I’ve been doing some reading lately on the history of Nigeria. The history of the kingdoms, the empires, the amalgamation the colonial era, pre independence agitation and campaign, post-independence developments, the civil war, the coups, the democratic eras; 1 ,2 and 3rd republic and its simply mind blowing the sheer number of players involved in the politics and management of Nigeria in the last sixty years . And you know what was more intriguing? A very high number of them are dead and gone today. They were born, just like you and I, they studied hard, worked hard, rose to prominence, did the best they could, and they ended up been cut off in their prime or eventually died of old age. They entered and exited. But think with me this morning, all their activities, agitations, sacrifices and desperation has not actually ruled out or totally annulled inefficiencies, crisis, corruption, backwardness, greed, underdevelopment, division, nepotism, poverty and lack in Nigeria. In fact, ...
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