Tag: Chidi Amuta
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Mr. President, Try the other exit- Chidi Amuta
By Chidi Amuta In one respect, President Buhari may have worked so hard to prepare his successor for the acclaim that has so far eluded him. He has unconsciously scripted a higher popularity rating for that lucky successor. The next president will harvest national and international acclaim by doing something that requires little or no…
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A Hegemony in Trouble – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta Unlike the rest of us who are shivering about the prevalent insecurity and uncertainty over the future of the country, I doubt that President Buhari and his inner core of strategists have cause to lose much sleep. They have no cause to share our fears. They have always known something that we did…
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Saving Our Imperfect Union – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta Aspectre of strategic instability stares Nigeria in the face. It is not coming from just the rhetoric of politicians or the drama of the new breed of ethnic thugs and populist demagogues. We are familiar with noisy threats to Nigeria’s unity as a mode of political expression. Nigerians as a public…
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How country?
By Chidi Amuta I have an ancient method of measuring the mood and state of the nation. And it has always worked for me. It is a casual greeting in normal Nigerian street parlance. Simply put, it is just a simple greeting cast in the mould of a universal non- committal question: “How Country?” You…