In a federal system of government, the one we pretend to be running, whose operation is heavily skewed against a section of the country, to the extent that successive military leaders of Nigeria who have come from a section of the country have (mis) used their power to create local government areas in every hamlet…
Akinyemi Onigbinde, a retired philosophy teacher, and former research fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, is currently the Executive Secretary, Centre for Development & Policy Studies, a think tank, based in Ilepa, Ifo, Ogun. He delivered this lecture commemorating the 80th birthday anniversary of Chief Abraham Qlájqjú Fádàíró, the Fìwàgbayì of Egbaland
I have been enjoying the debates amongst supposed Christians on Tope Alabi's new song, where she 'stole' the deep essence of our rich Yoruba evocative spiritual language, 'Aboru, Aboye', and I can see alienated souls, displaying crass cultural illiteracy at the altar of religious bigotry. And I laughed.
A professor of political philosophy with specialty in public policies, politics and governance, Professor Akinyemi Onigbinde, is currently the Executive