Tag: travel

Change, Travelling

ECOWAS Biometric Card: Retrogression, Deceit, or Plain Regional Dysfunction?

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Since its inception, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has championed the promise of deepening integration across the subregion to stimulate shared economic prosperity. Yet, decades into this experiment, regional integration remains frustratingly subpar—even if, by some small mercy, it fares slightly better than what obtains across the wider African continent. Officially, ECOWAS citizens enjoy the right to move visa-free across member states. In practice, however, one is forced to wonder if a borderless West Africa is merely a paper-thin ideal that the regional apparatus lacks the capacity to operationalize.

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Randoms, Travelling

Dangote Did Not Cause Deadly Trailer Accidents

Jilomes

“Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight.” ~ Mikhail Naimy

While the title of this article may trigger some persons to ask if I have Dangote cement or petrol in my pockets, if I can be given just some time to explain, maybe my integrity would be unquestioned. Yes, it is true that trailers either belonging to or affiliated to the Dangote Group have wreaked havoc on the Nigerian public, including the recent killing of Ruth Otabor, but while it is easy to request for Uncle Dangote’s head on a spike, the accidents are not of his making. Rather, they are simply a symptom of a more complex problem to be solved.

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