Malami: Instead of Addressing Insecurity, Poverty, Hardship, APC Endorsing Tinubu Northern delegates agree region must present united front in political choice going forward
Chuks Okocha in Abuja Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of
Justice, Abubakar Malami, weekend, slammed the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) for being insensitive to the plight of citizens
and prioritising politics. Malami said instead of addressing serious issues of insecurity, economic hardship, and rising poverty, APC had
chosen to focus on politics, endorsing President Bola Tinubu ahead of an election that was still two years away. Malami spoke on Sunday in Abuja
at the National Political Consultative Group (North) meeting, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former presidential candidate Peter Obi, and
former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi was in attendance. Continued on page 11
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L–R: Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde; Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service and Joint Tax Board, Dr. Zacch Adedeji; and Secretary, Joint Tax Board, Mr. Adesokan Olusegun, during the opening ceremony of the 157th meeting of the Joint Tax Board, held in Ibadan
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, who is stepping down from the position after a decade of leadership, yesterday pointed out how he he drove the multilateral institution’s capital from $93 billion in 2015 to $325 billion, an unprecedented leap Continued on page 11
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