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  • US travel advisory is unfair to Edo

    SIR: Galileo was right when he said “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason and intellect, intended us to forgo their use”. Sadly, authors of the recent U. S. travel advisory failed to use their sense, reason and intellect in accessing the true state of security in Edo State. The report, in a sheer display of incurable schizophrenia and intellectual hara-kiri, listed Edo State as unsafe.

    One cannot but ask in wonderment, what parameter was used to arrive at this unthinkable malicious misconception which negates common sense and sound ‘empiricality’.

    It is imperative to state at this point that Hardball of December 28, 2012 also misfired when it hurriedly ran to press to anoint the ‘Americanised’ black document faulting the position of the state government which was well articulated by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Hardball displayed the height of illogicality when it queried why the Edo SSG related security matters to development in the state. Hardball forgot that development is impossible without security. If the so-called report was right, Edo State would not have witnessed unprecedented development it finds itself now. So the developmental gains of Edo State are a clear indicator that Edo is safe. Therefore our SSG is in order.

    As an Edo man living in Edo State, I think the ‘onus probandi’ falls on me to notify President Obama and Hardball that Edo State is indeed very safe for peace loving and law abiding people. Just as it is also pertinent to place on record that Edo State is unsafe only for criminals or agents of evils.

    Edo is a lovely place to live in, because children do not pick up arms to kill their parents and transmute schools into slaughter house. In Edo State, we do not kill on the bases of race and other social divides.

    In Edo State, our infrastructure such as road, school, hospital, etc. can compete with those in advance countries. This fact should be promoted by the U.S. and not issues that does not matter.

    • Godfrey O. Ehimare

    Benin City.

  • Palladium’s three long birthdays

    SIR: Last Sunday in the Palladium column of Idowu Akinlotan we read another illuminating piece with the above title. The piece was on three eminent politicians of the twentieth century-Nelson Mandela of South Africa, George H Bush of USA and Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain. These three political titans had recently been hospitalised for old age health challenges. The columnist used this opportunity to make few observations on these iconic leaders whose idiosyncratic rule according to the columnist “exemplified the leadership panache and resilience of the last century”. It was an incisive analysis of the positive contributions of these great leaders to their respective countries and the world at large. Akinlotan also robustly reasoned that the successors of these great leaders unfortunately failed to live up to the standard set up by these leaders.

    Much as I rate the article very excellent, I cannot resist the temptation to take up Akinlotan on some issues in the column. Akinlotan surprisingly concentrated on the positive achievements of these leaders ignoring their negative political policies which are many especially with Margaret Thatcher who is the most controversial of the three. Presumably Akinlotan ignored this aspect because he wanted to be nice to them now that they are at the ‘ departure lounge’.

    There is no doubt that Margaret Hilda Thatcher is a great leader of Great Britain. In fact many people including her political enemies put her second only to the legendary Winston Churchill in the league of leaders of Great Britain. She gave Britain confidence and restructured positively the comatose British economy when she took over. To me one of her greatest achievements as British Prime Minister was her successful pruning to size the unruly British Trade Unions,

    However, despite these lofty achievements , she brought acute economic polarization to her country. She divided her Conservative party and because of her imperious and obtuse home policies people like William Whitelaw, Reg Maudling, Geoffrey Howe, Micheal Heseltine and Nigel Lawson who brought her to power parted ways with her. Her scorched earth policy against the IRA in the Northern Ireland is still remembered with disdain in that part of United KIngdom. One cannot forget her bellicose policy which opposed economic sanctions against South Rhodesia and Apartheid South Africa , this obnoxious policy protected the racist and apartheid regimes in the Southern part of Africa for a long time.

    I think these policies of Mrs Thatcher imparted negatively on many people around the globe and they should not be glossed over in any objective assessment. It is imperative for Mr. Akinlotan to give both the good and the bad aspects of these leaders so that future generations could learn from their achievements and failures.

