DRUMBEAT OF DEMOCRACY LAUNCHED IN LAGOS,NIGERIA
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.
DR ODUMAKIN AND BARRISTER AKPOTI WERE AT THE EVENT TO PERSONALY COLLECT THEIR AWARDS
Chief Ayo Oyoze Baje ,one of Africa's leading Public Affairs
analyst and President of the Guild of Public Affairs Analysts of Nigeria has
launched about press time a new literary masterpiece titled: Drumbeats of
Democracy at the Nigerian Institute of
Journalism in Lagos, Nigeria
At the launch of the new book, the author, Chief Baje who
likes to be simply referred to as Mr Ayo Baje used the epoch making event to
pay tributes to the memories of some of the nation's founding fathers like: late
Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe , Alhaji Tafawa Balewa ,Sir Ahmadu Bello
amongst others while recalling the efforts they made at working for the nations
freedom in the colonial times.
He affirmed that if all those mentioned individuals were to
suddenly come back to life to see that the Nigerian of their dreams had
derailed so badly they would feel very bad indeed.
He lashed out at a leadership that had not being able to
find answers to the litany of woes the
nation has faced with access to food
security, jobs, human development index at its lowest ebb in years.
He urged the present leadership to do something on the
several proven cases of insecurity, disunity ,nepotism ,stealing, and other
problems associated with the Nigerian project..
His words: the focus of my book therefore is the persistent
quest for good governance in Nigeria and truth be told it has been one distant
dream and one elusive elixir to our myriad of self inflicted socio-economic and
political woes"
"There is indeed a cause for serious concern because
God in his infinite wisdom has blessed us with vast natural resources amongst
which includes arable land ,solid mineral resources, oil and gas and an attractive
tourist destinations"
He added that it was time the nation rise up from the
scourge of primordial sentiments like ethnicity, religion and politics to tell
the truth to power.
Beautiful plaques with the insignia titled: Torchbearer of
the Nation were later handed over to Barrister Natasha Akpoti, Dr Joe
Okei-Odumakin and Pastor Lolu Wright as the trio gave their thanks to the organizers
of the event though the latter was
unavoidably absent but was represented by his son-in-law, Mr Ayo Moses
Ogedengbe
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