Editorials Monday, July 07, 2008

The kerosene at N50 per litre initiative

THE plan by African Petroleum Plc to retail kerosene at N50 per litre has enjoyed much media fanfare and its launch late last month attracted a presidential representative, Petroleum Minister of State Odein Ajumogobia. [Guardian Newspapers]

Federal Government Without Budget

THE national budget must be very important, otherwise, it would not still be debated six months to the end of the year. The final debate on the budget will start with President Umaru Yar’Adua’s decision to amend the version passed last April, after contentions that had nothing to do with the well-being of ordinary Nigerians. [Vanguard]

Zimbabwe's Election Saga: The Way Forward

With the recent swearing in of President Robert Mugabe after a sham of presidential runoff elections in which he contested against himself, the octogenarian president is in for another controversy. Last Tuesday, African leaders rose from a two day summit in Cairo adopting a resolution calling on Mugabe to enter into negotiation with the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai who withdrew from the runoff election on the grounds of violence against his supporters. [Niger Delta Standard]