It was tragic, the incident of the gas explosion that occurred in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital, yesterday. It was gathered that scored were killed. I must also add that the incident is barbaric, considering how that it is just one too many. It's indeed a sheer repetition of callousness that another horrific incident of this kind is having to repeat after the many hues and cries of similar incidents in recent past and the assurances of government to put a stop to it. My pain, which is my grouse, is the lack of will and commitment by successive governments to ensure that their talks are walked. The consistency of failures has shown how untrustworthy they are and how they've taken us for granted. The repetition of these incidents off and on has shown how we do not value our lives. It shows how the government doesn't care about them, either. Else, why would there not be the flared commitment to get tankers out of the public roads? Why would there not be pe...
Every 18th of July is marked as Mandela Day. The United Nations in its resolution in 2005 adopted the day which happens to be the birthday day of Nelson Mandela to celebrate this iconic figure and the many inspiring things he posit. Nelson was born in 1918 on this day. Mandela Nelson Mandela needs no introduction. He is a phenomenon ipso facto. He is a sort of movement by reason of what he had achieved. Nelson Mandela is one man that Africa could stand up for, for he reflected and deeply propagated the continent. A father figure, a hero, he is as regarded by compatriots, the Madiba. For much we know in the emerging new Africa, Mandela is a rallying force for the march to renaissance in the African struggle with the African spirit. He is the beacon of what is real and true democracy. In conceiving the Mandela Day, it is the principal interest of the united Nations to eulogize and immortalize the personality and noble values of Nelson M...
The task before the new administration in Imo state, from indication, has been set out even before it came on board. The previous administration of Emeka Ihedioha, though short-lived, was able to set in motion what could be said to be the path to a sustainable development for the state. It makes no overemphasis to recall the many strides of the Ihedioha administration which restored sanity to administrative framework. There was the stabilization and reinvigoration of the state civil service. Gradually, and the Imo state civil service was beginning to get life and ultimately assuming its statutory responsibility as the machinery of governance. The singular effort to bring financial probity in all dealings of government by the eventual harmonization of the revenue collection process is such a hugely commended step. The introduction of the the concept of the Treasury Single Account, TSA, in the state has not only brought fiscal discipline but effectively boosted the internally genera...
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