The subject of this paper is of interest to me for two reasons: one is the debate about followership, and the consequent set up of the follower as a straw man, at the receiving end of the blame game about the ills of the Nigerian society.
Professor Osisioma Basil Chinedu Nwolise is a political scientist, public affairs analyst and a retired university teacher. He told TUNDE ADELEKE his life
200 INEC Workers Dismissed In Oyo For Electoral Malpractices – REC
The REC who admitted that there were problems during the last general elections in the state, declared that the majority of them were orchestrated by politicians.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 24, 2021
The Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mutiu Agboke, on Wednesday revealed that over 200 staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been dismissed for various electoral offences in the state.
The REC who admitted that there were problems during the last general elections in the state, declared that the majority of them were orchestrated by politicians.
Agboke spoke at the symposium put together by the Lanre Oladoyinbo-led executives of the Senior Staff Club of the University of Ibadan, titled, “2019 elections: A post Mortem”.
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As blows of increasing fatalities from COVID-19 pandemic and untimely death of many close friends, especially intellectual colleagues, weigh in lately, I have found myself retreating into my study to engage in largely philosophical reflections, simply as a form of escape. I had asked myself that if revered colleagues continue to be ravaged at this rate, how many eulogies and tributes could one possibly write with a troubled mind that wonders more about meaninglessness and one’s mortality. In this philosophical state, I found that, even in the midst of the woes, there are people to celebrate. Indeed, at the very depth of my heart, I am a philosopher. This is an admission that is so easy for me to make. It comes from the realisation that my failed attempt, when preparing to enter the university, to professionally become a philosopher does not stop me from being one in practice. In other words, philosophy is not only a scholarly