Tag: Restructure

Restructure and drop the name Nigeria, it’s demeaning ―Wole Olanipekun

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Immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers (NBOB), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on Friday, called for the renaming of the country noting that the current appellation is demeaning and hypocritical. Olanipekun spoke at a colloquium that was held in Abuja to mark the 25th anniversary of Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama as a SAN. In […]

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Nobody Can Restructure Nigeria in a Democracy, By Farooq A. Kperogi

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In contemporary Nigeria, the term “restructuring” has become something of a “God term,” as rhetorical scholars call words and expressions that instinctively evoke warm fuzzy feelings in people, that galvanize people into action, that are unquestioningly sanctified by a cultural community, that people associate with affirmative attributes, and that people are prepared to make sacrifices […]

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