Author: Frank Tietie

Stop and think for a moment that the WEEKLY over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities would no longer exceed N100,000 and N500,000, respectively. How does this kind of policy directive help individuals and businesses? Why do we often assume that the people who run that CBN know how to manage monetary policies that bring about economic stability and that they are acting in the best interest of Nigerians? How wrong to think so! Just take a look at the humpity dumpity tumbling state of the Naira in the last few years, despite crazy banking and monetary regulations.…

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One of the beauties of democracy is to allow the risk of changing leaders. Sir, the case of Delta State requires that risk, please. The only way to ensure probity and expose the corrupt maladministration that has bedevilled Delta State since 1999 is to vote out the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which now appears to have held the state and its people in captivity, dooming them to a highly, regrettably perpetual state of underdevelopment, despite potentially being the richest state in Nigeria. For goodness sake, who cursed the Delta people with these kinds of leaders? Whereas the juju spell on…

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When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, Let it be! And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me, Speaking words of wisdom, Let it be! And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree, There will be an answer, Let it be! For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see, There will be an answer, Let it be! _Words & Music by John Lennon of the Beatles, 1968_ Some of the finest people I have…

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