    Also in the piece Mr Akinlotan in an inimitable manner tried to compare the performance of some Nigerian past leaders with the performance of these three world leaders. In one of these comparisons he likened the bold policies of the late Murtala Mohammed during his short tenure as Nigerian Head of state with those of Margaret Thatcher. This may be true but I disagreed with Akinlotan when he wrote that after Mohammed’s death the rest of the transition programme was handed ‘to the far less ethically resolute Obasanjo’

    I do not consider myself as Obasanjo’s fan because I feel that he failed to lift up Nigeria to a higher economic and political pedestal despite his unique opportunity he had during his second coming as Head of State. However, we should give him his due. It is on record that he carried out the transition programme meticulously leading to the installation of the civilian regime of 1979. It is also on record that the foreign policy during that time under General Obasanjo’ assumed positive momentum and it was the toast of all Africans. It was at that time that Shell BP was nationalized to force Britain under Margaret Thatcher to change her obnoxious policy on Southern Rhodesia. Murtala Mohammed could not have done better if he was in charge.

    Despite the above points which I think need clarifications, I congratulate Mr Idowu Akinlotan on this masterpiece.

    • Professor Olabode Lucas

    Ekiti State University

    Ado Ekiti.

  • Ekiti varsity image maker’s feeble defence

    SIR: Reading through the piece “Re: Let’s Remake Ekiti State University” by Olubunmi Ajibade, the Public Relations Officer of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, in The Nation of December 6, 2012 in reply to my article “Let’s Remake Ekiti State University” also in the newspaper of December 3, 2012, my first reaction was to dismiss it as one of those lies the school management had been telling to convince itself that it was working. But seeing the comments on Ajibade’s piece on the newspaper’s website, I decided to change my mind.

    Contrary to Ajibade’s claim that I had not been in the institution for a long time, I am as regular there as anyone, including Ajibade or any of the school’s principal officers. He also mentioned that EKSU (UNAD) graduates are doing fine. Well, the self-determined and self-educated ones are, but what about a larger percentage who suffers daily embarrassment for their single crime of graduating from EKSU? What would you say about a product of the institution who graduated with a degree in Economics and when she was asked to define demand and supply, all she could say was that “Won ko wa” (We were not taught).

    I don’t know the statistics Ajibade uses, but that obviously differs from what is on ground. I have nothing against EKSU, but this is not a time to save face, rather it is a time for everyone to join hands in remaking EKSU. When I wrote the article in contention, I sent it to the Ekiti State Education Commissioner, Dr. Eniola Ajayi, via her facebook inbox and she assured that she was on the neck of the school’s management to make EKSU a place of pride. Unlike the school management and Ajibade (PRO), she did not lie about the situation. She recognised the problems and she believed in proffering solutions to them.

    The school management can either come to terms with the truth to enable it chart a new path for the institution, or it can keep doling out feeble defences through its PRO.

    I must commend the State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for appointing Professor Oladapo Aina as EKSU Vice Chancellor. Before the appointment of the present VC, units like Pre-Degree and Part-Time were being run like criminal outfits. Tuition fees paid by students in these units are domiciled in accounts opened in the name of the units. These are accounts that were separate from the school’s account. The directors of these units had approving power and could withdraw money at will and even award projects. Many of such directors enriched themselves there from to the detriment of EKSU. Funds that could have been used to better the lot of the school ended up in private pockets. The facts are there! These are some of the loopholes, including the sale of quality-starved textbooks that the new VC has started blocking and this is why the renegades and the rebels in the institution have started teaming up against the new VC just like they did to Professor Akin Oyebode. That is why they are kicking against the Personal Income Tax that they should ordinarily pay without complaining. That is why they are hiding under the funding of the institution. Their grouse is against the Governor, Dr. Fayemi, for bringing an effective Vice Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor for initiating reforms. Selfish lot!

    We, the good products of Ekiti State University (UNAD), will not allow self-thinking, greedy and reform-hating elements ruin our alma mater. We will keep talking! We will keep fighting! EKSU is our Ivy League. We will hoe it! We will rake it until it becomes a place of pride, a place we all desire.

    • ‘Dimeji Daniels

    Ado in Ekiti.

  • Adieu Lam and Adegbonmire

    Adieu Lam and Adegbonmire

    SIR: The death in quick succession of the Afenifere chieftains and ACN leaders, Alhaji Lam Adesina (Oyo) and now Chief Wumi Adegbonmire (Ondo) is a tragic loss to the cause of rapid political development of Yorubaland.

