Anthony Onilude, head of Department of Microbiology, University of Ibadan, has said that the various leaderships in the South Western part of Nigeria have ruined, destroyed the masses-oriented policy of the late Obafemi Awolowo.
“The late Obafemi Awolowo was a messiah to the masses who came ahead of his time with masses-oriented government mantra and projects using the funds from cocoa”, unlike the present leadership who he said have “mortgaged projects to their cronies”.
Onilude, a professor who spoke at the 454th Inaugural Lecture of the University of Ibadan titled ‘Addicted to Challenge: Man, Microbes and the Quest for Energy’ asked the Federal Government to place premium on the lives of Nigerians like America does to her citizens and stop the killings of nomadic men who have become dangerous with killings of man in Plateau, Taraba, Enugu and Zamfara with lukewarm attitude from government.
He however, bemoaned the problem of energy (electricity) in Nigeria, advising the Federal Government to challenge the University of Ibadan with one percent of the $16.5billion spent on power between 1995 and 2015 by successive government to scale up process to produce electricity for the nation.
“No man or animal can perform any action without energy which is, nowadays being boosted with intake of different passionate drinks (ogidiga, baby oku, alomo, osomo, pakurumo, kick and start and koboko). The Federal Government should challenge this university with one percent of the 16billion dollars spent on electricity with nothing to show for it to scale up the process of producing electricity for the nation.”
Akinremi Feyisipo, Ibadan
