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By David Royal
Nigerians have condemned the Federal Government’s decision to take a fresh $1.2 billion loan from Brazil, describing the decision as one that will leave the country indebted for years.
Some who strongly kicked against the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s penchant for increasing the nation’s debt profile now standing at over N31.009 trillion, called on the government to invest on its economy instead of borrowing from different countries.
The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed who made the request on Tuesday when she appeared before the house committee on finance to defend the ministry’s budget said the loan would be taken from the Brazilian government to provide funds for mechanised farming.
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Young Nigerian Woman Wins US State Assembly Seat
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Esther Agbaje
A Nigerian woman has made history in the United
States by winning a seat in the state Assembly.
According to NAN, Ms. Esther Agbaje, has been
elected into the Minnesota House of
Representatives in Tuesday’s U.S. general
elections.
She will represent District 59B in the 134-
member House on the platform of the
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), an
affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party.
Esther, 35, won by a landslide, polling 17,396
votes or 74.7 percent of the total ballots cast.
Her closest rival, Alan Shilepsky of the
Republican Party, secured 4,128 votes,
representing 17.7 percent of the total.
Elections to the lower chamber of the state
legislature hold every two years, and there are
no term limits for the lawmakers.
The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, Agbaje
was born in St. Paul, the state capital of
Minnesota.
Her father, Rev. John, an Episcopal Church
priest, met her mother, Bunmi, a librarian, at
the University of Minnesota where they were
studying.
She graduated from George Washington
University, Washington, D.C., with a degree in
political science.
Esther holds a Masters in Public Administration
from the University of Pennsylvania, and also a
law degree from Harvard University.
She currently works as an attorney in
Minneapolis with a focus on general civil
litigation and medical malpractice.
She once served at the U.S. Department of State
as a Foreign Affairs Officer, charged with
managing the rule of law projects in the Middle
East.
Her priorities as a lawmaker include affordable
housing, environmental justice, police reform,
public safety, and racial equality.
