Tunji Olaopa

Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu: A Unique Yorùbá Intellectual, Cultural Icon and Elder Statesman

The Yorùbá culture has always been blessed with the attention of intellectuals, scholars and academics…

The Nigerian Economic Society Award and My Reform Journey with Economists

At the just concluded 65th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) in Abuja,…

Reengineering the Bureaucracy as Engine Room of Government

Being a Distinguished Public Lecture Delivered by Prof. Tunji Olaopa, professor of public administration and…

Owu Kingdom in History and the Olowu at 60:  Lessons for Community Growth in Nigeria

Prof. Tunji Olaopa, Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, delivered this speech as Chairman of the…

CIPM and the Unfinished Business of Reform in the Public Service

Here is Professor Tunji Olaopa's address as Chairman of the Investiture Ceremony of the President…

Of Ayo Banjo, ‘Femi Falana’ and the Heydays of Student Activism at UI

Events, incidences and circumstances often coalesce to bring about the remembrances of things gone and…

For Papa/Mama Shyngle Wigwe: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

No amount of condolences, prayers, sympathies and commiseration could ever fathom the depth of the…

Neuroscience and the Nigeria Project: The Scholarship of Adesola Ogunniyi

In this piece, I essentially celebrate the septuagenarian initiation of Professor Adesola Ogunniyi. And I…

Inaugurating the Federal Civil Service Commission as a Reform Hub

Over the course of my sojourn in the public service and my consistent advocacy for…

Changing “Public” in Public Services and Implications for Reforms in Nigeria

Tunji Olaopa The public service has been at the core of the theories and practice…