Read Buhari’s speech to govs: Find money to pay your workers...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON MONDAY 29TH JUNE 2015:
Protocol  I am delighted to be here with you at this occasion on the inauguration of the National Economic Council (NEC) for this Administration.

How We Can Reject Change...

A major challenge that change faces is the attitude of Nigerians who believe the only government in Nigeria is the federal government. We have at least 812 governments in Nigeria – the Federal Government, 36 States, the Federal Capital Territory, and 774 local government councils. In Nigeria, we have governments, not just the one in Abuja.  If we add the agencies, ministries, and parastatals that these governments control, the numbers increase, since some of the agencies are their own governments, barely allowing their operations to undergo scrutiny of the legislature. 

Attahiru Jega’s replacement: The pressure on Buhari (2)...

Yet, consider:
Protest letter-
  Among those who appear to be in the running for the office are some national officers who, rather than make genuine contributions to meetings, would simply cow-tow and flow with the tide. Because of the nature of the nominations to the Commission – some state governors actually nominated most of the commissioners – it is very important that President Buhari remains mindful of the need to allow merit take precedence over relationship and patronage. 

Attahiru Jega’s replacement: The pressure on Buhari (1)...

Without prejudice to whatever willful inadequacies of every mortal, Attahiru Jega, a professor and out-going National Chairman of Nigeria’s election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deserves to be commended. As he exits that office, there is going to be a fierce battle to fill the slot.   And were President Muhammadu Buhari be committed to sustaining the transformative underpinning of Jega’s tenure, he would not need to look beyond the suggestions contained in this piece.