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History has it that during World War 1, a particular American Psychologist eager to contribute to war efforts, adapted binet’s intelligence test for the US Army as an inexpensive way to differentiate among large numbers of recruits. This was reportedly the first large-scale use of intelligence testing on a group of adults, and it suggested that this school based test could predict performance in nonacademic situations. This account recently came flooding while ruminating on efforts of the present Federal Government to chart a course and pilot the holistic development plan of the nation, and the Niger Delta region in particular.

Without doubt, it will be convenient for many to argue that Nigeria is not at war; that what the country is celebrating is Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s led Federal Government one year in office, which is miles different from the referenced American situation and, therefore, calls for no such critical test or analysis. Well, the above argument, beautiful as it sounds, may not, in the opinion of this piece, hold water when faced with embarrassing facts. For me, periodic employment of systematic assessment to situate the merit, worth and significance of an administration, via a criteria governed by a set of standards is not only apt but eminently desirable.



Objective assessment is globally likened to a pendulum which swings to any direction. With these points highlighted, the piece will focus on its core concern-which is the recent signals from the Niger Delta.

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