Goodwill Message at the 40th anniversary of the Federal Government College Okigwe Old Student Association

Goodwill Message at the 40th anniversary of the Federal Government College Okigwe Old Student Association
Post Date October 30, 2017
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Category Education, Leadership, Nigeria, Personal Thoughts

Transcript of Goodwill message of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar (GCON), Waziri Adamawa, Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007), and Grand Patron of Federal Government College Okigwe Old Students’ Association at the 40th anniversary of Federal Government College, Okigwe, Imo State at the College Pavilion in Okigwe, Imo State on 28th of October, 2017.

 

I congratulate you on the 40th anniversary of your great school, the Federal Government College, Okigwe. Looking back at Nigeria over the same period of the four decades since your school was established, the mistakes and …

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Thank God We’re Not Where We Used To Be

Thank God We’re Not Where We Used To Be
Post Date October 1, 2017
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On this October 1st, 2017, I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and all Nigerians on the occasion of Nigeria’s 57th Independence anniversary.

There are those that may say we have very little to celebrate and I will respectfully disagree with them.

In 57 years, Nigeria has faced many challenges, but we have overcome many of those challenges and made progress in multiple spheres of human endeavor.

On October 1st 1960 when we gained independence, there were many nations in existence alongside Nigeria in the committee of nations.

A number of …

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Nigeria Does Not Need a Rwandan Déjà vu

Nigeria Does Not Need a Rwandan Déjà vu
Post Date August 7, 2017
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Category History, Nigeria, Personal Thoughts, Security

It has come to my attention that a song disparaging people of Igbo origin, and which wishes them dead, is circulating in some parts of the nation. I totally and unequivocally condemn this development, and I call on all men of goodwill to rise up against this evil.

 

This song is reminiscent of the beginnings of the Rwanda Genocide. Nigerians need to be aware that the Rwanda Genocide was believed to have been ignited by a song titled Nanga Abahutu (I hate Hutus), sung by Rwanda’s …

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Restructuring for A United and Progressive Nigeria

Restructuring for A United and Progressive Nigeria
Post Date July 19, 2017
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Category Democracy, Nigeria, Personal Thoughts, Politics, Speeches, The Issues

This is the transcript of my speech at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka on the occasion of the Senior Staff Club Lecture Series on Restructuring Nigeria/Award of Excellence in Good Governance on me and my Investiture as Life Member of the Senior Staff Club, University of Nigeria,  Nsukka.
Wednesday 19th July, 2017.

 

Protocol:

 

Let me begin with a rhetorical question: why do I, Atiku Abubakar, favour a restructured Nigeria?

The answer is simple: because I am proudly Nigerian and favour a united Nigeria that offers every man, …

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