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2023: “Nigerians need well-prepared leaders, not someone like Buhari” – NEF Spokesman, Baba Ahmed

Aminu Imam

The National Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has warned that Nigeria might sink if it did not substantially change leadership in 2023 by voting for well-prepared Leaders, not someone like President Buhari. Baba Ahmed, while giving his assessment on where the country ought to be, during an interview on Nigeria at 62, said the quality of leaders that would emerge from the 2023 elections would determine its survival, not someone like the incumbent president.  The NEF spokesman, who lamented that Nigerians…

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“No govt. in Nigeria’s history promoted corruption like Buhari” – Datti Baba Ahmed 

Aminu Imam

The vice-presidential candidate of Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government does not understand how to fight corruption in the past seven years. Baba-Ahmed also listed seven manners in which corruption has been perpetrated in Nigeria, adding that no government in the history of Nigeria has promoted corruption more than Buhari’s administration. According to Baba-Ahmed in a published interview at the weekend, inflated contracts, which have adversely affected the country since the rule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the centre, are still in…

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2023: “I accepted to be running mate to Peter Obi to rescue Nigeria” – Baba-Ahmed

Aminu Imam

Former gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, yesterday said he accepted to be running mate to the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi because he wants to be part of those to rescue Nigeria. Recall that Baba-Ahmed was unveiled as Obi’s running mate yesterday at a news conference in Abuja. He said, “My task is simple, and it is to accept this nomination and this candidacy. The undeniable, unchallengeable fundamental reason for being on this ticket is to rescue Nigeria; and it goes without saying that you…

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Nigeria is wrongly structured – Northern Elders Forum

Ishaku Yohanna

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that Nigeria must be restructured to battle the fundamental issues in the country. Speaking on Tuesday morning while featuring on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, NEF spokesperson, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, insisted that the country must be restructured to address fundamental issues that ought to have been addressed since Nigeria gained independence. He noted, “The two basic functions of the state are to secure citizens and provide for their welfare. Now, the Nigerian state is failing in both camps. So, restructuring for us means addressing…

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