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Op-Ed Editor December 13, 2014

.@Jayegaskia: APC or PDP – What will your choice be?

by Jaye Gaskia Again although the ruling PDP has demonstrated that it is incapable of solving this problem, where is the alternative program of the APC to address this problem…

May 24, 2014

Jaye Gaskia: Nigeria’s ruling class at its wits’ end

by Jaye Gaskia This ruling class is incapable of tackling the existential crisis facing us, it is time for us to sack this ruling class, It is time for us…

May 10, 2014

Jaye Gaskia: But how shameless can the ruling class be?

by Jaye Gaskia If this is thus true, then it follows that the real perpetrators and perpetuators of these forms of violent criminality are members of the ruling class. Our nation…

April 15, 2014

Opinion: Insecurity and indecisiveness – The swift race to self destruction

by Jaye Gaskia Here lies the bane of our problem, the continued pretence in high places that the situation will blow over of its own accord; combined with a mindset…

March 12, 2014

Opinion: I am not going to the National Conference because of N12 million

by Jaye Gaskia Now let us get back to the spurious issue of N12 million bribe or payment. Since the June 12 struggles of the 90s through to the January…

March 4, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria’s centenary and the urgency of now

by Jaye Gaskia And whereas Lugard may have made a mistake in the course of promoting the selfish interests of British colonialism 100 years ago in 1914; the real challenge,…

February 24, 2014

Opinion: We must set the agenda for 2015 elections

by Jaye Gaskia Furthermore, what is the difference between the parties of the ruling class? If there was ever any doubt about the sameness of the opposition APC with the…

February 24, 2014

Opinion: First they go after Amaechi, now they suspend Sanusi… who’s next?

by Jaye Gaskia Then they went for the jugular of the CBN, and 'suspended' the CBN Governor, but we wouldn't do anything, because Sanusi is a rabble rouser and we…

January 28, 2014

Opinion: A failed ruling class and the litany of impunity

by Jaye Gaskia The Nigerian ruling class has historically not been a stranger to impunity in governance; nevertheless, past generations of this ruling class will cringe in their graves at…

December 13, 2013

Opinion: The NNPC is simply a metaphor for impunity, something has to be done

by Jaye Gaskia What is the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture [Less than N90bn] for example? What is the annual budget of Ekiti, or Osun, or Taraba,…

October 28, 2013

Opinion: It is our turn to steal

by Jaye Gaskia And when they make excuses about Oduah not being the first or only one involved in impunity; then let us respond by emphasising the fact that although…

October 23, 2013

Opinion: A National Conference by the people

by Jaye Gaskia Sovereignty belongs to the people, and not to any of the institutions of governance or state to which they might have under certain circumstances delegated exercise…

September 20, 2013

Opinion: The National Assembly is a symbol of waste

by Jaye Gaskia With nearly N1tn investment on constituency development over ten years, and about 17 such projects per LGA, why has poverty rate grown from 54% in 2004 to…

September 10, 2013

Jaye Gaskia: Betrayal by a few in the Niger Delta

by Jaye Gaskia For starters, never in the entire history of the Niger Delta has the region’s environment been subjected to this level, scope and intensity of environmental degradation! We…

September 2, 2013

Opinion: The rot in education hinders Nigeria’s economic progress

by Jaye Gaskia When a nation’s workforce is untrained, unskilled, and or has no opportunities to or lacks access to qualitative retraining and skills development, then such a nation’s economy…

August 31, 2013

Opinion: Corruption and impunity of Nigerian leaders – Resistance makes the difference

by Jaye Gaskia And on top of this, the chair of the NNPC board who is also the Minister of Petroleum resources is sitting firm in office! No one has…

August 19, 2013

Opinion: Crude oil theft, organised crime and the Niger-Delta environment

by Jaye Gaskia In 2009 and 2010, the figures claimed ranged 100,000 barrels per day to 200,000 barrels per day of crude oil. By 2012 this figure had risen to…

June 10, 2013

Opinion: 2015 – The change we really require

by Jaye Gaskia With this scale of corruption and treasury looting, it is little wonder that in the midst of this grinding poverty and crushing conditions of doing business.... Many…

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