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  • Spin for spin’s sake

    Spin for spin’s sake

    No sooner had youthful Bassirou Diomaye Faye emerged as president of Senegal than two opposition figures indulged in rhapsody to project their most innate delusions.

    It’s spin for spin’s sake.

    Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Obasanjo-era Madam Due Process whose presidential run nevertheless collapsed over alleged non-accountable election funding, waxed poetic over a people deciding to throw off their yoke, and no power on earth stopping them.

    The question is: who are the burden?  Those, like President Bola Tinubu, that staked their entire political life over what they believe in; and eventually landed the big prize after winning a challenging election?

    Or yo-yo folks like Oby — activist today, politician tomorrow, neither-nor the next day — who just make a din in the polity to stay relevant, hiding behind a finger to cover their partisan biases?

    Why, even Atiku Abubakar, the pathetic and the peripatetic one, on a long, long quest for marabout-decreed but so far abortive presidency, even jerked awake to call the opposition to unite — behind him? — to vote out the current ruling order.

    To be sure, it’s a democracy.  Such rallies can’t be a crime.  President Tinubu and his APC, after all, routed the PDP from power, after its ruinous 16 years,  by uniting the opposition. 

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    But that’s where that comparison ends. Beyond that point, it’s a travesty, coming from the likes of Atiku and Oby, for — let them posture anyhow they wish — they were part of the old rot.

    Atiku was not only part of the Obasanjo seedy foundation that eventually sank the PDP, Oby was part of that government too.  All Atiku and his principal had to offer, post-power, were personal trophies — the doctrine of democracy for self-settlement? — not any worthwhile legacy of public assets. 

    The privatization of their era was a racket; and one of the most galling of it all was the Power sector deforms — sorry reforms — which still rocks the nation till today. 

    So why would anyone queue behind Atiku for salvation, when he was part of the past rot under PDP?  Also, Oby Ezekwesili’s Ministry of Education nearly pawned the Federal Government Colleges to regime friends and cronies, under the so-called “reforms”, but for trenchant public protest.  So, where is the credibility of both?

    By the way, this latest grandstanding on Senegal is mischief, sustained by ignorance.  Mischief, because both Atiku and Ezekwesili know — or should know — they were comparing apples with oranges; and ignorance, because that mischief can only be propelled by supporter ignorance and gullibility. 

    Faye’s ascendancy isn’t new, though it’s the most dramatic in Senegal just yet — a 44-year-old opposition candidate knocking out the ruling order’s candidate at first ballot.

    But the principle that fired that triumph is well-neigh routine in Senagal, from the time of second president, Abdou Diouf. The same opposition banana peel on which Diouf slipped, replacing him with Abdoulaye Wade, was same for Wade, replacing him with Macky Sall, and same for Sall, replacing him with Faye. 

    If the youthful Faye tries the same rascality as his predecessors, he himself will slip off, you can be sure.  Since the exit of Diouf, Senegal’s polls had been opposition harvest. 

    That has deepened Senegal’s democracy, aside from its record of not ever having the misfortune of any deluded junta rule.  Nigeria is a stark difference.  

  • Soyinka: Ezekwesili, others call for value-based democracy

    Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) along with other speakers at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, have called on Nigerians to insist on values in determining those who become their leaders and how the polity is administered.

    The former Nigerian Minister of Education and Minister of Solid Minerals made this call at the lecture held in commemoration of the 85th birthday of Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature and Grand Patron of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

    According to Ezekwesili, “If we are lacking in the building of those values and the shaping of those values, then we will have to wait endlessly. The people who should win our vote should be people with values and character. Age should not just be the determinant of the people who should lead us; it should be age plus values. Citizens have abandoned politics in the hands of politicians. So, our political parties have become the venture of political entrepreneurs. It cannot work that way. Political parties are supposed to be the government in waiting.”

