How does one celebrate scholarship, particularly one with an excellent icing? Is it by rolling out drums in the thrills and sprees of a feverish gyration in recognition of landmark achievement or by pouring encomium on the achiever on the pages of a newspaper and other media, or by ruminating in stupefied awe of such academic exploit?

Whensoever my mind slips into the idea of time, I do so with pensive wonderment, knowing that the past, present and future are “kindred spirits” collectively bound up in an ever-living intimacy.

I watched with utter disbelief and dismay the recent stage-managed and show of shame called protest by some of our colleagues under the guise of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Aba Branch over the state of roads in the commercial city.

When professional faultfinders lampoon the Abia administration, with not very choice words, about the state of infrastructure in Aba, little do they realise that the level of degradation that has ravaged Enyimba city for decades does not call for quick fixes or cosmetic remedies which they are wont to proffer.

Countless kilometres of road, many fine factories and hundreds more projects exist only as dreams in Nigeria despite years of promises, so Kashim Ali faced serious scepticism over a recent announcement.