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...

GOV. ORTOM ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT BUHARI'S OFFICIAL VISIT TO BENUE STATE TOMORROW.{PHOTO}.

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     Governor Samuel Ortom announces the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Benue State on Monday, 12th March, 2018.
The Governor states that during the visit the President shall pay a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Benue State Council of Chiefs, Tor Tiv the fifth, Professor James Ortese Iorzua Ayatse, and hold a meeting with major stakeholders at the Benue Peoples House.
Governor Ortom says President Muhammadu Buhari shall also visit one of the eight displaced persons' camps in the state.
Signed:
Tahav Agerzua,
Special Adviser,
Media and ICT.
10TH MARCH,2018.
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