{"id":525,"date":"2021-06-28T02:25:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T02:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/8-surprising-ways-politics-can-affect-you\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T17:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:19:16","slug":"8-surprising-ways-politics-can-affect-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/8-surprising-ways-politics-can-affect-you\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;IGBO ARE THE MAKERS OF MODERN NIGERIA&#8221; &#8212; PROF TEKENA TAMUNO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"525\" class=\"elementor elementor-525\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d0e2068 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d0e2068\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b443dca\" data-id=\"b443dca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5c7300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c5c7300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h3>Nigeria skewered history<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The problem with writing skewered history is that it equally misinforms its target: Kayode Esho was a great jurist, <br \/>but Akunne Oputa was the &#8220;Socrates&#8221; of the Supreme court. Enahoro was a young editor, but Azikiwe made him that <br \/>young editor with Osita Agwuna as his assistant, at his paper, the Southern Nigerian Defender in Ibadan, <br \/>where my own father, incidentally started as a rookie before shortly abandoning journalism for the stable berth <br \/>of the civil service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3339\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-11_04_2022-02_51_58-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-11_04_2022-02_51_58-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-11_04_2022-02_51_58.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The myth of Awolowo as building the first this and that does not match the documented <br \/>economic history of the period.<\/p>\n<p>The eastern house of Assembly 1960 Enugu<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3093\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/the-eastern-house-of-assambly-1960-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/the-eastern-house-of-assambly-1960-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/the-eastern-house-of-assambly-1960-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/the-eastern-house-of-assambly-1960.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:quote {\"className\":\"\\\\\\u0022wp-block-quote\\\\\\u0022\"} --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\\\">\n<p>Between 1954 and 1964, Eastern Nigeria was described as &#8220;the fastest growing economy in the world,&#8221; by the Harvard<br \/>Review; faster than China, faster than Singapore, and all the so-called &#8220;Asian Tigers.&#8221; Awolowo is often credited <br \/>with &#8220;free education&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3101\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Passengers-boarding-the-Onitsha-Asaba-bound-ferry-at-the-Oron-boat-terminal-Akwa-Ibom-1-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Passengers-boarding-the-Onitsha-Asaba-bound-ferry-at-the-Oron-boat-terminal-Akwa-Ibom-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Passengers-boarding-the-Onitsha-Asaba-bound-ferry-at-the-Oron-boat-terminal-Akwa-Ibom-1.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Passengers boarding the Onitsha Asaba bound ferry at the Oron boat terminal Akwa Ibom<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h5>Comparisons of Eastern Developmental project with the Western Nigeria in 1959 to 1960s<\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>But no one yet has pointed out any surviving school buildings of the period built by Awo. But all over the East there<br \/>were quality schools built by the various communities using the Town Development Unions from 1954, and accessing the <br \/>matching grants of the Eastern Nigeria Development Corporation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38A4E4J\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3108 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sir-Louis-Ojukwu-Left-Queen-Elizabeth-in-Louis-Ojukwus-Rolls-Royce-1956-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sir-Louis-Ojukwu-Left-Queen-Elizabeth-in-Louis-Ojukwus-Rolls-Royce-1956-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sir-Louis-Ojukwu-Left-Queen-Elizabeth-in-Louis-Ojukwus-Rolls-Royce-1956.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38A4E4J\"><strong>Sir Louis Ojukwu (Left); Queen Elizabeth in Louis Ojukwu\u2019s Rolls Royce -1956<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And this was the East with the poorest revenue resources<br \/>of any of the regions. The Mbaise secondary school exists, the National High School Okigwe exists, the Ngwa High school<br \/>exists, the Enyiogugu Grammar School exists, etc. These were solid schools built all over the East with matching <br \/>government grants.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3115 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Enugu-in-1960-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"Enugu in 1960\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Enugu-in-1960-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Enugu-in-1960.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acfbd82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acfbd82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-294dc82\" data-id=\"294dc82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d0ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"29d0ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.e-container.e-container--row .elementor-spacer-inner{width:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container.e-container--column .elementor-spacer-inner,.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a3f3b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a3f3b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d923b1d\" data-id=\"d923b1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64db59d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64db59d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But where are the buildings of the Modern schools in Western Nigeria? They do not exist. They were makeshift.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic church forced the Azikiwe government from its scholarship program, but it is also on record, that the Eastern<br \/>government was the only government in the world that invested 45% of its revenues in education.<\/p>\n<p>The East had the highest number of schools; the highest school enrollment; the broadest penetration of medical services; <br \/>and the best modern road network in west Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed if we look carefully, the only public hospitals and most of the schools still standing in the East today, at various<br \/>stages of run down are the schools and hospitals built by Azikiwe\/Okpara. Every division of the East had a Joint Hospital as<br \/>part of the Eastern Medical services. So it is often claimed Awo built the first television station; the first sky scraper, <br \/>and the first Sports stadium, the liberty stadium in Ibadan. Well, these are prestige or white elephant investments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac8ac43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac8ac43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76edee8\" data-id=\"76edee8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1289f1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1289f1e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb79071\" data-id=\"bb79071\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f2dec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f2dec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"714\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enugu-airport-1960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enugu-airport-1960.jpg 714w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enugu-airport-1960-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-102ed7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"102ed7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Enugu airport 1960<\/p>\n<p><gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ac7a79\" data-id=\"0ac7a79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29193a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29193a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"603\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-11_04_2022-02_17_50.