OBI ATTRIBUTES STAMPEDE TRAGEDIES IN OYO, FCT, AND ANAMBRA TO HUNGER AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES. (PHOTO).

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 Peter Obi has blamed hunger and systemic failures for the recent spate of stampedes across the country.  Scores of persons were dead, and many others wounded in the tragic incidents in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija in Anambra and another one in the nation’s capital of Abuja. The stampedes happened in a space of five days with the last two occurring on Saturday morning during food distribution campaigns. Obi, who was the Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, said the incidents underline the rising hunger in the country which has led to desperation. “I am deeply saddened and distressed by the tragic loss of lives in desperate searches for food,” Obi, who is a former governor of Anambra State, wrote in a post on his X account Saturday afternoon. “While I will not cast blame but instead appreciate the organizers of these respective events for their kind gestures in providing palliatives and support to society, especially the poor, these tragedies reflect the...

CONGO IS SET TO RELEASE 150 ADOPTED CHILDREN,TO THEIR FOREIGN ADOPTED PARENTS.

                             Today monday,it was reported that the interior minister of Democratic Republic of  Congo said that their country will allow  150 children adopted by foreign parents,mostly Americans to leave the country after spending more than two years in legal limbo.Congo became a favoured International adoption destination in recent years because it has more than 4 million orphaned children,according to the U.N children's agency UNICEF,as well as lax regulation.There interior ministry spokesman Claude Pero Luwara said an inter-ministerial commission had approved the exit visas.In November,the commission signed off on exit visas for aboutt 70 children adopted by European,Canadian and American families.Congo's government has come under intense pressure from those countries government to lift the suspension.In 2013,Congo imposed a moratorium on exit visas to children adopted by foreign parents,citing fears that the children could be abused or trafficked.The government has also voiced concerns about adoptions by gay couples.More photos below.                                                                                                                                                              

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