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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dimeji Bankole ARI seeks to encourage debate and question orthodox views. Following a meeting with Dimeji Bankole in late 2016, we post this second guest blog by the former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives which draws on what was discussed. The first piece on reforming Nigeria from within is available here. Nigeria is in the midst of a demographic shift. Current estimates suggest that 60% of the population is under the age of 25, but over the next 30 years the balance between young and old is going to converge towards a fifty-fifty split. How are we going to afford to look after our pensioners or pay civil service basic salaries, when we cannot do so now? Source Nigeria’s current predicament is the manifestation of decisions taken 30 – 40 years ago. It follows that those taken today will manifest themselves in the next three or four decades. If we do not intervene now, the college graduate who is hawking water sachets on the street aged 30 is ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The We Care Mission International, a U.S based organisation, has provided free eye surgery to 55 indigenes of Ugbegun Community, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo. Speaking at the 2017 free medical mission at Ugbegun community, the Head of the group, We Care Mission, Mrs Fatima Yakubu, said the organisation spent over N5.5m on the exercise. She said that the desire of the group was to assist indigent people, who deserve good life but are unable to do so because of their inability to pay medical bills and poverty. Yakubu said that each of the surgery cost the organisation N100, 000. She said that her support came from family, friends and her church in America, noting that the organisation was not supported by any national or international government. Yakubu urged local leaders and organisations to partner with the We Care in the area of accommodation and transportation for those intending to receive the free medical care. She stressed the need to help...