ISSUES WITH FESTUS FIFEN

By Festus Fifen In the heels of the successive passage of the 2016 Budget of N6.06 Trillion by the National Assembly which is about N17 Billion less than the initial  N6.07 Trillion submitted to the National Assembly on 22nd December 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari, presidential spokesman Mr. Femi Adesina has said that from the look of things if the reactions of the president is anything to go by, that Nigeria may not actually borrow the over N2Trillion deficit as at when the Budget was presented to the Nation Assembly over 3 months ago. In a chat BEN television in an exclusive interview at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa Abuja, Mr. Adesina said he is optimistic that some of the steps taken by the president since he assumed office,  especially in the Areas of recovery of looted funds, blockage in the revenue leakages of the Government and the strict compliance with the treasury single account TSA, the budget might just be void of borrowing. In his words, " we know what...

BY FESTUS FIFEN. It was on a  sunday afternoon , after returning from church I decided to take a look at a weblink one of my junior colleague in this  profession UK as I call her  sent to me days back. Ukachi Chukwu had written an article about what she referred to as  the failure of Nigerians to attend the  senate public hearing on the controversial social media bill which so many have described as an infringement on the fundamental human right of every Nigerian especially as it has to do with expressing their opinion through available medium.   Ukachi  raised some  Thought provoking issues in that piece  that got me thinking especially the failure of most social media "commandos" to be physically present in that hearing to defend their stand on the issue especially as it affects them in particularly and Nigerians as a whole. The frivolousness Petition Bill popularly called the anti social media bill could be laid to rest if all stakeholders...