Tag: Oby Ezekwesili
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Breaking: Ezekwesili declares for president, emerges ACPN presidential candidate
Obiageli Ezekwesili popularly known as Oby Ezekwesili has finally officially declared intention to contest post of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 2019 general election under the Allied Congress Progressives Party (ACPN). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Oby made her intention known on Sunday stressing that her decision is based on self-conviction, and that…
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Good governance: How Internet is greatest tool – Ezekwesili
Dr Oby Ezekwesili, the Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) says internet has become the greatest tool for citizens’ participation in good governance. Ezekwesili, former Education Minister, said this at the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum 2018 with the theme: “Internet; An Enabler for Good Governance’’ in Abuja on Tuesday. She was speaking…
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I’ll stop APC, PDP from winning elections in 2019 – Ezekwesili
As the 2019 election year draws closer, a former minister for education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said she will work assiduously to ensure that candidates seeking public office on the platform of the two major political parties in Nigeria – the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP do not win. Ezekwesili, who…
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‘The Nigerian child is disadvantaged compared to global peers,’ say Ezekwesili, Bobboyi, Kallon, others
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, Executive Secretary Universal Basic Education, Hamid Bobboyi and United Nations, Humanitarian Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, Edward Kallon, along with other speakers, at the 2017 Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series and launch of the Regulators Monitoring Programme (REMOP), held in Abuja on Friday, agree that the Nigerian child is at a…
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Nigeria’s greatness lies in its human capital, not oil – Ezekwesili
A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, says Nigeria’s greatness will emerge through human capital development programmes for youths and not oil or solid minerals. Ezekwesili said this in Abuja at “ SHIFT,” an annual youth programme of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). The SHIFT initiative uses unconventional ways such as dancing,…
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3rd Year Remembrance: B’Haram undefeated until 195 remaining Chibok girls are rescued – Ezekwesili
The Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG) has said until the remaining 195 Chibok girls trapped in Boko Haram’s den are released, the war against insurgents is far from being won as claimed by the Federal Government. She said the government cannot claim of defeating Boko Haram until the remaining Chibok girls…