He said this on Monday while answering questions from the newsmen at the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Owerri.
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Obi stated that part of the reasons Nigeria’s economy performed poorly on many fronts was because of the inadequate production of goods and services to satisfy local demand, thus encouraging excessive importation of such goods and services.
Describing it as a personal loss in view of his closeness to late Odumakin and his wife, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, Obi said in a statement on Saturday evening: “Yinka was one of the most committed change agents in Nigeria.
Obi stated this in an interview with journalists on the sideline of the presentation of a book: “Made in Aba,” an autobiography of the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, in Abuja on Monday.
Obi made this known in a message to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, celebrated on January 15.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the commission also made public presentation of the “Review of the 2019 General Election: Report of the Commission’s Retreats and Stakeholder Engagements”.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, who made this known during the budget defence before a Senate Panel, said the commission spends an average of N3 million to N4.5 million on each of the court cases.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Information Minister, has described the 2019 general elections as free, fair and credible.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police deployed to supervise the 2019 general election in the North Central Zone, Godwin Nwobodo, has charged Men and Officers of the Plateau State Police Command to remain firm and be very observant during and after the elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission does not intend to postpone any of the elections as a result of court orders coming close to election schedules, the Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said.
The Nigerian Army says it is collaborating with other security agencies to maintain high standard of professionalism and patriotism, to ensure peaceful conduct of the 2019 general elections.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan, said at the flag-off of the “Get out and vote for APC candidates”, that The Mandate Movement arm of the party, would ensure that APC recorded landslide victory in the area for all party candidates.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2019 General Elections will on January 7, 2019 inaugurate the Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 General Elections.
The group, which announced this at a press conference in Awka, Anambra State on Tuesday, said a lot of positive strides had been recorded under the Buhari-led administration.
Jennifer Atiku, wife of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has urged residents of Onitsha, Anambra State to vote massively for the party in the 2019 general election.
Speaking on Sunday at Onueke, Ezza South Local Government Area headquarters, during the inauguration of Ebonyi South Divine Mandate Campaign Office, Umahi maintained that he received the assurance from God while praying in church.
The president stated this when he received a group known as the National Network for Community and Youth Development led by its chairman, Board of Trustees, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
INEC gave the clarification in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja.
The Christian Association of Nigeria on Monday night in Abuja commended former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, for being the first presidential candidate to honour its invitation for an interactive session on his plans for governance if he wins the 2019 presidential election.
President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday said vote buying is a threat to the nation’s democracy.