    Contributing to the lecture’s theme, “Rethinking Credible Elections, Accountable Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria”, other speakers including Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); Amina Salihu, Senior Programme Officer, MacArthur Foundation; Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative; and Rotimi Sankore, Editorial Board Chair, Nigeria Info Radio Group were also on hand to contribute to the lecture. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) explained that the citizens should go beyond thinking and rethinking elections, to acting to see the change they seek.

    The crucial issue of gender balance was introduced to the discussion by Amina Salihu, Senior Programme Officer, MacArthur Foundation who called for gender based affirmative action in governance. She maintained that women have been “minoritised” because although they are half the population their voices have been diminished. Amina Salihu used the opportunity of the lecture to push for naming and shaming of sex offenders through the launch of a national sex offenders’ register which she assured will happen shortly.

    Speaking of appropriate technology for elections, Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, explained that technology hardly needs to be sophisticated and expensive. According to Gbenga Sesan, INEC should have sent text messages to its over 80 million registered voters when the 2019 election was postponed just a few hours before the 2019 Presidential elections. He charged the Commission to take advantage of technology to educate the technology savvy new generation of voters including the additional 20 million plus youth who will be eligible to vote by 2020.

    Rotimi Sankore, Editorial Board Chair, Nigeria Info Radio Group, said the role of the media is to report factually and seek to educate and solve problems rather than add to it. According to him, the media needs to engage with data and evidence. Rotimi Sankore cited examples relating to conflicts in the northern parts of the country, health, education and the Rural Grazing Area (RUGA), of how the lack of in-depth reporting, verification of facts and deployment of evidence by the media have denied the people the opportunity to engage issues appropriately.

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    In his opening remark, Ropo Sekoni, the Board Chair of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), organisers of the programme, mentioned that the lecture’s theme was topical given the insecurity that permeates the system. Kole Shettima, Director of the Africa Office of the MacArthur Foundation, who supported the lecture expressed the foundation’s excitement to be part of the occasion. He appreciated the WSCIJ for improving the lives of the citizens by making government accountable through investigative reporting

    The son of the celebrant, Olaokun Soyinka, thanked the WSCIJ on behalf of the family for the consistency that has brought the lecture to its 11th edition and its focus on promoting the culture of investigative reporting. He observed that Soyinka’s struggle to hold power accountable and fight against impunity are still relevant today and admonished young people to draw the battle line between those who are prodemocracy and does who are not rather than between the young and the old.

    Motunrayo Alaka, the organisation’s Coordinator appreciated the speakers and panellists, the WSCIJ board, WSCIJ staff, her family, the media, Wole Soyinka and his children. She mentioned that it has taken the support of all the relevant stakeholders to keep the lecture on the same date, Wole Soyinka’s birthday for ten years.

    The lecture was opened by a viewing of a documentary which chronicled the life, writings and the crucial role Wole Soyinka played for the emergence of Nigeria. It was moderated by Stephanie Busari, Supervising Producer, CNN Africa. It was attended by journalists, policy makers, representatives of pressure groups and non-governmental organisations, students and other members of the public.

     

  • Service of songs for Ogunshola’s daughter

    A former Education Minister Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, joined other dignitaries on Wednesday in Lagos to pay tributes to the late Managing Director of Aframero Limited, Mrs Yetunde Oghomienor.

    The event tagged: “Evening of memories” was held at the KFA Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos.

    Mrs. Ezekwesili said she met Yetunde in the build-up to the 2019 elections when she wanted to contest for the presidency under the platform of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN).

    The former minister said: “I am still having a hard time to believe that Yetunde is gone. I knew her when I was compelled to run for the presidency. How can it be that such a brilliant character left us so soon when I began to regale the joy of our friendship?

    “She gave her all to the cause she believed, Yetunde gave her time and her treasure to what she believed in. Everyone that crossed her path has fond memories of her, it doesn’t matter what you thought, and she was ready to fight for what she believed in. Her death is a big blow to me, her death fell like a slice of my skin was cut.”

