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born 1952 Nigeria
Chris Nwabueze Ngige (born 8 August 1952) is a Nigerian politician and medical doctor who served as minister of Labour and Employment of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari's administration from 2015 to 2023. He was elected Senator for Anambra Central Constituency in April 2011.
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People in authority should endeavour to obey court orders, no matter how unpalatable they may be.
Doing otherwise is an open invitation to lawlessness and anarchy, and our society can ill afford this.
For now, I take a bow and leave the stage in order to take my well-deserved rest till service of our fatherland beckons again.
I have no doubt in my mind that government is about service to the people.
I am happy to say that after 33 months in the saddle all these have changed for good in the first year, for better in the second year and for best in this third year.
I thank the media for their resilience and positive coverage of my administration and urge them to extend same to my successor, as he takes over the reins of power in Anambra State.
The Federal Government is not unaware of the economic challenges facing Nigerian workers in the public, private and informal sector of the economy. We appreciate your resilience and hope for better days ahead.
You will recall that when we came on May 29, 2003, we promised to give you qualitative and purposeful leadership that will regenerate confidence in government business..
It is with deep sense of responsibility that I address you today, perhaps for the last time as governor, as we enter a new phase in our struggle for an egalitarian Anambra State, devoid of acrimony and filled with milk and honey.
What is important is that a court of competent jurisdiction has delivered its verdict, and as a law-abiding and responsible citizen, I will abide by it, in the interest of the peaceful and orderly development of our state.
Respect for the rule of law and sanctity of the judiciary are critical ingredients we must honour and cherish if we are to advance as a civilised society, practise democracy in its true, pure form and be respected in the comity of nations.
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