Breaking news: Court Overrules INEC!!

The Chairman and presidential flag-bearer of New Democrats Party (NDP), Prof Isa Odidi talks to NVS on why he wants to be the President in 2007 and why every Nigerian with dual citizenship and Nigerians in Diaspora should pay close attention to his court case against INEC

NDP Presidential Candidate Sues

From Funso Muraina in Abuja, 02.12.2007

Prof Odidi was born in Katsina, Katsina State and therefore a citizen of Nigeria by birth but he later acquired the citizenship of Canada and was joined in the suit by his running mate,  Oluwafolajimi Akeem Bello and their political party.

Bello joined Odidi against INEC because he was also disqualified from contesting the position of Vice President on the platform of NDP because he was born in Lagos but later acquired the citizenship of the United States of America.

In their originating summons filed by Mr I F Chude at the registry of the Federal High Court, Abuja, they are contending that the relevant provisions of the 1999 constitution did not bar them from fielding or and running for the two political positions on account of their dual nationality.

They consequently formulated two constitutional questions for the court to determine whether by virtue of combined provisions of Sections 25, 28 and 137 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, they who are Nigerian citizens by birth but with dual nationality are qualified to contest the position of President and Vice President respectively of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of New Democrats Political Party in the 2007 general election

 PROFESSOR ISA ODIDI, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Professor Isa Odidi is a founder and one of the principals of IntelliPharmaCeutics, and serves as Chairman of the Board, ChiefExecutive Officer, Co-Chief Scientific Officer and Chair of Scientific Advisory Board.

From 1995 to 1998, Professor Isa Odidi held positions, first as Director, then as Vice President, of Research, Drug Development and New Technologies at Biovail Corporation International (now Biovail Corporation), a drug delivery company. During this time, Professor Odidi developed several blockbuster drugs, including supergenerics of the very difficult to duplicate Adalat CC (Bayer) and Procardia XL (Pfizer).

In the pharmaceutical industry, Professor Odidi is highly regarded for his entrepreneurial acumen, something rare for a scientist. Professor Odidi is also a highly respected innovator and inventor with a long history of success. His work has been cited in textbooks and he has published over a hundred scientific and medical papers, articles and textbooks.

Prior to 1995, Professor Odidi held senior positions in academia and in the pharmaceutical and health care industries. He currently holds a Chair as Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology in Canada, and is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Molecular Medicine, California, U.S.A.

Professor Isa Odidi received his B.Sc. degree in Pharmacy, from Ahmadu Bello University, and his M.Sc., Pharmaceutical Technology and Ph.D Pharmaceutics degrees from the University of London, England. Professor Odidi is a graduate of the highly regarded Western Executive Management Program at the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. He is also a member of University of Toronto, Rotman's School of Business Class of 2001.

Professor Odidi's role in the company is to provide inventive approaches to drug formulation, strategic direction, managerial and scientific guidance, and to oversee the widest commercialization of the company's considerable scientific capabilities. 

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