Hmmmmmn! Every day, when I woke up to the reality that my boss, my mentor, my role model in everything is gone, I find it very difficult to come to terms with such devastating reality. Obviously, the manner in which you died is a reflection of government failure and the “lack of dignity” treatment by the same government on academics in Nigeria. I am sure if you were in the military, you will be a General of Generals; and would be flanked with everything – official cars, numbers of military escorts who will always ensure your safety to and fro both within and outside official assignments, etc. Buy today, a Professor of Mass Communication, a rare one at that, died in a public transport on the “trap” government express road due to negligence of our ‘dealers’, I mean ‘leaders’ whose only ingenuity is to steal our resources.
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The government failed you, Prof.;their insensitivity to human welfare is responsible for your untimely demise from us; they have denied us of you, a vacuum none, I mean NONE of them is qualified to fill. This was one of your consistent complaints while alive, one of your areas of advocacy that the government should be responsible for the citizens’ welfare as if you knew this was going to happen to you. Our Prof. adieu. His “lack of dignity” treatment by the same government on academics in Nigeria. I am sure if you were in the military, you will be a General of Generals; and would be flanked with everything – official cars, numbers of military escorts who will always ensure your safety to and fro both within and outside official assignments, etc. Buy today, a Professor of Mass Communication, a rare one at that, died in public transport on the “trap” government express road due to negligence of our ‘dealers’,
I mean ‘leaders’ whose only ingenuity is to steal our resources. The government failed you, Prof.; their insensitivity to human welfare is responsible for your untimely demise from us; they have denied us of you, a vacuum none, I mean NONE of them is qualified to fill. This was one of your consistent complaints while alive, one of your areas of advocacy that the government should be responsible to the citizens’ welfare as of you knew this was going to happen to you. Our Prof. adieu.
Wasiu Tejuoso, PhD, writes from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta
