The Chief of Staff to the President has managed to keep his head above turbulent waters, writes Sanya Onayoade
Professor Ibrahim Gambari is one of the greatest diplomats that have shaped the international status of Nigeria since independence. But restricting his influence to the diplomatic circle will be a disservice to a man whose towering status straddles many spheres of life. He is simply an enigma venerated home and abroad.
Away from his global shuttles as an envoy with multiple portfolios, he berthed in Aso Villa, Abuja, on May 13, last year, armed with the Presidency’s most strategic task: Chief of Staff to the President. As he marks his one year in office, the reflections since his time in the saddle will be an admixture of the pleasant and the not so pleasant. His stint has never been a stroll in the park, and may not be in the near future unless the insecurity pervading the nation is nipped. But men of steel are produced at times like this.
ALGERIAâS HYPES AND HOPES: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES AHEAD
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Algeria is trying to implement a series of political and economic reforms aimed at improving a difficult socio-economic situation and smooth the path towards the legislative elections of June 12. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic consequences, combined with both resuming popular manifestations guided by the Hirak movement and an increasingly volatile regional scenario, may soon bring forth yet another litmus test for the government and the country as a whole. What challenges lie ahead for Algeria? What the implications for the country’s and the region’s stability?
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VANCOUVERâSpending on taxpayer-funded federal income support programs for Canadians aged 65 and older are expected to reach $103.2 billion, an increase of 70 per cent, by 2030 as a result of Canadaâs aging population, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan, Canadian public policy think-tank.
âAs Canadaâs population of seniors grows with each passing year, so too do the costs of these support programs,â said Steven Globerman, resident scholar at the Fraser Institute and author of Canadaâs Aging Population and Income Support Programs.
Canadaâs aging population
The study finds that over the 10-year period from 2020 to 2030, total expenditures on the two major taxpayer-funded federal income support programs for Canadians over the age of 65âthe Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)âare projected to increase by almost 70 per cent, plus an additional 136 per cent from
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