NIGERIA AT A CROSSROADS | Leadership, Democracy & What Comes Next FT DR. NEO

STILL IN COMMEMORATION OF JUNE 12 DEMOCRACY DAY—THE DAY WIDELY REGARDED AS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NATION’S DEMOCRATIC JOURNEY AND THE ENDURING STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RULE. TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS INTO UNINTERRUPTED DEMOCRACY, QUESTIONS REMAIN: HAS DEMOCRACY DELIVERED PROSPERITY? ARE NIGERIANS BETTER OFF? AND WHAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP DOES THE COUNTRY REQUIRE TO OVERCOME POVERTY, INSECURITY AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP? PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU, IN HIS DEMOCRACY DAY ADDRESS, REAFFIRMED HIS ADMINISTRATION’S COMMITMENT TO ECONOMIC REFORMS AND NATIONAL RENEWAL. YET MANY NIGERIANS CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH RISING LIVING COSTS, FOOD INFLATION, RISING POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT. JOINING US TONIGHT IS A WOMAN WHOSE PROFILE SPANS BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY AND PUBLIC SERVICE. SHE IS PRESIDENT OF RAVKAM GROUP, FOUNDER OF SEVERAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS, A COOPERATIVE LEADER AND NOW A PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT UNDER THE NATIONAL RESCUE MOVEMENT (NRM): DR. ESTHER NKEM OKEREKE—POPULARLY KNOWN AS DR. NEO. TALKING POINTS  JUNE 12, DEMOCRACY AND DIVIDENDS  NIGERIA’S LEADERSHIP DEFICIT  ECONOMY, POVERTY AND FOOD SECURITY