October 20, 2021

A political economist and former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, has described the #EndSARS protests as an ‘event marking the arrival of citizenship’ in Nigeria.

The technocrat added that Nigeria has never had a democracy despite the pretenses.

Utomi made this assertion when he spoke on Tuesday during the commemorative lecture and public presentation of a book edited by Chido Onumah titled, ‘Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices,’ in Alausa, Ikeja.

The event themed, ‘One Year After #EndSARS, 35 Years after Dele Giwa and the Quest to Remake Nigeria,’ was held to reflect on the assassination …

The Ebonyi State government has boasted that the latest rating by BudgIT has confirmed that Governor David Umahi administration is prudent in its management of the State’s finances.

Africa Today News, New York reports that going by the recently released ratings by BudgIT, Rivers State had topped 35 other states in fiscal performance ranking, followed closely by Ebonyi and Anambra states.

In the ratings of 2020 and 2019, Ebonyi had come 6th and 13th respectively.

Reacting to the development, Ebonyi State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Business Development, Dr. Stephen Odo, said in the first place, the ranking is a …