With this new approval given to Madam Minister of Finance to go on another shopping spree for additional loans of $6.1bn both from “the Eurobond market and the other half from bilateral and multilateral sources.”, it all seem to confirm …
Tag: leadership practices
Re: We Owe Salaries Due to Paucity of Funds – Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Nigeria
It is an understatement to say that the political and economic systems that were deliberately put in place in Nigeria since 1966 and particularly more so since 1999, seem to have been designed to paralyse and to impoverish, irrevocably, the …
Re: External Assistance in the Face of Collapse of Internal Security [in Nigeria] by Jide Osuntokun
Although, we can easily put the spirit of the essay and its philosophical underpinnings under what is called political pragmatism or Realpolitik — the playground of politicians, ambassadors and the diplomats of the world. But this archaic position that plays …
The Dishonourable Africans IX : Lesson of Life on True Leadership
It is difficult at this stage to resist moving away from the analysis of the physical, political, sociological and psychological facts around us into a higher level of analysis of the spiritual reality of humanity. It is very easy …
Read More "The Dishonourable Africans IX : Lesson of Life on True Leadership"
The Dishonourable Africans VIII : Lesson From History on Leadership
We have used history in this discourse mainly as a guide to signpost the point of the fall of Africans from spiritual grace and as a tool for intellectual exploration and analysis of the reasons for the fall. This writer …
Read More "The Dishonourable Africans VIII : Lesson From History on Leadership "
The Dishonourable Africans VII : Democracy and Leadership in Africa
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 …
Read More "The Dishonourable Africans VII : Democracy and Leadership in Africa"
The Dishonourable Africans VI : Leadership Practices in Contemporary Africa
The leadership practice in contemporary Africa, as in every country under the new global order of unregulated market economy and globalisation of free trade, is now defined in terms of monetary success. Money now delineates the sole criterion for determining …
Read More "The Dishonourable Africans VI : Leadership Practices in Contemporary Africa "