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Prof
Bolaji Akinyemi Publications 2006 - 2010
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Nigeria Loses N400
billion to corruption – Prof Akinyemi.
Not less than N400 billion has been lost to corruption since independence to
1999 according to former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi. by
Kevin Nengia May 7th, 2010
The
TiDE Online Newspaper
HOW TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
II
The NATION Newspaper, 4 May 2010
HOW TO COMBAT CORRUPTION I by Professor Bolaji Akinyemi:
Former Minister of External Affairs Prof.
Bolaji Akinyemi, in this lecture delivered at the 10th anniversary of the
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on April 9, in Kaduna, proffers ways of
combating corruption. The NATION Newspaper, 3 May 2010
How Corruption Underdeveloped the Nation - Prof Akinyemi
Kaduna — The
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has spoken out forcefully on issues that
affect the nation in the last 10 years with the clarity of thought and
expression that leaves no one in doubt as to where it stands on issues of
the day, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former minister of external affairs said
yesterday. by
Ibraheem Musa - 30 April 2010, AllAfrica.com,
NIGERIAN'S HANDLING OF ITS
EXTERNAL IMAGE POOR SAYS AKINYEMI:
Former foreign minister, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has decried the poor
handling of the Abdulmuttallab foiled Christmas Day bombing saga, which has
led Nigeria being listed as one of the countries of interest by the US
authorities. Akinyemi told THISDAY in an interview on Friday that a
communiqué of the National Think-tank – of which he is a member – had
suggested the dispatching of delegations.
By Okechukwu Uwaezuoke, Olawale Olaleye and
Adewole Ajao, THISDAY Newspaper,
28 February 2010
AKINYEMI - JONATHAN SHOULD ASSERT HIMSELF:
A
former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi said yesterday in
a press statement that Vice- President Goodluck Jonathan should assert
himself now that Nigerians have spoken on the way out of the constitutional
crossroads that the nation has been enmeshed in since President Yar'Adua
left the country for medical attention.
Zacheaus Somorin This Day, 7 February 2010
NATIONAL THINK TANK: OUR HOPE, OUR OBJECTIVES. By Professor Bolaji
Akinyemi
FOREIGN POLICY AND NIGERIA'S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTERS:
In theory and in practice, Africa has always been the primary focus of
Nigeria’s foreign policy. History and the political realities of colonial
and post-colonial Africa dictated much of this trend. In other words,
African-nationalism and Pan-Africanism were two of the factors that helped
shaped the thinking, the disposition and implementation of the country’s
national security and foreign policy agenda. In spite of the occasional call
for a rethink, there has been no noticeable change in Nigeria’s foreign
policy protuberance. And even though the formal colonization of the
continent has ended, the Cold War as we knew it is over, and Communism has
collapsed, Nigeria has not be been proactive and forward-thinking in her
approach to national security and foreign policy issues. Nigeria, it seems,
is trapped in time..
Read more.
Pointblank
News -
Mr. Sabella Ogbobode Abidde Jan 3rd 2010
AKINYEMI DOUBTS DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: Former minister of
foreign affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi at the transformation seminar
organized by the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Lagos West diocese
has said he had his reservation about democracy. Akinyemi who spoke on the
topic, Moral and ethics, said he does not agree that the worst civilian
government is better than the best military government noting that the issue
is neither here nor there. 3rd
Jan 2010 E-life – The Christian online magazine.
DON'T MAKE VIOLENT CHANGES INEVITABLE, BOLAJI AKINYEMI WARNS: Professor
Bolaji Akinyemi is not given to frivolities. When he decides to speak, he
chooses his words and attempts to ensure that he is not misunderstood. With
the constitution review looking to have engaged another gear and electoral
reform issue remaining at the front burner, Akinyemi, a former Foreign
Affairs Minister and Presidential aspirant spoke to Sunday Vanguard. He was
at great pains to ensure that his choice of words would not be misconstrued.
