by Simon Kolawole Anytime I hear Nigerian presidents, ministers, governors, economists, analysts and commentators declare that agriculture is the alternative to oil, and that the solution to Nigeria’s economic woes is to return to the farm, I am tempted to jump up and ask at full volume: “Who agriculture alone don epp?” Some states have... Read More

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February 4, 2016

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Opinion: It’s déjà vu, all over again! (Nigeria’s non-oil economic growth, IMF and SAP)

Earlier this year, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, paid a 4-day working visit to Nigeria and the long-standing distrust of Bretton Woods’ institutions was again brought to the fore. Not even the quick denial of an IMF loan programme by Ms. Lagarde could calm anxious Nigerians from flooding the... Read More

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March 2, 2014

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Olusegun Obasanjo: The West and the new Sexual Adjustment Program

by Olusegun Obasanjo I preface my commentary on the debate about gay rights with the Structural Adjustment Programme to illustrate the West’s obsession with the adjustment of African societies. While Africans are yet to recover from the SAP-induced breakdown of values and social cohesion, the West seems to be calling for yet another adjustment. This... Read More

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