Dr. Adetolu Ademujimi

  Since it was first declared ahead of its birth by a plethora of voices on social media, the #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria scheduled for this day, 1 st August 2024, had cut the image of a Kenya-like or Bangladesh-kind-of social unrest. Nigerians are tired, not particularly of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, but of every depressive decision ever made by successive Nigerian governments, which have brought about suppressive situations of living but does not warrant repercussive reactions of its victims. Yes, I support all patriotic and proactive moves by security agencies against violence that could erupt during the protest because of possible hijack of this well-intentioned exercise by hoodlums as recorded during the 2020 EndSARS palaver. However, I am not on the side of those who simply wish away an opportunity to deepen government-governed engagement because they probably benefit immensely form the status quo. They are reminded that through such ...

  Why reassess Ondo State’s roads and accordingly put out this piece as a call to action for the intending occupier of Ondo’s Governorship seat over the next four-year democratic cycle? Be it via direct government funding, equity financing, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) etc., to-be-executed road infrastructure projects require engineering designs, and the construction company will build based on design. Therefore, if future road designs across Ondo State do not convey the air of modernity discussed in this write-up, the road to modernity will be a mirage. Roads and their accompanying infrastructure are economic enablers that Ondo, like all other States in Nigeria, cannot but invest in for ease of movement of citizens, residents, guests, investors, goods and services. This universal infrastructure also bolsters a geographical entity’s aesthetic profile to stimulate a perception of modernity and diligent use of taxpayers’ monies for their welfare by those in authority. Such c...

Now that Governorship candidates have emerged ahead of the November 2024 elections in Ondo State, what will they tell us during the campaigns about their respective healthcare plans? Rather, can we guide their campaign renditions & interactions and by so doing, positively influence the winner’s post-election renderings & interventions in the health sector from 24 th February 2025 – 23 rd February 2029? Permit me to use the duo of His Excellency, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and His Excellency former Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as points of contact to the governorship candidates that this article seeks to address. Healthcare is a commodity with demand and supply sides, bearing in mind the cost implications of the latter. After all, nothing is free, even in Freetown. Therefore, it is an economically dangerous approach to ‘be seen’ to tackle Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) for healthcare se...

  Happy Workers’ Day. I congratulate Federal public servants for the approved increase in their salary structures announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration yesterday 30 th April, 2024. However, I am inclined to wish that the subnational units of government have similar and respective financial capacities to raise the earnings of State public servants. I’m talking about a sincere & intentional structural review of the constitutional empowerments (or not) of State governments (or not) to earn revenues to meet their obligations to residents. Just before we criticize many States for not paying any minimum wage negotiated by the national office of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its allies with the Federal government, let’s be dispassionate to consider an age-long phrase - Fiscal Federalism , or a synonym of it -  Lucrative Liberalism, which  I coined few years back as I reflected on a better way to communicate this cogent subject in a country wi...