The Vanguard,
Interview
Dec 20th, 2009
INSIDE PROFESSOR AKINYEMI'S ANIMAL KINGDOM:
Not even the twittering sound of the birds could disrupt the quiet setting
of Peacock Place in Ikeja, Lagos. In the midst of business activities and
vivacious nightlife of Opebi, the place thrives in its rustic charm. Every
part has a touch of nature; pretty flowers complimented the large trees and
desert plants scattered all over the compound. Peacock Place houses a
mini-zoo including a fifty-year-old tortoise and an antelope. Evelyn
Osagie
14th December 2009 The Nation Newspapers.
REMARKS BY PROFESSOR A. BOLAJI AKINYEMI, THE CHAIRMAN, AT THE LAUNCHING OF
DR. ZIMAKO O. ZIMAKO,: FACE OF A NATION: DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA, FOREIGN
RELATIONS AND NATIONAL IMAGE.
VICTORY OF FAITH OVER
EXPERIENCE
(A Review Lecture) By Professor A. Bolaji Akinyemi, Former Minister Of
External Affairs, On “THE COURAGE TO CHALLENGE” By Ikedi Ohakim The
Governor Of Imo State.
AND WHO SAYS BAIL CONDITIONS ARE TOO STRINGENT - PROFESSOR A BOLAJI
AKINYEMI:
:
In this
article, Professor Akinyemi disagrees with the Chief Justice Of Nigeria who
had earlier on criticized Judges for setting stringent bail conditions in
high profile corruption cases. Prof Akinyemi drew the attention of the Chief
Justice of Nigeria to the fact that long adjournment of cases and inability
of the judiciary to bring most of the high profile corruption cases to a
conclusion are more serious issues he should address.
ThisDAY Newspaper, 7th, December 2009
WHY OBAMA BAGGED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE - PROF AKINYEMI:
Former external affairs minister and presidential aspirant, Professor Bolaji
Akinyemi, has hailed the choice of the American president, Barrack Obama, as
this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Akinyemi made it clear that
there is no substitute for leadership by inspiration, an attribute which he
said, must have been responsible for the choice of Obama by the Nobel
Committee as winner for the peace prize. Jide Ajani, Vanguard
Newspapers, 10th October 2009
STILL ON OBAMA AND GHANA
(Right
of Reply)
In this
piece, Monsignor Matthew H Kukah replies Prof Akinyemi's Article of July
22nd 2009, written in response to his (Fr Kukah's) earlier article on The
United States President Barak Obama's Visit to Ghana rather than Nigeria.
have read Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi’s response to my piece on President Barack
Obama’s visit to Ghana with very keen interest (THISDAY, July 17th, 2009).
In this Article, Fr Kukah still maintained his position that, quoting him,
"My position then as now and back up with at least some evidence is that
President Obama came in pursuit of American national strategic self
interests.". He maintained that New oil fields discovered in Ghana
brought Obama and would have mattered not at all had they conducted the
worst election. He further stated "Can Prof. Akinyemi and his
Obama-snubbed-us-because-of-elections square this circle? Kosmos Energy is
an oil behemoth from Texas. It has outflanked other oil giants and has
captured what is known as the Jubilee fields which have about 1.2 billion
barrels of oil around West Africa. Is it an accident that Kosmos Energy
closed its bids on July 17th, 2009, exactly one week after Obama left? The
witch cried last night and now the baby is dead. Let us wait until the oil
starts to come out and we shall see how Ghana will remain the model of
democracy" ...
Read More
By Fr Matthew Hassan Kukah.
ThisDay Newspaper, 3rd August, 2009
REVISITING OBAMA'S GHANA VISIT: BY PROF AKINYEMI
In this
article, Professor Akinyemi disagrees with the view of Monsignor Martin
Coker that Nigerians should not worry about Obama visiting Ghana rather than
Nigeria. Prof Akinyemi points out that the visit to Ghana was sending a
message that the state of Democracy in Nigeria is a disappointment to the
United States and the World and that this view should be taken seriously.
