Bolaji Aluko Ph.D
Columnist - QuarterbackingDr. Mobolaji E. Aluko is a professor and past chair of Chemical Engineering at Howard University in Washington, DC. An indigene of Ekiti State in Nigeria, he is president of the Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM) and a frequent commentator on Nigerian and African affairs. His essays are featured on many websites, but he maintains his own website http://www.nigerianmuse.com. He is married with children.
Articles by this Author
The Differences Between Nigeria and Ghana - And What Nigeria Can Do About Them
- By Bolaji Aluko Ph.D
- Published 01/12/2009
- Nigerian Affairs
- Unrated
In the shadow of the recent and stupendously successful December 2007 presidential elections of our neighbor Ghana - and bearing in mind that as a result, today January 7, 2009, John Atta Mills of the NDC party takes over from John Kufuor of the NPP party as president - we Nigerians are in a period of intense soul-searching about our identity.