Olusa Ayodele, who slumped and died while waiting to be screened in Akure, Ondo State, recently would probably have been alive if the process and system of pension administration had been better.

Anthony Pius had worked in a federal establishment for 25 years and was looking forward to his retirement. He was expecting his pension benefits to enable him begin a new life as a retiree by investing in poultry farming .

“I retired from the Federal Ministry of Finance some years ago, but it was very difficult getting my entitlements. I am now staying in Lagos, and frequently had to shuttle between Lagos and Abuja to sign one paper or another concerning my pension pay.

Before now, the Ekitis were revered for producing one professor in every family. But nowadays, indigenes, government, parents, academicians and other stakeholders bemoan the falling standard of education in the state known as the fountain of knowledge. In this report, BOSE ADELAJA examines the problem of education in Ekiti and efforts made by past and present administrations in returning the state to its past glory.

I always remind people that in every bad thing, there is some elements of good in it, and in every good thing, there is some elements of bad too. What Abacha did was what Napoleon Bonaparte could not do, because he really felt it and he was in total sympathy with the people of the Niger-Delta.