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A presidential candidate was asked about privatisation of the power sector; he said, “Privatisation did not work because we privatised profit and socialised losses.” If we continue to entrust our national assets into the hands of the few, we will continue to experience market failure, which is economic instability.

Speaker Alban Bagbin on Monday led Members of Parliament (MPs) to pay tribute to the late Professor Kwesi Botchwey, former Finance Minister, for his invaluable service to the nation, which spanned from 1882 to 1995. Prof. Botchway passed-on on November 19, 2022, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra,…

What is less acknowledged is the role of religious leaders who saved lives by putting aside their usual sanctimonious ways and embracing people affected by the disease

Poverty

To discuss this topic, I would first give a brief overview of the past experimental economic models that were applied in driving the Nigerian economy and

Terhamba Wuam is professor of Economic History at the Kaduna State University. He speaks with our Northern Bureau Chief, MUHAMMAD SABIU, on Nigeria’s

Today, 46 years later, the European countries who condemned Africa for allegedly mixing sports and politics, are doing the same thing.

What is clear is that the economic plans of these candidates offer short shrift to the crisis of the state and the role for transformation.

I wrote this article in June 2022 but did not publish it for personal reasons. A lot has happened in the last 4 months and my plan is to serialise this subject. My next article in this series will examine the key events that have happened in the last 4 months (an update, if you like). In the 3rd and final article, I will concentrate on lessons and implications for our continent. So let’s begin.     JUNE 2022.   What can Africa learn from the proxy war that the USA and NATO are waging agains...

Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) says the economic plan developed by the former Vice President and candidate of the opposition peoples democratic party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is akin to foisting the controversial structural adjustment programme (SAP) on Nigerians.