Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has explained why she rejected offers to return to government after leaving public service.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Ezekwesili said young people should be given opportunities to occupy leadership positions and contribute to solving Africa’s challenges.

She made the remarks during an appearance on Founders Connect.

The former minister recalled that during the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, she was encouraged to remain in government and serve as a member of his cabinet.

However, she declined the offer, maintaining that she was ready to move on from public service.

Ezekwesili explained that she even offered to assist the president in identifying qualified individuals who could be considered for cabinet positions instead of returning to government herself.

She said: “Musa Yar’Adua was insistent that I shouldn’t go to the bank. I should remain so that I would be in his cabinet. And I said no, I’m sorry, I’m done. I’m out of here. I’m going to help you find the best of people that you can choose from.

“There are many options. We have young people. We must continue to invest in them and know how to make sure that they get that opportunity to take the continent to the highest heights possible.

“Intergenerationally, we can be advising them, mentoring them, but we must not wait until they are 63 before they become people who are trying to solve our problems.

“In my own case, by the time I was leaving government, I was 44. When I went to the bank, I was the youngest vice president at the age of 44.

“Why should we be waiting for people to be 50-something before we put them to solve Africa’s problems?

“That’s why I believe in your generation to take over and solve these problems that we have struggled with for too long. Keep doing what you’re doing.”

The Nigerian Senate has directed its committees to suspend consideration of bills seeking the establishment of new universities and other tertiary institutions across the country.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The directive follows the Federal Government’s decision to impose a six-year moratorium on the creation of new higher institutions, allowing existing schools to improve their infrastructure and academic standards.

Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele announced the decision during Wednesday’s plenary session.

He said the order applies to the Senate Committees on Tertiary Institutions and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.

Bamidele also directed the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, to notify lawmakers about the government’s policy to prevent them from sponsoring bills that conflict with the decision.

He further advised committees responsible for education matters to stop submitting proposals for the establishment of new tertiary institutions for consideration during plenary sessions.

He said: “The policy is necessary to allow existing universities and other tertiary institutions to consolidate their operations and improve infrastructure before additional institutions were considered.

“I also advised education committees to avoid presenting bills seeking the establishment of new institutions for consideration during plenary.

“The Federal Government had made efforts to distribute universities across different parts of the country, making it necessary to consolidate existing investments.”

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has warned against the assumption that wealthy people make their money through rituals or immoral activities.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The actress made this known while preaching to members of her newly established ministry, New Wine Prophetic Tabernacle (NWPT).

She explained that people possess different abilities and talents that can help them build wealth, noting that many individuals already have what they need to become successful but have yet to discover or develop their potential.

Dikeh encouraged her listeners to identify and improve their talents rather than allow their gifts to remain unused.

She said: “There’s so much power in you to produce wealth and yes, some of us are wealth. We just don’t have wealth. We are the wealth. You have to sharpen your talent and your gifts. The third one for the universal system of prosperity.

“Not every rich man is a ritualist, and not every rich woman sleeps with men. Some people have worked hard for years before their efforts finally paid off. So when you see him (someone) driving a Lamborghini, you’re like, ‘Hmm, he’s a ritualist.’ Not every rich man is a ritualist.

“Not every rich woman is sleeping with a man. Get it into your head. There are people who work hard earnestly and don’t even know God, because they discovered a gift in them and they did not let it sleep. Who told you God is only for you as a believer? No. That’s why I laugh at all of you. And I said to God, I said, ‘I hope these people just understand that God is a God for everybody.’

“The unbelievers and the believers alike. And none is more important. As a matter of fact, He is the one who will leave the ninety-nine and chase after the one.”