Opinion

THE youth is the main productive class of any nation. Anyone in a youthful stage sees himself as one of the major parts of the engine room of any society he belongs.

A problem well stated is a problem half solved. - Charles F. Kettering. IT is interesting to note that Albert Einstein said, “If I were given one hour to save the world, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute solving it.” Then Don Shaughnessy nailed it when he said, “With few…

SIR: The Punch of August 7, 2015 reported  Governor  Abdul Yari of Zamfara State  as saying that no governor has the power or constitutional right to touch local  government funds. He was reported to have made the statement while  discussing  with President Muhammadu Buhari.    With due  respect to Governor Abdul Yari, our  governors have always been looting local government…

An overwhelming percentage of organizations rely on incentive-based pay practices to compete for top talent and to motivate employees. And, especially when it comes to short-term cash incentives, employers are offering a broader array of bonus rewards, confirms a new survey conducted by WorldatWork, an association of total rewards professionals, in conjunction with Deloitte Consulting…

WITH the reports of reactivation of local refineries, Nigerians, who have lost all hope and succumbed to a fraudulent petroleum products importation regime and subsidy claims that have almost bled the economy to death, have every reason to cheer.

SIR: With the latest news that Nigeria marked one year anniversary polio free Nigeria, every right thinking Nigerian should celebrate this positive development though not without meticulous work of governments at all levels.

PERHAPS one of the best kept secrets in recent times is the embarrassing fact that Rivers was one of the 19 states originally blacklisted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over non-payment of examination fees for its students who sat for the May/June 2015 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations.

IN a speech during the graduation ceremony at the National Defence College in Abuja on August 8, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Ministry of Defence to urgently articulate a proposal for the establishment of a Military Industrial Complex to produce weapons and other equipment for the country’s armed forces and reduce reliance on reluctant foreign suppliers.

IT is good to observe that the Central Bank is finally responding to the compelling logic of Nigeria’s existing economic reality. The decision to exclude 400-odd import-items from the official foreign exchange window is certainly a step in the right direction.

A MASSIVE man; every inch a soldier, a general who had been involved in the many coups that Nigeria had suffered. There are many people who admire him; he has a reputation before now of no nonsense general.