If poverty, inflation and weak state capacity are symptoms, Nigeria’s governance design is part of the disease. From an oversized cabinet to duplicated agencies and weak local government structure, here are 10 constitutional and institutional reforms that could help cut waste, free up public funds and make growth more inclusive. Nigeria’s poverty crisis has exposed Read More…
A review of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Act has shown that President Bola Tinubu may have breached the law in his decision to unilaterally remove the agency’s Executive Vice Chairman, Babatunde Irukera. According to the Act, the president cannot unilaterally sack the FCCPC head without resorting to the Senate. The president’s Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to key historic changes of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. This was announced on Friday in Abuja by Rep. Ahmed Wase, the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, who also serves as the Chairman of the Special Ad-Hoc Committee on the Revision of the 1999 Constitution. Congratulating the president for Read More…