These days, the words dominating the air are “hunger” and “protest”. And that, we are told, is because of two others – “dollar” and “salary”. Unfortunately, those capitalising on the latter two words to push for the first two words hardly mention the words “production” and “security” which are fuelled by justice and fairness. And there can be no justice without the rule of law.
Browsing: Bola Tinubu
In spite of President Bola Tinubu’s move to cut down the cost of governance, and his recent move to merge, or eliminate some government agencies, the same president is set to visit Qatar with two of his children, Seyi and Yinka, as part of the delegation delegation to travel with him, between March 2nd and 3rd 2024, on a state visit to Doha, capital of Qatar.
President Bola Tinubu has met with private sector leaders, including Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Raniu, Tony Elumelu, and Wale Tinubu to discuss the economic hardship that has beleaguered the country with efforts to address the problem.
President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a crucial meeting with selected members of the organized private sector, including Tony Elumelu at the presidential Villa, Vanguard has reported.
President Bola Tinubu has explained why he called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which he chairs on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea.
The Tinubu Administration is a fanatic believer in economic liberalism and market forces. Based on its belief, it cancelled fuel subsidy and floated the naira so that it can find its true value. The naira played its part and has been rising steadily desperately searching for its true market value, which it turns out, is still very far away. The result is a “misery crisis” as cost of living rise beyond the incomes of ordinary citizens whose naira is too small to enable them purchase food and hunger and anger spreads throughout the land. The President who always tells Nigerians that he understands their pains then offers a solution and orders distribution of free grains from the Strategic Food Reserves. It turned out the civil servants forgot to brief him that the reserves are empty.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ms. Hafsat Bakari as the Director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her confirmation by the Senate.
There is certainly a seeming lack of policy coordination in reform implementation (both vertically-between FG and other tiers, and horizontally- within the FG itself)- which is neither new nor surprising. Public policy coordination has remained an age-old issue in government and a fundamental problem for efficient service delivery in public administration and policy.
ASHENEWS reports that amid the worsening economic hardship that Nigerians are facing, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, has questioned why the Southeastern part of the country has remained quiet.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has charged the state governors to support local farmers to boost food production.