Alex Ekwueme Foundation

Alex Ekwueme: Bayero Uni Address

AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE 19TH AND 20TH CONVOCATION CEREMONIES OF BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO HOLDING ON SATURDAY, 12 JANUARY 2002 ON BEHALF OF THE HONORARY GRADUANDS BY

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THE CONSTITUTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA – CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

BY HIS EXCELLENCY CHIEF (DR) ALEX EKWUEME
FIRST CIVILIAN VICE PRESIDENT
A PAPER DELIVERED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

ORGANISED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
HELD AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, SOUTH KESSINGTON CAMPUS
ON SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 2005

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Remembering the weaverbird

Introduction

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen:

We assemble here this afternoon in celebration; we assemble for an exhibition in celebration of Christopher Okigbo. This morning we had a literary feast; this evening we shall have a cultural feast; this afternoon-now-we will be having a visual feast. All these three sessions constitute the celebration Christopher Okigbo for today. But this celebration does not end today. It will continue in our homes, in schools, in every gathering wherever the poetry of Christopher Okigbo is read.

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