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Published 13 March 2021
After a lecturing career spanning 40 years, Prof. Chioma Agomo, who is the first female Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, bowed out on March 1 as she clocked 70 years. She speaks to OLADIMEJI RAMON about her childhood, career journey and related issues
Your profile says you were born on March 1, 1951 at Nkpa, Abia State. Can you describe the kind of setting you grew up in and what growing up was like for you at that time?
It was a typical rural setting. Growing up was fun. The communal life provided security and protection. It also made for accountability. You could be disciplined by an elder and your parent or guardian would not come fighting. Rather, you may get punished twice for the same offence. People could display their goods, and even if no one was watching over them, you would pick what you wanted and drop the money. Nobody would steal it.