His passion for the unity and development of Nigeria stood obvious. Well versed in the historical and political evolutions of Nigeria and their attended impacts on the country’s journey to nationhood, he sat glued in his Mazadu Chambers in Gombe, venue of the appointment, tenaciously fielding questions from the Reporter.

Comrade Declan Ihekaire is the National Coordinator, Concerned Human Rights Nigeria; National Chairman Coalition of Civil Societies for Good Governance; Member Joint Action Front (JAF); Member United Action for Democracy (UAD); Beko Ransome Kuti Foundation; Gani Fawehinmi Foundation, June 12 Coalition and Civil Societies Mediatory Group.

Chief Thompson Okorotie is one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa State and secretary of the Bayelsa Elders Forum. He spoke on the gains and challenges confronting the country as well as its prospects.

Okonta still remembers that morning when a neighbour rushed to the colonial residence of Dr. Harrison at Ikoyi, Lagos, where he worked to announce to him that his wife Mariana had been delivered of a bouncing baby boy. Okonta was dressed in his well- starched khaki uniform in the colonial house when the cheery news got to him.

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife in this no-holds barred interview x-rays Nigeria’s socio-economic and political development these past 52 years and posits that the component nationalities and other social forces in the country must fix Nigeria this time around or forget about its future