When Port Harcourt hosted Wole Soyinka, By Sam Akpe
On the of the theme: “Reclaiming the Nigerian State through Accountability, Justice and Civil Courage”the former managing director of NDDC said it speaks directly to the realities of the Nigeria — a country we inhabit and the nation we aspire to build.
And we remember Chief Bola Ige, Nigeria’s former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, whose assassination remains, to our enduring national shame, unresolved.
He urged participants to see beyond the event of the day as they aim to rebuild Nigeria, knowing that “nations are not reclaimed by rhetoric alone,” rather, they are reclaimed “when conscience triumphs over convenience, when institutions are stronger than individuals, and when citizens summon the courage to do what is right, even when it is difficult.
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