If decent people who lived clean and honest lives are hardly remembered despite their huge accomplishments how much less you roguish politicians and dare devil robbers and kidnappers who are hiding billions of stolen money? You will die, perish, and be remembered only with the stench associated with your villainous name!!
Browsing: Oluwole Awolowo
Promoters of this malfeasance often arm themselves with sermons of marginalization, unfair treatment and abuse of federal character principle, religious affiliation or some other hype about nepotism. They seldom question themselves about their personal competence, commitment or contribution to national productivity
Among those who eulogised Awolowo were the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan; a former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; and the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide
Family members, friends and well wishers who could not afford to miss the grand finale of the week-long burial came in their hundreds to pay their last respect to the departed Awolowo
Other members of the delegation are: the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru; the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide; the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati; and the Special Adviser to the President on Research and Strategy, Oronto Douglas
Akpabio said under the watch of the late Awolowo, the Tribune, one of Nigeria ‘s most enduring newspapers, gained greater national relevance and became a veritable tool of unity and a paragon of quality journalism
It hailed the late Chief Awolowo’s contribution to deepening the freedom of speech, a key ingredient of democracy, through his great efforts in sustaining one of the country’s oldest surviving newspapers, Tribune
Though shocking and irreparable, his death should not be turned into mourning but a celebration of the great time he spent here on earth. He was one son of a famous leader who demystified wealth and status by associating with the lowly. He drove himself all through, no matter how long the journey was and enjoyed lifting the children of the poor
The governor stressed that the loss became more painful by the fact that the family was yet to fully recover from the death of Oluwole’s sister, Mrs. Ayodele Soyode, who passed on less than two years ago