Tag: Dakuku Peterside
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Five lessons 2022 taught us about politics and nationhood – By Dakuku Peterside
The year 2022 is winding up. High-level political activities characterised it – from the dramatic to the absurd . Highwire political manoeuvrings and abracadabra were prevalent. On the eve of a crucial general election in Nigeria, 2022 is ending with a cacophony noise of optimism, cynicism, and ambivalence. This year has put all our assumptions about democracy,…
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US-Africa summit: In whose interest? – By Dakuku Peterside
The US – African summit has come and gone. The US President, Joe Biden, and a group of US business leaders met with 49 African presidents and many business stakeholders. He made promises to improve the US bilateral and multilateral relationship with Africa.
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Dakuku tasks experts to monitor likely threats of bioterrorism
Turnaround Expert and former DG/CEO of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside has advised biosafety professionals to keep an eye on the possibility of terrorists in the country resorting to bioterrorism to achieve their wicked objectives.
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The poverty narrative: Federal versus State Governments – By Dakuku Peterside
Poverty is all around us. You see it in all aspects of our lives. It is so ubiquitous that it has been ingrained in our collective psyche. We seem to have accepted it as inevitable and use it to explain our personal and collective reality. It is one condition many people work and pray hard…
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Undecided voters and 2023 elections – by Dakuku Peterside
Nigerian politicians are notoriously optimistic. That is a source of energy for them, but it also blurs out their reality. The optimism of the average Nigerian politician often conflict with the disillusionment and pessimism of the average Nigerian. As the country prepares for the 2023 general elections, politicians will give permutations that put their candidates…
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COP 27: The real deal at the Red Sea – By Dakuku Peterside
In the Holy books of the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam, the Red Sea is symbolic as a place of significant events and the beginning of liberation from oppression. Will the Red Sea town of Sharm El Sheik be recorded in history as a place of significance in the quest of humanity to save…
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2023: Battle between intemperate language, fake news and judicial rascality – By Dakuku Peterside
The 2023 elections in Nigeria bring with them hopes and fears, expectations, and optimism for a better future. However, forces are fighting inadvertently to truncate the elections, imperil our nascent democracy, dim the light, and bring all our political calculations to nothing. These seemingly imperceptible forces are powerful, subtle, and distinct but not mutually exclusive.
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Leadership is key to unlocking Nigeria’s growth potential – By Dakuku Peterside
Last week, this column discussed the need to rethink productivity and economic growth in Nigeria based on the presentation by foremost Economist Dr Ayo Teriba. This week, we shall look at leadership’s role in engendering a new economic growth model to give our country a leap forward.
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Productive people in a productive country – By Dakuku Peterside
Recently, I was opportuned to listen to a presentation titled “Nigeria’s Economic Prospects” by one of Nigeria’s foremost Economists, Dr Ayo Teriba. He articulated Nigeria’s current economic woes and situated them in the global context of Post COVID era, European geopolitical tensions, and the resulting energy and commodity price crises. His overarching arguments and postulations…
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2023: Manifestos that will not manifest – By Dakuku Peterside
We are in another election season. Political parties, jobbers, and candidates deploy everything to convince innocent voters that they mean well and have a clear agenda to transform society. Most people – con artists, comics, and patriotic citizens – attempt to present what they intend to do when elected to office.