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Cable Books — the newly launched book publishing arm of TheCable — has announced December 1, 2021 as the release date for The Arc of the Possible, the memoir of Waziri Adio, former executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

The pre-order platform is now live on the website of Roving Heights, the nation’s most respected bookstore.

You can book your pre-order by clicking here.

Joshua Ocheja, the business manager of Cable Books, said the paperback goes for N5,000 per copy while the hardcover is N9,000.

“Anyone who pre-orders will get a discount of 10% on cover price while the book will be autographed by the author,” he said.

The Arc of the Possible, which is the first publication of Cable Books, has 25 chapters spanning five sections and almost 300 pages.

Adio chronicles his early days in office as ES of NEITI, the challenges he faced while trying to stay true to his values, the ideas he tried to bring into his job, the innovations he brought to bear, especially in the policy arena, the things he got done, why and how, and the lessons he believes all who want to serve in public office need to imbibe.

The simple narrative, is influenced by the theoretical frameworks provided by scholars such as Richard Joseph, who wrote extensively on prebendal politics in Nigeria, Peter Ekeh, whose work on two publics in Africa is regarded as a seminal text in political science and sociology, and Mark H. Moore, a Harvard professor whose Strategic Triangle and work on public value shaped Adio’s approach to public administration.

Adio started his career as a journalist, rising to the position of editor-at-large and columnist at THISDAY newspapers and the publisher of Metropole magazine.

At various times, he also worked as an adviser to the senate president, communication specialist at UNDP, director of communication at NEITI and as a policy and strategy consultant.

Adio was educated at the University of Lagos, Columbia University and Harvard University where he earned his BSc, MSc and MPA respectively.

He had also served as a fellow of the Nieman Foundation for Journalists at Harvard University, the Mason Fellowship for Public Policy and Management at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the African Leadership Initiative West Africa (ALIWA), and the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford.

He was appointed the ES of NEITI for a non-renewable term of five years by President Muhammadu Buhari in February 2016.

After the expiration of his tenure in February this year, he proceeded to the University of Oxford as a visiting fellow, mainly to document his experience in leading a government agency in Nigeria, culminating in his memoir.

Cable Books is dedicated to enriching the knowledge industry in Nigeria with quality essays, memoirs, biographies and autobiographies.

Launched in October 2021, Cable Books is mandated to deploy non-fiction literature in the pursuit of Nigeria’s progress.