ThisDAY Newspapers, 22nd July 2009
JUDICIARY FRUSTRATES EFCC, ICPC, POLICE EFFORTS - PROF AKINYEMI:
In this interview with Vanguard, the Professor of Political Science
explained why the 1999 Constitution should be reviewed. He also spoke about
the recommendations of the Electoral Reform Committee, of which he was a
member just as he argued that President Yar'Adua is sincere about reforming
the electoral process in Nigeria. Besides, he bore his mind on other burning
national issues. Excerpts:
Vanguard Newspapers, 25 May 2009, Dapo Akinrefon
ELECTION PROVED US WRONG SAYS AKINYEMI:
Former
Minister of External Affairs and member of the Justice Muhammadu Uwais-led
Electoral Reform Committee, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has said events
during the rerun governorship election in Ekiti State have shown the need
for armed security operatives at polling centres in the country. He blamed
the country's leaders for negative manipulation of the ignorant and
malleable sections of society, saying, "No Nigerian leader can stand
justified before God."
Akinyemi said,
in an interview with THISDAY, that the orderliness that pervaded the latter
part of the Ekiti election in areas where voting had been postponed was due
to the stricter policing of the process by armed police personnel and
soldiers.
by Vincent Obia. THISDAY Newspaper, 10th, May 2009
BOLAJI AKINYEMI'S UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- Bola Bolawole writes that Professor Akinyemi, along with the
others on the retired Supreme Court Justice Mohammad Uwais' Electoral Reform
Committee, should not consider their job finished with the submission of
their recommendations to the President, but be seriously concerned about and
follow up on how their recommendations for which they toiled and sweated, is
to be implemented. The Sunday Tribune, 1st Feb, 2009
OBAMA:
WHAT NEXT FOR THE WORLD AND AFRICA?
In this
article Prof Akinyemi urges Nigeria and the Third World to seize the
opportunity provided by the economic meltdown to embrace the economic
principles of Kaynes. He pointed out that most of the western countries have
now been forced to dump Friedman’s policy of The Market Place while
embracing Kaynesianism. He pointed out that in the past developing countries
who adopted Kaynes were labeled neo communist but that the world has now
changed and we should all now be apostles of Melton Kaynes. Friedman is
Dead; Long live Kaynes
By Bolaji Akinyemi.
GUARDIAN
Newspapers, 23rd January, 2009
WHAT OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY HOLDS FOR NIGERIA:
In this
interview with Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former Foreign Affairs Minister
and one-time Director General of the Nigeria Institute of International
Affairs, NIIA, he gives an insight into the work of the Electoral Reform
Committee, chaired by Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais. On the 44th President of
the United States of America, Barack Obama, Professor Akinyemi explains that
contrary to the bread and butter mentality of Africans on what an Obama
presidency means, Nigeria actually stands to benefit much more for certain
unique reasons. Find out what those reasons are. Excerpts. By
Jide Ajani, Vanguard Newspapers, 18th, January 2009
WHAT OBAMA'S
PRESIDENCY HOLDS FOR NIGERIA - Says Reform committee never
recommended option A4.
In this interview with Professor Bolaji Akinyemi,
former Foreign Affairs Minister and one-time Director General of the Nigeria
Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, he gives an insight into the work
of the Electoral Reform Committee, chaired by Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais.
On the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama,
Professor Akinyemi explains that contrary
to the bread and butter mentality of Africans on what an Obama presidency
means, Nigeria actually stands to benefit much more for certain unique
reasons.
Interview by Jide Ajani, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi in Vanguard Newspaper,
Jan 18th, 2009
AKINYEMI TURNS 67:
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former minister of external affairs, will
tomorrow roll out the drums as he clocks 67.Daily
Independent
January 3rd, 2009
OBAMA- WHY HE MUST:
Writing in The Guardian of November 4, the very day of America's
presidential election, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, arguably Nigeria's
foremost foreign affairs expert and one-time foreign affairs minister, said
a victory for Barak Hussein Obama, the first Afro-American presidential
candidate of the Democratic Party, would be the "ultimate catharsis" for
both black and white Americans over the historical crime of slavery and
slave trade.
