Arise TV’s CEO, Obaigbena donates N1b to James Ibori’s varsity

Prince Nduka Obaigbena, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Arise Television has donated the staggering sum of one billion naira to the Western Delta University, Oghara in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State.

The institution which belong to the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, celebrated its 25th Founder’s Day on Saturday, April 29, 2023.

It raked in monetary donations and offers of sundry help with Obaigbena giving out the amount to help enhance the school’s development.

Others like Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the La­bour Party (LP) in the just conclud­ed general elections, and Dr Kayode Fayemi, immediate past gover­nor of Ekiti State, agreed to become visiting lecturers at the Western Delta University (WDU), Oghara, Delta State.

Fayemi delivered a lecture at the well-attended event with the title, ‘Sub-Na­tional Governance, the Ekiti State Example’, promising to set up the School of Policy Im­plementation in the institution.

He also promised to become the first lecturer once the school is completed.

Femi said, “One of the important chal­lenges that every governor will face early is that of making key appointments. Apart from the challenges of ethnic and reli­gious balancing, you also have political IOUs to settle.

“Every governor will have to strike the right balance be­tween appointing core politi­cians who have been involved in the long and tortuous po­litical struggle like mine that brought the governor to the office and appointing technocrats who will be required to un­dertake specific assignments for the smooth running of the government.

“While the local political context will determine what the right balance is, this is something every new gover­nor must always be mindful of. But it will always be helpful if you understand what your key priorities are. This will help you to understand those appointments you can play pol­itics with and those you have to assign to the best possible hands.

“The balance is that you cannot take all away from pol­itics and you can also not give all to politics. However, a key lesson from my own experi­ence is that whether one is a technocrat in government or a core politician, all political ap­pointees must be strongly con­nected to their communities. Otherwise, they will become liabilities to the governor.”