Browsing: Osun State

German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, refers to power as “the coldest of all cold monsters.” In power, he continues, lies “all languages of good and evil” and it is only when power ceases that “the man who is not superfluous begins.” How then do we find the man who is not superfluous among holders of power? Searching for such persons, to my mind, is akin to looking for needle in a haystack.

Titled Courage & Character: The Definitive History of Osun State, the 460-page coffee table book recounts the history of the struggle of the people for their state till military president Gen Ibrahim Babangida, acceded in 1991. The book covers the activities of the various administrations, concluding with that of Rauf Aregbesola.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Hon Kolapo Alimi, the state is expecting the second batch of Federal Government food palliative distribution even as it still awaits the last truck of 600 bags of rice from the first batch.