The Discourse

“pallia ve” has been discredited and rightly so. The “pallia ve” became enmeshed in corrup on and are be er forgo en. Deeper thinking leading to more effec ve measures must be brought into play. The eight-week window giving for nego a ons with the representa ves of Labour must lead to imagina ve indeed path defining measures.

The country, in moving away from the rent-seeking format of the past, must begin to construct data driven social safety nets. The pioneering efforts of pioneers in this area such as Lateef Jakande, Sam Mabkwe and in another genera on, Rauf Aregbesola must be looked at. The programs of the aforemen oned had deeper impacts than Ill-thought expediencies now derisively referred to as pallia ve. As the country places produc on at the forefront, it must see the provision of social safety nets as interwoven with increased revenues. The country’s new beginning must have a human face.

We are in a me of profound changes; the reboot must have heart and a human face. The new president has started well but he has to put empathy as the trajectory of reforms. Places like Brazil have shown that an a ack on the root cause of poverty is in itself the chief driver for sustainable development and genuine as opposed to ephemeral “growth”.