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By Seyi Bakare
By the nature of events quite beyond governmental (or in fact human) control, 2020 has been a troubling year. In metaphorical terms it has been the proverbial trouble which, per the master novelist Chinua Achebe, tells you not to worry about the lack of a seat in your house because it has brought its own stool: the year has left a trail of tragedies. Beset on every angle by the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian state is battling a renewed upsurge of terrorism, kidnapping and banditry, not to talk of the tragedies that attended the recent massive protests against police brutality. Against that backdrop, governance has been muted in many states as inhibitors pile up, but there is cheering news in a few climes blessed with leaders conditioned by experience acquired in years of toil and triumph to thrive in the face of adversity. Among these admittedly scant crop of leaders, as Nigerians certainly must have noticed, has been Dapo Abiodun, the Iperu-born pr