tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141017862024-03-07T22:23:10.266-06:00Wadada: The Thinking Mined by TMZWhere the mind of an eccentric journey-man paints life on the canvas of the world wide web with no apologiesDonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-25977669104778859772023-04-08T19:28:00.001-05:002023-04-08T19:28:56.695-05:002022 - Reset, Redisccovering Me in 2023This blog holds sort of a timeline of grown adult life for me. It is a collection of thoughts that date back different epoch of my life, first as a young entrepreneur and budding policy wonk, when I discovered blogging. Those early years were fun, I read and wrote copiously. Blogging was an offshoot of a favourite last time, contributing editorially to the slew of online message boards and DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-37298886182573882782021-12-29T02:30:00.001-06:002021-12-29T02:30:58.652-06:002021 - The Year without a Mind of its own2021 seem to be a quiet continuation of 2020 it seems. We all agreed that 2020 was postponed because of how the world was shutdown by the pandemic. The crazy 2020 continued waltzing through the next year it seems, as I can’t seem to take hold of something that happened in 2021 that didn’t seem to have started in 2020. The two years seem like conjoined twins for good or for bad.One distinct DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-20923104231535068972020-12-24T16:20:00.002-06:002020-12-25T12:21:59.931-06:00Hindsight they say is 20/20...and so it was literally As 2020 draws to a close, the year couldn't have been so more aptly named. So interesting a year, it was never going to just be one of those quiet years that just happened. It came with a bang, and it is leaving with a bang!Personally, the year started with a lot of changes and strategic planning for me. I was off to an early start. Downsized at LoftyInc, while hiring a lot at Vertmance. WeDonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-85679046575896447552019-03-31T16:02:00.003-05:002019-04-01T01:08:08.942-05:00Book Review: There was a Country by Chinua Achebe
When I picked up this book, the review from trusted friends (Bookies alike) was not to waste my time. The general opinion was that Chinua Achebe's last work was the worst; the most tribalistic, and rubbish work of literature. One famous friend who is also a journalist actually claimed to have tried to read it and having to throw it into thrash after one chapter! These were trusted opinions by DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-50379644320412064412018-11-20T11:43:00.000-06:002019-03-31T16:34:45.087-05:00NNPC Reforms and what we should be doing
It is campaign season and of course the opportunists would be out bandying unworkable ideas to feather their nests of opportunism.
How does it make sense to fully privatize a company that accounts for 90% of the revenue of all governments in Nigeria month to month without spelling out a transitive arrangement that will replaced 550-700bn monthly that is shared? How will we meet payroll monthly?DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-41486025987121921462017-08-31T05:57:00.000-05:002017-08-31T05:57:54.855-05:00Nigeria's 2015-2017 Economic Performance- A Report Card
In March, I was guest of AIT Moneyline Show discussing the Economy Report Card of the Buhari Administration
DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-47542087610111568802016-08-13T04:00:00.000-05:002016-08-13T04:00:40.830-05:00Nigeria's Faltering Economy & Strategies to Reflate it
Economics is a very funny thing.. and I get the feeling that the team of President Buhari, especially the Osinbajo camp are getting frustrated with the way the situation in Nigeria is going from bad to worse, and their supporters are increasingly jumping ship.