    Mrs. Oghomienor’s siblings, Kunle, Bolaji and Bayo Ogunshola, also took turns to share the good memories they shared with their sister while she was alive.

    Kunle said: “The Yetunde I knew… she was a fast runner; she was a very curious child who always eavesdropped on our parent and other adults when we were young. She was a very good student; she was playful and was someone who enjoyed life outside the book.

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    “Yetunde was a consistent reader who kept literature books; she was a person of action; she was a powerful intruder; she enjoyed music, clothes, and food. She worked tirelessly to make her view of life real. She lived a full life as a sister, daughter, wife, and mother. I love you, Yetunde goodnight.”

    To Bayo, her sister was someone who was an inspiration to him, adding that it would be difficult to replace her.

    “When I think of Yetunde, one of the inspirations I derive is that she was someone who did things. She was passionate about her children, her family. In the past few years, the main thing she wanted to get for her children was autobiographies of great men. She wanted the best her children; she wanted them to grow by inspiration. I think that is how I remembered her,” Bayo said.

    Also, Bolaji said: “Sisters are not replaceable, I can buy diamond but I can’t buy another sister. Yetunde loved and adored me; she was fun to be with. Even though she was six years older than me, she never slapped me. I’m going to miss her.”

    The husband of the deceased, Leslie Oghomienor, thanked everyone that graced the occasion and for their support for the family during the trying moments

    “My wife was hospitable, kind, very smart, loving and compassionate. She was everything to me, I miss her terribly. She was a good-hearted person, found of taking care of people who could not take care of themselves; she was the best any man could ask for.

    “She was beautiful in and out, she was brilliant in business ideas and always has creative ideas; I will miss you babe, no one to discuss my idea with again. It is truly hard without you, I believe she is still here with us, Yetty lives on.”

    Yetunde’s friends from her primary, secondary and higher institution, as well as her professional colleagues in the corporate world, the staff of her company, Aframero Limited also paid tributes to her.

     

  • Galadima’s allegations baseless, says Ezekwesili

    Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Presidential Candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). has described allegation by the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiyu Galadima that she was never really serious about her presidential ambition as baseless.

    In an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, her media aide, Mr Uzoma Ubabukoh, in Lagos, on Thursday, said Galadima’s claim that she was contesting to negotiate to be Minister of Finance was a figment of his imagination.

    Galadima was Ezekwesili’s running-mate until she announced her withdrawal from the race early on Thursday.

    She claimed she withdrew from the race after due consultations with Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora.

    Ezekwesili added that her decision to quit the race was informed by the need to help and build a coalition to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from winning.

    She said neither APC nor PDP could provide the kind of governance needed to reposition the country.

    Few hours after Ezekwesili’s withdrawal from the race, Galadima called a news conference, saying Ezekwesili had not shown the commitment to be President from the beginning.

    He alleged that the former minister was just in the race to negotiate to be Minister of Finance and that she had kept the party in the dark about her real intention.

    Galadima added that the candidate had used the platform of the party to get funds from donors, which she had not spent to show commitment to her ambition.

    The ACPN chairman said having realised that Ezekwesili did not represent the interest of the party, the party was endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for re-election.

    Reacting to the allegations, Ubabukoh said Galadima’s claims were baseless.

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    He said the candidate’s decision to withdraw from the race was taken to sacrifice her personal interests for the country’s interest.

    “All these allegations are figment of his imagination. They are baseless. The decision to withdraw from the race is in the interest of the nation. It should be the nation first before anything,” Ubabukoh said.

    He said it was curious that Galadima, less than three hours after Ezekwesili’s withdrawal, endorsed Buhari and added that the action showed the ACPN Chairman had long had a personal agenda and never believed in the idea to disrupt the status quo in country.

    Ubabukoh said Ezekwesili would soon address a news conference where she would provide details about her withdrawal from the presidential race.

