Kola Ibrahim

The recent mass sacking of over 788 medical doctors by the Raji Fashola/ACN-led Lagos state government clearly underlines the high level of contempt which pro-free market ruling elites in Nigeria of all shades hold for the poor and working masses.

One of the issues generated by the so-called liberalisation of party formation in recent years is the proliferation of political parties on the one hand and centralisation of political posts and governance around handful of political parties on the other.

The recent newspaper reports about a crisis in Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, has again brought to the fore the role of privately owned educational institutions as a way out of the crises in the education sector.

As workers in Nigeria celebrate this year’s Workers’ Day, the political challenges before the working and poor people are today more vital than ever before.

Again, hundreds of innocent lives – mostly of women and children – have been wasted away in Jos villages by ethnic bigots, who are banking on the failure of Nigerian government to secure citizens’ lives and properties.

For the past three months now, Nigeria’s political stability has been on a cliff-edge as a result of the succession crisis occasioned by the illegal absence of the country's president, Umaru Yar’Adua, due to ill health.

So much has been written about the Nigerian bank crisis and the ‘surgical’ operations being carried out by the capitalist financial doctors, led by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Lamido Sanusi.

Against all opposition, the Nigeria's Yar’Adua government has again come out boldly to announce the total deregulation of fuel come 1 November this year. This crude and rude behaviour of government against the hues and cries of the toiling people is highly condemnable.

The title is taken from an earlier writing by Dr. Olatunji Dare in his opinion article on Chief Gani Fawehinmi (herein called Gani). He titled the article ‘Gani: A Postscript’. This suggests a tendency to end the debate and discussion about the enigma of Gani with his burial.

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