Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu On Nigerian Leadership and Citizenship, By Toyin Falola
Coming to the absence of political ideologies, she called for a more pragmatic approach, recalling her father, Chief Awolowo, favoured such.
Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo Dosunmu
As far as learning from other developed countries is concerned, Dr. Awolowo Dosumu opined that Nigeria could learn from the pragmatic, committed, and coordinated approach displayed by these countries’ leaders, by seeking the nation’s development and the wellbeing of all Nigerians. She also emphasised the weight thrown behind the education of their people.
Leadership means direction. In virtually every area of human endeavour, either at home, the corporate, religious, or national levels, leadership is needed to provide an organisation with the focus and commitment required to produce desired objectives. It takes a good leader to inspire responsible citizenship. Hence, s/he must also be a good citizen, keeping the law and leading by e
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SATURDAY 6th March 2021 was the birthday of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo GCFR. Emeka Ojukwu famously described him as “the best president Nigeria never had”. Indeed, former military strongman General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida described him as “the main issue in Nigerian politics”.
Awolowo’s shadow looms over our political firmament like a colossus. Had he been alive today, he would have been 112 this month. Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, made the transition into the great beyond on 9 May, 1987. He was seventy-eight. Avatar and visionary, he saw it coming and seemed to have prepared for it. During his 77th birthday, in March 1986, he told the world that he was celebrating “the imminence” of his transition to the life eternal. Only an avatar could have predicted his own death with such millennial calm.
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Stalwarts of the National Consultative Front (NCFront) movement have launched what they described as People’s Constitution Dialogue aimed at rescuing the country from civil anarchy.
Members of the movement include former Speaker, House of Representatives, Ghali Na’aba; professor of Political economy, Pat Utomi; former President, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN); economist and politician, Baba Ahmed; former Nigerian Ambassador to Netherlands, Mrs. Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu; lawyers and human rights activists, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) and Najatu Mohammed. x
In a communiqué issued after a webinar held across the country, yesterday, Head, Public Affairs Bureau of NCFront, Dr. Tanko Yunusa, said a national constitutional consultation would be opened to all Nigerians for contribution as from May 1, 2021. He promised that a draft People’s Constitution would be ready not later than December 2021.
Nigeria: Another 1978 Rotimi Williams-styled Panel in 2021?
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By Akin Fapohunda, PhD
The Constitution Drafting Committee and Coordinating Committee of the People’s Constitutional Dialogue initiated by Leaders of Conscience under the auspices of the National Consultative Front, (NCFront) to save and rescue Nigeria from the precipice and brink of nationwide insecurity and ethnic/civil anarchy held an online event at 2.00 PM on Tuesday 23th February, 2021.
The NCFront assembled a galaxy of stars in the mould of the Rotimi Williams’ Panel of 1978. In a subtle attempt to generate spark, some of the biggest names in the firmament of Nigerian polity were paraded.