Monthly Archives: May 2014
I think conflicts or problems are inevitable since we do not know all there is to know about life. Coach Joe Caruso said it this way, “we are born naked. Naked means no pockets. No pockets means no manual.” I add that, no manual means we learn as we go. But life does not wait for us to gather all learning before it makes demands on us so we are also required to move with what we already know.
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If you were appointed to run a public institution that is corruption-ridden and delivering very poor services, how will you go about turning that institution around?
Is there a process you can follow to ensure you get the right results in as short a time as possible? Are there steps that will ensure visible, deliberate and desirable outcomes that your customers (the public) and your staff (public servants) can support and celebrate?
When faced with corruption, we are often tempted…..
Those who closely follow the global effort to #BringBackTheGirls of Chibok, must be greatly puzzled by the very slow response of the Nigerian government to the news of the kidnapping or to ameliorate the plight of the Chibok people. As new Amnesty International information indicates that the military got prior information of the attack and did nothing extra to ward it off and as the world appears to show more care for the Chibok people than its own government, people…..
With the May Day bombing of a bus park in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, coming on the heels of the national and global outcry over the April kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, it must now be clear that Nigeria is at war. But is there enough to show indication that can give Nigerian people hope of victory in the face of these blatant acts of terrorism? I do not think so. More needs to be done to show…..
I was born in Bonny, the Niger Delta island famed for its generous store of Nigerian crude oil but completed my primary education in Community Primary School, Queenstown, Opobo, because my father retired to his hometown not long after. Those early years in Queenstown were quite active, memorable and exciting because of the freedom and simplicity that goes with living in such natural island settings.
While my dad’s vigilance prevented me from doing many of the things my peers did,…..
