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Senator Tokunbo Abiru salutes President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR At 72

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, who is also the Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, congratulates the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on his 72nd birthday.
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President Tinubu inaugurates Agricultural machinery in Niger, says Nigeria must feed its people

President Bola Tinubu on Monday flagged off the Food Security and Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Niger State, emphasizing that his administration remains committed to ensuring food sufficiency and protecting local industries for sustainable economic growth.
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Making a New Nigeria: Welfarist Policies and People-Centered Development –  Akinwumi A. Adesina      

Growing up in the old Western Region of Nigeria in the 1960s, only one name was synonymous with people-centered development:  Awolowo. We lived in the same community  as the sage, in Okebola, Ibadan. As a young child, passing by the frontage of his house was a favorite pastime. I remember peering over its low walls, to see if I could just catch a glimpse of the man who transformed the lives of millions in the then Western region. My father was enamored by Chief Awolowo: he devoured his books, writings and articles. The name ‘Awolowo’ was a constant guidepost for every discussion in our home.