  • Nigeria needs to be rescued urgently, says Ezekwesili

    THE presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has raised an alarm on the urgent need to rescue Nigeria from the current leadership.

    She said this while participating in the presidential debate organised by the Nigeria Elections Debate Group and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) at the weekend.

    Ezekwesili said Nigeria is suffering from leadership deficit coupled with incompetence and highly-spirited zeal to loot the nation.

    She said: “Nigeria needs to be rescued urgently. What we see in our country is a massive failure of our leaders. Some 60 per cent of our women are poor. There is massive poverty. We have no business being the poverty capital of the world. We must disrupt the current political setup. As a technocrat in government, I served the Nigerian people. I have the competence and capacity to serve Nigerians.

    “This is a historical moment. Nigerians, this is your moment. The citizens have a right to change the bad narratives about Nigeria. Nigeria needs a leader that truly cares and has the competence. We will mobilise ourselves for the urgent rescue.”

    On corruption, Ezekwesili called for a structural change, saying, “As the President of the country, exemplary leadership is key, which will help reduce corruption. There will be structural change like deregulation of the petroleum sector to reduce corruption. Good behaviour will be rewarded, while bad behavior will be punished.”

    Assuring youths of participation and inclusion in policy making, she said: “We have said it that 50 per cent of our cabinet will be made of young people. We will ensure that our youths are competitive globally.”

    Expressing displeasure over the state of education and health in the country, the ACPN presidential candidate said, “Education is currently in a dysfunctional state; based on global factors, I cannot guarantee a particular budget on education. We will work to better the educational system.

    “We will expand the National Health Insurance Scheme by ensuring that jobless people also have access to it. Primary health care, secondary health care and tertiary health care will operate on a value chain basis.

    “We will fix the learning outcomes in our public schools, which is the quality of the teachers.  We will focus on a better remuneration for our teachers and improve the curriculum.

    “Education has always been known as a pathway to human progress. Economic and social mobility is possible through education.  The early childhood education will be integrated. We will focus on technical and vocational education. We must modernise teaching and equip our teachers.

  • I’m the only one that can fix Nigeria, says Ezekwesili

    Presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria ( ACPN ), Prof Obiageli Ezekwesili on Thursday said she is eminently qualified to lead Nigeria to the Promised Land.

    She lamented Nigeria has over the years lack quality leadership that can take the country to where it ought to be in the comity of nations.

    Addressing a group of artisans, youths, students, people with disabilities and some market women at popular Arewa House, Kaduna, the former Education Minister said she was the only candidate with the capacity and competency to deliver the country from its complex problems.

    She said: “We have lacked quality leadership in Nigeria. It doesn’t matter that all those that have governed us are men. It doesn’t make any difference in quality of life of Nigerian persons.

    “I am that candidate with competence and capacity to solve the complex problems that seem to have eluded us for so long.

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    “We cannot afford to have many more millions of Nigerians to join more than 87 million that are already poor.

    “Therefore, anyone who is thinking of me being a woman has not come in term with other Nigerians I have interacted with in the course of our campaign. They have always saying Oby is the candidate we can trust.”

    She added: “When you are tired of mediocrity, the only person you can think of is Oby Ezekwesili, who is offering herself to lead.

    “The reason is simple. I have always been known in this society as one who has a strong voice for the fact that Nigeria can be better than it is now.

    “Nigeria has no reason to be a failure and that is why I am running in this election.”

    Asked if she was not happy with the current government because she was not given political appointment, she said: “I rejected to be a minister many times since I was a minister in this country. I don’t need to be a minister.

    “What I need is that this society must be mobilised immediately to see how we can come out of the whole failure and incompetence they have thrown us into.”

  • Ezekwesili promises poverty reduction, if elected

    Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Presidential Candidate for Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has promised to reduce poverty to the barest level in the country, if elected in 2019.

