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Universities and crusade against corruption |
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By S. K. Mazawaje It was J. F. Kennedy who once said “a child miseducated is a child lost.” Since children are the future leaders, it is logical and justifiable by way of deduction to say that, a society that is controlled or led by miseducated people is a society wasted or lost. It is from this perspective that we can best appreciate the critical role of the universities in the current effort to reposition our society on sound ethical and moral foundations.
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An x-ray of Babangida Aliyu’s servant leadership (II) |
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By Musa Garba Adamu What should ordinarily be taken for granted – prompt payment of monthly salaries, leave grants and other allowances – now find their way to public servants’ accounts on time. 69-year-old Pa Abubakar Kutigi narrated how the payment of his outstanding pension and gratuity endeared the man to him because it was a turning point. For him, after four years in retirement, nothing makes more meaning than seeing a governor pay him what he thought would never be paid in his lifetime.
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Has Uncle Sam run out of patience? |
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Lewis Mackenzie As President Barack Obama's visit to Canada draws near, Canadians should realize that how the war in Afghanistan will be conducted on the ground will change little, if at all, under his leadership.
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Power probe: Much ado about ‘something’, but nothing |
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By Rabi Musa Umar When the House of Representatives began its millions of naira probe of the power sector in February 2008, Nigerians were rejoicing. Mostly not because they thought some unscrupulous individuals and organizations would be brought to book, but because they thought ‘at last a more definite solution to the unending power problem in the country is in sight’.
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A case for more states (II) |
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By S. K. Mazawaje Contd from last week It is a paradox that all the states that have been created were so done by the military while civilian regimes (elected by people) have either refused to address the festering problem or simply pretended that it was not a priority. One would have expected the civilian governments to be more concerned, responsive and proactive about the cries of their people who elected them. Past civilian regimes have hidden under the untenable excuses of the cumbersomeness of the constitutional process for state creation. They have argued as if the constitution is not made by human beings to serve human beings. They ought to know that man does not serve the constitution, rather, it is the constitution that serves man.
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