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The view that the outcome of an election is often decided way before the actual act of voting on polling day is unassailable, but without proper voter education, voter registration campaigns may be an exercise in futility. One of the reasons for poor voter turn-outs in Africa is not just voter...
From the 1970s of the oil boom era when the economy positioned it as a potential African powerhouse, Nigeria enjoyed tremendous economic wellbeing late
Cost of running government in Nigeria unsustainable – Alex Otti On Kindly Share This Story: The All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain, Dr. Alex Otti, has noted that the cost of governance in Nigeria is unrealistically high, and clearly unsustainable given the country’s economic status. Dr Otti who made the remark while presenting a paper at the 10th anniversary lecture of Adeleke University, Ede in Osun State on Tuesday, pointed out that one of the challenges Nigeria faces today is that governance gulps the bulk of revenue that ought to have been channeled towards more productive ve...
Does Nigeria have more people living in extreme poverty than India and China combined? Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and vice-presidential candidate of Nigeria’s opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party in 2019 general elections, believes so. Obi said on Arise TV on February 2, that “the poverty issue, which IMF have (sic)…IMF has not added the ones that are going to be thrown in due to the pandemic situation. If you add it, it is going to be over 100 million. That’s about 50% of your population is now living under poverty. “We are in a situation where Niger...