    The two notable political titans loomed large for upwards of five decades on the political horizon of Yorubaland were the trusted and formidable lieutenants of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo whose solid contributions to the political evolution of modern Nigeria remains equaled in the annals of the nation’s history.

    The rate at which the rank of generation of committed and highly dedicated politicians are being depleted by old age ailments culminating into outright sudden death is worrisome and ominous.

    In the turbulent First Republic politics and the military interregnum, Lam Adesina and Wumi Adegbonmire kept alive intrepid and combatant columns in the media. Lam wrote under the title “the search continues” and Adegbonmire a.k.a Omo-Ekun, coined the cognomen of his illustrious native Akure country home.

    They were prolific, pungent, vigorous and never-say-die writers; venting their spleen against the excesses of brutal military dictatorship, and reign of megalomania foisted on the nation.

    They put their lives on the line damning the dire consequences of detention without trial and its concomitant intimidations, harassments by the maximum power-that-were. Thus, they relentlessly defended with every pint of their blood, the cause of Awoism, a political creed adroitly articulated and christened by indefatigable Awo as ‘democratic socialism’ as practical solution to the multi-faceted and complex problems staring the nation on the face.

    It is years since the transition of the political legend, Awolowo. Yet the country still gropes in the dark and in the vicious circle of economic woe and political maladministration, courtesy of the political venality and debauchery holding sway in the corridor of power. It is irony of fate that the toiling masses are transfixed by poverty in the midst of abundant natural and human endowment. I deeply mourn the demise of Chief Adegbonmire. He was a great fighter. He aptly lived to his billing ‘as bold as a tiger’ and never relented in fighting to finish the conservatives that held Yoruba race hostage until he breathed his last. He got to the pinnacle of his political career as a member of the national working executives of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), the best organized political party in the Second Republic.

    As a frontline politician, grassroots mobiliser and community leader, he was installed Asiwaju (Leader) of Akure kingdom by the paramount ruler of Akure, Deji of Akure. As Omo-Ekun joined his leader Awo in the world beyond, the question on the lips of everyone is when cometh another?

    May the doughty souls of Omo-Ekun and The search continues have repose with their creator,

     

    • Ayodele Fagbohun

    Akure, Ondo State

  • Kill the continuity syndrome

    Kill the continuity syndrome

    SIR: A situation in which a successor must follow the footsteps of his predecessor has its strong and weak points. The strong point is that the successor would not abandon all completed and yet-to-be completed projects. But, following a predecessor’s footsteps blindly can be as retrogressive as abandoning everything done by one’s predecessor. The solution is an objective and dispassionate evaluation of whatever one meets on ground, including the cost, financial and otherwise.

    I take Kwara state as an example. The former Governor Akanbi Lawal did his best in terms of road construction and provision of borehole water which appeared unprecedented in the state capital. He set a standard which his predecessor could only ignore at his or her own peril. Yet he also did some things that should be undone. For instance, he dualised some single lanes without expanding them, which created traffic bottleneck in some streets in Ilorin. Indeed that was the only reason I did not regret he lost his re-election bid. What is more, that was the first thing I know his successor, Dr. Bukola Saraki, immediately undid.

    Unfortunately, after Saraki’s two term tenure, the song that rent the air from his supporters was: “continuity”, and his successor, who he appeared to have handpicked, AbdulFatah Ahmed, seems to have no choice but to follow his footsteps, strictly. What that means is that Ahmed cannot undo whatever was done by Saraki, whether good or bad. That is the tyranny of“continuity”. It is idolatrous, because it makes an individual to become a tin god, which is the trade mark of dictatorship.

    Today’s idols live in expensive houses built from misappropriated billions of public funds. Some ex-military leaders who played with public funds are one category. I heard of the house a particular state is building for its civilian idol. The members of the oligarchy surrounding him are selling him to the populace through jingles and special propaganda compositions. Today’s rulers build houses for God from public funds or ask public functionaries to come and “open” the house. Yes, it is corruption, and that is why the church and mosque cannot guide the politicians aright.

