elect-muhammadu-buhari-sets-out-his-agenda.html?_r=0
Kano, April 1, 2015
Guest Post: Agenda For The Next Petroleum Minister
The Petroleum Industry Bill addresses many of the reforms anticipated for NNPC to perform...
In your view, is this reasonable, wishful thinking, or conservative even?  See an anonymous Agenda For The Next Petroleum Minister

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