Now That The Strike Is Over
Originally Published On Jan 19, 2012 Debo Onifade Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures from below’ so says Roger Baldwin. I salute all the Nigerian comrades all over the world that participated in one way or the other in the last few weeks, to start…
Liberating Nigeria
Between Ogun State and State of New Jersey by Debo Onifade
Originally Published On Dec 04, 2013 Debo Onifade Although the State of New Jersey is highly regarded a bedroom community (where residents sleep and work elsewhere) for New York and Philadelphia, it has established itself as a very successful state in the United States of America. It is the 11th most populous state, second richest…
How Can We Create Jobs? By Debo Onifade
Originally Published On Nov 08, 2012 Many Nigerians followed the US presidential elections and showed a lot of excitement about Obama’s victory. I believe government officials were also energized, as we can deduce from the altercations between ACN and PDP that ensued after ABT (Ahmed Bola Tinubu) famously attended the Democratic convention. It is great…
Nigeria’s New Auto Policy: Cotonou Will Be The Greatest Beneficiary By Debo Onifade
Originally Published On Feb 12, 2014 Nigeria is a great country that has tried fantastic but unsuccessful policies over the last decades, and this sometimes causes a lot of confusion about what good policies can indeed work in Nigeria. NYSC, SAP, Zoning, Federal Character, Nationalization (like NNPC), etc are all policies or systems that had…