Category: Opinion

Olasupo Olusi’s Revival Strategy of Ailing Industries at BOI, By Abubakar Yusuf

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On assumption of duty as the Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Industry, (BOI ), Dr Olasupo Olusi predetermined strides to improve on the statutory functions of the industries through adequate funding and promotion of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises MSME’s had attracted highest priority .   Having drew his policy thrust to include the mandate of the agency towards not only promoting Nigeria’s industrialization and creating an enabling outlets for ordinary Nigerians through self sustenance and self reliance, with Small and Medium Enterprises SME’s as the core…

DISASTER MANAGEMENT: SAVING LIVES AND ALLEVIATING SUFFERING , By Bola Bakare

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Humanitarian disaster management involves coordinating relief efforts to save lives, alleviate suffering, and protect human rights during and after natural disasters, conflicts and other crises. There are parameters of disaster management that cannot be ignored but rather adhered to strictly. Prevention to mitigating risks and preparing for potential disasters, preparedness to ensure readiness to respond, response in providing immediate relief and assistance, recovery to support affected communities to rebuild and recover. Also, concise components such as Needs Assessment to identifying affected populations and their requirements, Relief Distribution to deliver essential…

SYNERGY FOR WATER SCIENCES, METEOROLOGY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT By Bola Bakare

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As the frequency and severity of extreme weather events increase, effective collaboration between water sciences, meteorology, and emergency management agencies has become crucial for protecting lives, infrastructure, and the environment. A unified approach enables proactive preparedness, swift response, and resilient recovery. There are interconnected challenges such as flooding and droughts that warrants an understanding of water cycles, precipitation patterns, and soil moisture which is vital for predicting and managing floods and droughts, water quality from meteorological data that informs water treatment and supply management, ensuring safe drinking water during extreme…

Monday Lines : Petrol price as slow poison, By Lasisi Olagunju

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On May 25, 2020, George Floyd of Minneapolis repeatedly pleaded for reprieve. “I can’t breathe,” he groaned while police officer, Derek Chauvin, smashed his knee on Floyd’s neck and back. A bystander saw what was happening and exclaimed “let him breathe.” No. The officer was killing Floyd slowly. For every plea for breath, Derek Chauvin pressed harder the back of George Floyd’s neck. The law enforcer kept his knee there – one minute, two minutes, three minutes….ten minutes. Then there was quiet. The bell tolled for Floyd. And then the…

Zacch Adedeji on a Mission to Reform Tax By Arabinrin Aderonke

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Transforming Nigeria’s tax sector is not just a goal; it’s a mission that Dr. Zacch Adedeji, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has passionately undertaken. With a clear plan and actions, he is set to restructure how Nigeria approaches tax administration, ensuring that citizens and businesses reap the benefits. For decades, Nigeria’s tax system has struggled with inefficiencies. Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) have had to juggle project management and fund handling, which has led to numerous issues. However, with the Tax Boss’s new approach, this dual role may…

Farouk Ahmed; Matching Words and Actions at NMDPRA, By Abubakar Yusuf

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Since his inception as Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority NMDPRA , Engr. Farouk Ahmed, three years down the line had kept to the mandate of the newly created agency. This was against the backdrop of insinuation and cynicism as well as speculation that a lot of sharp practices was on going in the oil and gas sector. From the regulatory functions to monitoring as well as administration of oil and gas industry in the country, with a view to meeting the statutory functions…

Olowo; One Year Reforms and Transformation at Financial Reporting Council. By Abubakar Yusuf

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Following the appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in December, 13 , 2023 of an astute accountant, renowned administrator ,financial expert and advisor, Dr Rabiu Onaolapo Olowo as the new Executive Secretary, Chief Executive Officer ES/CEO of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria FRC, the die was cast for a new dawn in the hitherto moribund agency of government.   The appointment which came at a time when the former commissioner for finance in Lagos state had embarked on massive financial drive and inclusion for the betterment of all round development…

SDGs, Counting the Gains of UNGA 79, By Abubakar Yusuf

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To consolidate its domestication both at National and Sub- National levels towards the 2020-2030 decade of action Agenda, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs in Nigeria, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has began the process of synchronizing the UN development program in collaboration with the global body and Sub-Nationals.   This was coming at a time when we are already half into it’s decade of action Agenda due for 2020-2030.   Armed with the progress report from…

Did a ring kill Ayinla Omowura? By Festus Adedayo

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Obviously, because I am the unauthorised biographer of Ayinla Omowura, the musical enfant terrible of Yorubaland of the 1970s, I have been inundated by requests to lend a voice to an ongoing debate which has spiralled in Omowura’s hometown of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state. The debate stemmed from a claim by a man who said that, for four years, he investigated the “mysterious” death of the Yoruba Apala music lord and “unearthed startling revelations” therefrom. Rather than the popular and legal affirmation that Omowura was murdered in a…