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Tinubu correcting decades of economic distortions — Shoga

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Director-General of the City Boy Movement (CBM), Hon. Francis Oluwatosin Shoga, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, saying the administration is addressing long-standing structural distortions and building the foundation for Nigeria to become a $1 trillion economy. In this interview, Shoga argues that the President deserves commendation for confronting difficult […]
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INSIDE JUNE 12: Many of those boasting as ‘heroes’ today took advantage of struggle — Zik, ex-UAD leader

Executive Director, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education, CHRICED, Dr. Ibrahim  Zikirullahi, fondly called Zik, is one of the key actors who fought for the revalidation of June 12, 1993 election. Using his position as the Secretary of over 2, 000 Security Printing and Minting Workers Forum, who were disengaged by then-Head of State, General Sani Abacha, and Deputy Secretary-General of United Action for Democracy (UAD), he, alongside others, led millions to resist Gen Sani Abacha’s self-succession bid and advocated for the validation of the June 12 mandate. His June 12 story, which he tells in this interview, explains how commoners, unlike what is happening today, took ownership of the struggle for a better Nigeria. Zikirullahi provides a nuanced understanding of the roles some who flaunt themselves as heroes of June 12 today played at the time. He also speaks on what the event should represent in the quest for good governance in Nigeria

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