When President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015, one of his cardinal focus was the fight against corruption, because of his belief that “if we do not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has left even the staunchest of his supporters and detractors alike, confounded. Why did he fight shy of signing the Electoral Amendment Bill (2021)? Days passed into weeks and all interested parties hung on their anticipations – counting down to the last minute of the last hour on deadline-day – until it does seem – the President quietly disappointed them.
One of the biggest threats to Nigeria being able to take a leading role and benefitting maximally from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the energy poverty crippling manufacturers and providers of goods and services.
When President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the board of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on June 27, 2020, he charged the members to be fair and just to all tiers of government.
The danger of writing a tribute to any high profile personality in Nigeria today is obvious: the writer runs the risk of being misrepresented as a political praise singer, or at times, time and tide can cast him as a bootlicker, especially, if the subject of his adulation suffers a reversal of fortune, materially or reputation-wise. But with Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), OFR, you can safely write an eulogy because, you can be sure that ten years later, his stock will remain bullish. So, as he clocks 68 today, September 9, 2021, any piece of writing about him is no piece of sophistry because Marwa has been as constant as the Northern Star in the affairs of leadership, as he is presently exhibiting as the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, where his exploits are making leadership such a fine art that gladdens the hearts of many Nigerians and international partners in this unending season of anomie.
The eligible customer regime depicts another policy summersault and regulatory inconsistencies in the power sector. It initially generated hiccups and was hotly litigated. It was initially introduced during the reign of Raji Fashola as the then supper Minister of Power, Works and Housing. Few years later, the policy implementers and bureaucracies suddenly realized the policy was hurriedly implemented at the time they did and have now decided to back-off.
