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Indepth Newss Headline News In Some Nigeria Papers 29th November 2017.

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Workers threaten governors over Buhari's pay directive Militants, vandals surrender arms in Ondo Adamawa governor'won't follow Atiku UI lecturers, NASU clash over govt's cash Lawmakers pick holes in 2018 Budget Buhari leaves for Abidjan with governors, Tinubu Labour leaders hopeful of living wage for workers Buratai to newly-promoted Majors-Gen: be more dedicated NDE to train 76,300 unemployed youths in vocational skills Firm to parley distributors I slept with five men daily for four years in Tripoli Bosch empowers artisans with specialized tool kits Why Covenant University won't accept sale of handout ' Don Import prohibition attracts $10b investment, says CBN Fed Govt takes over Lagos Trade Fair Complex over N6b debt Auto dealers lose N1.7b to customs, army raids Creating entrepreneurs through technology incubation Nigeria owes World Bank Group $7.8b Pension fund hits N7.2tr Adeosun: only 40m Nigerians pay tax CBN boosts forex market with

Nigeria Former Minister Of Education Mrs Oby Ezekwesili Indicts The Male Political Elites For Poor State Of Affairs In Nigeria And Africa.

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A former Vice-President of the World Bank and former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has said that male political leaders are to blame for the poor state of affairs in Nigeria and Africa. She noted that women have had only a “marginal role to play in the poor governance that has bedevilled the continent.” She therefore stressed that there was the need to have more women at all levels of government and good representation at all arms of government; executive, legislature and judiciary. Ezekwesili, who was the keynote speaker at the maiden edition of the HID Awolowo Foundation annual lecture in Lagos on Tuesday, said research had shown that in Africa, only five per cent of women were chief executive officers, 22 per cent of women were cabinet members, 25 per cent were parliamentarians while 29 per cent were managers. In the lecture, themed ‘Ethical, politics, peace, development and security in Nigeria: The critical importance of women’s leadership,’ she said, “For as