The danger inherent in the present moment: The Left and the Nigeria Question, By Jaye Gaskia
The present moment in the history of Nigeria is a very dicey one, characterised by systemic crisis, of such a proportion that it seems to […]
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Evaluating citizens’ awareness of current key government policies, By Jaye Gaskia
EVALUATING CITIZENS AWARENESS OF CURRENT KEY GOVERNMENT POLICIES[1]. BY JAYE GASKIA. [NOTES FOR A PRESENTATION AT A WORKSHOP ON CREATING NECESSARY LINKAGES FOR ENHANCING THE […]
Addressing the snowballing ‘herders – farmers conflicts’ amidst national development : The urgency of now, By Jaye Gaskia
The choice of the title for this piece is deliberate, and it is the outcome of relentless, and agitated, even if cautious reflection over […]
How to build the barricade: Lessons from #EndSARS 2020, By Jaye Gaskia
[NOTES FOR A PRESENTATION AS A PANELIST AT THE 2020 PRO-DEMOCRACY SUMMIT ON THE OVERARCHING THEME OF “FROM MOMENT TO MOVEMENT: SUSTAINING POPULAR POWER BEYOND […]
Profligacy, Opacity, Corruption, And Governance Failure: The Underlying Public Health Pandemic In Nigeria
By Jaye Gaskia Let me begin with my conclusion. The ongoing COVID 19 Pandemic is happening on the back of a preexisting structural and congenital […]
Strategising for the post COVID 19 pandemic phase: danger of urge to return to normalcy, By Jaye Gaskia
Even as we, along with rest of the world are trying to contain the spread of the pandemic, and overcome its immediate destructive, debilitating and […]
Nigeria: Rethinking governance and reinventing the state: turning crisis into opportunity, By Jaye Gaskia
SETTING THE CONTEXT: Nigeria, our country is currently bedeviled with a number of crises, ranging from the insurgency in the northeast which is seemingly becoming […]
12th NLC Congress: Long march for decent work, By Issa Aremu
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC’s) 12th National Qurdirall Delegates Conference started yesterday Monday 4th February, 2019 in Abuja with the pre-Conference Central Working Committee (CWC) National […]
Insecurity and the clamour for state police: Beyond sloganeering and grandstanding
By Jaye Gaskia Whenever the question of restructuring and devolution of powers have been raised by the contending factions and fractions of Nigeria’s prodigal ruling […]
Examining various proposals for restructuring, separation and non-negotiable unity, By Jaye Gaskia
One of the most enduring manifestations of leadership failure, and elite incompetence of Nigeria’s ruling class and all its factions and fractions, is the persistence […]
The Absurdities Of Unhinged Change..By Jaye Gaskia
Let us face facts, we are witnessing Change unhinged, and one currently in full throttle as well – rambling and gyrating hysterically like a drunken […]
Notes On Some Contentious Issues In Contemporary Nigerian Polity, By Jaye Gaskia
There are quite a few issues that seem to remain permanently contentious, and continue to trend, using the popular social media lingo in contemporary Nigeria […]
Self Determination, Nation Building And The Danger Of The Single Narrative.., By Jaye Gaskia
We are living through very dangerous, even perilous times. We are once again as a people living through a moment in history when positions are […]
Reluctant Change: Midway Through A Convoluted Maze, By Jaye Gaskia
In putting this piece together, I have been troubled by two interrelated things: first, I have tried to refrain from doing a mid-term assessment of […]
The Workers’ Day Rebellion Of 2017: A Foretastse Of The Storm To Come? By Jaye Gaskia
The 2017 Workers’ Day has come and gone, with enough reverberations here at home and globally to once again reassert not only the primacy of […]