Today, in Long Beach California, the alumni of the Government College Umuahia in the United States, the GCUOBA-USA, will be concluding their annual national convention of Umuahians in the United States. This year’s convention, from which I’ve been regrettably absent, happens at an important development in the move towards the restoration of the Government College Umuahia.

Last week, in the first part of this series on ideas that would help us achieve sustainable development, I started with Obong Victor Attah, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and his advocacy of NEW TOWNS. I stopped at the point where Attah called for a dialogue. Please read on.

Historically speaking, Nigeria recorded unprecedented economic and infrastructural development relative to her income during the First Republic (1960 and 1966). One of the major reasons for that was that each of the relatively autonomous regions developed at their own pace and competed with one another in various areas of development. Of course, we cannot go back to regionalism simpliciter.

Although, she has since regained her freedom, after spending one year behind bars, it will, perhaps, take Miss Jennifer Ngozi Mberekpe a long time to overcome the traumatic experience she had while in prison.

Many young people are very idealistic about marriage; at least, that is the impression I get when I interact with them. At a youth gathering sometime ago, a young man told me this story and asked for advice. His friend and the fiancée had agreed that there will be no premarital sex, mainly on the insistence of the lady.