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My Transition Hour: Why I Conceded Defeat To Buhari In 2015 Election - Dr Goodluck Jonathan

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  “I was fully informed about the manipulations, intrigues, intimidation and betrayals. The consequences of not conceding were only better imagined. My natural instinct for peace automatically surfaced. I was going to make a decision which reflected my commitment to that ideal. This is the foundation of my essence. In my periodic projections into the future, I did not see how I would be presiding over any kind of chaos. I was prepared to promote the peace, unity and progress of Nigeria." This is a huge sacrifice, but I hope my readers believe me when I say it turned out to be one of the easiest decisions I ever took while in office. "With my mind made up, I knew it was time to inject peace into the tensed polity, especially before INEC completed collation. “I was in my living room with some ministers, aides and friends. Among them were the Coordinating Minister for the Economy/Honourable Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Honourable Attorney General of the Federati...

Africa Is The World’s Next Business Frontier – Dr. Akinwumi Adesina

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Dr Adesina reiterated again that Africa remains a good fertile ground for investment, largely dependent on how well it can boost its healthcare sector. Africa as a continent has remained a fertile ground for investment but depends very much on its ability to boost its healthcare sector. This disclosure was made by Akinwumi A. Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) during the Africa Investment organized by the UK Department for International Trade themed, “Building back better – utilizing UK private sector strengths and values, and business-to-business opportunities working with UK government and others going forward” According to Dr. Adesina, “Africa still possessed the same fundamentals that had driven the continent’s phenomenal growth over the past decade” “The fundamentals in those phenomenal growth rates in Africa are still there…Africa still leads in terms of ease of doing business…It’s very exciting, the digital explosion that you see in Africa today” Mrs W...