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-11_04_2022-02_17_50.jpg 603w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-11_04_2022-02_17_50-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7cf74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a7cf74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Igbo&nbsp; innovative idea&nbsp; Armored Tank Biafra vs Nigeria war 1957-1960<\/p>\n<p><gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-567570c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"567570c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92da1f4\" data-id=\"92da1f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf40e39 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf40e39\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-178c411\" data-id=\"178c411\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08dfe45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08dfe45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First, the Eastern Outlook, the government paper of Eastern Nigeria was the first newspaper established by any government <br \/>in Nigeria, and it was of such quality and impact that the literacy level of Easterners, and the depth of public information<br \/>retailed by Outlook was without compare.<\/p>\n<p>This is besides the fact that Western Nigerian Broadcast Services, WNBS-TV founded in 1958 only preceded the ENBC-TV founded<br \/>in 1959, by only seven months. But Outlook preceded Sketch by about 15 years. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62793c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62793c4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3b961d\" data-id=\"c3b961d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9905789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9905789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"735\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dr-m-i-okpara-This-is-not-Nigeria-they-fought-for.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dr-m-i-okpara-This-is-not-Nigeria-they-fought-for.jpg 735w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dr-m-i-okpara-This-is-not-Nigeria-they-fought-for-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2279849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2279849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. M.I.Okpara -This is not Nigeria they fought for<\/p>\n<p><gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-067a987 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"067a987\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7031f07\" data-id=\"7031f07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf9cf2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4cf9cf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3v0PrkQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-md\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Eastern-nigeria-fastest-growing-economies-in-the-world<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bce4a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bce4a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a30ac7\" data-id=\"4a30ac7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861f5f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"861f5f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eec8b4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eec8b4f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a9b1ba\" data-id=\"8a9b1ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183ffa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"183ffa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now Azikiwe built the Onitsha Modern market, the first modern mall or trade emporium in West Africa. Onitsha was effectively<br \/>Dubai before Dubai. People traveled all over Africa, from as far as the Congo and Sudan and Egypt, to come and buy and trade<br \/>in Onitsha.<\/p>\n<p>The economic impact of this was humonguos. So, give me the vast Onitsha modern market over Cocoa House in Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>Azikiwe built the first Nigerian University at Nsukka with the first School of Law, the first School of Engineering, the first<br \/>Business School; the first school of journalism, and the first school of music and performance, etc. By the time its first <br \/>graduates took the Nigerian civil service exams in 1963, everybody began to raise the cry of &#8220;Igbo domination&#8221; starting with <br \/>Akintola and Ayo Rosiji. Give me UNN over Liberty stadium.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8029962 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8029962\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a583f2a\" data-id=\"a583f2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f092b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f092b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Onitsha-Aeriel-View-1024x528.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Onitsha-Aeriel-View-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Onitsha-Aeriel-View-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Onitsha-Aeriel-View-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Onitsha-Aeriel-View.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-872f3ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"872f3ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Onitsha Aeriel View<\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-706e8f4\" data-id=\"706e8f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a64a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a64a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"724\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Obi-of-Onitsha-Alfred-Achebe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Obi-of-Onitsha-Alfred-Achebe.jpg 724w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Obi-of-Onitsha-Alfred-Achebe-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9001a1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9001a1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Obi of Onitsha, Alfred Achebe<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-614610a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"614610a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d05d47f\" data-id=\"d05d47f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c561d5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c561d5b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5de527\" data-id=\"f5de527\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ec5b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5ec5b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Azikiwe began the first modern library system in West Africa. The East had a system of city libraries starting with the very <br>modern Ziks Library in Enugu. I Literally grew up in the Umuahia Divisional Library.<\/p>\n<p>These libraries were built all over the East. Schools in the East were built with libraries. Moreover the Eastern Nigerian <br>Library Board had a sysem of rural amd mobile libraries. There was nothing like it anywhere else in Nigeria: kids having <br>library cards and able to borrow or order books from the public library. Give me the the first library over the first TV.