Ifeanyi Uddin

Of speeches and speechwriters.

Of speeches and speechwriters.

In parsing President Buhari’s Independence Day speech, therefore, the gap between reality and aspiration that has been much commented upon,… Read More

4 years ago

The workings of a government at prayer

…No, the budgeting process is not flawed. For, at bottom, each budget (at whatever level of government this process takes… Read More

4 years ago

How our political differences further separate us

Ahead of the general elections scheduled for the first quarter of 2023, the jostling for advantage amongst members of our political… Read More

4 years ago

On restructuring Nigeria

The fact that there are as many descriptions of the problem with Nigeria as there are commentators on the matter… Read More

4 years ago

Between economic man and the rational voter

…is the assumption that “homo politicus”, as a voter, is as rational in his decision making as his economic counterpart… Read More

4 years ago

The significance of the second quarter GDP numbers

…whichever your preferred cause, “generally slower pace of economic activities at the start of the year”, or “seasonality”, the significance… Read More

4 years ago

Slower-paced inflation ― any lessons?

With the Delta variant of covid-19 driving an increase in infection caseloads across major cities, and worries rising over the… Read More

4 years ago

Beware the CBN Act and the Frumious Bandersnatch

It would seem that despite lofty declarations to the contrary in its enabling statute, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)… Read More

4 years ago

Technology, change, and a culture of respect

Despite appearances to the contrary, going digital has not meant a change in “culture”. In person meetings used to be… Read More

4 years ago

From BDCs to DMBs, through the looking glass

Arguably, the biggest of the questions raised by the new CBN policy is: Why do we insist on subsidising the… Read More

4 years ago

Nigeria’s spiralling debt burden

How much of the concerns around this new “debt trap” is a dialogue about poor revenues? All of it, it… Read More

4 years ago

Why breaking Nigeria won’t be a bad idea

It would seem that but for Nigeria, or rather Lord Lugard, who forced these dissimilar and unequal cultural experiences into… Read More

4 years ago