The
Federal Government of Nigeria has been told to soft-pedal on Appointments alone
and instead concentrate on raising committees for monitoring Government
projects. Barrister Abubakar Yesuf gave the advice in Lagos during a short
press Briefing held at his Ikeja Law Office. He declared that a situation where
there are abandoned projects scattered all over Nigeria with everyone seemingly
interested only in appointments does not augur well for the country. “We have
to start thinking of sustainable legacies, not to eat, eat and eat alone”, he
stated. “Let Government for once raise committees to monitor people who are
given responsibilities”, he charged.
Journalism has continued to evolve since the days of veterans like Professors Alfred Opubor, Onoura Nwuneli, Ralph Akinfeleye, Adidi Uyo, Idowu Sobowale, and other greats, not to mention the shining lights of flawless prose writing like Dan Agbese, Ray Ekpu, Yakubu Muhammed, Dele Gowa, and not least, Olatunji Dare. But the entrance of Sahara Reporters appears to deviate from those widely held pragmatic principles of decency. Stories by our reporters In those days, the Department of Mass Communication of the University of Lagos was very hot and remains so to date. Exciting lecturers in the mold of Dr Adidi Uyo, Ralph Akinfeleye, and Idowu Sobowale made teachings very robust and thirsty to listeners. Students learnt the trade and picked up fast. They taught the tenets of practical journalism exhaustively and left no stone unturned. They made journalism so sweet that students were always hungry to learn more; the thrills were such that even the 13 points cut-off mark for entry ...

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