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- Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We…
- Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So what did we try to…
- If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.
- My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.
- No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it.
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