ChiemezieMadu
Personal views on society, culture, politics, policy, church, religion and people
The books I read in 2023
2023 was my fourth consecutive year of 'aiming' to read one book each month. I started in March 2020; so far so good. I wrote a similar article last year summarizing the books I read the previous year (The books I read in 2022). Here's a summary of the books I read in...
The last time I cried…
I vividly recall the last time I cried like it happened only yesterday. It all started on a casual morning in mid-2015 when I was working as a medical officer in a private hospital in Auchi, Edo state, just having completed my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year....
My predictions for the 2023 presidential elections
In less than 24 hours, Nigerians will go to the polls for the 7th time since the return of democracy to elect a new leader, in yet another attempt to pull the nation from the brinks of failure. After almost a hundred days of fiery campaigns, the election will...
The Accidental Public Servant by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai: a book review
Apparently I am a late-comer to the party, having read El-Rufai's book 10 years after it was published. The Accidental Public Servant chronicles Nasir El-Rufai's life, from his humble beginnings in Kaduna, to his sojourn into the public service, culminating in his...
The informal sector: the bane of Nigeria’s development
The Majority leader of the House of Representatives was on television 2 days ago vigorously defending the House's stiff resistance to the new currency policy. A policy that was apparently important enough for them to defer their recess. He claimed that their actions...
Scarcity in abundance: the irony of time
Recently, I was asked if I often felt like I rushed to complete tasks, as if I was always racing against time. Many years ago, an old university classmate asked a similar question. He wondered if, just like him, I felt an extra hour should be added to each day to...
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