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Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, has attributed Nigeria’s nonaccomplishment to suffice for the ongoing FIFA World Cup to mediocre enactment and anemic institutions, portion congratulating African countries representing the continent astatine the tournament.
The improvement was disclosed successful a connection posted connected Obi’s authoritative leafage connected July 5, 2026.
According to the statement, Obi congratulated each African teams participating successful the competition, with peculiar praise for Cape Verde, which progressed to the knockout signifier contempt its comparatively tiny colonisation and landmass.
He noted that Cape Verde has a landmass of 4,033 quadrate kilometres, little than 0.5 per cent of Nigeria’s 923,768 quadrate kilometres and a colonisation of astir 550,000, representing little than 0.25 per cent of Nigeria’s estimated 230 cardinal people.
Obi further pointed retired that Cape Verde’s colonisation is astir 200,000 less than that of Ogbomoso, yet the state reached the knockout signifier of the FIFA World Cup.
“Cape Verde has erstwhile again demonstrated that greatness is not determined by size oregon population, but by readying and disciplined execution. W...
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