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ARTICLE:
THE 54 MILLION NAIRA BRIBERY SCANDAL IN THE NIGERIAN SENATE IS NOT A SMALL MATTER
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It is not a small matter that lawmakers mandated by the people to reclaim the image of their country from deep-rooted corruption and steer the fate of the country to sociopolitical and economic development went about demanding a bribe to confirm a political nominee. Mallam Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai, minister for the Federal Capital Territory, publicly announced that two high level senators, namely, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu and Dr. Jonathan Zwingina demanded a bribe of 54 million Naira in order to confirm him, as reported Don Bassey in the Daily Independent (2003). The Senate President Adolphus Nwabara and members of the lawmaking body quickly cleared the two senators of the charges. However, the people want to know the truth and to prosecute the accused to the full extent of the law if investigation reveals that they did.
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Press release:
Governor Udenwa's Inauguration in Owerri on May 29, 2003
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Dr. Johnny A Mez traveled to Owerri Imo State, Nigeria on behalf of the Human Development and Leadership
Institute (HDLI), to attend Governor Achike Udenwa's inauguration on May 29, 2003 for the second four-year
term as the governor of the State. The ceremony took place in an open field in a stadium. The stadium was
full of people. Several ordinary people left their personal businesses to be part of the inauguration.
There were the able and the disabled.
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Article:
Elections in Nigeria: The reason to join hands
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This paper analyzes the conduct and outcome of the 2003 elections in Nigeria for national legislators, the governor, and the president, and
draws some lessons from them. It draws the attention of the people of Nigeria to their respective challenges in rebuilding Nigeria. It recommends
that the people of Nigeria need proper education to develop their mind and change their behaviors toward sociopolitical and economic development.
Until bribery and corruption is controlled, there would be no sociopolitical and economic development in Nigeria, and no elections will be free and fair.
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