SUCH a technocrat, with a track record of good performance in his or her chosen field, of course, should be supported by deputy vice-chancellors who are thoroughbred academics.

AT the national secretariat of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), one can access documents detailing the history of the union’s activities, particularly with regard to its attempts through strike actions to compel unwilling governments to enhance the welfare packages of lecturers and improve the funding for university education.

‘THE Amanze Obi phenomenon is not an attempt at myth-making or at praise-singing, but a realistic effort to present an otherwise misunderstood personality, Amanze Obi.” This was how my friend, William Amanze Obi, and I used to rhapsodise about an article I was supposed to write on him more than 20 years ago.

Oyetunde gives the impression that he is the second resurrection of Jesus ibn Maryam, the messiah (p.8). However, there is nothing in his work that shows that he has both the intellectual and spiritual wherewithal to assume the role he is claiming for himself.

As genuine revolutionaries, they wanted to topple the status quo, but had to contend with stiff opposition from the small minority that were benefiting from the existing situation at the time, as well as from the ignorant majority who were oppressed by the system. The author examined the condition of Africa. He argued, and I agree, that the continent has suffered the greatest setbacks when compared with other continents (p.79).

THE Second Resurrection of Jesus Ibn Maryam: The Blowing of Another Natural Mystic Trumpet, was written by Issoumaila Oyewumi Oyetunde and published by Trafford Publishing, Canada in 2009. The little book is an attempt to present in a handy volume some ideas and perspectives on man and his environment culled from different religions, philosophies and science.

AN independent country is largely self-reliant and does not need foreign aid. Notwithstanding her incredible wealth, Nigeria receives a lot of aid regularly from the West.

A fresh move to impeach the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Tunji Odeyemi and his Deputy, Mr Saliu Adeoti by some aggrieved members of the state assembly have been concluded ,as the group has accused the two principal officers of the House of corruption , favouritism and bad leadership style.

Now, although the analogy between the growth trajectory or pattern of a human being and a country can be taken too far if care is not taken, it is legitimate to expect that at 49, a country should have sorted out certain fundamentals of nation-building in its evolutionary development.

THE repeated failures of economic predictions and uncertainties about the specific details of what the global economic situation will be in a few years time is a reminder that economics can never be an exact science like physics. Therefore, one must always bear in mind the “human factor” while trying to comprehend economic reality.