<\/p>\n<p>I do not by this mean that Awolowo did not make his contributions, but the regular skewering of the facts, and angling of <br>contemporary national narratives often makes it seem these days like the greatest contributor to the founding of Nigeria<br>and its development is Awolowo and the Yoruba, when the actual facts speak differently.<\/p>\n<p>The great Ibadan historian, Tekena Tamuno, was unambiguous in stating once at NIPPS, Jos, that &#8220;the Igbos are the makers <br>of moderm Nigeria. When they abandoned their project, Nigeria collapsed.&#8221; We must remind Nigerians, particularly Igbo children,<br>daily of these fact, to achieve what Achebe called &#8221; a balance of stories.&#8221; And that also means we must read beyond the surface<br>of things.<\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe427e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fe427e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"665\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nnamdi-Azikiwe-first-Library.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nnamdi-Azikiwe-first-Library.jpg 665w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nnamdi-Azikiwe-first-Library-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b5815 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52b5815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The national library concept originated in the early 1960s, when&nbsp;<b>Dr.<\/b>&nbsp;<b>Azikiwe<\/b>&nbsp;was the first indigenous Governor\u2013General in 1960 and later the first President of Nigeria when it achieved republican status in 1963. He helped to ensure that a feasibility study was conducted on the national library by Dr.<\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ead085f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ead085f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42a3ede\" data-id=\"42a3ede\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8bb007 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8bb007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Babarinsa&#8217;s Guardian essay is angled carefully to maintain a revisionist narrative. And that is to be always challenged, however<br \/>innocent it might seem.<\/p>\n<p>Even today, most Yoruba think that Awolowo founded the Universities of Ibadan and Lagos. No one has reminded them that it took<br \/>Azikiwe&#8217;s pressures for a university for Nigeria, in his meeting with Arthur Richards in 1946, that led to the cobstitution of <br \/>the Eliot commision and subsequently the founding of the University College, Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>This fact is even clearly conveyed in Michael Crowder&#8217;s eponymous book, The Story of Nigeria. Nsukka was Azikiwe&#8217;s critique of<br \/>what he felt to be the conceptual limitations of Ibadan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dcddd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dcddd0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01c8d55\" data-id=\"01c8d55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08fffbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08fffbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"374\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nnamdi-Azikiwe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nnamdi-Azikiwe.jpg 374w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nnamdi-Azikiwe-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e36b6fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e36b6fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, PC, usually referred to as &#8220;Zik&#8221;, was a Nigerian statesman and political leader who served as the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. Considered a driving force behind the nation&#8217;s independence, he came to be known as the &#8220;father of Nigerian Nationalism<\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aea4695\" data-id=\"aea4695\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714d949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"714d949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"359\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Late-Prof-Tekena-Tamuno.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Late-Prof-Tekena-Tamuno.jpg 359w, https:\/\/biafrareferendum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Late-Prof-Tekena-Tamuno-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe112d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fe112d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tekena Nitonye Tamuno was a Nigerian historian and Vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He was the President of the Board of Trustees of Bells University of Technology<\/p>\n<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-106d275 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"106d275\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b57bd7e\" data-id=\"b57bd7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42b2cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f42b2cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc0d0aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc0d0aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20077a5\" data-id=\"20077a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b58d188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b58d188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Biafra pound is N368 (Naira) trading currently in West Africa\u2013International currency experts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e507e88 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e507e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3E9iu9Z\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">READ MORE<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b59a43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b59a43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab87675\" data-id=\"ab87675\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a1e47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f5a1e47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8451494 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8451494\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2de8f72\" data-id=\"2de8f72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-757b9db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"757b9db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The University of Lagos was the result of NCNC&#8217;s ideological contributions to the federal policy during the ill fated coalition<br \/>government with the NPC. UNILAG was an NCNC project, shepherded by Aja Wachukwu as minister for education. Even the great UNILAG<br \/>in her 50th anniversary failed to mention Prof Eni Njoku as the pioneer Vice Chancellor of the university, a man that layed the <br \/>solid foundation of what made Unilag is today.<\/p>\n<p>These facts must be made known and put as forcefully accross as possible. Again, until the lion tells his own story, the story <br \/>of the hunt will belong to the hunter. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3480464 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3480464\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17be9fb\" data-id=\"17be9fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a979fa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a979fa4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46e4324\" data-id=\"46e4324\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca71e45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca71e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(To be continuing)<\/p>\n<p>*GOD BLESS EVERY UNBIASED MIND*<br \/>GOD BLESS BIAFRA <br \/>GOD BLESS MNOK<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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