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He rode into the corridors of power on the crest of an avowed declaration to undo the damage of the past that was fraught with recklessness and complete desertion of critical sectors of development by successive administrations. He particularly promised to declare a state of emergency in the education sector that was turned into an electoral ATM by previous governments to buy votes for victory.

A conference on Peace and Development in Nigeria by a centre backed by a university is bound to occupy a striking presence on the radar of those who, perforce, have to maintain such radar, either as peace journalists, peace activists or as formal students of Peace Studies.

Dr. Obadiah Ando,was one of the ministers inherited by then President Goodluck Jonathan from the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. Ando, was undoubtedly an effective Minister of Water Resources ,which explains why Jonathan renominated him after the 2011 presidential elections. Many key players in the sector attest to the fact that Ando, more than merited his reappointment. But the  Senate in its infinite “wisdom” roundly rejected Ando, in a “gang up” that was targeted more at General T. Y.