Ojogbon Globalization

 The photo above and poster below are courtesy of LYNX Nigeria, which is to be commended for its steadfast dedication to keeping the plight of our girls alive. Today is 300 days after the Chibok abductions.  Many girls, women, boys, and even men were abducted before and after.  Many have been killed by suicide bombers while going about their daily lives.  Many communities were brutally attacked and were not defended by the Nigerian government.   Now the Federal Government of Nigeria has postponed elections for six weeks, and it tells us (among other things) that this is because it wants to concentrate on fighting Boko Haram.  If this is true, it's sad that the government just realized that this is an important thing to do.  However, it's hard to believe this rationale, and this is a sad time for Nigeria. Many people wonder what the government can do in six weeks that it wasn't able to do in four years.  I am sad for Nigeri...

Continued from yesterday, Monday, January 24, 2012 .  The piece below is a draft of a paper published as: “The Dividends of Democracy:  The Nigeria Experience” in Olayiwola Abegunrin and Olusoji Akomolafe, Eds. Nigeria in Global Politics: Twentieth Century and Beyond (Nova Publishers, 2006). I belatedly realized that the references were not included yesterday.  They are to be found at the end of this posting.  To reiterate, much of this is old history.  I think it is still relevant as food for thought.   ... The exchange attracted the attention of Dr. Enodien, a management consultant who is resident in Lagos.  He wrote a commentary in one of Nigeria's leading newspapers that once again brought up the question of the dividends of democracy.  The aforementioned politician was seen as acting absurdly when he pointed to achievements and strides made in the area of opening up the political arena.  The attribution of this much needed ...

PRESS RELEASE Nigeria’s corporate existence is threatened - Osundare, Ajasin, Falola, others A group of Nigerians under the aegis of Committee for Concerned Nigerians, which includes acclaimed poet, Professor Niyi Osundare , son of the late leader of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO),  Mr. Tokunbo Ajasin , and US-based Nigerian professors, Professor Amina Mama, Professor Toyin Falola , and Professor Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome , has stated that Nigeria’s corporate existence as one country is threatened. The group, which includes over 60 Nigerians both at home and abroad, has therefore called for the convocation of a national conference to resolve the “fundamental crisis” in Nigeria and save Nigeria from “imminent collapse”. Describing its members as “joint stakeholders in the Nigerian project”, the Committee for Concerned Nigerians stated that “The government of President Goodluck Jonathan, by its simplistic and haughty responses to the true wishes of ...