Professor Lai Oso read my interview: Why newspapers no longer sell, and way out. I was told that he enjoyed reading the interview and expressed willingness to see me.
The publisher of Front Page linked us together.
On seeing me on the agreed date at LASU school of media communication, he was very happy.
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I was highly impressed when he summarized the entire interview.
He took me to the HOD’s office where all the teaching staff that were around already gathered and introduced me to them as a ‘media asset’.
The majority didn’t believe that I saw him for the first time on that day.
I seized the opportunity to introduce a book on the marketing aspect of the media that was written by me. He flipped through the table of contents & pages and said that ‘this book is good for the course: production planning and management. He said that all postgraduate students passing through this department must own a copy.
Prof, you died while on active service. May the Almighty repose your soul peacefully and grant your immediate and extended family members the fortitude to bear the loss.
