By Olusegun Adeniyi
The bombshell memoir of the late Eme Awa, a professor of political science and former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), was completed 25 years ago in December 1995 and six years before his death in March 2000. Mrs. Selome Awa (Mummy Awa as we call her) published it posthumously. I was availed a copy ahead of its presentation. It tells a compelling story of the political journey of Nigeria before and after independence, the mutual ethnic suspicions that ultimately led to the civil war, the mismanagement of our diversity by the military, the incursion of tribalism into the academic community and of course the ‘transition’ to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida in which Awa played a critical role. Some may remember his controversial removal as NEC Chairman as well as the drama of how his name was displaced at the last minute by J.S. Cookey as chair of the 1986 Political Bureau.
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A Review by Nandasiri (Nandi) Jasentuliyana,
Former Deputy Director-General, United Nations.
“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.” – Jim Fowler
World Wildlife Day was celebrated with an outstanding WEBINAR by the America-Sri Lanka Photographic Art Society Los Angeles (ASPAS) hosted from Los Angeles, USA. ASPAS is a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) that accounted for a large audience participating in the event.
The celebrations this year was very topical for the Sri Lankan audience in the context of the developments in the country concerning the ongoing human-animal conflict as the World Wildlife Day was celebrated in 2021 under the theme “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet”, as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species, and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions