Seyi Makinde: Between Politics and Leadership By Remi Ladigbolu
I have found Governor Seyi Makinde increasingly difficult to assess within the familiar Nigerian political mould. No governor, president or politician can be expected to get everything right. Governance is too complicated for that. Different groups have different interests. Some of those interests are legitimate. Some will conflict with others. Every government has to make choices, and every choice will disappoint somebody. What stands out to me is the thinking behind some of those decisions. Very early in his first term, Makinde made an argument about government remuneration that went beyond the usual complaint about workers being poorly paid. In ...














