Exactly a year ago, most of the 36 state governors were sworn in having secured the mandate of voters at the poll. In this special report, KUNLE ODEREMI, DAPO FALADE, BOLA BADMUS , BIOLA AZEEZ, YINKA OLUKOYA AND WALE AKINSELURE write on the high and low points of civil rule in the country, which was restored on May 29, 1999.
MOST Nigerians remain nostalgic about the epochal, extraordinary transformation that was heralded in the defunct Western Region of Nigeria in the First Republic under a visionary and dynamic leadership. In just eight years of the pragmatic and purposeful leadership, imbued with vision, the region shocked the world with pioneering feats in human capital…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