It is true that they've done some common sense clean up, but the seeming addiction of the President's team to law and order, DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-3967318590445402792016-07-06T05:50:00.000-05:002016-07-06T05:51:39.125-05:00Who shall tell the President? Demons Marauding around the Economy
Another commentator had alerted the world to the danger ahead of Nigeria in her quest for market based economic policies. The demons vary, but one that keeps rearing is head is that which muddles up the policy waters, creating a narrative for a dangerous policy reversal that will leave all on its path destroyed. We can see the seeds in the undulating attitude of Mr. President, a forced convert DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-17969204343807205332016-05-26T05:31:00.000-05:002016-05-26T05:31:51.533-05:00On Fayose and Playing to Herdsmen Gallery
I think a lot of us are just too young to remember how the civil war started. Violence yields nothing, and when violence is mixed with ethnic and political undertones it has to be a smoldering powder that every educated person must condemn unequivocally. When I watched Governor Fayose of Ekiti state make a fool of himself as usual when he visited Ikole, and then some pen pushers glorify DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-31476329588140146832016-05-24T11:34:00.001-05:002016-05-24T11:34:07.522-05:00Dangote is winning again...cement, roads and taxes
So for those wondering what Dangote is really up to with that road deal he got, well here it is
1. Bought over 250 yellow machines (or Caterpillar) for his massive refinery, fertilizer , power and pipeline project in Lekki.
Site Plan of Dangote's Plant
2. Don't need to hire an Engineering, Procurement & Construction Contractor, so he partnered with one to create a new West Africa giantDonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-84469209458347699182016-05-21T06:10:00.000-05:002016-05-21T06:14:30.811-05:00Unintended Consequences and Unnecessary Pain
Unintended Consequences
Reading Punch Nigeria today, and one wonders if this subsidy removal policy is not beginning to have unexpected consequences. Punch had a story on consumers taking to public transport and abandoning their fuel guzzlers
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The guy is not a magician. He was being honest. He met 4 trillion of debt, mostly owed to cronies that supplied nothing and unverifiable but still legal debt cos NNPC staff were getting settled. The place is literally full of demons. From security guard to GGM, settlement is the culture of NNPC. The alternative was to ignore this and throw caution to the winds..but in the tight knit petroleum DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-83597923962124201552016-03-19T06:01:00.001-05:002016-03-19T06:01:09.415-05:00A country of Minors
I said before, and I repeat that Nigeria is a country that major in Minors; but I'm beginning to think we are also minors. Minors throw tantrum, they blame others, they can't make decisions and follow throw. Minors are children, they're not matured. They feel helpless. Here are four reasons why I think we are exhibiting Advance Minors Syndrome (AMS). Think of it:1. Ogbeni is to blame for not DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-13068839558856204852016-02-14T10:25:00.002-06:002016-02-14T10:29:32.756-06:00False Devaluation Debate of Emefiele and Buhari's Budget Excuses
The problem with Emefiele is that he is majoring in minors. The real problem of Nigeria is not devaluation vs ostrich policy. Devaluation has already taken place- the act of sending medical bills to parallel market is an act of devaluation. The selling of official rate to Hajj and pilgrimage folks is an act of economic subsidy of unproductive activities. Hence the debate is a false one. The DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-54323734951113549282016-01-10T02:57:00.000-06:002016-01-10T02:57:04.409-06:00Nigeria's Unique Federalism, its Unintended Consequences and the Middle Road
The field of political economics is often underestimated, when trying to understand the nature of nations and the socio-political environment of her people. Politics is intricately tied to economics, because more often than not - it drives it. This is why context on this blog in discussing Nigeria and her economic development must be given in view of our her politics - past and present.
DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-30289880407496181312016-01-05T02:24:00.001-06:002016-01-05T02:39:47.438-06:002016 - My View has Changed!
