ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).
Atiku pledges scholarship to viral Niger teen miner Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said his “heart breaks” each time he watches a viral video of a teenage artisanal miner, Yusuf Aliyu, speaking at a mining site in Niger State after the deaths of 37 miners in the state. Atiku, in a statement posted on his X handle, said he was prepared to support the boy’s education, describing him as a child whose intelligence and confidence should be nurtured in a classroom rather than by working at a mining site. “I have watched Yusuf Aliyu’s video repeatedly, and each time, my heart breaks. A child with such intelligence, clarity and confidence should be in a classroom building his future—not struggling for survival in a community surrounded by gold but buried in poverty. “I cannot look at him and see an ‘illegal miner.’ I see a Nigerian child failed by the country that should have protected him. I see brilliance trapped by poverty and enormous promise abandoned by leadership,” ...
Anambra State Governor,Willie Obiano,has visited his Delta State counterpart,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa,to discuss issues of inter-state security,economy and road safety ahead of the yuletide.Governor Obiano said that the visit was in the bid to strengthen the mutual relationship existing between the two states.The meeting held on wednesday at the Delta State Government House in Asaba,south-south Nigeria.It had in attendance,the Federal Road Safety Corps {FRSC} Marshal,Boboye Oyeyemi,whose attention was called to the area of road safety,especially at the Bridge Head axis where traffic gridlock is always experienced.Addressing the press at the end off the closed door meeting,Governor Obiano said some of the issues discussed touch upon strengthening inter-state partnership.He listed the areas of foocus to include security,economy and supporting the FRSC to ensure free flow of traffic during the Christmas period.Dr. Okowa,on his part,expressed confidence that the cooperation of the two states,which he said was the best way to go,would yield positive results for the two sister states in the area of security.In his response,Mr Oyeyemi assured the governors of immediate dismantling of road blocks,removal of obstruction and reduction of the strength of both military and police checkpoints.
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