Tunji Olaopa: A Quintessential Scholar-Bureaucrat at 60

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By Feyi Ijimakinwa

It is said and believed that someone’s destiny can be deciphered from the onset of life. Whilst this may be termed a mere conjecture and not true of everyone, some people have their pathways in life clearly laid out for them and, as with a compass, they are able to chart their own course of destiny. The different signposts and milestones along life’s way often point such individuals in the direction of their ultimate destiny, and despite the bumps and detours of life, the once revealed destination is eventually arrived at, in every way possible.

Professor Tunji Olaopa falls into the category of men whose lives and ultimate destiny were marked out, and who bared fangs in the face of life, conquered odds and challenges and rose to summit of their calling and engagements. The life of a man consists of not just the good and desirable things, but as well as the undesirable things, experiences, perceptions and ethos. It is therefore…



Source: Thisday Newspaper