    Ezekwesili made the pledge during a courtesy visit by ‘Women in Politics Organisation’ to her campaign office in Abuja on Thursday.

    According to her, poverty can not be completely eradicated from the society, but she would work hard to minimize it through inclusive economic growth and job creation for the youth.

    The candidate said that being a woman was not a challenge for her to win the election, reiterating that she was keen on giving dividends of democracy to all Nigerians.

    “The unemployment figure in the country is scary and huge number of graduates come into the labour market every year without jobs.

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    “Some will argue that gender equality is a deal that cannot be achieved, but I disagree because the society is already moving in that direction.

    “I will ensure good representation, poverty alleviation and good economic policy for the development of the economy,” she said.

    Ezekwesili also promised to put in place policies targeted at empowering women to tackle poverty, as well as establish a sustainable financial system that would address discrimination against women.

    She called on youths in the country to shun all forms of vices, and not to allow themselves to be used by politicians during and after the general elections.

  • 2019: Ezekwesili calls on Nigerians to protect, exercise voting rights

    The Convener of the Red Card Movement and one-time Education Minister, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called on Nigerians to come out in their numbers to vote and protect their votes, come 2019.

    Ezekwesili made the call at a one-day conference organised by ‘The Church Must Vote’ an NGO, on Monday in Abuja.

    She said that it was time for Nigerians to determine the quality of leadership they get through massive voting.

    The theme of the conference was ”The Church Stand Against Vote Buying and Selling, with the slug ”My Vote Is Not For Sale, My Vote Must Count”.

    Ezekwesili said that nobody should be comfortable to sit at home during the upcoming 2019 general elections, because it was time to get rid of the old order of politicians in the country.

    The former minister, an activist, said that the quality of democracy was dependent on quality of vote, and INEC must protect the vote of Nigerians.

    ”We must compel INEC to gather some of the cases of vote buying and selling that they have identified and take them to court.

    ”We must compel the Judiciary to act and not to defer judgement on such matters, because our democracy is under existential treat.

    ”Citizens must understand the power they possess, and through that power, you determine the quality of leaders to lead the country,” she said.

    Ezekwesili said that it was time to build a nation with leaders who were elected on the bases of character, competence and capacity.

    ”So, I support The Church Must Vote to say your vote must count because your vote does count, if it didn’t count, they will not pay for it.

    ”It is time to decide that nobody can pay for your vote because it is priceless, the people are dependent on the quality of leaders that they get for themselves.

    ”So, let our vote count; we must cry out if we see our vote being bought or stolen,” she said.

    Rev. William Okoye, General Overseer, All Christians Fellowship Mission, said that some people sell their votes due to hunger and starvation.

    Okoye stressed that it was better to endure hunger which was immediate in order to better their future, as any hunger that has hope does not kill.

    ”If you are hungry today and have hope that tomorrow will be better, you will be able to manage, so we are trying to send that hope to Nigerians through the church.

    ”We want Nigerians to know that the future will be bright if we endure the pains of now and ensure that we don’t sell our vote and use our vote to bring about the better future that we are expecting,” he said.

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    Ikechukwu Nmor, Founder, The Church Must Vote, said that the voting right of every Nigerian was priceless, and as such, shouldn’t be traded for anything or any amount.

    “Nigeria is a great nation but with little performance; something must be done now to change things for the better.

    ”I am here to say I stand against vote buying and selling and no amount of money is enough to sell my vote and mortgage the future of our generation.

    ”It is important that the elections and the outcome reflect a representative and inclusive decision of all demographics, age, gender and beliefs,” he said.

  • NSWG partners U.S. for united, peaceful Nigeria

    NSWG partners U.S. for united, peaceful Nigeria

    The Nigeria Senior Working Group ( NSWG ), a group of Nigerian senior civic leaders, have converged on the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., to rekindle hope for peace and stability in Nigeria.

    The group of eminent Nigerians was in the U.S. for a symposium on Nigeria tagged ‘Peace in Nigeria: How to build it, and America’s role’, organised by the U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.

