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Ikaeniyan0:
leading in what?

President Bola Tinubu has bagged the Lifetime African Achievement award from the Millennium Excellence Foundation based in Ghana, NAN reports on Monday.

Tinubu, while receiving the award, commended the patron of the Foundation, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, for the invitation extended to him and the success of the event put together by the foundation.

The President, represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, received the award as special guest of honour during the 25th anniversary of the Millennium Excellence Prize in Kumasi, Ghana.

Tinubu said, “I salute the visionaries who have nurtured this institution for a quarter of a century and also celebrate the values of honour, integrity, service, and excellence that underpin its work.

“Specifically, the organisers for identifying and celebrating Africa’s shining lights, individuals whose lives and work had lifted the continent and inspired generations.

“It is no small achievement to have honoured such illustrious figures as the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Prof. Wole Soyinka, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Dr Mo Ibrahim, among others.”

He charged the young generation of Africans to rise with courage towards contributing their quota to make the African continent a more united, peaceful, and prosperous one.

He emphasised the need for such contribution to be carried out in the area of science, technology, education, governance, entrepreneurship and arts.

He further called on Africans to always work closely together in shaping their shared destiny, while urging the event organisers to continue to inspire excellence, uphold values of leadership with service and invest in the youth to foster collaboration across borders.

“The award ceremony, from inception in 1988, remained a beacon of inspiration and recognition across the continent.

“Its mission of identifying, celebrating and supporting those who had distinguished themselves in the pursuit of African development resonated deeply with the aspirations of Nigeria and indeed, all African nations,” he added.

The event featured the presentation of the Lifetime African Achievement Prize to Tinubu, the global intra-African trade excellence in Africa to the President/Chairman, African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIM), Dr Benedict Oramah.

Also, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, received the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize for Governance and Public Service, the Founder/Chairman, BUA Group, Alhaji AbdulSamad Rabiu, received African Excellence in Business, while Mr Dumo Lulu-Briggs received the African Traditional Leadership and Business Excellence award.

Honestey:
Saraki should be their presidential candidate, the only one who can give Tinubu a run for his money

UcheKingsley1:
Yes.

Imagine if that happens, TINUBU will pee on his pampers and nothing can save him.

Guestmale:
Which has placed Nigeria on enviable position in the committee comity of nations.

Firebox123:
https://www.nairaland.com/godfearer62

Beware of this Moniker anywhere in nairaland please 🙏

He's the same person as Stephen ayantoye the notorious scammer on nairaland

Dominique take note

Hemanwel:
Every political elite in Nigeria's political space is now attacking Peter Obi. There is a grand plan to break, demoralize, and silence PO before 2027. Even if all the 36 States governors defect to APC, the masses are solidly behind Peter Obi!
The elites have seen Obi as a man who will not tolerate corrupt practices in his government.

It's Peter Obi or nothing in 2027!

Caaz:
I prepared this soup as Lunch with #2000, except for the chicken and grocery(eba).




Melon #1500
Sachet tomato #200
Redoil #300
Chicken....reared.
Ugu...
Curryleaf

In a YouTube video uploaded on Thursday, Yesufu criticised Obi’s remarks that there was no need for protests during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration

Aisha Yesufu, an activist and one of the supporters of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has openly disagreed with Obi’s recent comments on the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protest against fuel subsidy removal.

In a YouTube video uploaded on Thursday, Yesufu criticised Obi’s remarks that there was no need for protests during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration when fuel prices increased from N87 to N120.

She said, “First of all, I’m going to start with where Mr Peter Obi said there was no need to protest during Jonathan’s time. I think that’s a very wrong allusion to have like there’s no need to protest.”

Yesufu emphasised that protest is a fundamental right in a democracy, regardless of who is in power.

She said, “Let’s look at Nigeria for example and let’s look at countries in the other parts of the world where they are doing very well. People are protesting every day, there’s never a time where there’s no need to protest.

"And if Mr Obi thinks he’s gonna get into office and think people will not protest no matter how good he is, then he should drop that.”

According to her, should Obi eventually become Nigeria’s President, she would not hesitate to demonstrate if necessary.

Responding further, Yesufu countered Obi’s point, adding the Jonathan’s time of N120 per litre was also a better time to protest because the current situation was then, in the future and nobody protest what is in the future.

“What Peter Obi needs to understand, and what everybody needs to understand is that, at that time, people were protesting against N120. The N900 of today was in the future. Nobody protests for the future,” she argued.

“If there was any time a protest should have happened, it was during Jonathan,” the activist added.

Jd10k:
Obi was indebted to contractors 3 times what he saved according to Obiano.

Richtaiwo:
Of course she can't file any case of sexual harassment in court because she knows such case is non existent. The only place the case exist today is in the head of those illiterates.