THE battle line has since been drawn between outgoing State governors and serving Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria elected on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as the governors who are rounding off want to leave the comfort of State Government Houses for the three Arm Zone, the Senate.

Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna of Sokoto was the architect of the development of the Northern Nigeria. Together with Zik and Awolowo, they fought for the Independence of Nigeria. He was one of the three selected to represent the North at the drafting committee for the new Macpherson Constitution in 1951.

Otan Ayegbaju, headquarters of Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State is an historic town in Yorubaland founded about 500 years ago by some of the direct descendants of Oduduwa, who migrated from Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba race.

AYO (as he was fondly called by his colleagues) worked with one of the Flour Mills located in the heart of Apapa before his death in a recent boat accident. The deceased worked with the defunct Ideal Flour Mills before the company retrenched him. He used his entitlements to build a low-cost house in Ikorodu where he lived with his wife and children.

Arthur Dewing’s observations, written a little over ninety one years ago, remains evergreen — for the simple reason that it illuminates the predicament in which Nigeria finds itself today with regard to the economy.