Tag: Umaru Musa Yar’Adua

“Yar’Adua voided refineries sale over conflict of interest” – Falana to Obasanjo

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Falana to Obasanjo

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday attributed the Federal  Government’s  cancellation of a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) arrangement for the management of the Port-Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries approved by the Obasanjo government in 2007 to the questionable circumstances surrounding the deal. Falana, responding to the Thursday statement by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on how his successor, the Late Umaru Yar Adua, refunded the $750 million paid by a consortium to run the refineries, said the deal lacked transparency. The activist, in a statement issued on behalf of Alliance on Surviving Covid…

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“Nigeria wouldve been better if YarAdua had completed his tenure” Gowon

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Gowon on Yar'adua

Former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has said Nigeria would have been a better country if the Late President Umaru Yaradua had completed his tenure. Speaking on Monday, during a first President Umaru Musa Yaradua international leadership conference and awards organised by ‘Global Initiative for Leadership Success’, in Abuja, Gowon said YarAdua achieved significant milestones for Nigeria during his short stint in office. He said the Late former president granted amnesty to the Niger Delta militants as a way of restoring the economy of the country. Recall that Yaradua…

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