So, Who Won The Buhari Challenge? Scattered across the FCT are sand-filled trucks, Caterpillars and the evidence of their work: bridges and roads under construction, some finished, some still in progress. Residents of the FCT can testify to the abundance of construction sites that are reminiscent of the El-Rufai years. Drive here or there, alas,…
FARMERS/ HERDSMEN CLASH (WITH FOCUS ON ANTI-GRAZING LAW/ OUTRIGHT BAN ON OPEN GRAZING) SOLUTIONS – AN LECTURE DELIVERED BY JOHANNES TOBI WOJUOLA ON THE EDO DIGICOMMS PLATFORM The Farmers Herders clashes have climaxed in the past 2 years to a very ostensible level where it is now heard on the lips of everyone. From…
My 7 Point Agenda as Deputy Curator of the Abuja Global Shapers Hub By Johannes Tobi Wojuola Introduction The role of the Deputy Curator is largely a supportive one. It is to provide a bolstered leadership and support to the leadership architecture of the Hub. The role of the curator is massive: high…
Insecurity in Nigeria: Tough times don’t last, but tough people do – By Johannes Tobi Wojuola For President Buhari, history is in his favor when it comes to tackling insecurity – his reputation precedes him. The quelling of the Maitatsine Uprising in the 1980’s is to his credit – and formed a selling point for his election…
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ELECTORAL ACT PRESENTATION BY JOHANNES TOBI WOJUOLA Esq MADE AT THE LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL TRAINING CLASS, ORGANISED BY THE OYO STATE SCHOOL OF POLITICS, ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY, 2018, ATIBA HALL, OYO. All protocols duly observed. I want to begin this session by first and foremost…
Globalization: Implications for Buhari’s Economic Agenda By Johannes Tobi Wojuola President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to boost the nation’s economy does not seem to click with the tenets of globalization of trade as enunciated by the Western world. This is because the West, including the neo-liberalist and the Brettingwood philosophers, see the peculiar nature of the…
NASS exceeded bounds on 2017 budget By Johannes Wojuola There has been a lot of back and forth as to the powers of the National Assembly (NASS) to initiate projects and tinker with the budget presented to it by the Executive. The Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was quoted as…
WHAT RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP MEANS TO ME By Johannes Tobi Wojuola, member Abuja Global Shapers Community (An Initiative of the World Economic Forum) The Humanitarian crisis in North Eastern Nigeria is palpable. Seen and felt, from the lenses of photo-journalists, videos and stories shared mostly online. Those who have visited would tell you stories that…
Finding Economic Justice In Buhari’s Social Investment Programmes By Johannes Tobi Wojuola “We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all costs, of giving to get, of exploitation without looking at the person… and we see the results in the crisis we…
Consciously or unconsciously we become amnesic of the memories of ugly pasts as we make progress in life. And like a clergyman once said: for every new level we ascend, there is a new devil to challenge – sounds poetic, but beyond the rhythm is an aphorism that highlights the reality we face when…