The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has lamented the unpleasant situation with Nigerians....CONTINUE READING
Okonjo-Iweala’s lamentation was part of her speech at Friday’s inauguration of the 100-member 2023 Abia Transition Council held in Aba, Abia’s economic hub by Governor-elect Alex Otti…..CONTINUE READING
A virtual presentation, the former minister of finance said successive governments have shirked proper governance to the point that the common man have to shift for themselves in matters that supposed to be handled by the state.
The circumstance, she said, has made many particularly from the South-East to lose confidence in government.
“I told the governor-elect that everything we will do would depend on this governance. Nigerians, especially from that side of the South-East, have lost faith in governance.
“They no longer believe the government can provide anything for them. They provide for themselves boreholes, electricity and every other thing for themselves. Although that is entrepreneurial, on the other hand, that is not how to run the place,” the 68-year-old remarked…..CONTINUE READING
