‘EXTRA MURAL CLASSES’: CAN THE DISCUSSION CONTINUE? A few days ago, the trending news was on the ban or purported ban of extra or extension classes in public schools in Anambra State. The news was greeted with mixed reactions. I got some calls and chats asking for an opinion on the issue. Later, I observed
The ‘PELICAN’, His People And Their Goodwill – Theodore Ekwem
We once had a governor who greets the people of his state with this unique slogan: ‘My people, my people.’ He was very charismatic. But a critical evaluation of his tenure as governor doesn’t seem to suggest that he truly understood the concept of ‘the people’ in relation to governance. Politics exists for the people.
Obi-Datti 2023 and Circular Causation – Theodore Ekwem
In 1944, a Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal adopted what he called Circular Cumulative Causation theory in discussing the Negro problem and Modern Democracy in America. He submitted that taking note of the core variables, that a change in one institution will lead to successive change in other institutions. This systematic theory are often applied in
He is ‘Alhaji’ Peter ‘Mai karfi’ Obi- Theodore Ekwem
In Nigeria to be precise, any Islamic business man is addressed or greeted in the above title: Alhaji. So conventionally the title ‘Alhaji’ is used to designate a muslim business man or a muslim elite. But that’s not what Alhaji means in the true sense. Islamic religion is anchored under five pillars: Faith, Prayer, Almsgiving,