The late Prof. Pius Adesanmi

   Professor Pius Adesanmi, a writer, literary critic, satirist, columnist and Professor at Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada is among those that died this morning on the ill fated Ethiopia airline. He was on  his way to attend the AU ECOSOCC committee meeting.
 

Recall that he had an accident on the Oyo-Ogbomosho road July 17, 2018. He told  friends then that “It was a miracle I survived... I nearly bled to death. No help for over four hours.” He injured his left leg but the driver was not so lucky as he was admitted to the hospital  in that incident. He was on his way to Lagos from Ilorin to board a flight to Dakar for a meeting,  that time. The Prof unfortunately didn't make it this time. About 149 passengers and 8 crew members. None survived.   
He was an uncommon promoter of the Nigeria project.  He wanted things to work for the nation. Above all,  he had hope that things would be better for the people. He was an erudite fellow of unusual insight. Nigeria has,  indeed, lost a shining light in Prof.  Pius Adesanmi.  His contribution to our nation building will be sorely missed,  especially, at this trying political time.
   The Prof.  was an alumni of the University of Ilorin,  in Kwara state, Nigeria.  He was the Director of the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University, Canada until his death. May his soul rest in peace.

The late Prof. Pius Adesanmi

   Professor Pius Adesanmi, a writer, literary critic, satirist, columnist and Professor at Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada is among those that died this morning on the ill fated Ethiopia airline. He was on  his way to attend the AU ECOSOCC committee meeting.
 

Recall that he had an accident on the Oyo-Ogbomosho road July 17, 2018. He told  friends then that “It was a miracle I survived... I nearly bled to death. No help for over four hours.” He injured his left leg but the driver was not so lucky as he was admitted to the hospital  in that incident. He was on his way to Lagos from Ilorin to board a flight to Dakar for a meeting,  that time. The Prof unfortunately didn't make it this time. About 149 passengers and 8 crew members. None survived.   
He was an uncommon promoter of the Nigeria project.  He wanted things to work for the nation. Above all,  he had hope that things would be better for the people. He was an erudite fellow of unusual insight. Nigeria has,  indeed, lost a shining light in Prof.  Pius Adesanmi.  His contribution to our nation building will be sorely missed,  especially, at this trying political time.
   The Prof.  was an alumni of the University of Ilorin,  in Kwara state, Nigeria.  He was the Director of the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University, Canada until his death. May his soul rest in peace.

On the General Elections

Low turnout of voters across the nation----News

  In Yagba West and Ijumu LGs of Kogi state and others,  there were reported violence. Hope the state Government headed by Gov.  Yahaya Bello will do the needful and give the necessary leadership so that those on the losing side would accept defeat and move on. Elections should not be a do or die affair. If Nigeria would be good, it would start from the ruling class. A fish begins to go bad from the head. The political leadership should be up and doing in order to chart a viable and forward looking direction for the country. We simply can not afford to continue doing the same thing over and over and expect a different result. This is tantamount to  classical madness according to  Albert Einstein. At my polling unit today,  one could see bags of money and wads of naira being freely distributed to voters. This is a subversion of the peoples' will through monetary inducement. After this election cycle,  Nigerians would do well to take a collective step back and decide if we want to continue along this sorry lane. How can a nation spend so much in order to  achieve so little? Enough of this violence called election.

Elections IS a waste of time in Nigeria. The election schedule also didn't help matters. The Presidential election should have come last. Maybe we should look into letting incumbents continue next elections. We should just share the election budget per capita. Better in the long run. That way, no ballot snatching, maiming, killing, kidnappings, etc, etc. The charade must stop. And to what end?  Ballot snatching here and there. We either want democracy or not. The violence across the nation is just not worth it.
 In Yagba West and Ijumu LGs of Kogi state and others,  there were reported violence. Hope the state Government headed by Gov.  Yahaya Bello will do the needful and give the necessary leadership so that those on the losing side would accept defeat and move on. Elections should not be a do or die affair. If Nigeria would be good, it would start from the ruling class. A fish begins to go bad from the head. The political leadership should be up and doing in order to chart a viable and forward looking direction for the country. We simply can not afford to continue doing the same thing over and over and expect a different result. This is tantamount to  classical madness according to  Albert Einstein. At my polling unit today,  one could see bags of money and wads of naira being freely distributed to voters. This is a subversion of the peoples' will through monetary inducement. After this election cycle,  Nigerians would do well to take a collective step back and decide if we want to continue along this sorry lane. How can a nation spend so much in order to  achieve so little? Enough of this violence called election.
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