Tag: democracy and leadership

Letter to Mr. President

ITSOT April 22, 2020

Mr President, can a situation where a clique of criminals drew up and imposed a contract on the people without seeking their opinion or blessing be regarded and called normal? And can such contract drawn up and imposed under duress …

Re: A destiny among the nations (2) by Obadiah Mailafia

ITSOT April 9, 2020

The suggestion made by Dr Mailafia about the restructuring of the country into five regions - Sharia North, Yoruba West, Igbo East, Niger Delta and Middle Belt - is good and brilliant. But can it work? Yes, it can work. …

Re : ROLL CALL OF THE PROMOTERS OF FAILURE IN NIGERIA*

ITSOT February 10, 2020

Nigerians must accept the uncomfortable truth that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, was pathetically clueless about public administration and constitutional responsibilities. Jonathan governed Nigeria without the guidance of any …

Re: A Daily Trust in the Media, not the Army by Owei Lamkefa

ITSOT January 14, 2019

The countdown to Tyranny has begun in earnest in Nigeria. Though Nigeria is supposed to be under a democratic governance, the military boys, since 2015 have been carrying on as if the country is under a military occupation. Since Tukur …

Re: SHEHU SHAGARI: A Good Man, a Bad Leader by Jiti Ogunye

ITSOT January 3, 2019

Yet four years later, the same Shehu Shagari whose mismanagement of the Ministry of Finance contributed in no small measure to the toppling of a government was adjudged qualify enough by the then secretive 'Kaduna Mafia' and he was railroaded above …

The Dishonourable Africans VII : Democracy and Leadership in Africa

ITSOT July 6, 2013

In 1997, a Nigerian professor of political history published an essay titled, ‘Democracy in Africa: What Prospect?‘ in The Guardian newspaper of Nigeria. The title of the essay attracted my attention and sadly disappointment at the end. The erudite scholar …