{"id":699277,"date":"2019-09-05T12:08:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/why-i-attended-world-economic-forum-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:08:07","slug":"why-i-attended-world-economic-forum-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/why-i-attended-world-economic-forum-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Attended World Economic Forum In South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oby Ezekwesili<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili had come under severe fire for going ahead to attend the World Economic Forum(WEF) ongoing in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n

However, in defence of her being at WEF, Ezekwesili a former Nigerian minister of education says she when to bring the plight of Nigerians in South Africa to its president, Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

She said in a statement thus: Those who have genuine concerns about my being at WEF in South Africa, should please know that my decision to be here was thoroughly considered.<\/p>\n

Read Also:\u00a0Xenophobia: FG Pulls Out Of World Economic Forum In South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am in South Africa leveraging my ensure that Government of South Africa never again looks away while our citizens are attacked, maimed & killed.<\/p>\n

My Life Vision is to always stand for the weaker. This is a role I play within & without Nigeria.<\/p>\n

For me, the next three days in South Africa are programmed to achieve a set of specific action by the Government of South Africa . Our Citizens\u2019 preservation is what matters to me not the noise.<\/p>\n

My Life Vision is to always stand for the weaker. This is a role I play within & without Nigeria.<\/p>\n

For me, the next three days in South Africa are programmed to achieve a set of specific action by the Government of South Africa . Our Citizens\u2019 preservation is what matters to me not the noise.<\/p>\n

Those of you who take delight in making \u2018Politics\u2019 of our Citizens\u2019 Lives can carry on with your usual trade.<\/p>\n

I stand strong on doing the things one can do to safeguard lives.<\/p>\n

Citizens\u2019 Lives are too sacred and important for me to be drawn into your latest \u2018playground\u2019. Never.<\/p>\n

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