At 70, I won’t stop joining protests for good governance – Pat Utomi
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Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress and Chief Convener of the Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government, Prof Pat Utomi, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO about the country’s key challenges, his 70th birthday celebration, and the declining values and public trust in the country
You have spent decades advocating good governance in Nigeria. What would you say is the biggest obstacle to Nigeria’s development today?
It’s a little bit of leadership and an institutional problem. By the way, I wrote a book about why nations are poor, and there were a number of sets of variables that affected each other, which explain performance.
One of them is institutions. Most of the writings of economists, historians, and others in recent times have focused mainly on the role of institutions in economic performance and national development.
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Nigerian system can’t change without confrontations – Sowore
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Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said the country’s socio-political system cannot experience meaningful change without confrontation, insisting that citizens must be willing to disrupt structures that promote corruption, poverty and injustice.
Sowore, while reacting to criticisms that his style of activism is confrontational, said anyone seeking to ally with him must be ready to challenge the status quo rather than pursue complacency and diplomacy.
Speaking recently during an interview with an online news platform, AF24NEWS, he argued that those who desired minor reforms only were often individuals who benefitted from the same system they claimed to oppose.
Seven feared missing as Kano traders lose millions in market fire
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A fire outbreak at the Singer Market in Kano has destroyed properties worth over N5 billion, affecting more than 1,000 businesses and leaving seven persons missing.
The Chairman of the market, Junaid Zakari, disclosed this on Sunday in Kano while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria.
Zakari described the incident as one of the worst tragedies in the market’s history, revealing that four residential buildings housing small-scale businesses were razed.
Hope dashed: One year after, pregnant women yet to access free CS at LUTH, UCH
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One year after the Federal Government announced free caesarean sections for indigent pregnant women to reduce Nigeria’s high maternal mortality rate, PUNCH Healthwise’s investigation reveals widespread implementation gaps across federal teaching hospitals. While many institutions have commenced the service, major tertiary hospitals in the South-West, including the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba; the University College Hospital, Ibadan; and the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, are yet to implement the policy, leaving vulnerable expectant mothers who need the service to continue struggling to pay out-of-pocket for the emergency procedures. JANET OGUNDEPO reports
Seven months after the birth of her first child, Cynthia got pregnant again. This time, with twins.
At 13 weeks of gestation, when the pregnancy was confirmed, she returned to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, to begin antenatal care… Discover More
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