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23 Dec

Recently came across my father-in-law’s stash of newsmagazines (1985-1990), glory days for Nigerian magazine journalism. And a fascinating window into Nigeria’s recent(?) past. A lot of déjà vu, to be honest, changing eras, but the same challenges that must be solved & resolved.

@DeleOlojede

Also quite a bunch of star journalism talent in their younger (starting-out-ish, late-20s) days: Writing/Reporting by @DeleOlojede @TunjiLardner @anietieusen et al

Also, this Kingsley C. Moghalu (“Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive”) has to be @MoghaluKingsley, right?

Sept 28, 1986 is (should be) one of the most famous days in history of Nigeria. It’s the day the IBB Govt ‘floated’ the Naira - an unprecedented move - by kickstarting the “SFEM”.

The Naira fell from N1.54 to $1, to N4.61 to $1, in the course of that day, and never looked back.

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@toluogunlesi

21 Dec

@nigimmigration

PTF says 20,216 travelers into Nigeria from abroad “have not shown up for post arrival test thereby endangering members of the community & breaching protocols they signed up to.”

@nigimmigration will “impose sanctions on these defaulters for breaching public health protocols...”

@DigiCommsNG

“The test positivity rate in travellers arriving Lagos has recently doubled to 6.3%.” — @DigiCommsNG #PTFCovid19

@DigiCommsNG

“Lagos, Kaduna and the FCT have emerged as the new epicentres during this period, with over 70% of all confirmed cases.” — Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 @DigiCommsNG
#PTFCOVID19

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@toluogunlesi

15 Oct

@NigeriaGov

Today was the National Economic Council (NEC) Meeting - which brings the 36 Governors and @NigeriaGov together, monthly, under the Chairmanship of VP @ProfOsinbajo. Main item on Agenda was Police Reform and the ENDSARS protests.

Highlights of Resolutions/Decisions:

#Thread

Every State Government mandated to establish a Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Extrajudicial Killings, chaired by a retired High Court Judge, with other members selected by the State Governor as follows:

*Two representatives of Civil Society groups

*One Retired Police Officer of high repute

*One Youth Representative

*One Student Representative

*One Representative of the State Attorney-General

*One representative from the National Human Rights Commission.

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@toluogunlesi

13 Oct

A sense of history + realism is key. Street protests are great for achieving discrete, specific goals. The larger vision of lasting reform will always take time. Eg. Occupy Nigeria led to fuel price review, SURE-P. Main work of oil sector transparency still ongoing, 8 years later

Each has its place.

The Streets and hashtags brought the Ribadu and Aig-Imoukhuede Panels, SURE-P, etc, in 2012.

But the NNPC Audit of 2018/2019 (the very first in 43 years), and the PIB of 2020/21, came via a different route. It’s loong, hard, sometimes frustrating work.

With the End SARS protests - discrete goals achieved have included the dissolution of SARS - which is unprecedented; never been done in the almost 30 year history of the unit.

Deeep and lasting reform will take time and painstaking work/engagements. Whether or not you agree.

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@toluogunlesi

12 Oct

@NhrcNigeria

Today the IG of Police & @NhrcNigeria convened a stakeholders’ forum to discuss & agree on implementation of recommendations of the Presidential Panel earlier established on Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). (Panel concluded work before SARS dissolution hence the name)

DETAILS:

For me the most interesting highlights here include the following:

1. A formal acknowledgment of receipt of the #5for5 agenda of the End SARS movement (Item 1.64).

2. An acknowledgment of the need for “psychological evaluation, training and retraining of disbanded SARS officials prior to re-deployment.” (Item 6)

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@toluogunlesi

7 Oct

I often see people on my TL saying FG is doing all its infrastructure work in the South, and others who insist the North is getting preferential treatment

That’s Nigeria for you in a nutshell. Constantly fueled by a sense of marginalization that is autonomous of reality

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You will share news that a Port is being developed in the Niger Delta and someone from somewhere will say why isn’t the FG doing the same (ie building a Sea Port) in {insert sea-less Northern State} 😀

If you do communications for the Federal Government (& if you plan to do this anytime in the future),keep this in mind, that you will always have to deal with the people for whom alleging ‘project’ marginalization is a full-time job. It’s a big part of personal identity for many.

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