Office Of The Citizen With Chude Jideonwo: Political Candidacy Lies Beyond Candidates
Why did supposedly serious-minded Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Paul Ryan support the disturbing candidacy of Donald Trump, a man who stands against the orthodoxy of his Republican Party as much as he is incoherent on ideologies towards small government, the economy and social issues? There are many guesses that can be […]
Office of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: How Do We Recover Urgently – Our Dignity as Nigerians?
Let me tell you about my driver of seven years. The first sign of trouble when he was recommended was the fact that he didn’t have a job at the time. But he came highly recommended and so I asked to meet him. First question I asked him: Why wasn’t he presently employed? He had […]
Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Will The Third Party Candidates Please Stand Up?
Nigerians talk a good game about third party candidacies, especially Nigerians on social media. They speak often about this utopia where Nigerians have had more than two options for president of Nigeria, and we could have chosen any of these options instead of what they consider less-than-ideal alternatives in our last two national election cycles. […]
Office Of The Citizen With Chude Jideonwo: Not Too Young To Run – And So What?
Let’s start from the beginning – I am completely in support of the #NotTooYoungToRun campaign. The campaign is based on a bill before the National Assembly that seeks to alter sections 65, 106, 131, 177 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) – to reduce the age qualification for several […]