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OP-ED Opinions 

Pastor RUGA’s Community Policing: Too Little, Too Late, Won’t Fly! By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
Laolu Akande, media aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (Pastor RUGA) in a statement issued on behalf of Osinbajo said over N13bn has been approved by the Federal Government to kick start community policing in Nigeria. Arguably, Osinbajo is the most learned member of Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. Osinbajo has an impressive resume. He earned his LLB degree from… Read More
Africa Investments 

Post COVID-19: Rebuilding Africa and strengthening its resilience against future economic shocks

Elwin Mandowa,
After demonstrating its resilience during the Ebola outbreak and the global financial crisis, Africa is once again facing a severe test of its strength and agility because of the coronavirus pandemic. The good news is that the continent has entered this crisis in reasonably good shape following decades of progression in health, education and economic outcomes. As of early 2020,… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank 2020 Annual meetings: Building Africa back better after the COVID-19 pandemic

Elwin Mandowa,
For the first time in the history of the African Development Bank, its Annual Meetings will be held virtually to comply with the COVID-19 pandemic-related social-distancing guidelines.  The Governors’ Dialogue and the election of a president will be top of the agenda of the upcoming Meetings scheduled for 26-27 August 2020.  This year, which marks the 55th meeting of the… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Towards A True Dismantling Of The Petroleum Subsidy Regime By Alex Otti

Elwin Mandowa,
“Government Subsidy systems promote inefficiency in production and efficiency in coercion and subservience while penalizing efficiency in production and inefficiency in predation” – Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) “You either get free stuff or you get freedom. You cannot have both and you need to make a choice.” – Sarah Palin Sometime ago, the former Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Role Of Youths In Nigeria’s Current Democratic Experience By Ifemosu Michael Adewale

Elwin Mandowa,
Nigeria has celebrated 13 years of uninterrupted democratic rule in year 2012.  That Democratic license was not received on a platter of Gold, but through resilient struggles and undaunted patriotic commitments of Nigerians, particularly the unsung youths. The historic contributions of individuals, organizations, press, civil societies, labour and Pro-democratic movements like STUDENT UNIONS, NADECO, CDHR, and CLO in sending the… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

MURIC, CAN Will Set Nigeria On Fire By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
Violent crisis of ethnic and religious complexion does not just happen. It grows relentlessly like cancer and metastasises until irreversible fatality. Some of the bloodiest riots in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa have been spawned by conspiracy theories operationalised in religious and ethnic slants. The 1980s religious clashes in Kaduna and Kano, for instance, were ignited by extremist leaders who… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Who Dares Say The Emperor Is Naked? By David Hundeyin

Elwin Mandowa,
At the ripe old age of 11, when people are typically most concerned with videogames, action figures and the onset of pubescence, I had a different set of, externally enforced, concerns. Born into a religious cult, I was going through an unusually early period of development and self-awareness that made me keenly, painfully aware that something was definitely off.  When… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Schools Reopening; If Not Now, When? By Seun Awogbenle

Elwin Mandowa,
In my last intervention on Nigeria’s education, an article which was widely syndicated, I remarked quite soundly that I can imagine the cloud of uncertainty and despair over most Nigerian students particularly those in their final year at a time their colleagues abroad were concluding examinations, moving to another level, concluding their academic programmes and even attending virtual graduation programmes,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Djibouti : la Banque africaine de développement renforce la résilience des populations rurales face à la sécheresse et aux changements climatiques (…

Elwin Mandowa,
La phase I du Programme de résilience à la sécheresse et de développement des moyens de subsistance durables dans les pays de la Corne de l’Afrique (DRSLP I), exécutée entre 2013 et 2019, a permis d’améliorer la résilience des communautés rurales de Djibouti face à la sécheresse et aux changements climatiques, indique un rapport de la Banque africaine de développement… Read More
Africa Investments 

Appointment of Director, Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU/BCRM) Mr. David J. Simpson

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. David J. Simpson as the Director, Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU/BCRM), effective 1st September 2020. David, a Canadian national, brings to the Bank over twenty-five years of broad-based experience in accountability innovations, collaborative governance, grievance mechanisms, sustainability standards, stakeholder engagement and social compliance auditing & assurance… Read More
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