    How the Kwarans will overcome the dynasty trap is yet to be seen. Continuity syndrome? No, it does not exist in University of Ilorin, particularly since that is a federal university. You can trust that if it is tried, the labour unions, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), will kick against it. Yes, the Union will function normally as an organ of the national ASUU; University of Ilorin is better by far. One Dr. Imam Abubakre Aliagan, from that University, is always condemning what he calls “continuity in error” (in his Friday radio programme), while the continuity drummers turn blind eye to its negative aspects. To say that corruption is not the only issue in bad governance is either a psychiatry case, or callousness at its worst.

     

    • Pius Oyeniran Abioje, Ph. D,

    University of Ilorin.

  • Nigerians need to seek God’s face

    Nigerians need to seek God’s face

    SIR: The federal Government needs to declare a national day of prayers and fasting in order to seek God’s face for favour and mercy. Sincere prayers and fasting will change bad things to good and prayers will also influence God to turn the hearts of those in authority from doing evil. The national prayer and fasting would connect Nigeria and her people to the power of God.

    Our leaders should be warned that unfaithfulness and corruption will continue to make people frustrated and the more frustrated the people are, the more problems should be expected.

    Our leaders in every sphere of governance should read the handwriting on the wall and repent, hence, they should be expecting more problems for the nation. Proverbs 15: 27 says, “He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, but, he who hates bribe will live”. Also, Proverbs 14: 34 says “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people”

    Therefore, let our leaders repent from their wickedness, selfish ways, so that, God can hear our prayers. When a country is well governed, there will be peace, prosperity and progress throughout the nation.

     

    • Prophet Oladipupo Funmilade-Joel (Baba Sekunderin)

    Lagos.

  • Letter of thanks to God in New Year

    Letter of thanks to God in New Year

    SIR: Dear Lord, thank you for seeing another New Year. And a big thank you that we did not wake up to fuel subsidy removal. Thank you for making our New Year joy full.

    Thank you for those that matter to us. Thanks for mum and dad, a loving family, old folks, and good friends. Thank you for safe journeys, and home comings.

    Thank you for the gift of life, for a sound health, a good appetitive, second helpings, thanksgiving, non-Dutch treats, and a bountiful harvest; for birthday cake, wedding cake, and national cake.

    Thanks for weekends and winks, good news and good grades, controllable hypertension and uncontrollable laughter. Wine, without the hangover, fried food without the flab, and candies without dental caries.

    Thank you for hiccoughs that stop and hearts that go on; for presidents that smile, and the people that laugh.

    Thank you for Nigeria. Thank you that our journey of nationhood has not overwhelmed us. Thank you for failed suicide attacks, for failed kidnapping attack, and for failed rape assault.

    Thank you for the ties that bind, for unity in diversity, for being “one” without the”chance”; for unlike charges attract, like charges repel, and wazobia.

    Thank you for the blessing in human and natural resources, and for those things that make our country beautiful. Thank you for names like Azikiwe, Balewa, Bello, and Awolowo.

    Thank you for Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Kanu Nwankwo, Genevieve Nnaji, D’Banj. Thank you for Olumo Rock, Zuma rock, Gurara Falls, and the Yankari Game Reserve. Thank you for Argungu Festival, Eyo Festival, and the New Yam Festival.

    Also for Papi Luwe, Baba Sala, Samanja, Ibu, Osuofia, Basket Mouth, I go die, Teju Baby face, Aki and Pawpaw, And yes, for Oruka, Lori Lori, and Akanchawa, and a Nite of A Thousand Laughs.

    Thank you for Ajegunle, Oshodi, Ojuelegba, Upper Iweka, and Okrika (wake up).

    Thank you for”enter with your change,” “nothing spoil,” “odiechi” and “abeg”. For “Up-NEPA!”, “It’s a goal for Nigeria!,”and”God is a Nigerian.” Not leaving out, MAMSER, NAPEP, INEC, EFCC, and ICPC.

    Thank you for “No overtaking.” “Many have gone.” “I am serving a living God”. “Are you my God?” “Beware”. “God dey”. “It’s not my portion”. “I reject it”, “Back to sender”. “My miracle is on the way”, “Jubilee hour”, and “Power must change hands”.

