Tag: Anyaoku
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Not even angels can solve Nigeria’s problems with 1999 constitution – Anyaoku
Ex-Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said even angels of God cannot solve the problem of Nigeria because of the way our constitution is designed.
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Tinubu should act on calls for new constitution – Anyaoku
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently listen to calls for a new people-oriented constitution and set modalities in place to achieve it. Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, gave the advice in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Sunday.
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Atiku’s Book Launch: Ex-Sec Gen of Commonwealth, Anyaoku politely turns down invite
…says I remain non-partisan Ex-Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has politely turned down an invite to be guest speaker at the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku book presentation scheduled for Wednesday. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was disclosed in a statement issued and signed by the former scribe of the Commonwealth. Anyaoku clearly…
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A visit to Awka – Hope Eghagha
By Hope Eghagha Last week, I visited Awka as one of the speakers in the Emeka Anyaoku Lecture on Good Governance which celebrated a decade of commitment to the legacy of the Commonwealth icon in Awka, Anambra State capital. I had attended two previous outings as a representative of my boss at the time Governor…
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Expecting Nigeria to work without restructuring country is sign of madness – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday, reinstated that restructuring the country whether in terms of dialogue, evolving the constitution among others is only way to better Nigeria. “For me, for instance, I emphasised decentralisation, reconfiguration…We all know what we have now is not working, it’s obvious and we can’t continue along the same line…
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Buhari hails Anyaoku on 87th Birthday
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General earned the commendation of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday for his unrelenting projection of Nigeria to the world and ensuring that the world comes to terms with the position of the country on global issues. Buhari made the commendation in a message felicitating with the great diplomat as he…
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Anyaoku backs Buhari on border closure
A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Saturday called for support for the recent closure of Nigeria’s land borders by President Muhammadu, saying it could promote a homegrown policy and boost the economy. Anyaoku, who made the call at the 2019 Investiture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria…
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Photos: Aregbesola, Ajimobi, Mimiko, others join Pa Adebanjo in commeroration of his 90th birthday
Governor Rauf Aregbesola, his counterparts in Oyo, Ajimobi and former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko among other influential Nigerians all converged on Ijebu-Igbo Ogun State to mark the 90th birthday of Chief Ayo Adebanjo. Other eminent Nigerians at the occasion include former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku; former governor of Ogun state Aremo Olusegun…
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Obaseki, Anyaoku back calls for restructuring
A former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, has said that Nigeria will fare better if the ongoing call to restructure the country into regions is adhered to. Mr. Anyaoku gave this view on Friday shortly after paying a courtesy visit to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at Government House, Benin City. He said…