    The group has as members the Archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese Abuja Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar, Gen. Martin Agwai (rtd) and Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.

    Others are Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Amb. Fatima Abubakar, Dr Nguyan Feese, Dr Chris Kwaja, Dr Usman Bugaje, Dr Jibrin Ibrahim and Aisha Murtala Muhammed-Oyebode.

    The group was brought together by the United States Institute of Peace in 2016 to represent public issues about Nigeria.

    They also lend their expertise in support of the efforts of the State Governors and national policymakers to address the social, religious and political forces that fuel extremist violence and instability in Nigeria.

    Amb. Hassan Hassan, Ambassador/Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, at the symposium, emphasised that Nigeria needed peace now more than any other time in its history.

    The Nigerian envoy also said  that “once there is peace in Nigeria, “it will vibrate across Africa because peace in Nigeria means peace in Africa”.

    Hassan identified the prominent cause of instability and breakdown of peace in Nigeria as religious animosity and rivalry among the adherents of the Christian and Muslim faiths.

    The Nigerian envoy tasked the group to carefully, effectively and incisively consider the issues at stake in Nigeria, extend it to Africa and the world at large.

    Speaking on behalf of the group, Agwai stressed that one of the group’s task was to help the Nigerian government to resolve insecurity, especially the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.

    He said that their mandate was to liaise with the U.S. Government through its Think Thank and policy makers to proffer solutions.

    According to him, the group is also mandated to suggest steps Nigeria should take to build and sustain peace as Africa’s most important country.

    Agwai said  the Nigerian government was determined to achieve sustainable peace and development in the country.

    He stressed that there could not be peace without development and there could be no development without peace.

    The outcome of the discussion was to reduce instability and re-weave the social fabrics of the country.

    Amb. Johnnie Carson, the Senior Adviser of United States Institute of Peace, remarked that Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari had made military gains against the Boko Haram extremist group.

    Carson emphasised that conflict resolution, peace and security would not be achievable purely through military solutions alone.

    To achieve sustainable peace in Nigeria, he advised that all levels of government, non-governmental organisations, and other stakeholders must get involved.

    He said every Nigerian  should join to fight to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency, corruption and other security challenges through dialogue, community policing and promotion of good citizen.

    Thomas Shannon, the U.S. Under-Secretary for Political Affairs, praised the various initiatives by the government towards establishing and preserving  peace.

    Shannon said peace was required to foster a prosperous Nigeria and Africa, stressing the U.S. Government will continue to encourage the Nigerian government to take up a call as peace-loving government.

    The U.S. envoy noted that President Buhari had demonstrated that his administration was positioned to strengthen Nigeria’s dignity in the world.

    NAN

  • Nigeria squandered chance to increase ECA – Ezekwesili

    Nigeria squandered chance to increase ECA – Ezekwesili

    A former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, said on Tuesday that Nigeria squandered the opportunity to build its reserve and Excess Crude Account to close to $100 billion.

    Ezekwesili in several tweets said it was shameful to see people who oversaw and supported the depletion of Nigeria’s huge oil reserves for six years walking freely.

    Her tweets reads: “The tragic thing is seeing people who oversaw or supported the depletion of huge revenues in six years stumping around. #GetShamePeople.

    “What a HUGE DIFFERENCE, had Nigeria BUILT UP RESERVE including Excess Crude of say $100billion as should have been! SQUANDERED OPPORTUNITY.”

    The former minister added that President Muhammadu Buhari must make hard choices to address fuel scarcity in the country.

    She said most citizens do not want “endemically corrupted” oil subsidy scheme to continue, adding that the Federal Government must convince Nigerians with credible sector reform plan.

    Ezekwesili said citizens were losing huge productivity hours to find and buy fuel products.

    A situation, she said, was inconsistent with Nigeria’s desire to improve efficiency.