Happy New Year to all my readers. Even if you happen to stop here to kaka, it is okay. 2016 is already shaping up to be an interesting one. Breezed in home on New Year's day to an excited SMS from colleagues congratulating me on a new appointment which needed verification. Be it as it may, there was no alert - just hard work. The reward of hard work seems to be more hard work. Ask Fashola. I'm DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-91400093232256704892015-08-04T19:14:00.000-05:002015-08-05T04:43:53.559-05:00The Emefielization of Nigeria's Economy
It of course took the international media to alert always docile Nigerians to the destruction of their own economy, when the Economist called out our Central Bank Governor cum social climber , Mr. Emefiele, in a bye line titled Toothpick Alert . As shameless as Nigerian dead brained elites class could be, Emefiele's response to a reasoned Economic argument was political and nationalistic, and DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-88361706792589482772015-05-31T10:33:00.001-05:002015-05-31T21:03:42.973-05:00First 7 Days - If I were President Buhari
So the weekend of festivities is over, and Abuja is beginning to acquire its quiet mien once again. When it is all said and done, the new President Buhari is inheriting a mess and a nation in crisis. There won't be much time to learn, even as the people will look to him to deliver on his promises very quickly. Petrol is scarce, the power grid has collapsed and salaries of workers have been DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-78359490648562553952015-04-09T20:42:00.003-05:002015-04-09T20:44:47.351-05:00Election Season..Fever
It has been almost two weeks now, and the idea of change is finally sinking into the Nigerian psychology. Regardless of how Saturday's Gubernatorial races go, it is clear that Nigeria is never going to remain the same again...
During this period, I had my lows and my highs..I'm dedicating this blog post to celebrate the high...here is
Day in the life of Michael: 1. Wake Up check DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-25687412687960927082015-01-20T09:52:00.001-06:002015-01-20T09:52:15.095-06:00Nigeria's Economy Forecast- 2015
In as much as I'm probably the most optimistic person you will find about the economic fortunes of Nigeria, it is always prudent to point out that Nigeria's success stories have been inspite of her national government - which has badly managed the economy on a whole lot of fronts to be honest. Indeed, the economy have grown largely due to state level governments (thank God we practice DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-87405165236363780862014-10-27T01:02:00.000-05:002014-10-27T01:04:23.221-05:00Previewing the Mid-Terms 2014 & US Senate Outcomes
2014 is not a wave election, and both GOP and Dems should be very afraid going to the last stretch. Unless we get some major October surprise, upper Tuesday may be a major surprise for either major parties..here is why:
Busanga.com prediction for Midterm 2014 - Balance of US Senate
1. Despite what you hear in the media, GOP is not closing. Many races still remain in the air, and more DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-79862178618399187782014-08-11T18:44:00.001-05:002014-08-11T18:44:17.956-05:00The Obama Doctrine
New report that Mailki was eventually forced out today, confirms my thinking that Obama have managed to construct the most complex but equally effective foreign policy and defense doctrine. Proper analysis will reveal that what Obama doctrine is all about; it is not as humble as democrat make it seem, or as docile as republicans assume.
1. Obama doctrine is predicated on a near classical DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-65984362700386066102014-03-22T15:08:00.000-05:002014-03-28T00:53:48.220-05:00Malaysian Flight MH-370 - Can Logic Solve this Mystery?
If anything, the continuos and often contradictory analysis of the ill-fated Malaysian Airline flight must be gut wrenching for the families and friends of those on board. The analysis by the different bubble heads, as well as the gale of misinformation and incompetence of the Malaysia and Chinese authorities with false hopes raised first around Oil Slicks, reported sightings of fire by oil rig DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-57724826664696568912014-02-22T09:43:00.001-06:002014-02-22T09:43:59.449-06:00Ukrainians Prevail, As Nigerians Flail
In cold they protested
Against all winter they persevered
Protesters Killed, Police Slaughtered in Reprisal
The Government Lost the Plot,
And claimed the lot were terrorists,
But as they body toll become unbearable,
The rule of the Dictator became untenable
Ukrainians prevailed,
As my own people derailed.
We make noise, and no voice
Fight Nigeria, Discover the Lion in You!
httpDonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101786.post-12285067697151394542013-12-23T07:33:00.001-06:002013-12-23T07:33:15.552-06:00A Season of Letters- OBJ gets Response from GEJ
I have to say it was finely written letter from President Jonathan to Former President Obasanjo; a well deserved albeit late response.
It was great to see him point to the atrocities committed under Baba including Odi, rigging of elections in 79 and 2007, as well as assassinations and general state of insecurities that began under President Obasanjo's watch which he is now conveniently DonCasiragihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657920094186373813noreply@blogger.com