By Mohammed
Haruna,
Daily
Trust Newspaper, 12th November 2008,
Obama's election: It's victory for every dispossessed man in the world
says Bolaji Akinyemi while speaking with John Nwokocha, Vanguard
Newspapers,
Online Edition,
9th, November 2008
OBAMA IN US AND THE US IN OBAMA -
The United
States of America goes to the polls today. Without the certainty of results,
it is now in the hands of Almighty God and the American voter. Of course if
it were left to the citizens of the world, Barack Obama would already have
been elected by a landslide. In fact so certain has been the faith of some
people in the certainty of an Obama victory that an Irish betting
organization started paying out winnings on October 15th (about
three weeks before the actual election) to those who had placed a bet on
Obama.
Article by
Prof Bolaji Akinyemi on the 2008 U.S Presidential Election. The Punch &
Guardian Newspapers. 4th, November 2008
PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA -
Obama: Why He Must
Writing on the very day of America's presidential election,
Professor Bolaji AKinyemi arguably Nigeria's foremost foreign affairs expert
and one-time foreign affairs minister, said a victory for Barak Hussein
Obama, the first Afro-American presidential candidate of the Democratic
Party, would be the "ultimate catharsis" for both black and white Americans
over the historical crime of slavery and slave trade. This catharsis, rather
than what Obama can do in office, said Akinyemi, should be the basis for
measuring the significance of an Obama victory. The Guardian of 4th
November, 2008
KWAME
NKRUMA AND PAN AFRICANISM.
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former
Minister for External Affairs writes on Pan Africanism and the great
contribution of Kwame Nkruma in the
Editorial Opinion of The Guardian Newspapers, Thursday Oct 23rd, 2008.
Article 2
COMMERCIAL FARMING, PANACEA TO FOOD CRISIS - SAYS AKINYEMI:
Former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has called on
Nigerians to embrace commercial farming as a potent tool for combating
global food crisis. Akinyemi, who made the call in Ilorin during a visit to
the Kwara state governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki admonished all the other state
governors to take a cue from the Kwara state governor by embarking on
commercial agriculture in their respective states.
Daily
Champion, 15th, July 2008
ON THE CONCEPT OF A
NEW NIGERIANNA,
2008 Convocation Lecture at Bayero University, Kano, given by Prof Bolaji
Akinyemi on Feb 29th, Abuja
Obamania and American realpolitik
- A look at the entry of Barak Hussein Obama into the race to the
White House. By Bolaji
Akinyemi and Akin Oyebode The Guardian Feb 12th, 2008 Article
3. (http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/editorial_opinion/article03/120208)
We’re being taken back to the pre-civil war era.
Professor
Bolaji Akinyemi, former External Affairs Minister and a foreign affairs
expert speaks with Gbenga Oshinaike on recent developments in the
country and sounds a note of warning. Here are excerpts of the interview
with the respected scholar, who is also a member of The Patriots.
Sunday Punch Jan 22,
2006 pg 17-18
AKINYEMI FLAYS PLAN TO MERGE EFCC, ICPC:
Former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi yesterday
deplored moves by the Federal Government to merge two anti-corruption
agencies, notably the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the
Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Crimes Commission (ICPC),
saying promoters of the merger plan were ignorant of the workings of the
law.
This came on a day the former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu made his first public appearance since the
controversy over his posting to National Institute for Policy and Strategic
Studies (NIPSS) for training broke. Ribadu however said he has elected to
remain silent over the controversy.
By Omololu
Ogunmade, Davidson Iriekpen, and Chinyere Okoye. ThisDAY, 16th January 2008,
PAY
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY IN FOREIGN CURRENCY - AKINYEMI:Former
Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has called on
government to pay officials of the Foreign Affairs ministry in Euro and
Dollars.Akinyemi, who was Minister during the administration of General
Ibrahim Babangida(rtd), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in
Abuja, that "it does not make sense paying them in Naira.
