Why do we need government in a country? The need for government intervention in an economy can be grouped under several objectives, such as: income and wealth redistribution, provision of public goods, ensuring fair competition, securing and spurring the domestic economy, security of lives and property, preserving the environment etc. Welfare economists often argue that without active government…

Building Collapse: If only there was a Project Manager, then the Architects’ or Builders’ are not at fault. Building collapses in Nigeria has become more frequent and always has tragic consequences. People sustain catastrophic injuries or lose their lives in the event of a building collapse. Recently, a 21-storey building under construction collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria, killing at least 39 persons. …

Possibly Nigeria’s solution to persistent project failure and abandonment Project Abandonment in Nigeria It is a sad feature that the Nigerian project landscape is littered with about 56,000 failed or abandoned projects. All were commissioned by various Nigerian administrations as far back as 1962 to present day. One prominent issue is that administrations are…

A woman can be described in diverse ways. Like the proverbial blind men asked to identify an elephant. Each came back with a different and unique description. Just like the blind men, a woman can be described by anyone based on his/her interaction with a particular aspect of that woman…

Michael Crichton’s novel, Rising Sun (1992), suggested that ‘business is war.’ If this is true, then the business of managing an economy is strategic warfare. Every country’s leader will seek to achieve a given set of strategic economic objectives amid competing interests from other countries. The Nigerian leader is not…