FACTS OF THE MOMENT

It is true that bad leadership corrupts followership. Leadership without integrity and justice in any nation would give birth to erosion of enviable value systems in the citizenry.  When the majority in a country falls into that description of a greed and unpatriotic populace, it becomes difficult to reverse the trend.    This is the sad current state of Nigeria. Before getting here, our projectile had a good trajectory at its initial shot. There was a country led by honest and sefless Nigerians united across the major tribes and regions.  Obafemi Awolowo from the West was a selfless leader. He left a legacy of prudent management of public resources during his reign.  The 26-storey high rise building commissioned in August 1965 from proceeds of cocoa-The Cocoa House was an example. That structure still stands prominently in the city of Ibadan till this hour.  The free education that got our village parents educated was another. My mum was a product of Awolowo's free education for e