Ojogbon Globalization

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 ...

Before we get to the question of whether or not we want to be SAPped again, I'd like you to know that the Nigeria National Project is being covered by Nigerian media.  Click on the links below to read about it. 1..        Laolu Akande, Guardian (Nigeria) Tuesday, January 24, 2012 How to move Nigeria forward, by Osundare, others http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74854:how-to-move-nigeria-forward-by-osundare-others-&catid=1:national&Itemid=559 2.       Nigeria Village Square Osundare, Ajasin, Falola, others Call for National conference http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/empowered-newswire/osundare-ajasin-falola-others-call-for-national-conference.html 4.       Premium Times (Nigeria) Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Osundare, Ajasin, Falola, other eminent Nigerians call for national conference ‘Nigeria’s existence is thr...

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 ...