This Day, 27 November 2007
http://allafrica.com/stories/200711270567.html
1.THE WORLD PREPARES FOR AN ISRAEL AFTER SHARON
2.
ISRAELI POLITICS WON’T CHANGE FUNDAMENTALLY IN POST-SHARON ERA, SAYS
AKINYEMI
Bolaji Akinyemi, former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister and a Professor of
Political Science is not new to the subject of Arab-Israeli relations and
the wider Middle East question. He was at a time a member of the UN Group of
experts on certain aspects of the Middle East. As a member of that world
body, Akinyemi is naturally at home with the emerging issues in post-Sharon
period in the politics of Israel and in the wider Arab Israeli relations in
the Middle East. The Oxford University trained Political Scientist spoke
with Oma Djebah. This Day Sunday Jan 15 2006, Pg15-17
HOSTAGE
TAKING WILL HAPPEN AGAIN UNLESS... WARNS PROF. BOLAJI AKINYEMI:
From Bolaji Akinyemi comes
a word of caution. He says unless immediate steps are taken to address the
plight of people in the Niger Delta region, abduction of oil workers will
happen again. The Former Foreign Affairs Minister speaks in an interview
with Sunday Vanguard, at his residence in Lagos, against the backdrop of
political tension which he describes as “the mess we found ourselves in this
country”, his assessment of state of the nation is more than a scathing
remark that is not dismissible.
Sunday Vanguard, February 5, 2006, Page 14-15
OMIT RELIGION,
ETHNIC AFFILIATIONS FROM CENSUS DATA-AKINYEMI:
Professor bolaji akinyemi,
former minister of external affairs, ex-director general of the Nigeria
institute of international affairs (NIIA) and the maiden national secretary
of national democratic coalition (NADECO), disagrees with the agitation in
some quarters for the inclusion of religious and ethnic affiliations in the
forthcoming national population census data. Akinyemi, a former university
don, also advocates the adoption of modified open ballot system for the 2007
polls if the country really wants to conduct a credible, free and fair poll
similar to the 1993 election. Moreover, he dismisses the growing clamour for
rotational presidency or power shift ahead of the 2007 elections as
undemocratic, in this interview with Temitope Ogunbanke and
Mojisola Alausa in lagos. New Age Newspaper, February 8, 2006 page 11-12. 2006
THE TAYLOR SAGA: A
CLASH OF CIVILIZATION.
Full text of an article Published as a Cover
Story in the London edition of the New African magazine of May
2006, page 20-23
Nigeria has displayed Diplomatic Dexterity.
Professor
Bolaji Akinyemi, 62, former External Affairs Minister and a former
Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)
is a respected voice in matters of diplomacy across the globe. Charles
Taylor who has been on exile in Nigeria suddenly disappeared, a few days
after the Presidency terminated his asylum and asked the Liberian government
to take possession of the ex-warlord. In this interview with Oma Djebah,
Akinyemi says Nigeria has displayed great diplomatic dexterity in her
handling of the Charles Taylor issue. Excerpts. THISDAY Page 6, March
29th 2006.
RIGHT OF
REPLY.
A response to an article on "Need to define content of
federalism" by Maryam Uwais under the Column "Right of Reply" in THISDAY
March 26th, 2006
NO
THANKS, WE ARE NOT PELAGIANS HERE
Institute Of Directors Annual Dinner Speech 2006,
Held On December 4, 2006, Lagos, Nigeria.
CONSOLIDATING
DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA,
Public lecture in honour of the 65th birthday celebration of
General Ibrahim Babangida, former President Of Nigeria, August 25,2006,
Abuja
PROF
BOLAJI A. AKINYEMI AT 65 - An Interview by The Guardian of the
former Minister of Foreign Affairs on his 65th Birthday. The Guardian of
Sunday December 31st 2006 (link not yet active)
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