    Thank you for questions like, “What state are you from?” “What tribe are you?” “Who will you vote for?” “You wan try?”, “You wan die?” and “Who wants to be a millionaire?” Also, “water no get enemy” and “water don pass garri”.

    Thank you for coups that leak, and oil pipelines that don’t, laughter that explodes, and bombs that won’t; mother Africa without her mosquitoes, and the rains without the flood, and for the Harmattan without the dust;

    Thank you for free immunization, free and compulsory education, free and fair election, for freedom, for human rights, and for the rule of law

    Thank you for the sun that shines on everything Nigeria, thank you for the bees in the hive that work so hard to make our honey flow;.

    Thank you for peaceful coexistence, for religious tolerance, for national integration, for peace and unity; and that north and south can get along.

    Thank you for the ongoing Constitution review, and for bright spots. Thank you also for Jeans that fade, and love of Nigeria that doesn’t. For our biggest hurts (Nigeria) and for our highest hopes (Nigeria).

    Thank you for a better tomorrow, and for a whole new Nigeria. Amen.

    • DrCosmas Odoemena

    Lagos

  • Should we allow greed and corruption to kill Nigeria?

    Should we allow greed and corruption to kill Nigeria?

    SIR: The word ‘greed’ is defined in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English as “a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions etc, than you need”while ‘corruption’ is defined as “dishonest, illegal, or immoral behaviour, especially from someone with power”. It is noteworthy that in our country today, it is becoming increasingly difficult to draw a line of distinction between greed and corruption as greed starts from where corruption ends while corruption starts where greed ends. If the avalanche of mind-boggling reports on greed and corruption that daily dot pages of newspapers is anything to go by, then the services of a soothsayer or a star-gazer will not be required before we all appreciate the fact that our country is indeed at the crossroads.

    It would be recalled that at the peak of the sanitization of banks in Nigeria in 2009 when the Central Bank had to inject N420bn to bail out five banks (International Bank, Afribank, Oceanic Bank, Union Bank, FinBank Plc) with non-performing loan portfolio totaling N747bn hanging on their necks, the EFCC came to offer assistance in debts owed the ailing banks by greedy Nigerians who camouflaged as businessmen. At the end of the day, the commission was able to recover N171bn from the debtors. However, the commission, rather than being supported and encouraged to do more, was castigated by some Nigerians for taking the debt recovery as a responsibility.

    The Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team (PPRTT) disclosed to the public that the team was currently investigating a “N3.3 trillion pension fraud” and revealed further that the achievement of the team included the “cutting of N1bn police pension monthly releases (from N1.59 billion to N500 million) and the ‘stoppage of monthly leakage of N4.2billion from the Head of Service pension office”.

    Corruption among public office holders must have informed President Goodluck Jonathan’s warning that Nigeria might disintegrate if serious steps were not taken to check the menace.

    President Goodluck has appealed to Nigerians for patience with his administration with a promise to improve on governance by his administration in year 2013. The question remains: which aspect of governance will Nigerians want the President to improve upon as a matter of priority? It is certain to be eradication of pervasive greed and corruption in the polity. There is need for the Jonathan administration to revisit the jettisoned private bill on assets forfeiture of greedy and corrupt Nigerians to the government earlier submitted to the National Assembly by a former EFCC Chairman, Chief (Mrs.) Farida Waziri. There is also the need for an executive bill on ‘whistle-blowing’ as a fundamental right of the citizens in the country to be sent to the National Assembly. The Central Bank has already taken a step towards this direction but the Federal Government and the state governments still need to borrow leaf from the apex bank and introduce the act of ‘whistle-blowing’ in all the Federal and States’MDAs.

    Odunayo Joseph

    Lagos

    odunayo_ joseph2006@yahoo.com

     

     

  • Before JAMB begins Computer-Based Test

    Before JAMB begins Computer-Based Test

    SIR: The decision by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to adopt the computer-based test method for the conduct of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, is no doubt, laudable.

    While some people have argued that the nation was not ripe for the initiative due chiefly to the dearth of infrastructure, epileptic power supply and low ICT literacy level, others reasoned that the idea should be embraced.

