Governors
Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun are
billed to unveil a new book, Nigeria is Negotiable, by journalist and author, Chido
Onumah. The public presentation of the book takes place in Abuja on Tuesday,
August 20, 2013.
Nigeria is Negotiable, a collection of informed journalistic essays and commentaries, reminds readers of the
political injustices and cruelties of an era. It calls for discussions on the way forward,” says Dr. Anthony Akinola.
According
to Dr. ‘Kayode Fayemi, Governor, Ekiti State, “In Nigeria is Negotiable, Chido Onumah re-maps the contours of the
remarkable events and processes that have brought our country, Nigeria, to this
crucial juncture in its history, and particularly the crises spawned by the
June12, 1993 elections and its aftermath, which have – to great extents –
careered the country to this vortex of possibilities in its transition towards
a more wholesome cultural and political expression. With
the keen eye of a journalist and the analytical prowess of a social
anthropologist, Onumah shapes his subject through the informed insights of an
observer-participant-stakeholder”.
The
494-page book published by the African Centre for Media and Information
Literacy (AFRICMIL) is the author’s second book. The first, Time to Reclaim Nigeria,
was released in December in 2011.
Chido Onumah’s
collection strikes at the very heart of the endemic crises bedeviling Nigeria.
The refusal to design and accept the terms under which multi-cultural and
multi-ethnic peoples in a country such as ours should co-habit, has held us
down in a quagmire resulting in monumental and perennial chaos and political
instability that inhibits development and good governance. The time to embrace
these terms and conditions has come, so that we can bail ourselves and our
country out of an unwarranted and unpalatable situation,” notes Ogbeni Rauf
Aregbesola, Governor of the State of Osun.
Other governors expected
at the event include Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Babatunde Fashola of Lagos
State, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Ibikunle
Amosun of Ogun State and Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State.
Dignitaries,
including Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, former Senate Presdient, Senator Ken Nnamani, Governor of
the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Pastor Tunde Bakare
and Senator Babafemi Ojudu are billed to grace the occasion
The event, which is
expected as an opportunity to further the debate on the quest to restructure
Nigeria, will also have representatives of Nigeria Labour Congress, civil
society, the academia, students and religious organizations in attendance.
Lewis Asubiojo
Director, African Centre for Media & Information Literacy
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