Food Insecurity: States, Neglecting Agriculture In Nigeria

Nigerians currently faces what could pass as the worst food crisis in the annals of the nation. Food items considered common in the past, have presently become luxuries as they are virtually beyond the reach of the common man. As a result, hunger protests have erupted in various parts of the country. All over the world, especially in the developed nations, agriculture remains on the ‘A’ list of governments’ priorities. Nations like China, India, Russia, the United States, Brazil, even Ukraine, have emerged superpowers in grains production. It is sad…

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Economic Hardship: Time Uzodinma  Reconstituted Cabinet, Face Governance, Give Imolites Reprieve

  Governance is about being proactive in ensuring the welfare or wellbeing of citizens. It is not just about long convoys with stern-looking  security guards; neither is it about VIP meetings, chartered flights and globe trotting. Severe economic hardship has hit Nigeria in barely ten months of the Bola Ahmed  Tinubu-led Federal Government.  Prices of food and other goods and services have already hit the sky. This avoidable situation has been blamed on the perceived hasty removal of subsidy on fuel by  President Tinubu, at the point of of his…

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Isreali V Hamas Conflict: UN Must Do More To Prevent Wars

  Isreal and Palestine are currently engaged in fierce battle that has reportedly cost nearly 20,000 people their lives. This number excludes thousands of those who were injured or displaced as a result of the hostilities.  Both sides have had a taste of casualties with the Palestinians in Gaza ( the battle ground) more seriously affected. The historical path to the latest Isreal and Hamas conflict is well publicised; Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza strip has reportedly carried out what Isreal described as “unprovoked attack on her…

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Subsidy: Nigerians Cry Out Over Rising Inflation, High Fuel Price 

Prices of goods and services in Nigeria have kept rising in recent time. Fuel price on its own, has jumped  to  N700 a litre. Nigerians are currently groaning under excruciating economic hardship; this is the reality of the situation. Cost of living in the country  has gone outrageously high. This has been the situation since the subsidy on premium motor spirit, PMS, or petrol as it is commonly called, was removed by  the APC administration of President Bola Tinubu which came on board on May 29, this year. Infact the…

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November 11 Imo Guber: Task Before INEC, Police, Other Stakeholders 

The much-awaited November 11 Imo governorship election is now a matter of  days from today. At the moment, political parties and their candidates are busy  putting finishing touches to their campaigns. It is expected that Imo citizens who are eligible to vote should file out en masse on Saturday, November 11, to perform their civil obligation and usher in the leadership they desire. It is equally expected that critical stakeholders in the electoral system like the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  security agencies, election observers,  media and  political parties and…

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Subsidy: Fuel Price Becoming Unsustainable, Tinubu Must Act Now 

Fuel price in Nigeria recently jumped further to nearly N700 a litre. This sounds unbelievable but that is the reality of the situation. Continuous astronomical rise in the price of premium motor spirit, PMS, or petrol as it is commonly called, has been the trend since the APC administration of President Bola Tinubu came on board on May 29, this year. No thanks to the perceived hasty removal subsidy on petrol by the Tinubu administration even before stepping into the presidential office. Prior to the exit of the Muhammadu Buhari…

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Umahi’s Move To End Poor Road Construction, Commendable

Roads remain the commonest means of transportation in Nigeria. This is so, especially as rail transport has gradually lost steam in the country following years of neglect by successive    administrations. The inability to expand rail transport infrastructure to cover more towns and cities in the country, coupled with rising insecurity, have put more pressure on the roads in the country. The result is that emphasis has over the years, shifted to haulage by road, thereby leading to frequent collapse of roads. Aside this fact however, there is the angle of…

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Tumbling Economy: FG Must Return Fuel Subsidy

Energy remains a serious issue in many parts of the world. In the United States for instance, energy is one issue that can make or mar a political party during elections. This was the case during the November 2022 in Nigeria’s midterm elections that saw the Republicans snatch majority in the House of Representatives. To say that the Nigerian economy has been on the road to Golgotha since the announcement of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023, is simply stating the obvious. Tinubu’s…

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Imperative For Issue-based, Peaceful Guber Campaigns In Imo 

The Imo governorship election scheduled for November 11 this year,  is barely two months away from now. Presently, political parties candidates have begun kicking off their campaigns and launching their manifestoes. Ordinarily, the candidates are expected to sell their programmes to Imo people and engage  opponents on the basis of the programmes they present, as contained in their respective manifestoes. However, some supporters of some of the governorship candidates are rather busy shadow-boxing opponents of their principals on the social media. Some think  blackmailing opponents of their principals on the…

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Palliatives: Tinubu Misfired Using State Governments

The removal of the subsidy on fuel right from the first day of the Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration, has led to astronomical rise in fuel price with the concomitant hike in transport fares and prices of other goods and services. The hue and cry that followed the escalating economic hardship resulting from the fuel subsidy removal, prompted the Tinubu administration to initiate  palliatives aimed at cushioning the effects of the subsidy removal. The palliatives which reportedly include thousands of bags of rice and cash to each of…

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