    In the United States of America, where the Computer-Based Test (CBT) or testing is widely used, it is also known as the “next frontier in testing”. Educators, testing companies and state departments find it useful in the process of transforming paper/pencil tests into technology-based formats.

    It’s merits include increased accessibility to many exam sessions within a year, attractive and user-friendly interface, online timer on the display screens, access to help-functions during the test, among others. CBT also enhances fair and precise evaluation of a candidate’s competency, rapid turnaround of results, and more choices as to when and where to take the exam, easier registration and fortified examination security.

    JAMB Registrar, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, said the programme would migrate candidates from the use of paper and pencil in examinations to full usage of computers and would guarantee faster release of results; within 30 minutes after taking the examination.

    Before JAMB begins implementation, there a few points to ponder over. First, there has not been any evidence that the required infrastructural needs have been put in place. The untold experience suffered by students in the hands of universities that adopted the similar method for admission exercise in 2012 is instructive.

    It saddening that most of the candidates registering for the 2013 examination were spillover and casualties of the 2012 exercise who may be the ‘guinea pigs’ of the newly introduced method, as some of the computer assembled by affected institutions were old, erratic and malfunctioned.

    There is no known statistics to indicate that many students in public schools are now computer literate to sit for the examination as the cost of computer is still not affordable. The challenge of providing computers for over about two million candidates in a country that is still battling to provide basic food for its people must eb taken into account. Another critical issue is the availability of constant electricity.

    JAMB should also ensure that the necessary security checks are put in place. Efforts should be intensified to protect candidates and officials, who could be vulnerable to attacks.

    Another factor that should be seriously considered is the peculair needs of the physically-challenged and students with disabilities. These categories of people could be at a great disadvantage if certain things are not provided. Special provisions must be made to accommodate them.

    JAMB should take seriously, the recommendation of “The Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences” (Vol. 3, No. 2, February 2012), which recommends that examination questions prepared for CBT should be made ‘error-free’while the allocated time should also be adequate.

    JAMB should embark on massive training, enlightenment and awareness strategies to get candidates and relevant stakeholders to be familiar with the complex CBT operations and clear the grey areas. For now, the stakeholders, most especially the students, appear not to be really informed on what they stand to benefit from the innovation.

    Therefore, rather than put a time frame of two years for its full implementation, it should be more flexible and give enough room for self-appraisal, assessment, re-strategizing and better planning.

     

    • Adewale Kupoluyi

    Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

  • Ajimobi should match words with action on Oyo ACN

    Ajimobi should match words with action on Oyo ACN

    SIR: The call by the governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), Oyo State chapter to unite was timely and divine. While commissioning some constituency projects executed by Senator Femi Lanlehin in Ibadan recently, the governor bemoaned the existence of factions in the party. Without mincing words, factionalisation of Oyo state chapter of ACN is real, and if care is not taken may affect the fortune of the party, particularly in Ogbomoso zone. This is why the governor’s call was timely.

    If the truth must be told, the ACN led government in Oyo State made the mistake of using factions to distribute appointments and patronages instead of individual contributions to the success of the party. It appears that there was no means of evaluating the contributions of loyal party members at the local government level for onward transmission to the top echelon of the party and government for appointments and patronages. This in effect had caused disaffection among party members because of winners take all attitudes of some of those who have gotten appointment from the government.

    As the governor emphasized, it would be difficult for the party to retain power in Oyo State if the disunity should continue. This is because a house divided against itself can not stand. The governor has proved his mettle as an astute administrator with vision for pacesetter state and evidences abound to prove this. Unlike in the past, people can now sleep with the two eyes closed in the state. Filthy environment in most part of the state, particularly Ibadan has given in to greenly and serene environment, new roads are springing up while old roads are being rehabilitated, workers are getting reward for their labour as and when due. This is to mention but a few. As a matter of fact, it would be suicidal if ACN should filter away the God given chance to reposition Oyo State because of personal aggrandizement.

    As the leader of the party, he should be magnanimous enough to see everybody as his, and create sense of belonging in party members. This is the way to promote unity in the party. • Adewuyi Adegbite

    Apake, Ogbomoso.