Peter A. Chivu

Sad that some people, including highly respected elder statesmen, still imagine that a new constitution is a silver bullet that will solve all our problems. This is akin to saying that a man’s personal driver who has registered 10 major accidents in one year will...

The Nigerian judiciary is the most corrupt institution in Nigeria – research. Several years ago, the NNPC, the NPF and NEPA used to compete for the 1st, 2nd aa& 3rd positions. Now the judiciary has overtaken all and come 1st. The common man must now look elsewhere...

Releasing huge sums of money to different groups for various purposes or truck loads of palliatives to various parts of the country in a system that does not work will yield minimal results. First get the system to function properly.

For some years now, especially after Buhari’s electoral victory in 2019, we have been made to believe that Tinubu is a smart politician. The way he handled Atiku and Obi during the last presidential election also strongly supported that view. However, recent events...

Cutting down the number of ministries does not necessarily result in reduced cost of governance. You can spend the same amount of money on fewer ministries. Ministries should be set up as functionally necessary and spending on them should be prudent. Shutting down or...

The belated 20 or so minute nationwide broadcast by President Tinubu is still welcome. Did it go far enough? It is good to have directly updated Nigerians on the achievements of his govt. However, he failed to address the much talked about cost of governance. He also...