Tag: Nigerian Leaders

Kemi Badenoch slams Nigerian leaders over power crisis

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Badenoch slams Nigerian leaders

…Cites “stupid public policy” Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, has launched a blistering critique against Nigerian political leadership, citing the country’s persistent lack of electricity despite its massive crude oil wealth as a prime example of how “stupid public policy” can ruin a nation. Speaking in a published interview yesterday, the British politician used her experience of growing up in Nigeria during the military dictatorships of the 1980s and 1990s to warn Western nations against aggressive state control over energy sectors. Badenoch argued that natural…

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‘Nigerias current leaders lack experience, character’, Dr. Bugaje laments

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A former federal lawmaker, Dr. Usman Bugaje has declared that the crop of leadership currently leading the nation lacks knowledge, experience and character which he emphasized must be the measuring stick for the selection of next leaders. Speaking during the ‘Maitama Sule Leadership‘ lecture series, organised by the Students Wing Coalition of Northern Groups in Minna, Niger State, Dr.Bugaje stated that twenty years into democracy, there is no more trust between the government and the citizens. Bugaje also said that restructuring is not the solution to Nigerias problem saying that…

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“Address poverty, insecurity to guarantee unity” – Sultan to Nigerian leaders

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The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence, Mohammed Saad Abubakar III, has challenged Nigerian leaders to first address poverty and insecurity in the country in order to guarantee national unity. The Sultan, who spoke shortly after the traditional Sallah durbar in Sokoto on Tuesday, said the existing hardship in the country is of great concern and needed proper measures to be addressed. Nigeria leaders need to strategise more measures to address our level of poverty and insecurity, as such will further sustain…

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