77 Continuous Days of Absence

by Rowland Adewumi on February 10, 2010 · 0 comments

Unprecedented is how the BBC described the efforts of Nigeria’s political elites to address the leadership vacuum that culminated in the passing of separate but almost identical resolutions by the Senate and House of Representatives declaring that Jonathan Goodluck is officially the acting President of Nigeria.
The resolutions which were near unanimous declarations of the National [...]

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Outsourcing A Country’s Development

by Rowland Adewumi on January 2, 2010 · 1 comment

Private Sector Government (PSG): Outsourcing A Country’s Development. The main problem Nigeria face nowadays is funding shortages on one hand and an increasingly deteriorating reputation on the other. There is already tremendous pressure on funds available for developing Nigeria, especially in face of recent global economic recession. With our development becoming increasingly in the decline [...]

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And the Serpent Said”. . . Thou Shalt Surely Not Die”

by Rowland Adewumi on December 2, 2009 · 3 comments

I write today in solidarity with our great leader (President Umaru Yar’Adua), with every sense of modesty and patriotism, because he is a dynamic and well-focused leader Nigeria has ever produced. Sickness, inevitable, does occur everyday and does not equal incapacity or incapability. I pray that God should restore his health and make Nigerians put [...]

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Black time, White time

by Rowland Adewumi on November 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Africa is the richest (in natural and human resources) continent on earth, but despite abundance of natural resources, the human resources have vandalised the continent’s destiny and time?  My interpretations overlook much of the historical research and search for additional evidence that suggests why things like poverty, inferiority, illiteracy, wickedness and blackness are so associated [...]

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AC! The Unity is Robust, Unbreakable and Unshakable..

by Rowland Adewumi on November 23, 2009 · 0 comments

By Suage Badey- Chairman, Rivers State Action Congress
Contrary to the rumours that were circulating in the newspapers after Barr Babatunde Fashola won the Lagos State 2007 gubernatorial elections (under the Action Congress (AC) platform) that his predecessor Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu would be a thorn in his flesh, dictating and calling the shots irrespective of the incumbent’s feelings [...]

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Saro-Wiwas and SHELL Oil: Effect Of Disinformation

by Rowland Adewumi on November 21, 2009 · 0 comments

The hallmark conception among many Nigerians, who want to be in a POSITION by magic or design, is to initiate subtle propagation of truth cleverly wrapped in lies. In response to the genuine desire of truth seekers, disinformation artists deliberately add fuel to the fires of conviction, sabotaging any leeway that honest seekers would ever [...]

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Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index (Corruption World Cup) was recently published and received with mixed feelings. It is no news some countries are more corrupt compared to other countries, but it is advisable we remind ourselves and view the corruption rankings as an ambitious academic exercise, an ecological fallacy, and as an index of mere [...]

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Gas Flaring in the Niger Delta

by Rowland Adewumi on November 14, 2009 · 1 comment

Peter Voser – Shell Chief Executive
Royal Dutch Shell, PO Box 162,
2501 AN The Hague- The Netherlands.
Dear Sir,
Shell’s operations in the Niger Delta have serious human rights implications. I am particularly concerned about the health and environmental impacts of the practice of gas flaring, which has been prohibited in Nigeria since 1984 without ministerial permission. What [...]

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NigerDelta, What? When The Oil Is Finished

by Rowland Adewumi on October 24, 2009 · 0 comments

Amnesty is not the answer? Perhaps,a means to the solution? It will come with government’s development of the region, and a continuous process- but to stop when? When the oil is finished? Despite only about 10% of the United State’s oil needs are supplied by Nigeria, in theory, the United States alone will exhaust Nigeria’s [...]

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Our Only Invaluable Human Tragedy

by Rowland Adewumi on October 11, 2009 · 1 comment

In Nigeria, road accident problem is urgent and complicated, daily death range resulting from unnecessary road accidents seriously threatens every family, killing and maiming innocent members. The consciousness and concern about this, by now should be a national issue and should have necessitated a number of national strict decision making. While Nigeria is sacred to [...]

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National Interfraternity, the Benefits

by Rowland AdewumiOctober 9, 2009

In this present age, and for those following history, can one conclude that Nigeria’s political, economic, and social development might only be achieved with organised fraternity, as the only vehicle, where men that are tested, trusted, just, upright, of sound judgment and strict morals are made leaders? So, are we looking at the wrong people [...]

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Kleptocracy, How much we love it?

by Rowland AdewumiOctober 8, 2009

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, among others, define corruption as “the abuse of public office for private gains”. World Bank’s definition of corruption is flawed and corrupted. It is missing what made corruption corruption – abused private sector, abusing public office. It also ommited Political corruption? In the likes of vote rigging, [...]

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100 years of No.28 Broad Street…

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 27, 2009

For a passerby who is in a hurry, there is nothing spectacular about No. 28 Broad Street. Perhaps for the purpose of easy identification, No. 28, which is unmistakably etched on a storey building, stands side-by-side with Mr. Biggs, the franchise eatery with outlets across Nigeria. Don’t be fooled because if you look closer, No. [...]

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Wrong Compass Direction

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 26, 2009

Is Nigeria on the road to becoming a failing or frailing State? How long shall we be wishful and optimists thinkers? Every road map of hope  now looks like conspiracy to  crash land the country. The hopeful indenturing  smartness  of the leadership only impoverished the masses, with geometric growth in interminable crises as a way [...]

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“…Come, my friends, ‘Tis not too late to see a newer world”

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 16, 2009

Considering our wealth, human and the material resources, which God bestowed upon us as a nation, the progress we have made so far is considerably (s)low. The deficiency for the (s)lowness is moral bankruptcy of some sick privileged individuals, who have substituted lust for love, godliness for worldliness. They have waved good-bye to purity, faithfulness [...]

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Regrettably, Manufactured in Nigeria?

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 15, 2009

Nigeria in the 60’s was an agricultural Nation, with Agriculture contributing about 65% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product). In those days we had Cocoa in the West, Oil Palm in the East, and the groundnut pyramids in the North. The funds were judiciously utilized and the impact of Government was felt For example there [...]

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We’re Expecting Another Building Collapse?

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 12, 2009

Again the last building collapse was in Lagos, last month. Last March, a four-storey residential building collapsed in Lagos on Tuesday, killing at least two people and with many more still trapped inside.  Okay, I don’t want to be pessimistic, but buildings will keep collapsing in Nigeria.  The collapse rate of building in Nigeria is [...]

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The Reintroduction Of Tollgate In Nigeria Is A Waste?

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 9, 2009

Effective management of any road networks requires that budgets are at least sufficient to keep the road assets in stable condition over the long term, but this is not the case with Nigerian roads. Nigeria’s problem in road management is that there is no direct linkage between revenue and expenditure, our mechanism of funding is [...]

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The Rich Don’t Sleep When The Poor Is Awake

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 8, 2009

Oil wealth in Nigeria since 1956 has ruined the country, the devastation and colossal damage are beyond measure. It has created wealth without work, it has lead us to abandon other source of income like agriculture, which was once the mainstay of our economy. The worst is that it has made us to relegate education [...]

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My Grandmother’s wisdom.

by Rowland AdewumiSeptember 8, 2009

When I was very young, my grandfather had two wives, quite a few children and he was very poor. So whenever it is time for school fees he will enter into quarrel with his wives so nobody will be able to come and ask for school fees but my grandmother always got my school fees [...]

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