by Ifeanyi Uddin Attitude is essentially a question of individual dispositions. How one feels or thinks about anything. Reaction to external stimuli, if you will. I have heard expressed a preference for “attitude” over “aptitude”; and I have come to realise that this preference is contingent on a variety of circumstances. Attitude, for instance would,... Read More

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Opinion: New challenges facing the Central Bank of Nigeria

by Ifeanyi Uddin To be fair to his critics, the new CBN governor did not dimension his tasks this lucidly. For the most part, he came across like a low-level treasury apparatchik. This month the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) rate-setting committee (the Monetary Policy Committee — MPC) meets for the first time under its... Read More

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June 10, 2014

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Opinion: How to be a Nigerian

by Ifeanyi Uddin After all, what are these, but conventions that were bequeathed us by our colonial masters? And we have evidence that they were not an overly kindly lot. Why should their parting bestowals to us be kind, then? Why not re-write these gifts from first principles? Thirty seven years ago, I read Peter Enahoro’s... Read More

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April 8, 2014

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Opinion: Let’s talk about these new GDP numbers

by Ifeanyi Uddin Evidently, despite the new ginormous size of our economy, there is an equally humongous opportunity for improvement. We could glory in the many upsides of the new numbers: a lower debt-to-GDP ratio (down from 19% to 11%), lower budget deficit to GDP ratio, etc. So, finally, we are a bigger economy than... Read More

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March 24, 2014

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Opinion: The problem with Nigeria’s fuel subsidy programme

by Ifeanyi Uddin At this point, I can think of a dozen reasons why the fuel subsidy should stay. Easily the first is why any Nigerian should trust this government with any fiscal savings that arise at his/her expense. We ought not to endure further increases in our tax burden without a palpable scaling up... Read More

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March 3, 2014

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Opinion: Is the US government responsible for Boko Haram?

by Ifeanyi Uddin For evidence of the United States of America’s perfidious role in the escalation of our domestic insurgency, my interlocutors point at Boko Haram’s growing sophistication, and the ease with which the insurgents have hit soft targets across key states in the north. My attention was drawn, last week, to the possibility that... Read More

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January 7, 2014

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Opinion: But why would Osun gov’t build a church?

by Ifeanyi Uddin One of the biggest threats to our democracy, today, is the relationship between the church and the state. Christians rejoice when the newspapers report visits to general overseers/men of god by elected heads of government. They revel rapturously at pictures of “our leaders” prostrate before these eminences. Why would the government of... Read More

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December 10, 2013

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Opinion: Guarantees are a broad brush with toll roads and the public account

by Ifeanyi Uddin First, governments could opt to build the roads cheaply, deploying tax revenues for this purpose. In this case, tolling will be part of a cost-recovery scheme. Another option is to allow private developers to bear the demand risk from the roads without a revenue guarantee. This scenario does allow government to offer... Read More

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October 22, 2013

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Opinion: National Conference or not, how do we discuss our problems?

by Ifeanyi Uddin How about disenfranchising this mass? What if we enacted either property or educational qualifications for voting? On the face of it, we may thereby ensure that the “electorate” (now sanitised) will vote according to a fairer appreciation of the issues confronting this economy. What is the problem with Nigeria? For good reasons,... Read More

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September 2, 2013

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Opinion: ASUU strike, a private university and its run-down structure

by Ifeanyi Uddin While we hope that at the heart of ASUU’s current strike action is an intent that leads down this path, it is sad that private universities unburdened by government’s tunnel vision (and smothering dead-hand) still walk down the old pathways. I have spent the last couple of months acquainting myself with the... Read More

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August 6, 2013

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Opinion: ASUU strike – A case for choosing a private university

by Ifeanyi Uddin Unable to answer these questions, I have committed to sending my child to a private university. The ambience of these remind of mission-run secondary schools of yore. But at least I am able to assign resources to the critical project of educating my child in the assurance that if she concentrates on... Read More

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Opinion: Sacrificing aptitude on the altar of attitude

Opinion: New challenges facing the Central Bank of Nigeria

Opinion: How to be a Nigerian

Opinion: Terrorism – We must make critical distinctions before it all unravels

Opinion: Let’s talk about these new GDP numbers

Opinion: The problem with Nigeria’s fuel subsidy programme

Opinion: Is the US government responsible for Boko Haram?

Opinion: But why would Osun gov’t build a church?

Opinion: Guarantees are a broad brush with toll roads and the public account

Opinion: National Conference or not, how do we discuss our problems?

Opinion: ASUU strike, a private university and its run-down structure

Opinion: ASUU strike – A case for choosing a private university

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